In her CNN town hall, Elizabeth Warren hit on issues ranging from the future of health care in America, to her plan to break up tech giants like Amazon and Facebook. Here are the main takeaways WarrenTownHall
The policy-fluent Massachusetts Democrat zipped through her thick suite of legislative and regulatory proposals for a CNN town hall audience in Jackson, Mississippi, on Monday, taking questions from voters and, in a declaration that won her a prolonged ovation, saying for the first time that she would support replacing the Electoral College with a national popular vote.Warren launched her presidential campaign early but has struggled to break through in the initial round of primary polling.
"The senator gets personalWarren tells the story often. On Monday, a wider audience heard it for the first time.When she was young, her father suffered a heart attack and the family was thrust into financial peril. Staring down the possibility of losing their home, Warren's mother -- alone, scared and determined, repeating,"We will not lose this house" -- entered the workforce on a minimum wage job.
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