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Elizabeth Warren Announces She Is Running for President in 2020

#Presidentialbid #Senator #ElizabethWarren, the Massachusetts #Democrat and a sharp critic of big banks and unregulated capitalism, entered the 2020 race for president on Monday, becoming the first major candidate in what is likely to be a long and crowded primary marked by ideological and generational divisions in a Democratic Party desperate to beat President Trump. In an 8:30 a.m. email to supporters on New Year’s Eve — 13 months before the first votes will be cast in the Iowa caucuses — Ms. Warren said she was forming an exploratory committee, which allows her to raise money and fill staff positions before a formal kickoff of her presidential bid. Ms. Warren also released a video that leaned on the anti-Wall Street themes, a campaign message that drew strong praise Monday morning from liberal groups. [Make sense of the people, issues and ideas shaping American politics with our newsletter. ] “I’ve spent my career getting to the bottom of why America’s promise works for some familie