Reports say Sen. Sanders told Sen. Warren that a woman can't win the presidential election, but Sanders say the reports 'ludicrous' and accuses 'staff who weren't in the room' of lying about what happened.
also reported on the comments, which are said to have come up as the two progressive senators discussed their likely presidential bids. Neither candidate had formally announced their campaign at this point."It is ludicrous to believe that at the same meeting where Elizabeth Warren told me she was going to run for president, I would tell her that a woman couldn't win.
He added that"of course" a woman could win."After all, Hillary Clinton beat Donald Trump by 3 million votes in 2016," Sanders said.Let our news meet your inbox. The news and stories that matters, delivered weekday mornings.
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