Warren Out? Trump Says She's Trying To End Candidacy After NH Shutout
President Donald Trump speaks at a rally at the Southern New Hampshire University Arena on Feb. 10, 2020, in Manchester, New Hampshire. (Drew Angerer / Getty Images)
By Joe Setyon
Published February 11, 2020 at 7:45pm
President Donald Trump used one of his favorite nicknames to mock Sen. Elizabeth Warren on the night of the New Hampshire Democratic presidential primary.
With about 50 percent of the vote in, Warren, who represents neighboring Massachusetts in the Senate, was stuck at 9.5 percent.
That was good for fourth place, as Warren trailed the leader, Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, as well as former South Bend, Indiana, Mayor Pete Buttigieg and Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar, who were in second and third, respectively.
Before all the votes had been counted, Warren took to the podium in New Hampshire and called for unity within the Democratic Party.
“We will need a nominee that the broadest coalition of our party feels like they can get behind,” she said. “We cannot afford to fall into factions.”
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“We win when we come together,” she added.
According to Trump, Warren’s words show her heart isn’t really in the race.
The president even suggested Warren, whom he referred to as “Pocahontas” — a reference to her past claims of Native American ancestry, which eventually ended when a DNA test proved she was between 1/64th and 1/1,024th Native American — “is sending signals that she wants out.”
“Elizabeth Warren, sometimes referred to as Pocahontas, is having a really bad night,” Trump said.
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“Calling for unity is her way of getting there, going home, and having a ‘nice cold beer’ with her husband!” the president added.
That last line was a reference to a December 2018 Instagram video with her husband in which Warren said, “Hold on a sec, I’m gonna get me a beer.”
Many saw the moment as clearly staged and inauthentic, according to The Atlantic.
Warren did not reveal any plans to drop out on Tuesday night, though it’s conceivable that Trump pouncing on the narrative of her flailing candidacy could hurt her chances even more.
Regardless, it was a bad day for her all around, with multiple outlets projecting she did not win enough votes in the state to earn any delegates to the Democratic National Convention.