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Elizabeth Warren tears up as she quits 2020 race and takes credit for ‘knocking out Bloomberg’
ELIZABETH Warren teared up on Thursday as she told reporters she's ended her presidential campaign.
The senator, who was once a frontrunner among the Dems trying to beat , said she has no plans to nominate Joe Biden or Bernie Sanders for the Democratic nomination anytime soon.
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"I will not be running for president in 2020, but I guarantee I will stay in the first for the hardworking folks across this country who have gotten the short end of the stick over and over."
Warren added: "It's been the fight of my life and will continue to be so."
The 70-year-old said, addressing her supporters who now don't know who to support: "Let's take a deep breath and spend a little time on it."
"We don't have to decide that this minute."
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After her campaign received humiliating results on , it was reported Warren was reassessing whether to quit the race.
She is the latest to end her run, following billionaire , and after disappointments on the campaign trail.
Trump immediately leapt on the announcement, : “Warren was going nowhere except into Mini Mike’s head.”
He added: “She dropped out of the Democrat Primary...THREE DAYS TOO LATE."
“She cost Crazy Bernie, at least, Massachusetts, Minnesota and Texas."
“Probably cost him the nomination! Came in third in Mass.”
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On Super Tuesday, Warren had placed third behind and in her adopted home state of Massachusetts.
Warren, 70, had mediocre results in the first four states that voted, and she trailed behind in the delegate count.
She : "Being here with you tonight is about two things for me."
"It’s about the fight, but it’s also about the hope. It’s about what we will be able to do together," she said. "So that’s why I’m here."
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A campaign staffer told The Sun that Warren decided to make one final push after her poor performance on Tuesday by putting a call out for donations.
The results were underwhelming, per the source. Days later, Warren she was dropping out.
She told them what they did and worked on together "will carry through, carry through for the rest of this election, and the one after that, and the one after that."
"We have shown that it is possible to build a grassroots movement that is accountable to supporters and activists and not to wealthy donors."
She said her team "fundamentally changed the substance of this race."
Warren took credit for knocking Bloomberg out of the race.
"We have been willing to fight, and when necessary, we left plenty of blood and teeth on the floor. And I can think of one billionaire who has been denied the chance to buy this election."
Warren said "this campaign became something special, and it wasn't because of me," thanking her staff.
Speaking to reporters on Thursday, Warren teared up saying: "One of the hardest parts of this is all those pinky promises and all those little girls who are going to have to wait four more years."
Her decision to exit the race sparks the question of who she'll endorse, if anyone, for the nomination: Biden or fellow progressive Sanders.
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The source said Warren is mulling over whether to back one of the remaining candidates this week or wait until much later in the race.
"She might even wait until May or June," said the source.
On Wednesday, Warren spoke with both Biden and Sanders — both of whom may be eyeing some kind of arrangement with her.
Sanders : "She has not made any decisions as of this point."
"And it is important, I think, for all of us — certainly me, who has known Elizabeth Warren for many, many years — to respect the time and the space that she needs to make her decision."
Warren said in January that Sanders told her, in 2018, could win the presidency.
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Sanders denied ever making the remark and accused Warren's campaign of lying.
At a debate shortly after, Warren appeared to snub Bernie as the candidates shook hands.
Sanders had extended his hand, but Warren kept her hands clasped as the two spoke.
Deal-making has already played a huge role in the Democratic race for the nomination.
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Biden surged into the lead on Super Tuesday after getting endorsements from Buttigieg and Klobuchar, who had dropped out of the race.
Bloomberg added his endorsement of Biden on Wednesday as he announced he was suspending his campaign.
Sanders, , could have a similar push if he comes to an arrangement with Warren.
Both Sanders and Warren support universal, government-sponsored health care, tuition-free public college and aggressive measures against climate change.
Biden of Warren on Thursday: "Senator @EWarren is the fiercest of fighters for middle class families. Her work in Washington, in Massachusetts, and on the campaign trail has made a real difference in people's lives."
"We needed her voice in this race, and we needed her continued work in the Senate."
The former vice president even joked his dogs, Champ and Major, would love" to have Warren's dog, Bailey, "over any time."
Warren's campaign began with a bang in February 2019.
She drew tens of thousands of supporters to last summer, and during rallies in Washington state and Minnesota.
Warren called for "structural change" to the American political system to reorder the nation's economy for the sake of fairness.
She had a signature populist proposal for a two percent wealth tax she wanted to impose on households worth more than $50 million that prompted chants of “Two cents! Two cents!" at rallies across the country.
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The campaign was damaged when Warren released a DNA test in response to Trump telling her to prove she had Native American ancestry.
Instead of quieting critics, Warren offended tribal leaders who said it was culturally insensitive.
Still, Trump and other Republicans deride Warren as "Pocahontas" — as seen in Trump's tweet Thursday.
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