Sprung from Washington, senators make for a Democratic swarm across Iowa
With a break in the impeachment trial of President Trump, Iowa was again awash in Democratic candidates on Saturday, as a flock of White House hopefuls traveled the state in a morning-to-night blitz of campaigning ahead of the first contest of the 2020 election.
“I’ve been in Washington for a long time, locked down, and I have to get to a lot of places,” Warren said as she announced that her golden retriever would take her place. “I hope you’ll indulge me. Bailey is going to do the selfie line. He’s working on his smile.”While rivals Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders have lately taken aim at one another, Warren cast herself as a unity candidate who could bring disparate Democrats together.
Addressing several hundred in a North Liberty community center in eastern Iowa, Biden lamented the decision of Republican senators to block additional witnesses from testifying. “The fix seems to be in on this whole impeachment thing,” he said, suggesting that George Washington — who warned against foreign influence in domestic politics — would be turning in his Mt. Vernon grave.
Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt. , and Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., far left, at a campaign event Saturday at The Black Box Theater in Indianola, Iowa.
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