thanks for joining us. democrats are lining up to take on president trump in 2020. boy, are they. massachusetts senator elizabeth warren officially kicked off her campaign saturday and on sunday, minnesota senator amy klobuchar is expected to join the race. it is already a crowded field. at this moment, 11 people have either announced their candidacy or formed exploratory committees. and that doesn t count those who are still thinking about jumping in. well, let s begin with elizabeth warren making it official. she made her announcement at the site of an historic labor strike led by women and immigrants with thousands cheering her on in freezing temps. she promised to level the economic playing field for the middle class and tackle corruption in the u.s. political system. our fight is for big
positions that will be central to her 2020 campaign as well. she talked about her anti-corruption bill and talked about taking on wall street, her support for medicare for all and the green new deal and also, of course, her proposal that she put out last month to tax the wealthy. she also only said the word trump twice in her speech. this is not surprising. we ve seen a number of the democratic candidates when out speaking publicly, they re reticent to say the word trump as they re talking to their supporters. however, even if she was not willing to say the word trump very much, we know the speech was all about trying to draw a contrast between herself and the president of the united states. and making the case for why she believes she s the best democrat to take him on in 2020. m.j. lee for us. senator warren, one of president trump s favorite targets.
and he made note of her announcement with a tweet saying this. today elizabeth warren, sometimes referred to by me as pocahontas, joined the race for president. will she run as our first native american presidential candidate, or has she decided that after 32 years, this is not playing so well anymore? see you on the campaign trail, liz. game on there. democratic hopefuls are fanning out all across the country on that campaign trail. iowa will be the first state to vote in 2020. its caucuses will be february 3rd. but elizabeth warren will be there sunday, and new jersey senator cory booker is there now. i plan on criss-crossing this state. nobody is going to work harder in the state of iowa than i will. i ll do longer days. i will do more events. i m just going to really work hard. i think the people waof iowa deserve to have presidential
union movement and they provide a great deal of funding, since 2010, about a billion dollars have been given from unions to democratic candidates. and they have millions of members. in 2016, many of the major unions backed hillary clinton. so i think that one of the things that i think elizabeth warren is trying to do is to pitch herself to those unions to be the candidate that they support. yes, she definitely is going after the billionaire culture in the united states. also, other females, kamala harris from california, senator amy klobuchar may announce today during while it s snowing in minnesota. it s a diverse field so far, but is there a rock star candidate that you foresee? look, one of the things about this particular primary, which is very different from 2016, is because it s so crowded, candidates can win states on a
university. he joins us from oxford, england. are you just so excited about this race so far? we are definitely in the everybody in stage of this presidential election season. 11 democratic candidates. more to come. as of saturday, elizabeth warren. but it s been a rough week for her vis-a-vis her claims to be native american and donald trump is having a field day. what do you think? is she going to be able to push past this? i think she ll probably be able to push past it. i mean, i think she s in some ways assisted by the comments the president made. the president s illusion to the trail of tears was extremely inappropriate and i think that many democratic voters will react badly to that. it will become perhaps more defensive of her in light of the president s insensitivities. i thought it significant that she plays to a campaign very squarely in the history of the american labor movement, the i