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    Behind Elizabeth Warren's surge: Emotional punch coupled with attention to detail

    by David Lauter, Los Angeles Times Sep 23, 2019 5 minutes

    CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa - One by one, each candidate who took the stage at an LGBTQ presidential candidate forum here got the same question and gave a nearly identical answer.

    What would they do from Day 1 of their presidencies to address concerns of gay, lesbian and transgender communities, the moderators asked. Each of the first eight candidates responded with a list of positions that command widespread support among Democrats: lifting the Trump administration's ban on transgender military service, backing passage of the Equality Act, appointing Justice Department officials committed to civil rights enforcement.

    Then came Sen. Elizabeth Warren's turn.

    "I'm not going to tell you, I'm going to show you," she said, as she pulled out a notecard and began to read: "Dana Martin, Jazzeline Ware, Ashanti Carmon ..."

    The auditorium fell silent as the litany of names continued. "... Bee Love Slater, Ja'Leyah-Jamar: Eighteen trans

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