Elizabeth Warren's 'Persist' Is Generous To Her '20 Democratic Rivals (Except One)
Warren fans looking for score-settling won't find it here — her book is not a juicy tell-all. Instead, it reads like a that of a future campaigner or a public servant who wants to continue fighting.
Sen. Elizabeth Warren's Persist sent me digging for some old tape, from the February 2019 annual gathering of the National Action Network, a major civil rights organization. Most of the 2020 Democratic presidential candidates gave their stump speeches an early test-drive that day.
Warren told the story of being a single mother and law school professor in Houston, struggling to do her job and take care of two small children. One day, her Aunt Bee in Oklahoma calls and asks how it's going. Young Elizabeth tries to stay strong — and then bursts into tears.
If you ever heard this stump speech, you know the punchline: Aunt Bee hears her niece's desperation for child care and responds, "I can't come tomorrow, but I can come Thursday"...
