U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Elizabeth Warren holds a town hall event in West Des Moines.Democratic presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren is refocusing her campaign after a critical reception to her divisive $20.5 trillion Medicare For All plan in November.
"I don't think she should brush it under the rug," retired teacher and Warren backer Karla Thompson, 60, said at a town hall in Marion, where her wife told the candidate she was worried about the plan. "That's what will make or break her.
For months, Warren has been running on a populist message of fighting Washington corruption and Wall Street greed. But her promise to expand government health insurance coverage without raising middle-class taxes is what has drawn the most attacks from rivals who say it is unrealistic and from some voters concerned it is too extreme.
Iowa state Senator Clair Celsi, who endorsed Warren, has suggested the campaign produce explanatory videos to persuade people leery of the proposal, just as she used to be.
Fakes left, goes center.
Can’t trust the Dems
Thinking it helps her.