united states of america. warren s positions, like medicare for all, and canceling student loan debt, mirror those of other progressives. in april she becomes the first democratic candidate to call for president trump s impeachment. we took an oath to protect and serve the constitution of the united states of america. and the way we do that is we begin impeachment proceedings now against this president. in july she receives her 1 millionth campaign donation. it s all of us in this together, raising our voices, that s how we make real change. whether or not she wins her party s nomination, elizabeth warren appears determined to use her words and her convictions to transform the american political system. but this life is now about, it s about the chance to get in there and use every tool we can to help make this a government
and trump does not like being taken on by powerful people, particularly powerful women. warren has been a senator only since 2013. and her path to the national stage has been anything but predictable. going back to her birth in 1949. i was a late in life baby, as they used to be called back then. and my mother always called me the surprise. i was about 30 before it occurred to me what that meant. elizabeth warren is born in oklahoma. the only girl in donald and pauline s family. they always saw themselves as middle class people. they saw themselves that people for for them the distinction was they used good english and they didn t say ain t. but her middle class upbringing is threatened when she s just 12 years old. my daddy had a heart attack.
elizabeth warren, the senior senate from massachusetts announces her run for the oval office in february. the man in the white house is not the cause of what is broken. he is just the latest and most extreme symptom of what s gone wrong in america. senator elizabeth warren there officially stepping in to the 2020 campaign this morning with a message of opportunity for all. washington is working fabulously for the wealthy and well connected. i think that washington ought to work for everybody else. how do you debate someone who isn t interested in civility or facts? did you have someone specific in mind? we have to get out there and be clear about what we re fighting for and then we got to show we re willing to fight for it. it s not enough just to talk the talk. we have actually got to be
let me hear it. our agaenda is america s agenda. and if we fight for it, we win. trail blazing senator elizabeth warren is now in the middle of a presidential run. but in 1968, she was a newly married college dropout struggling to pursue a career. i just couldn t quite give up the dream of teaching. i really wanted to teach. that man. i had to find a way to get back to college. and i went to a commuter college, and i knew that was my second chance, and i hung on for dear life. the warrens moved to new jersey in 1970 where elizabeth warren teaches special needs kids at a public school. she gives birth to their first child amelia the following year. my husband s feeling was stay
documentation. i don t know a kid who did. in a tight race, warren survives the controversy and emerges victorious. she defeats brown by eight points and makes history, too, as the first female senator from massachusetts. you took on the powerful wall street banks and special interests and you let them know you want a senate out there fighting for the middle class all of the time. and that you will well and faithfully discharged the duties. a senator dives on the debates on student loan debt and wall street reform from her perch on the senate banking committee. tell me a bit about the last few times you have taken the biggest financial institutions on wall street all the way to a trial. [ applause ] anybody? i d like to offer. sure. i can 100% draw a line between the person pushing me on