I have so many questions, selflessly selfishly curious to see how you understand it. The thing we are trying to understand is the message that you think this outcome of the election really means. Thewhat i mean by that is democrats have won the white house, but have lost 10 seats in the house, and we will see what happens in the senate. Im trying to understand whether we think this is an endorsement or a repudiation of the more progressive values that i know you have argued for or if its , something about centrism. Whats your take on what this means . Sen. Warren so look, joe biden and Kamala Harris won by more than 5 million votes. It was record turnout. They won by running on the most Progressive Agenda that a general election candidate has ever run on in the United States of america. And it wasnt just what happened with joe and kamala. Florida said were tired of waiting for the federal government and they went for 15 an hour minimum wage. Arizona said, were going to tax rich people
Up next, the New York Times talks with massachusetts senator Elizabeth Warren about progressive priorities for president elect bidens administration. We are joined for our final session of the day with senator Elizabeth Warren. We could not be more joyed to have her, about whats going on and where the country is headed over the next several years. Senator, thank you very much for joining us. Sen. Warren thank you for having me. We will have fun. Lets have fun. I have so many questions, selfishly curious to see how you understand it. The thing we are trying to understand is the message that you think this outcome of the election really means. And what i mean by that is the democrats have won the white house, but have lost 10 seats in the house, and we will see what happens in the senate. Im trying to understand whether we think this is an endorsement or a repudiation of the more progressive values that i know you have argued for, or if its something about centrism. Whats your take on wh
With massachusetts senator Elizabeth Warren about progressive priorities for president elect biden administration. We are joined for our final session of the day with senator Elizabeth Warren, and we couldnt be more thrilled to have her try to unpack what has gone on over these past couple of weeks and frankly, where this country is headed over the next several years. Senator, thank you so very much for joining us. Hello thank you for having me were going to have fun. Lets have fun i have so many questions selfishly to understand how you think about it. But the thing that i think were all trying to make sense of right now is the message that you think the outcome of this election really means and what i mean by that is the democrats have won the white house. But have lost ten seats in the house well see what happens in the senate and im trying to understand whether we think that this is an endorsement or a reputuation of the more progressive values that i know you have argued for or if
Wade, gun control and a host of other policy issues, she patiently explained that none of that is her job. I interpret the constitution as a law, and its not up to me to update it or infuse my own policy views into it. As ive also said repeatedly, any policy preferences that i have dont matter anyway. Theyre irrelevant. So making that law, thats sure job. Gerry what we saw on display were the two very different visions of the role of the courts. Conservatives believe in judicial restraint the, interpretation of the law by judges. Democrats want to use the judiciary to make policy. Its why they object to judge barrett and why they plan to pack the court if they win the white house and senate next month. Democrats dont really want to talk about this, so of course what they do is attacked judge barrett on a range of other, frankly, completely extraneous things. The most bizarre was the condemnation this week of her for using a particular word when she was talking about sexuality. I have n
Wade, gun control and a host of other policy issues, she patiently explained that none of that is her job. I interpret the constitution as a law, and its not up to me to update it or infuse my own policy views into it. As ive also said repeatedly, any policy preferences that i have dont matter anyway. Theyre irrelevant. So making that law, thats sure job. Gerry what we saw on display were the two very different visions of the role of the courts. Conservatives believe in judicial restraint the, interpretation of the law by judges. Democrats want to use the judiciary to make policy. Its why they object to judge barrett and why they plan to pack the court if they win the white house and senate next month. Democrats dont really want to talk about this, so of course what they do is attacked judge barrett on a range of other, frankly, completely extraneous things. The most bizarre was the condemnation this week of her for using a particular word when she was talking about sexuality. I have n