On Monday, amid Bernie Sanders’ rise in the polls, CNN revealed that in a closed-door meeting with Bernie Sanders and Elizebeth Warren, Sanders told Warren, he “did not believe a woman could win.”
According to CNN, the meeting went as follows:
The two agreed that if they ultimately faced each other as presidential candidates, they should remain civil and avoid attacking one another, so as not to hurt the progressive movement. They also discussed how to best take on President Donald Trump, and Warren laid out two main reasons she believed she would be a strong candidate: She could make a robust argument about the economy and earn broad support from female voters.
Sanders responded that he did not believe a woman could win.
The description of that meeting is based on the accounts of four people: two people Warren spoke with directly soon after the encounter, and two people familiar with the meeting.
The article also noted that Sanders expressed “frustration” over identity politics playing a larger role in the Democrat Party.
Warren reportedly told Sanders that she disagreed with his assessment, arguing that a woman can indeed win the White House.