Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D) teased a master “plan” to combat Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) in the event that Republicans retain the Senate in 2020, but she provided zero details during Wednesday’s Democrat debate.
“Do you have a plan to deal with Mitch McConnell if you don’t beat him in the Senate– if he’s still sitting there as the Senate Majority Leader? It’s very plausible that you could be elected president with a Republican Senate. Do you have a plan to deal with Mitch McConnell?” Chuck Todd asked.
“I do,” Warren said to thunderous applause.
However, when it came time to elaborate, Warren provided little to no details on her master plan, instead speaking in gross generalizations about Congress reflecting the will of the American people.
“We are a democracy, and the way democracy is supposed to work is the will of the people matters,” Warren declared. “Now, we for far too long have had a Congress in Washington that has completely dismissed what people care about across this country.”
“They have made this country work much better for those who can make giant contributions, made it work better for those who hire armies of lobbyists and lawyers, and not made it work for the people,” she continued.
She said she would, of course, like to see Democrats take the Senate but once again offered no solid plan on how to deal with the plausible scenario of another Republican majority, vaguely declaring that the “fight still goes on” in the event that Democrats fail to take the Senate.
“I want to see us get a Democratic majority in the Senate, but short of a Democratic majority in the Senate, you better understand the fight still goes on,” Warren continued.
“It starts in the White House,” she said, noting the importance of keeping Democrats energized, even after 2020.
“We need to push from the outside, have leadership on the inside, and make this Congress reflect the will of the people,” she added.
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