Inside the Sanders-Warren woman president fight

Sen. Elizabeth Warren is claiming that her longtime friend (and now Democratic presidential rival) Sen. Bernie Sanders said a woman could not be elected president in 2020. Chris Cillizza explains the longstanding debate over female electability. #CNN #News #Cillizza #2020

SOURCES AND FURTHER READING:
Bernie Sanders told Elizabeth Warren in private 2018 meeting that a woman can't win, sources say
https://www.cnn.com/2020/01/13/politics/bernie-sanders-elizabeth-warren-meeting/index.html.

Sanders and Warren feud escalates before CNN debate in Iowa
https://www.cnn.com/2020/01/13/politics/warren-sanders-2020/index.html.

Warren Told Sanders After Debate, ‘I Think You Called Me a Liar on National TV’
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/15/us/politics/sanders-warren-debate-handshake.html.

Hillary Clinton and America Ferrera on Pain and Progress (and Hiking)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/16/style/hillary-clinton-america-ferrera-table-for-three.html?_r=0.

It's official: Clinton swamps Trump in popular vote
https://www.cnn.com/2016/12/21/politics/donald-trump-hillary-clinton-popular-vote-final-count/index.html.

NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist Poll National Tables November 11th through November 15th, 2019
http://maristpoll.marist.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/NPR_PBS-NewsHour_Marist-Poll_USA-NOS-and-Tables_1911181224.pdf#page=3.

Trump mocks Fiorina’s physical appearance: 'Look at that face!'
https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/253178-trump-insults-fiorinas-physical-appearance-look-at-that-face.

‘Horseface,’ ‘Lowlife,’ ‘Fat, Ugly’: How the President Demeans Women
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/16/us/politics/trump-women-insults.html.

A historic new Congress will be sworn in today
https://www.vox.com/2018/12/6/18119733/congress-diversity-women-election-good-news.

Exit Polls
https://www.cnn.com/election/2018/exit-polls.

Exit Polls
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2014/11/04/us/politics/2014-exit-polls.html.

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