New York Times: They Saw Themselves in Elizabeth Warren. So What Do They See Now?

LAS VEGAS — Emily Ciarella, 10, walked toward the stage with her mother. She looked at Senator Elizabeth Warren and asked a simple question:

“Why do you think it is important for a woman to run for president?”

The audience let out a collective “aw.” Ms. Warren smiled broadly and turned the personal question universal.

“Do we really believe there’s value in every person?” she replied, looking at Emily, then at the audience of about 200 people, gathered in a high school auditorium in a suburban neighborhood north of Las Vegas, who did not seem particularly captivated by Ms. Warren’s answer.

American voters, Ms. Warren continued, had backed firsts in the past — there was a Catholic man in the 1960s and an African-American man in 2008, she said, leading to her conclusion: “Let’s do this one more time.”

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