Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) is set to issue a stark warning to her fellow Democrats on Monday: If you listen to donors and corporate interests more than the public, the party’s 2026 and 2028 comeback bids will fall short.
Warren is set to deliver a speech Monday at the National Press Club in Washington laying out her vision for the Democratic Party, which argues the party is in danger of letting major donors and corporations dictate its agenda. In the speech, Warren calls out not only the Wall Street and tech CEOs you would expect, but also key Democratic leaders.
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The speech could revive speculation the 76-year-old senator is considering a presidential run in 2028, but Democrats close to her say she is not going to be a candidate.
According to excerpts released by her political team ahead of the speech, Warren will argue the country is begging for systemic change to what many voters increasingly see as a rigged system.
“Revising our economic agenda to tiptoe around that conclusion might appeal to the wealthy, but it will not help Democrats build a bigger tent, and it definitely will not help Democrats win elections,” Warren will say. “A Democratic Party that worries more about offending big donors than delivering for working people is a party that is doomed to fail ― in 2026, 2028, and beyond.”
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Notably, Warren will directly call out the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee ― which Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) chairs and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer traditionally plays a major role in running ― for subscribing to a more cautious philosophy she believes has more to do with raising cash than winning over voters.
“A tepid, nibble-around-the-edges approach earns praise from Jamie Dimon and other Wall Street and Big Tech CEOs. And, if we’re being honest, that approach has also been a good way to appeal to the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee as they decide which primary candidates they will support,” she will say. “But it doesn’t take a political genius to conclude that in a democracy, when the choice is between ‘make the rich richer’ and ‘help everybody else,’ winning elections is about choosing ‘everybody else.’”
Warren is part of a group of liberal Democrats, the self-proclaimed “Fight Club,” who have pushed Schumer to more aggressively respond to President Donald Trump and have pushed back against the DSCC’s involvement in key primaries. Warren herself has endorsed Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan over Rep. Angie Craig in Minnesota’s Senate race.
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She has also sent $400,000 of campaign cash to 23 state parties last week.
Warren’s harshest critique, however, is aimed at former Arizona Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, a Democrat-turned-independent who helped block many of former President Joe Biden’s policy priorities, including a hike in the minimum wage. Sinema is now working as an advocate for a host of different well-heeled industries, including both crypto and AI.
After blocking the minimum wage hike, Warren will say Sinema “spent the rest of her time in office protecting hedge fund managers from paying taxes and blocking filibuster reform. Sinema faced no consequences from her President or her leaders in Washington. Eventually, it was her own constituents back home who chased her out of the Senate.”