Elizabeth Warren to Call Don the Con A "Loud, Nasty, Thin-Skinned Fraud" in Upcoming Speech

[malaise]

http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/elizabeth-warren-call-donald-trump-loud-nasty-thin/story?id=39713129
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By Jordyn Phelps
Sen. Elizabeth Warren is preparing to launch her latest attack on Donald Trump over his comments about the judge overseeing the fraud case against Trump University, calling the presumptive GOP presidential nominee a "loud, nasty, thin-skinned fraud," according to advance excerpts obtained by ABC News of a speech she will deliver at the American Constitution Society’s National Convention in Washington, D.C., Thursday night.

"Donald Trump is a loud, nasty, thin-skinned fraud who has never risked anything for anyone and serves nobody but himself," Warren is set to say at the event, where she will share the stage with Vice President Joe Biden.

"Judge [Gonzalo] Curiel has survived far worse than Donald Trump. He has survived actual assassination attempts. He'll have no problem surviving Trump’s nasty temper tantrums," Warren will say.

The Massachusetts senator also plans to tie Trump directly to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and House Speaker Paul Ryan by making the case that Trump is only taking a page from their playbooks.

"Trump isn't a different kind of candidate. He's a Mitch McConnell kind of candidate. Exactly the kind of candidate you'd expect from a Republican Party whose 'script' for several years has been to execute a full-scale assault on the integrity of our courts," Warren will say, in accusing McConnell of blocking judicial nominations.

"Trump is also House Speaker Paul Ryan's kind of candidate," Warren will say. "Paul Ryan condemned Trump’s campaign for its attacks on Judge Curiel's integrity. Great. Where's Paul Ryan's condemnation of the blockade, the intimidation, the smears, and the slime against the integrity of qualified judicial nominees and Judge Garland?"

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Where can I watch this speech DUers - can't wait

[Skinner]

1. Love it.

[malaise]

2. The short fingered vulgarian

is going to run for cover

[Surya Gayatri]

9. The most evocative epithet for him so far? THE TALKING YAM...lol!

[malaise]

16. I disagree - fraud, con and vulgarian must be included

Will post a link when I find one

[Volaris]

75. He's racking up more titles than Danerys fucking Targarian at this rate lol

[malaise]

76. Bwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah hahahahahha

DUzy

[Surya Gayatri]

3. Please post a link if available! Must see!

[leftofcool]

4. Go Liz! I can't wait for this!

[CanadaexPat]

5. Preaching to the choir.

Warren's been the best but it's going to take a different kind of attack to sway his supporters.

[geek tragedy]

6. his supporters--the ones who really like him--are beyond reason and moral persuasion

it's those on the fence we have to focus on

[CanadaexPat]

10. True. But Reps said the same things about him during

the primaries. We need an anti-Trumo Trump, someone who speaks the way he speaks and can take advantage of news events the way he does. I don't know who's up for the job - Franken maybe?

[geek tragedy]

12. I think the way is not to beat him at his own game, but to troll him

into imploding and melting down.

Look at what he did this week just based on Trump University and Hillary's speech against him (which he still hasn't answered).

[CanadaexPat]

13. Ah, good point, you're probably right.

I guess this is different than the primaries: we're not after his core supporters so don't have to be afraid of alienating them the way Rubio et al were.

[geek tragedy]

17. exactly, racist white men are not our base nt

[ncgrits]

43. This is why I wish they wouldn't leak lines from upcoming speeches. . . .

If Drumpf had to deal with this stuff in real time, with no advance warning, he would be more likely to just completely lose it! Seems to me, anyway. . . .

[geek tragedy]

46. He doesn't pay attention to speeches, only Twitter nt

[NewJeffCT]

47. I think that's what Trump will do here

he'll respond with something about her being Indian and then ignore what she actually brings up. Then, if anybody follows up with him, he'll have his problems.

[malaise]

25. Franken is not only excellent

he is hilarious

[NewJeffCT]

48. Yes

he's been great as a senator, too. I remember when he had a healthcare rep testifying to the senate, and he brought up healthcare bankruptcies in the US. Then, he asked the woman if she knew how many medical bankruptcies there were in France. She responded that she didn't know and would have to look into it. He said, "I can tell you that number. It's zero." Then, he asked her if she knew how many there were in Germany, and when she started with saying she didn't know, he responded by saying it was zero there, too. Finally, with the third country (not sure which one), she finally got a clue and said that based on his line of questioning, it was probably 0. Very smartly done. (and much better than how I wrote it here)

[AntiBank]

63. Mark Takano <<< best Dem troller of Rethugs on social media

http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2013/09/rep-mark-takano-best-democrat-social-media-twitter-tumblr

[malaise]

14. They are 20% of the population

at most

[leftynyc]

18. Forget his supporters

They're imbecile and it's a lost cause. It's the other 75% of Americans that need to be focused on.

[Chicago1980]

38. It' not just about swaying his supporters.

It's trying to get him to go off and become unhinged and make his say something more dumb and extreme than he already has. that'll throw the GOP into a bigger disarray then they already have been.

[IronLionZion]

7. I love how Elizabeth Warren has no problem taking down Trump

and calling him out for the fraud that he is.



Dems are going to win this election. It's very important.

[Dustlawyer]

8. If the Democrats block judicial nominations to the next Republican President (if there is another),

we will have a stalemate and no judges. Given how corrupt some of the judges we are getting it may be a blessing. Who cares if the courts come to a halt because we have no judges. Suits against corporations will just grind to a halt. Given the way BP has perverted American Justice it may be for the best!

[Johnny2X2X]

11. She's our next VP

Basically everything you could ask for in a VP, she's going to be an incredible one.

[mdbl]

83. She will be very ineffective as VP

Leave her in the Senate.

[greymattermom]

15. Talk about his businesses

that have failed, cheated, over charged, not paid workers what they should be paid, catered to the fake rich. I'll bet that real rich folks aren't impressed by Trump. I'm sitting with a view of the Trump Towers in Chicago right now, and all the spaces on the lower floors for shops or restaurants are boarded up.

[moosewhisperer]

26. Take a pic

And make a meme about another of Trump's "gold-plated failures"

[Blunt Force Karma]

19. It's about to get very real!

I love me some Elizabeth Warren!


The demise of the douche bag that is Donnie "Stumpy" Trump is going to be a beautiful thing to see.

[malaise]

22. Welcome to DU Blunt Force Karma

Love your user name

[Blunt Force Karma]

89. Gracias

Appreciate it. Like your avatar.

Warren was so great last night! She had me smiling all day Friday.

[greymattermom]

20. He's a chocolate diamond

a flawed gem marketed to the ignorant

[wyldwolf]

21. Don the Con! Love it!

[malaise]

23. Short and to the point

His base likes three letter words

[Bernardo de La Paz]

40. Hair ConDon DrumpFührer . . . nt

[Festivito]

24. Good, but, loud and nasty? The rest is great. Just those two don't sound like her.

She is usually so good at exposing words that cut to the heart of opponents. I just don't see the Don as any more loud and nasty as looks the rest of the field. Falls flat. Discredits the rest of her words. For me.

Loutish and slimy instead?

[zazen]

27. "thin-skinned" is great because it pre-frames/shames his typical responses

Unless he responds with a sophisticated critique of her speech, he'll prove that he's thin-skinned the moment he opens his mouth.

[AngryAmish]

28. This is very weird.

This speech will take place later today. Yet we already know the substance of the speech.

Why would anyone watch the speech? To get the vicarious thrill of someone yelling at someone we do not like? At least in wrestling promos the things actually said are kept a secret until uttered. We realize The Undertaker will say bad things about Jake the Snake and threaten to take his soul, but the way he says it and the unique way The Undertaker will dispatch his opponent.

[Moostache]

30. Do those guys STILL wrestle???

They have to be pushing 60 by now because I remember them from the 80's!!!

Give me some British Bulldogs and the Hart Foundation...or Iron Shiek...or even Superfly Snuka!
HAHA!

[HuckleB]

29. K&R!

[Stellar]

31. "Don the Con" Trump...

I like that! That's what I'll call him too.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

41. ConDon theRump . . . nt

[PaulaFarrell]

32. he may be all of thosr things

But I don't approve of name-calling by any politician. It won't convince anybody leaning trump, and it will definitely harden support in those who already support him. And I think it lowers the conversation even more. Hoo boy, this is going to be a nasty election if even someone as articulate warren thinks sht-flinging is the way to go.

[bucolic_frolic]

35. Yeah

It's going to get the OBUMMER crowd really pissed

We wouldn't want to offend THEM! It might lead to change they don't like.

[malaise]

36. hehehehehhee

I say give Don the Con a double dose of his own medicine

[PaulaFarrell]

49. doubt that

This kind of name calling achieves nothing. Only appeals to the already converted.

[bucolic_frolic]

52. Only in your mind

for others it is a display of energy and wisdom that enables
perception from a new perspective

If you don't grab headlines and make it exciting, pop culture
doesn't pay much heed

That being said there are those that are more reserved
so the mix has to be tempered and suited to all tastes

[PaulaFarrell]

55. and that's only in your mind

Time will tell which of us is right

[bucolic_frolic]

56. The electorate

is chopped up into micro-marketing bits

So campaigns target different segments at any given point in time

It's red meat for some, moderation for others and on and on
into a thousand cuts of demographics

I'm sure some of it is based on focus group research and polls

Every word nuanced

So, ironically, it may depend on which segment is discussed

and I should know better than to paint with a broad brush

But the media leads us into simplifications, as if Nixon's "Southern Strategy"
is really really relevant and one of the three main things to target

Hats off to ya! Have a good election!

[world wide wally]

42. The idea is to make headlines and get all the free advertising. This has been Stumps M.O so

I see no problem throwing it back at him

[NCTraveler]

45. He is a con, loud, nasty, racist, xenophobic, misogynistic, etc....

That isn't calling him names like a child. They are descriptors that excellently define him.

[PaulaFarrell]

51. to you

To non-comiited it will come across as a personal attack. His policies are atrocious, go after that. That is if you want to convince anybody who's not already convinced.

[NCTraveler]

53. His policies are racist, xenophobic, misogynistic, bigoted, and nasty.

He proudly yells them from the rooftops. People sure will listen to that argument and it is completely based in his own thoughts.

[PaulaFarrell]

54. so we agree

Go after the policies, not the person

[LanternWaste]

57. The non-committed voters are not a monolithic block

"To non-comiited it will come across as a personal attack..."

The non-committed voters are not a monolithic block, but rather a series of various demographics, some of which are open to different tactics-- some we may agree with, others we may not approve of. Unless of course, you can point us towards an objective analysis emphatically concluding that this type of "attack never works..."

[red dog 1]

68. "I don't approve of name-calling by any politician"?

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Trump labeled Sen. Warren as "Goofy Elizabeth Warren," and ridiculed her claims to Native American heritage.
Don't you think she has a right to defend herself?

[enid602]

33. 'nasty'

This is the first time I can think of a national politician being called 'nasty.' I don't know if I should laugh or cry.

[bucolic_frolic]

34. Rethug Chauvinists Call Her a "Girl" Senator

what will they call Clinton-Warren '16?

A Sweet '16 Party?

This is gonna be good

[malaise]

37. I don't think it will be Clinton-Warren

but it's going to be good

[bucolic_frolic]

39. I actually don't think so either

it would be too one gender

The last time an aging party incumbent picked a VP,
and a woman at that, it was Tip O'Neill and Geraldine Ferraro

How did that turn out for them?

The names they float are never the choice. Both parties play
this game. It's always someone that makes the public
slap their knee and say "Of course! I should have remembered him or her."

That way the candidate looks brilliant, the choice is fresh, new.

So back to the drawing board

[LanternWaste]

58. Much as has every administration been to date.

"it would be too one gender..."

Much as has every administration been to date.

[July]

60. What does "too one gender" mean?

And does it only apply to women, since every single Prez-VP pairing we've ever had was "one gender" unless I missed something.

I want two smart, hardworking PEOPLE in those jobs, whether they are two men, two women, or one of each.

Also, Geraldine Ferraro was on the Dem ticket with Walter Mondale.

[NYC Liberal]

62. Of course it only applies to women.

Somehow having all-male tickets every single election for 200 years is totally normal, but heaven forbid we have one all-female ticket.

I don't think it will be Warren though because the governor of Massachusetts is a Republican and we need every vote we can get in the Senate.

[thesquanderer]

77. Harry Reid says he believes there's a mechanism to allow Warren to be VP...

...and not have her replaced by the Republican governor's appointee. There would be an election instead, which a Dem would more likely win (thought not guaranteed, see Coakley).

[NYC Liberal]

79. I saw that. Haven't looked into exactly how but

I assume the plan would be that if she resigns early enough this year, her replacement could be put on this year's ballot.

[peace13]

44. She needs to keep it to a higher level.

Stay classy E. That's why you are believable.

[Saviolo]

50. Warren is a firebrand

I love her to death, and she's always willing to stand up to big moneyed interests.

I really hope she doesn't get tapped for VP pick, because she can be far louder and more effective right where she is. She has a strong work ethic to fight the "too big to fail" banks and the obscene amounts of money in politics, and she can do more about that in the senate than as VP.

[WheelWalker]

59. Nasty, brutish and short.

[dhill926]

69. Trump's fingers?

[ailsagirl]

61. I hope this doesn't deteriorate into a mud-slinging fest

Let that moron hang himself-- just keep giving him rope and he'll do the rest. He's his own worst enemy.

I was always deeply impressed that our President never resorted to name-calling. He always took the high
road. I think he set an excellent precedent not just in politics, but everyday life.

IMHO

[Beacool]

64. Good for her.

A tag team of Hillary and Liz Warren, and Trump the bully won't know what hit him.

[nolabear]

65. And the inside scoop is that Biden will be there too, with a sharp knife.

Trump is going to have a very, very bad few months.

[Beacool]

67. Hillary, Biden, Warren, the president, etc.

Lots of intelligent and articulate people who will make a case for Hillary and point out what a disaster Trump would be for the nation.

[nolabear]

66. And GUESS what's on Twitter re Hillary!

https://twitter.com/CNNSitRoom/status/740992801945616385?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Etweet

[red dog 1]

70. K&R

[red dog 1]

71. Here's the first article I found since she gave the speech

Minneapolis Star Tribune
June 9, 2016
4:25 PM


"Warren on attack against Trump as she gets behind Clinton"
http://www.startribune.com/sen-warren-lashes-out-at-republicans-trump-over-judges/382329831/

[malaise]

72. The speech is on live now on GEM$NBComcast

She's tearing into them on their attacks on the judiciary.

They are going to regret two things - not appointing Obama's pick and attacking Judge Curiel.

She is brilliant.

[Zorro]

78. Dems need to tie the Trump albatross around the necks of every Republican politician

[malaise]

80. Well both Warren and Biden did a good job

doing that

[napkinz]

73. K&R!!!!!!!!!!!

[malaise]

74. She has hit the nail on the head re the judicial branch of government

Oh my Fugging Gawd!!! This is the speech I've been waiting for - for years.

[malaise]

87. The speech

[bucolic_frolic]

81. Absolutely baiting Trump to Tweet some more garbage

A wonderful speech

No, fabulous

Republicans are trying to play Trump at arm's length

And she shows they're all really the same, it's the same
rich corporate anti-people anti-environment strategy

and she ties it to slow-walking the President's judicial nominees for years!

A remarkable mind she has, Elizabeth Warren rocks!

[malaise]

82. Well said

I also loved her Turtle impression - she also has the gift of devouring them with good humor

[Vinca]

84. Best speech ever.

"The Donald" must have turned from orange to red. Warren and company are going to bait him and bait him and bait him and he's going to snap again and again and again.

[bucolic_frolic]

85. The phrase

"getting his goat" comes to mind

[malaise]

86. Any response from any ReTHUG yet??

[Vinca]

88. I'll save you waiting for a response -

"I disagree with the (fill in the space) message, but I'm still behind the Republican nominee." Options: racist, hate-filled, ignorant, anti-woman, anti-Muslim, anti-Mexican, nonsensical, uninformed, egotistical, numbnuts, stupid, anti-LGBTQ, anti-Black, violent, others as they rear their ugly heads.

[AgadorSparticus]

90. I just watched her speech on you tube. INCREDIBLE!! 😍😍😍😍

She truly does destroy Fraude Trump! She is nothing short of amazing. I can't imagine having to go up and speak after that. I wish there was a way to get the masses to sit long enough to listen to her speech. It is powerful.

[Gene Debs]

91. Warren needs to stop the juvenile flame-bait Twitter-war sparring with Trump. She should stay

above it instead of sinking to his level. Isn't one of the things that people love to point out about Trump when they call him unfit to hold office is that he engages in juvenile Twitter feuds?

Please stop, Elizabeth. You're far better than this. You're debasing yourself by constantly sniping at this buffoon in social media.