Shaun King: Warren 'embellished' Sanders's words from 2018 meeting.

[RandySF]

Link to tweet

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Shaun King
@shaunking
Wow.

Just spoke to a source who told me that Elizabeth Warren admittedly "embellished" the words of
@BernieSanders
to her friends after her meeting with him in 2018, saying that Bernie said a woman couldn't win, but that he never actually said those words.

Disgusting.
2:45 PM · Jan 13, 2020·Twitter Web App

[W_HAMILTON]

1. Shaun King isn't exactly a trusted source himself.

[hlthe2b]

3. My first thought as well. Not buying this crap from either side.

what is it with some of these political figures/pundits/activists that they seek to do Trump's work for him? Nina Turner, Sirota, Shaun King and even some of our tv pundits...

[Cha]

10. Yeah, SK knows all about "embellishment".. so much

for "civil".

[TwilightZone]

2. King is an unreliable narrator.

And it doesn't really matter if he said those exact words or not. If he made the assertion in any form, it's unacceptable.

[George II]

4. So, three people who were at the meeting said it happened, but someone who was NOT at the meeting...

....says it didn't happen?

Well, that clinches it for me, it didn't happen!

[melman]

13. None of the sources in the CNN piece were at the meeting

"The description of that meeting is based on the accounts of four people: two people Warren spoke with directly soon after the encounter, and two people familiar with the meeting."


https://www.cnn.com/2020/01/13/politics/bernie-sanders-elizabeth-warren-meeting/index.html

[George II]

16. And where was Shaun King right after the meeting?

PS - Warren WAS at the meeting!

Link to tweet

[Hav]

5. So what was really said? If you know it was embellished, you should know exactly what was exchanged.

This tweet suggests that there was at least something said in that direction. What could have been embellished in that context? That it would be very hard or too hard for a woman to win? That wouldn't make the comment better.
If someone wanted to counter the claim, he could have at least offered more insight into what was actually said. Just saying it was embellished is not enough. This kind of non-denial makes me believe the original claim more.

[ritapria]

6. The alleged comment attributed to Bernie

is in direct contravention to all his public statements and actions ...My God, he urged Elizabeth to run for President in 2015 ……..Bernie is a Mysoginist ? ….He urged a woman to run for the Highest Office in the Land … Only when she refused to take the cudgel, did he decide to run himself ...What a strange course of action for a male supremacist to take ..

[Aaron Pereira]

7. I'll trust Warren's integrity here.

If she did embellish or an inaccurate picture of what happened has emerged I believe she'll set the record straight herself.

[WhiskeyGrinder]

8. Lol, Shaun King.

[Sloumeau]

9. OK, so let's assume for a moment that Senator Sanders did not use those...

exact words. Why would Senator Warren embellish or imply that Sanders said that unless he hinted at that? That is what I am wondering. I am still waiting on Senator Warren. As she says, so shall I believe.

[Demsrule86]

11. Who would believe him over Warren...not me.

[caraher]

12. And we continue quarreling amongst ourselves...

Does figuring out whom to blame here help us in November? That's why I'm not super interested.

[TidalWave46]

14. So the argument is that the context is accurate...

But there has been no word for word quote released so it’s disgusting?

[marlakay]

15. I think a lot of people are trying

To make Bernie and Elizabeth’s voters hate each other.

Go ahead and try, I love them both and don’t believe the lies about either would vote for Bernie happily.