Highlighting Warren’s rapid succession of fusillades
against Trump makes sense. After all, outside of this election, you
don’t often get sitting US senators publicly calling the other party's
presidential nominee a "racist bully" who has "never risked anything for
anyone and who serves no one but himself."
But Warren’s speech did much more than go after Trump. In
her high-profile address, she pivoted from attacking the likely GOP
nominee to attacking Republicans more generally, accusing the party’s
leaders of orchestrating a prolonged "assault" on the independence of
the federal judiciary in order to serve the wealthiest Americans
.
For instance, when Warren highlighted Trump’s racist
attacks against Judge Gonzalo Curiel, she said they were born from the
same essential motivation as other mainstream Republican initiatives
like the blockade of Merrick Garland’s Supreme Court nomination and the
Citizens United decision on campaign finance: to help the richest of the
rich.
"Donald Trump chose racism as his weapon," Warren said.
"But his aim is exactly the same as the rest of the Republicans: to
pound the courts into submission for the rich and the powerful."
Now, it should be noted that many leading Republicans,
like Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and House Speaker Paul Ryan,
have condemned Trump's remarks about Curiel. So it doesn’t seem
entirely fair to blame them for what Trump’s said there.
But the line does give us insight into how one of the
leading progressives sees Trump, and it suggests how a Warren-led
Democratic Party might respond in 2016 and beyond.
Read more: Elizabeth Warren's speech attacking Donald Trump made a bigger argument about Republicans - Vox
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