Anatomy of a Warren Rally

The Daily

The New York Times

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🗓️ 20 September 2019

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

With crowds that are said to number 15,000 to 20,000 people, Senator Elizabeth Warren’s campaign events frequently dwarf those of her Democratic rivals. This week, we experienced the growing phenomenon that is the Warren rally. Guest: Thomas Kaplan, a political reporter for The New York Times. For more information on today’s episode, visit nytimes.com/thedaily. Background reading: Ms. Warren, running on a message of sweeping change, is solidifying her place in an exclusive club of presidential candidates who have become crowd magnets.At her campaign events, Ms. Warren’s speech is only the first act. Act Two? The selfie line.Back-to-back rallies by Ms. Warren and President Trump laid out competing versions of populism that could come to define the 2020 presidential campaign.

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0:00.0	Tom?
0:02.0	Hey, thank you for the way.
0:03.5	That's okay.
0:04.5	Nice to meet you.
0:05.5	So on Monday, I left the New York Times office with daily producer Claire Tenniscatter.
0:10.0	And tell me where we're walking?
0:12.0	So we're heading out of the West Fourth Street station.
0:15.0	We took the subway down to Washington Square Park in the heart of NYU's campus in Greenwich Village.
0:22.0	It's an iconic park in Manhattan filled with students, musicians, dogs, people streaming
0:29.0	through at all hours of the day.
0:32.0	It's hosted political rallies over the years, posted protests.
0:37.0	This is where we're supposed to go in.
0:41.0	And on Monday night, thank you.
0:45.0	Here's a big warrant.
0:47.0	Come talk to me.
0:48.0	It was the site of a big rally for Elizabeth Warren, where she was going to give one of the
0:53.0	biggest speeches of her presidential campaign so far.
0:56.0	Elizabeth Warren is here, folks.
1:00.0	We're breaking our water.
1:02.0	She may even have gone to the Starbucks that you attend.
1:06.0	Elizabeth Warren is in New York City, folks.
1:09.0	She's here.
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