| | | | Here's the message Elizabeth Warren is trying to send |  | | Reading between the lines, Sen. Elizabeth Warren hoped to send one clear message at last night's marquee campaign rally in New York City: that her support is real and it is growing.
Much of Joe Biden's strength comes from the fact that voters see him as the one who can beat President Donald Trump. A major way for another candidate to take a bite out of that claim, short of going after Biden directly, is to show a campaign's momentum.
That's what Warren's campaign aimed to do last night. (Side note: I've covered Warren since her Senate run in 2012, and closely followed her town halls back in Massachusetts amid the 2018 reelection campaign. Some things have changed, like the fact that she used to be able to fit her supporters in an elementary school gym, but others haven't -- her Senate team also kept track of the number of selfies Warren took with supporters.)
Some (bite-size) takeaways: - The message was focused on tackling corruption
- "I know what's broken and I've got a plan to fix it and that's why I'm running for president of the United States."
- The imagery was not an accident
- Beneath the massive marble arch in Washington Square Park, Warren said: "I wanted to give this speech right here not because of the arch behind me or who this square is named for. We're not here because of men at all."
- At the beginning of her speech, Warren recounted the Triangle Shirtwaist fire, which killed 148 people, mostly female factory workers, near Washington Square in 1911.
- Warren's podium stood 46 inches tall, per her campaign -- because she's running to be the 46th president, duh.
- The crowd was *big*
- The event drew thousands and was one of Warren's largest. The Parks Department had expected 8,000 to 10,000 people, but Warren's campaign claims the event drew even more than that.
- More and more lately, Warren's team has been touting her large crowds (15K in Seattle, for example).
- The park was so crowded it was basically impossible to actually see Warren at the podium.
- The park abuts NYU, so the crowd had plenty of young faces.
- The selfies must go on -- and on, and on
- Warren changed up her stump speech, but she still stuck around for her traditional selfies with supporters. "Some things we just don't mess with," Warren quipped.
- She took nearly 4,000 photos with supporters, staying in the park for almost four hours after the speech wrapped.
- For the record, they're not actually selfies, but an eight-step, carefully choreographed process by Warren's team.
The Point: Warren's speech Monday was meant to highlight just how large her support can be. Did she pull it off? Time will tell.
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-- Corey Lewandowski on Patriots QB Tom Brady, during his "testimony" Tuesday. President Trump praised his former campaign manager's performance. | | | Yet another House Republican is heading for the Capitol Hill exits.
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