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Tensions between Warren and Sanders, two progressive U.S.
senators who are running for the Democratic nomination, have
risen after a report that Sanders told Warren in 2018 that he
did not believe a woman could beat Trump.
Warren confirmed the report late on Monday in a statement,
saying: "I thought a woman could win; he disagreed."
Sanders has denied making such a statement.
Trump, at a rally in Wisconsin on Tuesday, sided with the
self-described democratic socialist.
"I don’t believe that Bernie said that. I really don’t. It’s not
the kind of a thing he would say,” Trump said, adding that he
did not know Sanders and did not like him.
Trump beat former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in the 2016
White House race.
Trump may have reason to favor Sanders in the Democratic primary
race. At rallies, his promise to prevent America from becoming a
socialist country always get loud applause. If Sanders were to
win the nomination, Trump would be able to make that argument a
key and popular part of his re-election pitch.
With the Democratic presidential candidates debating in Iowa on
Tuesday night, Trump's rally in Milwaukee served as a sort of
counter-programming event.
Trump won Wisconsin by some 23,000 votes in 2016, shocking
Democrats, who are pushing hard to recapture the state in 2020
and staging their nominating convention here in July.
Trump wants to keep the state, and Republicans have put
significant resources toward making that happen. Trump and Vice
President Mike Pence are focusing particular attention on
Wisconsin, Michigan and Pennsylvania in their quest to stay in
the White House.
(Reporting by Jeff Mason; additional reporting by Eric Beech in
Washington; Editing by Sonya Hepinstall)
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