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Warren: ‘Trump is a bigger, uglier threat every day’

by Jesse Byrnes - 03/15/16 9:18 AM ET

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Liberal icon Elizabeth Warren is becoming more vocal in the presidential race as the odds grow that Democrats will face off with outspoken businessman Donald Trump.

Warren is ratcheting up her rhetoric against Trump and the violence at his rallies as the controversial GOP front-runner looks to lock up more delegates in five states on Tuesday, following scuffles at an event over the weekend.

{mosads}”Donald Trump is a bigger, uglier threat every day that goes by — and it’s time for decent people everywhere — Republican, Democrat, Independent — to say No More Donald,” the Massachusetts senator said in a Facebook post this week.

“I am not happy to see Donald Trump even threatening to get anywhere near the presidency,” Warren said in a local television interview aired Monday. “Don’t take me there. That is a form of extremism. He advocates a form of ugliness that I don’t want any part of.”

Warren also slammed Senate Republicans during a television interview last week, suggesting they had “nursed their extremists along” and are now “paying the price,” referring to Trump’s popularity, which has surprised many within the party.

While Warren has shied away from any plans to endorse in the Democratic race, she suggested on Facebook that too many people are “watching silently as the threat metastasizes.”

Trump is leading a field of four Republican candidates and is hoping to pick up more wins Tuesday, when five states vote, including Florida and Ohio, where delegates are awarded on a winner-take-all basis.

Trump’s rivals are hoping to deny him the necessary number of delegates to secure the nomination, forcing a contested convention over the summer.

Tags 2016 GOP primary 2016 presidential election Donald Trump Elizabeth Warren