Trump says Sanders would have ‘easily’ won more states without Warren in race

President Trump slammed Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) in a Wednesday tweet, saying Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) “would have EASILY” won the Democratic presidential primaries in Massachusetts, Minnesota and Texas if she wasn’t in the race. 

The president called Warren “the all time great SPOILER” for Sanders after the Super Tuesday results propelled former Vice President Joe Biden to the lead.

“Wow! If Elizabeth Warren wasn’t in the race, Bernie Sanders would have EASILY won Massachusetts, Minnesota and Texas, not to mention various other states,” he posted.

“Our modern day Pocahontas won’t go down in history as a winner, but she may very well go down as the all time great SPOILER!” he tweeted using his pejorative nickname for the senator. 

Wow! If Elizabeth Warren wasn’t in the race, Bernie Sanders would have EASILY won Massachusetts, Minnesota and Texas, not to mention various other states. Our modern day Pocahontas won’t go down in history as a winner, but she may very well go down as the all time great SPOILER!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 4, 2020

Warren announced Wednesday that she will reassess her campaign after her Super Tuesday results failed to bring in many delegates. She has not won a single state but picked up 42 delegates from Tuesday night.

Warren and Sanders have positioned themselves as the progressive candidates in the race. 

The moderate candidates took a different approach after Sanders’s surge in the first few primaries and caucuses, with former South Bend, Ind., Mayor Pete Buttigieg and Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) dropping out earlier this week to endorse Biden in hopes of preventing Sanders from winning the Democratic nomination.

The former vice president is projected to win in at least nine states that voted Tuesday, while Sanders is projected to win at least four. Biden’s strong showing on Super Tuesday also prompted former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg to drop out of the race on Wednesday and endorse the former vice president. 

A current NPR count of the delegates shows Biden with 453 and Sanders with 382, with Warren following with 50.

There are four candidates left in the race: Biden, Sanders, Warren and Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (D-Hawaii).