Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) is calling for “big ideas” during the 2016 presidential race, praising a push for Hilary Clinton and others to advocate a more populist economic agenda in their White House bids.
“Anyone who runs for president should talk about big economic ideas that will help rebuild the middle class in this country and improve the lives of working-class families,” Warren said in a statement to The Associated Press.
{mosads}”These issues matter powerfully in determining what kind of a country we are and what kind of future we’re building, and I applaud those who are working hard to make big ideas central to the conversation in 2016,” Warren added.
The comment from Warren, who has maintained she won’t run in 2016 despite strong urging, comes a day after the Progressive Change Campaign Committee announced 5,000 Democratic leaders had signed on to its campaign urging Clinton and others to advocate “big, bold, economic-populist ideas.”
Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid (Nev.) and former Sen. Tom Harkin (Iowa) are among the Democratic supporters of the progressive campaign, which includes a call for Wall Street and campaign finance reform, increased college funding and an expansion of Social Security benefits.
Clinton is expected to launch her campaign any day, as liberal supporters, many of whom have pushed Warren to launch a bid, move to push her to adopt a message closer to the Massachusetts senator’s.