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Sen. Elizabeth Warren, one of the frontrunners for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination, joined a protest in front of a migrant detention center Wednesday morninghours before she was expected to join nine other members of her party for the first primary debate. "There are a lot of different ways that we get in the fight," Warren said to supporters on social media. "And one of them is that you show up."
Warren's appearance at the Homestead Detention Center was prompted by a question during a town hall the night before from an audience member who asked the Massachusetts senator if she would join a protest at the facility. Homestead holds the nation's largest child migrant population.
The senator said she would and brought supporters and the media with her on the visit
"We have to shut down that facility and shut it down now," Warren told the town hall to applause.
Warren stood on a ladder to ensure she was seen above a fence keeping most of the children out of view.
In comments to the crowd, Warren said the detention centers were "a stain on our country."
https://www.commondreams.org/news/2019/06/26/it-stain-our-country-warren-joins-protest-outside-child-detention-facility-florida
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
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(9,534 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
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(24,695 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
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BeckyDem
(8,361 posts)Warren 2020
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BeckyDem
(8,361 posts)People need help, she is there.
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BeckyDem
(8,361 posts)She speaks for me too.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
lostnfound
(16,176 posts)No more important issue than this, and the more attention to these children the better.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
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