05-04-2025
Sen. Elizabeth Warren urges Tennesseans to rally against Trump Administration
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), in a visit to Nashville on Saturday, urged Tennesseans to fight back against what she said is the Trump Administration's plan to cut funding for healthcare, social security and public schools while giving trillions of dollars in tax cuts to billionaires.
'The most important thing to start with is to remember you have power,' she said. 'You are strong and you know how to stand up for what is right.'
Hundreds turned out to see the Massachusetts senator speak in the gymnasium at Pearl-Cohn High School in North Nashville on Saturday afternoon.
She was joined by local democratic lawmakers including Nashville Mayor Freddie O'Connell and Sen. Charlene Oliver (D-Nashville), who commended Warren as a fierce champion for the working people who "always have the backs of the little guy."
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"She's exemplified now for years how important idea leadership, thought leadership and just the courage of pure leadership are to this entire country," O'Connell said.
The crowd cheered and stomped as Warren lambasted President Donald Trump for his relationship with billionaire Elon Musk, the renaming of the Gulf of Mexico and for sparking the "dumbest trade war in U.S. history."
Warren, who made a bid 2020 presidential race, has been a longtime Trump critic. She noted the administration's plans to cut federal funding for public schools, saying it will lead to larger class sizes and less support for the children that need it the most.
'When they make these cuts to our public schools, does that public money go into your pockets, Tennessee?' she asked.
The crowd replied with a resounding, 'No!'
'They're not trying to cut costs for American families, they want to make sure that the billionaires in this country get exactly what they want, and everybody else can pay for it,' Warren said. 'Handing our country over to billionaires is not what we do in America.'
She urged Tennesseans to take action against the state's Republican supermajority by calling their local lawmakers, organizing and telling their stories. She said the recent win of liberal Wisconsin Superior Court judge despite Musk pouring $20 million into the race for a conservative opponent is a sign of the powers of organizing.
'Not having as much power as you want is not the same as having no power at all,' she said.
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