Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) exited the presidential race after Super Tuesday results dashed her hopes at an Oval Office victory. Shortly after the news broke, Warren addressed reporters outside her home in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
When asked how she felt about the Democratic field narrowing to two elderly white men — former Vice President Joe Biden is 77-years-old and Senator Bernie Sanders (D-Vt.) is 78-years-old — Warren said, “I was told at the beginning of this whole undertaking, that there are two lanes: A progressive lane that Bernie Sanders is the incumbent for and a moderate lane that Joe Biden is the incumbent for, and there’s no room for anyone else in this.”
She added, “I thought that wasn’t right. But evidently I was wrong.”
Moments later, Warren added, “I thought it was possible that that wasn’t the case, that there was more room and more room to run another kind of campaign but, evidently, that wasn’t the case.”
Here’s a clip of her remarks:
Warren expressed regret that the race had narrowed to two white men
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"I was told… there are two lanes. A progressive lane that Bernie Sanders is the incumbent for and a moderate lane that Joe Biden is the incumbent for and there's no room for anyone else https://t.co/CEVzLhHW77 pic.twitter.com/sbG8o28FGz
Warren’s remarks came on Thursday, in the early afternoon as the news that she was leaving the race was reported on Thursday morning. During those remarks, Warren did not offer an endorsement of either candidate.
For most of the campaign, she was seen as the candidate most similar to self-described Democratic Socialist Bernie Sanders but their loose truce was shattered at a debate in January when Warren accused Sanders of calling her a liar on national television.
Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) also weighed in on Warren leaving the race, saying that this election season “presented very legitimate questions about the challenges of women running for president of the United States.” She added later, “Look at what’s happened. There are no women currently in this race.”
Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard (D-Hawaii) is still running for the presidency, but she is polling below two percent, as of poll conducted through Tuesday.