Maryland Rep. Raskin endorses Warren ahead of Iowa caucus

Maryland Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) hailed Sen. Elizabeth Warren as an effective progressive leader in his official endorsement Wednesday of the Massachusetts Democrat in the presidential race.

Raskin said in a video announcement over Twitter that he would be “proud to campaign” for any Democrat in the crowded field, but added his top choice is “emphatically” Warren as he highlighted her fight to create the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB).

“Elizabeth Warren has the chance to recapture the moral center of America and make it the political center of our party,” he said.

Raskin touted Warren’s work to create the CFPB after the 2008 mortgage crisis. He said that some politicians were “content to pass a trillion dollar bailout” of big banks, and others protested without offering a practical way forward.

But Warren, he said, “demanded sweeping accountability and institutional reform in the financial sector and then advanced an idea to protect American consumers, workers, retirees and the besieged middle-class of our country.”



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