Alarmed by the burgeoning feud between Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren, a coalition of progressive groups moved Thursday to de-escalate tensions between the two candidates’ supporters, encouraging them to instead rally against moderate Democrats.
Launching what they called a “Progressives Unite 2020” campaign, the political action committee Democracy for America and 17 other groups pledged to “focus our fight for the nomination against candidates supported by the corporate wing, instead of fighting each other.”
The effort reflects the desperation of many progressive Democrats to move past the sparring that has erupted in recent days between supporters of Sanders and Warren — and that flared again on Wednesday.
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That evening, CNN released audio of a tense exchange between Sanders and Warren after the conclusion of the last presidential debate, on Tuesday in Iowa.
“I think you called me a liar on national TV,” Warren told Sanders on stage, referring to a back-and-forth in which Warren accused Sanders of privately telling her a woman couldn’t win the presidency, which he denied.
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