Zerlina Maxwell: Warren’s Exit Is ‘So Incredibly Clarifying’ About Sexism in Politics

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MAXWELL: “So I’m not saying that this moment is not incredibly painful or disappointing in a similar way that it was in 2016, but it’s different than 2016 in that it’s so clarifying. It’s so incredibly clarifying. My Signal Boost co-host Jess McIntosh a great thread, she said in part that Elizabeth Warren’s exit from the race is the perfect case study in the fact that sexism in politics is something that we just need to completely get rid of. Because she’s the literal woman that people said, 'Well, I wouldn't vote for Hillary. I don't know what it is, but I just don't like her. But I'd vote for Elizabeth Warren.' She was the literal woman that people would support if she ran. She did run, alongside five other women, and we rejected them, one by one, for different reasons, but all of them fundamentally because we can’t see a woman president until we see a woman president. And I think that we need to examine that."