Susan Sarandon takes a dig at Elizabeth Warren while campaigning for Bernie Sanders: 'He's not someone who used to be a Republican'
Actress Susan Sarandon took a subtle dig at Senator Elizabeth Warren over her Republican background during a campaign event for Senator Bernie Sanders in Iowa on Monday.
The Academy Award winner alluded to Warren as she introduced Sanders saying he is "not someone who used to be a Republican."
Although Sarandon did not mention Warren by name, it is widely known that the Democrat presidential hopeful was a Republican in the 1990s.
"When people know and when they hear the senator's policies, when they see his track record, when they know how authentic he is and how he has been fighting for these issues for so long, he is the only one who has that reputation," the actress said. "He is not someone who used to be a Republican. He is not someone who used to take money—or still takes money—from Wall Street. He is the real deal," the Daily Mail reported.
Warren, in her previous statements, has said that she was a member of the GOP because she thought that the Republican party had a "principled" approach to the economic markets. She later believed that the party moved to a stance which "tilted" the playing field and decided to change her party affiliation.
The Hollywood legend on Monday claimed that the 2020 presidential elections would be the "make it" or "break it" polls, and slammed the "mainstream media" for "suppressing or corrupting or misrepresenting" Sanders. The actress has been an activist for many years.
Sarandon supported Sanders during his 2016 presidential bid and had declined to back former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton when she won the nomination. She even claimed that Clinton would be more "dangerous" than Donald Trump and ultimately voted for the Green Party candidate Jill Stein instead.
Shortly after Sanders' appearance in Iowa on Monday, Warren also went to the state where she apologized for seeking a DNA test to back up claims that she was Native American. Although the test provided some evidence of her Native American lineage—nearly 10 generations ago, the Cherokee Nation slammed the senator for attributing tribal membership to genetics.
"Before I go any further in this I want to say this - like anyone who’s been honest with themselves I know I’ve made mistakes. I'm sorry for any harm I’ve caused," Waren said in her apology.
"I have learned a lot and I am grateful for the many conversations that we've had together. It is a great honor to be able to partner with Indian country and that's what I've tried to do as a senator, and that is what I promise to do as President of the United States of America. The federal government's history with our tribal nations has been one of broken promises. We need to make change."