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‘It’s Not a Numbers Issue’: Watch Elizabeth Warren Struggle to Define ‘Middle Class’

Jan. 6, 2013 4:30pm
Senator Elizabeth Warren Refuses to Define Who Is in the Middle Class

Democrat Elizabeth Warren takes the stage after defeating incumbent GOP Sen. Scott Brown in the Massachusetts Senate race, during an election night rally at the Fairmont Copley Plaza hotel in Boston, Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012. (Photo: AP)

Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), who campaigned on a platform of fairness and protecting the middle class before winning her seat in November, was recently asked by a Fox affiliate in Boston to define who, exactly, is in the middle class.

Surprisingly, the former Harvard Law professor was unable to give a clear answer, claiming it is not a “numbers issue.”

Red Alert Politics continues:

β€œWhen we strengthen education, when we make it possible for kids to go to college, then we strengthen America’s middle class, and that doesn’t mean a dollar figure,” Warren said.

β€œThe middle class is, by definition, a group of people in a certain income level,” the reporter [replied]. β€œBut you’re not willing to say that they are.”

β€œNo…no…because I actually disagree with that,” Warren said.

The reporter argued that when writing legislation, the middle class would be defined by income levels, but Warren disagreed.Β She said instead that there are many characteristics that define the middle class.

β€œThat sounds a little like a dodge, Senator Warren,” the reporter said.

β€œNo, but it’s not a dodge,” Warren responded.

Here is the entire exchange:

Many have pointed out that Democrats in particular have been very clear about who the “wealthy” are.Β  Though they are often described in terms of private jets and luxury lifestyles, it has technically been those who make over $250,000.

So why the reluctance to define “middle class”?

Human Events speculates: “Politicians tell us everything must be done on behalf of the ‘middle class’… and they reserve the right to define who that means, making revisions at the margins whenever it suits them.”

Townhall concludes with a reference to Warren’s “Fauxcahontas” controversy: “Perhaps it should come as no surprise that Ms. Warren’s definition of ‘middle class’ is as tenuous as her claim to Native American ancestry.”

(H/T: WeaselZippers)

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  • DZ-015
    Posted on January 6, 2013 at 5:28pm

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  • SpankDaMonkey
    Posted on January 6, 2013 at 5:27pm

    .
    There must be away to say shes FOS, without having to say shes FOS…..

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  • TH777
    Posted on January 6, 2013 at 5:25pm

    Monk…..Help!!!!

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  • Acena
    Posted on January 6, 2013 at 5:20pm

    Define the middle class ?
    She can’t even define her ancestry ,a law license ,ghostwriter ,fraud or reality .

    She can only recite rumors and marxist philosophy she learned at school.

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    Acena  
    • civilwarcometh
      Posted on January 6, 2013 at 5:29pm

      She can’t answer that question untill they are done transforming the country. They don’t even no yet what it will be. So keep paying your taxes to fund the transformation.

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  • GUYFROMMAINE
    Posted on January 6, 2013 at 5:18pm

    How true that “It’s not about the middle class.” To this woman, the middle class could be third-world poverty, just as long as we have a chance to go to college. For her, and the other liberals in power, it is not about people, it is about money and power. They want to take more and more from us, be it our money or freedom. This woman and her fellow liberals do not care squat about the people of the United States. They do seem to love the control over us.

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  • TJexcite
    Posted on January 6, 2013 at 5:17pm

    To be middle class you have to check the box when filling out your taxes. Then you will get the low tax rate and lunch invitations.

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  • cemerius
    Posted on January 6, 2013 at 5:17pm

    Would have been just as easy to ask her to define “fair share” it is IMPOSSIBLE….but it surely sounds good to the “useful idiots”!!!!!

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  • The-Monk
    Posted on January 6, 2013 at 5:13pm

    I guess most wealthy people classify themselves as “middle class” every April 15th….

    So “middle class” must be a fluid and changing thing just as one’s heritage is to some.

    Of course…. I’m probably only 1/32nd correct.

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    • ICSPADES
      Posted on January 6, 2013 at 5:24pm

      Just the same as being an Indian is not based on numbers. It is what you feel in your heart. I would like throw busloads of these idiots out in Egypt or Syria so the peace loving mooslims could have their way with them.

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      ICSPADES  
    • CatB
      Posted on January 6, 2013 at 5:31pm

      @MONK …

      ;-) excellent post.

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      CatB  
  • seeker9
    Posted on January 6, 2013 at 5:11pm

    All Dems use vague language. “Middle class”, “fair”, “rich”, etc. can wind up meaning almost any thing. They know 1% can’t support the 99%, and 47% pay no income tax. They know, like Howie Dean knows, every one will have to pay.

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  • ObserverOnTheHill
    Posted on January 6, 2013 at 4:58pm

    watch the movie “Cultural Marxism : the Corruption of America” free, here

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gIdBuK7_g3M&list=PLVCYZiC20h35tqdAc78DYKeMIwHrFSwwb&index=6

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  • tradcatholicgirl
    Posted on January 6, 2013 at 4:58pm

    Your ad should mention how much money this “opportunity” will cost up front…

    I don’t even need to go to your website. Anyone with common sense would realize that the only people making money on this scheme are the ones at the top of the pyramid.

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    • Anonymous T. Irrelevant
      Posted on January 6, 2013 at 6:09pm

      We just try to ignore them. If they don’t make any money from us, they will eventually go away. I wished it worked on ENCINOM and a few others.

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  • Spidereye
    Posted on January 6, 2013 at 4:56pm

    She is as stupid as Hilda Solis who said for every $1.65 spent on welfare $1.00 was to the economy in the form of jobs. Now that is dumber than a box of rocks. All democrats are dumb.

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  • JinOH
    Posted on January 6, 2013 at 4:55pm

    Can we please just get the revolution started so we can purge clueless critters like this from positions of power?

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  • CatB
    Posted on January 6, 2013 at 4:55pm

    They can’t define it .. because they want to DESTROY it .. this isn’t about the RICH it is about the destruction of the “unfair” middle class … who in other countries would be the RICH. Bringing America DOWN to the level of other third world nation states.

    Remember Benghazi

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  • IMCHRISTIAN
    Posted on January 6, 2013 at 4:53pm

    She sure could define how much Indian ancestry she had.

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  • ares338
    Posted on January 6, 2013 at 4:53pm

    If you held a cannon to their head and told them to answer a question under a threat of death they COULD NOT answer it truthfully or simply……LOL.

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    ares338  
    • CatB
      Posted on January 6, 2013 at 4:59pm

      That’s because then the middle class ..would know it is NOT about the rich .. it is about destroying the middle class .. and with ObamaTAX and other insane spending and increases in taxes they are going to do just that. They don’t think the middle class will figure it out until it is too late.

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    • beps
      Posted on January 8, 2013 at 8:07am

      Great point: Simple=Truth. Redefinition is as old as the book of Genesis; “surely” that’s not true, the enemy said, before assigning evil intentions to God!?

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  • 1TrueOne55
    Posted on January 6, 2013 at 4:51pm

    Somebody should estimate the “Carbon Emissions” from that diatribe and have the IRS send her a Carbon Tax bill because all I saw was a lot of hot air to answer a simple specific question. That’s like taking the ancient state highway system instead of the direct route of the Interstate Highway System to get to D.C..

    She is nothing but a beached whale gasping for air because her lungs can’t expand because she is out of her element. And it has affected the oxygen level going to her cranium.

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  • RJJinGadsden
    Posted on January 6, 2013 at 4:51pm

    LOL, Warren is actually tap dancing around and doing everything to keep from admitting that the wealthy like Warren Buffett and all of those other limousine liberals are okay and really exempt since they tow “our” line. If Shirley Temple had been able to tap dance that well she would have been able to go from the House of Representatives to the Presidency back in her day.

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    • SovereignSoul
      Posted on January 6, 2013 at 5:20pm

      I thought Shirley Temple was a fine dancer!

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    • GeorgieJo
      Posted on January 6, 2013 at 6:40pm

      WONDER How InjunLizzie would define “SHARED PROSPERITY”??
      Massachusetts must be SOOOOOO PROUD!!!!
      NOW
      where in the world is Johnny Heinz Kerry’s YACHT?

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      GeorgieJo  
  • fixer
    Posted on January 6, 2013 at 4:50pm

    the best part of her ran down her mom’s leg.

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  • IndyGuy
    Posted on January 6, 2013 at 4:48pm

    Being Native American apparently isn’t a numbers thing either…

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  • jonarata
    Posted on January 6, 2013 at 4:48pm

    Gad, I can’t believe I’m stuck with this classless hack as my Senator until such time as I either leave Massachusetts or (gasp) she decides to take her “working-class hero” schtick national.

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  • Anonymous T. Irrelevant
    Posted on January 6, 2013 at 4:45pm

    Yet another narcissistic, liar. What is it about the uninformed that make them vote for @$$hats like this?

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  • AmericaMustBeFree
    Posted on January 6, 2013 at 4:41pm

    Her inability to talk about middleclass is what we are dealing with in Washington.. The middleclass is the backbone of America Lizzy! Got it!

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    • nrse2go
      Posted on January 6, 2013 at 8:42pm

      The fact the citizens in their district would vote her to replace Scott brown is a depressing fact that the lo information voters in this country out weighs the informed by staggering numbers! And this is all around the country. Their plight will be a wake up call for them as well, but the consequences will be in their face as the rest of us. I have lost faith at this time but am looking for hope in maintaining some hope that our constitution will be defended before it is lost!

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  • WildschweinJager
    Posted on January 6, 2013 at 4:36pm

    Poke-a-stimulas

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  • blanco5
    Posted on January 6, 2013 at 4:34pm

    She is one of the top ten who are a waste of human life.

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