Essence Magazine: Elizabeth Warren has always deserved your attention.

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https://www.essence.com/news/politics/elizabeth-warren-las-vegas-debate/

If you have been making the mistake of ignoring a very serious woman with a very serious and generally well ran bid for the presidency, please stop playing both Elizabeth Warren and my last nerve.

For all the hype about Mike Bloomberg among the well-connected and white people across cable news, Warren metaphorically slapped the taste out of his mouth. Liz came for everyone’s necks during Wednesday night’s Las Vegas Democratic debate. Warren reminded me of a pissed off reality show cast member who has been watching the show after filming and can’t wait to blow everything up at the reunion. And so Warren did, but Bloomberg rightfully drew most of her ire.

Why this man didn’t bother to prepare is beyond me, but I will say I take immense joy in knowing that after spending all of that money trying to hoodwink Black folks into thinking that dude has a group chat with Barack and Michelle, the day after the debate, “The Blacks” have made a meme of Warren chopping Bloomberg up to the beat of “Ether.” Not only that, it’s being posted on Baller Alert’s Instagram. (And The Daily Show, among others, are in.) Let’s celebrate moments of clarity. To that end, please tell your Black parents and elders to not vote for Mr. Stop and Frisk because he’s Richie Rich.

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But, for as great a night as she had, whether it is too late is worth considering. I’m not completely clear on what to make of the decline of Warren’s candidacy in recent weeks. No one can credibly deny the role sexism has played. The overarching theme of most of the post-2016 election coverage has been that only an old white man can defeat Donald Trump, which whether many in the media will admit or not, has impacted the psyche of the electorate. Everyone is so terrified of four more years of Donald Trump that they’ve allowed themselves to be conditioned to believe that it is too risky to vote for the person they happen to like and whose approach they agree with most.