Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT), who has billed himself a crusader for equality throughout his years as a career politician in Washington D.C., reportedly told Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) that a woman cannot win the presidency behind the scenes.

Sanders and Warren, two socialists who have been long-time colleagues, met in December 2018 at Warren’s apartment to discuss their presidential ambitions. They allegedly agreed to be amicable throughout their upcoming presidential runs, refusing to engage in dirty politics against one another. They have largely lived up to their pact, but that may be changing in the crucial days to come.

Warren told Sanders that she would be the best candidate to take on President Trump due to her strength in appealing to female voters and her credibility pertaining to economic matters. This is when Sanders reportedly replied that he believes a female candidate does not have what it takes to defeat President Trump in 2020.

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Sanders categorically denies the allegations, which he claims were based on second-hand sources that were not in the room while he was engaging in the conversation with Warren over a year ago.

“It is ludicrous to believe that at the same meeting where Elizabeth Warren told me she was going to run for president, I would tell her that a woman couldn’t win,” Sanders said.

“It’s sad that, three weeks before the Iowa caucus and a year after that private conversation, staff who weren’t in the room are lying about what happened. What I did say that night was that Donald Trump is a sexist, a racist and a liar who would weaponize whatever he could. Do I believe a woman can win in 2020? Of course! After all, Hillary Clinton beat Donald Trump by 3 million votes in 2016,” he added.

However, Warren released an official statement claiming that Sanders did in fact make the sexist comment during their private meeting.

“Among the topics that came up was what would happen if Democrats nominated a female candidate. I thought a woman could win; he disagreed,” Warren said in the statement.

Sanders’ alleged assertion may be bearing out if polling is any indicator. With the Iowa caucuses only weeks away, Sanders and former Vice President Joe Biden are surging while Warren lags behind in fourth place. She cannot even get ahead of South Bend, IN Mayor Pete Buttigieg, who was a relative unknown before making the decision to run for president.

Iowa poll of 2020 Dems: Monmouth

Biden 24% (+5 since Nov.)
Sanders 18% (+5)
Buttigieg 17% (-5)
Warren 15% (-3)
Klobuchar 8% (+3)
Booker 4% (+2)*
Steyer 4% (+1)
Yang 3% (-)
Gabbard 2% (-)
[everyone else 1% or less]

*Dropped out today
**Bloomberg, skipping Iowa, wasn't polled

— Sahil Kapur (@sahilkapur) January 13, 2020

Despite her lack of momentum, Warren is not giving up on her ambitions for the presidency. She is continuing to push identity politics as much as she possibly can, as it is her calling card going back many decades to when she infamously faked being an Indian to advance in politics and academia.

Warren said last month during an appearance in Las Vegas, NV that she has “lived enough of my life with men, and it’s mostly been men, telling me to sit down and be quiet.”

“Over and over, we are told that women are not allowed to be angry. It makes us unattractive to powerful men who want us to be quiet,” Warren wrote in a campaign email last year that had the subject line: “I am angry and I own it.”

But based on her recent performance in the polls, the U.S. voting public, including the extremist Democrats, do not want a shrill woman to lead the country in the Oval Office. Sanders may have been correct with his alleged statement that a woman cannot defeat President Trump. The Democrat Party is showing itself to be the party of old white men when the rubber meets the road!