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Warren continues to fire up her social media as is Beto O’Rourke of Texas, who polled one point behind the Bay State’s Warren at 7 percent in the Morning Consult poll.
“We don’t need an emergency declaration, troops deployed, or additional border walls and fencing at a time of record safety and security along the U.S.-Mexico border,” O’Rourke tweeted, addressing President Trump’s push for a border wall.
He may have lost his race for U.S. Senate in November in the Lone Star State, but O’Rourke is seen as a rising star in the Democratic Party.
New Hampshire continues to be the place wouldbe candidates are test-driving their messages, including Harris, of California, and Gillibrand, of New York.
John Hickenlooper, the former governor of Colorado, was in Henniker, N.H., Thursday where he focused on health care.
“There are so many different ways to cut the pie and work on the issue that we too often are trying to say, ‘You’re wrong, I’m right,’ and this is even within the Democrat Party,” he said. “It’s more important to be unified and say we want universal coverage.”
New Jersey U.S. Sen. Cory Booker announced he’s also heading to New Hampshire for the long weekend.
“New Hampshire! Looking forward to spending a long weekend in your beautiful state — my first trip to the Granite State as a presidential candidate. Hope to see you there,” he tweeted.
Others in the Democratic race, as of presstime, included: Pete Buttigieg, the mayor of South Bend, Ind.; Julian Castro, former housing secretary and onetime mayor of San Antonio; former Maryland U.S. Rep. John Delaney; Tulsi Gabbard, a veteran and congresswoman from Hawaii; U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota; and self-help author Marianne Williamson and high-tech executive Andrew Yang.
Former New York Mayor and media mogul Michael Bloomberg is on the fence, as are Clinton and Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz, who remains lukewarm in most polls.