http://www.politico.com/story/2016/06/elizabeth-warren-commander-in-chief-224165Warren: I'm ready to be commander in chief
By Cristiano Lima
06/09/16 10:28 PM EDT
After endorsing former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton for president on MSNBC, Elizabeth Warren asserted that she felt confident in her ability to serve as commander in chief.
Appearing on "The Rachel Maddow Show," Warren was pointedly asked about the mounting speculation over whether Clinton would choose her as her running mate. Warren said she hadn't spoken with Clinton about the job.
Maddow went a step further, however, asking the Massachusetts senator if she felt she'd be capable of stepping in to fill in the role of commander in chief.
"If you were asked to be Secretary Clinton's running mate, do you believe you could do it? And by that I mean the most important job of being a vice president is to be ready to be president if, God forbid, something happened to the commander in chief. I know you don't want the job, but do you believe you would be capable of stepping into that job and doing that job if you were ever called to do it?" Maddow asked.
"Yes, I do," Warren confidently replied.
The statement comes on the heels of intense speculation over whether Clinton, by picking Warren — a darling of the progressive wing of the Democratic party — could help bring wayward Bernie Sanders supporters into the fold.
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