Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts delivered a powerful endorsement of Vice President Kamala Harris during her speech on the final day of the Democratic National Convention.
She appeared emotional when taking the stage on Thursday, as the crowd at the United Center welcomed her with an uproarious applause. The senator quickly got down to business, however, and drew a sharp contrast between the Democratic nominee and convicted former President Donald Trump.
“Kamala Harris can’t be bought and she can’t be bossed around,” Warren said, sharing that she first met Harris in the aftermath of the 2008 financial crash, when banks had “broken laws, cheated people and stolen homes.” During this time, Warren detailed how Harris, while serving as California’s attorney general, protected families while Trump was “scamming students at Trump University and trying to make money off people losing their homes.”
“Kamala Harris stepped up. She enforced the law, she fought the giant banks, and she delivered billions of dollars of help for families,” said Warren. “And that is the difference between a criminal and a prosecutor.”
The Massachusetts also appeared to troll Trump and Vance over an unfounded viral rumor that Vance once had sex with a couch. “Trust Donald Trump and J.D. Vance to look out for your family? Shoot, I wouldn’t trust them to move my couch,” she said.
Both Warren and Harris campaigned for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2020, but Harris dropped out the year prior while Warren stepped down after a lackluster Super Tuesday finish.
The senator was one of Harris’ early supporters after the vice president announced her run for this year’s presidency. “I’ve known her for 14 years, first as California’s attorney general, then as a US senator and now as vice president. I’ve seen firsthand her toughness, her smarts, and her compassion,” said Warren in an op-ed for Glamour in July. “I’m endorsing her for president of the United States because she will unite our party, prosecute the case against Donald Trump, and win.”
Warren wasn’t the only one to make a couch jab on Thursday at the DNC. While MSNBC’s cameras were live during the event, an attendee managed to hold up a phone behind a guest speaking to broadcaster Katy Tur that read: “JD VANCE FUCKS COUCHES.”
Rep. Jason Crow (D-Colo.) appeared to allude to the couch rumor while discussing veteran issues in the U.S. and taking aim at the Trump ticket.
“I know a couch commando when I see one,” he said.
