Warren to the Rescue?

On Monday, at Saint Anslem College, Hillary Clinton and Elizabeth Warren held a rally together. Warren is the Senator for Massachusetts. Clinton decided to team up with her because of her strength to stand up to Wall Street, as well as Trump. This paring is ironic because in the beginning of the election they were competing with one another. What brought them together was their fear of Trump taking over the White House. Now the both of them are going to do whatever it takes to keep him out.

Warren used the deplorable remarks Trump has previously said in the past to get the crowd going. At the rally she stated ; “Get this, Donald: Nasty women are tough, nasty women are smart and nasty women vote, we are gonna march our nasty feet to cast our nasty votes, to get you out of our lives forever.” She is standing up for the women across the United States who were depicted by these remarks.

As you can see Warren has used an alliteration and repetition of the word “nasty” to form her speech. She is using a challenger strategy, by attacking previous things Trump has said. Just like Freud said, emotion is driven by people’s values, fear, and wishes. In this case for Warren, she is afraid of Trump taking office, as are so many other Americans. Warren is a very influential women figure in the political field, and can help Clinton win the women over in the last stretch of the election. Just like the core Clinton objectives in the debate, Warren attacked Trumps record. She was able to turn something “nasty” into a positive message.

Warren also stated; “I am the daughter of a maintenance man who ended up a U.S. senator. Hillary Clinton is the granddaughter of a factory worker and she is going to be elected President.” Here she is directing her speech towards families who have lower level incomes. She is using ethos to hinder on peoples emotions and values in order to connect with them. She is also lamenting the present and celebrating the future by saying that Hillary is already president.

With all of this being said, by bringing in Warren, I believe this will help Clinton win the election. However, on the other hand this could end up with people looking at the new political relationship between the two as fake. They could look at their past relationship and see right through it. Warren has said that she is on the same page with Clinton now, as well as after the election. However, she could end up turning her back on her.