Elizabeth Warren to campaign with Hillary Clinton in Ohio next week
Hillary Clinton will campaign Monday in Cincinnati with progressive Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts — marking Clinton's first public appearance in Cincinnati this election cycle and her first campaign stop with Warren, a possible vice presidential pick.
Clinton will also appear Sunday night without Warren at a twice-postponed fundraiser at Cincinnati Mayor John Cranley's home.
Clinton has changed plans to appear in Cincinnati multiple times. The fundraiser at Cranley's home was postponed after the shootings at an Orlando nightclub. Last September, Clinton's campaign changed the planned venue for a women's organizing event from Cincinnati to Columbus.
The campaign will share details of Monday's event in the coming days. At the event, Clinton and Warren "will discuss their shared commitment to building an America that is stronger together and an economy that works for everyone, not just those at the top," Clinton's campaign said in a statement.
Clinton and her supporters have touted Warren's endorsement as the former first lady seeks to unite Democrats after a long primary battle with Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont. Sanders' progressive ideas won support, and primaries, all over the country. But Clinton won more delegates in primaries and won the support of most of the party's superdelegates, emerging this month as the presumptive Democratic nominee.
Warren, a longtime progressive leader, waited until this month to endorse the former secretary of state over Sanders. She could help Clinton pull more Sanders supporters to her side.
Clinton's presumptive Republican opponent, Donald Trump, visited Southwest Ohio twice during the GOP primary season, but has yet to return to Ohio since losing the state's primary to Gov. John Kasich. Clinton visited Cleveland last week for a speech responding to the Orlando shootings and Columbus on Tuesday for a speech declaring Trump's ideas on the economy as fodder for another recession.