U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren endorses Peggy Flanagan for senate run

Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan (D-Minn.)

FARGO (KFGO) — Massachusetts U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren is endorsing Minnesota Lt. Governor Peggy Flanagan for Minnesota’s U.S. Senate seat.

Warren, on KFGO’s News and Views with Joel Heitkamp, says the Senate needs people like Flanagan who will fight for the citizens they represent.

“One of the reasons I wanted to be out here with Peggy, is because we’re going to have people with a real backbone who will stand up for what’s right and people who won’t give a damn,” Warren said Friday. ”Whether it is a giant international corporation or a giant president of the United States. They’re not going to back down. They’re going to call right is right and wrong is wrong, and be there to fight for the people of their home state and make real change. And that’s Peggy.”

Warren says Flanagan has the experience necessary to fight for consumer’s rights in Washington.

“I’ve known Peggy for over fifteen years, and I see right now in Washington that we need real fighters who’ll make real change. Not the pretend fighters, not the wimps who’ll say, yeah, yeah, but there’s nothing I can do,” Warren said.

Warren also says the Lt. Governor would be a Senator who stands out in Washington, adding that Minnesota voters need to vote for the candidate who will work for change.

“We’re going to have a lot of same old, same old. You get more timid Democrats. Are you kidding? There are Democrats who are as afraid of Donald Trump as there are Republicans who are afraid of Donald Trump,” Warren said. “The thing about Peggy is, she fights and she delivers. She actually has the receipts. And that’s the kind of people we need right now in Washington to say, enough.”

Flanagan is running against Congresswoman Angie Craig for the democratic nomination in the August 11 primary.