Warren backpedals twice after calling Democratic primaries 'rigged'

By Alex Griswold, Alex Griswold

Published November 10, 2017

FILE - In this Sept. 20,2016 file photo, Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass. speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington. Warren accused the Education Department on Thursday, Sept. 29, 2016, of moving forward with debt collection against nearly 80,000 former students of Corinthian Colleges, despite federal and state findings that the now-defunct for-profit chain defrauded students. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File) (Copyright 2016 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)

Democratic Sen. Elizabeth Warren (Mass.) backtracked Wednesday after previously saying the 2016 Democratic presidential primaries were "rigged."

Warren told MassLive.com on Wednesday that she believes the allegations in former acting Democratic National Committee chair Donna Brazile's new book, but said while the allegations showed "bias" in Hillary Clinton's favor, the primaries did not rise to the level of being "rigged."

"While there was some bias at the DNC, the overall 2016 primary process was fair and Hillary made history," she said.

A week earlier, the senator was asked by CNN's Jake Tapper whether she agreed with Brazile's allegation that the process was "rigged" in Clinton's favor. "Yes," she answered simply.

Later that same day, Warren was asked on PBS' "NewsHour" if the DNC's actions meant "the election was rigged."

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