(KFTK) - Bernie Sanders allegedly once told Democratic presidential rival Elizabeth Warren that a woman would not be able to win in 2020, according to report by CNN.
CNN states there were four sources who confirmed the comments from Sanders came during a meeting at Warren's Washington, D.C., apartment in December 2018.
In that meeting, they discussed wanting to remain civil and how best to take on President Donald Trump.
"Warren laid out two main reasons she believed she would be a strong candidate: She could make a robust argument about the economy and earn broad support from female voters," CNN reports. "Sanders responded that he did not believe a woman could win."
Sanders send a heated message to CNN about the story:
"It is ludicrous to believe that at the same meeting where Elizabeth Warren told me she was going to run for president, I would tell her that a woman couldn't win," Sanders said. "It's sad that, three weeks before the Iowa caucus and a year after that private conversation, staff who weren't in the room are lying about what happened. What I did say that night was that Donald Trump is a sexist, a racist and a liar who would weaponize whatever he could. Do I believe a woman can win in 2020? Of course! After all, Hillary Clinton beat Donald Trump by 3 million votes in 2016."
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