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WEBVTT ANNOUNCEMENT TODAY VIEWED THE LABOR STRIKES HERE MORE THAN 100 YEARS AGO WERE A REVOLT, LED BY WOME DOLLY PARTON’S "NINE TO FIVE" SAID THE WORKING-CLASS TONE, AND LAWRENCE’S HISTORIC STONE MILL THE WORKING CLASS BACKDROP. >> GOOD MORNING, LAWRENCE. DAVID: AS SENATOR ELIZABETH WARREN OFFICIALLY ANNOUNCED SHE’S RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT. >> THESE RICH GUYS HAVE BEEN WAGING CLASS WARFARE AGAINST WORKING PEOPLE FOR DECADES. I SAY IT IS TIME TO FIGHT BACK. DAVID: WARREN PROMISED MEDICARE FOR ALL, AN UPENDING OF THE GOVERNMENT LOBBYING RULES, AND WHAT SHE CALLED AN ULTRA MILLIONAIRES TAX TO HELP PAY FOR THINGS LIKE EDUCATION, HOUSING AND OPIOID TREATMENT. >> I AM TIRED OF HEARING WHAT WE CAN’T AFFORD BECAUSE IT IS JUST NOT TRUE. DAVID: WARREN RARELY REFERRED DIRECTLY TO PRESIDENT TRUMP NOR TO THE CONTROVERSY SURROUNDING HER PAST CLAIMS OF NATIVE AMERICAN ANCESTRY. >> PEOPLE WERE BEATING HER UP ABOUT THIS WITH THE NATIVE AMERICAN STUFF, AND SHE SAID, MY DAY YESTERDAY WAS NOT AS HARD AS A MOM WHO WENT HOME AND COULD NOT MAKE THE MORTGAGE. >> I HAVEN’T MADE UP MY MIND 100% BUT I AM PRETTY CLOSE. SHE APPEARS TO ME A BIG DEAL. DAVID: WARREN PUT HER HANDS OVER HER CHEST AND APPEARED MOVED AS THE CROWD SHOUTED HER NAME. SHE TALKED ABOUT THE MILL WORKERS WHO STARTED THE LABOR MOVEMENT IN THE MILLS OF LAWRENCE AND SAID HER CAMPAIGN WOULD BE SIMILAR. >> THIS IS O MOMENT TO DREAM BIG, FIGHT HARD, AND WHEN. THANK YOU. -- AND WIN. THANK YOU. DAVID: LESS THAN TWO HOURS AFTER THE SPEECH WAS OVER IN LAWRENCE, WARREN WAS AT A CAMPAIGN STOP IN

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Sen. Elizabeth Warren officially announced her candidacy for president Saturday at Everett Mills in Lawrence.A representative from the Warren camp told ABC News that 3,500 people attended the event."Our fight is for big, structural change," Warren said. "This is the fight of our lives. The fight to build an America where dreams are possible, an America that works for everyone."I am in that fight all the way -- and that is why I stand here today: to declare that I am a candidate for president of the United States of America."The 69-year-old Massachusetts senator launched a presidential campaign exploratory committee on Dec. 31, 2018.Since then, she has made visits to early voting states, such as Iowa and New Hampshire.Other local politicians who also spoke at the event included Lawrence Mayor Dan Rivera, Suffolk County Sheriff Steve Tompkins, Boston City Councilor Michelle Wu, Rep. Lori Trahan, Sen. Ed Markey and Rep. Joe Kennedy.President Donald Trump's re-election campaign has taken quick note of Warren's presidential candidacy and is sharply criticizing the Massachusetts Democrat, citing her past claims to Native American heritage.Trump campaign manager Brad Parscale said in a statement that Warren has been "exposed as a fraud by the Native Americans she impersonated and disrespected to advance her professional career, and the people of Massachusetts she deceived to get elected."Warren's entry into the 2020 race on Saturday comes after she's apologized for claiming Native American identity on multiple occasions early in her life and career. It's a claim that's created fodder for Republicans and could overshadow her campaign.Parscale says voters "will reject her dishonest campaign and socialist ideas" that, he says, "will raise taxes, kill jobs and crush America's middle class."Warren did mention Native Americans on Saturday as one of several groups, including Latinos and disabled Americans, whom she argues the system is "rigged" against.She offered no further explanation in her kickoff speech about her previous identification as a race other than white. She has connected that decision to family stories she heard growing up and has apologized to Native Americans troubled by the claim."People were beating her up about these things with the Native American stuff, and she said, 'You know, my day yesterday was not as hard as a mom who went home and couldn't make the mortgage,'" said Rivera.The Massachusetts Democrat joins a crowded field in her party's primary. She'll battle at least five fellow senators for the nomination and the chance to challenge Trump in 2020.The Associated Press contributed to this report.