Elizabeth Warren said she doesn't have 'anything else to say' on dispute with Bernie Sanders

NEWTON, Ia. — U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren said she “didn’t have anything else to say” on the disagreement between her and U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders about whether Sanders said a woman could not win the White House.

Warren did not answer reporters' questions about whether she has spoken to Sanders since the debate or whether she thought there was a misunderstanding between herself and the Vermont senator.

"I have already commented on this and I do not have any additional comments," she said. "I am here to talk about why I am running for president. I assume that's what everyone else is doing who is in the Democratic race."

Sanders has similarly denied requests for comment about whether he has talked with Warren after the CNN/Des Moines Register debate. During the Tuesday debate, the two senators argued over whether Sanders told Warren in 2018 that a woman can't win the presidency.

After the debate, Warren approached Sanders and said he called her "a liar on national TV," according to CNN.

"You know, let's not do it right now. If you want to have that discussion, we'll have that discussion," Sanders said.

Warren replied, "Anytime."

During the debate, Warren turned the question about her discussion with Sanders into a broader point about women's electability in the 2020 presidential race.

The only people on this stage who have won every single election that they have been in are the women — Amy and me," the senator from Massachusetts said of herself and U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota.

Also during the debate, Sanders said it stretched credulity to believe that he would say a woman couldn't win the White House.

"Anybody knows me knows that it's incomprehensible that I would think that a woman cannot be president of the United States," Sanders said.

Robin Opsahl covers political trends for the Register. Reach them at ropsahl@registermedia.com or 515-284-8051. Support reporters who follow your government by becoming a subscriber. Sign up at DesMoinesRegister.com/Deal.