Warren ad claims Trump fears her most

Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s campaign has released a new ad seeking to portray the Massachusetts Democrat as the candidate President Trump is most scared of facing in the general election.

The 30-second ad posted on Twitter by the Iowa branch of Warren’s campaign features a vignette of clips of MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell and other media members and commentators stating that the Trump campaign sees her as a threat.

“He’s done everything he can for the wealthy and well-connected,” Warren said in the ad. “I’m Elizabeth Warren and I approve this message because I’m going to beat him and be a president who works for you.”

She’ll take on Trump, and she’ll win. @ewarren’s new Iowa ad will have you fired up for big, structural change. pic.twitter.com/mbJpZ58GGx

— Iowa for Warren (@IAforWarren) January 21, 2020

The ad comes just weeks before the Iowa caucus and was released as the impeachment trial against Trump begins in the Senate, with Warren and several other Democrats running for president – Sens. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) and Michael Bennet (D-Colo.) – in Washington, D.C., for the proceedings.

Warren is competing for support in Iowa against several Democratic contenders and a recent poll by the Des Moines Register and CNN found her in second place in the Hawkeye State behind Sanders among likely Democratic caucus goers.

That poll was conducted before the most recent Democratic debate in Des Moines, which featured a clash between Warren and Sanders over their conflicting recollections of a 2018 meeting in which Warren claims Sanders told her he didn’t believe a woman could win the presidency. Sanders has vehemently denied making such a statement.

Warren’s ad released Tuesday seeks to put a focus on the Massachusetts senator taking on Trump and echoes an argument several of her rivals have made that they are best positioned to take on the president in November.