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Elizabeth Warren Has A Plan — To Get Personal With Voters

The Democratic presidential candidate has built her brand on prolific policy proposals. But she's also using folksy charm to try and win support at campaign stops in towns big and small.
Warren speaks to a large crowd at a campaign stop at an elementary school in Columbus, Ohio.

A West Virginia town of fewer than 400 people isn't an obvious place for a progressive Democrat to campaign for president. But nevertheless, there was Elizabeth Warren rallying her supporters in the town of Kermit on Friday.

Warren spoke to a small crowd in the town firehouse about the opioid crisis, while Trump supporters demonstrated by the highway just outside.

"It's time to talk about personal responsibility, and that means the people who helped create this problem. And I've got a plan for that," Warren said, to loud cheers.

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