Elizabeth Warren Formally Endorses Hillary Clinton For President

On tonight's broadcast of MSNBC's "The Rachel Maddow Show," progressive firebrand Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren endorsed Hillary Clinton for President.

Rachel Maddow said, " I understand that you intend to endorse Hillary Clinton tonight, I'd like to hear it."

Warren replied, "Yea, I'm ready. I am ready to get in this fight and work my heart out for Hillary Clinton to become the next president of the United States — and to make sure that Donald Trump never gets anyplace close to the White House."

Here's a rush transcript:

MADDOW: Why did you not endorse during the primary? What was your thinking during the primary, holding out when so many other Democratic senators, all the women Democratic senators, almost all the men Democratic senators, got on board with Hillary Clinton -- Senator Sanders had Jeff Merkley. You were one of few holdouts who didn't endorse either one. What was your thinking about that?

WARREN: I thought that the primary was really important. And it was an opportunity for Democrats to get out there and show, this is what it means to be a Democrat. We got out there and pushed those issues forward and we made sure that the American people saw the kind of thinking we have, the kind of energy we have, and what makes us very different from those guys on the other side.

MADDOW: So, you think the primary was -- it was a long primary.

WARREN: I know that.

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