--- title: Elizabeth Warren’s Anti-Trump Speech at the Democratic Convention | TIME description: Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren argued that Republican nominee Donald Trump’s campaign was little more than a scam on the American people in a speech at the Democratic national convention Monday night. canonical: https://time.com/video/LysKWdxB/ og:title: Elizabeth Warren’s Anti-Trump Speech at the Democratic Convention og:description: Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren argued that Republican nominee Donald Trump’s campaign was little more than a scam on the American people in a speech at the Democratic national convention Monday night. og:url: https://time.com/video/LysKWdxB/ og:image: https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/LysKWdxB/poster.jpg?width=720 og:type: video.other twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Elizabeth Warren’s Anti-Trump Speech at the Democratic Convention twitter:description: Massachusetts Sen. 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Elizabeth Warren argued that Republican nominee Donald Trump’s campaign was little more than a scam on the American people in a speech at the Democratic national convention Monday night._ --- Jul 27, 2023 8:30 PM UTC --- ## More From This Series [All Videos](https://time.com/video/) [Elizabeth Warren’s 2020 Presidential Campaign Is Underway. Here’s What We Know About Her Finances](/video/JSnTdkkg/) ### Elizabeth Warren’s 2020 Presidential Campaign Is Underway. Here’s What We Know About Her Finances [Sen. Elizabeth Warren Officially Announces Her 2020 Presidential Candidacy](/video/RaGSqkzP/) ### Sen. Elizabeth Warren Officially Announces Her 2020 Presidential Candidacy [Elizabeth Banks Mocks Donald Trump’s Entrance at Democratic Convention](/video/XYGkuIPB/) ### Elizabeth Banks Mocks Donald Trump’s Entrance at Democratic Convention --- ## Transcript [00:00] The stock market is breaking records, corporate [00:02] profits are at all time highs. CEOs make tens [00:07] of millions of dollars. There's lots of wealth in America, [00:11] but it isn't trickling down to hardworking families like [00:14] yours. Does anyone here have a problem with that? [00:17] [ APPLAUSE ] [ APPLAUSE ] Democrats proposed [00:20] refinancing student loans and Republicans they [00:25] said no. Democrats proposed ending tax breaks [00:29] for corporations that shift jobs overseas and [00:33] Republicans they said no. Democrats Proposed [00:37] raising the minimum wage and Republicans they said [00:41] no. So to every Republican in Congress who [00:45] said no, this November the American people [00:50] are coming for you. What kind of a man cheats [00:54] students, cheats investors, cheats workers? Well I'll [00:58] tell you what kind of a man, a man who must never [01:03] be President of the United States. [ APPLAUSE ] [01:06] Trump's entire campaign is just one more late night [01:10] Trump infomercial. [ LAUGH ] Hand over your money, [01:14] your jobs, your children's future, and the great Trump [01:17] hot air machine will reveal all the answers. If you [01:21] believe that we are stronger together then let's [01:25] work our hearts out to make Hillary Clinton the next [01:28] President of the United States. [ APPLAUSE ] Thank you. ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Elizabeth Warren’s Anti-Trump Speech at the Democratic Convention","description":"Massachusetts Sen. 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