This wordcloud of Elizabeth Warren speeches perfectly illustrates her focus
The wordcloud is heavy on two words: Donald and Trump.
Judging by the words used in her public speeches, Elizabeth Warren has been more intent on stopping Donald Trump than on promoting the Democratic nominee.
Warren, who had long declined to support any presidential candidate, endorsed Hillary Clinton on Thursday night on Rachel Maddow’s show. Yet even in that speech, she focused as much, if not more, on Trump than on Clinton or Sen. Bernie Sanders.
“I’m going to do everything I can to help Hillary Clinton get elected and I’m going to do everything I can to make sure that Donald Trump never comes within shouting distance of the White House,” she said, putting equal emphasis on each.
To better emphasize the extent of her Trump focus, Boston.com created a wordcloud image using transcripts of her interview with Maddow, three recent public speeches, and several Facebook posts dating back to March.
The result is the image at top, in which more frequently spoken words are represented in larger font.
Two words clearly stick out in the image front and center: Donald and Trump. Warren said the name “Trump” 116 times and “Donald” another 73 times in the texts sampled. Compare that to the six times she referred to “Clinton” and the five times she mentioned “Bernie.”
Indeed, Trump’s general election competitor is hard to find on the wordcloud above. If you look closely, you can find “Clinton” at the top of image and “Hillary” just to the left of “you.”
With Warren’s endorsement and Friday morning meeting with Clinton, her speeches could soon put more of a focus on promoting Clinton. But if the past is prologue, Warren will make this election about Trump, almost exclusively.
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