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What Elizabeth Warren is going to say tonight

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) stands on stage prior to the start of the first day of the Democratic National Convention at the Wells Fargo Center, July 25, 2016 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. An estimated 50,000 people are expected in Philadelphia, including hundreds of protesters and members of the media. The four-day Democratic National Convention kicked off July 25. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) stands on stage prior to the start of the first day of the Democratic National Convention at the Wells Fargo Center, July 25, 2016 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. An estimated 50,000 people are expected in Philadelphia, including hundreds of protesters and members of the media. The four-day Democratic National Convention kicked off July 25. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
By Jim Galloway
July 25, 2016

PHILADELPHIA -- U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts is the closer in tonight's line-up of the Democratic National Convention, and it's clear she'll attempt to enhance her role as Donald Trump's nemesis. Democratic officials have advanced a few of her lines.

The last one takes on the Rust Belt dynamic:

That's Donald Trump's America. An America of fear and hate. An America where we all break apart. Whites against Blacks and Latinos.      Christians against Muslims and Jews.  Straight against gay.  Everyone against immigrants.  Race, religion, heritage, gender – the more factions the better.,,, 

"But ask yourself this. When white workers in Ohio are pitted against black workers in North Carolina, or Latino workers in Florida – who really benefits?"

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Jim Galloway, the newspaper’s former political columnist, was a writer and editor at the AJC for four decades.

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