The Trade Beef Between Elizabeth Warren and Barack Obama, Explained [View all]

Republicans take infighting for granted. The GOP establishment and Tea Party insurgents have been waging a bloody battle for the heart and soul of the party for years now.

Democrats aren't used to this kind of rancor — particularly between party all stars. So when President Barack Obama slammed Elizabeth Warren over the weekend as "a politician like everybody else" whose "arguments don't stand the test of fact and scrutiny"?

For the party faithful, it was a little like if mom and dad had started shouting at each other in the living room.

What's the beef about?

In a word, trade.



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