WATCH: Sen. Warren's quip to a question about marriage being between 'one man and one woman.'
It apparently wasn’t something she planned for, but Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s quip in response to a question about faith and same-sex marriage at a CNN presidential candidates' forum on LGBTQ issues Thursday earned her plaudits and created a viral moment.
"Let's say you're on the campaign trail and a supporter approaches you and says, 'Senator, I'm old-fashioned, and my faith teaches me that marriage is between one man and one woman.' What is your response?" asked Morgan Cox, board chairman of the Human Rights Campaign, which co-hosted the event. "Well, I'm going to assume it's a guy who said that, and I'm going to say, 'Then just marry one woman. I'm cool with that,'" Warren said, to laughs and applause from the audience.
As the clapping subsided, the senator paused before going in for the kill —"'assuming you can find one' — drawing sustained applause and cheers from the crowd.The exchange ricocheted across social media, with many pundits and social media users praising Warren for how she handled the hypothetical question, which canThis Elizabeth Warren answer was quite a moment at CNN
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