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Elizabeth Warren Concerned About Kid Rock’s Potential Senate Run

WASHINGTON, DC – JUNE 21: U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) speaks at a rally to oppose the repeal of the Affordable Care Act and its replacement on Capitol Hill on June 21, 2017 in Washington, DC. Criticism is mounting on the GOP for health care reform legislation being done behind closed doors. (Photo by Astrid Riecken/Getty Images)

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Kid Rock says he's running for Senate in Michigan, and though his bid is likely the most on-brand publicity stunt possible, Elizabeth Warren won't discredit the possibility that he could be 100% serious. In an email blast publicized by the Boston Herald, Warren compared Kid Rock's bid for senate to Trump's successful run for presidency.

"I know a lot of people are thinking: this is some sort of joke, right?" Warren wrote. "Well, maybe this is all a joke — but we all thought Donald Trump was joking when he rode down the escalator at Trump Tower and announced his campaign, too."

The Kid Rock For Senate website is on a Warner Bros. Records URL, which indicates that the campaign is an elaborate ploy. Warren acknowledged that fact, but noted that Democrats should take the idea of a Kid Rock campaign seriously. "And sure, maybe this is just a marketing gimmick for a new album or tour — but we all thought Donald Trump was just promoting his reality TV show, too," she said.

Warren's email also linked to a fundraising page for her 2018 reelection campaign, which splits donations between herself and the democratic Michigan senator Debbie Stabenow, who Kid Rock would be running against. We're living in a hellscape -- never say never!

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