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Terry McAuliffe, Elizabeth Warren and the race to be the Democrats’ 2020 Trump antidote

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February 26, 2018 at 1:30 p.m. EST
Then-Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe speaks at the 2017 Center for American Progress Ideas Conference in May 2017. (Melina Mara/The Washington Post)

Two weeks ago, Terry McAuliffe urged against getting the 2020 presidential race start too early.

The focus ought to be on ’18,” he told CNN. “I think if people are interested in running for president, they ought to look at it January and February and March of 2019.”

Apparently not even McAuliffe can wait that long.