The 2020 campaign hasn't even really begun, but I'm already sick of
Elizabeth Warren's kitchen. When the US senator declared she was taking the
first steps in the process of running for president on New Year's Eve, the announcement video opened with a shot of her talking to the camera from her kitchen; later, she endured a wave of dumb-as-hell controversy after
drinking a beer in what looked like the same room in an Instagram story.
LA Times reporter Matt Pearce
noted on Twitter that kitchens are having what might be called a "moment" in Democratic politics, with
California Senator Kamala Harris showing off a massive New Year's spread and
New York Senator Kirsten Gillibrand sharing her
berry cobbler recipe.
Ohio Senator Sherrod Brown (like Harris and Gillibrand, a potential presidential candidate) held a
Facebook live session from his kitchen;
Beto O'Rourke live-streamed him and his wife
cooking a chicken dinner.