Warren Addresses Michael Brown ‘Murdered’ Tweet: ‘What Matters Is That a Man Was Shot’

Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) speaks to supporters during a campaign stop and town hall at Toad Hill Farm in Franconia, New Hampshire, overlooking the White Mountains on Aug. 14, 2019. Joseph Prezioso/AFP/Getty Images

Democratic presidential contender Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) declined to apologize or retract a statement widely condemned as false and said that people are focusing on the wrong thing.

Warren, who has been surging in the polls, recently claimed that Michael Brown was “murdered” by Ferguson, Missouri, police officer Darren Wilson.