( CNN ) She 's said it once , and she 'll say it four times : Sen. Elizabeth Warren is not running for president . Asked four times by NPR 's Steve Inskeep on Monday morning whether she was running for president , Warren held her ground , repeating each time : `` I am not running for president . '' `` That 's not what we 're doing . We had a really important fight in the United States Congress just this past week , and I 'm putting all my energy into that fight , into what happens after this , '' the Massachusetts Democrat said . Inskeep pointed out that she was speaking in the present tense , and that she had n't said she would `` never '' run , but Warren did n't change her tune , eventually becoming so exasperated she demanded , `` do you want me to put an exclamation point at the end ? '' The questions came in the context of a growing movement to draft Warren into the presidential race , launched by a handful of progressive groups that see her as a transformative figure on the left . And they follow a weekend in which she emerged as a powerful figure on the left as the leader of Democratic opposition to a must-pass government spending bill that included policy riders that progressives found unpalatable . One rider rolled back a key provision of the Dodd-Frank financial reform bill , a pet priority of Warren 's . And defections from both Democrats and Republicans in the House threatened passage of the bill and brought Congress to the brink of another shutdown this week . It eventually passed both the House and the Senate , however , and Warren said Monday morning that `` we do n't want to shut down the government , '' suggesting she has no plans to take Congress past the brink to defend her priorities . But the newly-minted member of Senate Democratic leadership hinted she 'd continue to stoke controversy within the party . `` I am grateful to have a place at the table , but my priorities have n't changed , '' she said . `` I 'm gon na stand up and fight for what I believe in . '' Hundreds of Obama alums urge Warren to run .
Sen. Elizabeth Warren was interviewed Monday morning by NPR . She repeatedly said she was not running for president . Comment: