Some 20 presidential primary contenders return to a pair of stages on Tuesday and Wednesday seeking a breakout moment at the second Democratic debates.
Marianne Williamson defended her views that everyone, including children from wealthier families, should get free college education. Mayor Pete Buttigieg, when responding to a question on General Motors plant closures in Michigan, said,"This is so much bigger than a trade fight. This is about a moment when the economy is changing before our eyes. There are people in the economy who go through more jobs in a week than my parents went through in the lifetime. It's where I proposed we allow gig workers to unionize."
But Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., responded,"For decades we have had a trade policy that has been written by giant multinational corporations to help giant multinational corporations." "I think President Trump was onto something when he talked about China," Ryan said."China has been abusing the economic system for a long time. They steal intellectual property. They subsidize goods. They eroded manufacturing. We transfer our wealth of the middle class either up to the top 1% or to China for them to build the military. So I think we need some targeted response against China. You out-compete them.
"This is part of the dark underbelly of American society, the rainfall, the bigotry, and the entire conversation that we're having here tonight, if you think any of this wonkiness is going to deal with this dark psychic force of the collectivized hatred that this president is bringing up in this country, then I'm afraid that the Democrats are going to see some very dark days.
When asked a question about the rise of white supremacy after the shooting in Gilroy, California, Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., said,"Call it out for what it is, domestic terrorism. We live in a country where the president is advancing environmental racism, criminal justice racism, economic racism, health care racism, the way we do better is to fight back and show something better.
Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., the first candidate to field a question on infrastructure, immediately brought up the Flint water crisis, saying,"I was just in Flint, and they are still drinking bottled water in that town, and that is outrageous, and my plan, and I am the first one that came out with an infrastructure plan and I did that because this is a bread and butter issue for people that are caught in traffic jams.
He later added,"On this issue, my friends, there is no choice, we have got to be super aggressive if we love our children and if we want to leave them a planet that is healthy and is habitable. So I don't disagree with Tim. What that means is we got to a, take on the fossil fuel industry." Sen. Elizabeth Warren comes to the defense of the Green New Deal saying,"Look, I put a real policy on the table to create 1.2 million new jobs in green manufacturing. There's going to be a $23 trillion worldwide market for this. This could revitalize huge cities across this country, and no one wants to talk about it. What you want to do is find the Republican talking point of a made-up piece of some other part and say, oh, we don't really have to do anything.
"We got it signed into law by the one person with whom I agree on almost nothing, Donald Trump," he said. Warren, taking aim at Delaney, then quipped,"I don't understand why anybody goes to all the trouble of running to the president of the United States to talk about what we really can't do and shouldn't fight for. I don't get it."
CNN spent the first portion of the debate tonight focused on health care, specifically teeing up the disagreements between those who favor Medicare for All and those who are not. Still, Warren repeatedly came to Sanders' defense and while doubling-down on her support of his bill, she at times seemed better able to control the conversations than he did.
"We need to start looking at this as a public health issue, not a political issue. I agree with Senator Klobuchar. It is the NRA," he added. Montana Gov. Steve Bullock, the red-state Democrat, attempted to present a different perspective on stage, saying,"I think this is part of the discussion that shows how often these debates are detached from people's lives. We got a hundred thousand people showing up at the border right now. If we decriminalize entry, if we give health care to everyone, we'll have multiples of that. Don't take my word. That was President Obama's homeland security secretary that said that.
"The point is not about criminalization. That has given Donald Trump the tool to break families apart," Warren said. "'I'm the only one on the stage with experience in the health care business and with all due respect, I don't think my colleagues understand the business," Delaney said."The public option is great but doesn't go far enough. It doesn't go far enough. I'm proposing universal health care where everyone gets health care as a basic human right for free, but they have choices.
"At the end of the day I won't support any plan that rips away quality health care from individuals," Bullock said."This is an example of wishlist economics. It used to be Republicans that wanted to repeal and replace, now many Democrats do, as well. We can get there with the public option, negotiating drug prices."
"The fact of the matter is, tens of millions of people lose their health insurance every single year when they change jobs or their employer changes that insurance," Sanders added."If you want stability in the health care system, if you want a system which gives you freedom of choice with regard to doctor or hospital, which is a system which will not bankrupt you, the answer is to get rid of the profits of the drug companies.
Former U.S. Rep. John Delaney:"Folks, we have a choice. We can go down the road that senator Sanders and senator Warren want to take us with bad policies like medicare for all, free everything, and impossible promises that will turn off independent voters and get trump reelected." Just as 2020 candidate and Montana Gov. Steve Bullock was getting ready to take the stage for his first debate, his team delivered news about a victory back home: the governor just won a year-long lawsuit against the Trump administration.
According to the previous law, donors who gave $5,000 or more in their tax returns would be disclosed to the IRS, although the IRS would redact the donor names when making those documents public. Such groups are commonly called “dark money” groups because they don't disclose their donors publicly unlike other politically active groups that disclose their donors to the FEC such as super PACs.
What’s different about the group? Tuesday will be Gov. Bullock’s first time on a debate stage for the 2020 election.Most political experience – Sanders Least political experience – WilliamsonFormer Maryland Rep. John Delaney will take a shot at making a name for himself on stage tonight by hitting Sens. Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren, candidates he thinks are running on"impossible promises.
In the photo, Bullock is standing on the stage with his son and said he's"so grateful" to have him in the audience. Despite his criticism of Warren and Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., Hickenlooper said"oh sure," when asked if he would support either candidate if they win the Democratic nomination, but that both would have a hard time winning Midwestern states like Michigan.
Both the RNC and the Trump campaign's rapid response"war rooms" will be working both nights to clip moments from the debates to send to their massive emails lists and share across their social media accounts. The campaign feels he should"focus our fire and our differences on places where she and I have been allies together and fighting certain fights," Shakir added.
"As the clear front-runner, the attacks will once again be directed Joe Biden's way," a senior Biden campaign official told ABC News. And for Buttigieg -- who will stand shoulder-to-shoulder with Sanders, putting their age difference in the spotlight -- the debate will allow him a chance to restore the rising prominence he saw in the early months of the primary after several recent polls show stalling numbers among the middle of the pack.
EricBoehlert Except when he's talking about Kamala's Medicare for All plan.
Bernie is a communist. No communist ever tells the truth - we have the 100 years of history that proves that!
EricBoehlert It would be refreshing to hear one of those candidates speak up and say “You know, the Constitution makes this pretty clear. It is Congress that has the power to declare war, and a President’s responsibility to wage it and win it as long as Congress allows.”
This format is horrible. So far no one has pulled ahead of the pack.
That's what he always says when he wont answer the question.
I expect Blob Trump to Tweet something about 'Crazy Bernie,' but with nothing of merit. He fears the Bern.
Baffoon Bernie tells the truth! Hahah
Except when Bernie was hiding the fact that he wouldn’t even pay his own staffers $15/hr he wants business owners to pay
If we elect Andrew Yang president, we can all protentially collect $96,000 over eight years. Vote for Andrew Yang YangGang $96,000ForYou
Why are you telling us what to expect?. You report, the viewer makes their decisions.
bring every troop and piece of equipment home
Pete Buttigieg: 'I will propose that any Authorization for the Use of Military Force have a three year sunset and have to be renewed, because if men and women in the military have the courage to go serve, members of Congress ought to have to summon the courage to vote.'
Is PeteButtigieg a pitcher or a catcher? abc
Now the taliban will stop negotiating and just wait for mayor pete to get elected.
Bernie Sanders confirms President Trump is the best man for the job. MAGA AmericaFirst
Where there's a liberal there's a liar
Trump, you got Bernt
😂😂😂... what a shit show 🙄