Bernie Sanders to Pete Buttigieg: “I don’t have 40 billionaires, Pete, contributing to my campaign.” DemDebate
Now, they bring the disputes they’ve been battling out on the campaign trail to the debate stage.10:04 p.m.: Latino’s have been absent from the conversation thus far
"We are not going to be able to get any of these things done if we don't give people the right to vote."Tom Steyer just invoked a prominent supporter of Joe Biden in the state of South Carolina, referencing a story from thethat uncovered a large payment his campaign made to state Rep. Jerry Govan, the Chair of the South Carolina Legislative Black Caucus.
“Tom Steyer has his moment, seizing the spotlight with a passionate call for diversity: “We have the most diverse party. We have a very diverse country. We have a very diverse party. The heart and soul of this party is diversity,” he said.
She takes it a step further, adding,"it is time to have a national law to protect the right of a woman's choice." "We can't get a vote in the United States Senate because it is the gun industry that continues to call the shots. Until we attack the corruption in Washington, the influence of money on campaigns and lobbying, we're not going to be able to meet your promises," Warren says. "Until we are that we're willing to roll back the filibuster, the gun industry is going to continue to have a veto and we'll never make the changes," she adds.
"We have someone in the White House that told over 15,000 lies," Klobuchar says, after outlining her plan to hold opioid manufacturers accountable."I will get this done and it is personal for me," in a nod to her father who struggled with alcoholism. "That's what we have to change," he said."I’ve heard heart breaking stories from family is here in New Hampshire that have been destroyed, torn apart by the opioid epidemic. You have to look at the companies that profited to tune of tens of billions of dollars in profits of essentially blood money. As president, we will take back those profits and put them to work right here in New Hampshire so that if you are seeking treatment, you have resources to be able to pursue it.
9:00 p.m. Biden leans into experience on foreign policy, as Buttigieg strikes hard on his long record Former Vice President Joe Biden weighed in on U.S. service members who suffered traumatic brain injuries following Iranian missile attack:"What'd the president say? He said, headaches...that's all they are. This guy doesn't deserve to be commander-in-chief for one more day!With the most speaking time thus far, according to ABC News' partners at FiveThirtyEight, Buttigieg is on fire.
"This president has insulted the intelligence community, but they put their lives on the line to gather the information that will help the decision-maker evaluate whether or not something like that is justified. I don't think he even reads it." His campaign has continued firing off a string of counterpoints to the Democrats as well, especially targeting Buttigieg, who they call a"human weather vane."8:44 p.m.: ABC News Contributor Chris Christie: Mayor Buttigieg handled the Hunter Biden question well8:41 p.m. In moment of unity, Buttigieg defends Biden family: 'We've got to draw a line here'
A moment later, after Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar was asked if Sanders could gain support from any Republicans.Democratic presidential hopefuls Sen. Amy Klobuchar and billionaire activist Tom Steyer speak during the eighth Democratic primary debate of the 2020 presidential campaign season at St. Anselm College in Manchester, N.H. Feb. 7, 2020.
"Donald Trump is the not the cause of all of our problems and we're making a mistake when we act like he is. He is a symptom of a disease that has been building up in our communities for years and decades, and it is our job to get to the harder work of actually curing the disease," said tech entrepreneur Andrew Yang who has argued on the trail that his outsider status is the antidote.
"I have heard this conversation on this debate stage from these people now every single debate, and they're all right. Everybody on this stage is better on economic justice and health care than anybody in the Republican Party and a million times better than Donald Trump," he began. Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar, one of four senators in the contest who raced between Washington, D.C. and the campaign trail during the impeachment trial, thanked her colleagues who she said had 'courage' to support convicting President Trump.
8:26 p.m.: ABC News Senior Congressional Correspondent Mary Bruce: Joe Biden is “sharpening his attacks” "I keep listening to this same debate, and it is not real," she said on the debate over health care."It is not real, Bernie, because two-thirds of the Democrats in the Senate are not on your bill and because it would kick 149 million Americans off their current health insurance in four years. And let me say what else. Elizabeth wants to do it in two years. And Pete, you sent out a tweet just a few years ago that said affirmatively you are for Medicare for All for the ages.
Former South Bend, Indiana Mayor Pete Buttigieg pivoted away from a direct hit on Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, when asked about the label of socalism, saying,"I'm not interested in labels. I'm not interested in what Republicans are going to say. I'm interested in the style of politics that we need to put forward to actually, finally turn the page."
But Sanders dismissed Buttigieg's first line of attack, responding with his own swipe,"Needless to say, I've never said that. But let me tell you what I do say. The way you bring people together is by presenting an agenda that works for the working people of this country, not for the billionaire class.
Amy Klobuchar's hand shot up, taking aim at Bernie Sanders' self-imposed label of"Democratic Socialist." "No matter what, I'm still in this for the same reason," he continued."We have to restore the soul of this country."Democratic 2020 U.S.
The stage is set prior to the Democratic presidential primary debate in the Sullivan Arena at St. Anselm College, Feb. 7, 2020 in Manchester, N.H.7:45 p.m. ABC News Chief Political Analyst Matthew Dowd calls Biden's electability argument a "flawed strategy" “Local party leaders are calling this the most consequential debate they’ve ever had ahead of the New Hampshire primary, given the mess after the Iowa caucus; given the fact there’s no real front-runner.”Check out these great shots of candidates' supporters braving the winter weather to show their support.
"This is going to be the most consequential New Hampshire primary debate in history," Raymond Buckley, the chairman of the New Hampshire Democratic Party, said.Friday's Democratic debate, hosted by ABC News and its Manchester, NH-based affiliate WMUR-TV, caps a tumultuous political week that included the highly contentious and deeply partisan impeachment trial of President Trump and the problem-plagued Iowa caucuses.
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