Joe Biden 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!' DemDebate
Now, they bring the disputes they’ve been battling out on the campaign trail to the debate stage.8:41 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, Biden walked over to Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders and gave him a hug. "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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