1 / 4Election 2020 DebateSen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., right, listens as Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., left, and former Vice President Joe Biden, right, speak Thursday, Sept.
12, 2019, during a Democratic presidential primary debate hosted by ABC at Texas Southern University in Houston. WASHINGTON — Ten Democrats seeking the presidency sparred Thursday night in a sprawling debate that put all qualifying contenders on the same stage for the first time.JOE BIDEN:"We didn't lock people up in cages, we didn't separate families.
But family separations as a matter of routine came about because of President Donald Trump's"zero tolerance" enforcement policy last year. More than 2,500 children were separated from their parents at the border and a government watchdog has said it's possible thousands more were separated. Obama had no such policy.BETO O'ROURKE, former U.S.
The screed spoke of what the suspect called a"Hispanic invasion of Texas," railed against immigrants and warned of an imminent attack. Nearly all of the victims had Latino last names.BERNIE SANDERS:"Every study done shows that Medicare for All is the most cost-effective approach to providing health care to every man, woman and child in this country.
Rand modeled a hypothetical scenario in which a plan similar to legislation by the Vermont senator had taken effect this year. It found that total U.S. health care spending would be about $3.9 trillion under"Medicare for All" in 2019, compared with about $3.8 trillion under the status quo.
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