Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders met for the first one-on-one Democratic primary debate of the 2020 cycle on Sunday.
The night began under the shadow of the coronavirus pandemic. The two men bumped elbows rather than shaking hands, before taking podiums separated by extra space.
Biden, ahead in delegates, is likely to be named the Democratic nominee to take on Trump unless something dramatic changes about the state of the race. Sanders, ideologically to his left, gave no sign that he intended to give up that prize without a fight.Democratic presidential hopeful Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders participates in the 11th Democratic Party 2020 presidential debate in a CNN Washington Bureau studio in Washington, DC on March 15, 2020.
Biden pointed to Italy, where coronavirus has severely stressed the medical system, as evidence that government-run insurance would not help.Sanders countered by saying the U.S. does not have a "system that is prepared to provide health care to all people." Biden argued that the bank bail out was necessary to stave off financial ruin for millions of Americans.
"How do you get out of that? Bernie is saying that I guess he's going to do a wealth tax or something, that the top 1% could pay for everything, and they should pay for everything that occurred," Biden said. "We are talking about tens and hundreds of billions of dollars. That's what this was about. And the fact was that it saved the economy from going into a depression."Democratic U.S.
"Why don't you get rid of the Super PAC that you have right now which is running very, ugly, negative ads about me," Sanders said. "Don't laugh Joe, it's the truth. And they've got two other super PACs running ads against us. Why don't you just say right now on television — You know what, I think in the past Joe, if I'm not mistaken, you've condemned Super PACs, that correct?""I don't have nine super PACs.
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