Delaney blasts ‘fairy-tale economics,’ challenges progressives like Warren in Detroit debate

'Fairy-tale economics?' Elizabeth Warren's plans were put under attack Tuesday night

DETROIT — Former Maryland Rep. John Delaney played offense at the Detroit Democratic presidential debate on Tuesday night, pushing progressives like Sen. Elizabeth Warren to defend polices like “Medicare for All” that he called “fairy-tale economics.”

“I think Democrats win when we run on real solutions, not impossible promises, when we run on things that are workable, not fairy tale economics,” said Delaney, who is polling below 1% compared to Warren’s 14% in the RealClearPolitics average. But it was Delaney who most aggressively challenged Warren in particular, prompting the Massachusetts senator to shoot back, “I don’t understand why anybody goes to all the trouble of running for president of the United States just to talk about what we really can’t do and shouldn’t fight for.” The crowd erupted in applause.

A Pew Research poll found that only 27% of adults overall support a government-run health-care program with no role for private insurance.

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