Sen. Amy Klobuchar on gun reform: 'The public is with us on this in a big way. The majority of Trump voters want to see universal background checks, right now.' DemDebate
The Democratic presidential contenders are in Westerville, Ohio, for the fourth primary matchup of the season.
"If someone does not turn in an A.R.-15 or A.K.-47, one of these weapons or war or brings it out in public and brandishes it in an attempt to intimidate, as we saw when we were at Kent State recently, then that weapon will be taken from them," O'Rourke said."If they persist, there will be other consequences from law enforcement. But the expectation is that Americans will follow the law.
"I don't need lessons from you on courage, political or personal. Everyone on this stage is determined to get something done," Buttigieg replied. "So to protect ourselves in 2020, what we need, one, backup paper ballots in every single state," she asserted."That is a bill that I need, and we need to stop Mitch Mcconnell from stopping that from happening. And then we need to stop the social media companies from running paid political ads, including ones last time in rubles, without having to say where those ads came from and who paid for them.
Former Vice President Joe Biden also took on the president when discussing his foreign policy credentials, telling the audience, he is the"only person who spent extensive time alone with Putin as well as with Erdogan," before adding,"We have an erratic, crazy president who knows not a damn thing about foreign policy and operates out of fear for his own reelection."
"I think we need to get out of Afghanistan, but it's also the case that a small number of specialized, special operations forces and intelligence capabilities were the only thing that stood between that part of Syria and what we're seeing now, which is the beginning of a genocide and the resurgence of ISIS," he continued.
Rep. Tulsi Gabbard called out debate hosts CNN and the New York Times on claims that they"smeared veterans." The congresswoman then asked Sen. Elizabeth Warren to join her calls to for an end to this regime-change war in Syria. He continued his attack on Trump in a follow up,"I would want those thousand troops to be protected by air cover -- those thousand troops having to withdraw under fire -- make it clear they're not going anywhere and have them protected and work my way back toward what in fact needs to be done, protecting those Kurds. They lost their lives.
O'Rourke said,"Sometimes senator Warren is more about being punitive and pitting some part of the country against each other, instead of lifting people up." Nearly an hour in, the difference in front-running status seems clear. Sen. Elizabeth Warren is taking far more heat from her rivals than former Vice President Joe Biden. Nobody wanted to go where President Trump wanted to take them regarding Biden. But there are real fights breaking out over health care and the wealth tax -- core progressive priorities.In a fierce defense of her wealth tax proposal, Sen.
Hawaii Rep. Tulsi Gabbard shared her support for Andrew Yang's universal basic income proposal, saying,"I agree with my friend Andrew Yang. Universal basic income is a good idea to help provide that security so people can make choices that they want to see. This has to do with a bad trade deal that we have seen in the past that have also driven fear towards people losing the way that they provide for their families.
"So, the data show that we have had a lot of problems with losing jobs, but the principle reason has been bad trade policy," Warren said."The principal reason has been a bunch of corporations, giant multinational corporations who have been calling the shots on trade, giant multinational corporations that have no loyalty to America. They have no loyalty to American workers. They have no loyalty to American consumers. They have no loyalty to American communities.
"We're not talking about the clear and existential threat in America. That we are in a state that has had two planned parenthoods closed," he said."We are seeing all over this country women's reproductive rights under attack. And God bless Kamala. But you know what, women should not be the only ones taking up this cause and this fight."
"I am for the spirit of a federal jobs guarantee, but you have to look at how it would actually materialize in practice," Yang said."What are the jobs? Who manages you? What if you don't like your job? What if you’re not good at your job? The fact is, most Americans do not want to work for the federal government. And saying that that is the vision of the economy of the 21st century, to me is not a vision that most Americans would embrace. Also, Sen.
"At least Bernie’s being honest here and saying how he’s gonna pay for this and that taxes are going to go up," Klobuchar said."I’m sorry Elizabeth, but you’ve not said that, and I think we owe it to the American people to tell them where we’re gonna send the invoice." Sen. Bernie Sanders highlights his proposal for Medicare for All and admitted that taxes will increase for all.
In response, Warren responded about her position, saying,"Whenever someone hears the term Medicare for all who want it, understand what that really means. It's medicare for all who can afford it. That's the problem we have got. Medicare for all is the gold standard. It's the way we get health care coverage for every single American."
"So, the way I see this, it is about what kinds of costs middle-class families are going to face," Warren said."So let me be clear on this. Costs will go up for the wealthy. They will go up for big corporations. And for middle-class families, they will go down. I will not sign a bill into law that does not lower costs for middle-class families."
“Was it poor judgment to be in the middle of something that is...a swamp in—in—in many ways? Yeah.” https://t.co/VuMMiW66FM pic.twitter.com/PGNyDaY82U"I did my job," he continued."I never discussed a single thing with my son about anything having to do with Ukraine. No one has indicated I have. We’ve always kept everything separate, even when my son was the attorney general of the state of Delaware. We never discussed anything. So there would be no potential conflict.
While Andrew Yang noted he supports impeachment from the debate stage, he urged his fellow Democrats to stop talking about the president. When asked if Democratic lawmakers are making a mistake moving forward with an impeachment inquiry without support from Republican lawmakers, Buttigieg says it's Republicans who are making a mistake.
"We have to impeach this president and the majority of Americans not only support impeachment, they support removal," he continued. "We must be fair," he said."This has got to be about patriotism and not partisanship ... That's what this nation needs in what is a moral moment and not a political one. I swore an oath to do my job as a senator, do my duty. This president has violated his. I will do mine."
Former Vice President Joe Biden, when asked about how Democrats are navigating an impeachment inquiry, said,"Trump continued to stonewall what the Congress is entitled to know about his background, what he did, all the accusations in the Mueller report." The brewing impeachment fight consuming Capitol Hill made its way onto the debate stage Tuesday night as the first question. "Sometimes there are issues that are bigger than politics," said Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren when asked why shouldn't voters decide President Trump's fate next year at the ballot box."This is about Donald Trump. But understand, it's about the next president and the next president and the next president and the future of this country.
“I’m not concerned about anything,” she said. Republicans “can’t defend the president so they’re going to process.”Former Texas Rep. Beto O'Rourke's aides walked away from the last debate feeling like he had a breakout moment with his"hell yes we're gonna take your AR-15, your AK-47" line, but didn't get the momentum they were looking for in the wake, multiple sources inside the campaign have told ABC News since that night.
One thing we can count on is that O'Rourke will sell his history of being a political underdog."Not paying attention to the polls and conventional political wisdom has paid off for him in the past," the source said, pointing to his first congressional race against an incumbent Democratic and, of course, his tight contest for U.S. Senate against Ted Cruz in 2018 while supporting impeachment, universal healthcare, and an assault weapons ban.
"This is Donald Trump's game. Look, Hunter Biden has been attacked viciously and personally by Donald Trump for the past three weeks. He sat down this morning and answered every question that was thrown at him, which frankly is a lot more than you can say for Donald Trump and Rudy Giuliani and their ilk who are stonewalling and refusing to answer questions in their own impeachment inquiry, by the way. But, you know, you had Hunter sit down, he answered questions.
The debate is slated to air at 8 p.m. ET on Oct. 15. The moderators will be CNN anchors Anderson Cooper and Erin Burnett, and New York Times national editor Marc Lacey. Biden is walking into the debate hall on less steady ground: between fending off President Donald Trump's unsubstantiated claims about the former vice president's inappropriate behavior surrounding his son Hunter’s Ukrainian business dealings, lackluster fundraising numbers in the third quarter of 2019, and his lead in national polls slipping.
Meanwhile, Warren -- who has sought to avoid clashing with her Democratic rivals before a national audience so far, instead focusing on her pitch for big, structural change -- might become a key target for the lower-polling candidates who are struggling to make their mark on the electorate.
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