'I am saying that you have been on the floor of the Senate time and time again, touting the need to cut Social Security, Medicare and veterans' programs,' Sanders said.
past audio of Biden touting the efforts he had made to freeze government spending, including entitlement programs like social security.
During the debate, Biden challenged Sanders to encourage his supporters to stop promoting a video that he said twisted his stance on the issue.Biden has at times supported freezes on social security benefits. But the former vice president has released a plan for strengthening the program and has proposed providing a higher benefit to the program's oldest beneficiaries.
Democratic presidential hopefuls former vice president Joe Biden and Senator Bernie Sanders point fingers at each other as they take part in the 11th Democratic Party 2020 presidential debate in a CNN Washington Bureau studio in Washington, D.C. on March 15, 2020.Sunday's debate was the first time that Sanders and Biden, the Democratic primary's two front runners, faced each other in a head-to-head matchup.
Biden is currently ahead in the delegate count by roughly 150. The former vice president has collected 890 delegates after big wins in Super Tuesday and Super Tuesday 2. Senator Sanders has amassed 736. The only other remaining candidate in the Democratic primary race is Tulsi Gabbard. The Hawaii Representative failed to qualify for Sunday's debate after the Democratic National Committee announced new criteria requiring candidates to hold at least 20 percent of all awarded delegates by the time of the debate. Gabbard has only captured two delegates so far.
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