After several rival candidates went after Elizabeth Warren at last night's debate, Joe Biden says, 'It's kind of about time other people get questioned.'
The Democratic presidential contenders were in Westerville, Ohio, for the fourth primary matchup of the season.
"A dozen Democrats stood on stage tonight and made several things clear," Trump campaign manager Brad Parscale said."They have always wanted to impeach President Trump, they have always wanted to eliminate employer-provided health insurance, they have always wanted to raise your taxes, and they have always wanted to unravel the hottest economy in modern history. Another thing was also clear: Once again, President Trump was the hands-down winner of this debate.
The final question, on surprising friendships, drew surprising responses on social media--including from some of the candidates. Former Texas Rep. Beto O'Rourke:"My flight had been snowed in, in Washington D.C. I happened to be in the elevator with a Republican member of Congress, Will Hurd. And on a whim, I said do you want to rent a car and drive to Washington...A Republican and a Democrat finding out what we had in common. By the end of that trip, not only had we formed a friendship, but we had formed trust.
Mayor Pete Buttigieg:"I think about the friendships that I formed in the military. People who were radically different from me---Different generation, different race. Definitely, different politics. And we learned to trust each other with our lives." When asked about if both Sens. Bernie Sanders, who is calling for a political revolution, and Elizabeth Warren, who is calling for big, structural change, could attract the kinds of voters Democrats need to win back the White House, former Vice President Joe Biden said,"I think their vision is attracting a lot of people, and I think a lot of what they have to say is really important. But, you know, Senator Warren said we can't be running any vague campaigns.
Warren then replied,"I am deeply grateful to President Obama, who fought so hard to make sure that agency was passed into law." "You know, I think the plan that Mayor Pete mentioned is an interesting one, but I actually believe if we were selecting from one of those things, that the smarter move might be to look at term limits or having people cycle off from the appellate courts, so that you would have a replenishment of perspective," Castro argued.
When asked about states restricting abortion, Sen. Kamala Harris said of her plan to stop them,"My plan is as follows. For any state that passes a law that violates the constitution, and in particular, Roe V. Wade, our Department of Justice will review that law to determine if it is compliant with Roe V. Wade and the constitution and if it is not, that law will not go into effect. That's called pre-clearance.
Sen. Kamala Harris pivoted to Donald Trump's Twitter habits while answering a question about the effectiveness of breaking up big tech companies, saying that the president's account should be taken down in a response to Sen. Elizabeth Warren. He added:"In fact, if we want to beat Mr. Trump, I think somebody who can take -- go toe to toe with him and show him to be a fraud and a failure as a business person, and a fraud and a failure as a steward of the American economy, is going to be necessary."
Warren disagreed saying she's"not willing to give up and let a handful of monopolists dominate our economy and our democracy." After Sen. Bernie Sanders tried to assured voters that he is healthy and up to the task of being president of the United States, former Vice President Joe Biden was asked how certain he is that he can handle the job commander in chief at the age of 80.
With three of the Democratic candidates in their 70s, will age be a factor in determining the nominee? He then further addressed concerns about his health, saying,"Let me invite you all to a major rally we're having in queens, New York ... we are going to be mounting a vigorous campaign all over this country. That is how I think I can reassure the American people. But let me take this moment if I might to thank so many people from all over this country, including many of my colleagues up here, for their love, for their prayers, for their well wishes.
"I remember a veteran telling me that he bought heroin off the street because he was originally prescribed an opioid at the VA," O'Rourke said."Now imagine if that veteran, instead of being prescribed an opioid, had been prescribed marijuana because we’ve made that legal in America, ensured the VA could prescribe it, expunge the arrest record for those who have been arrested for possession and made sure that he was not prescribed something to which he would become addicted.
"I'm the only one on this stage who has taken on the NRA and beat them and beat them twice," Vice President Joe Biden said while laying out his proposal on gun safety. "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."
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