A visual guide to the evening's staring and pointing and technical difficulties
The debates are finally here. Photo: JIM WATSON/AFP/Getty Images After months, and months, and months of waiting, the first Democratic debate finally arrived Wednesday night. It was long, chaotic, and interrupted by some embarrassing technical difficulties. And we’ll get it do it all again tomorrow! Look at all these people The ten on the left went tonight. The ten on the right are going tomorrow.
Warren gave Republicans material The first “show of hands” question of the night came from Lester Holt, who asked the candidates if they would abolish private health insurance “in favor of a government-run plan.” Only Bill de Blasio, who won’t be the Democratic nominee, and Elizabeth Warren, who might be, raised their hands. We’ll likely be hearing more about that from the GOP.
Booker seized an opportunity The second “show of hands” question went the other way, with nine out of ten candidates affirming their support for the 2015 nuclear deal with Iran “as it was originally negotiated.” The only holdout was Cory Booker, who endorsed the deal when he was given the floor to speak. Shrewd move.
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