Mayor Bill de Blasio: 'I don't understand why Democrats on this stage are fear-mongering about universal health care. It makes no sense. Ask the American people, they are sick of what the pharmaceutical companies are doing to them.' DemDebate2
After Sens. Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren fended off repeated attacks from moderate competitors, the next 10 presidential primary contenders take the stage Wednesday for the second night of the second Democratic debates.Former Vice President Joe Biden, in another defense of the Affordable Care Act, targeted his rivals' plans on health care, saying,"They can buy into this plan and they can buy into it with $1,000 deductible and never have to pay more than 8.
The lone entrepreneur on stage, Andrew Yang, invoked his business experience when talking about health care. Hawaii Rep. Tulsi Gabbard went on offense against Sen. Kamala Harris for her health care plan, saying,"Kamala Harris talked about Kathleen [Sibelius] that helped write her bill. Sibelius works for a company that stands to profit under her plan. If we're seeking to reform the health care system, we have to shutout big insurance and pharma say they cannot be on the backs of those sick people in the country that are in desperate need of care.
"My response is Obamacare is working," Biden said."The way to build this and get to it immediately is to build on Obamacare. Go back and take back all the things that trump took away, provide a public option, meaning every single person in America would be able to buy another option if they didn't like their employer plan or on Medicaid they would automatically be in the plan.
Biden then replied,"My response is the senator had several plans so far and any time someone tells you you're going to get something good in ten years, you should wonder why it takes ten years," before adding,"you can't beat President Trump with double talk on this plan." Booker said,"We have serious problems in America. We have deep wounds and seriously deeply rooted challenges. We desperately need to heal as a nation and move forward because we know in this country our fates are united, that we have a common destiny. The call of this election is the call to unite and common cause and common purpose."
Julian Castro said,"I don't want to make America anything again. I don't want us to go backward. We're not going back to the past. We're not going back where we came from. We're going to move forward. We're going to make America better than its ever been in the years to come. Let's do that together."
Jay Inslee said,"I am running for president because the people in this room and the Democrats watching tonight are the last best hope for humanity on this planet. If, if we make defeating the climate crisis the top priority of the United States, we will have a fighting chance to save ourselves and our children's future."
De Blasio would begin with a 1% wealth tax on people who have $10 million or more, 2% on those with over $25 million and 3% for those with over $100 million. With 10 minutes to go before the candidates trickle out on stage, here is the lineup for tonight's debate : During the CNN debate pre-show, Democratic National Committee chair Tom Perez took the stage in the Fox Theatre, to energize the audience, rhetorically asking,"Anyone hear a discussion about hand size last night?"
The thousands of voters there helped deliver a win for President Donald Trump in the 2016 presidential election. How are these voters feeling nearly three years later? Has the president lived up to his promises? Hear from a mayor who voted for President Trump in 2016, but does not plan to do so again in 2020. He’ll give us the pulse of the independent voters in his city who he says have"motor oil flowing from their veins."Took a road trip through Macomb Co.
New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker's national press secretary, Sabrina Singh, outlined the senator's strategy for tonight's debate, amid speculation that he'll be seeking a California Sen. Kamala Harris-esque breakout moment by attacking former Vice President Joe Biden, particularly over the issue of criminal justice reform, on which they've publicly sparred during the past week.
Singh further shared Booker's feelings about last night's stand-off between some of the race's progressives and moderates, and instead of feeling like the rift was tearing the party apart, said that the senator thinks the disagreements were good to showcase. As far as preparation is concerned, advisors say Biden took prep very seriously, and"prepped intensely" for his second debate, but wouldn’t disclose how many mock debates they held in those prep sessions.
"As the clear front-runner, the attacks will once again be directed Joe Biden's way," a senior Biden campaign official told ABC News. Earlier on Monday, Harris said of her debate strategy,"My mother raised me to be polite, and I intend to be polite. I will express differences and articulate them, and certainly point out where we have differences of opinion.
One lower-polling candidate, de Blasio, is"ready to perform" after a"very good first debate performance," his campaign team said.
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