Cory Booker: 'This is a difference with a lot of us on this debate stage: I believe that we in the United States Congress should start impeachment proceedings immediately.' DemDebate
After Sens. Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren fended off repeated attacks from moderate competitors, the next 10 presidential primary contenders took the stage Wednesday for the second night of the second Democratic debates.After not a single mention of the 'I' word on night one, Sen. Cory Booker asserted Wednesday night,"I believe that we in the United States Congress should start impeachment proceedings. Immediately.
"We have to do the right thing and end the wasteful regime change wars and bring our troops home," she said Former Vice President Joe Biden fired back,"I'm passionate about the concern making sure women are treated equally. I don't know what happened except you're running for president.""What we have to do is give women economic freedom to improve their situations and start businesses and the best way to do this is putting a dividend of $1,000 a month into their hands. It would be a game-changer. Women do more of the unrecognized and uncompensated work in the society.
Later in the evening, when Tulsi Gabbard criticized Kamala Harris saying: “the people who suffered under your reign as prosecutor, you owe them an apology,” the room broke into its most enthusiastic applause of the evening.Former Vice President Joe Biden, when asked if he would rejoin the Trans-Pacific Partnership that President Trump withdrew from, first said,"I would renegotiate ... We must have the rest of the world join us to keep nem in check from abusing.
When asked if she would keep President Trump's tariffs on China Gabbard answered,"I would not. The approach that president trump has taken has been extremely volatile. Without any clear plan. It has a ravaging and devastating effect on manufacturers. On farmers. Who are already struggling and failing to see the light of day because of the plan trump has taken."
"Why not have a green energy race with China? Why not have clean air and clean water for all Americans? Why not rebuild our infrastructure? Why not actually invest in green jobs. That's what the green new deal is about. I will put a price on carbon to make market forces help us," Gillibrand said. "The last four years have been the four warmest years in history. We are too late. We are ten years too late," he continued, before adding,"We need to do everything we can to start moving the climate in the right direction."
He added,"Here's the deal, in that area, there's also piece, 85% of it is something I helped negotiate and that is the Paris climate accord. I would rejoin that accord." While responding to Sen. Michael Bennet's remarks on the racial divide, Washington Gov. Jay Inslee said,"I approach this question with humility because I have not experienced what many Americans have. I've never been a black teenager pulled over in a white neighborhood. I've never been a woman talked over in a meeting. I've never been an LGBTQ member subject to a slur.
"I'm concerned about this record of Senator Harris. She put over 1,500 people in jail for marijuana violations and laughed about it when she was asked if she ever smoked marijuana. She blocked evidence that would have freed an innocent man from death row. She kept people in prison beyond their sentences to use them as cheap labor for the state of California, and she fought to keep cash bail system in place that impacts poor people in the worst kind of way.
Here's ABC News' fact check of the second of two Democratic presidential debates in Detroit between Sen. Michael Bennet, Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, former Housing and Urban Development Secretary Julian Castro, Sen. Cory Booker, former Vice President Joe Biden, Sen. Kamala Harris, Andrew Yang, Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, Gov. Jay Inslee and Mayor Bill de Blasio.
Gillibrand said that Mayor Bill de Blasio's answer on the death of Eric Garner was not adequate and that the police officer should have been fired. "I'm proud that I'm the only candidate that has put forward a police reform plan. Because we have a system that is broken and we need to fix it. Whether it's the case of someone like Michael Brown, or Eric Garner where the justice department decided not to pursue challenges, we need to have a standard and that we end qualified immunity for police officers so we can hold them accountable," Castro said.
After Vice President Joe Biden tried to separate himself from former President Barack Obama's immigration policies, Sen. Cory Booker came with a quick response to Obama's name being thrown into the debate. De Blasio pressed Biden on wether her tried to stop mass deportation of illegal immigrants during his time serving as vice president in the Obama-administration to which he responded,"The president came along and he’s the guy that came up with the idea, first time ever of dealing with the dreamers. He put that in the law. He talked about a comprehensive plan which he put on -- laid before the congress saying that we should find a pathway to citizenship for people.
"We can't always been focusing on some of the distressing stories. If you go to a factory here in Michigan, you will not find wall to wall immigrants, you will find wall to wall machines. Immigrants are being scapegoated for something they have nothing to do with," he added.Julian Castro, who used to work alongside Biden in the Obama-administration, came under fire from the former Vice President for his proposed immigration policies.
In a couple of minutes of unity, three senators were aligned as they all took aim at the current president over immigration. Senator Harris is taking every chance she gets to pivot back to Biden and their differences over health care. "My plan would make sure that we put undocumented immigrants on a pathway to citizenship, that we do a 21st Century marshal plan with countries so we can get to the root of this challenge so people can find safety and opportunity at home instead of having to come to the United States. That's how we can be smarter, more effective and more humane when it comes to immigration policy," Castro said.
Bennet responded,"This has nothing to do with Republican talking points or the pharmaceutical industry. This has to do with having faith in the American people they can make the right decisions for their families, and they can choose a public option. Bernie Sanders who said last night he wrote the bill and did just like I wrote the public option bill is the guy who says it will cost $32 trillion and that we're going to have to raise those taxes to pay for it.
Bennet continued to criticize her, responding,"I have to say if we can't admit, if we can't admit tonight what's in the plan, which is banning employer-based insurance, we won't be able to admit that when Donald Trump is accusing Democrats of doing that, as well."Sen. Michael Bennet when asked if Medicare-for-All will get President Trump re-elected said,"I agree it makes it much more likely.
Biden responded to Mayor Bill de Blasio claims that building on the Affordable Care Act is not the best path forward to improving our health care system. "The reality is I have been spending time in this campaign listening to American families, listening to experts, listening to health care providers, and what I came away with is a very clear understanding that I needed to create a plan that was responsive to the needs of the American people, responsive to their needs of understanding that insurance companies have been jacking up the prices for far too long.
In the middle of his opening statement, Sen. Cory Booker had to briefly pause, amid interrupting protesters, chanting. Rep. Tulsi Gabbard said,"I know what patriotism is and I've known many great patriots throughout my life and let me tell you this, Donald Trump is not behaving like a patriot. As president I will bring this spirit of real patriotism to the White House, serving the interest of all Americans, not just the rich and powerful."
Michael Bennet said,"Mr. President, kids belong in classrooms, not cages. And they deserve something better than a bully in the White House. Let's end this three-ring circus in Washington and let's make this election about reclaiming our future for our kids and our democracy. Empty promises won't beat Donald Trump, I can."
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio is poised to introduce a wealth tax at Wednesday's debate, which he says would bring in $3 trillion over 10 years. For most of the candidates on stage, the stakes for this two-night showdown are much higher after the Democratic National Committee announced more stringent qualifying rules for the September and October debates, meaning this could be their last chance before a national audience.
I'm getting ready to take the stage in Detroit! Grateful to have my family by my side. pic.twitter.com/fMe99KYAIK On the sidelines of the debate, earlier Wednesday, ABC News Live went on a journey along Route 53 in one of the most critical swing areas in the entire country: Macomb County, Michigan. Senator Rob Portman, Congressman Jim Jordan, and Governor Mike DeWine are among the honorary state chairs. Missing from that list -- former Ohio Gov. John Kasich, who has sent mixed signals on a potential 2020 run.ABC News' Deputy Political Director MaryAlice Parks ran into New York Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand in the lobby of a hotel in Detroit, and asked the presidential contender what her strategy is Wednesday night.
"It does really hit home to him," she said."And you know, as Cory says, like, these are these folks on the stage are like his family and his friends. But you know, you got to give your family and friends tough love every now and then. And he's not going to hold back on speaking the truth." Biden's focus will be on drawing policy differences, according to his campaign advisors. They also hammered home their belief that the attacks on Biden in the last debate were personal from someone he had a personal relationship with, but said they didn’t plan to engage in those attacks because it's not who the vice president is or his way of conduct.
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