Bullock, blocked from Democratic debate stage, faces Iowa voters

Presidential candidate Steve Bullock was in an Iowa TV studio Wednesday, fielding questions from voters instead of debating his Democratic rivals on a Miami stage.

"Instead of trying to get three minutes, I'm actually going to talk for 40 minutes with the first voters who will actually decide this," 222 days from now, said the Montana governor, who was locked out of the first Democratic presidential debate for 20 candidates.

Undecided Iowa voters grilled the 53-year-old about immigration, college debt, reparations and other issues at WHO-TV's town hall.

Asked about poor conditions for children at the U.S.-Mexico border, Bullock said, "We don't believe in punishing children by taking their blankets or mattresses for losing a lice comb," allegations reported about U.S. Border Patrol agents.

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