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Democrats target Elizabeth Warren, Donald Trump in debate
https://www.dw.com/en/democrats-target-elizabeth-warren-donald-trump-in-debate/a-50849903Democrats target Elizabeth Warren, Donald Trump in debate
Date 16.10.2019
The top three Democrats had different experiences in Ohio Tuesday. Former Vice President Joe Biden fended off questions about his son and Ukraine, Bernie Sanders was treated gently after a heart attack, and Elizabeth Warren, long celebrated for her persistence, battled cheap shots from the center and the fringes.
Minnesota Senator Amy Klobuchar: said "the difference between a plan and a pipe dream is something you can actually get done" about Warren's plan to extend health coverage to all Americans. Representative Tulsi Gabbard demanded that Warren critique the Iraq War initiated by Republican President George Bush in 2003, when Warren was not yet in the Senate or even politics.
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Returning after a heart attack two weeks ago, Sanders benefited from the attention on Warren, whose views most align with his, as well as a warm welcome to the stage. The senator from Vermont engaged in banter with the moderators and his fellow candidates, but he was dead serious when he said his campaign for public health and public education and to bring an end to economic exclusion in the United States would be what ultimately took President Trump down.
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Biden, the vice president under Trump's predecessor, Barack Obama, continued to advocate a middle-of-the-road stance, even as his numbers have slipped against both Warren and Sanders. But his stances were overshadowed by attention placed on his son Hunter, whom Trump has attempted to implicate in financial misdeeds in Ukraine, the grounds for the current impeachment investigation into the president. Later, Trump called mockingly for China to investigate the Bidens, as well.
"Look, my son did nothing wrong," Biden said on Tuesday. "I did nothing wrong. I carried out the policy of the United States government in rooting out corruption in Ukraine, and that's what we should be focused on. What I think is important is we focus on why it's so important to remove this man from office."
With the three favored candidates all older than 70 as Trump himself is much attention was paid to individual health. New Jersey Senator Cory Booker, a spry 50 years old, noted that "as the vegan on this stage," he thought it important to remember that "the most unhealthy person running for the presidency in 2020 is Donald Trump."
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Democrats target Elizabeth Warren, Donald Trump in debate (Original Post)
nitpicker
Oct 2019
OP
re: "Later, Trump called mockingly for China to investigate the Bidens, as well."
thesquanderer
Oct 2019
#9
Cha
(297,323 posts)1. Where's "the cheap shots"?
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
nitpicker
(7,153 posts)3. Supposedly paragraph 2
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
Cha
(297,323 posts)4. Oh sorry.. I don't know what I
was thinking not reading that.
Well, it certainly is a cheap shot from Gabbard.. what was she thinking?!
I don't know about Amy Klobuchar's quote.. what that "cheap" asking how she'd pay for it?
Thanks, nitpicker
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
nitpicker
(7,153 posts)2. Link to The Guardian
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
empedocles
(15,751 posts)6. Fine one-liners listed in the Guardian article
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
beachbumbob
(9,263 posts)5. why not? She's been given pretty much a free pass so far.
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
obamanut2012
(26,082 posts)7. No, she hasn't, not be anyone on either side
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
pecosbob
(7,541 posts)8. Another fallacious RW talking point
Warren simply won't answer loaded questions from the conservative media. She reframes the issue properly in neutral terms without the coded language. Pundits are miffed she refuses to give them a gotcha quote. Even the other Dems on the stage were doing the same thing last night.
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
thesquanderer
(11,990 posts)9. re: "Later, Trump called mockingly for China to investigate the Bidens, as well."
Mockingly? I wouldn't be so sure.
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden