After ten debates with a stage full of hopefuls, we are finally down to just two Democratic candidates for president and despite the twists and turns, they’re the two politicians who have led in the polls for the vast majority of the race. As Biden looks to defend his commanding lead in the primaries thus far, it’s effectively a last stand for the Sanders campaign, up against what could be Biden’s insurmountable delegate advantage. For Biden, the debate is an opportunity to prove his mettle one-on-one as critics doubt his ability to maintain focus and clarity for an extended, two-hour debate. For both, it’s an opportunity to condemn the president’s response to the coronavirus and to make final calls to Democratic voters before the Tuesday primaries in Arizona, Florida, Illinois, and Ohio — which could be the deciding votes in the contest. Below are the highlights from the debate as they come in.
A return to the coronavirusIn the final question of the debate, Jake Tapper asked the candidates about their messages to Americans during the pandemic. Sanders said, “This is a time to move aggressively” to combat the virus” and to “rethink an America where we care about each other.” Biden said that “We have to start to listen to the science again,” saying that he’d be in the Situation Room every day “pulling together the best people” to ask “what are the prescriptive moves we need now” to slow the spread of the virus and “render harmless” its economic impact.
Biden answers for his Iraq voteThe former vice-president called his vote a mistake and that he realized that the Bush administration’s WMD lie shortly after the invasion. Biden said he would challenge Sanders on foreign policy “any day of the week.”
“Let’s start off on the war in Iraq,” Sanders responded, condemning Biden’s vote, and highlighting his role as a key voice in the push to invade.
Sanders calls Biden’s climate policy “not enough”“If you’re laughing Joe, then you’re missing the point,” Sanders said, when he called Biden’s promise to rejoin the Paris climate accords insufficient. Biden said that his climate plan “unites the world.” Sanders defended his decision to ban fracking on federal land — as the industry tanked in real time.
There’s a reason Biden won Massachusetts Biden commits to a female vice-presidentThe former vice-president stated in a long answer that he would promise to run with a woman on the ticket. When asked if he stood by that pledge, he confirmed it. Sanders said that “in all likelihood I will” and that he has a “very strong tendency” to pick a progressive woman as vice-president.
Critics want more coronavirus questions Sanders highlights the differences in their recordsShortly before the commercial break, the Vermont senator called attention to the former Delaware senator’s long and controversial history as a lawmaker:
Sanders hits Biden for his record on Social SecurityThe Vermont senator called out Biden for his attempt to cut Social Security in the 1990s. The former vice-president denied the claim, though Sanders surrogates quickly posted the video of him doing so online:
“It’s good that you had an idea 30 years ago”In a conversation about money in politics, Biden mentioned a bill he wrote to require federally funded elections. Sanders responded with the strong dig above, and asked Biden why he is taking Super PAC money in the 2020 race.
Biden then claimed that Sanders takes money from nine such organizations; Sanders challenged him to name them:
“What are you doing to protect yourself?”Sanders said that his entire staff is working from home. “I’m not shaking hands,” he said. “I’m using a lot of soap and hand sanitizers … I do not have any symptoms and I’ve very grateful for that.”
Biden said that he does not have any underlying conditions, and said that he was taking necessary precautions. “We’re doing virtual rallies, doing virtual town hall meetings … I wash my hands God knows how many day with hot water and soap.”
The 2008 bailout comes into questionSanders defended his decision to vote against the bank bailout in 2008, and said that we “can’t repeat what we did in 2008” and that the government’s role right now is to ensure stability for Americans. Biden defended his decision to vote for the bailout, stating that without the stimulus, Americans would have suffered more.
Biden sounds clear-headed so farApart from a few concerning coughs at the beginning of the debate, the former vice-president is performing well, despite expectations that he may falter with increased stage time in a one-on-one debate.
It’s better without the crowds Biden says he’d call in the military, Sanders talks recession fearsResponding to a question on whether or not he’d call in the military to help treat the crisis, Sanders turned to the economic impact of the coronavirus. He said that if the Trump administration can provide “$1.5 billion in liquidity for the banks, we have to say to every worker in America ‘Don’t panic, you’ll be able to pay your mortgage.’” Biden responded directly, saying that he would mobilize military forces.
Biden hits Medicare for AllAnswering moderators’ question if he would enact a national lockdown, Biden said that Italy has a single-payer health-care system and is inundated by the global pandemic, and that Sanders’s signature policy would not stop the crisis in the United States.
Sanders responded, saying that “when we spend twice as much on health care as any other nation … one might expect we were preparing for an epidemic.” He added that the American system is already in crisis, noting that in 2019 “almost 30,000 people died in America because they couldn’t get health care as they should … I consider a crisis.”
How Sanders would respond to the health system’s limited capacitySanders said that the coronavirus has exposed the “weakness and dysfunctionality” of the American health-care system and weak safety net. “We are spending so much money and yet we are not prepared for this epidemic,” he said.
The coronavirus questionBiden began with a cough, then coughed a second time in his early statements on how to respond to the crisis, emphasizing a significant increase in testing capacities.
Sanders responded by saying that we must “shut this president up right now,” because of Trump’s “blabbering” misinformation skewing Americans’ understanding of the crisis. He then added that Americans must not have to pay for their treatment: “Do not worry about the costs right now because we are in the middle of a national emergency.”
The coronavirus is already impacting the debateIn addition to being held in a D.C. studio without an audience — rather than before voters in Arizona where the debate was scheduled — the candidates are altering their behavior:
"from" - Google News
March 16, 2020 at 08:50AM
https://ift.tt/2TTrxGM
Live Updates From the Bernie-Biden Debate - New York Magazine
"from" - Google News
https://ift.tt/2SO3d93
Shoes Man Tutorial
Pos News Update
Meme Update
Korean Entertainment News
Japan News Update
No comments:
Post a Comment