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| Democratic Debate 2019 Live: Candidates Face Off in Detroit | Democratic Debate 2019 Live: Candidates Face Off in Detroit |
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| The first question of the debate went to Mr. Sanders, who was asked about Mr. Delaney’s accusation in his opening statement that his push for Medicare for All would re-elect President Trump. | |
| “You’re wrong,” Mr. Sanders said. | |
| The audience cheered. | |
| Mr. Sanders went on to outline his position and highlight the debate’s proximity to Canada. | |
| ”Five minutes away from here, John, is a country called Canada. They guarantee health care to every man, woman and child as a human right. They spend half of what we spend and by the way, when you end up in a hospital in Canada, you come out with no bill at all,” Mr. Sanders said. | |
| Mr. Delaney argued against Medicare for All, which would phase out the private insurance industry. “We don’t have to go around and be the party of subtraction,” he said. | |
| Ms. Warren, who along with Mr. Sanders supports Medicare for All, jumped in to side with Mr. Sanders against Mr. Delaney. | |
| “We are the Democrats,” Ms. Warren said. “We should stop using Republican talking points.” | |
| Mr. Bullock: describes himself as a governor of a red state (Montana) who is a “pro-choice, pro-union, populist” Democrat who can win Trump states. | |
| Ms. Williamson: argues that “conventional politics is part of the problem” as she pitches her unconventional candidacy. | |
| Mr. Delaney: criticizes Mr. Sanders and Ms. Warren as too liberal and warns that if the Democratic Party lurches too far left, Democrats will lose. | |
| Mr. Ryan: decries a “broken” partisan political system and promises “solutions that are bold, that are realistic.” | |
| Mr. Hickenlooper: hits Mr. Sanders and Ms. Warren as well and says he is more “pragmatic.” | |
| Ms. Klobuchar: contrasts herself with President Trump and says, “I have had it with the racist attacks.” | |
| Mr. O’Rourke: calls on the United States to stand up for human rights and national unity. | |
| Mr. Buttigieg: warns “our country is running out of time” and that economic problems, war and climate change are threatening the future of the nation. | |
| Ms. Warren: attacks Mr. Trump as a president who “disgraces the office” and promises “big structural change.” | |
| Mr. Sanders: criticizes big tech companies like Amazon and the fossil fuel industry, and promises to “transform our economy.” | |
| CNN has declared the second Democratic debate underway. The 10 candidates took the stage one at a time, with Senators Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren entering first to loud applause and giving each other a brief hug. Eight other Democrats followed, after which an honor guard presented the colors and some of the candidates and audience members took part in the singing the national anthem. | CNN has declared the second Democratic debate underway. The 10 candidates took the stage one at a time, with Senators Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren entering first to loud applause and giving each other a brief hug. Eight other Democrats followed, after which an honor guard presented the colors and some of the candidates and audience members took part in the singing the national anthem. |
| After a commercial break, the candidates will deliver opening statements. | After a commercial break, the candidates will deliver opening statements. |
| The final hour before the debate was like a long commercial for the Democratic Party and its leadership, as CNN offered live coverage of party officials and liberal leaders taking shots at President Trump in speech after speech at the Fox Theater in Detroit. | The final hour before the debate was like a long commercial for the Democratic Party and its leadership, as CNN offered live coverage of party officials and liberal leaders taking shots at President Trump in speech after speech at the Fox Theater in Detroit. |
| “Democrats have your back on the issues that matter most,” Tom Perez, the Democratic National Committee chairman, shouted from the stage, “while the president has had a knife in your back.” | “Democrats have your back on the issues that matter most,” Tom Perez, the Democratic National Committee chairman, shouted from the stage, “while the president has had a knife in your back.” |
| It was just one of numerous sharp lines Mr. Perez delivered. (He also said Mr. Trump gave “big Pharma a big fat tax cut.”) One that garnered particular loud applause was a rejoinder to Mr. Trump’s recent Twitter tirade against Al Sharpton, the civil rights leader and media personality. | It was just one of numerous sharp lines Mr. Perez delivered. (He also said Mr. Trump gave “big Pharma a big fat tax cut.”) One that garnered particular loud applause was a rejoinder to Mr. Trump’s recent Twitter tirade against Al Sharpton, the civil rights leader and media personality. |
| “Reverend Sharpton, thank you for your leadership,” Mr. Perez said. | “Reverend Sharpton, thank you for your leadership,” Mr. Perez said. |
| The face-off between Senators Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren has been billed as the marquee matchup of Tuesday’s debate. The two progressive standard-bearers share much in common in terms of policy, and at first glance they seem similarly situated in the polls: They each hold around 15 percent in the most recent surveys, placing them in a rough tie for second place behind Joseph R. Biden Jr., the former vice president. But there’s more divergence in their supporters than one might think. | The face-off between Senators Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren has been billed as the marquee matchup of Tuesday’s debate. The two progressive standard-bearers share much in common in terms of policy, and at first glance they seem similarly situated in the polls: They each hold around 15 percent in the most recent surveys, placing them in a rough tie for second place behind Joseph R. Biden Jr., the former vice president. But there’s more divergence in their supporters than one might think. |
| Ms. Warren draws from a whiter, more affluent and better-educated group of Democrats; Mr. Sanders’s supporters, on the other hand, are younger, more diverse, less affluent and less likely to have graduated from college. | Ms. Warren draws from a whiter, more affluent and better-educated group of Democrats; Mr. Sanders’s supporters, on the other hand, are younger, more diverse, less affluent and less likely to have graduated from college. |
| And while Ms. Warren’s gains over the last several months might seem to have come at the expense of Mr. Sanders, it is not so clear whether the two candidates are competing for the same group of voters. Polls show that Senator Kamala Harris, not Mr. Sanders, is the second choice for a plurality of Ms. Warren’s supporters, according to Morning Consult polls. Perhaps surprisingly, Mr. Biden is the second choice for a plurality of Mr. Sanders’s supporters. Should either falter, it is not obvious that the other stands to make outsize gains, at least in the polls. | And while Ms. Warren’s gains over the last several months might seem to have come at the expense of Mr. Sanders, it is not so clear whether the two candidates are competing for the same group of voters. Polls show that Senator Kamala Harris, not Mr. Sanders, is the second choice for a plurality of Ms. Warren’s supporters, according to Morning Consult polls. Perhaps surprisingly, Mr. Biden is the second choice for a plurality of Mr. Sanders’s supporters. Should either falter, it is not obvious that the other stands to make outsize gains, at least in the polls. |
| For now, Mr. Sanders and Ms. Warren trail Mr. Biden in no small part because of Mr. Biden’s support among older, more moderate and black voters. Many of the other candidates onstage Tuesday have similar challenges. | For now, Mr. Sanders and Ms. Warren trail Mr. Biden in no small part because of Mr. Biden’s support among older, more moderate and black voters. Many of the other candidates onstage Tuesday have similar challenges. |
| Pete Buttigieg, for instance, draws from a particularly well-educated and white group of Democrats. It is enough to give him around 6 percent of Democrats nationwide, and a chance to compete in Iowa and New Hampshire, where voters are relatively white. But it will be difficult for him, or anyone, to contend for the nomination without broader support among nonwhite Democrats. | Pete Buttigieg, for instance, draws from a particularly well-educated and white group of Democrats. It is enough to give him around 6 percent of Democrats nationwide, and a chance to compete in Iowa and New Hampshire, where voters are relatively white. But it will be difficult for him, or anyone, to contend for the nomination without broader support among nonwhite Democrats. |
| President Trump’s re-election campaign announced Tuesday that it was buying a television ad during the Democratic debates in Detroit as well as full-page ads in the Detroit Free Press and Detroit News attacking his would-be Democratic rivals. | President Trump’s re-election campaign announced Tuesday that it was buying a television ad during the Democratic debates in Detroit as well as full-page ads in the Detroit Free Press and Detroit News attacking his would-be Democratic rivals. |
| “They’re all the same,” an announcer intones twice in a deep baritone in a 30-second ad that accuses Democrats of supporting “giving illegal immigrants free health care at our expense.” The ad shows footage from the first debate when Democrats were asked if their government health care plans would “provide coverage for undocumented immigrants.” | “They’re all the same,” an announcer intones twice in a deep baritone in a 30-second ad that accuses Democrats of supporting “giving illegal immigrants free health care at our expense.” The ad shows footage from the first debate when Democrats were asked if their government health care plans would “provide coverage for undocumented immigrants.” |
| The re-election campaign of Mr. Trump, an avid consumer of cable news, said it had reserved time on Tuesday and Wednesday on CNN, MSNBC and Fox News to coincide with the two nights of debates. | The re-election campaign of Mr. Trump, an avid consumer of cable news, said it had reserved time on Tuesday and Wednesday on CNN, MSNBC and Fox News to coincide with the two nights of debates. |
| It remains to be seen if Mr. Trump inserts himself into the evening’s proceedings via Twitter. | It remains to be seen if Mr. Trump inserts himself into the evening’s proceedings via Twitter. |
| Gov. Jay Inslee of Washington visited the Islamic Center of Detroit in Dearborn for a round table with Muslim leaders, fielding questions on the ban on travel from several predominantly Muslim countries as well as the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement. Senator Michael Bennet of Colorado stopped by a pipe fitters training center in Troy to discuss work force development. And former Representative John Delaney hosted a meeting with 15 minority entrepreneurs at a bakery in Detroit. | Gov. Jay Inslee of Washington visited the Islamic Center of Detroit in Dearborn for a round table with Muslim leaders, fielding questions on the ban on travel from several predominantly Muslim countries as well as the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement. Senator Michael Bennet of Colorado stopped by a pipe fitters training center in Troy to discuss work force development. And former Representative John Delaney hosted a meeting with 15 minority entrepreneurs at a bakery in Detroit. |
| Democratic Party officials also used the closure of a General Motors plant in Michigan for an event to make their case that President Donald Trump failed to keep his promises to blue collar workers in the swing state. | Democratic Party officials also used the closure of a General Motors plant in Michigan for an event to make their case that President Donald Trump failed to keep his promises to blue collar workers in the swing state. |
| Representative Dan Kildee, a Democrat from Flint, said Mr. Trump offered voters “false hope” about the auto industry. | Representative Dan Kildee, a Democrat from Flint, said Mr. Trump offered voters “false hope” about the auto industry. |
| “He cynically plays to people’s anxiety and fear by giving them hope that is not founded on anything,” he said. | “He cynically plays to people’s anxiety and fear by giving them hope that is not founded on anything,” he said. |
| Warren Transmission in Warren, Mich., across the street from where Democrats held the event, will end operations tomorrow. During his presidential campaign, Mr. Trump told workers in Warren: “If I’m elected you won’t lose one plant.” | Warren Transmission in Warren, Mich., across the street from where Democrats held the event, will end operations tomorrow. During his presidential campaign, Mr. Trump told workers in Warren: “If I’m elected you won’t lose one plant.” |
| Their event prompted the automaker to preemptively release factsheets detailing their U.S. operations, anticipating that they could come under withering criticism during the debates. GM announced in November it would cut a total of about 15,000 jobs and end production at five North American plants, included eliminating about 8,000 salaried workers. | Their event prompted the automaker to preemptively release factsheets detailing their U.S. operations, anticipating that they could come under withering criticism during the debates. GM announced in November it would cut a total of about 15,000 jobs and end production at five North American plants, included eliminating about 8,000 salaried workers. |
| One of the Michigan women who helped Democrats capture the House of Representatives last year warned her party in stark terms on Tuesday that it could not afford to run too far to the left and expect to carry her state in 2020. | One of the Michigan women who helped Democrats capture the House of Representatives last year warned her party in stark terms on Tuesday that it could not afford to run too far to the left and expect to carry her state in 2020. |
| Representative Elissa Slotkin, a former intelligence analyst who defeated an incumbent Republican in the Detroit suburbs, said in an interview blocks from the Fox Theater — that Democrats should ground their campaigns on “practical ideas of how to fix things” rather than promises of social transformation or caustic attacks on President Trump. | Representative Elissa Slotkin, a former intelligence analyst who defeated an incumbent Republican in the Detroit suburbs, said in an interview blocks from the Fox Theater — that Democrats should ground their campaigns on “practical ideas of how to fix things” rather than promises of social transformation or caustic attacks on President Trump. |
| “They’re looking for someone who’s a uniter and not a divider,” Ms. Slotkin said of Michigan voters. “Someone who’s still hopeful in talking about the great things about this country.” | “They’re looking for someone who’s a uniter and not a divider,” Ms. Slotkin said of Michigan voters. “Someone who’s still hopeful in talking about the great things about this country.” |
| Though she did not criticize any candidates by name, Ms. Slotkin seemed to indicate discomfort with two: Invoking one of Ms. Warren’s signature phrases, she said voters in her district were not looking for sweeping “structural change” in the economy. Neither, she said, were they rejecting “the American concept of capitalism” — a likely allusion to the self-described democratic socialism of Mr. Sanders. | Though she did not criticize any candidates by name, Ms. Slotkin seemed to indicate discomfort with two: Invoking one of Ms. Warren’s signature phrases, she said voters in her district were not looking for sweeping “structural change” in the economy. Neither, she said, were they rejecting “the American concept of capitalism” — a likely allusion to the self-described democratic socialism of Mr. Sanders. |
| Voters, she said, were “losing faith that the government can do small things” — let alone enact monumental economic change. | Voters, she said, were “losing faith that the government can do small things” — let alone enact monumental economic change. |
| Ms. Slotkin said candidates who want to carry Michigan should take note of the Democratic ticket voters here embraced last year. | Ms. Slotkin said candidates who want to carry Michigan should take note of the Democratic ticket voters here embraced last year. |
| “We had an election in November,” Ms. Slotkin said. “From governor all the way down, we elected moderate, reasonable, practical Democratic women.” | “We had an election in November,” Ms. Slotkin said. “From governor all the way down, we elected moderate, reasonable, practical Democratic women.” |
| Of the 2020 field, she lamented, “I’m not sure many of these candidates are actually listening. They know they have to win, but they’re not really listening.” | Of the 2020 field, she lamented, “I’m not sure many of these candidates are actually listening. They know they have to win, but they’re not really listening.” |
| Representative Tulsi Gabbard will not be onstage on Tuesday night. But that doesn’t mean she won’t be seen on television. | Representative Tulsi Gabbard will not be onstage on Tuesday night. But that doesn’t mean she won’t be seen on television. |
| The Democratic presidential candidate from Hawaii has reserved about $250,000 in television ads to air on CNN over two nights of the debate, according to the ad-tracking firm Medium Buying. | The Democratic presidential candidate from Hawaii has reserved about $250,000 in television ads to air on CNN over two nights of the debate, according to the ad-tracking firm Medium Buying. |
| She is buying ads in both some early-voting states, such as Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina, as well as bigger states like California, New York, Florida and Texas. | She is buying ads in both some early-voting states, such as Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina, as well as bigger states like California, New York, Florida and Texas. |
| One ad Ms. Gabbard is currently running features her in uniform (she served in the National Guard) and reciting the Pledge of Allegiance. She talks about offering to serve as “commander in chief.” Ahead of the debate, Ms. Gabbard accused Senator Kamala Harris of lacking “the temperament” to be commander in chief. | One ad Ms. Gabbard is currently running features her in uniform (she served in the National Guard) and reciting the Pledge of Allegiance. She talks about offering to serve as “commander in chief.” Ahead of the debate, Ms. Gabbard accused Senator Kamala Harris of lacking “the temperament” to be commander in chief. |
| Both Ms. Gabbard and Ms. Harris will be onstage on Wednesday. | Both Ms. Gabbard and Ms. Harris will be onstage on Wednesday. |
| Reported and written by Nate Cohn, Katie Glueck, Shane Goldmacher, Lisa Lerer. | |