Thursday, August 1, 2019
On Tuesday night, 10
candidates running for the
Democratic
presidential
nomination
gathered
in
downtown
Detroit’s
Fox Theatre for a live
debate organized by CNN.
Approximately
3,500
students,
government
leaders, city residents and
guests were in attendance.
Author
Marianne
Williamson,
Rep.
Tim
Ryan, Sen. Amy Klobuchar,
Mayor
Pete
Buttigieg,
Sen. Bernie Sanders, Sen.
Elizabeth Warren, Former
Rep.
Beto
O’Rourke,
Former
Gov.
John
Hickenlooper, Former Rep.
John Delaney and Gov.
Steve Bullock all took the
stage on the first of a two-
night debate series.
University of Michigan
students were among those
in attendance. LSA junior
Clare Godfryd said she
felt fortunate to attend the
debate, as not all students
were able to obtain tickets.
“Pretty much everyone
who is able to attend is
either very well off, a
donor or has some sort
of connection like us,”
Godfryd said. “It made
me wish that more people
had the opportunity to see
events like this in person,
because
it
was
really
rewarding.”
The
candidates
discussed a wide variety
of issues — highlighting
differences in policy among
their campaign platforms
— with a specific focus on
health care, immigration,
electability
and
race.
Other topics, like taxation,
gun violence and climate
change were also covered.
Medicare was the main
focus of the first hour of
the debate, with all 10
candidates
weighing
in
with their plans for health
care reform.
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DEMOCRATS DEBATE IN DETROIT
Warren, Sanders disagree with moderate candidates
over Medicare for All, plans for economy on first night
Thousands
of
eager
attendees
descended
on
Fox Theatre for the second
round
of
Democratic
presidential primary debates
hosted by CNN in Detroit on
Wednesday night.
On stage for part two were
former Vice President Joe
Biden, Sen. Kamala Harris,
Sen. Cory Booker, former
Gov. Jay Inslee, Mayor Bill
De Blasio, former Secretary
of
Housing
and
Urban
Development Julián Castro,
entrepreneur
Andrew
Yang,
Congresswoman
Tulsi Gabbard, Sen. Kirsten
Gillibrand and Sen. Michael
Bennet.
In Tuesday’s debate, the
two top pollers, Warren
and Sanders –– also widely
considered
the
most
progressive in the race ––
were seen as presenting a
united front, defending each
other against the attacks of
more moderate candidates.
In
Wednesday’s
debate,
Biden, who has led by
double-digit percentages in
a majority of polls, received
the brunt of the attacks
from other candidates, but
close in tow was Harris, who
received
strong
criticism
from others on her criminal
justice record.
De Blasio was the first
to attack both, using his
opening statement to depict
them as part of the status
quo.
“Joe Biden told wealthy
donors
that
nothing
fundamentally
would
change if he were president.
Kamala Harris said she’s not
trying to restructure society.
Well, I am,” De Blasio said.
“When I’m president, we
will even up the score and
we will tax the hell out of the
wealthy to make this a fairer
country and to make sure it’s
a country that puts working
people first.”
Biden, Harris spar on health care plans, history on
criminal justice history during rowdy second night
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Summer News Editor &
Daily Staff Reporter
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