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 

CLAIRE HAO & 
ANDREW HIYAMA
Summer News Editor & 
Daily Staff Reporter

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