5am – A/B/C/D/E DEBATE NIGHT IN DETROIT HIGHLIGHTS – DAY 1
Democratic Party divide on display in Detroit (Fox News) — It was a battle for the soul of the Democratic Party on stage in the Motor City. Sens. Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren — the presidential primary field’s liberal standard-bearers — were pulled into what was essentially a two-and-a-half-hour fight with their more moderate rivals Tuesday night at the second round of Democratic nomination debates. The result was the party’s divide on full display, with the center-left (and lower-polling) contenders fiercely arguing that policies like “Medicare-for-all” and the Green New Deal will “FedEx the election” to President Trump, and the higher-profile candidates on the left flank just as fiercely arguing that their policies are the kind of bold solutions America needs. The exchange of the night may have belonged to Sanders and U.S. Rep. Tim Ryan of Ohio. At one point Sanders fired back at Ryan for claiming the U.S. senator from Vermont didn’t really know the so-called “Medicare-for-all” plan would provide coverage better than the current plans Americans would lose if the country moved to a single-payer system. “I do know. And I wrote the damn bill,” Sanders snapped.
MARIANNE’S DARK, PSYCHIC FORCE: Marianne Williamson gets big applause when she talks about the “dark, psychic force” at play in America
SANDERS AND WARREN DEFENDED MEDICARE FOR ALL LAST NIGHT:
JAKE TAPPER asks BERNIE about Medicare for All. RYAN tries to jump in saying he doesn’t know about it and BERNIE pounces back: I wrote the damn bill!
Rep. Tim Ryan: “You don’t know that, Bernie.” Sen. Bernie Sanders: “I do know that, I wrote the damn bill.”
Rep. John Delaney: “We have a choice. We can go down the road that Sen. Sanders and Sen. Warren want to take us with bad policies like Medicare for all, free everything, & impossible promises that will turn off independent voters and get Trump reelected.”
BERNIE tells JOHN DELANEY he’s WRONG! on Medicare for All
Warren on Medicare for All: “Let’s be clear about this, we are the Democrats. We are not about trying to take away healthcare from anyone. That’s what the Republicans are trying to do”
Elizabeth Warren can’t answer with a yes or no if her “Medicare for All” plan will raise taxes on middle class Americans.
CNN, MSNBC Battle Warren on Cost of Medicare-for-All. In the wee hours of Wednesday morning following the first night CNN’s Democratic presidential primary debates, both the hosting network and MSNBC offered serious push back against far-left candidate Senator Elizabeth Warren (MA) over the cost of her version of Medicare-for-all.
CNN’s Van Jones, David Axelrod and MSNBC’s Chris Matthews surprisingly press Elizabeth Warren on her Medicare-for-All plan
DELANEY vs WARREN: Warren Zings Delaney: Why Run For President Just To ‘Talk About What We Really Can’t Do And Shouldn’t Fight For.’ Massachusetts Senator and Democratic presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren got off a hell of a zinger when former Rep. John Delaney attacked her plans as unrealistic, shooting back “I don’t understand why anybody goes to all the trouble of running for president of the United States just to talk about what we really can’t do and shouldn’t fight for.” At Tuesday night’s CNN Democratic Presidential Debate, Warren finished a response by saying “Democrats win when we figure out what is right, and we get out there and fight for it. I am not afraid, and for Democrats to win, you can’t be afraid either.” Asked to respond, Delaney said “So I think Democrats win when we run on real solutions, not impossible promises. When we run on things that are workable, not fairytale economics.” When Delaney was finished, Warren shot back “You know, I don’t understand why anybody goes to all the trouble of running for president of the United States just to talk about what we really can’t do and shouldn’t fight for.”
TIM RYAN SUMS UP THE LEFT: Tim Ryan sums up the left-wing lurch of Tuesday’s debate perfectly. Rep. Tim Ryan (D-OH) said at CNN’s Democratic presidential primary debate on Tuesday that the ideas being presented by candidates is not a winning agenda. “Now, in this discussion already tonight, we’ve talked about taking private health insurance away from union members in the industrial Midwest, we’ve talked about decriminalizing the border, and we’ve talked about giving free health care to undocumented workers when so many Americans are struggling to pay for their health care,” Ryan said. “I quite frankly don’t think that that is an agenda that we can move forward on and win.”
HEALTH CARE FOR ILLEGALS: Sen. Bernie Sanders said he wants to provide free health care for 11 million illegal immigrants, which he has admitted would be paid for by raising taxes on middle-class Americas.
DECRIMINALIZE ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION: “Yes:” Warren doubles down on decriminalizing illegal border crossings
DON LEMON’S TRUMP IS BIGOT QUESTION: DON LEMON asked Amy Klobuchar tonight at the Dem Debate: “What do you say to those Trump voters who prioritize the economy over the president’s bigotry?
MAYOR PETE MAKES MINIMUM WAGE A CHRISTIAN/RELIGIOUS ISSUE: Buttigieg: “So called conservative Christian senators right now in the Senate are blocking a bill to raise the minimum wage when scripture says that whoever oppresses the poor taunts their maker.”
MAYOR PETE ATTACKS GOP: Buttigieg Directly Addresses GOP Congress Members at Debate: You Will Be Remembered for Putting Party Over Country. “If you are watching at home and you are a Republican member of Congress, consider the fact that when the sun sets on your career, and they are writing your story, of all the good and bad things you did in your life,” said Buttigieg, “the thing you will be remembered for is whether in this moment with this president you found the courage to stand up to him or continue to put party over country.” The crowd broke out in applause. When asked if age should be a factor in choosing a candidate, Buttigieg said it doesn’t matter how old a candidate is so long as their vision isn’t “back to normal.” “It’s the only reason we got this president. That normal didn’t work,” said Buttigieg. He said that it was their duty to not only take on the president but also his enablers.
WARREN LISTS OFF TYPES OF RACISM YOU NEVER KNEW EXISTED: Warren: We need to call out white supremacy for what it is: domestic terrorism. We live in a country where the president is advancing environmental racism, economic racism, criminal justice racism, health care racism. The way we do better is to fight back & show something better.