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Finally watching the #DemDebate and the first question to @ewarren plays to her strengths as a debater: compressing a lot of information into a concise and passionate litany of problems and solutions.
Klobuchar gets the next question, which is more or less “are some of your opponents lunatics who want to light money on fire” and Klobuchar answers: I have an education plan
O’Rourke gets the question about top tax rates and he busts out the Spanish, which I think works less well when there is an actual Latinx person on the stage eight feet away from you
Guthrie: y’all didn’t answer the question try again
Guthrie: y’all didn’t answer the question try again
Booker is asked why he favors big companies staying big companies and he answers: I want to stop consolidation but also let the free market work. I like having cake, and also eating it too
Warren is leaning into the argument that economic inequality is corruption.
Castro asked about gender inequality and says he’ll push to pass the ERA
Gabbard, same, answers with her resume and then says “I will do stuff, a lot of it”
Castro asked about gender inequality and says he’ll push to pass the ERA
Gabbard, same, answers with her resume and then says “I will do stuff, a lot of it”
De Blaise gets the income inequality question, and is the first guy to actively shade some of his fellow Dems as “not progressive”
John Delaney is next and basically says, it me
John Delaney is next and basically says, it me
Delaney: Obama gave me an award, do any of you have an Obamaward, I think not
Inslee: I love unions. Also McDonald’s serves hash?
Inslee: I love unions. Also McDonald’s serves hash?
I have no idea who Tim Ryan is, and I assume I will never have to
Warren talking about industrial policy, and about going tenfold in investment in green energy research then having that innovation open sourced if the manufacturing is done in the US
I like this green populism, but is it landing with actual workers?
I like this green populism, but is it landing with actual workers?
Klobuchsr answers why she isn’t for M4A
Warren follows by Warsplaining the healthcare industry to Klobuchar
Warren follows by Warsplaining the healthcare industry to Klobuchar
O’Rourke is overly verbose and keeps getting cut off
Feeling like his vibe was most appealing when he was running against human hellslug Ted Cruz
Feeling like his vibe was most appealing when he was running against human hellslug Ted Cruz
DeBlasio interrupts O’Rourke and acts like a douchey ass, then Delaney jumps in
Basically this is turning into a white man bar slapfight
Basically this is turning into a white man bar slapfight
Inslee: I am the most pro woman person on stage
Klobuchar: several of is actually have ovaries, bucko
Klobuchar: several of is actually have ovaries, bucko
Castro doesn’t believe in reproductive freedom—he believes in reproductive justice. Smart.
