Democrats Clash in Houston Debate
Will this presidential election be the most important in American history?
10 Democrats faced off in a debate in Houston, Texas in an effort to win the Democrat party’s nomination and the right to challenge President Trump in the 2020 election.
For the first time, the debate included the three leading Democrat candidates former Vice President Joe Biden, and Senators Elizebeth Warren and Bernie Sanders on the same stage.
The three top candidates spared over health care with Biden promoting his plan that is far less costly than the Medicare for All plans being supported by Sanders and Warren.
Top contenders face off for the first time at the #DemDebate. @marykbruce reports. https://t.co/2g7gQWLrVE pic.twitter.com/zidTwENs4o
— Good Morning America (@GMA) September 13, 2019
Biden was repeatedly under fire from former Housing Secretary Julian Casto.
Casto aggressively challenged Biden’s health care plan which including a comment that the former vice president forgot a prior statement which was considered a direct attack on Biden’s age.
Julián Castro goes after Joe Biden on health care: "I'm fulfilling the legacy of Barack Obama, and you're not."
"That'll be a surprise to him," Biden responds. https://t.co/INdRXlIwFs #DemDebate pic.twitter.com/irXrw34EEs
— ABC News (@ABC) September 13, 2019
Castro denied he personally attacked Biden.
This question is still unanswered: Who are the 10 million Americans Joe Biden’s health care plan doesn’t cover?
This is an important distinction in the debate over health care. pic.twitter.com/WMiLYimT99
— Julián Castro (@JulianCastro) September 13, 2019
Other highlights of the debate included former Texas Representative Beto O’Rourke promoting his plan to take away certain types of guns.
Hell yeah, we're going to take your AR-15. If it's a weapon that was designed to kill people on the battlefield, we're going to buy it back. pic.twitter.com/cCEWkG6y0X
— Beto O'Rourke (@BetoORourke) September 13, 2019
Sanders called for the cancellation of student debt and free college.
Bernie Sanders: "We are going to cancel all student debt in this country and we are going to do that by imposing a tax on Wall Street." https://t.co/INdRXlIwFs #DemDebate pic.twitter.com/vRQKfgpOsC
— ABC News (@ABC) September 13, 2019
Democrats in the debate showed they are eager to make the government much bigger which will reduce individual liberty for all Americans.