Biden proposes to eliminate the capital gains tax, then has to restate and says he means treating capital gains as ordinary income. In his best moment, Biden says this debate is crazy.
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Biden hits Trump for too much withdrawal from Syria & Iraq, says it is unprecedentedly shameful. He's half right, but has forgotten the president before Trump.
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Biden has had a lot of bad foreign policy ideas over the past 45 years, but he still comes off like a guy who has been in the room where decisions are made for a long time.
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Gabbard sounds weak & defensive on anti-interventionism, where she needs to score points. Being hit as an Assad toady (fairly) has gotten under her skin.
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Gabbard asks Warren to endorse her opposition to long-running wars. Warren, as usual, doesn't answer.
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Buttigieg argues against too much withdrawal. "You are taking away what makes America America."
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Gabbard seems unglued unable to play the "I served, you didn't" card against Buttigieg.
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When even Sanders gets to play the "betrayal of US allies" card & Buttigieg talks Hong Kong, you know Trump has surrendered some crucial high ground that Republicans have held for six decades.
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Klobuchar is unwilling to say that Turkey should not be in NATO.
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"Do gotta go?" I'm not even sure what Harris is saying.
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It's depressing watching how much of the foreign policy section lets Democrats get, rhetorically, to Trump's right. Unforced error by Trump.
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Biden says our policy in Syria wasn't regime change. That's true - it's why Romney & Ryan attacked the fecklessness of Obama Syria policy in 2012, before it was too late.
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Even Beto is now talking like W, about how dealing with problems now is better than letting them grow & facing them tomorrow.
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Steyer is really not smooth on camera.
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Cooper to Beto: how exactly are you going to confiscate all those rifles without door-to-door searches? Beto: I will just say so.
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Beto talks vaguely of "other consequences." He assumes the nation of Lexington, Concord, & San Jacinto will gladly hand over weapons.
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Buttigieg hits Beto hard for not having a plan worthy of debate.
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Beto admits that his gun plan was made by high school kids. Buttigieg: "I don't need lessons from you on courage."
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This Beto/Buttigieg grudge match is a fantastic illustration of people playing "how dare you" cards that are supposed to be debate-stoppers among progressives, but against each other.
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Booker: can't we all just get along?
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Warren makes explicit that eliminating the filibuster is directed at passing gun legislation.
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Harris reverts to authoritarian form, threatens unilateral presidential lawmaking, "time for debate is over."
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[Regretting not having an indulgence to get me out of 80 more minutes in this debate]
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Klobuchar admits to being a former prosecutor.
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Steyer promises to remove the free speech rights of the New York Times Corporation.
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Yang & Beto push for more legal drugs.
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Lots of people here - Harris, Castro - up for throwing executives of named drug companies in jail, in advance of any examination of their personal conduct.
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Bernie: hey, Revolution against the fossil fuel execs as well.
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Bernie: of course I'm healthy, I'm going to Queens!
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A rare personal moment from Bernie, thanking people for thoughts & prayers on his heart attack.
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