“No, I'm not willing to commit one way or another. Pete Buttigieg used Trump’s impeachment as a call to rekindle hope in America, an echoing of former President Barack Obama’s first hope- and change-themed campaign. “My job is to go out and make the case why he doesn't deserve to be president of the United States for another four years.”. ”At the end of January, the Democratic National Committee (DNC) changed debate rules eliminating individual donor requirements, making it theoretically possible Bloomberg to have qualified for the debate. Buttigieg said his reelection as mayor showed how he earned the continued support of the citizens of his small city. On Friday, seven Democratic presidential candidates squared off in a debate in New Hampshire, just a few days before voters in the state head to the polls for the first primary of the election cycle. A black person in South Bend was four times as likely to be arrested for marijuana possession than a white person, Davis said, a disparity she said increased after Buttigieg took office.Davis noted that Buttigieg has called the high rates of arrests of black people at the national level “evidence of systemic racism.”“Weren’t you in effect the head of that system?” Davis asked.
These were the biggest moments from the New Hampshire Democratic debate. We are living in a nation increasingly becoming an oligarchy, where you have millionaires buying elections and politicians.”, When Alberta said he guessed Obama didn’t clear that remark with his former vice president, Biden quipped, “I'm going to guess he wasn't talking about me either.”. “I’ve always viewed the first four encounters — the two primaries and two caucuses — as the starting point.”. “In 2009, I was on the opposite side of that with the Pentagon. Between 1999 and 2017, more than 215,000 people died from overdoses connected to prescription opioids.While the rate of fatal drug overdoses have shown signs of slowing down in 2019.

The debate ended with Sens. "It's a little bit like a presidential version of 'Survivor,'" former Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., said on MSNBC after the debate. So he punched back.
Bloomberg became a piñata, and Warren resurrected her feisty side. I’m not here to attack him,” he said. I think winning matters,” she said. And when we can't convince them, we go out and beat them like we did in the 2018 election in red states and in purple states.”. Watch highlights of the Democratic debate in 5 minutes, former New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg, moderates Pete Buttigieg and Amy Klobuchar, Download the NBC News app for full politics coverage, Las Vegas debate candidate attack tracker, candidate talking time in the ninth debate, Democratic candidates formed a circular firing squad Wednesday night, McCaskill: Las Vegas Debate was 'a presidential version of 'Survivor'', Warren: Bloomberg will have to spend more to 'erase America's memory on what happened' in debate, Pete Buttigieg: Choice between Bloomberg, Sanders 'not good for our ability to win'.