Biden keeps his lead … Warren continues to rise among Progressive Democrats

Biden keeps his lead … Warren continues to rise among Progressive Democrats

Immigration, armed violence, education and health care dominate the third debate

Biden, Saunders and Harris in the running for third democratic debate

Washington: Eli Yosef

In the third debate of Democratic candidates, former US Vice President Joe Biden met for the first time his progressive rival, Elizabeth Warren, who even far exceeds his left-wing compatriot, Bernie Sanders. The debate brought together the most prominent competitors who had real chances of being able to at least finish the race until a serious competition between them, which begins in February. The other candidates were excluded from the debate because they were unable to fulfill the conditions set by the National Democratic Committee, obliging the candidate to achieve at least 2% of the vote and 130,000 individual donations. Immigration, trade, gun violence, education, health care and penal reform dominated the debate in Houston, Texas.
Senator Elizabeth Warren and Senator Bernie Sands renewed their support for reducing student debt, while a crowd applauded Senator Kamala Harris when she announced a plan to inject $ 2 billion dollars in teacher training programs. Regarding health care, one of the most important problems of the race, Sanders reiterated his call for a government health care system providing coverage for all, called "Medicaid for all", similar to the "system in force in Canada and Scandinavia". He rejected the accusation that he had socialist ideas that could lead to a renewal of missed experiences in Latin America, from Venezuela to Brazil and elsewhere.
Former Vice President Joe Biden, who leads the elections as Trump's leader, said such a plan would be "expensive", proposing an Obama-based health system extension. Biden emphasized his refusal to deal with the issue from the point of view of "socialism" and felt that Warren's proposal to raise the 2% rich taxes to implement this plan would not provide the necessary amounts.
Former US Secretary of Administration Julian Castro took the opportunity to attack Biden, saying his plan for Obama Care would eliminate about 10 million Americans from health insurance coverage. On foreign policy issues, Pitt Bottigg, mayor of South Band, in Indiana, said he was refusing to wage "endless wars" and accused President Donald Trump of having used the US armed forces "to defend its political interests".
On the trade war with China, Warren said US trade relations abroad have been stuck for decades, wanting to improve these ties to serve workers, farmers and homeowners. small businesses. He accused Trump of "not having a strategy" to deal with China in the business case. Senator Amy Klopochar said the trade war with China cost 300,000 US workers. With regard to immigration, a number of candidates have expressed support for lifting the restrictions imposed by the Trump administration, in which Warren was committed to facilitating US citizenship. She criticized the government's decision to cancel aid to Central American countries because of the influx of illegal immigrants from these countries. She accused Trump of "creating a crisis" on the southern border to serve his political goals. Biden dismissed criticisms that the Obama administration has deported millions of illegal immigrants, pointing out that the former administration had opened its doors to immigrants, supported the so-called "dreamers", the people illegally entered America while they were children, and offered illegal immigrants the opportunity to get on American citizenship. The candidates also discussed the issue of gun violence, which is considered one of the most important internal files, especially after recent killings that have left dozens dead and injured.
Former Texas Congressman, Beto O 'Rourke, from the city of El Paso, who recently witnessed a horrible massacre of more than 20 people in a public and targeted Hispanic store , especially from Mexico, called for the confiscation of assault rifles, stressing that it was not necessary to acquire them. His civilians. "Of course we will take your rifles AR15 and AK," he said in a thunderous applause. O & # Rourke received praise during the debate for his suspension of his election platform after the incident.
"We have a problem of gun violence and we agree on many things we can do about it," Warren said. Speaking of criminal reform, Biden said, "No one should be jailed for a non-violent crime or possess drugs by acquiring small amounts for the purpose of trading."
Harris, who has been criticized for her work as the California Attorney General, said she was considering including the abolition of prison sentences in some drug possession cases.
The protesters boycotted former Vice President Joe Biden at the end of the debate, while answering a question about his "professional failures", but the situation was mastered and the debate continued.
Many observers and analysts said that the most successful party in the debate was the Democratic Party itself, because it was more focused than the previous two debates and was limited to candidates with more chances of winning.
Obama was also among the winners, the debate praising the health care system "Obama Care", established under his reign, which has been addressed in the majority of files and achievements that are attributed to him.
Bloomberg said that Biden's ambiguous statements and repeated attacks against his opponents in previous debates had not allowed him to be excluded from the race's summit, noting that he had managed to prove that he possessed the legacy of Obama and had maintained his consistency and the tone of his attack when responding to new accusations. About his positions on racial discrimination about 40 years ago. The agency ruled out a change in the latest debate and predicted that Biden would continue to progress, while Sanders and Warren would continue to try to catch up.
Biden is popular among workers and voters of African descent and represents in many ways the image of a moderate who can defeat Trump, who predicted, before the debate, that he could be the Democratic candidate he will compete next summer.

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