Julián Castro calls for passing the Equal Rights Amendment, 'something we should have done a long time ago.' 'If we want to be the most prosperous nation in the 21st century, we need to make sure that women are paid what they deserve.' DemDebate
The first Democratic debates are here, and the 2020 contenders converged on Wednesday and will do so again on Thursday night in Miami.ABC News fact-checked the first of two Democratic presidential debates in Miami between Sen. Elizabeth Warren, former Rep. Beto O'Rourke, Sen. Cory Booker, Sen. Amy Klobuchar, Gov. Jay Inslee, Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, former Rep. John Delaney, former Housing and Urban Development Secretary Julian Castro, Rep. Tim Ryan and Mayor Bill de Blasio.
Some of them wanted us to know how they had risen from humble backgrounds, some of them wanted us to know that they could work to get things done, all of them wanted us to know that they support abortion rights and worry about gun violence and climate change. And each of them insisted that she or he was the person to defeat Donald Trump.
Washington Gov. Jay Inslee:"When I was thinking about whether to run for president, I made a decision. I decided that on my last day on Earth, I wanted to look them in the eye and tell them I did everything humanly possible to protect them from the ravages of the climate crisis." Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar:"I listen to people and that's how I get things done. That is my focus. I have a track record of passing over 100 bills where I'm the lead Democrat and that is because I listened and I acted. And I think that's important in a president."
While President Donald Trump has kept his tweeting to a minimum during tonight's Democrat debate –weighing in with just a few quips, the Trump campaign has been active on Twitter throughout the night. Here's some reaction from Trump world to the debate so far. Hawaii Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard reiterates her change of heart on LGBTQ issues, after NBC host Chuck Todd noted that one of the first things she did did after launching your campaign, was issue an apology to the LGBTQ community, to which she asked,"Let me say there is no one in our government at any level who has the right to tell any American who they should be allowed to love or who they should be allowed to marry.
"We will work to make sure everyone can vote at this table. Everyone can vote in this country," she said."Senator Booker and I worked on that First Step Act. We should go to the Second Step Act."Montana Gov. Steve Bullock might have missed the cutoff for the first Democratic debate, but that doesn't mean he was idle on Wednesday.
Bullock continually asserted his belief in the power of the federal government to incentivize change, citing such proposals as investing in affordable housing programs, reducing interest rates for student loans, and creating a matching program to raise teacher salaries at the state level. The other Texas on the stage, former Obama administration secretary Julian Castro, also spoke about climate change, replying,"If I'm elected president, the first thing I would do, like Senator Klobuchar also just said, sign an executive order recommitting us to the Paris climate accord."
Booker attacked O'Rourke on gun reform saying:"One thing we all don't agree with when it comes to guns, I think it's common sense. Over 70% of Americans agree with me, if you need a license to drive a car, you should need a license to buy and own a firearm. And not everybody in this field agrees with that."
Meanwhile, New York Mayor Bill de Blasio pointed to his African-American son as personal motivation to address gun reform. One of the worse things a candidate can do is talk in Congress-speak. So Castro’s constant reference to Section 1325 is likely to fall on mostly deaf ears. Sen. Amy Klobuchar sometimes sinks into that as well.
The candidates are taking on each other more directly than I thought they would this early. It looks like some of the candidates who are polling at 1 or 2% feel this is one of their last opportunities to move up in the polls in time for the September debate which will raise the cut-off. Also, in this vein, those candidates seem to believe Beto O’Rourke is vulnerable and are taking it to him.
Rep. Tulsi Gabbard also weighed in, when asked if she would insist that the Iran deal addressed Iran's support for Hezbollah, to which she replied,"Let's deal with the situation where we are. This president and his chickenhawk cabinet led us to the brink of war with Iran. I served in the war in Iraq at the height of the war in 2005. I served in the war in Iraq at the height of the war in 2005. A war that took over 4,000 of my brothers and sisters in uniforms lives.
"Watching that image of Oscar and his daughter, Valeria, is heartbreaking. It should also piss us all off. If I were president today, and it should spur us to action, if I were president today, I would sign an executive order that would get rid of trump's zero-tolerance policy, the remain in Mexico policy, and the metering policy," he said.
Castro is pushing a plan that would decriminalize all border crossings and make them a civil offense, O'Rourke does not support that because of concerns over violent offenders coming across the borders. Turning to healthcare, Warren explains her support for Medicare-for-All:"I'm with Bernie on Medicare-for-All for all. I will tell you why. I studied why families go broke. One of the number one reasons is the cost of health care and medical bills. Not just for people who don't have experience. It's for people who have experience. Look at the business model of an insurance company.
Senators Elizabeth Warren, Cory Booker, Amy Klobuchar and former Congressman Beto O'Rouke kicked off the first debate all arguing the economy is not working for all Americans. 9:20 p.m.: De Blasio and Warren are the only two candidates on stage who support abolishing private health insurance "So I think of it this way. Who is this economy really working for. It's doing great for thinner and thinner slices at the top," she began."When you've got a government, when you have autonomy that does great for those with money and is not doing great for everyone else that is corruption, pure and simple. We need to call it out. We ahead at to attack it head-on. We need to make structural change in our government and our economy and in our country.
President Trump, on board Air Force One and headed to the G20 meeting, is tweeting about the Democratic debate. He said he's"off to save the Free World!" but encourages everyone to follow several of his campaign staff Twitter handles for Team Trump fact checks.8:11 p.m.: The first 10 candidates head to the debate hall
While neither Warren, of Massachusetts, or Klobuchar, of Minnesota, were allowed into the Homestead Temporary Shelter for Unaccompanied Children, Warren spoke outside of the facility and called the separation of families at the border a “stain on our country.” With the DNC so far refusing his request, he said during a gaggle with reporters on Wednesday:"I hope we're going to have some questions about this tonight. But no I think this does deserve a full and fair debate so all of the candidates are called to belly up to the bar and really show their plans, rather than just bumper stickers."
"I think he just has to lay out his vision for the country and he has to be himself and if he can do those two things fundamentally, then the details of policy, he knows them, the issues, he knows them….He has a sense for what Americans care about, Democrats of course, but also folks that are more conservative. And so what you are going to see is a candidate who is speaking very authentically tonight.
.@JoeBiden isn’t in Miami yet, but an his campaign has an ice cream truck here handing out “joecones” until 8pm. I’m told the flavor is “the taste of victory” and it tastes “cotton candy-like.” They are colored blue in honor of the Dem debate pic.twitter.
.@TomPerez tells reporters ahead of the first #DemDebate: “There will be nobody talking about hand size at tonight’s debate. There will be nobody trying to figure out silly nicknames for their opponents. We’ll leave that to the Republicans.” pic.twitter.com/RL60UUaQX95:37 p.m.: 2020 spouses take up mantle and their partners and staff prepare for debate night
Washington Gov. Jay Inslee's wife Trudi has been helping him with debate preps and keeping him grounded, but has largely been a quieter presence on the trail so far.She introduced herself with a short video, saying"he's busy getting ready for the debate... so I'm taking over." "I am excited that instead of being in Miami, I'll actually be talking to voters. I'm going to spend time in both New Hampshire and Iowa. I've won three times statewide, Montana, by putting people I think, above sort of the politics and the political parties," he told ABC News earlier this month.5:15 p.m.
"A lot of people have a lot of ideas, and I'm very fond of my Democratic opponents; I've known a lot of them for many, many years. They're friends of mine. But here is the point that I hope everybody thinks about.," Sanders said."We've heard a lot of great speeches over the years. We've had a lot of great ideas.
"I think the word ‘socialism’ has a lot of baggage in this country, particularly in swing states… It’s not a winning strategy," said Hickenlooper."These [calls for] massive expansions of government, I think, Republicans are going to call us socialists and that’s a tough hill to climb in states like Michigan and Ohio."3:15 p.m.
As candidates finish final preps for the opening night of the first debates, the brewing fight in Washington over immigration and the human toll on migrant children and families is looming over Miami. The two presidential candidates from Texas, O’Rourke and Castro are expected to visit on Thursday and Friday. De Blasio and Hawaii Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard are expected to visit on Thursday. Harris, New York Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, Mayor Pete Buttigieg of South Bend, Indiana, and Marianne Williamson are also expected to stop at the center on Friday, according to their campaigns.- Two 2020ers expected to visit the shelter for immigrant children today. @ewarren did and @amyklobuchar will.
For O'Rourke, the debate is an opportunity to recapture the prominence and spectacle that surrounded his entry into the contest back in March -- and amass enough traction to put him among the higher polling candidates before the second debate in July.
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