Here we go again.
Your debaters: former Vice President Joe Biden; Sens. Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren, and Amy Klobuchar; Mayor Pete Buttigieg; internet sensation Andrew Yang; and billionaire Tom Steyer.
Your moderators: Judy Woodruff, Amna Nawaz, and Yamiche Alcindor of PBS and Tim Alberta of Politico.
Watch it on PBS or CNN or stream it at PBS.org, PBS NewsHour, Politico.com, and CNN.com.
Ongoing coverage can be found here.
Bad sign that the very first question at this debate rests on a false premise. The Nixon impeachment polls were very similar to the Trump impeachment polls.— Ian Millhiser (@imillhiser) December 20, 2019
Bad sign that the very first question at this debate rests on a false premise. The Nixon impeachment polls were very similar to the Trump impeachment polls.
Yang appears to be seeking the “just here to damage everyone else” mantle of Tulsi Gabbard.
Biden delivered a genuinely good answer — mostly by simply rejecting the “the market is up, so economy is great!” premise.
And, okay, that was also a good answer from Yang.
Warren gives the only correct answer on the economy question by also simply punting a false assumption out of the way. Good on her.
1) These are terrible questions.
2) The candidates finally seem to know what to do with terrible questions.
who saw the 2008 crash coming show of hands https://t.co/lWoIiVC1QQ— jess mcintosh (@jess_mc) December 20, 2019
who saw the 2008 crash coming show of hands https://t.co/lWoIiVC1QQ
PBS entire focus during the break is … Elizabeth Warren is wrong to not buy into our claims that Elizabeth Warren is wrong. Quite the hot take.
Dammit, the best answers on the climate crisis came from Tom Steyer. That the remainder of the candidates were not better on this is really unsettling at this point.
Future debate organizers: donâÂÂt have a moving screen background, itâÂÂs nauseating #DemDebate— Tim Lim (@TimLimDC) December 20, 2019
Future debate organizers: donâÂÂt have a moving screen background, itâÂÂs nauseating #DemDebate