The audience applauded loudly for former Secretary Julián Castro for standing up for healthcare rights for LGBTQ community.
Castro expressed the deaths of Oscar and Valeria should anger us all.
Governor Jay Inslee said he is against immigration detention at the border.
5. LA COMPARACION ENTRE LOS CENTROS DE DETENCION EN LA FRONTERA Y GUANTANAMO
Representative Tim Ryan said terrorists who have been detained in Guantánamo have been given better medical care than minors who have been taken to detention centers after trying to cross the border between Mexico and the United States.
6. BOOKER Y EL ACUERDO NUCLEAR CON IRAN
Booker was the the only Democratic candidate in the first debate who did not raise his hand when asked if would rejoin the nuclear agreement with Iran
7. EL PORTE Y POSESION DE ARMA
Warren said gun violence was a national health emergency in this country.
8. LA DISCUSION SOBRE LAS TROPAS EN AFGANISTAN
Congressmen Tim Ryan and Tulsi Gabbard debated the war in Afghanistan after Ryan said troops should remain in the Middle East. To which, Gabbard responded, "Is that what you would say to the parents of the two soldiers who were killed in Afghanistan?"
9. LAS AMENAZAS PARA EL PAIS
Listed all the candidates response on the greatest geopolitical threat. (ed note: They got deBlasio’s answer wrong as it was Russia not China, the rest were correct)
10. O’ROURKE Y EL JUICIO POLITICO A TRUMP
"We have to start impeachment proceedings” responded Beto O'Rourke to the possibility of removing Trump from the presidency.
John Delaney, on the other hand, defended the decision of the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi, not to initiate impeachment proceedings.
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Telemundo’s coverage heaped praise on Castro’s strong performance and also took note front-runner Elizabeth Warren didn’t engage in the sometimes heated immigration debate.
Democrats take note, while twitter snarked all over the Spanish answers and even questioned Diaz daring to pose a question in Spanish, Telemundo celebrated the first bilingual presidential debate.
Telemundo also did a longer piece on the immigration debate. I can try to translate that if anyone is interested.