FOCUS: Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders Dominate Democratic Debate Set Up to Ambush Them



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FOCUS: Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders Dominate Democratic Debate Set Up to Ambush Them 
Sens. Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren team up to fend off criticism from centrist Democrats during the CNN debate in Detroit on July 30, 2019. (photo: Brendan Smialowski/Getty)
Robert Mackey, The Intercept
Mackey writes: "As Yousef Munayyer of the U.S. Campaign for Palestinian Rights observed, 'CNN set up this debate as a multi-front ambush on Warren and Sanders.'" 



Tapper: “Will you raise taxes for the middle class?”

Bernie: I’m talking about no deductibles and no copays

Jake, your question is a Republican talking point.

And by the way the healthcare industry will be advertising on this program with that talking point.
When Tapper then put forward the argument against Medicare for All offered by Joe Biden — that union members who have fought for good health care plans should be allowed to keep them — Sanders shut down criticism by Rep. Tim Ryan, D-Ohio, another centrist, of what his plan would provide. “But you don’t know that, Bernie,” Ryan interjected. Sanders replied: “I do know it, I wrote the damn bill.”


"Maybe you did that and made money off healthcare, but our job is to run a nonprofit healthcare system" @BernieSanders








DON'T OVERLOOK THIS: 


Former Maryland Rep. John Delaney participates in the first of two Democratic presidential primary debates hosted by CNN Tuesday, July 30, 2019, in the Fox Theatre in Detroit. (photo: Paul Sancyat/AP)
Former Maryland Rep. John Delaney participates in the first of two Democratic presidential primary debates hosted by CNN Tuesday, July 30, 2019, in the Fox Theatre in Detroit. (photo: Paul Sancyat/AP)

Naomi LaChance, Splinter
LaChance writes: "Several centrist pundits have chosen former Rep. John Delaney as a winner of Tuesday's Democratic debate over his criticism of Medicare for All. Yes, you read that right: people who are paid to analyze politics watched Delaney fall flat on his face and concluded that this behavior would in fact make him popular." 

EXCERPT:

Delaney, conveniently, was the chief executive of a health care company in the ‘90s and is the nephew of former Aetna CEO John Rowe. In 1999, Delaney sold his company for $30 million.




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