{"id":7543,"date":"2019-06-27T23:17:21","date_gmt":"2019-06-28T06:17:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/worldcampaign.net\/?p=7543"},"modified":"2019-06-28T03:29:57","modified_gmt":"2019-06-28T10:29:57","slug":"post1-61","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldcampaign.net\/?p=7543","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;6 Takeaways From Night 2 of the Democratic Debate&#8221;, The New York Times"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<header class=\"css-llk6mt euiyums4\">\n<div class=\"css-acwcvw epjyd6m0\">\n<div class=\"css-vp77d3 epjyd6m1\">\n<div class=\"css-1baulvz\">\n<p class=\"css-16vrk19 e1jsehar1\">By <span class=\"css-1baulvz\">Katie Glueck<\/span>, <a class=\"css-1riqqik e1jsehar0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/by\/shane-goldmacher\"><span class=\"css-1baulvz\">Shane Goldmacher<\/span><\/a>, <a class=\"css-1riqqik e1jsehar0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/by\/sydney-ember\"><span class=\"css-1baulvz\">Sydney Ember<\/span><\/a> and <span class=\"css-1baulvz\">Reid J. Epstein,\u00a0<\/span>June 27, 2019<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-16vrk19 e1jsehar1\"><em>Kamala Harris stood out from the 10-person crowd several times during the NBC debate. Her exchange with Joe Biden, who is leading in the polls, put him on the defensive.<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"css-16vrk19 e1jsehar1\"><em class=\"css-2fg4z9 e1gzwzxm0\">[<\/em><a class=\"css-1g7m0tk\" title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2019\/06\/28\/us\/politics\/full-transcript-democratic-debate.html?module=inline\"><em class=\"css-2fg4z9 e1gzwzxm0\">Here\u2019s the full transcript<\/em><\/a><em class=\"css-2fg4z9 e1gzwzxm0\"> of the second night of the Democratic debate]<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<\/div>\n<section class=\"meteredContent css-1i2y565\">\n<div class=\"css-1fanzo5 StoryBodyCompanionColumn\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-exrw3m evys1bk0\">It was a two-hour debate with 10 candidates. But there was only one defining moment: Senator Kamala Harris of California invoking her personal history about being bused to school as she directly challenged Joseph R. Biden Jr., the former vice president, over his record on race and the use of busing to integrate schools.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-exrw3m evys1bk0\">\u201cI do not believe you are a racist,\u201d Ms. Harris began the emotional exchange with Mr. Biden on Thursday night.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-exrw3m evys1bk0\">It only intensified from there.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-exrw3m evys1bk0\">Here are the 6 standout moments from the second Democratic primary debate hosted by NBC:<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"link-4005e5da\" class=\"css-ani50b eoo0vm40\">Biden\u2019s opponents have been swinging at him for weeks. On Thursday, some landed blows.<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-o6xoe7\">\n<div class=\"css-ke163a\" data-testid=\"article-companion-wrapper\">\n<div id=\"newsletter-module\" class=\"css-48vsi0\">\n<div class=\"css-1k9ek97\">\n<div class=\"css-tjpxhb\">\n<div class=\"css-sefkcv\">\n<div class=\"css-79elbk\" data-testid=\"photoviewer-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"css-1s56eo2 ehw59r12\" data-testid=\"photoviewer-children\">\n<div class=\"css-t972an ehw59r13\" data-testid=\"photoviewer-overlay\">\n<div class=\"css-1yiezoh ehw59r11\" data-testid=\"photoviewer-captionblock\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"css-1m50asq\" src=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2019\/06\/27\/us\/politics\/27TAKEAWAY-BIDEN\/merlin_157119870_269fc1b2-5945-4c82-ae54-519572b3f797-articleLarge.jpg?quality=75&amp;auto=webp&amp;disable=upscale\" sizes=\"((min-width: 600px) and (max-width: 1004px)) 84vw, (min-width: 1005px) 60vw, 100vw\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2019\/06\/27\/us\/politics\/27TAKEAWAY-BIDEN\/merlin_157119870_269fc1b2-5945-4c82-ae54-519572b3f797-articleLarge.jpg?quality=90&amp;auto=webp 600w, https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2019\/06\/27\/us\/politics\/27TAKEAWAY-BIDEN\/merlin_157119870_269fc1b2-5945-4c82-ae54-519572b3f797-jumbo.jpg?quality=90&amp;auto=webp 1024w, https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2019\/06\/27\/us\/politics\/27TAKEAWAY-BIDEN\/merlin_157119870_269fc1b2-5945-4c82-ae54-519572b3f797-superJumbo.jpg?quality=90&amp;auto=webp 2048w\" alt=\"Mr. Biden assertively defended his record on Thursday night.\u00a0\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"css-1a48zt4 ehw59r15\" data-testid=\"photoviewer-children\">\n<figure class=\"css-jcw7oy e1g7ppur0\"><figcaption class=\"css-1l44abu e1xdpqjp0\"><span class=\"css-8i9d0s e13ogyst0\">Mr. Biden assertively defended his record on Thursday night.\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"css-vuqh7u e1z0qqy90\"><span class=\"css-1ly73wi e1tej78p0\">Credit<\/span>Doug Mills\/The New York Times<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"css-1fanzo5 StoryBodyCompanionColumn\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-exrw3m evys1bk0\">Mr. Biden, the early leader in the polls, has been the target of oblique swipes from opponents throughout his two-month presidential campaign. But midway through the debate, <a class=\"css-1g7m0tk\" title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2019\/06\/27\/us\/politics\/kamala-harris-joe-biden-busing.html?module=inline\">Ms. Harris put him on the defensive<\/a> as she tore into his record on civil rights: She sharply questioned his opposition to busing programs in the 1970s and said that his recent remarks about cultivating working relationships with segregationist senators were \u201cvery hurtful.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-exrw3m evys1bk0\">It was more evidence that Mr. Biden\u2019s lengthy record \u2014 which contains episodes that now look controversial in this liberal era of the Democratic Party \u2014 can and will be aggressively re-litigated by his opponents. Some of them have previously been reluctant to draw direct contrasts with a former vice president who enjoys good will from many Democratic voters. Ms. Harris may have changed that on Thursday night.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"css-1fanzo5 StoryBodyCompanionColumn\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-exrw3m evys1bk0\">Mr. Biden assertively defended his record, but he also made <a class=\"css-1g7m0tk\" title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2019\/06\/27\/us\/politics\/factcheck-democratic-debate.html?module=inline\">a false claim that he only opposed busing ordered by the Department of Education<\/a>. He noted that he got into politics because of the civil rights movement and stressed his work on voting rights issues. He said he was a \u201cpublic defender, I didn\u2019t become a prosecutor\u201d \u2014 an implicit jab at Ms. Harris, who was a prosecutor \u2014 and he nodded to his role as vice president to America\u2019s first black president.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-exrw3m evys1bk0\">But he also appeared almost timid at times, raising his finger toward his face in a sign that he wanted to answer a question, but refraining from interjecting. Senator Bernie Sanders, too, at times raised his hand even as moderators turned to other candidates.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-exrw3m evys1bk0\">And in contrast to Ms. Harris and others onstage, Mr. Biden \u2014 typically one of the more loquacious candidates out there \u2014 also abruptly cut himself off when he saw the sign that he had run out of speaking time.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-exrw3m evys1bk0\">He didn\u2019t crumble onstage or make any memorable gaffes. But the episode with Ms. Harris highlighted, in the most public way yet, some of Mr. Biden\u2019s vulnerabilities.Harris stole the show \u2014 and the night.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-exrw3m evys1bk0\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"css-1h6w7uo e1t57l6r0\" src=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2019\/06\/27\/us\/politics\/27debate-ledeall-harris-biden\/27debate-livebriefing-harris-biden-articleLarge-v5.jpg?quality=75&amp;auto=webp&amp;disable=upscale\" sizes=\"((min-width: 600px) and (max-width: 1004px)) 84vw, (min-width: 1005px) 60vw, 100vw\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2019\/06\/27\/us\/politics\/27debate-ledeall-harris-biden\/27debate-livebriefing-harris-biden-articleLarge-v5.jpg?quality=90&amp;auto=webp 600w, https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2019\/06\/27\/us\/politics\/27debate-ledeall-harris-biden\/27debate-livebriefing-harris-biden-jumbo-v5.jpg?quality=90&amp;auto=webp 1024w, https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2019\/06\/27\/us\/politics\/27debate-ledeall-harris-biden\/27debate-livebriefing-harris-biden-superJumbo-v5.jpg?quality=90&amp;auto=webp 1806w\" alt=\"Senator Kamala Harris, right, and Joseph R. Biden Jr., left, clashed during the second night of the Democratic presidential debate in Miami on Thursday.\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"css-79elbk\" data-testid=\"photoviewer-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"css-1a48zt4 ehw59r15\" data-testid=\"photoviewer-children\">\n<figure class=\"css-jcw7oy e1g7ppur0\">\n<div class=\"css-1xdhyk6 erfvjey0\"><\/div><figcaption class=\"css-1l44abu e1xdpqjp0\"><span class=\"css-8i9d0s e13ogyst0\">Senator Kamala Harris, right, and Joseph R. Biden Jr., left, clashed during the second night of the Democratic presidential debate in Miami on Thursday.<\/span><span class=\"css-vuqh7u e1z0qqy90\"><span class=\"css-1ly73wi e1tej78p0\">Credit<\/span>Doug Mills\/The New York Times<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"css-1fanzo5 StoryBodyCompanionColumn\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-exrw3m evys1bk0\">It was the ten-word interjection that upended the trajectory of the night, if not the 2020 campaign so far.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-exrw3m evys1bk0\">\u201cI would like to speak on the issue of race,\u201d Ms. Harris declared.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-exrw3m evys1bk0\">The room soon went silent.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-exrw3m evys1bk0\">Ms. Harris turned to address Mr. Biden, directly and personally, marrying her own identity as an African-American woman with a pointed critique of not just his recent rhetoric about <a class=\"css-1g7m0tk\" title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2019\/06\/21\/us\/politics\/joe-biden-james-eastland.html?module=inline\">working with segregationists<\/a> but <em class=\"css-2fg4z9 e1gzwzxm0\">what<\/em> they worked on together. \u201cYou also worked with them to oppose busing,\u201d she said. \u201cAnd you know, there was a little girl in California who was a part of the second class to integrate her public schools, and she was bused to school every day. And that little girl was me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-exrw3m evys1bk0\">Mr. Biden protested. \u201cA mischaracterization of my position,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-exrw3m evys1bk0\">She pressed on, framing her follow-ups as the prosecutor she once was. \u201cDo you agree today that you were wrong to oppose busing in America then? Do you agree?\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-exrw3m evys1bk0\">In that raw and intense moment, Ms. Harris flashed the political potential that many Democrats believed she held yet had heretofore not been realized. And she did so while boldly taking on the leading Democratic in the race, Mr. Biden, whom many in the field have shied from confronting because of his residual popularity from eight years as Mr. Obama\u2019s No. 2.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-exrw3m evys1bk0\">And it wasn\u2019t even her only moment. Earlier, she had risen above the fray with the declaration amid cross talk that, \u201cAmerica does not want to witness a food fight. They want to know how we are going to put food on the table.\u201d Then, too, she silenced the room.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-exrw3m evys1bk0\">In her closing statement, Ms. Harris touted herself as the candidate to \u201cprosecute the case\u201d against Mr. Trump. Of course, by then she had already showcased those skills against Mr. Biden.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-exrw3m evys1bk0\"><em class=\"css-2fg4z9 e1gzwzxm0\">[<\/em><a class=\"css-1g7m0tk\" title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/interactive\/2020\/us\/elections\/democratic-polls.html?action=click&amp;module=inline&amp;pgtype=Article\"><em class=\"css-2fg4z9 e1gzwzxm0\">The latest data and analysis<\/em><\/a><em class=\"css-2fg4z9 e1gzwzxm0\"> to keep track of who\u2019s leading the race to be the Democratic nominee.]<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"css-1fanzo5 StoryBodyCompanionColumn\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<h2 id=\"link-49c73bc1\" class=\"css-ani50b eoo0vm40\">Sanders\u2019s ideas dominate, but he does not.<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-o6xoe7\"><\/aside>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"css-79elbk\" data-testid=\"photoviewer-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"css-z3e15g\" data-testid=\"photoviewer-wrapper-hidden\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"css-1h6w7uo e1t57l6r0\" src=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2019\/06\/27\/us\/politics\/27debate-livebriefing-sanders-sub\/merlin_157118817_3d363e29-61b3-434c-9ac2-e1460100092e-articleLarge.jpg?quality=75&amp;auto=webp&amp;disable=upscale\" sizes=\"((min-width: 600px) and (max-width: 1004px)) 84vw, (min-width: 1005px) 60vw, 100vw\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2019\/06\/27\/us\/politics\/27debate-livebriefing-sanders-sub\/merlin_157118817_3d363e29-61b3-434c-9ac2-e1460100092e-articleLarge.jpg?quality=90&amp;auto=webp 600w, https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2019\/06\/27\/us\/politics\/27debate-livebriefing-sanders-sub\/merlin_157118817_3d363e29-61b3-434c-9ac2-e1460100092e-jumbo.jpg?quality=90&amp;auto=webp 1024w, https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2019\/06\/27\/us\/politics\/27debate-livebriefing-sanders-sub\/merlin_157118817_3d363e29-61b3-434c-9ac2-e1460100092e-superJumbo.jpg?quality=90&amp;auto=webp 2048w\" alt=\"At times, Mr. Sanders got lost on stage, overshadowed in particular by Ms. Harris to his left.\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"css-1a48zt4 ehw59r15\" data-testid=\"photoviewer-children\">\n<figure class=\"css-jcw7oy e1g7ppur0\">\n<div class=\"css-1xdhyk6 erfvjey0\"><\/div><figcaption class=\"css-1l44abu e1xdpqjp0\"><span class=\"css-8i9d0s e13ogyst0\">At times, Mr. Sanders got lost on stage, overshadowed in particular by Ms. Harris to his left.<\/span><span class=\"css-vuqh7u e1z0qqy90\"><span class=\"css-1ly73wi e1tej78p0\">Credit<\/span>Doug Mills\/The New York Times<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"css-1fanzo5 StoryBodyCompanionColumn\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-exrw3m evys1bk0\">Mr. Sanders entered the debate as a top candidate in the polls and fund-raising, and there were big expectations he would use his stature to push his message of revolution and aggressively go after Mr. Biden.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-exrw3m evys1bk0\">But though many of the progressive policy ideas he has helped popularize dominated the night \u2014 most notably, universal health care \u2014 he at times got lost on stage, overshadowed in particular by Ms. Harris. He never really took a swipe at Mr. Biden, save near the end, striking a glancing blow when he contrasted his opposition to the Iraq war with Mr. Biden\u2019s support for it. It\u2019s a line he has used before though, and it hardly resonated after almost two hours of debating.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-exrw3m evys1bk0\">At times, Mr. Sanders appeared more than eager to jump in but got lost in the din. During an exchange about climate change, for instance, he could be seen on stage raising his hand as Mayor Pete Buttigieg of South Bend, Ind., spoke. But rather than turn to him, the moderators tossed it to John Hickenlooper, the former governor of Colorado. When Mr. Sanders did speak, he largely repeated sections from his stump speech.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-exrw3m evys1bk0\"><em class=\"css-2fg4z9 e1gzwzxm0\">[Who\u2019s in? Who\u2019s out? Keep up with the <\/em><a class=\"css-1g7m0tk\" title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/interactive\/2019\/us\/politics\/2020-presidential-candidates.html?action=click&amp;module=inline&amp;pgtype=Article\"><em class=\"css-2fg4z9 e1gzwzxm0\">2020 field with our candidate tracker<\/em><\/a><em class=\"css-2fg4z9 e1gzwzxm0\">.]<\/em><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"link-37127500\" class=\"css-ani50b eoo0vm40\">Buttigieg almost survives the South Bend police question.<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-o6xoe7\"><\/aside>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"css-79elbk\" data-testid=\"photoviewer-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"css-z3e15g\" data-testid=\"photoviewer-wrapper-hidden\">\n<div class=\"css-8h527k\">\n<div data-testid=\"lazyimage-container\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"css-1h6w7uo e1t57l6r0\" src=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2019\/06\/27\/us\/politics\/27debate-livebriefing-buttigieg-shooting\/27debate-livebriefing-buttigieg-shooting-articleLarge-v2.jpg?quality=75&amp;auto=webp&amp;disable=upscale\" sizes=\"((min-width: 600px) and (max-width: 1004px)) 84vw, (min-width: 1005px) 60vw, 100vw\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2019\/06\/27\/us\/politics\/27debate-livebriefing-buttigieg-shooting\/27debate-livebriefing-buttigieg-shooting-articleLarge-v2.jpg?quality=90&amp;auto=webp 600w, https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2019\/06\/27\/us\/politics\/27debate-livebriefing-buttigieg-shooting\/27debate-livebriefing-buttigieg-shooting-jumbo-v2.jpg?quality=90&amp;auto=webp 1024w, https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2019\/06\/27\/us\/politics\/27debate-livebriefing-buttigieg-shooting\/27debate-livebriefing-buttigieg-shooting-superJumbo-v2.jpg?quality=90&amp;auto=webp 2048w\" alt=\"Pete Buttigieg speaking about the deadly police shooting in South Bend.\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"css-1a48zt4 ehw59r15\" data-testid=\"photoviewer-children\">\n<figure class=\"css-jcw7oy e1g7ppur0\"><figcaption class=\"css-1l44abu e1xdpqjp0\"><span class=\"css-8i9d0s e13ogyst0\">Pete Buttigieg speaking about the deadly police shooting in South Bend.<\/span><span class=\"css-vuqh7u e1z0qqy90\"><span class=\"css-1ly73wi e1tej78p0\">Credit<\/span>Doug Mills\/The New York Times<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"css-1fanzo5 StoryBodyCompanionColumn\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-exrw3m evys1bk0\">After the biggest political crisis of his campaign, Mr. Buttigieg was well-prepared to address <a class=\"css-1g7m0tk\" title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2019\/06\/23\/us\/politics\/buttigieg-south-bend-shooting.html?module=inline\">the deadly police shooting<\/a> of a black man there.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-exrw3m evys1bk0\">In an otherwise flat performance, Mr. Buttigieg delivered a thoughtful response that touched on the political challenge of his role as mayor, saying he\u2019s \u201cnot allowed\u201d to take sides until an investigation is complete to determine why the police officer involved did not have his body camera turned on.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-exrw3m evys1bk0\">\u201cIt\u2019s a mess, and we\u2019re hurting,\u201d he said. \u201cThis is an issue that is facing our community and so many communities around the country. And until we move policing out from the shadow of systemic racism, whatever this particular incident teaches us, we will be left with the bigger problem of the fact that there is a wall of mistrust put up one racist act at a time.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"css-1fanzo5 StoryBodyCompanionColumn\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-exrw3m evys1bk0\">He didn\u2019t get much breathing room before Representative Eric Swalwell of California, during a night spent tossing spitballs from the edge of the stage, demanded Mr. Buttigieg do something.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-exrw3m evys1bk0\">\u201cIf the camera wasn\u2019t on and that was the policy, you should fire the chief,\u201d Mr. Swalwell interjected.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-exrw3m evys1bk0\">Mr. Buttigieg demurred.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-exrw3m evys1bk0\">Mr. Swalwell pounced again.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-exrw3m evys1bk0\">\u201cYou\u2019re the mayor and you should fire the chief if that\u2019s the policy and someone died,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-exrw3m evys1bk0\">Marianne Williamson, a self-help author, then took the floor and changed the subject to reparations for slavery. Mr. Buttigieg made few waves thereafter.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"link-65c00775\" class=\"css-ani50b eoo0vm40\">It may be no country for moderate men.<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-o6xoe7\"><\/aside>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"css-79elbk\" data-testid=\"photoviewer-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"css-z3e15g\" data-testid=\"photoviewer-wrapper-hidden\">\u00a0<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"css-1h6w7uo e1t57l6r0\" src=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2019\/06\/27\/us\/politics\/27takeaways-5\/merlin_157114170_d4b933f6-97d1-440e-ab56-0f3f84e54b6c-articleLarge.jpg?quality=75&amp;auto=webp&amp;disable=upscale\" sizes=\"((min-width: 600px) and (max-width: 1004px)) 84vw, (min-width: 1005px) 60vw, 100vw\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2019\/06\/27\/us\/politics\/27takeaways-5\/merlin_157114170_d4b933f6-97d1-440e-ab56-0f3f84e54b6c-articleLarge.jpg?quality=90&amp;auto=webp 600w, https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2019\/06\/27\/us\/politics\/27takeaways-5\/merlin_157114170_d4b933f6-97d1-440e-ab56-0f3f84e54b6c-jumbo.jpg?quality=90&amp;auto=webp 1024w, https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2019\/06\/27\/us\/politics\/27takeaways-5\/merlin_157114170_d4b933f6-97d1-440e-ab56-0f3f84e54b6c-superJumbo.jpg?quality=90&amp;auto=webp 2048w\" alt=\"From left, Marianne Williamson, John Hickenlooper, Andrew Yang, Pete Buttigieg, Joseph R. Biden Jr., Bernie Sanders, Kamala Harris, Kirsten Gillibrand, Michael Bennet and Eric Swalwell during the second night of the Democratic presidential debates in Miami on Thursday.\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"css-1a48zt4 ehw59r15\" data-testid=\"photoviewer-children\">\n<figure class=\"css-jcw7oy e1g7ppur0\">\n<div class=\"css-1xdhyk6 erfvjey0\"><\/div><figcaption class=\"css-1l44abu e1xdpqjp0\"><span class=\"css-8i9d0s e13ogyst0\">From left, Marianne Williamson, John Hickenlooper, Andrew Yang, Pete Buttigieg, Joseph R. Biden Jr., Bernie Sanders, Kamala Harris, Kirsten Gillibrand, Michael Bennet and Eric Swalwell during the second night of the Democratic presidential debates in Miami on Thursday.<\/span><span class=\"css-vuqh7u e1z0qqy90\"><span class=\"css-1ly73wi e1tej78p0\">Credit<\/span>Doug Mills\/The New York Times<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"css-1fanzo5 StoryBodyCompanionColumn\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-exrw3m evys1bk0\">The Democrats\u2019 two nights of debates showed that liberalism is on the march in the party. All of the intellectual energy this week has been with the liberals, from Senator Elizabeth Warren\u2019s plans Wednesday and Mr. Sanders\u2019s ideas Thursday night.The top moderate in the race, Mr. Biden, spent most of the debate fending off attacks from his left without offering a real critique of Mr. Sanders and others proposing eliminating private insurance markets, among other ideas.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"css-1fanzo5 StoryBodyCompanionColumn\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-exrw3m evys1bk0\">Others in the party\u2019s center-left wing \u2014 Senator Michael Bennet and former Gov. John Hickenlooper, both of Colorado \u2014 tried injecting themselves in the Thursday discussion about Mr. Sanders\u2019s sweeping proposals but made little headway.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-exrw3m evys1bk0\">[<em class=\"css-2fg4z9 e1gzwzxm0\">Make sense of the people, issues and ideas shaping <\/em><a class=\"css-1g7m0tk\" title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/newsletters\/politics?smid=rd%3Faction%3Dclick&amp;module=inline&amp;pgtype=Article\"><em class=\"css-2fg4z9 e1gzwzxm0\">American politics with our newsletter<\/em><\/a><em class=\"css-2fg4z9 e1gzwzxm0\">.<\/em>]<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-exrw3m evys1bk0\">The leftward shift was most evident on health care policy, which dominated the Thursday debate\u2019s opening half-hour. Mr. Sanders along with Ms. Harris and Senator Kirsten Gillibrand of New York, committed to a single-payer Medicare-for-all system that four years ago was a vision embraced just by Mr. Sanders. All 10 candidates also endorsed allowing undocumented immigrants access to government health care programs.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-o6xoe7\"><\/aside>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"css-10ea9q3\">\n<div class=\"SandboxRoot env-bp-350\" data-twitter-event-id=\"0\">\n<div id=\"twitter-widget-0\" class=\"EmbeddedTweet EmbeddedTweet--cta js-clickToOpenTarget tweet-InformationCircle-widgetParent\" lang=\"en\" data-click-to-open-target=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDonaldTrump\/status\/1144419410729242625\" data-iframe-title=\"Twitter Tweet\" data-scribe=\"page:tweet\" data-twitter-event-id=\"1\">\n<div class=\"EmbeddedTweet-tweetContainer\">\n<div class=\"EmbeddedTweet-tweet\">\n<blockquote class=\"Tweet h-entry js-tweetIdInfo subject expanded\" cite=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDonaldTrump\/status\/1144419410729242625\" data-tweet-id=\"1144419410729242625\" data-scribe=\"section:subject\">\n<div class=\"Tweet-header\">\n<p><a class=\"TweetAuthor-avatar Identity-avatar u-linkBlend\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDonaldTrump\" data-scribe=\"element:user_link\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"Avatar\" src=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/profile_images\/874276197357596672\/kUuht00m_normal.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-scribe=\"element:avatar\" data-src-2x=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/profile_images\/874276197357596672\/kUuht00m_bigger.jpg\" data-src-1x=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/profile_images\/874276197357596672\/kUuht00m_normal.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"TweetAuthor js-inViewportScribingTarget\" data-scribe=\"component:author\">\n<div class=\"TweetAuthor-nameScreenNameContainer\">\n<p><span class=\"TweetAuthor-decoratedName\"><span class=\"TweetAuthor-name Identity-name customisable-highlight\" title=\"Donald J. Trump\" data-scribe=\"element:name\">Donald J. Trump<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"Icon Icon--verified \" title=\"Verified Account\"><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"TweetAuthor-decoratedName\"><span class=\"TweetAuthor-verifiedBadge\" data-scribe=\"element:verified_badge\"><b class=\"u-hiddenVisually\">\u2714<\/b><\/span><\/span><span class=\"TweetAuthor-screenName Identity-screenName\" dir=\"ltr\" title=\"@realDonaldTrump\" data-scribe=\"element:screen_name\">@realDonaldTrump<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"Tweet-body e-entry-content\" data-scribe=\"component:tweet\">\n<p class=\"Tweet-text e-entry-title\" dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">All Democrats just raised their hands for giving millions of illegal aliens unlimited healthcare. How about taking care of American Citizens first!? That\u2019s the end of that race!<\/p>\n<div class=\"TweetInfo\">\n<div class=\"TweetInfo-like\"><a class=\"TweetInfo-heart\" title=\"Like\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/like?tweet_id=1144419410729242625\" data-scribe=\"component:actions\"><span class=\"TweetInfo-heartStat\" data-scribe=\"element:heart_count\">169K<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"TweetInfo-timeGeo\"><a class=\"u-linkBlend u-url customisable-highlight long-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDonaldTrump\/status\/1144419410729242625\" data-datetime=\"2019-06-28T01:37:04+0000\" data-scribe=\"element:full_timestamp\"><time class=\"dt-updated\" title=\"Time posted: June 28, 2019 01:37:04 (UTC)\" datetime=\"2019-06-28T01:37:04+0000\">6:37 PM &#8211; Jun 27, 2019<\/time><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tweet-InformationCircle\" data-scribe=\"element:notice\"><span class=\"u-hiddenVisually\"><a class=\"Icon Icon--informationCircleWhite js-inViewportScribingTarget\" title=\"Twitter Ads info and privacy\" href=\"https:\/\/support.twitter.com\/articles\/20175256\">Twitter Ads info and privacy<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"CallToAction-chevron\" data-scribe=\"element:cta_chevron\">\u00a0Perhaps a steadier version of Mr. Biden could have made the case against such a massive transformation of the American health care system. Instead he fell back on a reliable crutch: tethering himself to the legacy of President Obama.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"css-1fanzo5 StoryBodyCompanionColumn\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-exrw3m evys1bk0\">\u201cI\u2019m against any Democrat,\u201d he said, \u201cwho wants to take down Obamacare.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"link-559bb9ef\" class=\"css-ani50b eoo0vm40\">Who spoke the most?<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-o6xoe7\"><\/aside>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\">\n<div class=\"css-17dprlf\" data-id=\"100000006584572\" data-slug=\"0627-dem-second-debate-embed\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"css-sqdgy8\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/interactive\/2019\/admin\/100000006584572.embedded.html?\" width=\"100%\" height=\"592\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"css-1fanzo5 StoryBodyCompanionColumn\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-exrw3m evys1bk0\"><em class=\"css-2fg4z9 e1gzwzxm0\">Isabella Grull\u00f3n Paz contributed reporting.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-o6xoe7\"><\/aside>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<div class=\"bottom-of-article\">\n<div class=\"css-1ubp8k9\">\u00a0<em>Sydney Ember is a political reporter based in New York. She was previously a business reporter covering print and digital media. <span class=\"css-4w91ra\"><a class=\"css-1rj8to8\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/melbournecoal\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span class=\"css-0\">@<\/span>melbournecoal<\/a><\/span><\/em><\/div>\n<div class=\"css-wg1cha\">\n<div class=\"css-19hdyf3 e1e7j8ap0\">\n<div>\n<p><em>Shane Goldmacher is the chief political correspondent for the Metro Desk. He previously worked at Politico, where he covered national Republican politics and the 2016 presidential campaign. <span class=\"css-4w91ra\"><a class=\"css-1rj8to8\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ShaneGoldmacher\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span class=\"css-0\">@<\/span>ShaneGoldmacher<\/a><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"css-i29ckm\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2019\/06\/27\/us\/politics\/democratic-debate-live.html?action=click&amp;module=Top%20Stories&amp;pgtype=Homepage\">\u00a0The New York Times<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Katie Glueck, Shane Goldmacher, Sydney Ember and Reid J. Epstein,\u00a0June 27, 2019 Kamala Harris stood out from the 10-person crowd several times during the NBC debate. Her exchange with Joe Biden, who is leading in the polls, put him on the defensive. 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