Health care takes center stage for Democratic presidential candidates
"I was just in Flint and they are still drinking bottled water in that town, and it's outrageous," said
Author
"We have an administration that has gutted the Clean Water Act. We have communities -- particularly communities of color and disadvantaged communities -- all over this country who are suffering from environmental injustice. I assure you, I lived in
Ohio Rep.
"I'm trying to explain that these union members are losing their jobs, wages have been stagnant, the world is crumbling around them. The only thing they have is possibly really good health care. And the Democratic message is going to be we're going to go ahead, and the only thing you have left we're going to take it, and we're going to do better. I don't think that is a recipe for success for us."
Meanwhile, liberal firebrands
"I don't understand why anybody goes to all the trouble of running for president of
One of the moderates,
The debate quickly turned to a dispute about the future of the health-care system, with
Some of their rivals argued the proposal pushed by the progressives would take private insurance away from people who prefer their coverage and force a tax increase on the middle class.
"Why do we have to be the party of taking something away from people?" said
He argued that
"They are running on telling half the country that your health insurance is illegal," he said, pointing to
Earlier Tuesday, Detroiters came out in full force ahead of the second Democratic debate at
The biggest buzz before the debate was at
Inside the park among the fired up crowd, stood
"I really want Bernie to go all the way," she said, "but either way, I feel like he's pushing the window of the party to the left."
Still, she's not confident in a Democratic victory in 2020.
"I think Trump is going to win again, I honestly do, unfortunately,"
Outside the theatre, there was a large contingent of people rallying for
Two strangers had a rare exchange of differing politics without argument, calling it "refreshing." Corbin Destfano, a 22-year-old
"I'm not used to being able to have these kind of talks from what I'm used to in
They both agreed that infrastructure is an issue that regardless of who's the next commander in chief, needs attention.
"Our infrastructure needs a lot of work,"
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