Hickenlooper, Bennet will appear on different nights at debate in Detroit
The lineups are set for the next debate of Democratic presidential candidates. And unlike last time, Colorado’s 2020 hopefuls will not be sharing a stage.
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Hickenlooper will join three top-tier candidates on
Sanders, a self-avowed Democratic socialist, has come under fire from Hickenlooper, who has cautioned his rival candidates against embracing socialism.
And on
In a
Harris used the first debate to propel herself into the top tier with an aggressive takedown of Biden’s long record on race.
This time, Harris, the lone black woman in the field, will be joined by another top black candidate, Booker, who also has been an outspoken critic of Biden.
Booker had denounced Biden for his recollections of the “civility” of working in a
Meanwhile, Sanders and Warren share the
They will be joined by several more moderate candidates, like Hickenlooper, who are likely to question the senators’ sweeping proposals for single-payer health insurance and tuition-free college, among other plans.
Biden vs. Harris has quickly become the defining candidate-on-candidate juxtaposition in the early months of the contest.
Although of different sexes, races and generations, the two rivals share the same broad path to the nomination, particularly the broad coalition of white and black voters necessary to win the Southern primaries that dominate the early months of the nominating calendar.
Harris’ June attacks on Biden’s 1970s opposition to federal busing orders as a way to desegregate public schools was a way for her to stand out to liberal whites and to try to cut into Biden’s strength in the black community, where he is lauded as the loyal vice president to
To be clear, Biden aides say Harris’ broadsides sparked a new aggressiveness and determination for the former vice president, and he’s gone on a policy offensive in recent weeks, most notably on health care.
A proponent of adding a public option to the Affordable Care Act insurance exchanges, Biden almost certainly will try to pin down Harris on her support for Sanders’ “Medicare for All” proposal. Harris, though, has stopped short of Sanders’ explicit call for abolishing private insurance, and she insists that the plan can be paid for without any tax hikes on the middle class.
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Hickenlooper and Delaney have been among the most outspoken moderates warning
A generational split also will be on display: Buttigieg, 37, and O’Rourke, 46, each have called for the party to pass the torch, while Sanders, at 77, is more than twice the young mayor’s age. Warren, meanwhile, recently turned 70.
It will be the first debate opportunity for Bullock, who takes the spot that California Rep.
For several of the longshot candidates, including the two Coloradans, the July debates are critical. The
As of now, it’s likely those higher standards would mean many of the 20 candidates on stage in
Hickenlooper and Bennet have been averaging less than 1% support in recent polls. To make the stage in
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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