Debate Special: The One Where Everyone Attacks Bernie
Deconstructed
The Intercept
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🗓️ 26 February 2020
⏱️ 34 minutes
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Summary
With victories in New Hampshire and Nevada and a firm lead in the national polls, Bernie Sanders is now unquestionably the frontrunner in the Democratic race. On Tuesday night the top contenders met for their final debate before the South Carolina and Super Tuesday primaries, and all of his opponents had their sights set firmly on the senator from Vermont. Mehdi Hasan talks to writer, activist, and Sanders surrogate Shaun King about Bernie’s performance and his groundbreaking answers to questions on foreign policy.
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| 0:00.0 | Of course you have the dictatorship in Cuba. |
| 0:02.1 | What I said is what Barack Obama said. |
| 0:04.9 | That Cuba made progress on education. |
| 0:08.7 | Yes, I think. Really? Really? |
| 0:19.2 | Welcome to Deconstructed, I'm Mehdi Hassan. |
| 0:22.0 | They all went after Bernie Sanders last night |
| 0:24.2 | at the Democratic debate in South Carolina. |
| 0:26.7 | But did they knock him out? |
| 0:28.2 | I'm hearing my name mentioned a little bit tonight. |
| 0:32.2 | I wonder why? |
| 0:33.9 | On today's special post-debate edition of the show, |
| 0:36.7 | I'll ask writer, activist and Sanders Sarragat Sean King |
| 0:40.5 | who also had some strong words about Michael Bloomberg |
| 0:43.7 | getting a pass again last night on the issue of spying on Muslims. |
| 0:48.2 | It was painful to see him on that debate stage |
| 0:51.5 | not be confronted for that. |
| 0:53.2 | It was a debate in which the moderators lost control |
| 0:55.7 | and asked awful questions in which Michael Bloomberg |
| 0:58.6 | dodged answering any tough questions |
| 1:00.8 | in which the rest of the candidates |
| 1:02.3 | talked over one another when they weren't all attacking Bernie Sanders. |
| 1:06.2 | But here's the thing, history was made |
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