The 6th Democratic Debate Takeaways
The NPR Politics Podcast
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4.4 • 25.7K Ratings
🗓️ 20 December 2019
⏱️ 16 minutes
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Summary
After an hour without direct clashes, Sen. Elizabeth Warren attacked South Bend, Ind., Mayor Pete Buttigieg over his willingness to hold fundraisers with wealthy donors. Buttigieg in turn accused Warren of hypocrisy, saying she raised money in a similar way while serving in the Senate.
The candidates also differed sharply over health care, exposing the debates over pragmatism versus big ideas within the Democratic party.
This episode: White House correspondent Tamara Keith, campaign correspondent Scott Detrow, campaign correspondent Asma Khalid, and political reporter Danielle Kurtzleben.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey there, it's the NPR Politics Podcast. |
| 0:05.4 | I'm Tamer Heath. |
| 0:06.4 | I cover the White House. |
| 0:07.4 | I'm Scott Detrello. |
| 0:08.4 | I cover the campaign. |
| 0:09.4 | I'm Usma Khaled. |
| 0:10.4 | I also cover the campaign. |
| 0:11.8 | And I'm Danielle Kurtz-Liven. |
| 0:12.8 | I also cover the campaign. |
| 0:16.2 | And the time now is 11.38 pm on Thursday, December 19. |
| 0:21.5 | The sixth Democratic debate hosted by the PBS NewsHour and Politico ended a little bit |
| 0:26.8 | ago. |
| 0:27.8 | And is the final debate of the decade? |
| 0:32.9 | Wow. |
| 0:33.9 | When you put it that way, I feel like I should have realized it was more monumental in the |
| 0:37.4 | moment. |
| 0:38.4 | Maybe I should have dressed up. |
| 0:39.4 | It's hard to feel that way when there are so many more debates to come. |
| 0:44.0 | So Scott, you are in beautiful Los Angeles where the debate was held. |
| 0:50.1 | Should we be jealous of the weather? |
| 0:52.0 | You know, I think the weather is great. |
| 0:53.6 | All the people who live in Los Angeles think it's cold. |
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