Truth, Lies, and the Democratic Debate

Deconstructed

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🗓️ 15 January 2020

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

Six of the remaining Democratic candidates met in Des Moines, Iowa on Tuesday night for their final debate before the state holds its first-in-the-nation caucuses on February 3rd. With the state of the race still fluid, the top contenders were all looking for a moment that might help them to distinguish themselves from the field. In the runup to the debate, much of the media focus was on the apparent breakdown of the de facto non-aggression pact between Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren, with the latter claiming that Sanders had told her in a 2018 meeting that a woman couldn’t win a US presidential election. The two clashed over Warren’s claim during the debate; Sanders repeated his denial that such an exchange took place, while Warren declined to retract the accusation. Meanwhile, the moderators once again allowed Joe Biden to avoid serious or detailed scrutiny of his record in the Senate—in particular his vociferous early support for the Iraq War.

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0:00.0	We have got to take on the fossil fuel industry and all of their lives.
0:06.6	I would not meet with the Supreme Leader who said Joe Biden is a rabid dog.
0:11.7	He should be beaten to death with a stick.
0:13.4	The only people on this stage who have won every single election that they've been in
0:18.6	are the women.
0:27.8	Welcome back to a new season of deconstructed I'm Mehdi Hassan and Happy New Year to you all.
0:33.6	Even though there's nothing really that happy about it so far.
0:36.9	On today's show, we're reacting to last night's Democratic presidential debate, the last
0:41.7	onstage showdown between the top six candidates before the Iowa caucuses in less than three
0:48.1	weeks' time.
0:57.1	We have one general after another who comes in and says we've just turned the corner.
1:02.5	We've turned the corner so many times we're going in circles.
1:05.9	Oh, and the big question of American politics was answered last night.
1:10.8	30 years ago, it's 1990, as a matter of fact.
1:14.1	Yes, 30 years ago is 1990.
1:18.2	But today, let's talk 2020 and the Democratic presidential race.
1:24.4	If you're a regular listener of this podcast and I do hope you are, you'll know that I like
1:28.9	to talk about foreign policy.
1:30.3	I like to point out the importance of US foreign policy and I've been wishing for a while
1:35.6	that these televised presidential debates devoted much more serious time and attention
1:42.1	to foreign policy issues, especially to the endless wars and to the mess in the Middle
1:47.7	East.
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