Of course the topics and the time spent on each was determined by the ABC network and the moderators.
Healthcare took up at least 30 minutes of the three hour debate. Joe Biden defended Obamacare (Affordable Health Care Act) and his leading opponents voiced their support for a Medicare for all plan. Personally from my own experience I know that Obamacare is flawed. Many doctors do not participate and many medications are not covered. As was pointed out many people are not on the plan because their income is too low to qualify. It was correctly pointed out that the Trump administration wants to end Obamacare even though they do not have and alternate.
Julian Castro’s attack on Joe Biden on a contradiction in wording of something he had just said on healthcare brought on other candidates defending Mr. Biden. Many thought Castro was too hard on him. However, Castro’s attack is nothing compared to the attack’s Donald Trump will be making against his opponent. He has already called Joe Biden “sleepy Joe.”
Gun control was the next topic. Beto O’Rourke said he would take away all military style weapons. “Hell yes, we’re going to take your AR-15, your AK-47. We’re not going to allow it to be used against our fellow Americans anymore.” That statement will be used by Trump to bring supporters to his presidential re-election. Trump will use O’Rourke’s words to create fear that all guns will be confiscated if there is a Democrat in the White House.
To the question of whether the United States should provide restitution to the decedents of slavery Joe Biden offered a lecture to Black Americans telling them how to raise their children. “Play the radio, make sure the television — excuse me, make sure you have the record player — on at night, make sure that kids hear words,” Biden said. “A kid coming from a very poor school — a very poor background — will hear 4 million words fewer spoken by the time we get there.”
The lack of a reasonable and sensible solution on dealing with the immigration crises at the Mexican border is another gift to Donald Trump.
Fear of another attack on the United States from Afghanistan probably means we will not withdraw all troops from that country. Donald Trump criticized rightfully Barack Obama for withdrawing troops from Iraq. Once faced with the situation.
If Joe Biden is the Democratic Party nominee, Donald Trump will have an easy re-election campaign.
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