The second Democratic presidential debate has concluded. The debate lasted two hours and covered a wide range of topics including: foreign policy, gun control, jobs, Wall Street legislation, and healthcare.
Candidates included: Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, and former Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley.
The main focus of the debate was originally supposed to be about the economy, but after the terrorist attacks in Paris, CBS News informed the campaigns that it wanted to ask some questions about foreign policy.
CBS News also asked the candidates to spend a minute to talk about the terrorist attacks and what they would do lower the threats of terrorism around the globe. O’Malley said the country needs to focus on human intelligence to anticipate future threats. Clinton “We need to have a resolve that will bring the world together to root out the kind of jihadist ideology that motivates organizations like ISIS, a barbaric, ruthless, violent, jihadist, terrorist group.” Sanders focused on income inequality.
Asked if President Obama had underestimated ISIS, Clinton refused to directly answer the question rather she focused Iraq’s history and the conflict between the Sunni and Shia Muslims as reasons for the rise of ISIS.
When asked about the candidate’s plans for free college, paid family leave, and more many of the candidates admitted that the revenue for those plans would come from raising taxes on the wealthy and corporations.
Asked what Sanders’ tax rate would look like he said, “We haven’t come up with a number yet, but it won’t be as high as the number under Dwight D. Eisenhower, which was 90%.”
“I’m not that much of a socialist compared to Eisenhowser,” he added.
On the matter of the Affordable Care Act, Clinton added that she thinks the Democrats should protect it and improve on it.
On the matter of border security, O’Malley advocated a legal pathway to citizenship for the millions of illegal immigrants. “Let’s say it in our debate cause you’ll never hear it from that immigrant bashing, carnival barker Donald Trump,” O’Malley said. “The truth of the matter is – net immigration from Mexico last year was zero. Fact check me, go ahead, check it out.”
On Raising the minimum wage the candidates all agreed that the rate should be raised, but differed on the amount that it should be raised to. Sanders and O’Malley advocated a $15 an hour minimum wage, while Clinton said she believes the minimum wage should be $12 with the understanding that cities can adjust the rate based on their needs.
Sanders went after Clinton over her ties to Wall Street saying that the donations to the Clinton campaign from Wall Street show she won’t take a hard stance against big banks.
To end the debate, candidates were asked to share what incident they believe shows they have been tested to handle a crisis if they were elected president. Clinton said her time spent advising President Obama on the Bin Laden raid did because of the situation as a whole. O’Malley said he has no incident as a mayor or governor, but he knows how to manage people in time of crisis. Sanders said it was the time he worked to get a veterans’ bill through Congress.
Candidates included: Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, and former Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley.
The main focus of the debate was originally supposed to be about the economy, but after the terrorist attacks in Paris, CBS News informed the campaigns that it wanted to ask some questions about foreign policy.
CBS News also asked the candidates to spend a minute to talk about the terrorist attacks and what they would do lower the threats of terrorism around the globe. O’Malley said the country needs to focus on human intelligence to anticipate future threats. Clinton “We need to have a resolve that will bring the world together to root out the kind of jihadist ideology that motivates organizations like ISIS, a barbaric, ruthless, violent, jihadist, terrorist group.” Sanders focused on income inequality.
Asked if President Obama had underestimated ISIS, Clinton refused to directly answer the question rather she focused Iraq’s history and the conflict between the Sunni and Shia Muslims as reasons for the rise of ISIS.
When asked about the candidate’s plans for free college, paid family leave, and more many of the candidates admitted that the revenue for those plans would come from raising taxes on the wealthy and corporations.
Asked what Sanders’ tax rate would look like he said, “We haven’t come up with a number yet, but it won’t be as high as the number under Dwight D. Eisenhower, which was 90%.”
“I’m not that much of a socialist compared to Eisenhowser,” he added.
On the matter of the Affordable Care Act, Clinton added that she thinks the Democrats should protect it and improve on it.
On the matter of border security, O’Malley advocated a legal pathway to citizenship for the millions of illegal immigrants. “Let’s say it in our debate cause you’ll never hear it from that immigrant bashing, carnival barker Donald Trump,” O’Malley said. “The truth of the matter is – net immigration from Mexico last year was zero. Fact check me, go ahead, check it out.”
On Raising the minimum wage the candidates all agreed that the rate should be raised, but differed on the amount that it should be raised to. Sanders and O’Malley advocated a $15 an hour minimum wage, while Clinton said she believes the minimum wage should be $12 with the understanding that cities can adjust the rate based on their needs.
Sanders went after Clinton over her ties to Wall Street saying that the donations to the Clinton campaign from Wall Street show she won’t take a hard stance against big banks.
To end the debate, candidates were asked to share what incident they believe shows they have been tested to handle a crisis if they were elected president. Clinton said her time spent advising President Obama on the Bin Laden raid did because of the situation as a whole. O’Malley said he has no incident as a mayor or governor, but he knows how to manage people in time of crisis. Sanders said it was the time he worked to get a veterans’ bill through Congress.