Thomas Catenacci on October 23, 2020 Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden promised Thursday that if elected he would both “transition from the oil industry” and not ban fracking. The former vice president said his administration would phase out the oil industry, but denied saying he ever opposed fracking during the second and final 2020 presidential…
Mary Margaret Olohan on March 15, 2020 2020 presidential candidate Joe Biden started a coronavirus-centered debate Sunday night with a cough. The former vice president joined 2020 presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders in Washington, D.C. for a Democratic debate largely focused on the coronavirus as the United States grapples with the worldwide pandemic. Asked what…
Jason Hopkins Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders was questioned about his past sympathetic comments about socialist, authoritarian regimes, such as in China and Cuba, during the South Carolina Democratic debate on Tuesday. Sanders, who is the frontrunner in the Democratic presidential contest, was asked by a debate moderator on Tuesday night about his history of “expressing…
First off, Amy Klobuchar is still running. Seriously. That genuinely surprised me. In all seriousness, I went to the Democrat debates in Iowa all the way from St Louis in order to bring light to the fact that one of the biggest unions in America, Service Employees International Union (SEIU), has several cases of sexual…
Peter Hasson CNN faced backlash Tuesday night after debate moderator Abby Phillip took Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s side and stated as fact that Sen. Bernie Sanders told Warren in a private conversation that a woman couldn’t win the presidential election. Warren has accused Sanders of telling her in a private 2018 dinner that a woman candidate couldn’t win…
Shelby Talcott Former Vice President said that America needs to be “punching” back to combat violence against women during Wednesday’s Democratic debate. Biden was asked if he would tackle specific issues regarding the #MeToo movement at the beginning of his presidency, if he were to be elected. The former Vice President previously sponsored the 1994 Violence Against…
At this point in the Democratic primaries (and American politics in general), populist rhetoric and demagoguery is the mainstream. As many academics and pundits have proclaimed, we are in a ‘populist moment’. Populist moments have certainly ebbed and flowed since before the American founding, but after the 2008 financial crash, the rhetoric has been ramping…
Shelby Talcott Democratic presidential candidate Tulsi Gabbard went after the two outlets moderating Tuesday’s debate for alleging she is a Russian asset and apologist for Assad, calling it “completely despicable.” CNN moderator Anderson Cooper asked Gabbard during Tuesday’s Democratic debate in Ohio what she would do differently regarding pulling troops out of Syria. The question came after…
Chris White Sen. Cory Booker of New Jersey appeared genuinely surprised after learning that billionaire Tom Steyer made Thursday’s Democratic debate stage. “That’s stunning to me,” Booker said when one of his operatives told him that the former hedge fund manager made the debate. The clip of New Jersey Democrat’s reaction can be seen on the next…
Guess who’s back, back again? Tulsi’s back, tell a friend. That’s right. After being excluded from the September debate for failing to meet the DNC’s dubious polling requirements, Hawaii Representative Tulsi Gabbard will rejoin the Democratic primary debate stage in October. Gabbard had probably already qualified for the October debate after getting a fourth qualifying…