Democratic donor George Soros forms new 2020 super PAC

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AUGUST 1, 2019: The 2020 Democratic candidates debated healthcare and criminal justice in the second night of the debate. Democratic donor George Soros founded a super PAC for 2020 elections.

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“The Dark Psychic Forces of Collective Hatred won tonight’s debate. It is absolutely mind-boggling to me that the Democratic candidates think their best path forward is to aggressively and personally attack one another over the finer points of their white papers and decades-old positions, given the intensity of their base’s desire to remove Trump from the White House. It’s mind-boggling that there would be several candidates taking shots at Barack Obama when he’s broadly popular, Trump isn’t, and the whole point of this enterprise is beating Trump.”

– Tim Miller, former Jeb Bush communications director

 
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Ten candidates met on stage to debate in Detroit, Michigan, on Wednesday night. CNN hosted and Dana Bash, Don Lemon, and Jake Tapper moderated the event. Read a transcript of the debate here ([link removed]) .

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MICHAEL BENNET ([link removed]) said the Affordable Care Act should have a public option and criticized Medicare for All plans that “would make illegal employer-based health insurance in this country and massively raise taxes on the middle class to the tune of $30 trillion.” Bennet said Congress needed to be smart in how it approached impeachment since the U.S. Senate could acquit TRUMP if it reached that chamber.

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JOE BIDEN ([link removed]) advocated expanding the Affordable Care Act and questioned Medicare for All proposals that had lengthy phase-ins or would significantly increase taxes. He defended his record on immigration and deportations during the Obama administration, pointing to a $750 million aid package for Central America and efforts to help Dreamers. He said he would not rejoin the TPP unless it was renegotiated to include greater accountability for China.

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BILL DE BLASIO ([link removed]) said he would “tax the hell out of the wealthy to make this a fairer country and to make sure it’s a country that puts working people first.” He also cautioned that impeachment proceedings could be distracting and take focus away from economic issues. De Blasio questioned whether BIDEN pushed back on deportations during the Obama administration. 

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CORY BOOKER ([link removed]) said he worked to reduce racial disparities in criminal justice and criticized BIDEN’S record and 1994 crime bill. He also said Democrats lost Michigan in 2016 “because everybody from Republicans to Russians were targeting the suppression of African American voters.” Booker said impeachment proceedings needed to begin regardless of the politics.

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JULIÁN CASTRO ([link removed]) presented his proposal on new policing standards. He also advocated decriminalizing unauthorized border crossings and criticized BIDEN on immigration policy during their shared time in the Obama administration, saying “one of us has learned the lessons of the past and one of us hasn't.” He also said TRUMP should be impeached immediately regardless of the political outcome.

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TULSI GABBARD ([link removed]) criticized HARRIS’ record as a prosecutor and on the death penalty and healthcare. She said insurance and pharmaceutical companies should not be involved in the drafting process for new healthcare legislation. Gabbard also opposed TPP, saying the agreement gives away American sovereignty, and called for the withdrawal of troops in Afghanistan. 

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KIRSTEN GILLIBRAND ([link removed]) emphasized that insurance companies are for-profit companies and said healthcare should be a right. She opposed the USMCA, particularly its provisions protecting intellectual property rights for pharmaceutical companies. She criticized BIDEN for a 1981 op-ed where he said expanding the childcare tax credit for wealthy families would subsidize the deterioration of family.

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KAMALA HARRIS ([link removed]) discussed her healthcare proposal, which would replace employer-based coverage but allow some people to keep Medicare Advantage. She criticized BIDEN’S plan, saying it would not hold insurance and pharmaceutical companies responsible for cost issues. She also called TRUMP’S trade policy a Trump trade tax on goods.

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JAY INSLEE ([link removed]) called TRUMP a white nationalist while discussing immigration and said the U.S. needed to expand its refugee programs. Inslee said his climate change plan was called the gold standard and that the U.S. could not delay getting off of coal and fossil fuels past a timeline of 10 years.

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ANDREW YANG ([link removed]) said “the opposite of Donald Trump is an Asian man who likes math” and the country needed to do something different. He highlighted his universal basic income proposal in several contexts, including pay equity for homemakers. Yang also said money spent on conflicts abroad should have been invested in U.S. communities.

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BOOKER introduced ([link removed]) a bill to abolish the death penalty with fellow Sens. Dick Durbin and Patrick Leahy.

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The JOHN DELANEY ([link removed]) campaign said ([link removed]) it had its best online fundraising day following the debate, increasing his donor rate twenty-fold.

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The MIKE GRAVEL ([link removed]) campaign tweeted ([link removed]) it was coming to an end. The campaign would donate its funds to charity and form the Gravel Institute, a self-described leftist think tank.

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BETO O'ROURKE ([link removed]) campaigned ([link removed]) in Macomb County, a pivot county ([link removed]) in Michigan.

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The BERNIE SANDERS ([link removed]) campaign announced ([link removed]) it had raised $1.1 million since the Tuesday debate from more than 70,000 contributions.

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During Tuesday night’s Democratic debate, MARIANNE WILLIAMSON ([link removed]) was ([link removed]) the top-searched candidate on Google in 49 states.

 
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The pro-DONALD TRUMP ([link removed]) super PACs America First Action and America First Policies raised ([link removed]) $17.8 million in the first half of 2019.

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Investor GEORGE SOROS ([link removed]) , who said last year that he did not plan to become involved in the Democratic primaries, founded ([link removed]) Democracy PAC in preparation for the 2020 elections. He contributed $5.1 million to the new group.

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** WHAT WE’RE READING
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FiveThirtyEight: How Tom Steyer Could Win The 2020 Democratic Primary ([link removed])

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RealClearPolitics: 6 Takeaways From the Democratic Debate, Night 2 ([link removed])

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Reuters: Biden faces fierce attacks, fights back in combative Democratic debate ([link removed])

FLASHBACK: AUGUST 1, 2015

Receiving an endorsement from Friends of the Earth, Bernie Sanders called ([link removed]) climate change “the single greatest threat facing the planet.”
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