Campaign 2020 July 30, 2019

The Most Memorable Moments Of The First CNN Debate

DETROIT, MICHIGAN - JULY 30: Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) (C) speaks while Marianne Williamson, (L-R), Rep. Tim Ryan (D-OH), Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Indiana Mayor Pete Buttigieg, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT), former Texas congressman Beto O'Rourke, former Colorado governor John Hickenlooper, former Maryland congressman John Delaney, and Montana Gov. Steve Bullock take the stage at the beginning of the Democratic Presidential Debate at the Fox Theatre July 30, 2019 in Detroit, Michigan. 20 Democratic presidential candidates were split into two groups of 10 to take part in the debate sponsored by CNN held over two nights at Detroit’s Fox Theatre. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

There are a lot of moments from the second round of debates that will have people talking over the next 48 hours (or more). Here are some of the most memorable quotes from night one. These were the candidates on the stage:

Sens. Elizabeth Warren, Bernie Sanders, and Amy Klobuchar, South Bend, Mayor Pete Buttigieg. former Texas congressman Beto O’Rourke, author Marianne Williamson, Rep. Tim Ryan of Ohio, former Gov. John Hickenlooper of Colorado, former Rep John Delaney, and Montana Gov. Steve Bullock of Montana.

Best moment of the #DemDebate so far.@ewarren: "I don't understand why anybody goes to all the trouble of running for the president of the United States just to talk about what we really can't do and shouldn't fight for. I don't get it." pic.twitter.com/m7b1pGEelZ
— Zack Ford (@ZackFord) July 31, 2019

Buttigieg: It's time to stop worrying about what the Republicans will say. If we embrace a far left agenda, they're going to say we're a bunch of crazy socialists. If we embrace a conservative agenda, they're going to say we're a bunch of crazy socialists. pic.twitter.com/F76aDJN9qn
— Axios (@axios) July 31, 2019

Beto O'Rourke: "In the face of cruelty and fear from a lawless President, we will choose to be the nation that stands up for the human rights of everyone… We will ensure each one of us is well enough and educated enough and paid enough to realize our full potential" #DemDebate pic.twitter.com/155Ns9Z1Yv
— CNN (@CNN) July 31, 2019

Bernie Sanders: "We have got to take on Trump's racism, his sexism, xenophobia, and come together in an unprecedented grassroots movement to not only defeat Trump but to transform our economy and our government" https://t.co/3oXnBfWzEU #DemDebate pic.twitter.com/m0RCySqeUc
— CNN (@CNN) July 31, 2019

My 11-year-old nephew Jeremy was shot and killed on his school playground.

Like too many in Gilroy, Parkland, and across the country — my family and I know the pain of gun violence.

No one else should ever have to. #DemDebate pic.twitter.com/GFifnB2gC0
— Steve Bullock (@GovernorBullock) July 31, 2019

Amy Klobuchar says that as President, she would take on the NRA: "The people are with us now. After Parkland, those students just didn't march. They talked to their dads and their grandpas and the hunters in their family and they said there must be a better way." #DemDebate pic.twitter.com/r3q01KNLOZ
— CNN (@CNN) July 31, 2019

We must live our values. @ewarren will not criminalize mothers, babies, and families fleeing violence and seeking refuge in the United States. #DemDebate pic.twitter.com/bQ1Ukx3DEH
— Team Warren (@TeamWarren) July 31, 2019

“You don’t know that,” Rep. Tim Ryan tells Sen. Bernie Sanders when Sanders says “Medicare For All” will provide union members with better health coverage.

Sanders responds: “I do know that — I wrote the damn bill.” https://t.co/eLVyIAvatR #DemDebate pic.twitter.com/sjDMx6dnG5
— CNN (@CNN) July 31, 2019

Former Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper says Sen. Bernie Sanders' policies are a "disaster at the ballot box," adding that "you might as well FedEx the election to Donald Trump." #DemDebate https://t.co/oRT2pUk1W4 pic.twitter.com/uNcYndGjfP
— CNN (@CNN) July 31, 2019

I don’t care how old you are—I care about your vision. We cannot have a vision that amounts to back to "normal." It’s the only reason we got this president, that "normal" didn’t work. #DemDebate pic.twitter.com/uGIVdlv2Dq
— Pete Buttigieg (@PeteButtigieg) July 31, 2019