Somewhere I have cat/dog debates, but since I can’t find it, this image will do.
I will transcribe what I can, summarize when I can’t keep up, update during commercials, and let y’all run the commentary below! Enjoy!
Opening Statements:
Bullock: A lot in my state voted for *rump. Prochoice, pro-union, populist, won red state by getting stuff done. Show up, listen, focus on the challenges of everyday America. That farmer getting hit by trade wars, that teacher working second job can't wait for revolution. Problems here on now. Emphasis on progress.
Williamson: In 1776, our founders brought an extraordinary new possibility. All people would thrive. We have not ever totally actualized this ideal, but best when we try. When opposed, generations of Americans push back. Now it is time for a generation of Americans to rise up again. An amoral system has turned profits into a false God. Conventional politics is part of the problem. We must create a new possibility.
Delaney: Folks, we have a choice. We can go down the road that Senator Sanders and Senator Warren want to take us, which are bad policies and free everything, which will turn off voters. Or we can nominate new ideas with choice, unify country, grow economy, create jobs everywhere, then we will win the White House. I am the son of a construction worker. I was the youngest CEO in the history of the stock exchange. My platform is real solutions.
Ryan: America is great. But not everyone can access America's greatness. The systems that were built to lift us up are now suffocating the American people. The economic system now forces us to have 2-3 jobs just to get by. Most families when doing their bills get a pit in the middle of their stomach. This isn't about left or right. This is about new and better. It's not about reforming old systems. It's about building new systems. I will offer solutions that are bold, realistic, and a clean break.
Hickenlooper: Last year Democrats flipped 40 seats. Not one of those 40 Dems share the policies of our front runners. I was out of work. I learned small business lessons of how to provide service and teamwork and became top mayor. We expanded health care, reproductive rights, climate change. We got people together to get things done, provided solutions to problems, worked together, created jobs.
Klobuchar: Let's get real. Ultimately, we have to beat *rump. I am the daughter of a union teacher and a newspaper man. That's because we come from a country of shared dreams. I have had it with the racist attacks. I have had it with a President who promises he has your back, then your prices are up. I can win this, I'm from the Midwest, I have won every race, every place, every time. I will govern with integrity.
O'Rourke: I am running because I believe America discovers its greatness at its moment of greatest need. In this test, America will be redeemed. We will stand up for the human rights of everyone, for the rule of law for everyone. We are Americans first. We will ensure each one of us is well enough and educated enough and paid enough to realize our full potential. We will confront endless war and climate change. At this moment of truth, let us make a more perfect union.
Buttigieg: I am running because our country is running out of time. It is even bigger than the emergency of this presidency. America was already in a crisis, an economy that was not working, endless war, climate change. It is only accelerating. We have 12 years before we reach catastrophe. A woman's right to choose may not even exist. We are not going to be able to meet this moment by recycling the same politicians as have dominated Washington since I've been alive.
Warren: *Rump disgraces the office of president every single day. Anyone on this stage will be a far better president. I promise no matter who president nominee is, I will work my heart out for a Democratic president and Congress. *rump has kicked dirt in our faces. We are not going to solve the urgent problems we face with small ideas and spinelessness. We will be the party of big structural change, our economy working for everyone. I know what's broken, I know how to fix it, and I will fight to make it happen.
Sanders: Tonight, 87 million Americans are unninsured or underinsured, but the health care industry made billions in profits last year. Americans are sleeping on the streets, but companies like Amazon did not pay income tax. Tonight, half of Americans live paycheck to paycheck, yet 49% of all new income goes to the top 1%. Tonight the fossil fuel industry receives tax breaks while they destroy the planet. We have to take on racism and xenophobia, and transform our economy and our government.