1:56
- ABC News
- February 20, 2020
Dems clash at Las Vegas debate:
The candidates sparred on race, gender, funding and more.
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He does not directly respond to her critique.
The debate is now getting underway.
It's the first time Bloomberg has taken the debate stage this election cycle and the candidates have sparred all day ahead of this showdown--a foreshadowing of the possible back and forth that could take place on stage. Many in the Democratic field have criticized the former New York city mayor for the way he has leveraged his substantial wealth in the contest.
\"The Nevada Democratic Party and countless volunteers and partners organized and lifted up diverse communities across every inch of this state...Nevada is truly a microcosm of America,\" he said
Perez also touts voter turnout in Nevada following Democrats' record-breaking turnout in New Hampshire.
\"We're already at 70,000 early voters here and to give you some perspective, in 2016, 84,000 people turned out in total on caucus day,\" he says. \"Our unity is indeed our greatest strength.\"
Former Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid, a retired five-term senator from Nevada and an architect of the state's Democratic caucuses, welcomes the audience to the Silver state, where \"state parties are meaningful,\" he says.
He also pitches Nevada for first-in-the-nation status saying, \"Iowa and New Hampshire do not represent the makeup of the United States. That's why pundits are saying and I'm saying that we should have Nevada as the first state to vote.\"
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He takes a moment to reflect on his tenure in the Senate, saying \"every time we had another woman in the Senate, the Senate got better.\"
\"Nevada is a state that is representative of the country. It's diverse. It's heavily unionized,\" he continues. \"What are we going to do? The main thing we're going to do is thump Trump.\"
The six candidates who qualified for the debate are former Vice President Joe Biden, former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, former South Bend, Indiana, Mayor Pete Buttigieg, Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar, Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders and Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren.
Bloomberg, the newest face to Wednesday's lineup, has not graced a debate stage in more than a decade -- and he’s never been on one this crowded.
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