The next round features former vice president Biden squaring off against number two candidate Bernie Sanders and eight others — the climax of the biggest American political debate since the 2016 presidential campaign. Despite heavy campaigning in early voting states, millions of Americans were tuning in to the 2020 race for the first time. De Blasio earned loud applause when he addressed citizens who have been told that immigrants have helped cause their woes. In closing remarks she recalled growing up in Oklahoma where a government-funded community college helped her catch a break. The pair will face up-and-comers like Senator Kamala Harris, the only black woman in the race, and Pete Buttigieg, the 37-year-old gay mayor of South Bend, Indiana.

Source: The Guardian June 27, 2019 14:03 UTC