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Pete Buttigieg has been making a generational argument on the campaign trail. Tonight, the Sout Bend Mayor is standing next to Joe Biden, a Democrat who had been in the Senate for roughly a decade by the time Buttigieg was born https://t.co/hL0vFDrclU — PolitiTweet.org

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Harris, asked whether Democrat should have to explain who they pay for plans, said, "I hear that question, but where was that question when the Republicans and Donald Trump passed tax bill?" She adds, "This economy is not working of working people." — PolitiTweet.org

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Sanders on whether middle class Americans will pay more in taxes under the Medicare for All program: "Yes, they will pay more in taxes but less in health care for what they get." — PolitiTweet.org

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Gillibrand will take the stage tonight hoping to cast herself as the race’s clear champion for women, an aide tells CNN. And after watching last night’s contest, the aide said, the Democrat plans to invoke Trump more than candidates did so last night. https://t.co/vsp3Zvgyrb — PolitiTweet.org

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John Delaney to CNN: Sanders "is not a Democrat," and "I don't think we should be getting in line" behind him https://t.co/CpahqIOt9Q — PolitiTweet.org

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How will the two top contenders in the primary – who will be standing side by side – handle each other? Will other candidates bring up the issues Buttigieg faces at home? How will Harris talk about her record? Who will win the "Who is" game? https://t.co/kRPGeeicUi w/ @GregJKrieg — PolitiTweet.org

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De Blasio to @wolfblitzer: “That's an honest mistake. And I do apologize for it. ... I do apologize, because I didn't understand the context. And I certainly did not mean to offend anyone.” — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @GregJKrieg: Sanders CM @fshakir -- talking about Biden's telling donors, "nothing would fundamentally change” -- says in a Sanders admi… — PolitiTweet.org

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@dougblandry Linc "Block of Granite" Chaffee — PolitiTweet.org

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You know who else never came to a spin room in 2016? — PolitiTweet.org

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Delaney on Sanders/Warren/Medicare for All: “Senator Warren - who has a plan for everything - but has outsourced health care to someone who isn’t even a Democrat. We should not allow Senator Sanders to hijack the Democratic Party and use it as a vessel for his socialist agenda.” — PolitiTweet.org

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Also, this from @DavidWright_CNN: About halfway through the debate last night (9:43pm), Julian Castro had seen a 2,400% spike in Google search interest since the start of the debate. https://t.co/573XZboWA9 — PolitiTweet.org

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Julian Castro had his best night of fundraising on Wednesday and overnight into Thursday, his campaign spokesman tells CNN, further proof that he got a boost from directly going after former Rep. Beto O’Rourke on immigration at Wednesday night’s debate. — PolitiTweet.org

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Castro - in a series of retweets - shows how much he and his team are enjoying being on the punching end of the Castro-Beto relationship: https://t.co/ThkZN7ETtk — PolitiTweet.org

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O’Rourke on @NewDay felt like he was the target of attacks: “I sure did. That's part of politics & part of the debate. ... I felt like my responsibility was to describe my vision for the country. ... Others had a different strategy. One that involved attacking other candidates.” — PolitiTweet.org

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Castro on @NewDay: “Clearly I had a great night. Before last night, there were a lot of American voters who hadn’t had the opportunity to hear from me…last night people saw that I have a strong track record of getting things done, I have the right experience.” — PolitiTweet.org

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Underneath the back-and-forth was the personal relationship between the two Texans. Although they have worked together in the past, it appeared to many in the state that the congressman had eclipsed Castro as the state's pre-eminent Dem during his ‘18 run https://t.co/w1FY7Fz0j1 — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @GregJKrieg: Warren pulls Bernie closer as the race-within-the-race to be the progressive champion gets more interesting still... w/ ⁦⁦… — PolitiTweet.org

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Julián Castro & Beto O'Rourke, two relatively young Dems from Texas, have been circling each other for months as both vie to propel themselves out of the Lone Star state & into the White House. And tonight, their relationship came to a head. From Miami: https://t.co/w1FY7Fz0j1 — PolitiTweet.org

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The number of times I have seen reporters come up to @JoaquinCastrotx and ask him questions like he is @JulianCastro cannot be counted on two hands. — PolitiTweet.org

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De Blasio told me this on Friday: "Look, obviously they are going through a tragedy there in South Bend and a lot o… https://t.co/KKm365RPTF — PolitiTweet.org

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This from Inslee on climate change is a distillation of his entire campaign: "This has to be the top propriety of the United States, the organizing principle to mobilize the United States so we can do what we have always done, lead the world and invent the future." — PolitiTweet.org

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This from Inslee on climate change is a distillation of is entire campaign: "This has to be the top propriety of the United States, the organizing principle to mobilize the United States so we can do what we have always done, lead the world and invent the future." — PolitiTweet.org

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Booker on guns: "If you need a license to drive a car, you should need a license to buy and own a firearm." Booker, in a knock against some on stage with him, not that "not everybody in this field" agrees with him. — PolitiTweet.org

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Julián Castro and Beto O’Rourke clashed over immigration, with the two Texas Democrats going after each other on whether or not coming across the border illegally should be a crime. Our piece: https://t.co/XPTah94jrq — PolitiTweet.org

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O'Rourke told @jaketapper earlier this month that he does not support Castro's plan to decriminalize crossing the border. It's clear Castro was watching and came ready to go after Beto on the issue. — PolitiTweet.org

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Castro goes directly at O'Rourke: “Some of us on this stage have called to end that section, to terminate it, some, like Congressman O’Rourke, have not.” — PolitiTweet.org

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That between Castro and Beto was - by far - the most direct clash of this debate so far. "If you did your homework on this issue," Castro told Beto re: his understanding of border crossings. "I just think it is a mistake," Castro added of Beto's plan. — PolitiTweet.org

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De Blasio's team going in said the mayor was heading into the debate ready to jump in and draw a distinction where there was one And the back and forth with Beto - "It’s not working," he said of the health care system - was an example of that. — PolitiTweet.org

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Your first meme'd moment from this debate... — PolitiTweet.org