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Five Democrats Square Off in First of Six Presidential Debates

HeadlineOct 14, 2015

Five Democratic presidential candidates faced off Tuesday night in the first of six debates in the 2016 campaign. The participants were former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders, former Maryland Governor Martin O’Malley, former Virginia Senator Jim Webb and former Rhode Island Governor Lincoln Chafee. They squared off on topics including gun control, economic inequality, regulation of Wall Street and the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. In the most heavily tweeted moment of the night, Senator Sanders said the debate should focus on income inequality—not on Hillary Clinton’s use of a private email server.

Sen. Bernie Sanders: “Let me say something that may not be great politics, but I think the secretary is right. And that is that the American people are sick and tired of hearing about your damn emails.”

Hillary Clinton: “Thank you. Me, too. Me, too.”

We’ll have more on the debate after headlines.

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