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当地时间7月30日晚，2020年美国总统大选民主党初选第二轮电视辩论拉开帷幕。参加首日辩论的10位总统竞选人就医保、控枪以及边境等问题展开了同台激辩。

据报道，此次辩论在密歇根州底特律市的福克斯剧院举行。辩论共分为两场，每场共10名竞选者出席。包括桑德斯和沃伦等热门候选人在内的10人参加了30日晚的辩论，而拜登和在第一轮辩论中表现突出的哈里斯等另外10人则将在31日晚进行辩论。

这场堪比《奇葩说》的“总统101”尽管是政治辩论，引起了全网的关注——毕竟对于美国人民来说，总统大选绝对比爱豆选秀要精彩刺激多了，就连网上的吃瓜群众纷纷吐槽，金句连连。

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第二轮电视辩论要点（7.30）

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A handful of low-polling moderates hoped to break through in a crowded Democratic field during Tuesday's debate by confronting the top-tier candidates on stage, Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren and Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders.

The two most progressive candidates in the 2020 Democratic field struck inspirational tones, with Warren urging Democrats to be "the party of big, structural change." And they won over the crowd as they debated with moderate critics who tried to question their electability and the feasibility of their ideas, but failed to knock either candidate on their heels even once.

In the process, they could have eased primary voters' fears that their policy proposals would make ripe targets for President Donald Trump and the GOP in a general election.

For their part, moderates pushed back as they tried to define themselves on health care and decriminalizing the border. Mostly, though, their highlighting of ideological differences within the party offered Warren and Sanders a tune-up for higher-stakes showdowns this fall against the Democratic front-runner, former Vice President Joe Biden.

Here are seven takeaways from Tuesday night, the first of the two nights of CNN's Democratic debate in Detroit:

1. Warren and Sanders swat away their critics

Former Maryland Rep. John Delaney's argument for pragmatism midway through the debate teed Warren up -- and she landed a haymaker.

"I don't understand why anybody goes to the trouble of running for president of the United States just to talk about what we really can't do and shouldn't fight for," Warren said.

The crowd erupted. Before the debate ended, Delaney's Wikipedia page had been updated to say he'd died at Warren's hands in Detroit.

It wasn't the only time Warren took on Delaney. Early on, she called his attacks on "Medicare for All" proposals "Republican talking points."

Then there was Sanders' retort when Ohio Rep. Tim Ryan told him that "you don't know that" as he questioned the coverage Medicare for All would provide.

"I do know. I wrote the damn bill," Sanders shot back.

The visuals were memorable, too. Sanders at one point threw his hands up at Hickenlooper. Warren rubbed her hands at the thought of implementing her 2% wealth tax on Delaney's $65 million personal fortune.

Delaney, Ryan, former Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper and Montana Gov. Steve Bullock all went at Sanders and Warren from the right. Delaney began the debate by comparing the two to failed Democratic nominees George McGovern (1972), Walter Mondale (1984) and Michael Dukakis (1988).

The problem facing the moderates is that their arguments largely consisted of dire warnings about the political consequences of moving too far left. They didn't offer Democratic voters an alternative vision for a post-Trump America.

It's why none of them landed real blows on Warren or Sanders all night. If anything, sparring with the low-polling quartet served to sharpen Warren and Sanders for the fights against stronger opponents ahead.

2. No daylight between Warren and Sanders

The top two-polling progressives in the Democratic field were positioned on stage next to each other Tuesday night. But they showed no appetite for a fight with each other.

Instead, Warren and Sanders largely stood together, beating back moderate critics all night.

The two are courting different voters right now, but eventually, one of the them will need to consolidate progressive support to win the Democratic nomination.

Still, Tuesday night showed that the time to turn against each other could be months away. Both are considered top-tier candidates who poll viably and are raising money effectively, and both appear to believe it's far too early to take such a risk.

3. 'Dark psychic force'

Author Marianne Williamson provided one of the night's most memorable moments when she addressed the water crisis in Flint, Michigan, with a stirring condemnation of environmental racism -- and other candidates' approach to talking about it.

"This is part of the dark underbelly of American society, the racism, the bigotry, and the entire conversation that we're having here tonight -- if you think any of this wonkiness is going to deal with this dark psychic force of the collectivized hatred that this President is bringing up in this country, then I'm afraid that the Democrats are going to see some very dark days," she said.

"We need to say it like it is," Williamson said. "It's bigger than Flint. It's all over this country. It's particularly people of color. It's particularly people who do not have the money to fight back, and if the Democrats don't start saying it, why would those people feel they're there for us? And if those people don't feel it, they won't vote for us and Donald Trump will win."

The answer was a reminder of how powerful the perspective of a political outsider can be in presidential races. Williamson is a low-polling long-shot, but generated buzz with her condemnation of "wonkiness" on racism.

4. Seeking a middle ground on health care

The debate began with a battle over health care dominated by Sanders and Warren defending Medicare for All against Delaney, Hickenlooper and Montana Gov. Steve Bullock, who cast it as politically fraught in a general election.

Former Texas Rep. Beto O'Rourke and South Bend, Indiana, Mayor Pete Buttigieg sought middle grounds -- and their answers on health care underscored where they are trying to fit into the Democratic field.

O'Rourke touted a plan called "Medicare for America." It would enroll uninsured Americans in Medicare, and allow those who are dissatisfied with their private insurance to opt into Medicare -- while retaining private insurance for those who wish to keep it.

"Our plan ensures everyone is enrolled in Medicare or can keep their employer-sponsored insurance," he said.

Buttigieg argued for a similar approach -- and said Democrats should stop worrying about being called socialists by Republicans over the health care policies they back.

"If it's true that if we embrace a far-left agenda, they're going to say we're a bunch of crazy socialists. If we embrace a conservative agenda, you know what they're going to do? They're going to say we're a bunch of crazy socialists," he said. "So let's just stand up for the right policy, go out there and defend it."

5. Arguments for reparations

Asked about racism, O'Rourke was the first Democrat on stage to argue for a step toward reparations.

"The very foundation of this country -- the wealth that we have built, the way we became the greatest country on the face of the planet -- was literally on the backs of those who were kidnapped and brought here by force," he said.

O'Rourke said he backs legislation by Texas Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee that would create a commission to study reparations.

It was an effective moment for O'Rourke -- who, like Buttigieg, Williamson and Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar -- didn't end up playing a part of the memorable clashes with other candidates, because they didn't fit into the progressives-vs.-moderates theme that Warren, Sanders and their critics established early on.

"We need to recognize when it comes to the economic gap between black and whites in America, it does come from a great injustice that has never been dealt with," she said.

6. Trying to make moments

Klobuchar struggled more to get into the action. She didn't attack Warren and Sanders the way others did, and there are reasons for her approach -- Klobuchar could end up a viable contender for the vice presidential nomination. But she did stake out moderate ground in her opening statement.

"You're going to hear a lot of promises up here, but I'm going will tell you this," she said. "Yes, I have bold ideas but they are grounded in reality. And, yes, I will make some simple promises. I can win this. I'm from the Midwest. And I have won every race, every place, every time."

Buttigieg's best moment came when he made the case for structural reform to the American political system -- the issue on which his proposals have been the furthest-reaching in the Democratic field.

"Of course we need to get money out of politics, but when I propose the actual structural democratic reforms that might make a difference -- end the electoral college, amend the Constitution if necessary to clear up Citizens United, have D.C. actually be a state, and depoliticize the Supreme Court with structural reform -- people look at me funny, as if this country was incapable of structural reform," Buttigieg said.

"This is a country that once changed its Constitution so you couldn't drink and changed it back because we changed our minds and you're telling me we can't reform our democracy in our time. We have to or we will be having the same argument 20 years from now."

7. Ideological split on decriminalizing the border

Mirroring the debate on health care, progressives and more moderate candidates split on the question of whether to decriminalize crossing the border illegally.

Warren said the current law "has given Donald Trump the tool to break families apart." Sanders also said he would decriminalize crossing the border.

But more moderate candidates said they would retain laws against crossing the border illegally.

"We can argue over the finer points of which parts should be handled by civil law and criminal law," Buttigieg said.

He later added: "If fraud is involved, that's suitable for the criminal statute. If not, it should be handled under civil law."

O'Rourke said he would waive green card fees, give so-called "Dreamers" -- undocumented immigrants who were brought into the US as children -- citizenship, ease the process of seeking asylum and aid struggling Central American countries.

"Then, I expect that people will come here, follow our laws, and we reserve the right to criminally prosecute them if they do not," he said.

Hickenlooper said: "I agree that we need to secure borders. There is no question about that. The frustration with what's going on in Washington is they are kicking the ball back and forth. Secure the borders and make sure whatever law we have doesn't allow children to be snatched from parents and put in cages."

美民主党总统初选第二轮辩论（2）

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During the first night of debates, issues including healthcare and taxation took center stage as progressive Sens. Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren faced off against a number of centrist Democrats who disagreed with their plan to implement a single-payer Medicare for All system.

On Wednesday night, former Vice President Joe Biden, Sen. Kamala Harris of California, Sen. Cory Booker of New Jersey, former HUD Secretary Julián Castro, entrepreneur Andrew Yang, Sen. Michael Bennet of Colorado, Gov. Jay Inslee of Washington, Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand of New York, Rep. Tulsi Gabbard of Hawaii, and New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio debated each other.

Read more: 2020 Democrats excoriated Joe Biden for his record on immigration and for repeatedly invoking Obama's name on the campaign trail

Booker and Gabbard were the surprise breakout stars of the second debate, taking the frontrunners Biden and Harris to task over their records on everything from immigration to criminal justice.

While Harris put herself in a strong position in the first debate in attacking Biden over his record on race, she found herself on the defensive in Wednesday night's debate, stumbling a bit in defending her healthcare plans and finding herself knocked back on her heels by an attack on her criminal justice record from Gabbard.

Here are 13 of the biggest takeaways from night two of the second round of Democratic primary debates:

Biden came to the debate prepared to be again targeted by Harris.

Biden jokingly said, "go easy on me, kid" to Harris as the two shook hands before the second debate started, a reference to Harris' attacks on Biden over his record on race during the first debate in June.

In the first set of Democratic debates in Miami on June 27, Harris took a deliberate shot at Biden over his long and controversial record on racial issues. She said Biden touting his work with pro-segregation senators was "personal and hurtful" to her.

"I do not believe you are a racist, and I agree with you when you commit yourself to the importance of finding common ground, but it's personal and it was hurtful to hear you talk about the reputations of two United States senators who built their reputations and career on the segregation of race in this country."

While Biden didn't hit back at Harris in the moment, he said at a fundraiser shortly before the debate that "he wasn't going to be as polite this time around."

Healthcare took center stage throughout the entire debate, as Biden and Harris both sparred over her Medicare for All plan.

In the week prior to the second round of Democratic primary debates, Harris rolled out her own healthcare plan. She sought to strike a middle ground between a Medicare for All system, without a role for private insurance, and more moderate plans to introduce a public option and build on the ACA, which Biden has advocated for.

Harris' plan would implement a government-run healthcare system over 10 years that would include a role for private insurance companies to compete within it, similar to the current Medicare Advantage program.

Biden argued in the debate that Harris' 10-year timeline was too drawn out and depended on her successor implementing it, adding, "Secondly, it will require middle-class taxes to go up, not down. Thirdly, it will eliminate employer-based insurance. And fourthly, what will happen in the meantime?"

In response, Harris defended her plan by arguing, "First of all, the cost of doing nothing is far too expensive. Second, we are now paying $3 trillion a year for health care in America. Over the next ten years it will probably be $6 trillion. We must act. My plan is immediately allowing people to sign up and get into coverage."

Michael Bennet distinguished himself as a centrist voice on issues from healthcare to immigration.

While other progressives like Gillibrand, Gabbard, and De Blasio took Harris' side in arguing for Medicare for All, Bennet — the other centrist on stage besides Biden — pushed back and argued that introducing a public option is a faster way to get to universal coverage

"I believe we should finish the job we started with the Affordable Care Act with a public option that gives everybody in this audience a chance to pick for their family if they want private or public insurance," Bennet said, arguing that Medicare for All "would make illegal employer-based health insurance in this country and massively raise taxes on the middle class to the tune of $30 trillion as Joe Biden said."'

In response, De Blasio accused Bennet of "fearmongering" with his warning about tax increases.

Bennet was also the only candidate on stage to oppose decriminalizing unauthorized border crossings.

Race, racism, and Trump were discussed at length.

The second debate night featured a historic number of candidates of color. Booker discussed the issue of race in his opening statement, denouncing President Donald Trump's racist and racially-charged attacks on Democrats of color in recent weeks.

In his opening statement, Booker said, "Donald Trump from Charleston, to Baltimore, to the border is using the tired old language of demagogues, of fear mongers and racists to divide our country against itself. We know who Donald Trump is, but in this election, the question is who are we as a people?"

Later in the debate, Inslee became the first presidential candidate to directly call Trump "a white nationalist."

And Castro also denounced Trump's comments and laid out a number of steps he would take to improve cities like Baltimore, including expanding access to education and enacting policies to desegregate school districts and neighborhoods.

Castro and Booker teamed up to criticize Biden over the Obama administration's immigration policies.

Under the Obama administration, in which Biden served as vice president and Castro as Housing and Urban Development Secretary, the federal government oversaw 800,000 deportations.

After moderator Don Lemon asked Biden if high levels of deportations would continue under his administration, Biden took the opportunity to attack Castro, saying, "I found that the secretary, we sat together in many meetings, I never heard him talk about any of this when he was the secretary."

Castro swiftly hit back at Biden, saying, " It looks like one of us has learned from the lessons of the past and one of us hasn't" to loud applause.

When Biden defended Obama's attempts at immigration reform and said that any immigrant with a PhD should be let in, Booker accused him of "playing into what the Republicans want, to pit some immigrants against other immigrants ... this should be a country that honors everyone."

Biden invoked President Barack Obama — a popular figure among Democrats — at every turn, but Booker called him out about it.

"First of all, you can't have it both ways. You invoke President Obama more than anybody in this campaign. You can't do it when it's convenient and dodge it when it's not," Booker said when Biden tried to deflect a question about his role in the Obama administration's harsh immigration policies.

Andrew Yang bounced back and earned lots of applause after a disappointing first debate performance in Miami.

In the first debate in June, Yang only spoke for 2 minutes and 38 seconds, finding himself overshadowed by higher-polling candidates. But he turned things around in Wednesday's debate, giving sharp and unique responses to economic policy questions.

"I'm building a coalition of disaffected Trump voters, independents and libertarians and democratic and Progressive. I'm best to suited to beat Trump. How to win in Michigan and Ohio and Pennsylvania," Yang said in making a case for his electability against Trump.

Yang earned himself huge applause in arguing for a new way to measure economic prosperity.

"The problem is that so many people feel like the economy has left them behind... The way we win the election is we redefine economic progress to include the things that matter for people in Michigan and all of us. Like our health, well-being, mental health, clean air and clean water ... if we change the measurements for the economy to our own well being we'll win this election."

Booker took Biden to task over his criminal justice record, saying, "you're dipping into the Kool-Aid and you don't even know the flavor."

"This is a crisis in our country because we have treated issues of race and poverty and addiction by locking people up and not lifting them up. Since the 1970s, every crime bill, major and minor, has had his name on it," Booker said in criticizing Biden over his record.

"We have a system right now that's broken. And if you want to compare records and I'm shocked that you do, I am happy to do that. Because all the problems that he is talking about that he created, I actually led the bill that got passed into law that reverses the damages," Booker added, referring to the FIRST STEP Act, a bipartisan criminal justice reform bill that passed in 2018.

Biden tried to hit back at Booker over discriminatory policing practices in the city of Newark, where Booker served as mayor from 2006 and 2013, but Booker was prepared.

"There's a saying in my community that you're dipping into the Kool-Aid and you don't even know the flavor. You need to come to the city and see the reforms we put in place," Booker said.

Castro took the fight directly to Biden over immigration. He also criticized de Blasio for not firing the New York City police officer who choke put Eric Garner in a chokehold causing his death in 2014.

"This is a great example, the other day, the Department of Justice not going after the officer that used a chokehold that was prohibited by NYPD. He did that 11 different times. Eric Garner said he ouldn't breathe. He knew what he was doing and yet he has not been brought to justice. That police officer should be off the street," Castro said.

Earlier, the debate had been disrupted by protesters chanting at de Blasio to fire the officer, Daniel Pantaleo, who the federal Department of Justice declined to prosecute.

Gabbard had a breakout moment when she slammed Harris over her own controversial record on criminal justice.

While Harris is branding herself as a progressive prosecutor, she's faced scrutiny over her record as San Francisco's district attorney and California's attorney general, which Gabbard brought to light on the debate stage.

"I'm concerned about this record of Senator Harris. She put over 1,500 people in jail for marijuana violations and laughed about it when she was asked if she ever smoked marijuana," Gabbard said at the debate.

Gabbard continued: "She blocked evidence that would have freed an innocent man from death row. She kept people in prison beyond their sentences to use them as cheap labor for the state of California, and she fought to keep cash bail system in place that impacts poor people in the worst kind of way."

Gabbard's attack knocked Harris back on her heels, who tried to defend herself by citing her efforts to reduce incarceration rates and claiming she opposed the death penalty, despite having defended it in court in 2014.

Harris, the star of the first debates, struggled mightily in the second.

In the first Democratic primary debate in June, Harris stood out and saw her poll numbers rise for her targeted attack on Biden's record on race.

But in the July debate, Harris found herself on the defensive both in the debate over her healthcare plan, and on her record on criminal justice issues, which left her vulnerable to attacks from Gabbard but meant she couldn't feasibly go after Biden on the same issue given her own history.

Between stumbling over her words in sparring with Biden over healthcare and Gabbard's direct hit over her highly controversial record on criminal justice, Harris struggled in the second debate.

The backbencher candidates punched up to get noticed.

Lower-polling candidates including De Blasio, Gabbard, Gillibrand, and Inslee — who are not guaranteed spots in the fall debates — took shots at the higher polling candidates in an effort to boost their profiles.

De Blasio attacked Biden over healthcare and criminal justice, Gabbard skewered Harris on her criminal justice record, Inslee slammed Biden's 2002 vote in favor of the war in Iraq, and Gillibrand took Biden to task on his previous writings on women in the workplace, leaning into her reputation as a warrior for women's rights.

Biden had a rough night, but finished strong when Harris and Gillibrand teamed up to attack him over his record on women's issues.

Gillibrand took Biden to task over an op-ed he previously wrote in which he expressed that women working outside the home "would quote create the deterioration of family," a sentiment Biden said he "never believed."

Biden vigorously defended his record on women's rights, saying the op-ed was written in the context of opposing a tax credit policy, and citing his own experience being a single father and being married to Jill Biden, an educator.

"I wrote the Violence Against Women Act. I was deeply involved in the equal pay amendment. I came up with the It's On US proposal, to see that women are treated decently on college campuses. You came to Syracuse with me and said it was wonderful," Biden said to Gillibrand.

Immediately afterward, Harris attacked Biden over his long-time support for the Hyde Amendment, which prevents federal programs like Medicare and Title X from covering abortion care except in rare cases, accusing him of being opportunistic in only recently opposing the amendment.

"I wrote the legislation making sure that every single woman would have the opportunity to have healthcare paid for by the federal government, everyone. That could no longer stand. I support a woman's right to choose."

2020年美国总统大选民主党第二轮电视辩论的首场在密歇根州的底特律市上演，在一个月前的迈阿密首轮辩论后，20名竞选人再次分两场同台激辩，争夺明年民主党总统候选人的资格。

当晚首先进行的第一场辩论中，如何阻止特朗普赢得第二个任期的话题从始至终笼罩着整个舞台，特朗普和共和党成为了许多竞选人嘴边最频繁提到的词汇之一。当天早些时候特朗普表示将密切关注辩论，但是在整个辩论过程中及结束后，他一反常态保持了沉默。

在距离2020年大选初选第一场正式投票还有6个多月之际，此次辩论也是对民主党内不同路线之争，以及对支持他们的不同年龄、种族、性别和意识形态选民的一次大检验。在接近三个小时的唇枪舌剑中，（较第一场辩论时间长了近三分之一），谈论了包括医疗保健、移民、边境保护、控枪、气候变化、种族问题和外交政策等诸多话题。在新的辩论规则下，竞选人之间的“交战”更为有序和深入。

民主党初选第二轮辩论第一场同台激辩的10名候选人

对于今晚的辩论，《纽约时报》分析认为是近期记忆中最具实质性的总统初选辩论之一，热门竞选人伊丽莎白·沃伦和伯尼·桑德斯是这场辩论的“获胜者”，两人分别以18分钟和17分钟占据了当晚发言时间最多的前两位。而美联社则更进一步认为，这场辩论显示，民主党内的进步自由派正在取得上风。

“我们唯一担心的是恐惧本身。我不害怕，民主党会赢。”参议员沃伦借用第32任美国总统罗斯福的名言说道。在当天的辩论中她始终激情澎湃，屡次说出“金句”博得台下阵阵掌声。

不过本场辩论主办方美国有线电视新闻网（CNN）的事后调查称，整场辩论只说了不到9分钟的边缘候选人，作家玛丽安·威廉姆森从某种程度来说成为了当晚“最引人注目的人”，她在为数不多的几次发言中，引发了台下观众热烈的掌声，统计显示，她成为了美国50个州中49个州观众在这次辩论中搜索最多的竞选人。

“我觉得很奇怪为什么在座的一些（竞选人）会自称为民主党人。为什么你会认为由政府来帮助民众是错的？这就是政府应该做的事情。” 她说道。

当晚，威廉姆森关于美国政府是否应该向历史上黑奴的后代支付赔偿金给出了最清楚和富有争议的答案：“我们需要认识到，当谈到美国黑人和白人之间的经济差距时，它源自于一个从未被处理过的巨大的不公正（历史上的黑奴制度）。”她说。

这一轮辩论可能是最后一次有如此众多的民主党竞选人站在同一个舞台上向全国观众展示自己，根据民主党全国委员会最新公布的要求，如果竞选人不能达到更高的民意支持率和筹款标准，那么他们将无缘参加在9月进行的第三轮电视辩论——通常来说，这也意味着退出竞选。

30日辩论10名竞选人发言时间排序

进步派和温和派分歧

在所有人一起高唱了美国国歌后，10名竞选人每个人发表了1分钟的开场陈词。

37岁的印第安纳达州南湾市市长皮特·布蒂吉格（Pete Buttigieg）说道：“我正在竞选总统，因为我们的国家已经没时间了。”

布蒂吉格是美国历史上最年轻的总统竞选人，而当晚站在他旁边的是最年长的竞选人——77岁的参议员伯尼·桑德斯。

当布蒂吉格被问到“在选择总统候选人时，选民是否应该考虑年龄”时，他快速地回答道，“我不在乎你的年龄。”

“我只关心你的愿景。我们可以有任何年纪的伟大的总统，”他补充道。对此，桑德斯表示同意。

在当晚的辩论中，同属于民主党进步自由派（Progressive）的参议员伯尼·桑德斯和伊丽莎白·沃伦并肩站在舞台的中心，成为了当晚的主角。两人一起反对其他一些温和派竞选人提出的更为保守的政策，并警告说，这样的理念会危及民主党在2020年夺取白宫的机会。

“我们必须兴起一场前所未有的基层运动，不仅要击败特朗普，还要改变我们的经济和政府。”桑德斯挥舞着双手说道。他支持废除所有商业保险，由联邦政府统一支付所有医疗保险。这一理念收到了一些温和派竞选人的反对，认为成本过高，效率低下。

参议员沃伦为桑德斯作出了辩护，讥讽温和派竞选人：“我不明白为什么有人为了竞选美国总统，去谈论那些我们其实做不了什么而且不应为之争论的事情。”她承诺在她当选后，大公司和“亿万富翁”们会在医疗方面支付更多费用，而中产阶级则需要支付更少的费用。

桑德斯和沃伦握手

除了医保，当晚的竞选人们还在是否应将边界的非法入境合法化上显示出了分歧。

沃伦说，现行法律“已经被特朗普用作导致家庭分裂的工具。”她认为，现在是时候扩大合法移民并创造一条通往公民身份的道路。桑德斯也表示他将对非法越过边界的难民予以“去罪化”。但更温和的竞选人表示，他们将保留禁止非法越境的法律。

根据CNN在辩论前的调查，在近5万份读者回应中，气候危机被认为是最重要的话题，其次是经济和医疗保健。

桑德斯与沃伦成为整场辩论主角

在下半场的辩论中，沃伦和桑德斯继续成为主角。

“我明白，有很多利害关系让人们感到害怕，”她说，“但我们不能选择一个我们不相信的候选人——因为我们太害怕做一些事情。”在当天的辩论中，沃伦反复给出了她竞选最清晰的声音。

在讨论到贸易和经济问题时，沃伦抨击了“新NAFTA 2.0”（北美自由贸易协定）等贸易协议。她认为，“这些协议已经成为大型跨国公司改变监管环境的一种方式，这样他们就可以为自己获得更多的利润，将美国人民抛在后面。”

在谈到美国人民的日常生活状况时，桑德斯说：“有一半的美国人是 ‘月光族’，” 美联储最近的一份报告显示，大约40％的美国人在承担400美元的紧急费用时会遇到麻烦。一些相对较小的意外开支，比如修车或更换洗碗机，对于许多家庭来说可能都是一个问题，而没有“足够的节余”。

在结束陈词中，沃伦再次强调：“对我来说，这次选举的全部意义，就是机遇。当我们谈论的每一份预算，每项政策时都是关于谁将拥有这些机会，是亿万富翁？还是我们的孩子？”

明晚，前任副总统乔·拜登（Joe Biden）以及加州参议员卡玛拉·哈里斯（Kamala Harris）等10名竞选人将登场参与第二场辩论。与第一场清一色的白人竞选人相比，预计种族议题会在第二场辩论中占到更大的比重。目前在民调中领跑的拜登在上一轮辩论中发挥不佳后表示，他将“不再客气”，而是全力以赴。

比爱豆选秀还精彩的“二辩”

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“总统101”之民主党候选人

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参与昨晚辩论的民主党总统候选人共十人。尽管十人都有“激情”开麦，但由于辩论主持人对节奏和时间的把控很优秀，所以没有演变成“鸡同鸭讲”的混战模式。CNN对每位候选人的发言时间进行了统计，基本控制在8分钟至18分钟，对于各候选人都还算公平：

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三大主题：气候变化，经济，医保

气候变化

德克萨斯州候选人贝托·欧洛克（Beto O'Rourke）

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德克萨斯州候选人贝托·欧洛克（Beto O'Rourke）首先就全球变暖问题发表了意见：“我听取了科学家对此的看法，他们非常清楚的表示：我们来挽救这一问题的时间不足十年。以我们不到半数的方案，措施和人口，我们根本无法完成这项挑战。”

印第安纳州南本德市（South Bend）市长特·布蒂吉格（Pete Buttigieg）

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印第安纳州南本德市（South Bend）市长特·布蒂吉格（Pete Buttigieg）对于这一问题的回应则是：“科学证明，我们离气候灾难那日还剩下12年。”

事实：关于气候问题，科学家们并没有就气候变暖的极端变化及致命后果，给出一个大致的时间框架；更不用说确切的年数。

联合国政府间气候变化专门委员会（U.N. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change）的根据数百名科学家的研究成果做出的报告显示，2030年可以作为一个突出的基准年度，因为巴黎气候变化协议的签署者承诺到那时将减排。但是，正如O'Rourke，Buttigieg和其他人所解释的那样，这不是最后机会，或者最后的行动截止日期。

该报告的撰写人之一联合负责人James Skea表示：“没错，地球变得越来越热，气候变得越来越糟糕，但还没有到绝境边缘的程度。”

西雅图华盛顿大学健康与全球环境中心主任Kristie L. Ebi表示：“这一直是舆论混乱的源头。报告从未说我们只剩下12年了。”

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