Sanders’s performance provided an answer to that worry. He was more animated and on his game than much younger candidates. He was more effective than Warren at defending the Medicare-for-all plan they both support (but which, he’s quick to note, he wrote), replying to concerns about its realism.
Warren was certainly treated like the front runner of the debate, judging by all the attacks she took. The Massachusetts senator has replaced Bernie Sanders as the preferred punching bag of lower-polling moderate candidates who are hesitant to go after Biden.
Gabbard’s comment wasn’t a one-off error. Again and again, Gabbard called for an end to the “regime war in Syria” . She blamed the “regime change war” for the Syrian refugee crisis, and the destruction of the country.
My visit to Syria has made it abundantly clear: Our counterproductive regime change war does not serve America’s interest, and it certainly isn’t in the interest of the Syrian people.
“As I visited with people from across the country, and heard heartbreaking stories of how this war has devastated their lives, I was asked, ‘Why is the United States and its allies helping al-Qaeda and other terrorist groups try to take over Syria? Syria did not attack the United States. Al-Qaeda did.’ I had no answer.
