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For voters about a process that is taking place at a level above where most of us are living. >> well, if you believe that big money has fundamentally corrupted our political system, then this actually goes to the core, to the heart of the problem, that the problem isnt just donald trump, that the whole thing is broken. its been broken since citizens united because those that have tremendous wealth, right, has in some ways determined the direction of our country, has in some ways produced the ex...

Yourself pass. if i pledge -- if i pledge never to be in the company of a progressive democratic donor, i wouldnt be up here. senator, your net worth is 100 times mine. >> i do not sell access to my time. i dont do call time with millionaires and billionaires. >> let me pull out one part of that. that is having to do with the purity test. the notion of a purity test by which candidates are measured is similar to another political metaphor, the litmus test. but a purity tests suggests a scrutiny ...

Did it feel different? are we right about the fact you prepped in a big way? its not just attack. its specifics from the fundraiser from senator warren to the fact your experience is very limited from senator klobuchar. >> i think the bottom line is when youre doing well, folks might take you. you have to be ready to respond. i want to make sure when my campaign or my ideas are attacked i defend them. and i think its a honest debate up there. about different ideas, different approaches. it was i...

Big corporations. im here to fight for a family like yours. for your family. >> how do you respond when he says youre a millionaire. you are a millionaire. are you saying if i take money from you im corrupt? i didnt hear a response. if i run for office and took money from you would i be corrupt? >> i dont sell access to my time. whether you give me $5 or whatever is the max. im not spending my time doing call time. im not spending my time having private conversations with you. >> are you worried...

>> we also saw buttigieg criticized by senator amy klobuchar in her view not respecting the experience of the other people on the stage. buttigieg hit back, reminding the senator that his experience is not just from holding local office, but also from the time he served in the military. shannon? >> shannon: makes him unique on the stage tonight. thank you so much. perhaps sacrificing giving his location in california, the debate quickly became a progressive purity test. socialist bernie sanders ...

>> this is the issue with issuing purity test you cannot pass yourself. >> neil: he was ready for that, frank? >> she wasnt ready for it and the audience gasped. one of the most dramatic moments of all of the debate season. the red line moderates, the greenline are progressives, liberals. in this case on campaign finance, they both climbed in unison. what is fascinating about it, democrats do not want their candidates attacking each other. they would rather focus on firing donald trump, but in t...

Mine. >> we also signed criticized by amy klobuchar for not respecting the experience of the other people on stage. he hit back reminding the senator his experience is not just from holding local office but also from the time he served in the military. >> thank you so much. not surprising the debate became a progressive purity test between elizabeth warren and pete buttigieg, socialist bernie sanders joined in and targeted joe biden, check it out. >> he received contributions from 44 billionaire...

That. >> she was rehearsed and he was not. you have can see she practiced that line and he came back he was ready in exchange pete won democrats a, independents an b and republicans a c. steve: great answer by him. >> problem with issuing a purity test yourself cannot pass really resonated. pete: its bad to be successful. that to me is the underlying trouble of it. katie: who doesnt want to have wine in a wine cave, come on. >> they walk a very fine line here between saying its totally terrible ...

Tied behind their back. but it open him then to criticism from warren and others, and they went at it in very aggressive manner and suggesting that in that wine cave, he is being bought and hes selling out the progressive message. >> shannon: karl, hes taking issue because thats what happens when you start to throw that in front of the pack, you get bad treatment. at the same time, you look at the field and think about the fact that they are all having a lot of purity tests, whether its on fund-...

Buttigieg disagreed with that assessment but it would not be the first time that someone would go after the mayor from south bend, indiana. listen to this exchange with senator elizabeth warren. >> the mayor recently had a fund-raising that was held in a wine cave full of crystals and served $900 a bottle wine. he had promised that every fund-raiser he would do would be open door, but this one was closed-door. billionaires in wine caves should not take the next president of the united states. >>...