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Mayor pete buttigieg implying beto orourkes mandatory buyback is unachievable. >> we cannot wait for purity tests. we have to just get something done. >> this is not a purity test. this is a country that loses 40,000 of our fellow americans every year to gun violence. this is a crisis. weve got to do something about it. >> i dont need lessons from you on courage political or personal. everyone on this stage is determined to get something done. >> reporter: buttigieg also clashing with fellow com...

Trillions of dollars. no explanation for where it will come from. we can deliver healthcare for everybody. we can deliver college for low and middle income students free. we can deliver all of these ambitious proposals that will make peoples lives different. without breaking the bank. that means being smart about what were promises up front. its the difference between me and warren and others. >> you mention that purity test. not something you think the democratic party should be -- what is warr...

We have to just get something down done. >> this is not a purity test. this is a country that loses 40,000 of our fellow americans every year to gun violence. this is a crisis. weve got to do something about it. those challenges you described are not mutually exclusive to the challenges im discussing. to use the analogy of health care, it would be as though we said were for primary care burr lets not talk about mental health care because thats a bridge too far. people need that primary care now ...

Itself. the idea that doesnt count unless we also obliterate the private plans. the idea that major immigration reform doesnt count unless we decriminalize border crossing or a major package on gun law doesnt count unless we go fur. this gets us trapped where we could wind up with nothing at all. >> the question was about big structural change vs. getting things done in an evolutionary way. you said it was a false choice. youre saying the purity test might make it harder to defeat trump. >> the ...

Intimidate, that weapon will be taken from them. if they persist, there will be consequences from law enforcement. >> you just made it clear that you dont know how this is going to take weapons off the streets. we cannot wait for purity tests. we have to get something done. >> its not purity test. its a country that loses 40,000 every year to gun violence. listening to my fellow americans, lets follow their inspiration and lead to not be limited by the polls and the consultants on the focus grou...

Beth. buttigieg has made a few comments in the last few days that he may go after warren. she has been rising slowly if not steadily. if not the front-runner, shes the co-front-runner with biden. will she get more heat on this stage? >> yes and pete buttigieg has been creeping up. hes building up his organization there. he has been taking a little bit of veiled shots at senator warren saying this is a very dire time. its not a good time for a purity test. clearly shes taken up that moderate spac...

I thought the evening began with calls for unity. im not intending to be present for half the american people but all the american people. it was a pushback against hard ideaiology from the democratic left. certainly medicare for all, no more private insurance. bernie and her competed on paying off all the student loans. also a sort of purity test, beto said he is going to not just buy back, but demand that they sell them back. i noticed that -- this would be an extraordinary ruling by the supre...

Whats interesting about this debate and of course people say youre a former republican, what do you know ago democratic -- maybe i dont know a whole lot about the democratic primary right now but i can read and i can look at poll numbers and i can look at data and the data i show is that not only is private insurance and obamacare popular with the majority of americans but obamacare is extremely popular within the democratic party. the last time i checked what 70, 75% of democrats support obamac...

When they can use the word of the day, recession. >> these bull [bleep] purity test for people who appear woke up whats a history class. >> why would i come back to be cage? >> if you vote for a democrat, you are being very disloyal to the jewish people and being very disloyal to israel. >> im clear that im not going to be carrying the ball, im not going to be the president, so im withdrawing from the race. >> president trump has canceled his state visit to denmark. >> harry truman had the idea ...

>> so the press is not the enemy. >> the press is not the enemy in my book. >> he will hold his first product democrats conference next week. >> jon: jennifer, thank you. >> sandra: bernie sanders planning to double union membership and scrap right to work laws. is that a feasible plan? we are going to get reaction from congressman sean duffy. he will be joining us next. >> jon: plus, bill mark firing back at rashida tlaib yet again. what is fueling their feud? next. >> i mean its [bleep] purity...