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>> billionaires in wine caves should not pick the next president. >> im the only person on the stage who is not a millionaire or billionaire. we need support from everybody helping us to defeat donald trump. >> we need to get money out of politics. we should run our campaign on that. heather: all those accusations flying back and forth, any of these candidates pass their own purity tests? >> absolutely not. the guy who won the debate was probably bernie sanders who has three houses and made a to...

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-...

Democrats cant hope to beat donald trump with one hand tied behind their back but open to criticism from warren and others and they went at it in a very aggressive manner suggesting in that wine cave he is being bought and is selling out the progressive message. >> he is taking so much heat because that happens when you start to surge, you get that treatment but at the same time you look at this field and think about the fact that they are all having a lot of purity test whether on fundraising o...

>> senator, your net worth is 100 times mine. >> this is the problem with issuing purity tests that you cannot yourself pass. >> in the last debate, mayor, you basically mocked the hundred years of experience on the stage. so while you can dismiss committee hearings, i think this experience works. and i have not denigrated your experience as a local official. i have been one. >> juan: and the issue over lack of diversity on the stage also came up. >> such an honor and disappointment to be the lo...

Billionaires in wine caves should not pick the next president of the united states. >> im the only person on a stage who is not a millionaire or billionaire. this is the problem with issuing purity tests you cannot yourself pass. >> reporter: will hear more about wine caves and purity tests as we head to iowa. joe biden didnt have a bad night but didnt stand out. there wasnt a strong showing, buttigieg leads in the polls, real clear average in iowa. the next the betas january 14th in des moines....

>> jason, watching these clips, im reminded that the phrase purity test was introduced tonight by mayor pete. a lot of centrist democrats find purity testing absolutely maddening. >> right. people complain about purity tests usually when theyre impure. that part of the issue he has. i saw in our or five people that could be president very easy because a lot of people are qualified. but the idea of the purity test when youre talking about medicare for all, because thats one of the things that may...

>> jason, watching these clips, im reminded that the phrase purity test was introduced tonight by mayor pete. a lot of centrist democrats find purity testing absolutely maddening. >> right. people complain about purity tests usually when theyre impure. that part of the issue he has. i saw in our or five people that could be president very easy because a lot of people are qualified.

American court system to even have your medicare for all plan go forward. so i think if youre going to talk about purity tests, you have to be practical about it and thats what mostly everyone missed. >> lets talk about diversity or more specifically, the lack of it on that stage tonight. >> you saw that come up in the debate. in fact, less racial ethnic diversity than before. kamala harris dropped out and cory booker and julian castro wasnt there. this is the most recent polling on black voters...

Moment about the pollicization of the court. he doesnt want it to be seen that somehow the court was out to get trump or out to defend trump. >> jennifer rubin, mara gay, thanks for coming in on this friday. the president firing back, but could it impact how a key part of his base votes. from wine caves to purity tests, last nights democratic debate was full of fireworks including this moment thats getting a lot of attention this morning. >> billionaires in wine caves should not pick the next ...

But the idea of the purity test when youre talking about medicare for all, because thats one of the things that mayor pete -- its like, look, we cant be ridiculous about this. i understand it. but every single person on that stage missed tonight, a lot of constitutional scholars where i about this, people who study supreme court talk about this. given what happened in the supreme court this week, you cant do anything about medicare for all if you dont have a plan for the courts. not one person t...