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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 isn't just donald trump, that the whole thing is broken. it's 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 extraordinary wealth and equality, has generated the procarety of workers. so this is not a purity t...

Yourself pass. if i pledge -- if i pledge never to be in the company of a progressive democratic donor, i wouldn't be up here. senator, your net worth is 100 times mine. >> i do not sell access to my time. i don't 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 to weed out any ideological impurities. what did you make of that? we had seen these two fights by...

Did it feel different? are we right about the fact you prepped in a big way? it's not just attack. it's 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 you're 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 it's a honest debate up there. about different ideas, different approaches. it was important that we move past the purity test. especially coming from folks who can't pass them the...

Big corporations. i'm here to fight for a family like yours. for your family. >> how do you respond when he says you're a millionaire. you are a millionaire. are you saying if i take money from you i'm corrupt? i didn't hear a response. if i run for office and took money from you would i be corrupt? >> i don't sell access to my time. whether you give me $5 or whatever is the max. i'm not spending my time doing call time. i'm not spending my time having private conversations with you. >> are you worried about the idea -- >> a photograph for $5,000. >> well said. when he says purity test. that r...

>> 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 joined in and also targeted former vice president joe biden. check it out. >> he's received contribu...