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>> this is the issue with issuing purity test you cannot pass yourself. >> neil: he was ready for that, frank? >> she wasn't 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 this case, they don't like billionaires. they don't like the money in politics, and they are basical...

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 billionaires. pete on the other hand is trailing, only got 39 billionaires. >> i have made sure from the beginn...

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: it's bad to be successful. that to me is the underlying trouble of it. katie: who doesn't want to have wine in a wine cave, come on. >> they walk a very fine line here between saying it's totally terrible to be successful -- some people are responding to this idea of the disparity. it's one day to say...

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 he's selling out the progressive message. >> shannon: karl, he's taking issue because that's 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 it's on fund-raising or something else. this is something that former president obama has actually warned the...

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. >> i'm literally the only person on this stage who is not a millionaire or a billionaire. this is the ...