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Fueling her presidential run on that. and he asked, i think, the important question. did that money compromise your values? and then i don't think she had a good response. >> i'm distracted by his tie. >> do you like my tie, mika? >> it's elf like. it's nice. it's good. >> that's beautiful. >> it's my tribute to tom steyer's consistent tie. i'll maybe change it during the break. i think last night, joe, think first of all that was sort of the signature exchange of the evening and the fact the phrase wine cave was trending on twitter for a good portion of the night after that. i think it's refl...

>> jason, watching these clips, i'm 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 they're 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 you're talking about medicare for all, because that's one of the things that mayor pete -- it's like, look, we can't be ridiculous about this. i understand it. but every single...

Democrats will destroy the economy in 15 minutes. we need to go after this guy. he's a different breed of cat and we need to be there. he thinks he's game and in fact he's a fraud and a failure. >> jonathan allen among those remaining with us. jonathan sometimes billionaires say the darndest things, and secondly, we heard the phrase purity test from mayor pete. i don't think we have heard that uttered from a debate stage this year. the purity test just so angers the moderates in the party who keep reminding everybody this has got to remain about defeating donald trump. >> yeah, i mean there's ...

But the idea of the purity test when you're talking about medicare for all, because that's one of the things that mayor pete -- it's like, look, we can't 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 can't do anything about medicare for all if you don't have a plan for the courts. not one person tonight on this stage except a little bit of amy klobuchar talked about what you will have to d...

Seen strength with biden. no the because -- not because he has this great idea but because voters feel like he could beat president be-- president bush -i mean president trump. >> history in the last -- go on. [ laughter ] >> that is how long she's been around. >> 1988. >> well yeah, but i think -- so i think that is what this is coming down to. when you have people choosing between buttigieg and warren, these are two totally different candidates. so they're not just looking at policy there. >> you also heard buttigieg today talking about purity tests that he's accused -- >> that is right. >> ...