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>> 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...

>> 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.

American court system to even have your medicare for all plan go forward. so i think if you're going to talk about purity tests, you have to be practical about it and that's what mostly everyone missed. >> let's 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 wasn't there. this is the most recent polling on black voters, their preferences. 1 out of 4 votes cast next year will be from black voters. and they continu...

Moment about the pollicization of the court. he doesn't 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 night's democratic debate was full of fireworks including this moment that's getting a lot of attention this morning. >> billionaires in wine caves should not pick the next president of the united states. >> this is the problem with issuing purity tests you cannot, your...

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...