SPECIAL: Democratic Debate Preview

<p>Welcome to a Special Edition of Words Matter – Joe previews the first Democratic debates held this week on MSNBC in Miami. 20 candidates, 5 moderators, 4 hours total.</p><br><p>The Moderators will be Lester Holt, Savannah Guthrie, Chuck Todd, Rachel Maddow and José Díaz-Balart. </p><br><p>The first group of 10 appearing on Wednesday:</p><p>·      Sen. Cory Booker of New Jersey</p><p>·      Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts</p><p>·      Former Rep. Beto O'Rourke of Texas</p><p>·      Sen. Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota</p><p>·      Former Rep. John Delaney of Maryland</p><p>·      Rep. Tulsi Gabbard of Hawaii</p><p>·      Former Housing Secretary Julián Castro</p><p>·      Rep. Tim Ryan of Ohio</p><p>·      New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio</p><p>·      Washington Gov. Jay Inslee</p><br><p>The second group of 10 appearing on Thursday:</p><p>·      Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont</p><p>·      Sen. Kamala Harris of California</p><p>·      Former Vice President Joe Biden</p><p>·      Mayor Pete Buttigieg of South Bend, Indiana</p><p>·      Sen. Michael Bennet of Colorado</p><p>·      Author Marianne Williamson</p><p>·      Rep. Eric Swalwell of California</p><p>·      Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand of New York</p><p>·      Entrepreneur Andrew Yang</p><p>·      Gov. John Hickenlooper of Colorado.</p><br><p>To qualify, candidates had to receive more than 65,000 individual donations — including from 200 unique donors per state in at least 20 states <em>—</em> or at least 1 percent in three polls approved by the Democratic National Committee. More than a dozen candidates crossed both thresholds, with at least 20 hitting at least one of them.</p><p>Support this show <a target="_blank" rel="payment" href="http://supporter.acast.com/words-matter">http://supporter.acast.com/words-matter</a>.</p><br /><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for privacy and opt-out information.</p>

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