6th Democratic Primary Debate: on Families & Children

Andrew Yang: Money and men are tied together: we are a misogynist society

Yang: Our country is deeply misogynist and most all of us know that. Money and men are tied together. The fact is, strong societies would elect more female leaders. Strong men treat women well for the same reasons. I'm on the record saying that you need both strong men and female leaders in government because the fact is if you get too many men alone and leave us alone for a while, we kind of become morons. The fact is we operate in a fundamentally anti-woman marketplace, and that includes the marketplace for politicians. [With] democracy dollars, many, many more women who would run for office because they don't have to go shake the money tree.

Andrew Yang: New normal is families with special needs or autism

Yang: I have a son with special needs, and to me, special needs is the new normal in this country. The fact is right now we have to do more. Special needs children are going to become special needs adults in many cases. And here's the challenge. We go to employers and say, "Hey, this special needs person can be a contributor in your Workplace," [but even if not], we have to stop confusing economic value in human value. We have to be able to say to our kids that you have intrinsic value because you are an American and you are a human being. A freedom dividend of $1,000 a month, in everyone's hands, is going to help families and take this burden off of the communities and off of the schools who do not have the resources to support kids like my son and make it a federal priority, not a local one.

Barack Obama: Better world with women in charge instead of old men

Bernie Sanders: Well, I got a lot of respect for Barack Obama. I think I disagree with him on this one. The issue is where power resides in America and it's not white or black or male or female. We are living in a nation increasingly becoming an oligarchy.

Q: Vice President Biden, I'm going to guess that President Obama did not clear that remark through your campaign ahead of time.

Joe Biden: I'm going to guess he wasn't talking about me either. Look, I'm running because I've been around. All my experience.

Elizabeth Warren: Fully fund IDEA for special-needs schooling

Warren: I was a special education teacher and I loved that work because it gave me a chance to work straight up with people to recognize the worth of every human being. I have a plan as a special ed teacher to fully fund IDEA, [the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act], so every child with disabilities will get the full education they need. My housing plan is about investing in more housing across this country, but it's also about making sure that people who want to live independently, people who have disabilities will have housing available to them. I will make sure that the people who want to bid on federal contracts are treating people with disabilities fairly and paying them fairly. As a nation, we believe in treating these the least of thy brethren as people of value, and that is how we make a better America.