Elizabeth Warren in Democratic Primary Debate

On Abortion: Americans support Roe, Congress should be able to pass

I lived in an America where abortion was illegal. Rich women still got abortions because they could travel to places where it was legal. The people who are denied access to abortion are the poor, are the young, are 14-year-olds who were molested by a family member. We now have support across this country. Three out of four Americans believe in the rule of Roe versus Wade. When you've got three out of four Americans supporting it we should be able to get that passed through Congress. Source: October Democratic CNN/NYTimes Primary debate Oct 15, 2019

On Free Trade: Multinational corporations have no loyalty to America

The data show that we've had a lot of problems with losing jobs, but the principle reason has been bad trade policy. The principle reason has been a bunch of corporations, giant multinational corporations who have been calling the shots on trade, giant multinational corporations that have no loyalty to America. They have no loyalty to American workers. They have no loyalty to American consumers. They have no loyalty to American communities. They are loyal only to their own bottom line. Source: October Democratic CNN/NYTimes Primary debate Oct 15, 2019

On Government Reform: The elephant in the room is how campaigns are financed

Sen. Kamala HARRIS: When I called on Twitter to suspend Donald Trump's account you did not agree.

WARREN: I don't just want to push Donald Trump off Twitter. I want to push him out of The White House. That's our job. We really need to address the elephant in the room and that is how campaigns are financed. We need campaign finance rules and practices that support us all.

Source: October Democratic CNN/NYTimes Primary debate Oct 15, 2019

On Gun Control: Repeal filibuster or gun industry will veto any gun laws

Q: You support a voluntary gun buyback of assault style weapons. Why not a mandatory one?

WARREN: I want to get what work's done. I want to use the method we used, for example, with machine guns. We registered them. We put in a huge penalty if you didn't register them and a huge tax on them and let people turn them in, and it got machine guns out of the hands of people.

We have to reduce gun violence overall, and the question we have to ask is why hasn't it happened? You say, we're so close. We have been so close. I stood in the United States Senate in 2013 when 54 senators voted in favor of gun legislation and it didn't pass because of the filibuster. We've got to attack the corruption and repeal the filibusters or the gun industry will always have a veto over what happens.

Source: October Democratic CNN/NYTimes Primary debate Oct 15, 2019

On Health Care: Health care bill must reduce costs for middle class families

Q: Will you raise taxes on the middle class to pay for Medicare for All?

WARREN: Costs will go up for the wealthy & for big corporations. For hardworking, middle class families, costs will go down. It is about what kinds of costs middle class families are going to face. So let me be clear on this. Costs will go up for the wealthy, they will go up for big corporations and for middle class families, they will go down. I will not sign a bill into law that does not lower costs for middle class families/

Source: October Democratic CNN/NYTimes Primary debate Oct 15, 2019

On Principles & Values: Would be oldest president; ready to fight for the people

Q [to BIDEN]: If you're elected you will turn 80 during your first term. Former President Jimmy Carter said he could not have. undertaken the duties of the presidency at 80. Why are you so sure you can?

V.P Joe BIDEN: Because I've watched it, I know what the job is. One of the reasons I'm running is because of my age and my experience. With it, comes wisdom.

Q [to WARREN]: You would be the oldest president ever inaugurated on a first term. You'll be 71. 40% of Democratic primary vot think a candidate under the age of 70 is more likely to defeat President Trump. What do you say to them?

WARREN: I say I will out-work, out-organize and outlast anyone, and that includes Donald Trump, Mike Pence, or whoever the Republicans get stuck with. Democrats will win when we fight for the things that touch people's lives, things like childcare and healthcare and housing costs, Democrats will win when we give people a reason to get in the fight.

Source: October Democratic CNN/NYTimes Primary debate Oct 15, 2019

On Principles & Values: Ready to use executive authority for the people

Following the financial crash of 2008, I had an idea for a consumer agency that would keep giant banks from cheating people. Sure enough, the big banks fought us, the Republicans fought us, some of the Democrats fought us, but we got that agency passed into law. It has now forced big banks to return more than 12 billion dollars directly to people they cheated. I served in the Obama administration. I know what we can do by executive authority and I will use i Source: October Democratic CNN/NYTimes Primary debate Oct 15, 2019

On Principles & Values: Impeachment is about more than Trump

Sometimes there are issues that are bigger than politics. I think that's the case with this impeachment inquiry. No one is above the law and that includes the President of the United States. Impeachment is the way that we establish that this man will not be permitted to break the law over and over without consequences. This is about Donald Trump but understand it's about the next president and the next president and the next president and the future of this country. Source: October Democratic Primary debate on impeaching Trump Oct 15, 2019

On Social Security: Add $200 per month to everyone on Social Security

I put forward a plan to extend the solvency of Social Security by decades and add $200 to the payment of every person who receives Social Security right now and every person who receives disability insurance right now. That $200 a month will lift nearly 5 million families out of poverty and will loosen up the budget for a whole lot more. It also has a provision for those who stay home to do caregiving for children or for seniors. Source: October Democratic CNN/NYTimes Primary debate Oct 15, 2019

On War & Peace: Exit from Mideast wars, but do it the right way

Rep. Tulsi Gabbard: I'd like to ask Senator Warren if she would join me in calling for an end to this regime change war in Syria, finally?

Senator Warren: I think that we ought to get out of the Middle East. I don't think we should have troops in the Middle East. But we have to do it the right way, the smart way. What this President has done is that he has sucked up to dictators, he has made impulsive decisions that often his own team doesn't understand, he has cut and run on our allies, and he has enriched himself at the expense of the United States of America. In Syria, he has created a bigger than ever humanitarian crisis, he has helped ISIS get another foothold, a new lease on life. I sit on the Armed Services Committee, I talk with our military leaders about this. I was in Iraq and went through the neighborhoods that ISIS destroyed. We need to get out, but we need to do this through a negotiated solution. There is no military solution in this region.

Source: October Democratic CNN/NYTimes Primary debate Oct 15, 2019

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