“Who is this economy really working for?

It’s doing great for a thinner and thinner slice at the top.”

“Senator Warren —”

“Senator Warren?”

“Senator Warren?” “Senator Warren?”

“You know, I’m very different than everyone else

here on this stage.”

“Something that sets me apart —”

“I was an entrepreneur.”

“I’ve been raising a black son.”

“I’m proud to have been the first governor —”

“I think I’m the only one —”

“— to stand up against Donald Trump’s

heinous Muslim ban.”

“I hear gunshots in my neighborhood.”

“I enlisted in the Army National Guard

after the Al Qaeda terror attacks on 9/11.”

“I’m one of the few candidates in this race

with executive experience.”

“Who here would abolish their private health insurance

in favor of a government-run plan?

Just a show of hands to start out with.”

“Why are you defending private insurance to begin with?”

“They like their private health insurance, by the way.

It should be noted that 100 million Americans —

I mean, I think we should be the party that

keeps what’s working and fixes what’s broken.”

“I want to go back, if I can, to Congresswoman Gabbard.”

“Lester —”

“If I were president today,

I would sign an executive order

that would get rid of Trump’s zero tolerance policy,

the remain in Mexico policy and the metering policy. ...

And it would go to the root cause of the issue,

which is we need a Marshall Plan

for Honduras and Guatemala and El Salvador,

so that people can find safety and opportunity at home

instead of coming to the United States to seek it.”

“Wind turbines —”

“Electric vehicles —”

“Green energy —”

“Fossil fuels —”

“Solar and other renewables —”

“Our existential threat is climate change.

We have to confront it before it’s too late.”

“Senator Warren?”

“Climate change.”

“Senator Booker.”

“Nuclear proliferation and climate change.”

“Secretary Castro?”

“China and climate change.”

“And health care also has to mean that every woman

can make her own decisions about her own body

and has access to the care that makes that possible.”

“Let’s also not forget,

someone in the trans community, a trans female —

is poor doesn’t mean they shouldn’t have

the right to exercise that right to choose.”

“And I am the only candidate here

who has passed a law protecting

a woman’s right of reproductive health

in health insurance.”

“I just want to say there’s three women up here

that have fought pretty hard for a woman’s right to choose.

So I’ll start with that.”

“Weird.”

“What’s happening?”

“We are hearing our colleagues’ audio. I —

if the control room can turn off the mics?”

“Do you have a plan to deal with Mitch McConnell?”

“I do.”