DNC Relocates Upcoming Dem Debate From Arizona To DC Amid Coronavirus Outbreak

The Democratic National Committee announced on Thursday that the Democratic primary debate between 2020 presidential candidates Joe Biden and Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) on Sunday will be held in Washington, D.C. instead of Phoenix, Arizona as a cautionary measure against COVID-19.


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Honestly, for what it’s worth, the whole event should just be postponed or cancelled. This is really not a necessary event and would show far more concern and integrity for the party than the current administration has shown and that includes the meatball at the top of the Senate.

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Why even bother with it, it’s not gonna change the outcome? Then maybe the media could really focus on the clusterfuck that Donnie has created.

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We’re jumping through a lot of hoops to not do the obvious thing…I’m thinking it’s more like we’re jumping through hoops just prior to doing the obvious thing.

Biden’s talking now:

The health of our economy depends on the health of our people.

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Yes sounding good, calm but firm

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I expect he’ll get pilloried by FuxNews for “politicizing” a crisis, but he took the Orange Virus’ maladministration down several more pegs.

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Wow. Katie Porter cites law that lets CDC pay for costs of diagnostic testing for anyone when needed. Asks CDC’s Redfield if he’ll commit to invoke that authority to make it free of charge for anyone. Redfield ducks, but Porter badgers him into saying “Yes.”

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Very proud of California leadership right now. Our Gov is speaking at the moment. Testing is getting up and running more here, the cruise ship passengers are being disembarked and triaged, and it sounds (fingers crossed) that the issues of paid sick time and other economic consequences are being addressed.

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Hey Donnie, if you listen closely, you can hear the shit hitting the fan…

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Jez you don’t think that will affect the economy do you???

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They have to, since the high sparrow demands it.

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Donnie: “We’re very much ahead of everything.”

Mind blowing, eh?

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There goes Donnie’s sports betting skim…

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the best path forward is to hold Sunday’s debate at CNN’s studio in Washington, D.C., with no live audience

No “moderators” would make it even better.

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sanders has fallen from .1 percent chance to tying Gabbard at 0 percent chance.

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The DNC had announced on Wednesday that there would be no live audience at the debate.

No audio either. Just closed captions from a bad ‘80s kung fu movie.

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It is extremely necessary to bernie and his supporters. Any cancelling or truncation of it will result in a “we wuz robbed” narrative.

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Market makers always looking for a reason to run and hide when the market crashes.

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Its like a team where the mercy rule was used saying they were robbed.

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