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2020 Democrats go from civil to combative in 6th debate

Clip: 12/20/2019 | 5m 23sVideo has Closed Captions

How 2020 Democrats sought to distinguish themselves at year's final debate

In Los Angeles, seven leading candidates for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination faced off for the final time this year at the PBS NewsHour/POLITICO debate Thursday night. They jousted over policy, campaign contributions and who among them is best equipped to take on President Trump in next year’s general election. John Yang reports on how the contenders sought to distinguish themselves.

12/20/2019

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