WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders blasted President Donald Trump’s handling of the coronavirus outbreak during a Democratic debate on Sunday and offered contending visions of leadership during a widening crisis that has actually overthrown the lives of Americans.
Democratic U.S. presidential prospects previous Vice President Joe Biden and Senator Bernie Sanders argument during the 11 th Democratic prospects debate of the 2020 U.S. presidential campaign, held in CNN’s Washington studios without an audience since of the international coronavirus pandemic, in Washington, U.S., March 15,2020 REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
In their very first one-on-one dispute, the 2 Democratic competitors to face Trump in the November election clashed on the proper method to the pandemic and other pushing problems, with Biden arguing his technique to leadership would get fast outcomes and Sanders promoting larger, more essential modifications.
Biden, the front-runner in the Democratic race, assured for the very first time throughout the debate to choose a female as his running mate if he is the Democratic candidate.
” If I’m elected president, my Cabinet, my administration, will look like the nation, and I commit that I will in fact appoint and choose a female as vice president,” Biden said.
Sanders was less ready to commit to selecting a woman, stating that “in all possibility” he would.
The argument came two days before Tuesday’s nominating contests in the big states of Ohio, Illinois, Florida and Arizona, where another string of Biden success would offer him an almost unassailable lead in delegates over Sanders.
However hopes the argument would be an initial step to celebration unity ahead of the Nov. 3 election against Tru