Bernie Sanders had so far been relatively spared in the Democratic debates. The situation changed on Tuesday, February 25, in South Carolina, four days after his wide success at the Nevada caucuses which propelled him to the exposed spot of favorite in the presidential nomination contest. After the first salvos, the senator from Vermont, dean of the electoral competition, pretended to have fun: "I hear my name a lot tonight, I wonder why. "
Massachusetts senator Elizabeth Warren, who shares some of her positions, has been most gracious to him, presumably because she is targeting the same electorate. "Bernie is winning right now because the Democratic Party is a progressive party and progressive ideas are popular ideas ", She assured.
She preferred once again to attack the billionaire Michael Bloomberg, a little less borrowed than during her first debate, on February 19, but whose features of humor, obviously carefully prepared, met almost every time the silence.
Plan to create health protection
In this South Carolina that former vice-president Joe Biden could win on Saturday, February 29, thanks to his seat among African-American voters, Bernie Sanders certainly expected criticism of his plan to create universal health protection , at the expense of private companies that insure the majority of Americans.
The Vermont senator responded again without encrypting it, which alarmed Minnesota senator Amy Klobuchar. "I'll tell you what the bill will be. The bill will be four more years of Donald Trump ", added Pete Buttigieg, the youngest in the race.
Bernie Sanders has confined himself to challenging any form of radicalism in this proposal as in others that he is the only one to defend, and which are all based on generous federal funding, noting that he defended rights already in force in other parts of the world.
After attracting criticism for his laudatory remarks about the educational policy of Cuban dictator Fidel Castro, on March 23, Bernie Sanders was again questioned about his past indulgence for authoritarian leftist regimes. The senator hid behind words spoken by Barack Obama, it is true, spoken in Havana during a historic visit.
