With simply days till another major round of primaries — in Arizona, Florida, Illinois, and Ohio on March 17 — former Vice President Joe
With simply days till another major round of primaries — in Arizona, Florida, Illinois, and Ohio on March 17 — former Vice President Joe Biden and Sen. Bernie Sanders will take the talk stage in Washington, DC, this Sunday, March 15, for the 11th — and possibly last — debate of the Democratic presidential primary.
The talk will begin at eight pm ET and is scheduled to run for 2 hours. It’s going to stream stay on the CNN site and app.
CNN and Univision are co-hosting the talk, which the Democratic Nationwide Committee is holding in partnership with CHC Daring, a political motion committee affiliated with the Congressional Hispanic Caucus. CNN’s Dana Bash and Jake Tapper, together with Univision’s Ilia Calderón, will moderate.
The talk was initially scheduled to be held in Phoenix, Arizona, forward of that state’s major however was moved over issues in regards to the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic.
The qualifying normal for the 11th debate — candidates are required to have earned at least 20 percent of the pledged delegates which were already awarded — signifies that Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, the one different candidate nonetheless within the race, failed to qualify.
As Biden and Sanders take the stage, the stakes are excessive. Biden is in an excellent place to probably declare the Democratic nomination after a powerful efficiency final week in six states, together with essential Michigan, and the states holding contests Tuesday, particularly the delegate-heavy Florida, favor him. If Sanders desires to maintain his shot on the nomination alive, he’ll want an excellent debate efficiency to revitalize his marketing campaign heading into the ultimate stretch of the race.
This debate is also the final: Whereas the DNC’s framework calls for 12 debates, with the final in April, No. 12 hasn’t been scheduled but. And there’s a really actual chance {that a} candidate might have the nomination sewn up by then.
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