What Went Down In The Fifth Democratic Debate

Booker says “I happen to be the other Rhodes Scholar mayor on this stage.” He’s probably alluding to a HuffPost article published the other day that found that Buttigieg’s Rhodes scholarship is discussed in the media much more often than Booker’s.

Asking female candidates about sexism is common, but as Rebecca Traister has written, it puts women in the uncomfortable position of potentially coming across as whining about being victimized. I agree with Amelia and Nate that Klobuchar did a good job handling it, though.

Booker finally brings up the fact that no one brings up the fact that he is a Rhodes Scholar too!