What Went Down In The Fifth Democratic Debate

That was a fairly substantive but probably too detailed answer from Steyer on housing, who isn’t getting much speaking time and really needs to pivot to whatever takeaway message he wants voters to remember him by.

We’re getting up toward the one-hour mark, and so far, the clear winner? I think it’s all the Democratic leaders, including Barack Obama, who have been publicly wringing their hands about the candidates being too far to the left. Tonight, so far, the number of transformative-but-DOA ideas seems markedly lower.

Harris mentions the pay gap, which differs by both gender and race. Today is actually Latina Equal Pay Day — this is how long a Latina would have to work in order to get the same wages as a white man was paid in 2018.