What Went Down On Night One Of The First Democratic Debates

Gabbard answers a question about equal pay for women by … talking about her anti-war platform. With such limited time in front of such a big audience, these candidates are just going to answer the questions they want to answer.

There’s Bill de Blasio. New York City mayors don’t have a great track record when running for President—Rudy Giuliani’s 2008 bid flamed out, as did John Lindsay’s 1972 bid.

Huge applause for the passage of the Equal Rights Amendment. It stalled back in the 1980s – but it’s made kind of a surprising comeback recently.