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CLEVELANDURBANNEWS.COM, WASHINGTON, D.C.- The 11th Democratic Primary Debate, the last one before the primaries on March 17 for Arizona, Illinois, Florida, and Ohio took place Sunday evening in Washington D.C., the event moved from Phoenix, Arizona to D.C. in response to the coronavirus, which was the focal point of the debate between Democratic presidential hopefuls former vice president Joe Biden and U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont.
Both candidates said a multi-billion dollar bail out is needed in response to the virus, and "for individuals, not banks and oil companies."
No coronavirus deaths have been reported in Washington D.C. in spite of one death announced in neighboring Virginia, which has reported 41 positive cases, and 26 confirmed cases in neighboring Maryland, also with no deaths for now.
The disease has infected more than 156, 439 people around the world coupled with some 5,832 deaths, and more than 2,836 cases occurring in the U.S.
Some 60 people have died to date in the U.S. relative to the deadly virus.
The debate aired live at 8pm ET on CNN, CNN en Español, CNN InternationalCNN's Washington Bureau headquarters without a live studio audience, unlike the previous 10 debates, and in an effort to avoid large gatherings, DNC officials said.
A litany of Democratic policy agendas were debated from healthcare to jobs, unemployment, climate change, foreign policy, immigration, women's rights, and Black people.
The field of more that 20 Democratic candidates for president has now been essentially narrowed down to two, Biden the vice president under former president Barack Obama and the front-runner with 868 delegates to date, and Sanders with 718, a candidate needing at least 1,991 of the total 3,979 pledged delegates to win the nomination.
Tuesday's primary elections represent 15 percent of the total pledged delegates, 67 in Arizona, 219 in Florida, 155 in Illinois, and 136 pledged delegates available in Ohio.
What also stuck out was the announcement by Biden during the debate that that if he wins the Democratic nomination he will select a woman to run as vice-president on the Democratic ticket, Biden going on to promise that he would also nominate a Black woman for the U.S. Supreme Court, which would require confirmation by the U.S. Senate to materialize, the Senate currently predominantly Republican.
Potential picks for his vice presidential running-mate, said sources, include his former rivals for the Democratic nomination of U.S. Sens Kamala Harris of California, who is Black, Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota, and Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts, Warren the last of the three to exist the race, Harris and Klobuchar endorsing Biden, and Warren staying neutral for now.
Sanders said during Sunday's debate that he would consider a female vice-presidential running mate, if he were to win the nomination.
"We await the confirmation of a Black woman on the nation's highest court and we are pleased that a woman will be on the Democratic ticket this year for vice president if Joe Biden wins the nomination for president," said Women's March Cleveland and International Women's March Cleveland head organizer Kathy Wray Coleman, who, for International Women's Day on March 8, led the last major rally and march in Cleveland before the coronavirus outbreak in greater Cleveland, an event that included activists and elected officials and began with speeches on the outside steps of Cleveland City Hall.
"This is why we march," said Coleman.
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