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Democrats in Miami tackle immigration, taxes, economy and guns

MIAMI - Ten Democratic White House hopefuls found broad consensus Wednesday night on a range of issues - guns, immigration, relations with Iran - reserving the full measure of their contempt and their harshest put-downs for President Donald Trump.

There were a handful of clashes among contestants, who shared a stage at a fine arts center in downtown Miami for the first of two consecutive debate nights.

But their differences were largely on the margins, or were matters of degree, as the mostly friendly rivals used the question-and-answer format to paint broader portraits of their candidacies.

New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker spoke of living in a violence-plagued low-income neighborhood of Newark. Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren alluded to the scores of policy-filled town halls she has held. Hawaii Rep. Tulsi Gabbard spoke of her military service, and

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