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Commentary: During Democratic debate, Warren sides with the cynics, Buttigieg is with the optimists

As if the differences among the top Democratic presidential contenders and President Trump weren't stark enough, Tuesday's debate opened with the 12 candidates on stage all holding forth on why they support the House impeachment inquiry and, in many cases, Trump's removal from office.

Yet the Democrats know that if they win the nomination, they'll face the same set of voters that Trump will in November 2020, assuming he's not actually forced from office and abandoned by the Republican Party - an extremely safe assumption at this point. And some of those candidates are pushing the same emotional buttons Trump pushed in 2016 and continues

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