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4 Takeaways From The Biden-Sanders Debate During The Coronavirus Crisis

The first one-on-one debate between the two men was supposed to be in Arizona, one of four states voting in the Democratic presidential primaries Tuesday. But it took place in a TV studio instead.

Just before the Democratic debate Sunday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention put out guidelines encouraging Americans not to gather in groups of 50 or more for the next eight weeks.

Eight weeks. Americans are hunkering down, professional and college sports have suspended seasons, many states have closed schools. But voting – at least for now – continues. And so did the first one-on-one Democratic primary debate of this cycle – albeit in a very different way than originally planned.

The debate between former Vice President Joe Biden

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