Democratic Debate: See Every Night 2 Candidate's Closing Remarks | NBC New York

See the closing remarks from Kamala Harris, Joe Biden, Pete Buttigieg, Andrew Yang, Marianne Williamson, Bernie Sanders and the rest of the field on night 2 of the first Democratic Debate.

Democratic divisions over race, age and ideology surged into public view in Thursday night's presidential debate, a prime-time clash punctuated by a heated exchange between former Vice President Joe Biden and California Sen. Kamala Harris.

It was one of several moments that left the 76-year-old Biden, who entered the night as his party's fragile front-runner, on the defensive as he worked to convince voters across America that he's still in touch with the Democratic Party of 2020 — and best-positioned to deny President Donald Trump a second term.

"I do not believe you are a racist," Harris said to Biden, though she described his record of working with Democratic segregationist senators on non-race issues as "hurtful."

Biden called Harris' criticism "a complete mischaracterization of my record." He declared, "I ran because of civil rights" and later accused the Trump administration of embracing racism.

The debate marked an abrupt turning point in a Democratic primary in which candidates have largely tiptoed around each other, focusing instead on their shared desire to beat Trump. But the debate revealed just how deep the fissures are within the Democratic Party eight months before primary voting begins.

Thursday's debate, like the one a night earlier, gave millions of Americans their first peek inside the Democrats' unruly 2020 season.

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