WESTERVILLE, Ohio — Sen. Elizabeth Warren finished first in a national poll on Monday and was the focus of attack Tuesday as Democrats opened their debate in swing-state Ohio. The Massachusetts senator took fire for refusing to say whether middle-class Americans’ taxes would increase under her “Medicare for All” plan. “I will not sign a bill into lower that does not lower costs for middle-class families,” she said. All the candidates kicked off the night with calls for Donald Trump’s impeachment, with some calling him the most corrupt president in the nation’s history as each fought to make their mark and survive to the next round of debates. Warren’s dodge on the Medicare for All debate was quickly noted by South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg, who said she was playing the typical Washington game of “a yes-or-no question that didn’t get a yes-or-no answer.” Buttigieg pushed his “Medicare for all who want it” proposal, saying it doesn’t kick some 150 million Americans off their private health insurance. “If you prefer to stay on your private plan, you can,” he said. Warren countered that the Indiana mayor was actually proposing “Medicare for all who can afford it.” She added, “Medicare for… Read full this story
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