“Welcome to the first Democratic debate in the 2020 race for president.” “There was a little girl in California, who was part of the second class to integrate her public schools. And she was bused to school every day. And that little girl was me.” “Do you agree today that you were wrong to oppose busing in America?” “What I opposed is busing ordered by the Department of Education. Your city council made that decision. It was a local decision —” “So that’s where the federal government must step in. That’s why we have the Voting Rights Act and the Civil Rights Act.” “People who have health care under ‘Medicare for all’ will have no premiums, no deductibles.” “I think we should be the party that keeps what’s working and fixes what’s broken.” “The quickest, fastest way to do it is build on Obamacare.” “Who is this economy really working for? It’s doing great for a thinner and thinner slice at the top.” “You have three people in this country owning more wealth than the bottom half of America.” “We need to make structural change in our government.” “We need a political revolution. People have got to stand up.” “The police force in South Bend is now 6 percent black in a city that is 26 percent black. Why has that not improved over your two terms as mayor?” “Because I couldn’t get it done.” “I would sign an executive order that would get rid of Trump’s zero-tolerance policy.” “On day one we take out our executive order pen and we rescind every damn thing on this issue that Trump has done.” “First thing I would do, is make sure that we defeat Donald Trump.” “We expose him for the fraud that he is.” “He’s torn apart the moral fabric of who we are.” “That is not reflective of our America and our values and it’s got to end.”