“Food fights” and “the power of love”: Recapping the second Democratic debate

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Kamala Harris breaks out

The California senator quickly grabbed the spotlight and never really let it go. She put an uneven Biden on his heels, highlighting his record of working with segregationists and his opposition to a federal busing program that addressed school segregation.

Kamala Harris 2020 election candidate

Guys, America does not want a food fight, they want to know how we put food on their table.

— Kamala Harris

Emily Stephenson

9:31 p.m.

Harris seems effective at cutting in. People stop talking when she speaks up.

Christopher Cadelago

National Political Reporter

9:57 p.m.

Charlie If you dropped me into this debate with no context, there’s no way I’d tell you Joe Biden is the frontrunner. Sanders is running circles around him in terms of energy, and Harris and Buttigieg have used their time to score big points.

Charlie Mahtesian

Senior politics editor

10:04 p.m.

Here we go. Kamala squares up against Biden and calls him out for his segregationist senator remarks

Holly Otterbein

National political reporter

10:07 p.m.

Kamala is using Biden to show the questioning skills that she would bring to Trump. Every Democrat on stage, of course, wants to show that they can beat Trump.

Kamala Harris 2020 election candidate

Vice President Biden, do you agree today that you were wrong to oppose busing in America then? Do you agree?

— Kamala Harris

Charlie Mahtesian

Senior politics editor

10:08 p.m.

Second time Biden willingly stopped his answer at the time limit. No one else is doing that. It was smart – he needed that back and forth with Harris to end

Scott Bland

Campaign Pro editor

10:24 p.m.

In case anyone was wondering if Harris prepped her back-and-forth on race with Biden earlier, her campaign tweeted this:

 Sen. Kamala Harris and former Vice President Joe Biden speak as Sen. Bernie Sanders looks on. | Drew Angerer/Getty Images

Sen. Kamala Harris and former Vice President Joe Biden speak as Sen. Bernie Sanders looks on. | Drew Angerer/Getty Images

Natasha Korecki

National Correspondent

10:33 p.m.

After that Kamala Harris skewering, Team Biden has to be worried about this narrative: if he can’t handle Harris, how’s he going to handle Trump?

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