18 Questions. 21 Democrats. Here's What They Said.

[brooklynite]

New York Times

The New York Times reached out to 22 Democratic presidential candidates to ask them the same set of questions on video. Twenty-one accepted the invitation.

Most of the candidates visited the studio in our New York City office; for a few who could not, we traveled to Iowa, Texas and Washington, D.C. The sessions took place between the beginning of March and early June. During the interviews, we asked candidates to answer each question briefly — with a simple yes or no, or another terse, direct reply — before explaining their views at greater length.

One candidate, Elizabeth Warren, who was the first to be interviewed, returned for a second session after we added a number of questions to our initial list. We did not ask John Hickenlooper when his family first arrived in the United States because we added that question after his interview.

In the case of one question — regarding President Trump’s legal issues — the candidates answered at different points during the completion of the investigation by Special Counsel Robert S. Mueller III, so their answers reflected the facts available to them at the time.

THE CANDIDATES
Joseph R. Biden Jr. declined to participate despite repeated requests since late April.
Michael Bennet, Senator from Colorado|Michael Bennet, Senator from Colorado
Cory Booker, Senator from New Jersey
Steve Bullock, Governor of Montana
Pete Buttigieg, Mayor of South Bend, Ind.
Julián Castro, Former housing secretary
Bill de Blasio, Mayor of New York City
John Delaney, Former congressman from Maryland
Tulsi Gabbard, Congresswoman from Hawaii
Kirsten Gillibrand, Senator from New York
Kamala Harris, Senator from California
John Hickenlooper, Former governor of Colorado
Jay Inslee, Governor of Washington State
Amy Klobuchar, Senator from Minnesota
Seth Moulton, Congressman from Massachusetts
Beto O’Rourke, Former congressman from Texas
Tim Ryan, Congressman from Ohio
Bernie Sanders, Senator from Vermont
Eric Swalwell, Congressman from California
Elizabeth Warren, Senator from Massachusetts
Marianne Williamson, Self-help author
Andrew Yang, Former tech executive

[Autumn]

1. Have they asked Biden why he won't answer any questions?

I have an opinion on that but it's my own. Bernie, Inslee, and Warren gave great answers. I wanted to see Harris's but I ran out of articles.

[George II]

3. Neither Biden nor his campaign said they won't answer any questions. As a matter of fact.....

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....last night he sat down with Anderson Cooper for an extended interview where he answered dozens of questions.

Autumn (35,467 posts)

1. Have they asked Biden why he won't answer any questions?

[Autumn]

4. From the article, I'm sure you simply overlooked it.

Joseph R. Biden Jr. declined to participate despite repeated requests since late April.

Sounds to me like he doesn't want to answer the questions that the other 21 candidates did.

[George II]

5. Where does it say Biden "won't answer any questions"? I've already pointed out that as recently....

...as last night he answered dozens of questions.

Are we hopping on that magical Merry-Go-Round again, Autumn?

[Autumn]

6. "Joseph R. Biden Jr. declined to participate". What do you think that means?

Keep in mind the article isn't about where he answered some question by Anderson Copper's in his one on one interview with him.

The New York Times reached out to 22 Democratic presidential candidates to ask them the same set of questions on video. Twenty-one accepted the invitation.

I never said the article said "Biden "won't answer any questions" , I said

"have they asked Biden why he won't answer any questions"

He has declined to participate in answering the question since April. IMO since he was invited and decided to decline to participate in what all the other serious candidates are doing IMO is refusing to answer the questions.

You might try reading the article instead of wandering off on a tangent. The only one on a magical Merry-Go-Round here is you George.

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[George II]

7. You said "have they asked Biden why he won't answer any questions", i.e., he's not....

answering ANY questions, but that's not true, he answers questions almost every day he's out on the campaign trail.

[Autumn]

8. Did he answer the questions that the NYT put to the other 21 candidates?

The article isn't about other questions asked of Biden by other people George. It about the set of questions The New York Times asked of the candidates that they responded to them on video. Twenty-one accepted the invitation. Biden didn't. You seem stuck on what he tells other people while he is campaigning and that is irrelevant to the conversation.

[George II]

9. That's completely different from what you first said. Thanks for acknowledging that.

[Autumn]

10. No it's not. It's exactly what I said, next time I won't bother with your game. nt

[ehrnst]

12. It's wise to fold when one has a weak hand. (nt)

[Autumn]

13. Nice! How does it go? A day late and a dollar short?

Yeah, that's about right.

[ehrnst]

14. Hit a nerve?

What happened to "not bothering" with this "game?"

[Autumn]

15. That was to George not you... unless?

[ehrnst]

16. .....

[Autumn]

17. Hit a nerve?

[ehrnst]

18. Yes. That. You understood what I meant.

That part of my post, anyway.

[Autumn]

19. Your understanding is rather faulty, you should work on it. Did you read the OP?

Any opinion or interest on that or just me?

[ehrnst]

20. I was replying to your post. Did you read it?

[Autumn]

21. No. You were stepping in on a conversation between myself and George that

I had decided to end. You took his place. For some reason.

[ehrnst]

22. You are very unhappy about my comment concerning your posts.

That's very clear. You keep on replying.

I didn't 'take anyone's place.'

I simply replied to your post. Isn't that the point of discussion boards?

To avoid being upset by any more of my posts, you can use the ignore feature. Until then, continuing to reply to my posts is your choice, and yours alone.

[Autumn]

23. You chose to respond to me, I'll respond till I'm bored. You might try ignore.

Or not.

[ehrnst]

25. OK.

[Firestorm49]

2. Well at least someone is asking pertinent questions.

[question everything]

11. should have posted the questions, at least

The Questions
1. In an ideal world, would anyone own handguns?
2. Would your focus be improving the Affordable Care Act or replacing it with single payer?
3. Do you think it’s possible for the next president to stop climate change?
4. Do you think Israel meets international standards of human rights?
5. Who is your hero, and why?
6. Would there be American troops in Afghanistan at the end of your first term?
7. How many hours of sleep do you get a night?
8. Do you think illegal immigration is a major problem in the United States?
9. Where would you go on your first international trip as president?
10. Describe the last time you were embarrassed. Why?
11. Do you think President Trump has committed crimes in office?
12. Do you support or oppose the death penalty?
13. Should tech giants like Facebook, Amazon and Google be broken up?
14. Are you open to expanding the size of the Supreme Court?
15. When did your family first arrive in the United States, and how?
16. What is your comfort food on the campaign trail?
17. What do you do to relax?
18. Does anyone deserve to have a billion dollars?

[True Dough]

26. Those are mostly good questions

but I would have liked at least on one international trade, particularly focused on China. They could have substituted that for the comfort food on the campaign trail query.

[LAS14]

24. Thanks! Well worth bookmarking. But...

... I can't figure out how to restart an answer, and as I scroll down, answers are already underway. I must be doing something wrong?

Also, is this in written form anywhere? I'd prefer that at some points.

tia
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