Biden and Sanders debate in the shadow of coronavirus – here are the highlights

Biden whipped out some campaign statistics on Sunday to defend against attacks from Sanders and his allies over the funding behind his bid. 

“The idea, Bernie’s implication, somehow I’m being funded by millionaires,” Biden said, after noting that the average contribution to his campaign was $51 this month and $44 for the entire campaign. He added: “Bernie outspent me two-, three-, four-, five-, six-to-one. And I still won! I didn’t have any money and I still won.”

Sanders fired back that Biden had condemned super PACs in the past, and called on him to do the same during the debate. 

“Why don’t you get rid of the Super PAC that you have right now which is running very, ugly, negative ads about me,” Sanders said. “Don’t laugh Joe, it’s the truth. And they’ve got two other super PACs running ads against us. Why don’t you just say right now on television — You know what, I think in the past Joe, if I’m not mistaken, you’ve condemned Super PACs, that correct?”

That prompted Biden to call on Sanders to get rid of “the nine super PACs that you have.”

“I don’t have nine super PACs. I don’t have any super PACs,” Sanders said.

“You have nine. Do you want me to list them?” Biden said. 

“Yeah, you go ahead and list them,” Sanders responded. 

“Come on, give me a break,” Biden said, although he did not list them.

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