Warren and Sanders face fierce challenges by moderates over 2020 policies

Leading liberal contenders face challenges from more moderate candidates on first night of second debates in Detroit

Progressive Democratic presidential frontrunners Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren faced fierce challenges on Tuesday from moderate candidates who contended the party is lurching too “far-left” to wrench the White House from Donald Trump’s grasp in the 2020 election.

In the first of two nights of debate between Democratic candidates in Detroit, Sanders and Warren teamed up to defend their overlapping platforms on issues such as universal healthcare and immigration, which were swiftly contested by the party’s centrists.

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