- Title: Showdown in Ohio as Democrats are set to debate
- Date: 15th October 2019
- Summary: WESTERVILLE, OHIO, UNITED STATES (OCTOBER 15, 2019) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF ELIZABETH WARREN SUPPORTERS (SOUNDBITE) (English) OTTERBEIN UNIVERSITY STUDENT, SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA, RESIDENT, BETH SANFORD, SAYING: "I support Elizabeth Warren for many reasons, similar reasons I support all the democratic candidates currently, right now. My shirt says 'anyone but Trump 2020, hashtag democrats,' because I'm also a democrat because I think any of these candidates could help to rebuild the nation that Trump has not destroyed but damaged." VARIOUS OF U.S. SENATOR AMY KLOBUCHAR SUPPORTERS VARIOUS OF FORMER VICE PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN SUPPORTERS (SOUNDBITE) (English) FREEPORT, OHIO, RESIDENT, JIM MILLESON, SAYING: "I think America has had enough of Trump. We had him. The good Lord has allowed us to realize that's not the type of person we need. People are returning to bible. People are returning to the truth. People are returning to the true roots of what America is." VARIOUS OF SENATOR BERNIE SANDERS SUPPORTERS VARIOUS OF U.S. PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP SUPPORTERS HOUSE OF TRUMP SUPPORTERS (SOUNDBITE) (English) OTTERBEIN UNIVERSITY, SENIOR, TRENTON, OHIO, RESIDENT, ALEC HEFLIN, SAYING: "I don't know if I necessarily support Trump, but I'm a huge Republican. I'm very far right in my politics. Trump acts really like a Republican sometimes, and sometimes he doesn't. So, he's kind of in the middle for me. But, overall, I think, I support him over any of the Democratic candidates." PEOPLE WAITING IN LINE TO GET INTO DEBATE SITE SIGN OF DEBATE VARIOUS OF PLANE WITH TRUMP CAMPAIGN SIGN
- Embargoed: 29th October 2019 23:48
- Keywords: Andrew Yang Cory Booker Bernie Sanders Kamala Harris Joe Biden Pete Buttigieg Tom Steyer Julian Castro Beto O'Rourke Tulsi Gabbard Amy Klobuchar Elizabeth Warren
- Location: WESTERVILLE, OHIO, UNITED STATES
- City: WESTERVILLE, OHIO, UNITED STATES
- Country: USA
- Topics: Diplomacy/Foreign Policy,Government/Politics
- Reuters ID: LVA001B1CIB0N
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- Story Text: Supporters for Democratic candidates and Republican President Donald Trump gathered around the Democratic debate site at the Otterbein University in Westerville, Ohio, on Tuesday (October 15).
"I think America has had enough of Trump," said Freeport, Ohio, resident, Jim Milleson, holding a poster in support of former Vice President Joe Biden.
A chanting group of Senator Elizabeth Warren supporters gathered on the town's main street. "Any of these candidates could help to rebuild the nation that Trump has, not destroyed, but damaged," said Otterbein University student and San Francisco, California, resident, Beth Sanford, holding a 'Win with Warren' poster.
Supporters for current U.S. President Donald Trump, a Republican, gathered in one of the houses close to the campus.
"Trump acts really like a Republican sometimes, and sometimes he doesn't," said Otterbein University Senior and Trenton, Ohio, resident, Alec Heflin. "But I support him over any of the Democratic candidates." Dozens of people lined up to enter the debate site to watch the dozen candidates fight to become a challenger to Trump in the November 2020 presidential election.
The debate comes at a critical time, as former Vice President Joe Biden has seen his once solid lead in opinion polls in the Democratic race diminished by Senator Elizabeth Warren, a leader of the party's progressive movement, who has steadily risen over the past two months.
It also comes as all the Democratic contenders fight to be heard through the din of impeachment news, with less than four months remaining until the first nominating contest in Iowa on February 3, 2020.
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