Former Vice President Joe Biden and Sen. Bernie Sanders met for the primary one-on-one debate of the 2020 cycle on Sunday.

The evening started beneath the shadow of the coronavirus pandemic. The 2 males bumped elbows somewhat than shaking fingers, earlier than taking podiums separated by additional house.

But it surely didn't take lengthy for the occasion to be remodeled into a reasonably customary political battle over the competing coverage plans of two males representing opposing sides of a fractious Democratic Get together. Biden and Sanders, united in going after their mutual enemy President Donald Trump, clashed on the everyday array of occasion flash factors.

Biden challenged Sanders over the value tag of "Medicare for All." Sanders stated Biden had advocated for...