Democratic debate: Winners, losers, protests, arguments and all the key moments from Las Vegas

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Buttigeig slams Trump and Limbaugh over family values

The six leading Democratic presidential candidates have have sparred on stage in Las Vegas last presidential primary debate before the Nevada caucuses, marking the most heated clash yet in the primary season

Finally joining the candidates who have been vying for a shot at unseating Donald Trump in the key early voting states is Mike Bloomberg, the billionaire White House hopeful who has gotten under the president’s skin in recent weeks thanks to a heavily-funded advertising spree. Mr Trump attacked the former New York City mayor as a “pathetic debater” ahead of tonight’s event, to which Mr Bloomberg replied: “Impeached president says what?”

But Mr Bloomberg's fellow Democrats all saw him as an apparent obvious target, and repeatedly attacked him for his wealth, and his decision to bankroll his own campaign and to skip the first few nominating states altogether (including Nevada).

Enjoying his status as front-runner, Bernie Sanders steered through the night with relatively few attacks on his campaign, and reliably stuck to his general message arguing against billionaires — including Mr Bloomberg.

It was Elizabeth Warren who may have stolen the show, though, with a heated attack on Mr Bloomberg early on for his use of NDAs in his business, which he refused to pull from women who might have accusations to be made against him.

The president wasn’t the only one lobbing attacks against Mr Bloomberg before the debate, either: as the Democrats prepared to spar, Ms Warren warned the billionaire she would use the debate to show how she handles an “egomaniac billionaire", along with several other candidates who said they would take on the former mayor.

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Key Points

• Warren slams Bloomberg over sexist remarks, and compares billionaire to Trump
• Klobuchar and Buttigieg spar over experience
• Biden is interrupted by protesters: 'You deported 3 million people'
• Sanders seeks to maintain front-runner status heading into Saturday caucuses

[20 February 2020 04:00 · Clark Mindock]

Looks like those protesters were against Biden and the Obama administration's deportation record.

"You deported 3 million people," the protesters yelled at him. One seemed to yell: "we don't want you here".

[20 February 2020 04:01 · Clark Mindock]

Sanders in his final remarks saying that "bottom down change" doesn't come from the top or from oligarchs in what seems to be a very clear attack on Bloomberg, but also the donors of Buttigieg who Sanders has slammed repeatedly.

[20 February 2020 04:01 · Clark Mindock]

That's it folks, the debate has now concluded! What a trip we all just went on together.

[20 February 2020 04:10 · Clark Mindock]

Here's Bloomberg's synopsis of the night, conveniently leaving out his past as a politician himself:

[20 February 2020 04:11 · Clark Mindock]

Given the location of tonight's debate, this is quite a stat:

[20 February 2020 04:26 · Clark Mindock]

A nice joke to keep you going this evening:

[20 February 2020 04:32 · Clark Mindock]

Rest in Peace, Mr Mayor... (this appears to be doctored, and wasn't an actual Wikipedia change, though signals the seeming consensus on Twitter about tonight's debate)

[20 February 2020 04:34 · Clark Mindock]

Here's who we reckon won and lost tonight's debate:

[20 February 2020 04:36 · Clark Mindock]

A moment worth looking back on between Buttigieg and Klobuchar this evening:

[20 February 2020 04:36 · Clark Mindock]

Here's what Donald Trump was up to during the debate tonight: