Biden vows to choose female running mate
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Former US Vice President Joe Biden made a firm commitment to pick a woman as his running mate during his first one-on-one Democratic primary debate with Senator Bernie Sanders on Sunday.
鈥淚f I鈥檓 elected president, my Cabinet, my administration, will look like the country and I commit that I will in fact pick a woman to be my vice president,鈥 Biden said during the debate.
鈥淭here are a number of women qualified to be president tomorrow and I would pick a woman to be my vice president,鈥 said Biden.
Sanders said he was almost certain to pick a woman as his running mate if he can win the nomination.
鈥淚n all likelihood, I would,鈥 Sanders said, adding it鈥檚 more important for him to choose a progressive to run alongside him.
鈥淭here are progressive women out there,鈥 said the senator.
The face-off came amid worries about the rapid spread of the novel coronavirus across the US. There was no handshake between the two and no audience. They stood 1.8 meters apart at the podiums.
The pandemic became the central topic during the debate. Sanders used the outbreak as an opportunity to push for his signature issue, 鈥淢edicare for All,鈥 while Biden argued Americans are 鈥渓ooking for results, not a revolution鈥 and it is not the time for massive structural change to the economy.
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