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Democratic Candidate Divisions On Display At Fiery Iowa Dinner

Elizabeth Warren and Pete Buttigieg got some of the biggest turnouts of the night, but there was a clear progressive vs. moderate split evident between the two White House hopefuls.
South Bend, Ind., Mayor Pete Buttigieg addresses the Iowa Democratic Party's Liberty and Justice Celebration.

The ideological divisions between the leading Democratic candidates for president were on clear display at the rowdy Iowa Liberty and Justice Celebration on Friday evening.

Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren took aim at her more moderate rivals during her remarks, slamming them for "vague ideas that are designed not to offend anyone."

"If the most we can promise is business as usual after Donald Trump, then we Democrats will lose," Warren said, in a clear shot at both former Vice President Joe Biden and South Bend, Ind., Mayor Pete Buttigieg. "We win when we offer solutions

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