4 takeaways from Democratic debate: female VP promised, Hyde Amendment attacked

By Michael Gryboski, Mainline Church Editor Monday, March 16, 2020

Biden promises female running mate

Democratic presidential hopeful former Vice President Joe Biden accompanied by his wife Jill Biden, speaks during a Super Tuesday event in Los Angeles, California, on March 3, 2020. | FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP via Getty Images

Biden promised to select a woman to be his vice presidential running mate if he secures the Democratic Party nomination.

“If I'm elected president, my Cabinet, my administration will look like the country, and I commit that I will, in fact, appoint a, pick a woman to be vice president,” said Biden, as reported by CNN.

“There are a number of women who are qualified to be president tomorrow. I would pick a woman to be my vice president.”

For his part, Sanders responded that he would “in all likelihood” select a female running mate, but added that “it's not just nominating a woman.”

“It is making sure that we have a progressive woman, and there are progressive women out there, so my very strong tendency is to move in that direction,” he stated.