{"id":183733,"date":"2019-06-28T06:43:26","date_gmt":"2019-06-28T06:43:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usa.timesofnews.com\/eric-swalwell-calls-on-joe-biden-to-apospass-the-torchapos-during-democratic-debates.html"},"modified":"2019-06-28T06:43:26","modified_gmt":"2019-06-28T06:43:26","slug":"eric-swalwell-calls-on-joe-biden-to-apospass-the-torchapos-during-democratic-debates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usa.timesofnews.com\/breaking-news\/city\/hawaii\/eric-swalwell-calls-on-joe-biden-to-apospass-the-torchapos-during-democratic-debates.html","title":{"rendered":"Eric Swalwell calls on Joe Biden to &amp;apos;pass a torch&amp;apos; during Democratic debates"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"Swalwell targets length of Biden career: It's time to pass a torch.\"\/><meta itemprop=\"image\" content=\"https:\/\/mp4media.gannett-cdn.com\/28911775001\/28911775001_6053337462001_6053332226001-vs.jpg?width=540height=304fit=crop\"\/><meta itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/mp4media.gannett-cdn.com\/28911775001\/28911775001_6053336085001_6053332226001-th.jpg\"\/>CLOSE<meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2019-06-28T05:40:53\"\/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT00M00M46S\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"video-desc\" itemprop=\"description\">\n    Rep. Eric Swalwell of California had a elementary summary for former Vice President Joe Biden during Thursday&#8217;s debate: It&#8217;s time to pass a torch.<br \/>\n    <span class=\"credit\">USA TODAY<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable-p-1 p-text\"><span>Rep. Eric Swalwell of California had a elementary summary for former Vice President Joe Biden during Thursday&#8217;s debate: It&#8217;s time to pass a torch.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable-p-2 p-text\"><span>Swalwell, 38, targeted Biden, 76, reminding\u00a0him of a impulse from scarcely 3 decades ago when Biden\u00a0called for a new era to lead a nation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p-text\"><span>&#8220;I was 6-years-old when a presidential claimant came to a California Democratic Convention and pronounced it&#8217;s time to pass a flame to a new era of Americans,&#8221; Swalwell said. &#8220;That claimant was then-Sen. Joe Biden.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p-text\"><span>&#8220;Joe Biden was right when he pronounced it was time to pass a flame to a new era of Americans 32-years-ago,&#8221; he continued.\u00a0&#8220;He&#8217;s still right today.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<aside itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" class=\"wide single-photo\" readability=\"5\"><img decoding=\"async\" itemprop=\"url\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wordpressdynamos.com\/timesofnewscdn\/USA\/fdaa6_358e07bc-aeca-429a-ab29-9e9d4a9fdb1c-AFP_AFP_1HX5RQ.jpg\" alt=\"Rep. Eric Swalwell, D-Calif., speaks during a second Democratic primary discuss in Miami on Jun 27, 2019. \" width=\"540\" data-mycapture-src=\"\" data-mycapture-sm-src=\"\"\/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"Afp Afp 1hx5rq A Ele Ele Ele Pts Usa Fl\"\/><meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"405\"\/><meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"540\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Rep. Eric Swalwell, D-Calif., speaks during a second Democratic primary discuss in Miami on Jun 27, 2019. <meta itemprop=\"copyrightHolder\" content=\"Saul Loeb, AFP\/Getty Images\"\/>\u00a0<span class=\"credit\">(Photo: Saul Loeb, AFP\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/aside>\n<p class=\"p-text\"><span>Biden, who has ran for boss dual other times, is now a frontrunner in polling. Swalwell challenged Biden observant that if new solutions are going to be done in a country, afterwards it&#8217;s time for younger lawmakers to make that change.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p-text\"><span>&#8220;If we&#8217;re going to solve a issues of automation, pass a torch. If we&#8217;re going to solve a issues of meridian chaos, pass a torch,&#8221; he continued.\u00a0&#8220;If we&#8217;re going to solve a emanate of tyro loan debt, pass a torch. If we&#8217;re going to finish gun assault for families who are aroused of promulgation their kids to school, pass a torch.&#8221;\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p-text\"><strong>Live coverage: <\/strong>Democratic possibilities conflict in second night of\u00a0high-profile debate<\/p>\n<p class=\"p-text\">A smiling Biden responded:\u00a0&#8220;I&#8217;m still holding on to that torch.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><cta -atoms-container-inline><\/cta><\/p>\n<p class=\"p-text\">This wasn&#8217;t his initial appropriate during Biden for a evening.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p-text\">Swalwell before to a discuss called out Biden for his age.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p-text\">\u201cI don\u2019t consider we can commission a claimant who has been in supervision for longer than 20 years,&#8221; Swalwell told CNN.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p-text p-text-last\" id=\"article-body-p-last\"><span class=\"exclude-from-newsgate\"><strong>Like what you\u2019re reading?: <\/strong><a data-track-label=\"inline|intext|n\/a\" href=\"https:\/\/static.usatoday.com\/mobile-apps\/?utm_source=instoryspikeutm_campaign=appdownloadsutm_content=politics\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Download a USA TODAY app for more<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Article source: http:\/\/rssfeeds.usatoday.com\/~\/603761806\/0\/usatodaycomwashington-topstories~Eric-Swalwell-calls-on-Joe-Biden-to-apospass-the-torchapos-during-Democratic-debates\/<\/a>\r\n<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CLOSE Rep. Eric Swalwell of California had a elementary summary for former Vice President Joe Biden during Thursday&#8217;s debate: It&#8217;s time to pass a torch. USA TODAY Rep. Eric Swalwell of California had a elementary summary for former Vice President Joe Biden during Thursday&#8217;s debate: It&#8217;s time to pass a torch. 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