2020年民主党候选人伯尼·桑德斯（Bernie Sanders）表示，今晚在冠状病毒爆发期间，他为“挽救美国人的生命”要做的第一件事就是关闭唐纳德·特朗普总统。
桑德斯在星期日晚上在华盛顿举行的第十一届民主党辩论中说：“无论我是否担任总统，我们要做的第一件事就是立即关闭这位总统。”
佛蒙特州参议员补充说：“他正在破坏试图帮助美国人民的医生和科学家。他对虚假的信息information之以鼻，这使普通公众感到困惑，这是不可接受的。”
CNN与IliaCalderón，Dana Bash和Jake Tapper主持了周日的辩论，这标志着民主党初选的两位领先者，桑德斯和前副总统乔·拜登首次并肩作战。
辩论原定于2020年大选的关键州亚利桑那州举行。但民主党全国委员会上周因冠状病毒爆发而改变了地点。
根据约翰·霍普金斯大学系统科学与工程中心的最新数据，美国冠状病毒病例数已超过3,000，至少有62人死亡。世界卫生组织宣布疫情为大流行病。
唐纳德·特朗普总统于周五下午发布了关于COVID-19的紧急声明。该措施将使他的政府能够运用《斯塔福德法案》（Stafford Act）来管理救灾工作，向州和地方政府提供多达500亿美元的资金。
周日，由于各州宣布限制该病毒的传播，特朗普告诉美国人不要在粮食短缺的情况下ho积粮食。由于大流行，马萨诸塞州，伊利诺伊州和俄亥俄州属于已关闭餐馆和酒吧的州。
总统在新闻发布会上说：“我们做得很好，一切都会过去。”
在辩论的开幕式中，拜登将冠状病毒大流行与战争进行了比较，并对比了桑德斯（Sanders）提出的“全民医疗”的主张，称意大利拥有单一付款人的医疗保健系统，但未能保护该国免受COVID-19的侵害。
前副总统说：“这就像一场战争，在战争中，您需要做的一切都需要照顾您的人民。” “处理这场危机所需的一切都是免费的。”
他补充说：“一般来说，这是由纳税人支付的。一般而言，这与伯尼的全民医疗保险无关。”
当被问及他们正在采取什么措施保护自己免受病毒侵害时，拜登和桑德斯都表示，他们正在采取所有必要的预防措施，例如使用洗手液，避免握手以及不举行任何大型公共活动。
拜登说：“我正在采取所有人应采取的所有预防措施。”
2020 Democratic candidate Bernie Sanders said the first thing he would do tonight to "save American lives" amid the coronavirus outbreak is to shut President Donald Trump up.
"The first thing we have to do, whether or not I am president, is to shut this president up right now," Sanders said during the 11th Democratic debate in Washington D.C. on Sunday night.
"He is undermining the doctors and scientists who are trying to help the American people. It is unacceptable for him to be blabbering with un-factual information that is confusing the general public," the Vermont senator added.
Sunday's debate, moderated by CNN with Ilia Calderón, Dana Bash and Jake Tapper, marked the first time the Democratic primary's two frontrunners, Sanders and former Vice President Joe Biden, went head-to-head.
The debate was originally scheduled to be held in Arizona, a key swing state in the 2020 election. But the Democratic National Committee changed the location last week over the coronavirus outbreak.
The number of coronavirus cases in the United States has exceeded 3,000, with at least 62 deaths, according to the latest data from the Johns Hopkins University's Center for Systems Science and Engineering. The outbreak was declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization.
President Donald Trump issued an emergency declaration over COVID-19 on Friday afternoon. The measure will allow his administration to use the Stafford Act, which governs disaster-relief efforts, to provide as much as $50 billion in funding to state and local governments.
On Sunday, Trump told Americans not to hoard supplies amid concerns of food shortages as states announce restrictions to contain the virus. Massachusetts, Illinois and Ohio are among the states that have closed restaurants and bars due to the pandemic.
"We're doing great, it all will pass," the president said during his press conference.
During the debate's opening moments, Biden compared the coronavirus pandemic to war and contrasted Sanders' call for a "Medicare for All," claiming that Italy has a single-payer health care system but it's failed to protect the country from COVID-19.
"This is like a war, and in a war you do whatever is needed to be done to take care of your people," the former vice president said. "Everything that you need in terms of dealing with this crisis would be free."
"It is paid for by the taxpayers generally. Generally. It has nothing to do with Bernie's Medicare for All," he added.
When asked what they were doing to protect themselves from the virus, both Biden and Sanders said they were taking all the precautions necessary like using hand sanitizers, avoiding shaking hands and not holding any large, public events.
"I'm taking all the precautions that everyone should take," Biden said.
