The Democrats Debated (some of them), I Drew Them

Liza Donnelly
5 min readJun 28, 2019

It was a wild and whacky two nights

I knew going in that drawing this would be terribly difficult , if only because of the sheer number of people on stage. Forget drawing the moderators (only did that once, you will see), or people in the audience this time. Drawing from my home watching the monitor, I did what I could with the 20 candidates and 4 hours of talk.

The first night opened when the ten walked out on stage and waved and pointed, the typical politician thing to do.

Senator Elizabeth Warren was given center stage, and the first question, because she is perceived as a front runner. She did well, but Julian Castro was the standout of the evening. Beto seemed scared, de Blasio was harsh; they both are very very tall. I think de Blasio is taller, but a twitter follower disagreed. Haven’t looked it up yet.

Of historic importance, there were three women on stage the first night, and also the second night. And it seemed very normal. At one point…

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