Thursday, the seven top polling candidates competing in the 2020 Democratic primary for President of the United States gathered on stage in Los Angeles, California, for a debate.

U.S. Representative Bradley Byrne (AL-01) and State Representative Arnold Mooney (R-Indian Springs), both candidates for Alabama’s Senate seat currently occupied by Doug Jones, watched the debate and did not like what they saw.

“We knew the Democrats had gone totally off the rails after the impeachment mess this week, but the debate just confirmed that sad reality,” Byrne said in a statement to Yellowhammer News.

“The clown car that is the Democrat Party rolled on tonight in a debate that was totally outside the mainstream,” offered Mooney.

One point of disagreement in the debate had the more moderate candidate, former Vice President Joe Biden, defending his healthcare plans against the more liberal candidate, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT), who bills himself as a “Democratic socialist.”

Every candidate on stage derided President Donald Trump’s actions on immigration and pledged to reverse his executive actions on the issue if they were elected.

“Whether it was supporting open borders, arguing over whose health care plan will cost Americans the most money, or advocating for bigger government not less, it just made me more confident than ever that Donald Trump will win the election next November,” Byrne added.

“What you’re seeing now is the crackup of a once strong party that can’t come to grips with what they have become: an unhinged failure that will be rejected by the American people next election. Again!” concluded Mooney.

Henry Thornton is a staff writer for Yellowhammer News. You can contact him by email: henry@new-yhn.local or on Twitter @HenryThornton95.