2020 Democratic Candidates Answer Question About Raising Middle Class Taxes to Pay for Healthcare

Democratic presidential candidates Sen. Bernie Sanders (D-Vt.) (C) speaks while Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and South Bend, Indiana Mayor Pete Buttigieg (L) listen at the beginning of the Democratic Presidential Debate in Detroit, Michigan at the Fox Theatre on July 30, 2019. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images

Democratic candidates for 2020 presidential election said they would raise taxes on the middle class to pay for their healthcare proposals during the first night of a two-night debate on July 30.

Many declined to answer yes or no, and instead opted for longer answers.