Democrats Continue the Drinking Game

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For the second series of the Democrats’ debate, you are forgiven if you are hungover from the previous night, continues Caroline McCarthy. Furthermore, no one is going to judge, she promises, if you have a drink before the whole thing begins.

Here’s how the game works for debate #2:

Take a sip of your drink every time each of these words or phrases is mentioned:

• White working class
• Automation
• Hillary Clinton
• Socialism
• Impeach
• Concentration camps
• Boomers
• Student loans

Finish your drink and order another if…

• The audience starts booing
• Someone comes up with a cheeky new version of the ‘MAGA’ slogan – e.g. “We’re going to make America _____ again!”
• Bernie Sanders says ‘the American people’ while pointing one of his fingers at the audience
• Pete Buttigieg talks about his marriage
• Andrew Yang refers to the fact that he’s Asian
• One of the moderators stumbles over the word “Hickenlooper”
• Kamala Harris rolls her eyes
• Someone takes a dig at Donald Trump’s appearance
• There’s a Harry Potter reference
• Marianne Williamson is called out for her skepticism about vaccines
• Joe Biden mentions Amtrak
• While live-tweeting the debate, Trump comes up with a new nickname for anyone onstage
• Any candidate starts talking about how much weed he/she used to smoke

Take a shot if…

• It’s reported mid-debate, or within an hour of the debate starting, that some other candidate has already dropped out of the primaries
• Somebody from the audience yells, ‘FOOD FIGHT!’
• Sanders or Biden addresses Buttigieg as ‘kiddo’
• One candidate refers to another candidate by the wrong name
• Kirsten Gillibrand pulls out a flask and takes a swig
• The camera pans out to an audience member who has fallen asleep