2020 Democrats on defensive as Trump capitalizes on Soleimani killing

Published January 3, 2020 9:17pm ET



Democratic presidential candidates, largely running on domestic issues such as immigration and healthcare, are seeing their best-laid campaign plans upended by the killing of Iranian Revolutionary Guard Quds Force leader Gen. Qassem Soleimani.

The 14-person Democratic field is now grappling with how President Trump’s decision to order the strike on the top general for Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei will change the landscape of their campaigns.

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