Hillary Clinton, Bernie Sanders and Martin O’Malley fielded questions on issues including ISIS, the Keystone pipeline and how to close the Guantanamo Bay prison, but focused mainly on appealing to African-American voters facing the looming prospect of replacing Barack Obama, the first black president. A 2013 Supreme Court decision struck down the first part, and this year’s marriage equality ruling by the high court took care of the rest.
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“They are too girly”.
“Yeah, maybe we better take it offline”, she said. Jimmy went right into the fact there has never been a woman president.
Sanders expanded on his proposal in a brief post-debate interview with MSNBC host Chris Matthews.
Olivia, a middle schooler whose heartwarming letter to Clinton went viral after the campaign shared it on their website and on social media spoke with DNAinfo about how she got a chance to meet the presidential candidate and what she plans to do when she grows up. “I’m the only Democratic candidate without a Super PAC”. “Our party is the party of opportunity for all”, said O’Malley. He said Muslim countries would need to “roll up their sleeves and get troops on the ground”, opposing any American force presence in the Middle East.
The former secretary of State came onstage later in the night and threw a few mud at the Republican presidential field and pontificated on what a Clinton 2.0 White House might look like. “I love all of the excitement and I like meeting people and hearing their stories”, Clinton said at an MSNBC-sponsored Democratic forum in South Carolina.
“…Very strong gun control advocates may not get everything they want”. When the Clinton campaign found out they were coming, they chose to document the meeting.
Maddow questioned, though, how much Sanders differs from Clinton in his policy positions.
And he was blunt in a Boston Globe editorial meeting on Thursday: “I disagree with Hillary Clinton on virtually everything”, he said.
Kimmel wondered, after noting all the parties and receptions Clinton has attended during her two-day fundraising swing through Los Angeles. And I can’t walk down a hallway in the nation’s capital without people begging me to beat up on Hillary Clinton, attack Hillary Clinton.
“I was gonna say, seems to me that “virtually” is doing a lot of work”, Maddow responded.
Bernie Sanders tells Rachel Maddow about his civil rights record and how he would advance the issue for communities of color in the United States. Numerous topics they dicussed were related to the upcoming presidential election and the candidates from the Republican party.
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Sanders also warned Maddow not to ask him about his underwear, a reference to a Saturday Night Live spoof. When asked about a female president in a way, Sidney told Jimmy, “If there is a war she would probably make it stop”.
