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Democratic Debate: Sanders Hits Clinton on Iraq, Wall Street Ties
Martin O’Malley during the Democratic presidential debate at Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa, November 14, 2015.
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“Why do – why, over her political career, has Wall Street been a major – the major – campaign contributor to Hillary Clinton?”.
The former president did not respond to questions about Hillary Clinton’s assertion that one of the reasons she has received millions of dollars in donations from Wall Street is because she “represented NY on 9/11 when we were attacked”. Sanders challenged Clinton by linking the rise of Isis (Islamic State) to the war in Iraq and criticising her for her vote to authorise the invasion when she was a senator from NY.
“When we were attacked, where were we attacked? We were attacked in downtown Manhattan, where Wall Street is”, she said. Clinton rambled. “I did spend a whole lot of time and effort helping them rebuild”.
“It is a stretch”.
“We will support those who take the fight to ISIS”, Clinton said, adding that’s why the USA still sodiers in Iraq and Syria.
On Sunday, Clinton clarified another controversial comment she made during the debate that the struggle against ISIS “cannot be an American fight”.
A few observers say that the moderator, John Dickerson, won last night’s debate. Clinton also invoked economist and liberal NY Times columnist Paul Krugman in defending her financial plans and suggested that reinstating the Glass-Steagall financial regulations, a popular progressive position, wouldn’t be as helpful as Sanders or O’Malley suggest.
“But at the end of the day, if we are going to transform America, we’re not going to do it through establishment politics and establishment economics”, Sanders said.
While the candidates took each other to task, the poll showed Clinton was seen as the victor among all groups of the Democratic Party. “She’s put forward the strongest policies on Wall Street reform”, he said (while sporting an Equilibrium Capital-branded fleece).
O’Malley’s deputy campaign manager, Lis Smith, ripped Clinton for the statement while her boss was on the stage.
U.S. Rep. James Langevin said the former secretary of state is the most experienced and qualified candidate.
Sen. Bernie Sanders, the independent from Vermont, said worldwide terrorism demands immediate attention from USA leaders, but he repeated his assertion that climate change is the greatest threat to American national security.
But here’s the thing: “If I’m such a Wall Street sellout, why does Paul Krugman like my plan better than yours?” is a perfectly serviceable response to Sanders’s charge of “If you’re going to be so tough on Wall Street, why are they giving you so much money?”
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She said the recent unrest in Libya and other parts of the Middle East was symptomatic of an “arc of instability from North Africa to Afghanistan”.