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Top quotes from the Democratic town hall in South Carolina

Bernie Sanders is aiming to dent Hillary Clinton’s momentum Tuesday at a CNN Democratic town hall meeting, as he faces pressure to change the dynamics of a presidential race that is starting to trend against him.

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On the Democratic side of the electoral battle, Hillary Clinton held off a late surge from Bernie Sanders to win the Democratic caucuses in Nevada.

“Here it is, Chris – there ain’t none”.

“I am happy to release all of my paid speeches to Wall Street – here it is”, Sanders said, with a wave of his hands.

Clyburn said he didn’t promise not to endorse but to not “do anything to disrupt, and I don’t think I’ve done anything to disrupt”.

Of course, LGBTers say that if Clinton gets the nomination, they’ll enthusiastically fall in line behind her against any Republican.

How closely to stick to Obama’s policies has been a point of contention in the Democratic debates, with Clinton tying herself firmly to Obama and Sanders offering some criticisms of the president.

Those areas of strength for Sanders point to a problem for Clinton – convincing voters of her empathy and honesty – that has dogged her throughout the race and continues to challenge her, particularly among younger voters.

Many at the time felt that the statement insinuated that Obama’s main base of support was primarily only from black voters, and not from what Clinton called a “broader base to build a winning coalition on”.

And if it is found that she broke the law, she has to be prosecuted, he said, declaring, “I think you have to do that”.

Clinton won both Iowa and Nevada.

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“I really don’t know”, Trump said when asked about Obama’s birth place previous year.

Americans use the words “dishonest” and “socialist” most when describing Democratic presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders, respectively, a Gallup poll found.

“Last week, he gets into a verbal altercation with the pope, probably the most popular pope of all time, he calls the previous Republican president a liar, attacks the Iraq war and he comes out just fine”, Plouffe said.

Nevada caucus-goers who valued honesty, trustworthiness, and having a candidate who cares about people like them supported Sanders overwhelmingly.

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“If everybody does it, and that includes the Republicans – because we know they have made a lot of speeches”, Clinton said. This is about whether I have the best plan to go after Wall Street, a record that already demonstrates my willingness to take on Wall Street and financial interests.

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