Both candidates also said people at the Environmental Protection Agency should their lose jobs over the water crisis.
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“I believe the governor of this state should understand that his dereliction of duty was irresponsible”.
Sanders had called for Snyder’s resignation before. He said his conversations with Flint residents and hearing the toll the crisis had taken on them had “shattered” him.
“The governor should resign or be recalled and we should support the efforts of citizens attempting to achieve that”, Clinton said.
Looking to attract voters in the diverse, industrial primary state of MI, both Clinton and Sanders highlighted pressing issues there, including policing, trade agreements and the lead-tainted drinking supply in Flint that has impacted thousands.
“I am very proud of being Jewish, and that is an essential part of who I am as a human being”, Sanders said.
“Secretary Clinton wanted everyone else to release it. Well I’m your Democratic opponent, I release it”, Sanders said. Don Riegle, who represented Flint in both chambers of Congress, an hour before Sunday’s debate with Hillary Clinton.
“I thank the people of Maine for their strong support”, the Sanders campaign said in a statement. She’s one of many were inside a packed room watching the debate at U-M Flint. “Instead of exporting products, we would be exporting jobs”, Clinton said adding she has the most comprehensive plan to combat climate change. He blasted her record, demanded she release transcripts of her Wall Street speeches and sharply critiqued her husband’s record as president in the 1990s.
Though Ms. Clinton herself found the debate substantive and civil, some amount of social media activity generated by her sympathisers suggested Mr. Sanders was occasionally disrespectful to her. One particular exchange in question related to their respective positions on the federal bailout for the auto industry.
Seeking to draw contrast, the Vermont senator hit the former secretary of state hard for her pro-trade policies. After Clinton said, “Amen”, to Sanders’ comments on Flint, the two candidate’s paths diverged.
“Look, my father’s family was wiped out by Hitler in the Holocaust”, said Sanders, 74, who was born in Brooklyn, New York, and whose father emigrated to the United States from Poland.
“I will do whatever I can as the Democratic nominee to run a campaign you’ll be proud of”, she said.
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Speaking after wins in the Republican Kentucky caucuses and Louisiana primary election on Saturday, Trump told a news conference: “I would love to take on Ted Cruz one on one”.
