It was just bad politics.
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In the event hosted by Spanish-language network Univision and carried on CNN, they took turns repeatedly ripping into Trump for his remarks about Mexicans and his pledge to deport all illegal immigrants living in the United States. And judging by this latest clash, and the previous edition last Sunday night, it is easy to see why the DNC originally wanted the series to be shorter. Their various vulnerabilities and shortcomings have been clearly on display.
The two Democrats declined to respond with a “yes” or “no”. Sanders had blasted Clinton on trade in MI, and his win may prove that that strategy was successful.
Clinton also blasted Sanders for voting against a 2007 bipartisan immigration reform package.
The boisterous audience burst into sustained applause at the zinger.
Cuba, Nicaragua and Puerto Rico came up as issues the candidates were asked about.
It was Sanders’ first contest in a large state and his first in the Midwest, an area critical to his ambitions of persuading Americans that he is best positioned to redress income inequality.
“I am not a natural politician, in case you haven’t noticed, like my husband or President Obama”.
Clinton said she called out Wall Street for its behavior before the Great Recession, and noted that Obama, who counted employees from three financial firms among his top 10 sources of campaign cash in 2008, pushed for the Dodd-Frank banking regulations. They spent the evening parsing out small little nuggets in bills that their opponent had supported or opposed in the past, which made them both come across as petty.
“Secretary Clinton prevailed upon the governor of New York, Elliot Spitzer, who wanted to do the right thing and provide driver’s license to these who were undocumented”, Sanders said.
Clinton also said she’d focus on deporting only people with a criminal record.
Both promised to take a less aggressive approach than President Barack Obama’s administration toward deportation.
“The reason why Bernie was able to make inroads with [black voters] in MI is that for a lot of them, their jobs are tied – or were tied – to the auto industry or industry in general”, Parkin said.
The debate opened with a question that appeared to startle Clinton. But the questioners also touched on the vacancy on the Supreme Court, the minimum wage and a separate set of vulnerabilities unique to each. Latinos voters will play a key role in Florida’s electorate and are a critical part of the party’s base. He had some praise, in the video, for the Castro regime on that island.
Bernie Sanders won the Michigan Democratic primary.
“The biggest takeaway is that the Republican establishment is in its death throes”.
Asked whether she would drop out of the race if she is indicted over the scandal, she bristled.
“Oh, for goodness”, Clinton replied, visibly frustrated.
“That is not going to happen”. “And I’m not proud of it because I didn’t even hear of it”.
Univision moderators Maria Elena Salinas and Jorge Ramos found blemishes in Clinton’s immigration record too, such as when she said she’d send back Central American children who crossed the U.S.-Mexico border fleeing violence in their countries. That, she said, is a fantasy. On March 15, Ohio, Florida, Illinois, Missouri and North Carolina – like MI, states rich in the delegates who will select their party’s nominee at July’s Republican National Convention – cast ballots.
The Democrats competed in two contests, while the Republicans had four.
Clinton is more than halfway to the Democratic nomination, with 1,200-plus delegates toward the almost 2,400 required.
But after scoring a major upset win in MI, the campaign looks a lot different for Sanders, the Vermont senator whose liberal challenge to the former first lady and secretary of state is proving more durable and substantive than many assumed. This after polls put Sanders behind Clinton in MI by 20 points or more.
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Sanders also performed well with other people of color and young voters.
