Bernie Sanders speaks during his debate with fellow Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton Wednesday.
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She made the same promise for people without a criminal record.
Clinton stressed that she has a strong lead in the delegates, declaring, “This is a marathon, and it is a marathon that can only be carried by the kind of campaign I am running”.
The former secretary of state still has the overall delegate lead in the race for the Democratic nomination, and still earned more overall delegates last night thanks to her big win in Mississippi. However, some of the families claim that you lied to them….
Play video “Who is Hillary Clinton?”. In that contest he also made surprising inroads with black, among Clinton’s most reliable constituencies to date.
Quiej’s eyes watered as the Univision reporter translated what the candidates were saying. “I would hope very much that as we have that debate we do not, as Donald Trump and others have done, resort to racism and xenophobia and bigotry”, Sanders said.
The exchange was a reminder that while Sanders fares well in polls against potential general election opponents, he has not gone through the sort of intense vetting Clinton has faced, and his background could include more that opponents could use against him if he were the Democratic nominee.
“I think the American people are never going to elect a president who insults Mexicans, who insults Muslims, who insults women, who insults African-Americans”, Sanders said.
When asked the difference between the fencing and security measures she and Sanders voted for during their time in the Senate and Trump’s proposal, Clinton fired back, “It’s just a fantasy”.
Instead, she insists the emails were “retroactively classified”. It was dismissed, effectively so, by the Clinton folks as simply a state choosing a hometown (or close enough) hero. “What you’re talking about retroactive classification”.
“My dad used to say, ‘If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is, ‘ ” she said.
Sanders hit back: “I am risky for Wall Street”.
The New York real estate mogul’s caustic style and incendiary rhetoric has angered some voters and influential Republicans, but he insists he can reunite the party and draw millions more to the polls.
Their first disagreement was about how significant it was that Sanders had defeated Clinton in MI the night before.
“You go to Detroit”, he continued, “and this helps the auto workers”.
Clinton pounced, recalling an old Sanders interview in which he spoke about the “revolution of values” on the Caribbean island.
Matters of special concern to the Latino community loomed large.
Cuba, Nicaragua and Puerto Rico came up as issues the candidates were asked about. And they also asked about the Puerto Rico economic crisis. He brought up the Monroe Doctrine, saying the US can not meddle in other governments. I will stand … my career, political career, fighting for workers, fighting for the poorest people in this country. “It was not in any way disallowed”, Clinton said.
“What we see in Puerto Rico now is a lot of suffering”, said Clinton.
Clinton was referring to an ad released on Wednesday by Freedom Partners – a top Koch network group – praising Sanders for his opposition to the Export-Import Bank, which the billionaire Koch brothers slam as “corporate welfare” for profitable corporations like Boeing. “Who’s at fault? Vulture capitalists”.
Big Michigan wins for Trump and Clinton would set them up for a potentially decisive day of voting on March 15, when the delegate-rich states of Ohio, Florida, Illinois, Missouri and North Carolina cast ballots. The Vermont senator, for his part, stresses that he’s making progress on winning over younger Hispanics.
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Clinton has won 762 pledged delegates compared to 549 for Sanders, with 10 delegates from recent primaries still to be allocated.
