Meanwhile, Sanders attacked Clinton on the contributions she has received from financial services, which the Wall Street Journal said were among the most important donors of the former first lady and her husband, former President Bill Clinton.
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The former Secretary of State has also overtaken Sanders in Iowa.
Jim Cole/AP Bernie Sanders recently told the Wall Street Journal that there are “valid questions” about Hillary Clinton’s email practices.
Seventy-one percent of likely Democratic presidential primary voters said they planned to vote for Clinton in the Democratic primary.
Sanders said Wednesday he doesn’t regret those remarks, but added: “You get 12 seconds to say these things”. Bernie Sanders has made the decision that it would be foolish for him to get on the wrong side of a FBI investigation, and that it, indeed, it wouldn’t be “great politics” if he let this scandal go unexamined or didn’t tale it seriously as an indictment of Hillary’s trustworthiness as a leader.
“And I want to make sure that I can look into the eyes of any middle-class American and say, ‘This will help raise your wages.’ And I concluded I could not”.
For the first six months of the Democratic primary the media, including the NY Times and Washington Post, relished writing everything they could to hurt the Clinton campaign.
“So I think the issues we are focussing on, rebuilding the economy, and in the process creating up to 13m decent-paying jobs, many of those jobs will be for minority communities”, Sanders continued. “I think he watched me”, she pointed out, referring to her cameo appearance during this season’s premiere episode.
Sanders remains convinced he can topple Clinton next year.
That’s comparable to the 19-point, 50 percent to 31 percent advantage Mrs. Clinton had over Mr. Sanders in a CNN/ORC poll taken in August. Then a third poll came out showing she really did have a big lead.
Bernie Sanders says he thought putting the email issue to bed right away would open the door to discussions about his primary platforms, income inequality, campaign financing, climate change and tuition-free higher education.
“They are determined to do what they can to try to prevent this from happening to any other family, and so am I”, Clinton said at the Iowa meeting.
The Vermont independent has been losing ground to Clinton in recent polls, especially in the key early voting state of New Hampshire.
79 percent of likely Democratic primary voters have a favorable opinion of Clinton, compared to just 10 percent who view her unfavorably.
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Republicans say the issue represents another shift by Clinton, who pointed to hunting as a way of life and a cultural touchstone during her 2008 primary race against Obama.
