Georgia congressman and civil rights leader John Lewis joins other leaders of the Congressional Black Caucus to endorse Hillary Clinton for president.
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Even so, the restrained exchange on Thursday was unlikely to change the trajectory of a race that has intensified dramatically over two weeks. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., shakes hands after stopping at a reception for the Minnesota Nurses Association at the Science Museum of Minnesota on Friday in St. Paul, Minn.
“The reason Hillary is running is to make sure we don’t go back in the opposite direction”, he said. Clinton’s own campaign message has looked muddled compared to his ringing call for a “political revolution”, and her connections to Wall Street have given Sanders an easy way to link her to the systems his supporters want to overhaul.
“At the end of my first term, we will not have more people in jail than any other country”, he said. The question needs to be asked of Hillary Clinton.
Wallace said he had invited Clinton onto his show every week since the beginning of her campaign, invitations Clinton has turned down. Coates has been critical of Sanders opposition to reparations for slavery, but said that he was “stunned” by Sanders’ ascension to political relevance. President Obama’s approval rating among black voters has remained consistently high throughout his two terms in office, with 91% of African Americans expressing approval of his performance in a CNN/ORC poll from June 2015.
In the op-ed, Albright repeated her call for women to support one another, noting the challenges women face, like being paid less for the same work, a lack of paid leave, and cultural hurdles in the business world and politics. Both states have almost all-white populations. Kissinger served as secretary of state from 1973 to 1977.
She won her first contest against Mr Sanders in Iowa by a whisker, but suffered a double-digit drubbing to him in New Hampshire on Tuesday.
“This is not about maths – this is about people’s lives, and we should level with the American people”, Mrs Clinton said.
“I listen to a wide variety of voices who have expertise in various areas”, she said. “I will not take advice from Henry Kissinger”.
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On the foreign policy front, Sanders criticized Clinton for her warm relationship for Henry Kissinger, who served as secretary of state under Republican President Richard Nixon during the Vietnam War.
