In a last ditch effort to gain supporters, Hillary Clinton is campaigning in the Las Vegas valley, making multiple stops including in Henderson. “But for Senator Sanders, it’s part of his answer for everything”.
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Rep. Gregory Meeks, D-N.Y., the chairman of the Congressional Black Caucus, said in a statement after the debate that Sanders wanted to “undo President Obama’s accomplishments” and also pointed to the MSNBC interview, saying Sanders’ “disparaging comments towards the president are misplaced, misguided and do not give credit where credit is due”.
“I am not a single-issue candidate and this is not a single-issue country”, Clinton said, echoing a line from the debate.
In one of many moments of agreement between the candidates, Clinton concurred on a need to address a criminal justice system that incarcerates a disproportionate number of minorities. Sanders and particularly his staunch anti-Wall Street message.
Clinton and Sanders were ending the day at the Minnesota DFL’s annual Humphrey-Mondale Dinner, putting them before party activists less than three weeks before the state’s March 1 presidential caucus. Clinton’s team says that as the race turns now to Nevada, South Carolina and other more diverse states, her support from black and Hispanic voters will help propel her to the nomination. “Will that make people feel more welcoming to immigrants overnight?”
Sanders has only fitfully gone back at Clinton when she’s gone after him, but he suggested Saturday that his patience is wearing thin.
“We have got to stand up to the Trumps of the world who are trying to divide us up”, said Sanders, referring to Republican front-runner Donald Trump, who has called for deporting everyone in the country illegally and constructing a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border.
“It is outrageous that Republicans in the Senate and on the campaign trail have already pledged to block any replacement that President Obama nominates”, Clinton said. Immigration advocates and some Democratic lawmakers have condemned the raids, calling them inhumane. One of the USA states with the largest Latino population, Nevada was hard hit by the financial crisis of 2008, which disproportionately affected minority homeowners, kicked out of their homes by banks when they could no longer afford their mortgage payments.
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Both candidates sought to appeal to black voters Friday. Bernie Sanders of Vermont has 27 percent support, according to an American Research Group survey released Saturday. Clinton was campaigning in Denmark, South Carolina, and discussing economic opportunities for African-Americans.
