“Senator Sanders said that President Obama failed the presidential leadership test and this is not the first time he has criticized President Obama”, Clinton said.
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It’s the second visit to Tennessee by the Hillary Clinton campaign in recent months.
The debate grew testy after the pair competed over who would do better meeting the needs of poor African Americans, Latinos and achieving immigration reform.
Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders on Thursday demanded reforms of the criminal justice system and vowed to alleviate the plight of African-American communities.
The candidates laid out sharp differences – largely without the kind of bitter attacks that marked their last debate before New Hampshire. While Clinton was explaining how she would pay for her proposals, she took an apparent shot at Sanders, stating that candidates shouldn’t make “promises we can’t keep”.
“A person of my background”, Sanders said, making reference to his age and Jewish heritage, “a Sanders victory would be of some historical accomplishment as well”. It was a not-so-subtle attempt to raise a question about whether Sanders understands the plight of black and Hispanic Americans, who potentially will play significant roles in the next round of contests to decide the Democratic presidential nomination.
“Hillary always makes something good happen”, Bill Clinton said.
Clinton spent much of debate in Milwaukee appropriating Sanders’ positions in broad strokes, if not in detail, on issues from curbing Wall Street’s influence to righting racial injustice to expanding health care and college access. Clinton was asked about controversial comments made by former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright at her rally. Clinton responded by pointing out her advice to President Obama on the raid to get Bin Laden.
Supporters of Hillary Clinton gathered with Governor John Hickenlooper Thursday night at an event in the Denver Tech Center.
People show support outside the Democratic presidential debate Thursday, the final debate before the Nevada caucuses scheduled for February 20. Given that, would a President Sanders seek out the counsel of the famous foreign policy thinker?
So while it’s fair to say that Clinton-supporting Super PACs are raking in major donations from Wall Street, to say that Clinton herself is taking their donations because the Super PACs are isn’t entirely accurate.
Clinton got a huge boost ahead of the debate when she won the endorsement of the political arm of the Congressional Black Caucus.
Clinton was animated when discussing foreign policy, an area where her campaign believes Sanders is weak.
Clinton has acknowledged the need to reach out to young voters who’ve been energized by Sanders’ message of economic justice.
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“Let me be very clear, it is not fair when we have more income and wealth inequality today than nearly any major country on Earth”.
