The former secretary of state offered a sharp assessment of the Vermont senator’s proposal for a single-payer health care system Thursday morning, saying it would lead to “gridlock” in Washington.
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And she called Sanders’ statement in Sunday night’s debate – that he favors normalizing relations with Iran – “a fundamental misunderstanding of what it takes to do the patient diplomacy that I have experience in to be able to continue to change behavior, or at least to mitigate against behavior by Iran”.
Sanders’ lead is in part built on his economic policies. “But when he does it raises concerns because sometimes it can sound like he hasn’t really thought it through”, Clinton said in Indianola. Bernie Sanders, who has closed the gap in the Hawkeye State.
Having said that, Clinton did make viable arguments about being endorsed by progressive organizations such as Planned Parenthood and Human Rights Campaign also on the show, something Bernie Sanders criticized previously. “I like his ideas, but he can’t get them accomplished”. Instead, the Clinton campaign worked to recruit volunteers and turn cheering supporters into caucus-goers by the February 1 caucuses.
Clinton and Lovato drew a crowd of largely young women to the University of Iowa campus, where Lovato vouched for Clinton.
Karly Sigmund, a 19-year-old freshman from Altoona, Iowa, said she doesn’t even listen to Lovato – she just wanted to see Clinton – but she’s still leaning toward supporting Sanders.
He added, “From this ad it seems black lives don’t matter much to Bernie Sanders”. The people featured in the commercial are overwhelmingly white, with only a few individuals possibly representing other racial or ethnic groups. The Clinton campaign keeps stats on how many people attend their surrogate events and track the amount of media attention the supporters receive.
“Twenty-five years ago it was Brock a mud-slinging, right-wing extremist who tried to destroy Anita Hill, a distinguished African-American law professor”. “Today, he is lying about Sen”.
The former secretary of State’s campaign has been trying to fundraise as Sanders surges in polling in the early-voting states of Iowa and New Hampshire.
North Carolina voters will cast their primary ballots on March 15.
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Julian Castro will fundraise for Clinton next week in Portland.
The list also includes Bill Clinton and Chelsea Clinton, who have dramatically increased their roles in Clinton’s campaign in the last month.
“I guess my main question is the fact that Hillary has received large amounts of money from big business and big banks”, Brown said before the event.
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“I think that would be a awful mistake”, Clinton said.
