Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders has disavowed a comment made by a supporter speaking at a large New York City rally on Wednesday, who referred to Sanders’ opponents as “corporate Democratic whores”.
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“Sanders often says that gun laws should differ between rural and urban communities, but he doesn’t acknowledge that other states are impacted by weak gun laws in states like Vermont”, the memo reads. Sanders is trying to change the dynamics of a race that has delivered many more delegates to Clinton; the former secretary of state, meanwhile, is on an urgent mission to halt the momentum of her unexpectedly strong challenger.
With that being said, Clinton still holds a significant lead over Sanders, thanks to Democratic superdelegates, making a Sanders comeback a long shot. Clinton wants to stop Sanders’ winning streak in NY, though her delegate cushion remains substantial.
He says Sanders needed to show he understood policy; Clinton needed to show heart, not just mind. “But I do question her judgment”. Clinton’s campaign strategist previously made headlines when he implied in an interview with CNN that she would not debate Sanders in NY because of his “tone”.
Clinton is looking to the NY primary and a slate of five northeast primaries the following week to win the nomination, though Sanders has been raising enough money to carry his campaign into the Democratic National Convention in July. “I called [the banks] out on their mortgage behavior, and was willing to speak out about the special privileges they have under the tax code”. I hope you’ve enjoyed your time away from watching this year’s presidential candidates spar, because we’re jumping back into the fray tonight in Brooklyn. She cited an interview with the New York Daily News editorial board where she said he was unable to clearly explain how he would achieve his oft-stated goal of breaking up the big banks.
It’s rhetoric that echoes some of Sanders’ language on the financial industry, even as Clinton has criticized the senator’s focus on big banks as too narrow.
“Why would I be running for the Democratic nomination for president?” he asked.
Sanders has won a string of recent primary contests.
Clinton and Sanders, meeting for the debate in Brooklyn just days before the crucial presidential primary in NY on April 19, minced no words as they attacked each other over their stand on gun control, Clinton’s handling of the Libyan crisis and their readiness for assuming the presidency. And the 291 delegates up for grabs in NY could be a game changer.
Clinton was pressed again to release the transcripts of her paid private speeches to Wall Street executives after she departed the State Department in 2013. Sanders, who will be back in NY to campaign on Sunday, has said the trip is not a political appeal for the Catholic vote but a testament to his admiration for Pope Francis. In war, leaders must take “appropriate precautions”, she said – but Israelis “did not seek this kind of attack, they do not invite rockets raining down on their towns and villages”. “I have said, look, there are certain expectations when you run for president”.
Later, as the crowd got increasingly involved, she quipped: “I love being in Brooklyn”.
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She also highlighted his record on gun control after a CT judge ruled Thursday that families of the victims of a 2012 shooting at an elementary school can sue the gunmaker whose rifle was used. “The obvious response to that is that you have a bunch of fraudulent operators and they ought to be broken up…but Secretary Clinton was busy giving speeches to Goldman Sachs”. He’s also failed to persuade superdelegates – the party insiders who can back the candidate of their choice regardless of how their states vote – to switch their loyalties from Clinton. “I believe it was”.
