“I represented NY, and I represented NY on 9/11, when we were attacked”, she began, likely already raising a few eyebrows in the audience.
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“When we were attacked, where were we attacked? We were attacked in downtown Manhattan where Wall Street is”, said the then-senator. “I did spend a whole lot of time and effort to rebuild”. The NY Times noted that Republican presidential candidates have continuously called out Democratic candidates for refusing to use the term “radical Islam” in how they would respond to terrorist attacks by the Islamic State (IS). “It was good for the economy, and it was a way to rebuke the terrorists who had attacked our country”, she added. “Didn’t she used to be for that?” CBS moderator Nancy Cordes cited one negative tweet, prompting Clinton to say, “I’m sorry that whoever tweeted that had that impression”.
Hillary Clinton accused him of impugning her integrity and Bill Clinton on Sunday dismissed the attacks, with a shake of his head: “It is a stretch”, he said.
Later the subject turned to her campaign’s hefty collections from Wall Street.
“It could launch her forward because she has the experience of Secretary of State”, he said.
“If he can’t get the momentum back it’s just going to keep building for Hillary Clinton, so there has to be something that he can do or he has to try to find something to do to try to close that gap and make this more of a race”, Fleming said.
Sanders later told Couric that Clinton’s position on Wall Street had nothing to do with 9/11. “There were also times when she thought they were going too far or pursuing reckless behavior, and she didn’t hesitate to speak out”. Clinton’s wide lead over a relatively small Democratic field also consolidates her contributions from Wall Streeters who want to support a Democrat.
“It is a stretch”.
“We can not afford four years of policies that will hurt working families while lining the pockets of big corporations”, said Cherie Mancini, president of Las Vegas’ SEIU Local 1107.
Clinton, speaking earlier in the day at a Democratic barbecue, suggested Sanders would raise middle-class taxes and “scrap” President Barack Obama’s health care law, the Associated Press said.
Hillary Rodham Clinton defended her long-running ties to the nation’s finance industry on Monday, bringing out allies to argue that she would take a tough approach to regulating the industry despite receiving tens of millions in both personal and campaign cash from Wall Street in her career.
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In an interview with Yahoo News’ Katie Couric on Tuesday, the Vermont independent said Mrs. Clinton invoking September 11 to defend her Wall Street connections – as she did in Saturday night’s debate – was “silly and absurd”.
