But Sanders then issued his direct apology. I want to apologize to my supporters.
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Weaver said it was a gradual process, and that they looked forward to opportunities where the campaigns would be able to reach a larger audience.
He and Clinton have both agreed to an independent investigation of the matter, and they both said it’s time to move on. He interjected: “For crying out loud”.
“We’re listening to the bickering back and forth”. Users also spent a lot of time talking about guns, terrorism and Wall Street.
The DNC move, however, was greeted with outrage from Sanders supporters. But early in the debate, he staked out that issue as a key distinction between himself and Clinton. “I worry greatly that the rhetoric coming from the Republicans, particularly Donald Trump, is sending a message to Muslims here in the United States and literally around the world that there is a clash of civilizations”, which “fans the flames of radicalization”.
O’Malley charged that IS militants have advised recruits that the best way to get a weapon in the United States is at a gun show where rules are more lenient on the purchase of a firearm.
“If the U.S. does not lead, there is not another leader – there is a vacuum”, she said.
No Republican tough-talker came under more withering attack from Clinton than Donald Trump, who continues to lead most state and national polls in the GOP race. “We lose 33,000 people a year to gun violence. Her downside- Hillary speaks in extremely broad terms with no specifics, her attacks-and her responses are surface like a poor copy of Sanders” populism mixed with O’Malley’s track record, “there is no there- there.’ She is taking advantage of her momentum-and a short attention span- the only people watching are me-and Sanders” true believers!
No place is more crucial for Sanders to achieve a breakthrough than in New Hampshire, an nearly do-or-die contest for the senator who hails from neighboring Vermont. “We have a strategy and a commitment to go after ISIS, which is a danger to us as well as the region and we finally have a UN Security Council resolution bringing the world together to go after a political transition in Syria”, she said. “You didn’t see any robotics there tonight”, she said. He took swipes at both Clinton and Sanders that won’t resonate with viewers and voters. “Making sure that Muslim Americans don’t feel left out or marginalised at the very moment when we need their help”, she said.
The debate ended on a much softer note, however, as Sanders congratulated Clinton for “redefining” the role of First Lady. A number of Clinton surrogates-including former Massachusetts Rep. Barney Frank-provided the same assessment for their candidate. “Now you can say that’s a tax on the middle class. It will provide three months of paid family and medical leave”, Sanders said, arguing it was well worth it. We build our country by adopting wage and labor policies, including comprehensive immigration reform with a pathway of citizenship for all.
The debate occurred, perhaps not uncoincidentally, on a Saturday night at the height of the Christmas shopping rush, and on the first weekend of the release of the latest highly-anticipated Star Wars movie, likely ensuring a downsized viewership compared to previous debates.
But the dust-up over the DNC data breach could give Sanders new openings.
Clinton painted Sanders as presenting a false choice, suggesting the clear dichotomy he described was born of foreign policy naivety.
“Yeah, regime change is easy, getting rid of dictators is easy”, Sanders said. Even when facing with stinging criticism, she kept her cool and returned as good as she got on the campus of Saint Anselm College. The Democratic grassroots has embraced figures like Elizabeth Warren, and now, Bernie Sanders, who call for class consciousness and a fundamental change to the balance of American politics.
“I did respond to an attack against me, maybe it wasn’t too clever after all, but you know I got a kick out of it”, he continued.
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When the debate turned to the senator’s support for a single-payer, Medicare-for-all health care system, Clinton reiterated her opposition to the plan on the grounds that funding it would require some new taxes on middle-class earners. “There’s no script. Bernie decides what he wants to do, decides what he wants to say”. “And she made the contrast with the Republicans throughout the night”.
