Democratic presidential candidates former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Vermont Sen.
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“When people attack her and call her quote-unquote the ‘senator from Wall Street, ‘ they ought to remember that she was instrumental in trying to rebuild an important part of the NY economy”, he said.
The Democratic debate on Saturday night pointed out a more defensive tone from Hillary Clinton regarding foreign policy, surprising everybody.
And this debate was a slam dunk for Clinton, because at a time when national security experience is suddenly at a premium, she’s the Democrats’ gold standard. O’Malley, meanwhile, garnered a sparse three mentions, as one might expect for a long-shot, third place candidate.
Former Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley said,”this actually is America’s fight”. Clinton was also strong on gun issues and immigration. And there again, Clinton saw the biggest spike in traffic, just about halfway through the debate.
Since the party’s first debate a month ago, Clinton has helped build a lead in the early voting states, an uptick that has come amid other signs the party is coalescing behind her. An Associated Press survey of superdelegates published Friday found that half of the Democratic insiders are publicly backing Clinton.
“Let’s not be naive about it”, Sanders said. Where Clinton was weakest was on Wall Street.
“I represented NY on 9/11 when we were attacked”, she said at the debate.
But O’Malley said advocating for border walls is an “old way” of thinking about immigration.
Bernie Sanders seems to have caught the opportunity in both hands and criticized Hillary Clinton for her vote authorising the Iraq invasion. “Now maybe they’re dumb and they don’t know what they’re going to get, but I don’t think so”, he said.
“It can not be contained”. “It can not be an American fight”. He went on to say that climate change will cause scarcity of resources and worldwide conflict. “Our agenda is the most progressive in terms of demanding that Wall Street, large corporations and the wealthy finally start paying their fair share of taxes”, he said.
Clinton accused Sanders of impugning her integrity and said reinstating the law was not enough to rein in corporate influence and reform Wall Street. And they signaled that the response would likely find its way into advertising if Clinton becomes the Democratic nominee. I don’t think we’re at war with all Muslims, we are at war with violent extremism. “With an interpretation of Islam by a significant number of people around the world that they believe now justifies them killing people who don’t agree with their ideology”, Rubio said.
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Republican frontrunner Donald Trump has repeatedly called out Clinton and President Obama for their stances on immigration and the ongoing crisis in Syria.
