Two feminist icons drew criticism for suggesting young women must fall in line behind presidential candidate Hillary Clinton – or else.
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On Sunday, Clinton described meeting a child affected by the water crisis here. She will remain the front-runner for a nomination many Democrats still expect her to win eventually.
GOP front-runner Donald Trump is aiming for his first win in New Hampshire’s fast-approaching primary, while rival Republican candidates, including Jeb Bush, said their campaigns will go on no matter the… At rallies across New Hampshire, women from every generation have flocked to Bernie Sanders’ events.
“Secretary Clinton in fact voted for the war”, Sanders continued.
For her part, Clinton has accused Sanders of voting with the National Rifle Association numerous times, including for a bill to shield gun makers from lawsuits.
In contrast, Bernie Sanders vows that if he’s elected president, no one from Goldman Sachs (GS) will work in his administration.
Sanders, also appearing on CNN’s State of the Union, again said Clinton is too beholden to Wall Street, citing contributions made to her campaign and to pro-Clinton Super PAC.
Sanders called host John Dickerson’s assertion that he is “not strong” on foreign policy a “media narrative”, and said: “I don’t accept that media narrative”.
Speaking from the pulpit at House of Prayer Memorial Baptist Church, Clinton told a largely African-American audience that what has happened in Flint, where untreated water has been contaminated with lead, is not just an environmental crisis, but one deeply imbued with race. “When older feminists like Albright and Steinem engage in increasingly baseless and wild explanations about why young women don’t support Hillary, they display the limitations of their brand of feminism, while young women like me realize that one’s gender isn’t what makes them a feminist”.
On Saturday, Clinton spoke candidly about the difficulties and double-standards she faces as a female politician – a topic she rarely addresses other than to promote the historic nature of her candidacy.
Clinton said Sanders was attacking her on money indirectly. “I am who I am, I can’t do some sort of personality transformation”.
Even so, Hillary Clinton’s surrogates hit the talking point hard over the weekend as Clinton campaigned in New Hampshire with a star-studded squad of female politicians and activists. She’s staying away from the NY scene in February, according to her calendar.
His heated rhetoric comes as Hillary Clinton trails Sanders by a wide margin in the Granite State.
Sanders’ campaign dismisses the accusations, calling them an attempt to distract from Clinton’s own weaknesses and softer-than-expected poll numbers. Clinton supporters have been subjected to “vicious trolling” and “attacks that are literally too profane often, not to mention sexist, to repeat”, Bill Clinton said. Jeanne Shaheen and Gov. Maggie Hassan.
Ms. Albright, who under President Bill Clinton was the first woman to serve as secretary of state, showed up in New Hampshire on Saturday to support her longtime friend Ms. Clinton.
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“You want somebody that values all of your principles and the morals that you stand for”, said Greaves during an interview with CNN’s Brooke Baldwin.
