But the moderators were having none of it and immediately asked Mrs. Clinton how she lost to Mr. Sanders in MI.
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Sanders said Trump’s proposal to build a new fence along the USA border with Mexico is “a vulgar and absurd idea that I hope very few people in America support”.
Earlier on Wednesday, Republican leaders opposed to Trump becoming the party’s U.S. presidential candidate in the November election warned that the billionaire businessman could become unstoppable if he wins two crucial nominating contests next week. “We had a president willing to sign it. Senator Sanders voted against it”.
Sander’s campaign played up his immigrant roots and pointed to Clinton’s opposition in 2007 to allowing people who were in the country illegally to obtain driver’s licenses.
“I do believe in universal coverage”, she fired back. I want to see them on a path to citizenship. Bernie Sanders will meet in Miami for a Univision Democratic debate simulcast on CNN. His unexpected victory infused his campaign with excitement and fund-raising momentum: He was on track to raise $5 million in online donations in the ensuing 24 hours. “She said, ‘Don’t do it, ‘ and New York State still does not do it”. Clinton’s eyes welled with tears, and the candid moment helped Clinton defeat Obama in the state.
“My priorities are to deport violent criminals, terrorists and anyone who threatens our safety”. She has a steadily growing delegate lead over Mr. Sanders in spite of his successes, because her margins of victory have been greater.
Clinton admitted during the debate her husband, former President Bill Clinton, was a more natural politician.
“Oh for goodness that isn’t going to happen”, she said. That bill passed the Senate but did not get a House vote.
“What about the children, Mr. Trump? And I am going to take every opportunity to criticise him, to raise those issues”, Clinton said.
He added that his stump speech often includes language about a “big attractive door in the wall” to continue legal immigration.
Clinton used this as her cherry on top, telling viewers about a handful of past votes that made Sanders look anti-immigrant – a no-no for the predominantly Latino audience that’s particularly paying attention to the Univision-sponsored debate.
Immigration was a key topic with both Clinton and Sanders promising they would not deport undocumented children. “I disagree with him on that”. Nobody goes around asking me for my birth certificate. “Maybe that has to do with the color of my skin”. On March 15, Ohio, Florida, Illinois, Missouri and North Carolina – like MI, states rich in the delegates who will select their party’s nominee at July’s Republican National Convention – cast ballots.
Clinton, who has said she will release her transcripts if other candidates – including Republicans – do the same, said she had the toughest plan to rein in Wall Street.
Clinton flipped back and forth on the issue, starting out in favor of granting the licenses, changing her mind and then ultimately settling where she started. The former Senator and First Lady said it’s “painful” for her to hear that people distrust her. He reminded viewers that Turmp was part of the so-called “Birther movement”, demanding that President Obama present his birth certificate. I will just end by saying this.
Polls had shown Clinton with a double-digit lead going into the primary. A Quinnipiac University poll also released Wednesday showed Clinton topping Sanders 62-32. Or that Republican voters don’t know about Donald Trump, Marco Rubio, Ted Cruz, or John Kasich? He brought up the Monroe Doctrine, saying the USA can not meddle in other governments. Indeed, one suspects that the personal attacks will only get worse.
As for the Democratic debates and the contest between Clinton and Sanders, it strikes me that we may be at the point where we’ve learned nearly everything we can about the contrasts between these candidates. Last night debate seemed to establish this quite clearly.
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Clinton slammed Sanders, a self-described democratic socialist, for voting against an immigration reform bill in 2007. “If we had been able to get that past, we would have been so much further along now”.
