The incident sparked fierce reactions from Sanders and Clinton staffers, a sharp shift from what until now had been a relatively civil Democratic primary, particularly compared to the unpredictable Republican race. During Saturday night’s Democratic debate, Clinton said Islamic State is using Trump’s rhetoric to enlist fighters to radical jihad.
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“We are glad that all parties are moving forward, and that the candidates and the party can refocus on engaging voters on the issues that matter to them: building on the President’s legacy of creating jobs, growing the economy, and a robust discussion on how we can keep Americans safe”, the DNC added in the statement.
“It’s just another Hillary lie”, Donald Trump said Sunday of Hillary Clinton’s claim that he was unwittingly starring in ISIS recruitment videos for potential terrorists.
“Trump has a great capacity to use bluster and bigotry to inflame people and to make think there are easy answers to very complex questions”, she said.
With the men’s room significantly closer to the debate stage, Mrs Clinton’s male opponents, Bernie Sanders and Martin O’Malley, made it back more quickly.
Clinton’s staff have called the actions an “egregious breach of data and ethics”, but the Sanders campaign has accused the DNC of being in cahoots with Clinton.
The first time it occurred, he said his staff did the right thing and reported the problem to the DNC.
Mr Sanders’ campaign sacked a worker involved in the breach but also used the controversy to raise money, sending an email to supporters that said the national party had placed “its thumb on the scales in support of Hillary Clinton’s campaign”.
She was cordial with the only other opponent onstage, former Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley (D). Bernie Sanders for the “flip-flopping political approach in Washington that both of my two colleagues on this stage have represented for the last 40 years”.
At the same time, he has criticized Republican rivals such as former Florida Governor Jeb Bush who believe that Assad must go, warning that regime change can lead to unintended consequences. That isn’t to say the campaigns haven’t traded their respective shots-they have, even if they haven’t taken it to the same level as some GOPers.
“They will be our early warning signal”, she said.
“We must work more closely with Muslim-American communities. I understand, from the ground up, that when attacks like San Bernardino happen, when attacks like the attacks on 9/11 happen, that when people call 911, the first people to show up are the local first responders”.
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The three Democrats targeted Republicans throughout the night but only mentioned Donald Trump by name. Clinton challenged Sanders on how he would pay for those proposals, suggesting he’d pass on the costs to states and middle class Americans.
