Shock Poll: Bernie Sanders is the Most Electable Candidate in Either Party
The former secretary of state has made gun control a staple of her stump speech in recent months, most notably since the shooting in Charleston, South Carolina in June.
“I have said-I said it this morning as Southern New Hampshire University-I said look there are sensible gun-safety measures that we need to be finally taking-to applause”, Clinton said, one of the biggest applause lines of the night.
In the last CNN/ORC Poll, conducted in mid-October just after the first Democratic debate, the field of Democratic candidates was larger and it included the possibility that Vice President Joe Biden would join.
“Her infrastructure plan is further proof that she understands that the state of our nation’s infrastructure is a bellwether for the health of the American economy and for the economic prospects of American workers”, said Sean McGarvey, the organization’s president.
FOX25’s Sharman Sacchetti was at the women’s forum where she says Clinton opened up not with the topic at hand, but instead the San Bernardingo shootings.
Sanders, who earlier in his career was backed by the National Rifle Association, issued a statement from his Senate office calling for an assault weapons ban, new limits on high-capacity magazines, tougher background checks and other limits. We must put actions behind those words. “We’re not violating anybody’s rights”. Barack Obama (D-Ill.). Biden, whose support had largely come at Clinton’s expense, ultimately opted not to seek a job promotion, and Clinton’s deflection of GOP attacks during her Benghazi committee testimony helped her shore up Democratic support.
“I’ve gotta tell you if you are too unsafe to fly in America you are too risky to buy a gun in America”, Clinton said during a stop in Sioux City, Iowa, Friday.
Authorities need to finish their investigation, Clinton said, but she added that the situation “raises serious questions” about how Americans should be protected and how to ensure that the USA has the best possible intelligence.
“Hillary Clinton, despite knowing that terrorists were responsible for the attack, allowed her spokesman to go to the Arab world and blame an Internet film”. Recently at a campaign stop in Boulder, she met with family members of some of those killed in shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School, Columbine High School and in Aurora.
But that position is a reminder that Sanders, as congressman, in 1996 voted against barring the CDC from studying gun violence.
Clinton leads Sanders 58% to 30%, with former Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley registering just 2%, according to a CNN/ORC Poll released Friday. They stay out of the hospitals and jails, she said.