Clinton ad seizes on Rep. McCarthy’s Benghazi comments
In her corner are Democrats who offered critical endorsements to Obama’s primary campaign, including Virginia Sen. Mrs Clinton asked at a community college in Manchester, New Hampshire. He’s the longest-serving independent in Congress, and one who considers himself a democratic socialist.
According to the poll, Clinton’s lead over Sanders increases to 51-28 percentage points in the event that Biden forgoes a third bid for the presidency.
Still, Clinton enjoys almost 42 percent support nationwide compared with Sanders’ 25 percent, according to an average of polls taken by the nonpartisan data aggregator Real Clear Politics. But the Las Vegas debate next Tuesday should tease out where they differ.
Sanders qualified the “welcome” as a Senator “who voted against the North American Free Trade Agreement, the Central American Free Trade Agreement and Permanent Normal Trade Relations with China and who has helped lead the effort against the Trans-Pacific Partnership”. He was far more direct and critical than Sanders.
In the general election, the 84-year-old said, “I like Hillary, too, and I certainly would vote for her, or Biden”.
Clinton’s stance on gun control is not unusual in the Democratic Party, but it is unusual to have a presidential candidate come out in support of gun control during a campaign, so powerful and feared is the National Rifle Association.
But time may not be on Biden’s side, as Clinton and Sanders stump heavily through crucial early primary states.
She also proposed banning persons required to undergo treatment for serious mental illness from buying firearms.
Clinton’s attempt to circumvent staunch opposition would likely spark legal challenges from gun advocates, as well as from Republicans sure to question whether a president has the authority to act directly. On Friday, he’ll headline a rally in Tucson, Arizona, where former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords was seriously wounded in a 2011 shooting that killed six.
“So, for the federal government to be having any kind of, you know, blanket rules that they’re going to try to impose, I think doesn’t make sense.”
On Tuesday, Clinton subtly hit proponents of the law’s reinstatement.
Clinton will be on Capitol Hill to testify before the Benghazi committee October. 22.
Clinton reminisced about her father teaching her how to shoot when she was young, and said that she believes parents teaching their children how to shoot is “part of culture.” .
Michael Sommers, a 65-year-old Democrat from California City, said he hasn’t made up his mind because “we’ve got a year to go”.
Clinton also got a chance to display her comedic chops – midway through the sketch, the former secretary of state broke into a decent impression of current Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump.