Clinton And Sanders Clash Over Obama; Agree That US Economy Is Rigged

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Democrats Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders were reaching out to the key black and Latino vote on Friday after a debate that marked a campaign shift toward states with more minority voters.

As the visualization below shows, the moderators focused many of their questions on the candidates’ records, requiring the two onstage to engage directly with each other in spirited debate.

“We must have a president that understands the racial divide, not someone who just acquired the knowledge recently but someone…who has lived it and worked through it down through the years”, CBC Chairman G K Butterfield told reporters on Thursday.

Clinton, who has always been the presumed Democratic Party nominee for president, is sliding in nationwide opinion polls as well.

“Let’s not insult the intelligent of the American people”.

Mr Sanders called that “a low blow”. “Well, one of us ran against Barack Obama”.

There was also a spirited exchange between Clinton and Sanders over foreign policy as she sought to drive home an argument that only she has the qualities demanded of a commander-in-chief. The Vermont senator has argued that because Clinton accepts contributions from financial groups, she is less likely to take on Wall Street in office.

They disagreed over the size and scope of government and traded views on topics including race and criminal justice, immigration and social security.

Asked about the vast majority of his fellow Black Caucus members supporting Hillary Clinton instead of Sanders, Ellison brushed it off and said, “I really feel that Bernie is going to win and when he does, you know, we’ll all be supporting Bernie Sanders”. On foreign policy, an area where the former Secretary of State tends to dominate, both candidates gave history lessons.

She later added this was the “kind of criticism that we’ve heard from Senator Sanders about our president I expect from Republican”.

“This is not about math. This is about people’s lives, and we should level with the American people”, Clinton said during the debate.

“We should be deporting criminals, not hardworking immigrant families who do the very best they can”, Clinton said. She can’t afford to alienate the young voters who are overwhelmingly backing Sanders in the primary, if she does become the Democratic nominee. Clinton said those proposals come with unrealistic price tags. “I have worked for his re-election, his first election and his re-election”, Sanders said.

Sanders called the campaign finance system corrupt, saying it undermines democracy, “which allows Wall Street millionaires and billionaires to pour money”.

“Look, I think that she’s been saying that for as long as I’ve known her, which is about 25 years”.