Clinton controversy: Invokes 9/11 to defend Wall Street ties

Former Rep. Barney Frank, a driving force behind the 2010 financial overhaul law that bears his name, said it was wrong to suggest that lawmakers who pushed for the reforms were influenced by campaign donations from the financial services industry. “But I do believe that is a minimum”.

“But at the end of the day, if we are going to transform America, we’re not going to do it through establishment politics and establishment economics”, Sanders said.

The rally – which drew 1,500 attendees, according to the Clinton campaign – marked Clinton’s second campaign event in Texas since she launched her second presidential bid. If we think more of a Clinton candidacy, rather than of Hillary Clinton the candidate, then we can see how the party has deep roots in most major campaigns.

Hilary Clinton, Bernie Sanders, and Martin O’Malley each vowed the US would root out the terror groups behind the carnage.

In a brief message posted on her official Twitter account, Clinton said “Thanks, @SEIU”.

Clinton was holding a rally in Dallas later Tuesday in which she planned to discuss the health care overhaul under Obama.

Hillary Clinton came under fire on Saturday night for seeming to use the 9/11 attacks to deflect criticism about her relationship with Wall Street. “Didn’t (Clinton) used to be for that?”

“I represented NY and I represented NY on 9/11 when we were attacked”, Clinton said.

Taxes have become the latest flashpoint in the race for the Democratic nomination, with Clinton charging that Sanders supports raising taxes to pay for his plans and the Vermont senator responding that the former secretary of state is not being realistic with her proposals.

“As President, I will be proud to stand with SEIU and fight alongside them-to defend workers’ right to organize and unions’ right to bargain collectively, to raise incomes for working people and the middle class, and to ensure that hardworking Americans can retire with dignity and security”, Ms Clinton said.

Sen. Bernie Sanders will deliver remarks on Thursday explaining his embrace of democratic socialism, a political philosophy he has acknowledged could be a liability for his presidential campaign.

Clinton said Sanders had impugned her integrity. “It was good for the economy, and it was a way to rebuke the terrorists who had attacked our country”. “We need to get a consensus through this campaign, which is why I’m talking about it everywhere I go, and we need to join the rest of the advanced world in having it”.

The employee union has also been a leader in the push for higher wages and broader social justice movements. The candidate with the most foreign policy experience, now forced to answer whether she and her former boss underestimated ISIS, a question she dodged, Saturday.