Hillary Clinton calls out Donald Trump during democratic debate
Candidates focused on foreign policy issues, the terror threat, gun control and the economy.
“He is becoming ISIS’ best recruiter”, Democratic frontrunner Clinton said.
“Knowing the Clintons and knowing Hillary, she made it up”, Trump said Sunday on ABC’s “This Week”.
Clinton was quick to jump on Trump’s anti-Muslim backlash, and strongly condemned any Islamophobic rhetoric.
She didn’t back up her claim with any specifics.
The DNC regranted Sanders’ campaign access to voter data after it was accused of downloading Hillary Clinton’s voter data during a security failure. Officials have since launched an internal investigation to determine whether any other staff members reviewed the documentation.
Clinton blasted Sanders for supporting the removal of Muammar Gadaffi in Libya, then continued down the familiar road of advocating sending more arms to so-called moderate Syrian rebels.
Sanders said he had lost an election in Vermont for a gun-control stance and Clinton said she had backed gun-control measures.
“It’s very clear that we have a distinct difference between those of us on this stage tonight and all of our Republican counterparts”, Clinton said. “That being said, I believe Hillary Clinton’s claim was false”. “Not only do I apologize, I want to apologize to my supporters”.
For her part, Clinton accepted the apology.
But when pressed by the debate moderators, she would not say if that meant she would be willing to shoot down Russian planes, saying “I do not think it would come to that”.
Sanders said chief executives of large multinational corporations “ain’t going to like me, and Wall Street is going to like me even less”.
Sanders disagreed saying that “it’s a divided country on guns”.
“We probably let our lust for regime toppling get ahead of the practical considerations for stability in that region”, O’Malley said. He said he does not support any “unilateral military action” but rather a coalition in which the US works hand in hand with Muslim nations to fight the radical militant group.
“They should be Muslim troops”, he said.
The Democratic contenders clashed over gun control, with O’Malley criticizing both Sanders and Clinton for shifting their stances to be more aggressive in seeking new restrictions in the wake of a recent string of mass shootings.
Professor of political science at the University of New Hampshire Dante Scala said, “With the increase in prominence of National Security issues, they’re starting to pay more attention to the Commander in Chief question”.
The Islamic State and terrorism was by the far the most discussed topic during the third Democratic debate held in New Hampshire Saturday night. “I say this straight-forwardly, I think you have a pathological liar there”.