PolitiFact Ga. Sorts Truth From Fiction In Democratic Debate

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump said on the Fox News Channel Wednesday evening that he thinks it is “very likely” the Democratic Party dictated a few of the terms of the debate to CNN.

The 67-year-old Clinton was keen to inject excitement into her campaign and show she can rally the Democratic base, while Sanders was testing whether his “political revolution” can translate to the national stage.

The Vermont senator’s defense brought an uproarious reaction from the crowd at the Wynn Las Vegas.

It was the defining moment of the debate.

“In addition to the NRA, the health insurance companies, the drug companies, the Iranians…probably the Republicans”, Clinton said to loud cheers and applause at the Tuesday night debate. Perhaps that would have been a better way to go, though there was no guarantee. Our candidates came out and had another chance to tell us about the issues, said Scotts Bluff County Democratic Party Outreach Coordinator, Ryan Griffin. Mrs Clinton won a huge round of applause when she said: “This has gone on too long and it’s time the entire country stood up against the NRA [National Rifle Association]”. Big business – not so much. They are funds she will spend on organizing, advertising and outreach in the primary states, and if she wins the Democratic nomination, the general election.

Even so, questions of trust continues to dog Clinton. He had the best line of the night when he interrupted the back-and-forth between Cooper and Clinton regarding her email controversy.

“Governor Martin O’Malley is not the candidate of Big Banks – he is the candidate of big ideas”. Say my name. So you know, in that kind of an environment, you know, I was either going to be Mr. Angry or I was going to be a potted plant.

CHAFEE: I’d just arrived at the Senate. Whatever one thinks of her policies, she appeared in command all night.

“When President Clinton said, ‘let’s stop ethnic cleansing in Kosovo, ‘ I voted for that“.

COOPER: … what does that say about you that you’re casting a vote for something you weren’t really sure about?

Before the Hillary Clinton coronation begins could we just re-roll the CNN debate tape briefly. My dad had died.

“In the Drudge poll, I was a very strong second”, he said, citing The Drudge Report’s sampling. On the other hand, I feared she might be mischaracterized or attacked unfairly.