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Bernie
Sanders refused to back down from his criticisms of Hillary Clinton's
qualifications for the presidency tonight as he faced her for the first
time since they began a war of words over each other's competency
'I
question her judgment': Bernie Sanders goes for the jugular as he and
Hillary Clinton clash angrily again and again in crucial New York
debate
- Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders went after each other using one-liners and sarcasm during the Democrats' New York debate
- Sanders continued to hammer Clinton on her Iraq War vote, her super PAC and speeches she delivered to Wall Street
- Clinton brought up Sanders' embarrassing New York Daily News interview
The topic came up early in tonight's Brooklyn debate with Sanders announcing, 'I do question her judgement,' after saying Clinton does possess the 'experience and intelligence to be president.'
'I question a judgment which voted for the war in Iraq... the worst foreign policy blunder in the history of this country, voted for virtually every disastrous trade agreement which cost us millions of decent-paying jobs,' Sanders continued.
'And I question her judgment about running super PACs which are collecting tens of millions of dollars from special interests, including $15 million from Wall Street,' he added.
The U.S. senator, who has staked his campaign against her on those three issues said, 'I don't believe that is the kind of judgement we need and the kind of president we need.'
He also accused her of being a Johnny-come-lately on the fight to raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour.
'And, by the way, what has happened is history has outpaced Secretary Clinton, because all over this country, people are standing up and they're saying $12 is not good enough, we need $15 an hour,' Sanders announced.
Clinton put on a sour face as a feisty Sanders came at her hard throughout the debate. As she tried to interrupt him during a discussion on guns, he told her, 'Excuse me, I think I'm responding?
'Clinton suggested that Sanders was lobbing the 'unqualified' attack at her because he is desperate to win New York on Tuesday.She said she did not say that about him - but he did say that about her.
'I've been called a lot of things in my life, that was a first,' she said.
The former secretary of state pointed out as fact that President Barack Obama certainly thought she was qualified when he put her in his cabinet.
'President Obama trusted me enough' to make me secretary of state, she said.
Clinton's line throughout the night was: 'describing the problem is a lot easier than trying to solve it,' hammering Sanders relentlessly for having big ideas, but not plans to back them up.
When
Sanders once again called Clinton out for having a super PAC – one of
the ways he suggested she lacked good judgment – she shot back 'this is
phony, this is phony,' noting how she inherited her main super PAC from
President Obama and he wasn't influenced so much not to push for
Dodd-Frank.
'I am glad Sen. Sanders is now joining in,' Clinton said at another point when the senator mentioned the Wall Street reform law.
Sanders had taken on water in the last week for not giving the New York Daily News specifics on how he would break up the banks.
He again suggested they would do it themselves, though the government would set the size the big banks could be.
'I don't know if it's appropriate for the department of treasury to be making those decisions,' Sanders said.
When Clinton got her turn again, she paused: 'I love being in Brooklyn, this is great.'
'I am glad Sen. Sanders is now joining in,' Clinton said at another point when the senator mentioned the Wall Street reform law.
Sanders had taken on water in the last week for not giving the New York Daily News specifics on how he would break up the banks.
He again suggested they would do it themselves, though the government would set the size the big banks could be.
'I don't know if it's appropriate for the department of treasury to be making those decisions,' Sanders said.
When Clinton got her turn again, she paused: 'I love being in Brooklyn, this is great.'
Sanders turned out 27,000 people at a rally last night near New York UniversityHe also accused her of being a Johnny-come-lately on the fight to raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour. Sanders
turned out 27,000 people at a rally last night near New York
UniverSanders turned out 27,000 people at a rally last night near New
York UniversityShe then articulated how under Dodd-Frank the
regulators could break up the banks, while rubbing it in that former
Rep. Barney Frank, whose name is on the law, endorsed her.
Next,
Sanders was asked if there's a decision that Clinton made in the Senate
that he could point to that showed she was influenced by the money she
had taken from Wall Street.
When he started talking about the 'fraudulent operators' on Wall Street though didn't pinpoint an exact piece of legislation from Clinton's U.S. Senate career she jumped.
'He cannot come up with any example because there is no example,' Clinton responded.
When Clinton noted how she had stood up to the banks, a line she often uses in speeches, Sanders was prepared with push back for that as well.
'Secretary Clinton called them out, oh my goodness, they must have been really crushed by this,' he said.
She turned her head to the senator and gave him a stare.
When Clinton was again then asked why she wouldn't release the paid speeches she delivered on Wall Street, she tried to avoid CNN anchor Dana Bash's question by attacking Sanders for voting to deregulate swaps and derivatives.
She also called out Sanders for not yet releasing his taxes.
'There are a lot of copying machines around,' she said under her breath.
Sanders said his wife did the taxes and she had been a tad busy, but he would likely even have a year's worth out by tomorrow.
When he started talking about the 'fraudulent operators' on Wall Street though didn't pinpoint an exact piece of legislation from Clinton's U.S. Senate career she jumped.
'He cannot come up with any example because there is no example,' Clinton responded.
When Clinton noted how she had stood up to the banks, a line she often uses in speeches, Sanders was prepared with push back for that as well.
'Secretary Clinton called them out, oh my goodness, they must have been really crushed by this,' he said.
She turned her head to the senator and gave him a stare.
When Clinton was again then asked why she wouldn't release the paid speeches she delivered on Wall Street, she tried to avoid CNN anchor Dana Bash's question by attacking Sanders for voting to deregulate swaps and derivatives.
She also called out Sanders for not yet releasing his taxes.
'There are a lot of copying machines around,' she said under her breath.
Sanders said his wife did the taxes and she had been a tad busy, but he would likely even have a year's worth out by tomorrow.
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He
also chided Clinton for not releasing the transcripts for the Wall
Street speeches, saying he would have released his too – 'there were no
speeches.'
With Bill Clinton being shouted down by 'Black Lives Matter' protesters in Philadelphia last week, the debate moderators questioned the two Democrats about the 1994 crime bill as well, that many people now point to as the start of massive incarceration of black men in the United States.
Bill Clinton had defended his wife's use of the term 'super predator' in the '90s and Sanders had called him out.
When asked why, the senator replied, 'Because it was a racist term, and everybody knew it was a racist term. '
With Bill Clinton being shouted down by 'Black Lives Matter' protesters in Philadelphia last week, the debate moderators questioned the two Democrats about the 1994 crime bill as well, that many people now point to as the start of massive incarceration of black men in the United States.
Bill Clinton had defended his wife's use of the term 'super predator' in the '90s and Sanders had called him out.
When asked why, the senator replied, 'Because it was a racist term, and everybody knew it was a racist term. '
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