Post by Logan on Jan 31, 2016 21:32:48 GMT -6
A more agitated Sanders tries to fend off attacks of nervous establishment
CHARLES CITY, Iowa — Democratic presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders pulled up to a supporter’s garage in his hulking campaign bus, prepared to give a pep talk to a few dozen devotees who had been tirelessly knocking on doors for him in the final days before the Iowa caucuses.
But first he had something to get off his chest. Visibly agitated, Sanders teed off on a television ad being aired by his chief rival, Hillary Clinton, implying he’s on the wrong side of two key issues: gun control and women’s reproductive rights.
“Those are inaccuracies, and we can do better than that,” the senator from Vermont told his huddled supporters, wagging his finger for emphasis. “Secretary Clinton and I have differences of opinion. Let’s debate those differences of opinion, but let’s not go around distorting a record that I am very proud of.”
With an Iowa win on Monday within reach, Sanders is suddenly running a gantlet of criticism from Clinton and her allies, many in the media and even President Obama, all of whom seem to have awakened to the looming reality that a 74-year-old self-described democratic socialist could, at the very least, damage the Democratic front-runner and turn her march to the party’s nomination into a long, costly slog.
Read more: www.washingtonpost.com/politics/a-more-agitated-sanders-tries-to-fend-off-attacks-of-nervous-establishment/2016/01/31/15922f0c-c83b-11e5-a7b2-5a2f824b02c9_story.html
CHARLES CITY, Iowa — Democratic presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders pulled up to a supporter’s garage in his hulking campaign bus, prepared to give a pep talk to a few dozen devotees who had been tirelessly knocking on doors for him in the final days before the Iowa caucuses.
But first he had something to get off his chest. Visibly agitated, Sanders teed off on a television ad being aired by his chief rival, Hillary Clinton, implying he’s on the wrong side of two key issues: gun control and women’s reproductive rights.
“Those are inaccuracies, and we can do better than that,” the senator from Vermont told his huddled supporters, wagging his finger for emphasis. “Secretary Clinton and I have differences of opinion. Let’s debate those differences of opinion, but let’s not go around distorting a record that I am very proud of.”
With an Iowa win on Monday within reach, Sanders is suddenly running a gantlet of criticism from Clinton and her allies, many in the media and even President Obama, all of whom seem to have awakened to the looming reality that a 74-year-old self-described democratic socialist could, at the very least, damage the Democratic front-runner and turn her march to the party’s nomination into a long, costly slog.
Read more: www.washingtonpost.com/politics/a-more-agitated-sanders-tries-to-fend-off-attacks-of-nervous-establishment/2016/01/31/15922f0c-c83b-11e5-a7b2-5a2f824b02c9_story.html