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| Hillary Clinton takes the stage at MSNBC town hall – as it happened | |
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| Today in Campaign 2016 | |
| It was a slow day before the five-state marathon of the so-called “Acela primaries” in Pennsylvania, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Maryland and Delaware tomorrow, where the respective Democratic and Republican frontrunners are expected to win the lion’s share of the delegates apportioned tomorrow - if not sweep all five states. | |
| Ahead of tomorrow, here’s a rundown of the biggest stories from the campaign trail today: | |
| Trump on John Kasich: "I have never seen a human being eat in such a disgusting fashion" pic.twitter.com/AA6PDq9Mn5 | |
| That’s it for political news tonight - tune in tomorrow for up-to-the-second updates on the primary campaign in the Northeast! | |
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| A man who was himself incarcerated in the 1990s asks about criminal justice reform: “If you’re elected president of the United States, are you willing to make billion-dollar investments in the lives and communities in the people whose lives were impacted by the 1994 crime bill?” | |
| “The answer is yes,” Clinton said, saying that a billion-dollar investment in front-end solutions to keep young people - particularly racial minorities - outside of prison in the first place is needed. “We need to have a lot more done to try to release nonviolent offenders, low-level offenders, we need to get them out of our prisons and jails,” she said. “I want us to have the best programs funded from the federal level, that will enable young people to finish their education and get back into society.” | |
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| Hillary Clinton, on having a Trudeau-esque cabinet: | |
| Well, I am going to have a cabinet that looks like America, and half of our country is women. | |
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| Next question from an undecided voter who just changed her voter to Clinton: “What does it mean to you to be a feminist?” | |
| “Women deserve the same rights as men in every aspect of our economy and our society, here at home and around the world,” Clinton said, to applause. “We have to do everything we can - though laws, regulation, culture - to change the still-existing stereotypes that hold women back.” | |
| “We have made progress, but we are still a long way from where we need to be. If you look at pay, for example - equal pay is still a problem,” Clinton continued. “This has pervasive effects on women’s lives, and their well-being, so I think we have to keep hammering the points.” | |
| “We have to start early - because a lot of little girls as they become teenagers, they begin to suffer all of these pressures,” Clinton said. “Stop it! We need to build the confidence - both of girls and boys.” | |
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| Rachel Maddow asks Hillary Clinton about “the greatest frustration of [Obama’s] administration” - gun violence. | Rachel Maddow asks Hillary Clinton about “the greatest frustration of [Obama’s] administration” - gun violence. |
| “If we take back the Senate - which I believe we can, and you in Pennsylvania have a really good chance to help us do that - the Democrats have decided that they will be led by Chuck Schumer,” who Clinton says has proven himself an effective opponent of gun lobbyists. | “If we take back the Senate - which I believe we can, and you in Pennsylvania have a really good chance to help us do that - the Democrats have decided that they will be led by Chuck Schumer,” who Clinton says has proven himself an effective opponent of gun lobbyists. |
| “I am determined - we are going to save lives, and we are going to do it by taking on the gun lobby and implementing common-sense gun safety reform,” Clinton said, saying that part of the battle is fighting against gun culture, “and that’s going to take all of us. We’ve got to break the grip of gun culture in our young people. | “I am determined - we are going to save lives, and we are going to do it by taking on the gun lobby and implementing common-sense gun safety reform,” Clinton said, saying that part of the battle is fighting against gun culture, “and that’s going to take all of us. We’ve got to break the grip of gun culture in our young people. |
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| Hillary Clinton, addressing a question about how her policy priorities would differ from those of Barack Obama, her former boss, pointed out issues relating to equal pay and early childhood education as examples. | Hillary Clinton, addressing a question about how her policy priorities would differ from those of Barack Obama, her former boss, pointed out issues relating to equal pay and early childhood education as examples. |
| “I agree with a lot of what President Obama has done, and I don’t think he gets the credit he deserves in the work he has done as president,” Clinton said. “I want to really make a big, big push on equal pay for women. | “I agree with a lot of what President Obama has done, and I don’t think he gets the credit he deserves in the work he has done as president,” Clinton said. “I want to really make a big, big push on equal pay for women. |
| “I believe that if we start early and we are determined there, we can make a difference there. I want to make a push on early childhood education,” she continued. “I would make a big push for affordable college, debt-free tuition.” | “I believe that if we start early and we are determined there, we can make a difference there. I want to make a push on early childhood education,” she continued. “I would make a big push for affordable college, debt-free tuition.” |
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| Another question from the audience, from a Harlem native whose parents struggled with drug addiction. “What as president you would do to address the systemic racism that still exists and creates a glass ceiling?” | Another question from the audience, from a Harlem native whose parents struggled with drug addiction. “What as president you would do to address the systemic racism that still exists and creates a glass ceiling?” |
| “We have to talk about it more - and as a white person, I have to talk about it more. And say that we are not a ‘post-racial’ society, and that we still struggle with racism,” Clinton said. | “We have to talk about it more - and as a white person, I have to talk about it more. And say that we are not a ‘post-racial’ society, and that we still struggle with racism,” Clinton said. |
| “It is not only wrong - it is holding us back,” Clinton continued. “We want as productive a society as possible, so we have to enforce the civil rights laws, we have to use the bully pulpit.” | “It is not only wrong - it is holding us back,” Clinton continued. “We want as productive a society as possible, so we have to enforce the civil rights laws, we have to use the bully pulpit.” |
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| First question from a volunteer councilman: “Will you say what role you would trust Senator Sanders in in a Clinton administration?” | First question from a volunteer councilman: “Will you say what role you would trust Senator Sanders in in a Clinton administration?” |
| After demuring that she can’t begin to speak to administration positions before she’s even won the nomination, Clinton affirmed that she supports down-balloy Democrats. | After demuring that she can’t begin to speak to administration positions before she’s even won the nomination, Clinton affirmed that she supports down-balloy Democrats. |
| “I’m already raising money for Democrats up and down the ballot - I’m dedicated to that,” Clinton said. “You can count on me doing that because I feel very strongly that we need to have a vital, dynamic Democratic party.” | “I’m already raising money for Democrats up and down the ballot - I’m dedicated to that,” Clinton said. “You can count on me doing that because I feel very strongly that we need to have a vital, dynamic Democratic party.” |
| “I wanna be a very strong ally of elected Democrats against the county,” she concluded. | “I wanna be a very strong ally of elected Democrats against the county,” she concluded. |
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| Rachel Maddow asks about Charles Koch’s flirtation with endorsing Clinton: “If Mr. Trump or Senator Cruz is nominated, I think a lot of Republicans will find them to be unacceptable as Republican nominees.” | Rachel Maddow asks about Charles Koch’s flirtation with endorsing Clinton: “If Mr. Trump or Senator Cruz is nominated, I think a lot of Republicans will find them to be unacceptable as Republican nominees.” |
| Will you lobby for Republican votes? | Will you lobby for Republican votes? |
| “I really am not looking for endorsements from people who deny climate change and have the views that the Koch brothers have had, so I’m going to stay focused on what I’m doing right now,” Clinton said. | “I really am not looking for endorsements from people who deny climate change and have the views that the Koch brothers have had, so I’m going to stay focused on what I’m doing right now,” Clinton said. |
| Lambasting what she characterized as Bernie Sanders’ “Trump-like demagoguery,” Clinton criticized his plans on college debt for “the numbers not adding up.” | Lambasting what she characterized as Bernie Sanders’ “Trump-like demagoguery,” Clinton criticized his plans on college debt for “the numbers not adding up.” |
| “It demonstrated that there weren’t a lot of answers to a lot of the hard questions that were asked on both foreign and domestic issues,” Clinton said, reminding voters of Sanders’ performance in an interview with the New York Daily News in which Sanders could not describe how he would break up large banks. | “It demonstrated that there weren’t a lot of answers to a lot of the hard questions that were asked on both foreign and domestic issues,” Clinton said, reminding voters of Sanders’ performance in an interview with the New York Daily News in which Sanders could not describe how he would break up large banks. |
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| Rachel Maddow asks the former secretary of state whether there are “significant enough differences between you” and Bernie Sanders that she would not be able to echo his positions and rhetoric on Wall Street during a general election. | Rachel Maddow asks the former secretary of state whether there are “significant enough differences between you” and Bernie Sanders that she would not be able to echo his positions and rhetoric on Wall Street during a general election. |
| “I have a bigger lead in pledged delegates than Senator Obama, when I ran against him in 2008, ever had over me,” Clinton said. “I am winning, and I am winning because of what I stand for and what I have done and what my ideas are,” Clinton continued. “My Wall Street plan is much more specific than his - we saw that when he couldn’t even answer that in the Daily News interview.” | “I have a bigger lead in pledged delegates than Senator Obama, when I ran against him in 2008, ever had over me,” Clinton said. “I am winning, and I am winning because of what I stand for and what I have done and what my ideas are,” Clinton continued. “My Wall Street plan is much more specific than his - we saw that when he couldn’t even answer that in the Daily News interview.” |
| “There are so many more areas where I am more specific,” Clinton concluded, “and I think that’s why I have more than 2.7 million votes more than he has.” | “There are so many more areas where I am more specific,” Clinton concluded, “and I think that’s why I have more than 2.7 million votes more than he has.” |
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| Hillary Clinton makes appearance on MSNBC town hall | Hillary Clinton makes appearance on MSNBC town hall |
| After an introduction that called her “the GOP’s number-one target,” former secretary of state Hillary Clinton walked onstage at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia to join Rachel Maddow for her half of the Democratic presidential town hall. | After an introduction that called her “the GOP’s number-one target,” former secretary of state Hillary Clinton walked onstage at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia to join Rachel Maddow for her half of the Democratic presidential town hall. |
| First question: How has Sanders influenced the Democratic party? | First question: How has Sanders influenced the Democratic party? |
| “I think that what weve had is a very spirited contest, certainly we share a lot of the same goals,” Clinton said. “But as I have said repeatedly, it’s not enough to diagnose the problem - you have to have solutions.” | “I think that what weve had is a very spirited contest, certainly we share a lot of the same goals,” Clinton said. “But as I have said repeatedly, it’s not enough to diagnose the problem - you have to have solutions.” |
| “I think it’s because people want, not just to understand better what we think the problem is, but what are we gonna do about it?” | “I think it’s because people want, not just to understand better what we think the problem is, but what are we gonna do about it?” |
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| That’s it for Bernie Sanders’ segment on the MSNBC Democratic town hall - stay tuned for Hillary Clinton’s appearance on the special, which we’ll be liveblogging up to the minute! | That’s it for Bernie Sanders’ segment on the MSNBC Democratic town hall - stay tuned for Hillary Clinton’s appearance on the special, which we’ll be liveblogging up to the minute! |
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| Bernie Sanders, on using air strikes: | Bernie Sanders, on using air strikes: |
| No president has the ability, willy-nilly, to be dropping bombs or using drones anywhere he wants. | No president has the ability, willy-nilly, to be dropping bombs or using drones anywhere he wants. |
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| “How you will address the issues around the collateral consequences of conviction?” a Pennsylvania voter asked Sanders. | “How you will address the issues around the collateral consequences of conviction?” a Pennsylvania voter asked Sanders. |
| “For a start, what I would propose, is when we have unemployment rates of minority kids of 40 or 50%, maybe it makes sense to invest in jobs and education for those kids instead of jails and incarceration,” Sanders says, echoing a frequent stump-speech line. | “For a start, what I would propose, is when we have unemployment rates of minority kids of 40 or 50%, maybe it makes sense to invest in jobs and education for those kids instead of jails and incarceration,” Sanders says, echoing a frequent stump-speech line. |
| “We really need to re-think the war on drugs,” Sanders said. “I would take marijuana out of the Federal Controlled Substance Act.” | “We really need to re-think the war on drugs,” Sanders said. “I would take marijuana out of the Federal Controlled Substance Act.” |
| Chris Hayes, following up, asked Sanders about his vote for the 1994 crime bill that he has lambasted on the campaign trail. Sanders, protesting, points out that the bill also contained the Violence Against Women Act. | Chris Hayes, following up, asked Sanders about his vote for the 1994 crime bill that he has lambasted on the campaign trail. Sanders, protesting, points out that the bill also contained the Violence Against Women Act. |
| “It also had in it, as you know, the assault weapons ban,” Sanders said. “If I had voted against the bill, there’d be 30-second ad saying ‘Bernie Sanders didn’t vote against assault weapons.’” | “It also had in it, as you know, the assault weapons ban,” Sanders said. “If I had voted against the bill, there’d be 30-second ad saying ‘Bernie Sanders didn’t vote against assault weapons.’” |
| “I wish I had a different piece of legislation!” Sanders said. “What we need to do now is address this very serious issue.” | “I wish I had a different piece of legislation!” Sanders said. “What we need to do now is address this very serious issue.” |