"Clinton seeking to halt the momentum of her insurgent challenger, Senator Sanders
of Vermont, aggressively questioned his values, positions and voting
history Tuesday night in the first Democratic presidential debate,
turning a showdown that had been expected to scrutinize her character
into a forceful critique of his record.
In
a series of sometimes biting exchanges, Mrs. Clinton declared that Mr.
Sanders was mistaken in his handling of crucial votes on gun control and
misguided in his grasp of the essentialness of capitalism to the
American identity. Mocking Mr. Sanders’s admiration for the health care
system of Denmark, she interrupted a moderator to offer a stinging
assessment of his logic, suggesting he was unprepared to grapple with
the realities of governing a superpower.
“We are not Denmark,” Mrs. Clinton said, adding with a sly smile, “I love Denmark. We are the United States of America.”
The crowd erupted in applause." NYT
No comments:
Post a Comment