Tuesday, 10 May 2016

Hillary runs away from Bernie: The presumptive Democratic nominee pays lip service to Sanders supporters and nothing more

Donald Trump has made it clear that he’s paying attention to Bernie Sanders’ sharpest critiques of Hillary Clinton and plans to use them if she’s the nominee—just as he has mimicked other Sanders stances. So why isn’t Hillary embracing Bernie’s best ideas?

That question came into sharper relief in this past week, after Trump secured the GOP nomination after Indiana’s primary and Sanders upset Clinton and pledged to keep running despite her large lead in delegates. With the prospect that Clinton will be attacked by both Trump and Sanders as the primary season continues, one wonders why she is not doing more to embrace his best ideas.

At a speech Friday in Oakland, California, Clinton said that she had better ideas than Sanders for cutting college tuition and health care costs. She briefly praised Sanders’ team, reminded Democrats there is more uniting them than not, and urged supporters to help get out the vote for her in the state’s June 7 primary. But mostly, she ignored Sanders’ ideas and focused on criticizing Trump. For the full article click here 



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