Hillary Clinton’s press secretary said Tuesday night that the candidate is “perfectly willing” to debate rival Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) in New York.
Brian Fallon said on Bloomberg’s “With All Due Respect” that campaigns typically work with the Democratic National Committee in private to agree on a debate time. He said the Clinton campaign has offered “several” dates and locations, including some in New York.
“If they can find a mutually agreeable date in the next couple of weeks before New York, I think it could happen,” he said.
Sanders challenged Clinton to agree to a debate venue on Sunday, saying he would debate her in “New York City, upstate, wherever.” Clinton’s chief strategist Joel Benenson responded Monday by saying that Sanders should change his campaign’s “tone” if he wanted another debate.
The New York Democratic primary is April 19.
The DNC is once again trying to rig the primary in Clinton’s favor! /snark
Oh goodie. We get to hear the Bernie rant about “millionayahs & billionayahs and Hillary is a crook” one more time. #FleeTheBern!
Senator Sanders agreed to work with the DNC in exchange for being allowed to use the Party apparatus to run on the ticket.
Good. This position is a lot more consistent with her own words in 2008. In case anyone hasn’t seen this clip from 2008:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E0QAewVrR28Most relevant section starts about :40.
> “I just believe this is the most important job in the world, the toughest job in the world, you should be willing to campaign for every vote, you should be willing to debate anytime, anywhere…”
But only if Sanders is willing to agree beforehand that I should be the nominee. I just don’t like his tone.