Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton identified herself as “a progressive” during the first Democratic debate on Tuesday night in Las Vegas, but she qualified it by saying she’s one who gets things done.
CNN debate host Anderson Cooper asked Clinton whether she was a progressive or a moderate after the former secretary of state defended changing her stance on the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal.
Cooper asked Clinton if she changed her political stance based on who she was talking to and mentioned a comment that she made last month in New Hampshire in which she said that she pleaded “guilty” to “being kind of moderate and center.”
Clinton said she didn’t “take a back seat to anyone” when it came to progressive experience or commitment.
“I’m a progressive, but I’m a progressive who likes to get things done,” Clinton said to applause. “And I know how to find common ground and I know how to stand my ground and I have proved that in every position that I’ve had.”
Watch the exchange:
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Agree. She thinks, acts, and get things done. Give a woman a job and it will get done!!!
I’m not a huge HRC fan but she is quick, decisive and owning the debate so far. Republicans can’t be happy about that.
She’s a strong candidate, but she is absolutely no progressive. She is a moderate who is being pushed to the left by the popularity of Bernie Sanders. Don’t get me wrong, this is a good thing. But she is not a progressive.
America is pushing her to the left, not Sanders. Its not as if Sanders came around and got everyone to be more to the left.
Sanders is making that voice noticeable. If Sanders weren’t showing such popularity, if he weren’t catching her in several polls, there’s no way she’d be listening to America and tracking left. So while you’re correct, so am I.