Hillary Clinton swiped at her Democratic presidential opponent Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) on Friday, telling him on Twitter to stop making “false innuendos” about her stance on Social Security.
.@BernieSanders I won’t cut Social Security. As always, I’ll defend it, & I’ll expand it. Enough false innuendos. https://t.co/hBeTCQj6Fv -H
— Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) February 6, 2016
Sanders kicked off the mini-spat by asking Clinton to affirm that she will “never cut Social Security” as president, linking to a press release of a speech the Democratic candidate gave in Exeter, New Hampshire on Friday evening. Sanders told the crowd that he planned to increase cost-of-living adjustments and increase the amount in taxes that the wealthiest Americans have to pay into the system.
Almost immediately, Clinton fired back, saying she’ll “defend it, & expand it.” The former secretary of state included a link to her campaign plan on Social Security, which involves demanding lower prescription drug prices for Medicare recipients and fighting efforts to privatize both Medicare and Social Security.
The two candidates left in the Democratic race faced off on Twitter earlier in the week, with Sanders knocking Clinton for claiming to be both a moderate and a progressive. During Thursday’s MSNBC debate, the two addressed the issue again, and Clinton defended herself by claiming to be “a progressive who gets things done.”
She’s gone full Karl Rove – accusing her opponent of what she is doing herself.
But it is nice to finally have her on record defending Social Security.
I’m surprised she has time for this.
What with looking into releasing the transcripts of her Wall St. speeches and getting back to us.
Can’t wait to vote and caucus for her in Texas on 3/1. We have a bifurcated primary in Texas. Big $$$ donation this month too.
That comment is pure baloney. What innuendo has she used against him? Point to even one instance–you can’t.
The constant drumming on her speaking fees for WS–and there were given to charity despite what Gail Collins writes in her NYT column today–is intended solely to imply that she was doing their bidding. How? She was NO LONGER in office. What power did she have to “do their bidding”? Give us a single instance in which she did.
Whose bidding was Sanders himself doing when he voted to deregulate derivatives? What donations had come to him? Or was he just using super poor judgment about the massive harm they might eventually do–and did?
Bernie Sanders needs to stop. He’s not the “nice ol’ non-political man” his campaign tries to make him out to be. He can’t win the general as a socialist either.