The Hillary Clinton campaign on Tuesday said that recent attacks from conservatives show that Republicans are hoping Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) will win the Democratic nomination because they believe he would be easier to beat in the general election.
In a Tuesday evening statement, the Clinton campaign’s communications director, Jennifer Palmieri, mentioned an ad from the Rove-aligned super PAC American Crossroads, which accused Clinton of being in Wall Street’s pocket. Palmieri said the ad suggests that Republicans want to face Sanders in the general election.
“While Senator Sanders tries to make a case on electability based on meaningless polls, Republicans and their super PACs have made clear the candidate they’re actually afraid to face. The Sanders argument falls apart when the GOP spokesman is trying to help him and the Republicans run ads trying to stop Hillary Clinton in the primary,” she said in the statement.
Palmieri also criticized Sanders for his recent remarks tying Clinton to Wall Street.
“Now he’s taking his cues from them, using a Karl Rove attack to go after her,” she said. “Both Sanders and the Republicans know that Hillary is the candidate who can take them on and ensure the White House isn’t in Donald Trump or Ted Cruz’s hands.”
During the Sunday night Democratic presidential debate, Sanders went after Clinton for accepting speaking fees from Goldman Sachs.
“Well, the first difference is I don’t take money from big banks. I don’t get personal speaking fees from Goldman Sachs,” Sanders said when asked to differentiate his approach to regulating Wall Street from that of Clinton.
Sanders made similar remarks during a campaign event in Iowa on Tuesday.
“By the way, without naming any names, Goldman Sachs also provides very, very generous speaking fees to some unnamed candidates,” he said, according to CNN. “Very generous. Now I know that some of my opponents are very good speakers, very fine orators, very smart people, but you gotta be really really, really good to get $225,000 a speech. That’s all I’ll say.”
Earlier this month, the Sanders campaign accused the Clinton campaign of using “Karl Rove tactics” while criticizing the Vermont senator’s health care proposals.
H/t Washington Post
Yeah, but Saint Bernard had no problem using the NRA to get himself elected. To what end? He’s a cranky old back bencher who’s been in Congress for decades and accomplished relatively little except using his bully pulpit to tilt at windmills.
Huh? Sounds Rovian to me. Well, I suppose I should be grateful the Republicans are acting as self-destructive as the Democrats usually do this election cycle.
Why would Hillary have any issue with being tied to Wall Street? Senator from New York, long record as a moderate-conservative Democrat, raising money hand over fist from those self-same Wall Street financiers. If she’s that concerned about it, be distinct about what changes she would make to reverse some of the conservative deregulation Bill helped the Republicans with in the 1990s. Why run away so hard?
Bernie is butt hurt Goldman never asked him to speak.
I don’t think anything on Sander’s to-do list would be actionable with a GOP House, and his interest/knowledge of foreign policy is still nothing. I love lots of his positions, but don’t think he’d win more than 10 states. I just don’t. I suspect every young SJW will be telling us on Facebook how they are going to “hold my nose and vote for Hillary”. The dumb ones who never show up for off-year elections won’t show up at all. Democrats need to fall in love, I guess. Demanding purity from politicians is an odd thing on either side.
Hillary has NO SUCH RECORD as a “moderate-conservative Democrat”! Why are you parroting this gibberish? She was deemed the 11th MOST Liberal member of the Senate from 2001-2009. More liberal than Joe Biden, or Barack Obama. So there’s that, but I know you are steadfast in your preconceived notions!
Last night I spoke with an old friend with whom I’ve clashed politically over the years. In 2000 I told her and her husband that they could not risk a vote for Nader – but they did it anyway. In 2004, shortly before the general election, I told her I knew Kerry was going to lose – her response was to accuse me of being a negative person. In 2007, I told her that I was volunteering for Obama – and invited her to help. She responded that she didn’t think a black man could ever be elected president and so she supported Hillary. Last night, she said they were all in for Sanders. She’s the perfect opposite barometer! I’ve been on the fence, but this morning, I KNOW I WILL CAUCUS FOR HILLARY.