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| Candidates talk policy and trade barbs at CNN town hall event – as it happened | Candidates talk policy and trade barbs at CNN town hall event – as it happened |
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| That’s it from us tonight. | That’s it from us tonight. |
| Here’s a summary of the Final Five event, by the Guardian’s David Smith and Ben Jacobs: | Here’s a summary of the Final Five event, by the Guardian’s David Smith and Ben Jacobs: |
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| Lucia Graves | Lucia Graves |
| Just hours after Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump launched high-profileattacks against one another on foreign policy, the standoff continued into the night in back-to-back interviews on CNN’s The Final Five candidates’ forum, writes Lucia Graves. | Just hours after Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump launched high-profileattacks against one another on foreign policy, the standoff continued into the night in back-to-back interviews on CNN’s The Final Five candidates’ forum, writes Lucia Graves. |
| The event featured interviews from all the remaining candidates in the 2016 election, but interviews with John Kasich and even Ted Cruz seemed like mere accents – distractions, even – in a larger, highly gendered standoff between Clinton and Trump that could foreshadow a general election in which the politics of sex and sexism is at the fore. | The event featured interviews from all the remaining candidates in the 2016 election, but interviews with John Kasich and even Ted Cruz seemed like mere accents – distractions, even – in a larger, highly gendered standoff between Clinton and Trump that could foreshadow a general election in which the politics of sex and sexism is at the fore. |
| Read more here: | Read more here: |
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| Summary of the 'Final Five' | Summary of the 'Final Five' |
| Scott Bixby | Scott Bixby |
| In an event billed as the single greatest meetup of the five remaining presidential candidates, the three Republican and two Democratic presidential candidates who joined CNN’s “Final Five” town hall event did little to shock viewers – or even to venture far from the scripts they read during the Aipac convention meeting earlier today – but here are some of the highlights: | In an event billed as the single greatest meetup of the five remaining presidential candidates, the three Republican and two Democratic presidential candidates who joined CNN’s “Final Five” town hall event did little to shock viewers – or even to venture far from the scripts they read during the Aipac convention meeting earlier today – but here are some of the highlights: |
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| Scott Bixby | Scott Bixby |
| Hillary Clinton has moved toward a number of your positions, Anderson Cooper said. “If you could move her on one more policy, what would it be?” | Hillary Clinton has moved toward a number of your positions, Anderson Cooper said. “If you could move her on one more policy, what would it be?” |
| “It is not what a candidate says during a campaign,” Ssanders said; what is important is “what your record is and what your history is.” | “It is not what a candidate says during a campaign,” Ssanders said; what is important is “what your record is and what your history is.” |
| “Most Americans understand that somebody cannot be an agent for change when they are so close to some of the most powerful special interests in this country,” he continued. “I think people have got to take everything into consideration.” | “Most Americans understand that somebody cannot be an agent for change when they are so close to some of the most powerful special interests in this country,” he continued. “I think people have got to take everything into consideration.” |
| “Hillary Clinton is the candidate of the establishment,” he said. “She has the support of public officials across America. What is also clear is that we are running an insurgent campaign across the country.” | “Hillary Clinton is the candidate of the establishment,” he said. “She has the support of public officials across America. What is also clear is that we are running an insurgent campaign across the country.” |
| “I think as people look at our records, how we raise money, what our views are on income and wealth inequality,” Sanders concluded, “that is Bernie Sanders, and that is why we are creating so much excitement at the grassroots level.” | “I think as people look at our records, how we raise money, what our views are on income and wealth inequality,” Sanders concluded, “that is Bernie Sanders, and that is why we are creating so much excitement at the grassroots level.” |
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| Scott Bixby | Scott Bixby |
| On calling Donald trump a “pathological liar,” Bernie Sanders said that Trump may have a compulsion toward lying. | On calling Donald trump a “pathological liar,” Bernie Sanders said that Trump may have a compulsion toward lying. |
| “He just says things off the top of his head!” Sanders said incredulously. “Time after time he says things that are just not true, and I think more and more people understand that.” | “He just says things off the top of his head!” Sanders said incredulously. “Time after time he says things that are just not true, and I think more and more people understand that.” |
| “There is a reason why this guy will not be elected president of the United States. That type of temperament, that type of violence,” Sanders said, “is not what the American people want.” | “There is a reason why this guy will not be elected president of the United States. That type of temperament, that type of violence,” Sanders said, “is not what the American people want.” |
| “There’s no question that he has authoritarian tendencies,” Sanders said, echoing fellow senator Elizabeth Warren’s remarks earlier today. “I think that does he have a tendency toward authoritarianism... I think the evidence largely points in that direction.” | “There’s no question that he has authoritarian tendencies,” Sanders said, echoing fellow senator Elizabeth Warren’s remarks earlier today. “I think that does he have a tendency toward authoritarianism... I think the evidence largely points in that direction.” |
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| “If Clinton clinches the nomination, are you hurting the Democratic nominee by remaining in the race?” Anderson Cooper asks. | “If Clinton clinches the nomination, are you hurting the Democratic nominee by remaining in the race?” Anderson Cooper asks. |
| “I think we have a road - a narrow road - but a road to victory,” Sanders said. “We’re going to drive up the voter turnout in November no matter who the nominee is.” | “I think we have a road - a narrow road - but a road to victory,” Sanders said. “We’re going to drive up the voter turnout in November no matter who the nominee is.” |
| “I am not a quitter - we are gonna fight this to the last vote.” | “I am not a quitter - we are gonna fight this to the last vote.” |
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| “In your view, in what way does Merrick Garland fail the progressive test?” Anderson Cooper asked. | “In your view, in what way does Merrick Garland fail the progressive test?” Anderson Cooper asked. |
| “He’s widely respected, clearly a very intelligent man,” Sanders acknowledged, but “I believe that the supreme court decision six years ago on Citizens United was one of the worst court decisions in the history of our country... I do have a litmus test for a supreme court nominee, and that is I want that nominee to be loud and clear in telling the American people that he or she will overturn that decision.” | “He’s widely respected, clearly a very intelligent man,” Sanders acknowledged, but “I believe that the supreme court decision six years ago on Citizens United was one of the worst court decisions in the history of our country... I do have a litmus test for a supreme court nominee, and that is I want that nominee to be loud and clear in telling the American people that he or she will overturn that decision.” |
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| Bernie Sanders, on criticism of Cuba: | Bernie Sanders, on criticism of Cuba: |
| Let’s not get into red-baiting here! | Let’s not get into red-baiting here! |
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| Would normalizing relations with Cuba entail inviting Raul Castro to the White House, Anderson Cooper asked. | Would normalizing relations with Cuba entail inviting Raul Castro to the White House, Anderson Cooper asked. |
| “The last I heard, we’ve invited the leaders of Saudi Arabia, we’ve invited the leaders of China, we’ve invited the leaders of a lot of authoritarian countries to the White House - I think Cuba should be treated similarly,” Sanders responded. | “The last I heard, we’ve invited the leaders of Saudi Arabia, we’ve invited the leaders of China, we’ve invited the leaders of a lot of authoritarian countries to the White House - I think Cuba should be treated similarly,” Sanders responded. |
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| John Stoehr | John Stoehr |
| Bernie Sanders just called for the United States to be an honest broker in negotiations for peace between Israel and the Palestinians, breaking from the many Aipac-pandering policy statements fellow candidates have been making about Israel today. | Bernie Sanders just called for the United States to be an honest broker in negotiations for peace between Israel and the Palestinians, breaking from the many Aipac-pandering policy statements fellow candidates have been making about Israel today. |
| Many Democrats have called for the same thing Sanders just did, but none of them was a Jew running for the presidency of the United States. Savor the moment. | Many Democrats have called for the same thing Sanders just did, but none of them was a Jew running for the presidency of the United States. Savor the moment. |
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| “We are allies with Saudi Arabia, and it is time that they work with us - in fact, in my view, Isis is a real threat to Saudi Arabia,” Bernie Sanders says, of attempting to unite Saudi Arabia with its geopolitical foe, Iran. | “We are allies with Saudi Arabia, and it is time that they work with us - in fact, in my view, Isis is a real threat to Saudi Arabia,” Bernie Sanders says, of attempting to unite Saudi Arabia with its geopolitical foe, Iran. |
| “That’s what our job is - to try to bring these countries together,” Sanders said. “We are not the policemen of the world.” | “That’s what our job is - to try to bring these countries together,” Sanders said. “We are not the policemen of the world.” |
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| Scott Bixby | Scott Bixby |
| Anderson Cooper asked Bernie Sanders “would you continue that much military aid” to Israel? | Anderson Cooper asked Bernie Sanders “would you continue that much military aid” to Israel? |
| “Israel needs military aid,” Sanders said, “but this is what I will also tell you. I want to see the United States providing economic stimulus to the region... I want to see the international community, with the help of Israel, with the help of the United States, rebuilding the devastation in Gaza.” | “Israel needs military aid,” Sanders said, “but this is what I will also tell you. I want to see the United States providing economic stimulus to the region... I want to see the international community, with the help of Israel, with the help of the United States, rebuilding the devastation in Gaza.” |
| “I don’t know the answer to that one as well.” Sanders said, regarding the placement of the American embassy in Jerusalem. “I am sympathetic to what president Obama has done in that area.” | “I don’t know the answer to that one as well.” Sanders said, regarding the placement of the American embassy in Jerusalem. “I am sympathetic to what president Obama has done in that area.” |
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| Bernie Sanders joins Anderson Cooper on CNN's town hall | Bernie Sanders joins Anderson Cooper on CNN's town hall |
| Scott Bixby | Scott Bixby |
| “Is there any message people should read into” you skipping Aipac, Anderson Cooper asked Bernie Sanders via satellite. | “Is there any message people should read into” you skipping Aipac, Anderson Cooper asked Bernie Sanders via satellite. |
| “I wanted to be there - it was simply a question of scheduling,” Sanders said. | “I wanted to be there - it was simply a question of scheduling,” Sanders said. |
| “Israel must continue to exist as an independent, free state. But if we are to have lasting peace, we have also got to work with the Palestinians,” Sanders said. “It cannot be that the United States just takes the side of Israel.” | “Israel must continue to exist as an independent, free state. But if we are to have lasting peace, we have also got to work with the Palestinians,” Sanders said. “It cannot be that the United States just takes the side of Israel.” |
| “Overwhelmingly, the United States, time and time again, has looked aside when Israel has done some bad things. I think, for example, that the growth of settlements in Palestinians territories is not acceptable to me,” Sanders said. “I think there is no question that there’s enough blame to go around on both sides. Israel has a right to defend itself against terrorist attacks... but I think the United States is stronger when we work with both sides.” | “Overwhelmingly, the United States, time and time again, has looked aside when Israel has done some bad things. I think, for example, that the growth of settlements in Palestinians territories is not acceptable to me,” Sanders said. “I think there is no question that there’s enough blame to go around on both sides. Israel has a right to defend itself against terrorist attacks... but I think the United States is stronger when we work with both sides.” |
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| John Stoehr | John Stoehr |
| Anderson Cooper asked Hillary Clinton if she is being held to a different standard from her male counterparts. This, after having asked if relations with Israel might be affected by tendency to get emotion, to lose her cool, and by reputation as the “yeller-in-chief”. | Anderson Cooper asked Hillary Clinton if she is being held to a different standard from her male counterparts. This, after having asked if relations with Israel might be affected by tendency to get emotion, to lose her cool, and by reputation as the “yeller-in-chief”. |
| Her response was dead-on: “I don’t hear anybody say that about men – and I’ve seen a lot of male candidates who don’t smile very much and who talk very loud,” Clinton said. | Her response was dead-on: “I don’t hear anybody say that about men – and I’ve seen a lot of male candidates who don’t smile very much and who talk very loud,” Clinton said. |
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