Bernie Sanders Refuses To Say Hillary Clinton Is Honest and Trustworthy
The primary contest between former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) got a lot more interesting Sunday morning when Sanders followed up his attack on Clinton’s (lack of a) response to the Keystone pipeline by refusing to say whether or not Hillary is “honest and trustworthy.”
In an interview with This Week’s Jon Karl, Sanders first went after Hillary Clinton on the issue of the Keystone pipeline, which Clinton has declined to weigh in on because she was so involved in the process during her tenure as secretary of state:
KARL: So, let me ask you — you’ve been also a leader on the issue of climate change. We saw Hillary Clinton on the issue of the Keystone Pipeline had a very interesting answer when asked whether she supported it or opposed it. She said, if it is undecided when I become president, I will answer your question.
What does it say about a presidential candidate who won’t even answer a question as basic as that?
SANDERS: Well, listen, needless to say, I have a hard time understanding that response. If we are serious about the planetary crisis of climate change — and by the way, Jonathan, for all intents and purposes, the debate is over, the scientific community is virtually unanimous in telling us climate change is real. It is caused by human activity.
I have helped lead the effort against they Keystone Pipeline. And I’m very proud, by the way, that just yesterday we received the endorsement from Friends of the Earth, one of the largest environmental organizations in America. And that is one of the reasons that they gave me their endorsement.
But then, Karl asked Sanders to weigh in on recent polling that shows Clinton underwater in terms of being “honest and trustworthy,” and Sanders’ response was cuter than a Monchichi on waterskis…READ MORE
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By: Tommy Christopher
Tommy Christopher is The Daily Banter's White House Correspondent and Political Analyst. He's been a political reporter and liberal commentator since 2007, and has covered the White House since the beginning of the Obama administration, first for PoliticsDaily, and then for Mediaite. Christopher is a frequent guest on a variety of television, radio, and online programs, and was the villain in the documentaries The Audacity of Democracy and Hating Breitbart. He's also That Guy Who Live-Tweeted His Own Heart Attack, and the only person to have ever received public apologies from both Rush Limbaugh and Glenn Beck.
11 responses to Bernie Sanders Refuses To Say Hillary Clinton Is Honest and Trustworthy
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NW10 August 2nd, 2015 at 17:23
Shame on Jon Karl for trying to incite a fight between Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton.
Anomaly 100 August 2nd, 2015 at 17:24
Feel the Bern!
allison1050 August 2nd, 2015 at 18:10
Yet and still another irrelevant question and THAT’S supposed to be news worthy? {{{Walter Cronkite please come back! Huntley Brinkley where are you?}}}
Dwendt44 August 2nd, 2015 at 20:56
Or what kind of underwear he likes.
allison1050 August 3rd, 2015 at 00:00
That’ll be next. ;o)
The Original Just Me August 3rd, 2015 at 00:04
Sorry, I guess we think alike.
The Original Just Me August 3rd, 2015 at 00:03
Boxers or Briefs ?
allison1050 August 3rd, 2015 at 01:06
Ha!
StoneyCurtisll August 2nd, 2015 at 18:25
I do not like Hillary Clinton…
But given the choice between her and any republican candidate for president..
I will vote for Ms. Clinton in a heartbeat~!
Kick Frenzy August 2nd, 2015 at 18:55
Way to be misleading, Tommy.
He didn’t refuse to answer whether she’s trustworthy or not, he refused to be drawn into a disparaging topic.
Bernie Sanders has said from the beginning that he refuses to get into negative type commentary on the other Dem candidates.
He’s not refusing to say whether he trusts her, he’s refusing to be involved in a “gotcha” discussion from the get go.
The Original Just Me August 3rd, 2015 at 00:01
He didn’t say she wasn’t either.