Brooklyn Bash Shows Party in Disarray at Democratic Debate

BROOKLYN–Thursday’s presidential debate shows the vulnerability of Democrats heading into the November election. Most recent political analysis in the mainstream media has centered on Republicans’ wide wider field of candidates and the growing #NeverTrump movement. Yet the sharp exchanges between Hillary Clinton and Sen. Bernie Sanders on everything from capital market regulation to gun control, NATO and Israel showed sharp philosophical divisions between the party’s two major factions.While there was no knockout punch for either side in the Brooklyn Democratic debate, Sanders’ sharp attacks on Clinton and her aggressive counterpunches made it clear that the early-stage niceties in the Democratic primaries are long gone. “I do question her judgment,” Sanders said. “I don’t believe that that is the kind of judgment we need to be the kind of president we need.”Clinton shot back and won over the crowd by referencing a recent gaffe by Sanders at a recent editorial board meeting.“Senator Sanders did call me unqualified,” she said. “I’ve been called a lot of things in my life. That was a first … But if you go and read, which I hope all of you will before Tuesday, Senator Sanders’ long interview with the New York Daily News talk about judgment…
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