Hillary went from a Democratic Dinner podium to a town hall stage in a matter of 15 minutes.
I have done my best to summarize her responses below. In some cases, her Twitter account was there to help out. The questions appear in the text at the bottom of the photos.
Hillary’s questions kicked off with Donald Trump, and she referred to comments made a few minutes earlier at the Ohio Democratic Legacy dinner. She said Trump bears responsibility for what happens at his events because he not only incites violence, he applauds it.
She responded to the trade union question by saying all of society needs to be opened up, including trade unions.
Steel dumping: She believes it is illegal and would stop that. Hillary would appoint a trade czar to oversee execution of agreements and prevent violations.
Would she be militarily aggressive? She would use every diplomatic tool at her disposal.
Death penalty question: Hillary would like to see states and or SCOTUS rule against it. But terrorist activities under federal laws cause her to want to preserve it for very limited use.
Health insurance costs: Get co-pays, premiums, and costs down and make it possible to find affordable insurance on the available exchanges. Get non-profits into the competitive mix. HRC will do everything she can to reduce costs and encouraged the woman to keep shopping, that there are more reasonable plans out there.
Incarceration: She pointed to her complex plan. “Systemic racism is at work in our criminal justice system. We’ve got to stand up and end these inequities; end the school-to-prison pipeline and build a cradle-to-college pipeline. We’ve got to stop building prisons and invest in education.” – Hillary
Fracking: She supports regulation. States set these laws. As POTUS she will try to regulate. A federal ban cannot be promised – by anyone!
Defeating Trump: She has more votes than anybody – the base is there; the Republicans have been after her for 25 years, and she has developed a thick skin and is ready to go against him; is uniquely qualified as former SOS to speak to what his presidency would mean internationally. “Whoever goes up against Donald Trump better be ready. I am the best prepared candidate to do that.” —Hillary
Gun violence: It is truly an epidemic; probably cannot prevent all gun deaths but that does not mean doing nothing. Enforce background checks, close loopholes, and crack down on manufacturers and dealers. Reverse the immunity law. She will take on the gun lobby. “Failing to do anything—which is what we’re doing now—will only lead to more loss of life.” —Hillary on gun violence prevention. “I am sick and tired of these murders and random acts of gun violence … It’s absolutely unacceptable that the gun industry can’t be held accountable when they endanger Americans” —Hillary
She has plans for energy renewal and has plans for jobs in communities that traditionally have depended upon fossil fuels.
I am better when I have a job to do than at trying to get the job.
Notice how much better the questions are when voters ask them instead of the media who parrot GOP talking points.
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Did you also notice that when asked a “how” question he answered with “why.?” We know why. The question was how!
He can’t give a straight answer to a dean of students at a university. How is he going to deal with Putin and Xi?
I can’t believe he has gotten this far with his Rockinghorse Revolution. Oh wait … because the kids don’t care how either!
Reminds me of this. Of course that was performed by the inmates of an insane asylum….
http://www.elyrics.net/read/j/judy-collins-lyrics/marat-sade-lyrics.html
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She started out tired and, then, just bloomed into our magnificent Hillary.
The standing ovation at the end of her portion was so heartfelt.
I can’t wait to vote for HRC on Tuesday!
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Awesome townhall. She has gotten better with each debate and townhall appearance.
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I am sick to report this, sanders is ahead in Illinois! I live in Illinois and this guy has flooded the airwaves with free stuff and evil Wall Street crap! The airwaves are alive with socialism! If secretary Clinton cannot win her home state I do not know what to say!!!! Headed for the ledge!!! Help!
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One of my Hillary volunteers asked me, in all seriousness, what happened to all of Hillary’s Wall Street money and how come she wasn’t paying her volunteers with all that cash.
The campaign should push back harder on that garbage.
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Not only is he ahead in Illinois , the guy is within one point in Ohio! I do not bother with Nate anymore. I better get real and face the facts that things at this point do not look good. Yes I have worked on secretary Clinton campaign In my state of Illinois. All I hear is FREE tuition from folks and Evil Wall Street ! He has brainwashed a ton of people!
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Dakota, even if Hillary narrowly loses Ohio and Illinois, her delegate lead will only grow Tuesday by quite a bit because of her sizable wins in NC and Florida. This is a delegate race and Bernie is falling further and further behind. And the number of open primaries, which benefits Bernie, dwindles after Tuesday. Only three of the remaining 24 primaries/caucuses will be open.
Besides, maybe these narrow polls will galvanize Hillary supporters to show up even more – the way they didn’t in Michigan, costing her that state.
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I certainly haven’t given up on either state if only because I believe there is early voting in both places, and Hillary will have banked a lot of votes before tomorrow. Fingers crossed!
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Dakota, In the latest PPP polls, which are generally reliable, Sanders is running slightly behind Hillary in Ohio, Illinois and Missouri for one reason: independents, many of whom are probably former Ron Paul supporters. She has at least a 17-point lead among Dems in those three states. She also won Dems by 16 points in Michigan. Sanders basically has no chance in states with closed primaries, which is why Hillary is going to clobber him in Florida.
I noticed that his percentage among indys in the polls is less than it was in Michigan, which is a positive. If Hillary voters show up in good numbers and don’t again make the mistake of voting in the GOP primary, that will certainly help.
Sanders’ strategist Tad Devine said today that Bernie is in till the convention. That’s a sign they know they’re not going to win. Yes, it’s less than ideal that he’ll still be attacking her till then, even with the nomination out of his reach, but it likely won’t impact the GE.
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I have a break from teaching to check in! You guys are great! I have not given up. I teach American history and it is hard to see folks falling for his line of reasoning or lack of. Sanders is full of hot air but folks see free and nothing else. The media down plays the delegate count big time . When sanders opens his mouth he claims he can win. So I will hope for the best tomorrow. Thanks all, fingers crossed!
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Dakota, I’m sure you’te doing a much better job teaching your students history than BS supporters’ teachers did!
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Thanks Brassy Rebel! He must not have taken math at university of Chicago! “If wishes were horses, beggers would ride” we will all see Tuesday night! Love u all!
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Dakota, Thanks for being such a staunch Hillary supporter. BTW, Your quote was what my dad used to say to us back when we were growing up!
Yes, it is true that IL, OH and MO are risky – all three are open primaries but Republicans are scrambling for their own every vote, and Dems have realized that cross-voting is not helping their candidate. OH (just yesterday) declared that 17-year olds can vote in the primary (favors Bernie as they dont quite know the workplace mysogyny and the realities of how free bees equate to taxes sooner than later). MO is a state I’ve followed for long and it’s a pesky one. None of them can be counted upon.
Despite all that, Math is most definitely not on Bernie’s side. What’s best on the math side is the following. Let’s take SuperDel’s out of the equation. Hillary needs 60% of the March delegates; 55% of the delegates thereafter. Bernie on the other hand would need to win 67.5% of all the remaining delegates. I just do not see that happening.
Further, yesterday’s townhall was a homerun hit by Hillary, thru and thru.
Hillary’s message resonated for everyone in the audience, every person asking question, even for the lady who asked the healthcare question (she was only considering voting for a Dem candidate, per her question, and she later mouthed ‘thank you’ as the camera zoomed in on her.). She somehow managed to convey (without saying so in so many words) that there is no precedent/role model for a female presidential candidate… she is charting her own path. Every job she has gotten she has done a superb job. She definitely clarified that she is promising in prose and no more than she knows she can deliver – and that is a huge deal for voters. I caught Roland Martin congratulating and thanking her as she shook her hand in the middle of the townhall as they broke for a commercial break. She hit the correct note in the entire debate. So, I am hopeful even relative to the toughest of the open primaries tomorrow.
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Note: There are 2724 delegates in remaining 34 primaries/caucuses.
Of those, 782 delegates are from 9 Open primary states and 2 in Semi-Open primary states — they are:
2 Open Caucuses – Idaho and Washington
2 Semi-Open primaries — Ohio and South Dakota
9 Open primaries — Illinois, Missouri, Wisconsin, Indiana, Puerto Rico, Montana, North Dakota
[And, they too are proportional delegates].
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Sam thank you for all the useful info! As for the 16th century proverb I used it as I reference sanders followers “Wishing” they are going to get free everything rather than working within capitalism the way most Amercans function. Believe me sanders tosses the word revolution around a little too much. I am a progressive and do not care for sanders type of politics. I teach 17 year old! Sweet young humans with zero clue! They have their parents money, cars, and electronics! No clue to sanders socialism and Revolution. The ideal would be sanders drops out and helps secretary Clinton, but as I said before, his ego is too large for that. I fear he will stay in until the convention critcising her every move. A Democrat sanders is not!
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Totally agree with you. He is not a Dem.
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