http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/presidential-races/276479-bill-clinton-slams-sanders-for-sneering-reference-toApril 15, 2016, 01:39 pm
Bill Clinton slams Sanders for ‘sneering reference’ to South
By Lisa Hagen
Former President Bill Clinton on Friday ripped Bernie Sanders for his “sneering reference” in Thursday night's debate about Hillary Clinton’s landslide victories in the South.
“Oh it's just the South. We know how conservative they are,” Clinton said in a mocking tone.
“Well excuse me, but Democrats need to win Florida and North Carolina not only to get elected, but they are states of the future — highly diverse. And she won a big victory there.”
Bill Clinton’s comments at an event in the Bronx shows Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign intends to use the Sanders comments against him.
Clinton’s wins in the South were built predominantly on support from African-Americans, who are also an influential constituency in New York’s primary on Tuesday.
Bill Clinton also took several jabs at GOP presidential front-runner Donald Trump.
The former president celebrated the diversity at the campaign rally and condemned Trump's plan to build a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border.
“You could put up all the walls you want in America,” Clinton said. “We’d still be in an interdependent world because of social media.
“There’s no place for us to hide. And this is the model of the future that I want for the young people not just in the United States but all over the world,” he added.
Clinton indirectly referenced the GOP front-runner's proposal to monitor Muslim neighborhoods.
“No one who walked through that door today was asked to check your faith at the door, check your race at the door, and check your politics at the door,” Clinton said. “Everywhere in the world people are working together for inclusive economic opportunities, inclusive social policies, which is a fancy way of saying we love our differences.”
Clinton went on to knock Trump's call for mass deportation and highlighted the need for immigration reform.
“The suggestion by the leading candidate on the other side that he’s going to send everybody home is not only unethical, it’s the dumbest economic idea I’ve ever heard in my life,” Clinton said.
