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The Third Democratic Debate
ABC News
The third and last democratic debate of 2015 started off with two main foci: the Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton data breach issue and foreign policy, namely how to deal with Islamic State. All three candidates mentioned Islamic State in their opening statements, but while Sanders and Clinton also focused on the economy, Martin O’Malley spent most of his opening statement discussing the San Bernardino attacks, which he insisted on labeling as “jihad” despite recent FBI statements that explained no evidence to link the two attackers to jihad or Islamic State has been found.
Clinton was the first to make a speech, since ABC, which is hosting Saturday night’s debate, decided to go in alphabetical. The former Secretary of State opened by stating that the goals as president would be to “keep our families safe and make the economy grow in a way that helps everyone.” She also took a jab at Republicans’ attempts to “roll back progress,” clearly hoping to present herself as a strong candidate against the currently haywire GOP.
O’Malley came next with comments on terrorism and his efforts to listen to the Muslim American community, but also with a strong declaration of the need to protect America and American values from terrorists, racists and fascist “billionaires with big mouths.”
Sanders firmly opened with the phrase “I’m running for president because,” an opener he repeated throughout his speech as he explained his stances on main issues with pithy assertions about the economy being “rigged,” as well as the need to address the “planetary crisis of climate change” and a way to destroy Islamic State without getting the U.S. more involved in perpetual wars in the Middle East.
Source: http://www.truthdig.com/eartotheground/item/the_third_democratic_debate_20151219/
