Things are heating up on the Democratic campaign trail as Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders have put aside niceties and are exchanging punches over who is and is not qualified to be President of the United States.
It seemingly began during an interview with Secretary Clinton on MSNBC’s ‘Morning Joe,’ during which she was asked if she thought Bernie Sanders was qualified to be president. She didn’t directly say she felt he was or wasn’t, but gave a hedging answer suggesting he hadn’t done his homework on some of his major campaign issues.
Senator Sanders responded by directly addressing the criticism and pointing out Hillary’s support of the Iraq War and Panama Free Trade Agreement, among other things, as reasons why she’s the unqualified one.
The bitterness comes after months of relatively polite exchanges between the two candidates, both of whom seemed more focused on beating Republicans than beating on each other. How do you think this tension will impact the race? What do you think about Senator Sanders and Secretary Clinton’s respective qualifications for the presidency?
Guests:
Nomiki Konst, Sanders campaign surrogate, political analyst, and founder/executive director of The Accountability Project; she tweets from
Amanda Renteria, National Political Director for the Hillary Clinton campaign; she tweets from @