Posted on 06/14/2015 12:08:00 PM PDT by Theoria
Bernie Sanders, the outspoken progressive U.S. senator challenging Hillary Clinton for the 2016 Democratic presidential nomination, urged her on Sunday to take a stand on a big trade deal that has divided the Democratic Party.
Clinton aides appearing on Sunday television news shows said she would not weigh in until negotiations were complete.
Sanders, a vocal critic of free trade, called on Clinton to join labor unions, environmentalists and other opponents of the trade package before it is brought up for another vote this week. Clinton is the front-runner among candidates to be the Democratic Party nominee for the November 2016 election.
"Corporate America and Wall Street are going to bring that bill back," Sanders said on CBS's "Face the Nation." "If she joins us, we could stop this disastrous deal once and for all."
Democrats in Congress dealt a blow to President Barack Obama on Friday when they rejected related trade legislation that would have cleared the way for a sweeping Pacific Rim trade deal, despite his personal plea that it was crucial to bolstering ties with Asia.
The Trans-Pacific Partnership is shaping up to be a significant test for Clinton as her party has grown more suspicious of the merits of free trade since her husband, Bill Clinton, signed the North American Free Trade Agreement into law as president in 1993.
Clinton has expressed reservations about free trade deals in the past, but she played a central role in trade talks with the 11 countries involved in the TPP as Obama's secretary of state.
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Wake UP Bernie! That's exactly who Hillary represents, first and foremost.
Run Bernie, Run!
Good for Bernie.
Hillary does not want to speak of this at all.
Her backers want her to back it.
Her advisors know it will cost her votes.
It's kind of refreshing when you have candidates who are so full of sh!t to the core. It saves you the trouble of having to take any of it seriously.
The enemy of my enemy is my friend, until he finishes her off! Beyond that, Bernie, you will have to pry my deodorant from my cold dead hand.
“It’s kind of refreshing when you have candidates who are so full of sh!t to the core. It saves you the trouble of having to take any of it seriously. “
Unfortunately, with only a couple of exceptions, that applies to both partie’s candidates.
She'll keep her mouth shut.
Bernie has to vote on it, Mrs. Clinton does not.
Mr Rogers (didn’t he used to be on TV?) is way too kind when it comes to Killary’s most treasured physical attribute, her cankles.
At least twice as wide, wrinkles, and a muffin top where her shoe meets her foot.
Right. I would ASSUME that it applies across the board.
Doing the work the Republicans won’t do.
She will tell him, and everyone else, after she has been elected....
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