OCT. 9, 2015 – Presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) addressed fellow candidate Hillary Clinton’s recent position reversals in a sit-down interview with “Meet the Press” moderator Chuck Todd, inviting voters to “contrast my consistency and my willingness to stand up to Wall Street and corporations, big corporations, with the secretary.”
Sanders’ comments come after Clinton’s reversal on the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), a deal she supported as during her time as Secretary of State, this past Wednesday.
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SEN. BERNIE SANDERS: From day one, I opposed the Keystone Pipeline because I believe that if you’re serious about climate change, you don’t encourage the excavation and transportation of very dirty oil. That was my view from day one. TPP. I believe that our trade policies going way back when. I voted against NAFTA, CAFTA, PNT, all with China. I think they have been a disaster for the American worker. A lot of corporations that shut down here move abroad. So people will have to contrast my consistency and my willingness to stand up to Wall Street and corporations, big corporations, with the secretary.
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