Town Hall Thread (Hillary's Group)

[MSMITH33156]

She'll be up next. Bernie going right now.

[DavidDvorkin]

1. His cheering section must travel with him.

[Iliyah]

2. LOL

[LisaM]

3. Yeah, I agree with you.

"Free Bird!" "Free Bird!"

[okasha]

5. Apparently.

Remember all those imported white folks at Morehouse?

[DeeRex]

20. Twitter's So Cute....

Looks like trouble ahead for you, Donnie T.

[Her Sister]

37. wow! so like this!!

That's Her alright!

[Firebrand Gary]

4. Where to begin?

Claiming you have the momentum when your opponent has more votes (by far) is intellectually dis-honest. Additionally, when your opponent expands that lead with every primary, that is called reverse momentum. Knowing this, your entire argument of being a better GE candidate is false.

[book_worm]

17. HRC needs to say "Look last week I won more votes and won more delegates"

I won Mississippi by 65 points and lost Michigan by 1.5 points.

[MSMITH33156]

6. This is so much nicer

when she's not constantly been interrupted.

[livetohike]

7. Yes! What a difference between her explanations

and Bernie's. She is definitely better in this forum.

[riversedge]

8. I just tuned in and heard her response to the question

of starting wars. I think she did well and in emphasizing that force is used as last resort only. She talked of her experience as SOS in forming and leading coalitions.

I missed Sanders.

[riversedge]

9. Sanders talking crowd size? Hillary Clinton has received more than a million more votes than him. #D

Brian Fallon ?@brianefallon 46m46 minutes ago

Sanders talking crowd size? Hillary Clinton has received more than a million more votes than him. #DemTownHall

[riversedge]

10. While Bernie was shouting about millionaires, Hillary was setting the stage for family leave.

I like to look at tweets during these town halls--and pass a few along.

Terra Firma ?@SDzzz 3h3 hours ago

While Bernie was shouting about millionaires, Hillary was setting the stage for family leave. HRC |1992 #ImWithHer

[Firebrand Gary]

11. That incredible man who was on death row..

Is a hero! 39 Years in prison on death row for a crime that you did not commit would destroy anyone. I hope that he has every opportunity that he can imagine and is able to live out his life in a manner of comfort and enjoy while telling his story.

[riversedge]

13. Yes, that is was a heartbreaker.

[riversedge]

12. this is @HillaryClinton. Wants to understand exactly what problem every person is facing so she can

Yes, Hillary listens well--and clarifies if needed.

Jesse Lehrich ?@JesseLehrich 6m6 minutes ago

this is @HillaryClinton. Wants to understand exactly what problem every person is facing so she can figure out how to fix it.
#DemTownHall

[riversedge]

14. Bernie Sanders... Is your suit brown? Did someone actually ask

this question?? I missed Sanders town hall.



TWEET
Bobby Hall ?@BobbyTBD 7m7 minutes ago West Hollywood, CA

Bernie Sanders... Is your suit brown?
Hillary Clinton... What is the effect of fracking on the local environment & agriculture? #DemTownHall

[MSMITH33156]

15. They both got that Trump question

and her answer was so much better.

[Firebrand Gary]

16. She clocked that sucker way out of the park!

[leftofcool]

22. She sure did!

And she ain't giving out opposition research secrets!

[Firebrand Gary]

18. "I'm gonna take them on, I don't know how much I'm gonna get done.."

Perfect, PERFECT!

She's was basically like, fuck it! I'm gonna do it anyway!

[MSMITH33156]

23. Was her best moment

She was so genuine.

[LuvLoogie]

25. What was the question? No TV here.

[MSMITH33156]

26. It was about gun violence

She went through all the statistics, and you could tell it was really effecting her. It was powerful. Will post the video if it's available later.

[LuvLoogie]

27. Thanks!

[MSMITH33156]

29. Here's the transcript

Good evening, Secretary Clinton.



My question is on March 4th, and I regret to inform you this, there were two separate shootings involving four children. The first incident involved a 7-year-old boy being killed, his 5-year-old brother and 4-year-old sister were also wounded. This incident was actually a gang-related retaliation shooting.



The second incident was a 5-year-old boy being shot while he actually lay asleep in bed, and he is still in the hospital now as we speak.



My question to you is, as president, what programs would you implement in poverty-stricken communities in this country, in an effort to decrease this type of violence?



CLINTON: You know, I want - I want everybody to know what you know, which is that on average 90 people a day are killed by guns in our country, that is 33,000 people a year. And a shocking number of those killed and injured are children, some of them intentionally, and some of them accidentally.



So here's what I believe with all of my heart, because I think that we are in a crisis when it comes to gun violence. It is truly an epidemic. And there is no doubt in my mind that we've got to do more to get more common sense gun safety reforms enacted in America.



So I'm not saying that what I propose will solve everything, but I believe, and there is evidence for this, that failing to do anything, which is what we are doing right now, will only lead to more terrible loss of life.



So we do need comprehensive background checks, and we need to close these loopholes, the so-called gun show loophole, the online loophole, what's now called the "Charleston loophole."



A lot of the guns that are used for the kind of random gun violence that we see too much of in so many communities are obtained illegally. They are obtained from sellers who don't really care where the guns end up or what they're used for.



And we've got to crack down on the makers and sellers of guns. They should be held accountable for the use of their products and exercise more care as to how they end up in the hands of the people who use them.



We have to end what this terrible law that was passed when I was in the Senate. I voted against it. My opponent voted for it, which gave immunity from liability to gun-makers and sellers.



Right now the parents of the Sandy Hook victims are trying to sue the gun-maker and seller, as much as anything to try to do whatever they can to turn their grief into…



Right now the parents of the Sandy Hook victims are trying to sue the gun-maker and seller, as much as anything to try to do whatever they can to turn their grief into action and prevent other families from experiencing the horror of what they went through.



We have with us tonight some of the mothers of the movement, mothers who have lost their children to violence, to police violence, and to senseless gun violence. And I've gotten to know and just admire these women so much.



And when you hear their stories or when you hear the stories, like you just told us, about children being killed, it - you just cry out and say, what are we doing as a country?



And I believe what I am proposing is common sense. I agree with what the president is trying to do. And the obstacle is the gun lobby. And the gun lobby exists for the purpose of scaring and intimidating people into doing what they want done.



So we've got to figure out how we come together to try to take this on. And, you know, maybe I've just - I've just met too many families now who have lost loved ones to gun violence, in some of the big mass shootings literally from Columbine to Sandy Hook to Aurora in Colorado, just the list goes on.



The nine victims in Mother Emanuel murdered by a young man they welcomed into their Bible study, and he was so driven by hatred and racism. He sat there, listened to the scripture and then pulled out the gun, he should not have been able to get except for one of the loopholes, and murdered those nine faithful people.



So I'm going to take them on. I don't know how much we can get done, but I am sick and tired of these murders and killings and random horrible incidents of gun violence.

[link:http://cnnpressroom.blogs.cnn.com/2016/03/13/full-rush-transcript-hillary-clinton-partcnn-tv-one-democratic-presidential-town-hall/|

[LuvLoogie]

30. Thanks again. It's nice to read her words without

sifting through the vitriol "outside."

[spooky3]

32. Yes, thank you. Her answer is very good.

[Blue Idaho]

19. Hillary offers specifics and solutions

Sanders offers empty promises and vague generalities.

[CajunBlazer]

21. Loved her answer to "What do you mean you're not a natural politician?"

[spooky3]

31. What did she say?

[MSMITH33156]

33. Here's the transcript

TAPPER: But, there are some questions. You said at the debate earlier this week that you're not a natural politician like your husband or President Obama. You have to do just the best that you can. What do you mean by that? What do you wish you were better at as a politician?



CLINTON: Well, I guess what I really mean by that is that a lot of the - a lot of the work that goes into the campaign and a lot of the, you know, demands that you are faced with in a campaign, I think are challenging and I have worked at it, tried to get better at it, but I'm much better when I actually have a job to do rather than trying to get the job, you know?



I don't want to be hired to be...



(APPLAUSE)



CLINTON: A constant candidate. I want to be hired to be the president because I think that I, at this moment in our countries history, bring the combination of skills and understanding and experience that can really be put to work immediately to do all parts of the job.



But, you know, look, I watched my husband campaign. I watched President Obama campaign, it is poetry. I mean, it is just.



(LAUGHTER)



CLINTON: I mean, I get carried away, and I've seen them a million times, you know? I go, Oh my gosh, you know? Both of them.



You know, that's not necessarily my forte, but I think what I have always been able to do is to really produce results in every job that I've had. You know, one of the funny things I've had that goes back to the question the doctor asked. I have a whole archive of nice things Republicans have said about me, including Donald Trump. And, it's about working with me. It's about coming together to find common ground.



And, so when I start running for something, you know, the immediately start attacking me, but the work, you know? Whether it's Senator, Secretary of State, or even First Lady, I really love the work. I love trying to help people, you know?



I was raised to believe you do all the good you can to all the people you can for as long as you can. And, that is how I feel I am really trying to approach running for, and hopefully being elected president.

[spooky3]

34. Thank you again. I really like this answer too. It is very believable and gives good reasons

for supporting her. I think a lot of people can relate to what she said.

[DURHAM D]

24. It is so nice to see the adult in the race.

She is calm, brilliant, and caring and Ready To Go.

[LuvLoogie]

28. More Anti-Hillary slams in GD: P popping up since the town hall.

There's one with a link to Twitchy. Yes to Twitchy.

[CajunBlazer]

35. They get that way when they get real nervous

[fleabiscuit]

36. Interesting.

As an ardent admirer of irony it appears to me that what Bernie seems to propose cannot happen within a USA vacuum.

Everything from manufacturing, trade, healthcare, drug prices, arms, to addressing climate change will REQUIRE international trade agreements; Global Citizens.

[Her Sister]

38. that makes sense!

yes it seems like it!