Sen.Sanders Accepts Invitation to New York Debate

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U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders on Monday accepted an invitation from CNN to debate Hillary Clinton in Brooklyn on April 14 before the New York Democratic Party primary election.

“Sen. Sanders has accepted another invitation to debate Hillary Clinton in New York. We are glad that she finally has agreed,” said Michael Briggs, Sanders’ spokesman. “Sanders all along has pressed for a debate on television in prime time so the greatest number of New Yorkers and Americans may listen to the candidates and decide for themselves who has the best ideas about how to reform our rigged economy and the corrupt campaign finance system. It’s great for the people of New York that there will be a debate in Brooklyn, something that the Clinton campaign has long opposed.

“Fortunately, we were able to move a major New York City rally scheduled for April 14 to the night before. We hope the debate will be worth the inconvenience for thousands of New Yorkers who were planning to attend our rally on Thursday but will have to change their schedules to accommodate Secretary Clinton’s jam-packed, high-dollar, coast-to-coast schedule of fundraisers all over the country.”

CNN invited Sanders and Clinton to the debate ahead of New York’s April 19 Democratic Party primary election.

Sanders previously accepted NBC’s invitation to a prime-time debate next Sunday but that date conflicted with Clinton’s heavy schedule of high-dollar fundraisers, including one on that date in Virginia.

Both the Sanders and Clinton campaigns agreed last January to hold an additional debate in April and another in May.

Sanders was in Wisconsin on Monday appearing at rallies in Milwaukee, Green Bay and Janesville ahead of Tuesday’s primary.

https://berniesanders.com/press-release/sanders-accepts-invitation-new-york-debate/

[ALBliberal]

1. Personally and as a Sanders supporter I don't care for the snide remarks about HRC's "jam-packed

high-dollar" fundraisers. Why not graciously accept and move on?

[thereismore]

2. It's true. This is Weaver speaking, no doubt. But, whatever. I am glad they are debating. nt

[TM99]

4. Why should the Sanders campaign be the gracious ones?

The Clinton/DNC Machine has been avoiding the debates for months now. They have played game after game with them. They had an opportunity in January when the New Hampshire debate was scheduled to commit to an April 14th debate. They fucked around until Sanders had to do it but also reschedule his prior committment.

It was not right. It was not just. It was inappropriate. He allowed the fucking queen to get her narcissistic little way yet again.

So fuck them if the acceptance of the changed debate was 'not gracious' enough.

[ALBliberal]

6. I observed this as being nongracious. I have no idea if the campaign

Was called out on this or not. My feeling is that Bernie is a true statesman and this verbage doesn't square with that. It was just my opinion and mine alone. Have a nice evening.

[Nyan]

7. I thought so, too. It's not very gracious.

It's his campaign staff talking. Not Bernie. We all know Bernie doesn't talk like that.
His campaign staff must have been pretty aggravated after hours of negotiation with Clinton campaign staff -who, let's face it, tend to be sleazy, hoity-toity, cynical Washington operative type that look down on Bernie.

All in all, considering how thousands of New Yorkers had to reschedule with their bosses, sitters, and friends just to accommodate her schedule, I'd give it a pass to Jeff Weaver. Even though he was being less than gracious.

[Biaviians]

3. What day/night is the rally at Central Park?

[Duckfan]

5. Glad to see she caved

I appears her polling numbers have a bit on the sick side lately so she had to do something in between her "high dollar schedule".

[hopemountain]

8. during her interview with george,

she said intimates the debate was her campaign's offer and that the bernie sanders campaign has resisted and had so far been unable to accommodate any of the suggested dates by the hillary campaign - due to scheduling conflicts. she said her campaign is handling the details and that she is not personally involved.

politics!

[mhatrw]

9. I Like Mike!

“Sen. Sanders has accepted another invitation to debate Hillary Clinton in New York. We are glad that she finally has agreed,” said Michael Briggs, Sanders’ spokesman. “Sanders all along has pressed for a debate on television in prime time so the greatest number of New Yorkers and Americans may listen to the candidates and decide for themselves who has the best ideas about how to reform our rigged economy and the corrupt campaign finance system. It’s great for the people of New York that there will be a debate in Brooklyn, something that the Clinton campaign has long opposed.

“Fortunately, we were able to move a major New York City rally scheduled for April 14 to the night before. We hope the debate will be worth the inconvenience for thousands of New Yorkers who were planning to attend our rally on Thursday but will have to change their schedules to accommodate Secretary Clinton’s jam-packed, high-dollar, coast-to-coast schedule of fundraisers all over the country.”