Moderated by anti-American open-borders advocate Jorge Ramos, left-wing journalist Karen Tumulty of The Washington Post, and Maria Elena Salinas, Wednesday’s joint CNN/Univision Democrat debate between Hillary Clinton and Senator Bernie Sanders will focus on “Hispanic issues.” In other words, Clinton and Sanders will compete with one another over who wants a broader legalization of millions of illegal aliens of mostly Hispanic backgrounds.
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11:00 – MODERATOR’S ADMIT DEBATE’S PURPOSE – Calling for viewers to go out and vote, all the debate’s moderator admit the joint CNN/Univision production is a get-out-the-vote infomercial for Clinton.
10:55 – ASSORTED LEFTISTS, RACIAL AGITATORS AND ANTI-AMERICAN FANATICS CHIME IN
10:49 – CITIZEN UNITED VS. HILLARY CLINTON – Clinton joins Sanders in calling for a repeal of the First Amendment, saying the SCOTUS decision in the Citizen United case must be overturned to permit the government to restrict the funding of political speech.
10:46 – RESTRUCTURING PUERTO RICO’S DEBT – Clinton calls for federal assistance for Puerto Rico to bail it out of its debts.
Hitting Sanders for supposedly praising the “revolution of values” in Cuba in the 1980s, Clinton presents herself as opposed to authoritarian regimes in contrast to Sanders’s romanticization of them.
10:43 – DEFINE YOUR SOCIALISM – Playing a video clip of Sanders in 1985 seemingly sympathizing with Fidel Castro “educating” Cubans and “giving” them health care, Salinas asks Sanders what the difference is between his brand of socialism and that seen in Venezuela and Nicaragua.
Sanders responds by explaining his opposition to America’s invasion of Cuba with the Bay of Pigs operation, stating that it contributed to anti-American sentiment.
“They have made some good advances in health care,” says Sanders about Cuba, as if promoting Michael Moore’s film Sicko.
10:40 – IS RAUL CASTRO A DICTATOR OR EL PRESIDENTE? – Clinton describes the Castro as “authoritarian and dictatorial,” saying she “hopes” Cuba can implement democratic reform. No explanation is provided as to how this can be brought into being.
Sanders calls for an end to embargo on Cuba.
10:37 – CLINTON CASTS SANDERS AS DISLOYAL TO THE PARTY – A ongoing feature of her campaign, Clinton casts Sanders as insufficiently loyal to President Barack Obama and the Democratic Party.
10:31 – “TAX ON CARBON” – Sanders conflates carbon with carbon dioxide while calling for a tax on the latter.
10:27 – FLORIDA IS SINKING! – Tumulty frettingly asks Sanders how sea levels that are supposedly rising on Florida coasts as a function of anthropogenic “climate change” can be halted with a Republican Party in Congress. Sanders frames Republican intransigence on the issue of AGW as a function of them being beholden to the fossil fuel industry and the Koch Brothers.
“There isn’t much time left,” warns Clinton, calling for a Luddite-esque “carbon tax” policy to reduce C02 emissions, promising a transition to a “clean energy economy.”
10:24 – CLINTON POSTURES AS PRAGMATIC – Repeating her refrain in which she characterizes Sanders as an ideologue while contrasting herself as a pragmatic technocrat, Clinton casts Sanders as overpromising and inevitably underdelivering. She presents herself as the reasonable choice.
Sanders asserts that access to health care is a “right.”
10:23 – STUDENT LOANS AND DEBT – Clinton calls for government-driven refinancing options for student debt. Sanders calls for a tax on “Wall Street speculation” to cover “free tuition” for all eligible students.
10:20 – ANOTHER SPANISH QUESTION – Is this an American presidential debate?
10:17 – RELEASE CRIMINALS FROM JAIL TO STIMULATE THE ECONOMY – Rather than imprisoning criminals, Sanders calls for rewarding them with “investments” in “job training” programs.
10:14 – CLINTON STRUGGLES TO EXPLAIN JOB GROWTH – Claiming that infrastructure development will create jobs for Latinos, Clinton struggles to explain any of the economic factors that drive growth and prosperity. Incoherently, she includes taking on “climate change” as strategy to improve material standards of living. Pushing the American Dream even further, Clinton calls for the raising of the federal minimum wage.
10:04 – CLINTON LIES ABOUT BENGHAZI – Playing a brief clip of Pat Smith – mother of Sean Smith, a State Department employee murdered by Islamic terrorists in the September 11, 2012 attack on the diplomatic compound in Benghazi, Libya – describing her as having lied about the death of her son, Clinton says, “She’s wrong.”
While Ramos was asking the question, then audience booed and jeered.
“The video did play a role,” adds Clinton, still repeating the lie that an obscure “anti-Islam” video on YouTube inspired the attack.
“I’m not gonna comment on the Benghazi tragedy,” says Sanders, surrendering the issue.
10:02 – “YOU SIDED WITH THE KOCH BROTHERS!” – Clinton criticizes Sanders’s opposition to the Import/Export Bank, claiming that it fuels jobs in Florida. Sanders describes it at “corporate welfare” for large multinationals like Boeing.
10:00 – SANDERS CALLS FOR REPEALING THE FIRST AMENDMENT – Sanders invokes the Citizens United SCOTUS decision, calling for it to be overturned. As a senator, Sanders voted in favor of a repeal of the First Amendment which would empower Congress to regulate political speech.
9:57 – SANDERS ON CLINTON’S GOLDMAN SACHS SPEECHES – Asked about Clinton’s paid speeches for Goldman Sachs – nearly $700K for three speeches – Sanders repeats his jokes that Clinton must be a master speechmaker. Implying that Clinton says different things behind closed doors than in public, Sanders attempts to frame himself as the legitimate socialist and Clinton as simply wearing the costime. Tumulty interrupts Sanders repeatedly.
9:53 – CLINTON AS HONEST AND TRUSTWORTHY – Asked by Tumulty about what acts she’s committed that have led to 37% of Americans viewing her as honest and trustworthy according to a recent WaPo poll, Clinton says she “takes responsibility.” Somehow.
“I am not a natural politician,” Clinton says, as she describes her husband. She claims that she can help “even the odds” on the playing field of America.
9:49 – HUMAN PROPS USED – A middle-aged Guatemalan immigrant asks a question in Spanish about deportations. She and her five children live in the U.S., with her husband supposedly having been deported. Sanders promises family reunification to reunify deported illegal aliens with their relatives in America.
“It is time to bring families together,” says Clinton, saying such leftist agitation with foreigner used as human props needs more promotion in the media.
9:45 – “WE HAVE THE MOST SECURE BORDER WE’VE EVER HAD” – Clinton says the southern border is secure, so it’s time to pass “comprehensive immigration reform.”
Asked about previous votes she made as a senator favoring the construction of a wall along the America/Mexico border, Clinton insists that the border is secure.
9:43 – AUTO INDUSTRY “WAS RESCUED” – Clinton is attempting to relive her moment from the last debate in Flint, Michigan, in which she attempted to take credit for “saving” the auto industry. Has she seen Detroit? Sanders pushes back by describing his opposition to the the final iteration of the so-called auto-bailout bill as being rooted in his opposition to a bailout for Wall Street.
9:40 – CLINTON AND SANDERS OUTFLANKING ONE ANOTHER ON AMNESTY – The two candidates attempt to characterize the other as less sympathetic to the cause of legalizing illegal aliens by referencing obscure votes and statements the other has made over the years.
9:35 – AMNESTY VOW – Ramos essentially demands that Clinton pledge not to deport illegal aliens who have not committed crimes, essentially opening up America as a reservoir for the worst people from south of the border and beyond.
“Can you promise tonight that you won’t deport children?” asks Ramos. Clinton goes further, saying she won’t even deport their family members.
Clinton then calls for a “path to citizenship” for illegal aliens, essentially promising to expand the base of the Democratic Party.
Sanders joins in, promising not to deport illegal alien children if elected President.
9:33 – MORE SPANISH WITH ENGLISH VOICE-OVER – The woman translating the Spanish in real-time doesn’t even have a good American accent. Is this an American presidential debate?
9:27 – RUNNING TO REPRESENT AMERICANS OR FOREIGNERS? – Watching Clinton and Sanders compete with one another over who will shake down the American taxpayer more aggressively in order to benefit foreign invaders illustrates the demographic stakes for America vis-a-vis the 2016 election.
No comments have yet been made about the American national interest with respect to “comprehensive immigration reform.” Instead, Clinton and Sanders attempt to outflank one another over who will confiscate more money from American taxpayers to assist illegal aliens.
9:21 – PROVE YOUR AMNESTY BONA FIDES – Asked about her supposed opposition to illegal immigration in 2003 with an excerpted quote from an obscure radio show, Clinton reaffirms that she supports “comprehensive immigration reform.”
Sanders is asked the same thing, with a video clip of an interview he did with Lou Dobbs in 2007 in which he spoke out against guest worker programs on the grounds of their driving down of wages for Americans. Shifting his position, he now says that the guest worker programs are exploitative of the foreign workers. He calls for “comprehensive immigration reform” and promises to deploy executive powers to enforce legalization of illegal aliens should Congress not comply with his direction. He calls for an expansion of DACA.
Clinton lists off “leaders of the Latino community” – AKA ethnic front groups that are arms of the Democratic Party and GOTV operations – that support her.
9:19 – “IS IT FAIR TO CALL DONALD TRUMP A RACIST?” – Actual question asked of Sanders by Tumulty, who intrepidly reported on Jeb Bush’s wife’s jewelry purchases months ago as an investigative reporter at The Washington Post.
9:17 – “IS DONALD TRUMP A RACIST?” – Actual question asked of Clinton.
9:16 – SANDERS SURRENDERS EMAIL SCANDAL – Asked to comment on Clinton’s illegal use of a private email server, Sanders surrenders the point and pivots to “climate change.”
9:15 – WILL YOU DROP OUT IF INDICTED? – Ramos asks Clinton who gave her permission to establish a private email server through which to execute her electronic correspondences in her former capacity as Secretary of State. Asked if she’ll drop out if indicted, Clinton says the question is ridiculous and refuses to answer it.
“I am not concerned about it, I am not worried about it, and no American should be either.”
9:13 – MORE CLASS WARFARE – Sanders says that “corporate America” shouldn’t be allowed to have all of the nation’s wealth.
9:10 – SANDERS PROMISES AMNESTY – Calling for “comprehensive immigration reform,” Sanders promises to work towards legalization of millions of illegal aliens if elected President. He also calls for sighting “climate change.”
9:09 – CLASS WARFARE ALREADY – Clinton promises to punish corporations choosing to outsource their operations to cheaper labor markets with an “exit tax.” Somehow this will improve the employment picture within America.
9:08 – “KNOCKING DOWN BARRIERS” – Repeating her refrain through which she indicts American society as largely racists and bigoted towards groups designated as aggrieved by the left – in this case Hispanic people – Clinton paternalistically presents herself a a protector of the supposedly vulnerable.
9:05 – STAR-SPANGLED BANNER – It was sung in English – thankfully – by a handsome young fellow.
9:00 – SPANISH INTRODUCTIONS – In a testament to the fragmentation of America along linguistic lines – driven by illegal immigration – Ramos and Salinas speak Spanish to introduce the debate to their target Spanish-speaking audience.
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