Sanders hits Clinton, says progressives don’t take millions from Wall Street

DOVER, N.H. — Sen. Bernie Sanders on Wednesday questioned Hillary Clinton’s re-branding of herself as a “progressive,” stating that most progressives don’t have a record like Clinton does.

On the campaign trail Hillary Clinton, started off saying that she was “guilty” of being “a moderate,” but now that Bernie Sanders has gained momentum, she solely refers to herself as a “progressive who gets things done.”

“You can be a moderate. You can be a progressive. But you can’t be a moderate and a progressive,” Sanders tweeted less than a week before the New Hampshire primary.

“Most progressives I know don’t raise millions of dollars from Wall Street,” he added.

Clinton beat Sanders by only 0.2 percent in the Iowa caucuses, although polls predicted she would win by more. In the Granite State, Sanders is predicted to win by 16.5 points, according to the RealClearPolitics average.

On the campaign trail, the popularity of Sanders’ progressive views have pushed Clinton to adopt more liberal policies, especially on the Keystone Pipeline and the Trans-Pacific Partnership.

“Most progressives I know are firm from day 1 in opposition to the Trans-Pacific Partnership. They didn’t have to think about it a whole lot,” he wrote. “Most progressives that I know were opposed to the Keystone pipeline from day one. Honestly, it wasn’t that complicated.”

Following the Iowa caucuses, Sanders was asked if he thought that Clinton was a progressive, and he responded that she was on “some days.” On Wednesday morning Clinton, obviously offended, responded to his claim, saying that she had “some good days” fighting for healthcare for children, Social Security and women’s rights.

Sanders also hit Clinton on foreign policy and the war in Iraq, by claiming that “most progressives … were against the war.” He said it was “one of the biggest foreign policy blunders in the history of the United States.”

Sanders and Clinton will face off in a CNN town hall Wednesday evening in Derry and at an MSNBC debate in Manchester on Thursday night.

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