Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders slagged his chief rival, Hillary Clinton, for being inconsistent in an interview this morning on NBC News’ Meet the Press.
Said NBC’s Chuck Todd, “Well, that’s a trust issue. You’re basically saying, ‘You know what? I’ve been there so you can trust that I’ll never leave that fight.’ With somebody else who gets there late, you think it’s perhaps a trust issue.”
“No, I mean, Keystone Pipeline, all right? I believe that climate change is the great global crisis that we face, environmental crisis. 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,” Sanders replied.
“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.”
