MATTER OF DISCUSSION
SANDERS APOLOGISES
Sanders apologised for a campaign staffer who breached data of Clinton’s campaign, and the strange political spat that briefly caused Democrats to suspend Sanders from a vital database was quickly resolved.
MILITARY INTERVENTION ABROAD
Clinton and Sanders argued at length about military intervention abroad. Sanders said the US cannot be “the world’s policeman” and should make Saudi Arabia and other Muslim countries lead the fight against militants. Clinton said the US needs to walk the “rough road” of both promoting democracy while working with the autocrats of the Middle East. All agreed the US should not send ground troops en masse back to the region.
SANDERS ATTACKED
O’Malley and Clinton badgered Sanders over his guns voting record, noting that he had voted for measures supported by the gun lobby in the past. Sanders acknowledged that he had moved away from those positions in light of recent shootings.
TRUMP’S MUSLIM COMMENT
Republican frontrunner Donald Trump came up repeatedly, as did his proposed ban on Muslims entering the US. Clinton said IS militants are showing videos of Trump to recruit fighters, Sanders said Trump played on hate and fear to distract Americans from the divisions in the US.