Sanders: GOP debates make Democrats want to ‘invest in mental health’
FLINT, Mich.— More than halfway through the CNN-MLive.com Democratic presidential primary debate on Sunday, Hillary Clinton remarked on the content of the ongoing discourse, contrasting it with the chaos of recent Republican debates.
“You know, we have our differences. And we get into vigorous debate about issues, but compare the substance of this debate with what you saw on the Republican stage last week,” Clinton said.
Sen. Bernie Sanders, drawing laughs from the audience, added: “You know, we are, if elected president, going to invest a lot of money into mental health. And when you watch these Republican debates, you know why we need to invest in that.”
The Clinton camp was apparently not entirely amused by his remark. Moments after Sanders made the comment, Clinton’s deputy digital director, Jenna Lowenstein, tweeted, “Mental health is a serious issue. Cheap shots like this are a bad look.”
Later on in the debate, Clinton insisted that if chosen as the Democratic nominee, she does not “intend to get into the gutter” with whomever the GOP nominates for president.
(Cover tile photo: Jim Young/Reuters)
