The Democratic Primary
At Key Iowa Dinner, Bernie Sanders Sharply Criticizes Hillary Clinton's Record
Like Obama eight years ago, Sanders sought to knock down Clinton’s current positions with reminders of where she first stood on the issues.
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Without mentioning his opponent by name, Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders chose a key campaign event Saturday night in the crucial caucus state of Iowa to make a stand against the Democratic front-runner.
“I will govern based on principle, not poll numbers,” Sanders said at the Iowa Democratic Party’s Jefferson-Jackson Dinner before detailing his staunch opposition to the Defense of Marriage Act, the Iraq war, and major trade agreements—all examples that highlight Hillary Clinton's shifting positions over the years. His attack echoed then-Senator Barack Obama’s assertion at the same dinner in 2007 that Democrats have “made the biggest difference in the lives of the American people when we led, not by polls, but by principle.”