More DISHONEST ATTACKS From The Hillary Clinton Campaign

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PRESS RELEASE


More Dishonest Attacks from the Clinton Campaign



FEBRUARY 29, 2016


BOSTON – Hillary Clinton’s campaign is once again attacking Bernie Sanders’ record, purposefully leaving out the facts and misleading the American people. The latest misinformation campaign implies that Sen. Sanders only opposed the 2007 immigration reform bill because of his concerns about U.S. workers, even though he was fighting that same year to stop corporations from ruthlessly exploiting guest workers.

“It is shameful to see the fabrication of facts and reinventing of history,” Rep. Raúl Grijalva said. “Sen. Sanders is the only candidate in the Democratic presidential race with a detailed immigration plan and a strong, consistent record on immigration policy. This election will be defined by who has the best policy alternatives for the country, not cheap political attacks.”

Here is what Sanders said on the floor of the Senate on July 26, 2007:

“In addition, according to a recent report by the Southern Poverty Law Center entitled ‘Close to Slavery,’ H-2B workers are routinely cheated out of wages; forced to mortgage their futures to obtain low wage, temporary jobs; held virtually captive by employers or labor brokers who seize their documents; forced to live in squalid conditions; and denied medical benefits for on-the-job injuries. Let us not make it worse. Simply put, we must make sure that labor protections for American workers and for foreign workers who are temporarily working in our country – we must make sure these regulations are strengthened, not weakened. Over the long term, I will be introducing legislation to accomplish that goal. But in the interim, we must not take a major step backwards in terms of protecting both U.S. workers and guest workers from unscrupulous employers.”

The League of United Latin American Citizens, the largest and oldest Hispanic organization in the United States, criticized the Clinton campaign for its unfair attacks on Sanders’ vote on the 2007 immigration reform bill.

“I really think it’s unfair for Hillary to make an issue of that vote,” LULAC executive director Brent Wilkes told BuzzFeed News.

According to the Southern Poverty Law Center, “The H-2 guest worker program is inherently abusive and should not be expanded in the name of immigration reform.”

For a list of some of the groups opposed to the 2007 immigration reform bill see below.

* The League of United Latin American Citizens, the largest and oldest Hispanic organization in the United States: “LULAC cannot support a bill that will separate families and lead to the exploitation of immigrant workers,” said the then-executive director Brent Wilkes in a May 2007 statement.

* The Labor Council for Latin American Advancement: “Once Latinos learn of the many onerous provisions included in [this bill] as well as the phony ‘legalization’ program, support turns into opposition,” said Gabriela D. Lemus, the then-executive director in a June 20, 2007 statement.

* The Hispanic Federation: “Congress has a legislative responsibility to produce immigration reform that is both humane and pragmatic. Unfortunately, as it stands, this bill falls short of what our immigrant community and nation needs and expects,” said Lillian Rodriguez López, the then-president of this organization in a June 20, 2007 statement.

* The National Day Laborers Organizing Network: “The Senate should not accept a bill that will worsen the status quo. We need a bill that will benefit this and future generations,” said Pablo Alvarado, the then-president of the organization said in a June 20, 2007 statement.

* The American Immigration Lawyers Association said it “cannot support enactment of the Senate bill in its current form,” in a June 2007 statement.

The AFL-CIO, Teamsters, United Food and Commercial Workers, and other unions also opposed the 2007 immigration bill: “This bill is far from the kind of comprehensive immigration reform that would improve the status quo for either U.S.-born or immigrant workers or their families and, in fact, it is likely to make matters much worse,” said AFL-CIO Secretary-Treasurer Richard L. Trumka.




https://berniesanders.com/press-release/more-dishonest-attacks-from-the-clinton-campaign/

[bkkyosemite]

1. She's a liar. And will do anything to win!

[Segami]

5. Yes,..but

[Rosa Luxemburg]

13. She doesn't deserve the nomination if she acts like that

same thing in 2008

[iAZZZo]

16. yep; she sows the seeds of division..............

(posted elsewhere)

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http://abcnews.go.com/images/Politics/Strategy_BO_Feb_5_No_4_PROOF.pdf

[JaneyVee]

15. Bernie voted no on immigration reform.

[JDPriestly]

27. Because the "reform" included a provision that permitted the exploitation in the form of

extremely low wages to be paid to what in Europe are called guest workers. We call them migrant farm workers.

That exploitation verges on the criminal underpayment of the poorest immigrants for their work. We are a wealthy enough country to pay immigrant workers livable wages.

Please do not misrepresent Bernie's voting record. He gave a wonderful speech in Congress expalining his vote on the so-called "reform" bill.

May I encourage you to listen to it.

[Agschmid]

2. Straight from the Sanders campaign press office to DU.

[litlbilly]

11. The stuff is true. If you think its ok then fine, back to ignore for u

[Agschmid]

34. You took me off ignore to say that?

[Mufaddal]

18. Telling the degree to which Clintonistas will dismiss facts

based solely on the messenger.

Sanders press release: "The sky is blue."
Clinton supporter on DU: "It came from the Sanders campaign!"

GOP source: "Half the country will never vote for Hillary."
Clinton supporter on DU: "It came from a Republican!"

David Brock: "Bernie Sanders is Hitler."
Clinton supporter on DU: "Hey, guys, did you know Bernie is actually Hitler?"

[Agschmid]

33. Can you let me know where I said I "dismissed it"...

No...

Probably not.

[Agschmid]

37. That is absolutely NOT an ad hominem attack.

If you think it is alert on it.

I asked where I said something should be dismissed... Because I didn't. I just pointed out the source, that's it.

[Mufaddal]

38. The part where you titled it, "Straight from the Sanders campaign press office to DU."

If you want to try and paint that as other than dismissive, that's fine, though most of us have not only eyes, but basic functional literacy.

[Agschmid]

39. What about that statement is false?

What about it is dismissive?

Nothing.

[Mufaddal]

40. Thank you for proving my point.

It's been real.

[Agschmid]

42. It has been real.

When a statement of fact is called out as an "ad hominem" and dismissive the narrative is lost.

[Politicalboi]

3. I only wish I can say what she really is to me

So for now I will just say she is disgusting. She will do ANYTHING to win.

[Rockyj]

6. ME TOO...

[Buzz Clik]

4. That's friggin' awesome, but what exactly did the Clinton campaign say?

That part was conveniently missing from that rambling screed.

[Fuddnik]

20. We're still waiting for her to release the transcripts of her, uh whaddya call them? Distortions?

[Jitter65]

7. Did he or did he not vote for the bill?

No one in the BS camp ever goes back to examine what Hillary says in context when her video comments are sliced and diced to support a misleading her opponents' point.

[99th_Monkey]

8. Hillary: Liar, Liar, Pantsuit on Fire!!!

VERY telling that Camp Weathervane cannot come up with ANY actual real or
certifiable 'scandalous' policy or vote by Sanders ... very telling.

So they MUST resort to lies and distortions, cuz that's ALL they got.

Not a new or original ^ observation, but as long as this shit continues, it can't
be said enough IMHO.

[MaggieD]

9. Well lots of Latinos DO hold his anti-immigration

.... Votes against him. So he needs to deal with it, and stop blaming Hillary. Poor Bernie.

[el_bryanto]

44. Yes the Hillary Clinton campaign has been very good at obfuscation and outright deceit

It does make it hard for Bernie, but you are right he has to plow ahead.

Bryant

[MaggieD]

45. Uh huh, except he voted against immigration reform

Did Hillary force him to vote against immigration reform?

[jillan]

10. I remember when Democrats used to scream about the repugs doing that.

Here ya go. Some parts of the Dem party have morphed into repugs.

[Fuddnik]

21. Not morphed....camouflage dropped.

[dchill]

12. I'm interested in compiling a list of HONEST ATTACKS ...

From The Hillary Clinton Campaign. Anybody?

[Bubzer]

23. I've got a running list of dirty tricks. If you send me new items, I'll apend them.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1280129486

[Feeling the Bern]

14. But she can do it. She's not a Republican. . .now. She used to be

So, according to HRC and her fan base, this isn't a lie. It's good campaigning. And the media that is in her pocket will give her a pass.

[AzDar]

17. Disgusting.

[Old Codger]

19. Camp sleeze

strikes again...they have no moral compass nor do they care about anything beyond the next round of propaganda and lies..

[Bubzer]

22. Adding to the list

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1280129486

[SoapBox]

24. Camp Weathervane and Corrupt the Record...

Lies, Lies, Lies...intermixed with sleazy dirt politics.

NO More Clintons!

[taught_me_patience]

25. I hold him accountable for voting against the bill

I don't give a shit what he said afterward what his reasoning was.

[JDPriestly]

28. So it's OK in your opinion that employers are allowed tpay immigrants sub-human wages and give them

terrible living and working conditions.

Isn't it important that in America we treat employees, working people, like human beings and not like animals?

It is important to me. $7.25 an hour is not a livable wage in the US, and the wages that bill would have allowed for immigrant workers was not even survivable.

Where is the humanity among Hillary supporters?

Is there any humanity among Hillary supporters?

Sub-human wages are not OK for immigrant workers, and I am glad that Bernie voted against the bill that would have permitted them.

[radical noodle]

26. So she said he voted against the 2007 Immigration Bill

And he did vote against the 2007 Immigration Bill, but that makes Hillary a liar. That is the most bizarre accusation yet.

[JDPriestly]

29. He voted against sub-human wages for immigrant workers. That's what he voted against.

He supports immigration reform. He does not support sub-human wages for immigrants.

[radical noodle]

30. He voted against it.

It's not a lie.

[Vattel]

32. No, her campaign suggested that he lied about his reasons for voting against the bill.

That was the lie.

[radical noodle]

46. Sorry but...

I never saw a link to where she said that. Is there one?

[Betty Karlson]

31. All Clinton offers are lies and more lies.

Most qualified candidate for the presidency? - My ass is more qualified: at least my ass doesn't lie all the time.

[UglyGreed]

35. Yet Bernie and his supporters

are labeled as liars..............

[LiberalElite]

41. K&R nt

[WillyT]

43. K & R !!!