The 25 Craziest Things Said at the Democratic Debate

By Published on October 15, 2015

Any presidential debate that involves Bernie Sanders is going to have its share of offbeat moments. But Tuesday night offered a little bit of nuttiness from everyone.

Combing through the transcript of the debate, I found these 25 head-scratchers.

Let the crazy flow.

1) “My name is Martin O’Malley, former Mayor of Baltimore.”

Really, do you want anyone to vote for you? It’s a credential he ought to bury, but instead they were the first words out of his mouth.

As Anderson Cooper asked, in an obvious follow-up question, “Why should Americans trust you with the country when they see what’s going on in the city that you ran for more than seven years?”

It was not, but should be, a rhetorical question.

2) “I have a range of views.”

This is the kernel of Hillary Clinton’s delightfully deranged answer to the question, “Do you change your political identity based on who you’re talking to?” Here is the longer version: “No. I think that, like most people that I know, I have a range of views, but they are rooted in my values and my experience.”

 

Read the article “The 25 Craziest Things Said at the Democratic Debate” on thefederalist.com.

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