Bernie Sanders slams Clinton's racist "super predators" comment
Bernie Sanders slammed his rival's 1996 use of the term "super predators" Thursday evening, calling it "racist" on stage at the Democratic debate in Brooklyn.
Asked why Sanders had criticized Bill Clinton's defense of his wife use of the phrase "super predators," Sanders responded: "Because it was a racist term and everybody knew it was a racist term."
In the 1990s, while President Bill Clinton was promoting a tough-on-crime agenda, his wife -- then-First Lady Hillary Clinton -- was gathering support for the 1994 Violent Crime Control Act. In one speech, given in 1996, the first lady warned against the rise of "super predators," touting the '94 bill as one line of defense against such at-risk youth.
"They are often the kinds of kids that are called 'super predators,'" she said at the time, going on to describe them thus: "No conscience, no empathy, we can talk about why they ended up that way, but first we have to bring them to heel."
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