What Went Down At The CNN Democratic Debate

Interestingly, while Sanders and Clinton debate their differing stances on Israel, The New York Times is reporting that Sanders has suspended his Jewish outreach coordinator over some comments she posted on Facebook that were critical of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

New York’s chapter of the “Fight for $15” movement just put out a statement on Clinton’s and Sanders’s earlier exchange over the minimum wage: “The Democratic candidates’ comments in the debate tonight over $15/hr shows that raising pay is a huge issue for voters in this election,” said Jorel Ware, who walked off his job at McDonald’s on Thursday as part of a union-organized strike. “By joining together and going on strike, we are literally changing the debate in this country on wages.” It’s no surprise that the raise-the-wage movement is excited by the prominent role the issue is playing both tonight and in the campaign more generally. A couple of years ago, the minimum wage was hardly on the agenda. Now both Democratic candidates want a much higher federal minimum and $15 in many cities.