In Return to Iowa, Bernie Sanders Picks Up Where He Left Off on Wall Street and Clinton

Source: NY Times

By Yamiche Alcindor

MAQUOKETA, Iowa — Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont tied himself to Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton to Wall Street as he returned to Iowa on Saturday for a weekend tour through the state.

Mr. Sanders began his day in Davenport by speaking to more than 150 supporters who were headed out to canvass for him in the Quad Cities. He then hosted two town-hall-style meetings as well as a speech that was streamed live online. His message: Mrs. Clinton is getting nervous and so is Wall Street.

“Eight years ago, Obama was being attacked for everything,” Mr. Sanders told 700 people in Clinton, Iowa. “His ideas were pie in the sky. He did not have the experience that was needed. But you know what? People in Iowa saw through those attacks then and they are going to see through those attacks again.”

Mr. Sanders, who frequently mentions the millions of dollars in speaking fees that Mrs. Clinton earned from Wall Street companies, noted that some of the “super PAC” ads attacking him were supported by Wall Street donors. He also took aim at Stephen A. Schwarzman, chief executive of Blackstone, a private equity and financial advisory firm, for saying markets are unsettled because of geopolitical instability, the slowdown in China and “because Bernie Sanders has become a viable candidate, at least in Iowa and New Hampshire.”

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Senator Bernie Sanders in Clinton, Iowa, on Saturday.Credit Max Whittaker for The New York Times

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