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LIVE Stream: Bernie Sanders Campaigns For Hillary Clinton in Fort Collins, Colorado (10/17/16)
LIVE Stream: Bernie Sanders Campaigns For Hillary Clinton in Fort Collins, Colorado (10/17/16)
LIVE Hillary Clinton Speeches & Events
LIVE Hillary Clinton Speeches & Events
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LIVE Stream: @BernieSanders Campaigns For .@HillaryClinton in Fort Collins, Colorado (10/17/16)
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LIVE COVERAGE: Bernie Sanders rallies at CSU
Nick Coltrain , nickcoltrain@coloradoan.com 2:48 p.m. MDT October 17, 2016
PHOTOS: Bernie Sanders rally at Colorado State
Raghda ElDeeb has her photo taken at a get-out-the-vote rally featuring Bernie Sanders at CSU on Monday, October 17, 2016. Valerie Mosley/The Coloradoan
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(Photo: Valerie Mosley/The Coloradoan)
2:47 p.m.: Sanders on immigration: "The time is long overdue for this country to move to comprehensive immigration reform and a path toward citizenship." Sanders says real change never comes easy or without struggle. Says nation has a lot to be proud of for efforts to be less discriminatory, but has fallen behind in efforts to ensure that all people have a reasonable standard of living.
2:45 p.m.: Sanders on crime and punishment, Sanders says "our criminal justice system is broken. It needs major reform." Sanders says he and Clinton believe it makes more sense to invest on education than incarceration.
On police-involved shootings of African-American males: "If an officer breaks the law, that officer must be held accountable." Sanders says more training is needed "so lethal force should be the last response, not the first response."
2:40 p.m.: Sanders calls himself "perhaps the most progressive member of Congress" as a segue into speaking about climate change. Says "there is no longer a debate. Climate change is real" and is causing problems around the world. Sanders calls for a transition away from a reliance of fossil fuels or the situation "will get much, much worse." Says international conflict will increase as people fight over resources such as water or land on which to grow food.
2:35 p.m.: Sanders on Republicans in Congress: "What they forget is the state of the economy after eight years of George W. Bush." Goes on to tout current job creation against job losses under Bush, says "we have come a long way" toward reducing the country's deficit.
2:30 p.m.: Sanders on higher education: "How does it happen in the wealthiest nation in the history of the world" that bright students do not go to college because their families lack the income. After coming together with Clinton following the primaries, "we will make public universities and colleges tuition free for families making less than $125,000 per year that's 80 percent of the population."
On student debt, "If you can refinance your home at 4 percent, buy a car at 1 or 2 percent, why in God's name are you paying student loan debt at 9 percent?"
"We have to allow people to refinance student debt at the lowest interest rates they can find."
2:28 p.m.: Sanders on pay equity for women: "Hillary Clinton is a strong supporter of pay equity for women. Donald Trump is not."
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Northern Colorado state legislators Rep. Jeni Arndt and Sen John Kefalas speak before U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders' planned rally Monday at Colorado State University's Lory Student Center in Fort Collins (Photo: Nick Coltrain/The Coloradoan)
2:25 p.m.: Big jeers from crowd as Sanders speaks about reports on Trump's nonpayment of income tax. Sanders says multinational companies, billionaires "must pay their fair share."....................
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