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CSPAN Washington Journal February 20, 2016

You can also find us on social media. Pan wj. Tter handle is cs leiva, and on our page on facebook. We start the morning leave a comment on our page on facebook. We will hear first from Hillary Clinton and senator sanders speaking in nevada. Mrs. Clinton i am going to fight for you because we have got to knock down every very that is Holding Americans back. There are economic barriers. I know what i am against. I have been clear about that. I have got to stop the bad actors from wrecking our economy again. And i know how to do it. And i have got the plan the people say is the toughest and more comprehensive. But you know what . After you finish saying, lets step the bad stuff from happening, what about making some good stuff happen . How about creating more jobs for hardworking americans . About defending unions and maintaining a prevailing wage . Making sure every american has a chance to fulfill his or her dreams by making sure there is no barriers that hold you back . Senator sanders you guys ready for a radical idea . We are going to create an economy that works for all of us not just the 1 . We are going to raise the minimum wage to a living wage, 15 bucks an hour. Are going to make certain that women get a fair shake in the economy, pay equity for women workers. And we are going to create millions of jobs our people need. We are going to be hiring teachers not firing teachers. Close race in nevada. But in South Carolina donald trump has a commanding lead. Senator ted cruz has been catching up. Here is a little bit of what they had to say on the stump. Trump out of the Top Authority in the world, 30 countries, we are number one in costs her pupil by far. Number one, so high that number two does not exist. We have norway, denmark, sweden, china, these are the best countries in terms of education. These are ranked in the top four or five. Greatcountries, education, they spend a fraction of what we do. We are number 30 out of 30. So we are number 30. And yet we are number one and money spent by far. Im telling you, the difference between one and twos number two is so far away you cannot even see it. We got to change, all right . We got to change. My campaign,like i spent the least and i have the best result. We have got to do that. Single biggesthe decision of Justice Scalia on v. Districts heller of columbia. I represented 31 states in defending the right to keep and bear arms and we won 54. 54. And what was the position of the dissenters . It was not that some gun control is sometimes permissible. Was the dissenters said that the Second Amendment protects no individual right to keep and bear arms whatsoever. Ey said it is only a collective right of the militia , which is lawyer talk for a completely nonexistent right. We are one justice away from the Supreme Court overruling heller and holding that not a single one of us here has any individual right to keep and bear arms, that the government can ban firearms and we have no Second Amendment right to challenge it. Thats whats at stake in this election. Your callse taking this morning on the Nevada Democratic caucuses in the primary election in South Carolina for the Republican Party. Again those number, if you are a voter in nevada or South Carolina, you can call 2027 488003. Republicans your numbers are lets get right to it with our first caller of the morning. Bradenll be rick from 10, florida, on the democratic line. Maam. Good morning, i have sat and i have watched every one of these caucuses a and every one of these town Hall Meetings and every debate and the only thing i hear is that the republicans want to move us back. Some nonsensical place where i guess like where honestly what i see from them is that they want to move us back to food,blacks made our latinos cut our yards, women knew their place, and that everybody should just kowtow to the secondble and amendment says as to what their interpretation is of it. Host rick, who do support in this election cycle . Caller im going to support Hillary Clinton. Mostly because i feel she is the most qualified to take the job. And that shes the only one that the heard thus far state importance of how it is to get the senate back and eventually get the congress back as well. So we can move forward, we can get some infrastructure done. And instead of trying to go back to a nonsensical time that did not even exist. Caller comes from South Carolina. Shirley is calling from greenville on the republican line. Will you be heading to the polls later on today . Caller yes, i will. Host who do you plan to support . Caller i plan to support donald trump. I think he is the best man for the job. He will get things done like he says. I think hes very truthful. We need him for the isis situation and for a lot of the other situations. A wonderful person, and he is smart. I just think he is going to be the man for the job. Host do you have a second choice . There have been a lot of discussion about cruz and rubio and whether or not they will, who will come out in second place . Do you have a second choice behind donald trump . Caller uh, no, i dont. Host trump is it. Next caller comes from tennessee. Tommy is calling from milan, tennessee. Caller yes, hi. Watched all these debates and everything and i really feel like that theres a groundswell, not necessarily for trump but for somebody different thats currently in governments in d. C. Right now. And i really think that ben carson, if he finishes second in South Carolina, he could be the nominee, but im leaning towards john kasich or john kasich me is the most consistent libertarian in the race. Bernie sanders last night on someshow, he has libertarian leanings. Anald trump in my opinion is libertarian. But john kasich is a consistent libertarian. As libertarians, we believe a fishing government. R. Mr. K6 can take if m kasich can take the 3 trillion that we taken as revenue every efficientlyt we have a lot of problems. I think john kasich is the answer. From northup is greg carolina calling on the independent line. What do you think. Who are you supporting . Have you decided . Caller yes, im supporting whoever gets the nomination to the Republican Party. To for one thats going the rights, and that is main thing im voting for because i do not know why people take away the Second Amendment rights or have this gun control. What are they going to do if they get gun control . They going to go out and kill people to get their guns . Wouldnt that be defeating the purpose . Because that is what is going to happen if they tried outlaw guns. From we just heard a clip senator ted cruz. Is cruz someone that you would support . K . He your first pic caller i vote party line. Host thats greg from North Carolina. Also speaking on the trail this week was senator marco rubio. Here is a bit of his comments. President ,io if im i will unite the conservative movement but we will grow it. We are going to take our message to people that are living the way your governor and i grew up. We are going to take our message to the hotel maids that i see as i travel and to they come down the hallway with their carts and the towels and the soapboxes, a lot of them heard that my mom was a maid, they want to talk to me about it. You learn the American Dream is still alive. The reason why they are working that job is so their kids can be anything they want to be. Were pointed take our message to the father that drives a taxicab at night to the can go to school during the day. So, one day he can never job that pays more and give his kids the chance to be everything you never had a chance to be. We are going to be the party of parents that are struggling with the cost of living. We are going to be the party of makesngle motherhoo who 10 an hour and is trying to raise her kids because the father has abandoned mph she needs to go back to school and become a paralegal or dental hygienist but she cannot because she has to work fulltime in school is too expensive. We are going to be the party of Young Americans who are facing thousands of dollars in student loan debt, while in for degrees that do not lead to a job. We are going to be the party of the people that are willing to work hard and sacrifice. Not just achieve a better life for themselves but a Better Future for their children. The here is the head of website for the state newspaper in South Carolina, South Carolina gop primary day. Can anyone stop trump . Certainly marco rubio is trying. We will turn out back to your phone calls. The next one comes from georgia. Herbert is calling on the democratic line. Good morning to you. Caller how you doing . Im 65 years old, military man. Im a military man. Ive fought in the war. I know about the cubans in miami. And in know immigration. Hhey do not i work wit Puerto Ricans and mexicans. They are just 3 of the party. They do not represent hispanics. The only ones that come into this country. Process coming to this country. Dont think they represent us. I knew jeb bush when he was working for gardena. There is a lot of things going on in the Republican Party that i cannot agree along with. Hillary, i look at her as hillary rodham. E Republican Party, i want people to think about this. This is an insult to all women. You chose sarah palin. They took that woman, made up like a movie. Imagine you had a pimp in the w hite house. Host our next caller is clement from washington, d. C. , calling on the democratic line. What is your thought or comment . Caller im just voting for Hillary Clinton. Not only iseing is she the only one that can [indiscernible] up to now, i have not seen any negative report on him from the media. Hillary she did that, she did that. I never heard, he did not do that. My point is, there is a wish. During the debate he said if we do this, if we do this. If by cant govern the country if. If. Dnot g ont go by what is possible . Youre going to say you have Free Education. Every state the states are so many. You cannot impose them to have education. If school is free, who is going to pay for the infrastructure and the teachers . You going to have the top universities in the world if the university is free . Host in addition to our coverage of the primary election in South Carolina and the caucuses in nevada we will cover alias funeral mass at the basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in washington, d. C. Be sure to tune in for that. Going back to the phone lines. From randallstown, derek is calling on the democratic line. It is right outside of baltimore city, about five or six miles, near owings mills. You have heard of it. You probably got relatives there. Anyway, the first thing i wanted to say is that it offends me when rubio comes on any acts like hes this great this and that. One thing i have noticed he does notis identify himself as being hispanic. He identifies himself more as a white cuban. Passes for white every chance he gets. That is the same thing with the other guy, cruz. What can cruz tell you about life in america . What does he know about life in america . He has never even lived in america. Host who are you supporting for the democratic nomination . Caller it is going to have to be Hillary Clinton for one reason only dont get me wrong. I really like the young people support of bernie. What i like as i see what is the biggest failure of the Republican Party, thats diversity. When i see young people getting emgether, ok, all of th getting together and they are speaking the same thing, that is america. That is america. As fowler is Hillary Clinton is concerned, ok as far as Hillary Clinton is concerned, ok, there has been nobody since as. Bush who i thought was qualified. I like bernie. But he does not have that experience to deal with these cutthroat republicans. From thats derek randallstown, maryland. There is a, from twitter people are voting for who the poll is winning rather than who can do the job. Our next call is from florida. Myron on the independent line. Good morning to. To you. Caller how are you . My comment is real short. 36 years ago i came from soviet union. Immigrated to the United States. I want to say this. Im listening to Bernie Sanders, its a joke. Margaret thatcher said socialism getseat when other money to it. And anyhow, i came from a country that was all about Bernie Sanders. 10 years after i left the country, the country collapsed. You cannot do that. If you want to keep america, keep Bernie Sanders and other people that promise you sweet aint going to happen. Host here is a little bit more information about the race in South Carolina according to the state newspaper. Top endorsements. Trump has received the endorsement of Lieutenant Governor mcmaster. Rubio has received endorsements from Governor Haley and trey gowdy. Jeb bush has the support of u. S. Senator lindsey graham. And ted cruz has the backing of representative duncan and mark sanford. State goes on to say the last time the white house was open in 2008 when john mccain from arizona beat Mike Huckabee of arkansas by less than four Percentage Points in South Carolina. Break 2012 race to face obama barack obama, former u. S. House speaker newt formerh soundly defeated massachusetts mitt romney who went on to win the gop nomination. So, for about 30 years, South Carolina has been a bellwether for which way the republican nomination would go. Our next caller is michael from fort lauderdale, florida, on the independent line. What do you think this one . Caller good morning. Thank you. I calling about what is going on between all these characters. They are all talking heads. Theres mudslinging. Hillary. We had watergate back in our day. Now we have white water. Theyre throwing mud about the wall street issues. I like bernie. I like the idea of the free college. It is a great idea. I always said that students who go between their junior, sophomore and junior year, the one year of free service to the country. Years ago, we had whatever they or whatever. Rps it would be not mandatory because if you do not do it, youve got to pay your loan. Host is that you proposal enough to tip you towards supporting santos for president . Caller i personally, i like bernie, but he aligned himself with sharpton. Off, because sharpton has a history in new york where i am from. He stood on the steps and said i will show these farmers new york law. Issue. T was i dont like bernie anymore. Standiting for trump to up and say about our legislators, if they work for me, they would be fired. Host michael from fort lauderdale, florida. Comment from twitter sanderslike to have try and fail with his vision for america that end of the other succeed with theirs. What do you think this morning on the line from pennsylvania . Caller i will take any republican over sanders or clinton. They put their kneepads on before al sharpton. Even black people do not like him. They swallowed. How can anybody vote for two people like this . Al sharpton. Host which republican candidate do you think has the best chance of defeating clinton or sanders . Caller ill tell you the truth. They have as, debate, especially with sanders, sooner or later, he has got to explain where they are going to get the money from all these free colleges. There aint enough money in the world to do this. As far as clinton, she is alive. What is she say yesterday shes a liar. She did not think she lied. They got in so many lies. And then you have got white water and all the scandals. The clintons leave a trail of scum behind him. This thing in benghazi, that thing discuss me. The syrians, that is what the democrats want to do. Halfmillion men. They seem to be like bill clinton. Host that is jim from pittsburgh, pennsylvania. Next the democratic line. Good morning. Caller good morning. Thank you for cspan. Flying out to europe tomorrow. Do,what i would like to explain socialism. Because my goodness gracious. People here do not understand that concept. Why is media called social media, right . Socialism stands for populism, us, the people. And the people are the government. When are my fellow american brothers and sisters ever going to understand it . A proud austrian american. And we are socialistic democratic republic for which it stands. We have learned from our world wars. That is why we became neutral after world war ii. I will vote for Bernie Sanders because he has socialism does absolutely work. We do find the money to pay for the stop. We do not have people running around, missing teeth. Becauseeeth in austria they have to choose paying for medication or paying for food. Host we hear your points this morning. Next up from georgia, david is on the independent line. Good morning to you. What are your thoughts . Caller i simply do not understand a lot of things about what is going on. The media is really pushing the whole narrative. Im an independent. Right leaning independent. Point with cruz. What i dont understand is the gop, people that have put their name in the hat. Trumps the air could have been taken out of his sail long ago like huckabee and carson had just started a rumor that they were going to get on a ticket together and push their religious police and their tax plans, a co

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