Best Lines of the Democratic Debate

The first Democratic debate of 2016 has kicked off in Charleston, South Carolina.

Here are the best lines of the debate so far:

BERNIE SANDERS: “Well, I think Secretary Clinton knows what she says is disingenuous. I have a D-minus voting record from the NRA.”

Democratic front-runner, HILLARY CLINTON responded: “I have made it clear, based on Senator Sanders’ own record that he has voted with the NRA, with the gun lobby numerous times,” adding, “Now, I am pleased to hear that Senator Sanders has reversed his position on immunity, and I look forward to him joining with those members of Congress who have already introduced legislation.”

MARTIN O’MALLEY: “I've never met a self-respecting deer hunter that needed an AR-15 to down a deer.”

HILLARY CLINTON: “One out of three African-American men may well end up going to prison. That's the statistic. I want people here to think what we would be doing if it was one out of three white men.”

BERNIE SANDERS: “We have a criminal justice system which is broken. Who in America are satisfied that we have more people in jail than any other country on Earth, including China? Disproportionately African-American and Latino. Who is satisfied that 51 percent of African-American young people are either unemployed or underemployed. Who is satisfied that millions of people have police records for possessing marijuana when the CEOs of Wall Street companies who destroyed our economy have no police record.

“If a police officer breaks the law, like any public official, that officer must be held accountable,” Sanders added.

BERNIE SANDERS: “Secretary Clinton well knows, when this campaign began, she was 50 points ahead of me. We were all of 3 percentage points. Guess what? In Iowa, New Hampshire, the race is very, very close. In terms of polling, guess what, we are running ahead of Secretary Clinton in terms of taking on my good friend, Donald Trump.”

HILLARY CLINTON: “We have to move away from treating the use of drugs a as crime and, instead, move it to where it belongs, as a health issue. And we need to divert more people from the criminal justice system into drug courts, into treatment, and recovery.”

BERNIE SANDERS: “When we talk about addiction being a disease, the secretary is right, what that means is we need a revolution in this country in terms of mental health treatment.”

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