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Hillary Clinton declines invitation to debate Bernie Sanders in California
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2016/05/23/hillary-clinton-declines-invitation-to-debate-bernie-sanders-in-california/Hillary Clinton’s campaign said on Monday that she will not participate in a California debate against Bernie Sanders before the state’s primary on June 7.
The two campaigns had agreed to additional debates beyond the slate of events that had been scheduled by the Democratic National Committee. The Sanders campaign had hoped to schedule a final debate in California and Fox News had agreed to host in San Francisco.
In a statement, Clinton’s communications director Jennifer Palmieri confirmed that they do not intend to participate. Instead, Palmieri indicated that Clinton would prefer to instead continue her pivot to the general election fight against Donald Trump, the likely Republican nominee.
We have declined Fox News' invitation to participate in a debate in California,” Palmieri said. “As we have said previously, we plan to compete hard in the remaining primary states, particularly California, while turning our attention to the threat a Donald Trump presidency poses.”
“We believe that Hillary Clinton's time is best spent campaigning and meeting directly with voters across California and preparing for a general election campaign that will ensure the White House remains in Democratic hands,” she added.
Most recently, in an interview that aired on Sunday on NBC’s Meet the Press, Clinton said she hadn’t thought about a potential debate with Sanders.
Sanders had hoped for an additional debate in a state that he hopes will give him a big boost in delegates ahead of the Democratic convention in Philadelphia in July.
A new poll released on Monday by KABC in Los Angeles showed Clinton widening her lead in the state over Sanders. According to the survey, Clinton leads the Vermont senator 57 to 39 percent
update on my other post....Hillary Clinton declines debate..... All right Hillary-good for you.....wow sock it to him lol
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How could she ever resist??
Trump. 
