Bernie Sanders says it's a 'low blow' after Hillary Clinton calls him out for criticizing Obama


Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) called it a "low blow" after Hillary Clinton suggested that his criticism of President Obama sounded like something she would "expect from Republicans, not from someone running for the Democratic nomination to succeed President Obama."
Clinton was referring to Sanders calling Obama "weak" and "a disappointment," and his writing a book's foreword that "basically argued that voters should have buyer's remorse when it comes to President Obama's leadership and legacy." Clinton said she "couldn't disagree more with those kind of comments," and she doesn't think Obama gets "the credit he deserves."
Sanders said that while he is friends with Obama and often agrees with him, it's "unfair" to say he doesn't support him. "Last I heard we lived in a democratic society," he snapped. "Last I heard a United States senator had the right to disagree with a president, including a president who has done such an extraordinary job." Clinton replied that she's not "concerned with disagreement on issues," but thinks calling the president weak and a disappointment "goes further than saying we have our disagreements," adding that she finds his assessments "particularly troubling." Catherine Garcia
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Catherine Garcia has worked as a senior writer at The Week since 2014. Her writing and reporting have appeared in Entertainment Weekly, The New York Times, Wirecutter, NBC News and "The Book of Jezebel," among others. She's a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.
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