Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton slams her Republican counterpart Donald Trump over “bigotry” and “racism” in her address to AIPAC.
Drawing comparisons between the roots of the US and Israel as “both nations built by immigrants and exiles,” she says, “we both believe in freedom, pluralism and equality. Both Israel and America are seen as a light unto the nations because of those values. In Israel’s story, we see our own.”
In comments directly referencing recent statements and actions of Donald Trump, although not mentioning him by name, Clinton tells the crowd they have a responsibility to stand up against hateful messages against minorities and immigrants.
“Playing coy with white supremacists, calling for 12 million immigrants to be rounded up and deported?” she asks in seeming shock. “Now we’ve had dark chapters in our history before but America should be better than this.”
“If you see bigotry, oppose it; if you see bigotry, condemn it; if you see a bully, stand up to him,” she encourages the crowd.
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