Democratic presidential candidates, Hillary Clinton and Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt, stand together before the start of the Univision, Washington Post Democratic presidential debate at Miami-Dade College, Wednesday, March 9, 2016, in Miami, Fla. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)
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“This proposal clearly violates her pledge."
Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders (Vt.), a professed socialist, criticized his opponent Hillary Clinton for backing a soda tax, NBC News reported Friday, asserting it violates her campaign pledge.
“Frankly, I am very surprised that Secretary Clinton would support this regressive tax after pledging not to raise taxes on anyone making less than $250,000,” Sanders said at a campaign stop in Reading, Pennsylvania. “This proposal clearly violates her pledge. A tax on soda and juice drinks would disproportionately increase taxes on low-income families in Philadelphia."
Clinton touted the soda tax during a speech in Philadelphia to a gun control group Thursday in favor universal pre-school.
"It starts early with working with families, working with kids, building up community resources — I'm very supportive of the mayor's proposal to tax soda to get universal pre-school for kids," Clinton said. "I mean, we need universal pre-school. And if that's a way to do it, that's how we should do it."
Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney is backing the soda tax of 3 cents per ounce of soda to fund universal pre-school in the city.
Clinton supports national universal pre-school but has not proposed a national soda tax to fund it. Rather, she has called for closing tax loopholes.
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Fred Lucas
Fred Lucas, the author of "Abuse of Power: Inside The Three-Year Campaign to Impeach Donald Trump," is a veteran White House correspondent who has reported for The Daily Signal, Fox News, TheBlaze, Newsmax, Stateline, Townhall, American History Quarterly, and other outlets. He can be reached at fvl2104@caa.columbia.edu.
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