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Democratic presidential contenders Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton clashed angrily over trade Cheap Anze Kopitar Jersey , the auto industry bailout and Wall Street in a Michigan debate on Sunday, with Sanders accusing Clinton of backing trade deals that robbed the state of jobs.


In a debate in Flint, Michigan, Sanders said Clinton supported "disastrous" trade policies that moved manufacturing jobs out of cities like Flint and Detroit and shifted them overseas.


But Clinton said Sanders' opposition to the 2009 auto bailout, a crucial issue in a state that is home to the U.S. auto industry, would have cost the state millions of jobs. The bailout, which Clinton supported Cheap Drew Doughty Jersey , passed Congress and has been credited with helping save the U.S. industry.

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"If everybody had voted the way he did, I believe the auto industry would have collapsed, taking 4 million jobs with it," Clinton, the former secretary of state, said of Sanders.


The debate came as Sanders, a U.S. senator from Vermont Cheap Los Angeles Kings Hats , struggled to slow Clinton's march to the nomination to face the Republican candidate in the Nov. 8 general election to succeed Democratic President Barack Obama. Media organizations predicted that Sanders would win Sunday's Maine caucus.


Sanders also questioned the sincerity of Clinton's conversion to opposing the Trans-Pacific Partnership, a proposed 12-nation Pacific Rim trade deal.


Clinton "has discovered religion on this issue, but it’s a little too late," he said. "Secretary Clinton supported virtually every one of these disastrous trade agreements written by corporate America."


The two contenders cut each other off on several occasions, a rare occurrence in a race that has been much more polite than the raucous Republican presidential campaign.


"Excuse me, I'm talking," Sanders said to Clinton when she tried to interrupt. "If you're going to talk Cheap Los Angeles Kings Hoodies , tell the whole story," Clinton responded.


Sanders repeated his charge that Clinton is too close to Wall Street and demanded again that she release the transcript of paid speeches she has given to Wall Street firms. Clinton said she would release them when all the candidates, including Republicans, also release transcripts of similar talks.


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Throwing up his hands, Sanders said: "I'll release it. Here it is. There ain't nothing! I don’t give speeches to Wall Street!"


Both candidates said they would beat Republican front-runner Donald Trump if they face the brash billionaire businessman in the November presidential election.


"I think Donald Trump's bigotry, his bullying, his bluster Cheap Los Angeles Kings Shirts , are not going to wear well on the American people," Clinton said. "We have to end the divisiveness."


The debate was held in Flint to highlight the city's water contamination crisis, and both candidates expressed outrage at Flint's plight and demanded state and federal money begin to flow immediately to begin relief and rebuilding efforts.


Both candidates condemned local officials who they said abetted the crisis in Flint, and demanded the resignation of Republican Governor Rick Snyder of Michigan.


"People should be held accountable, wherever that leads," Clinton said, adding an investigation should determine who in state and federal government was responsible. "There has to be absolute accountability."


"What is going on is a disgrace beyond belief Cheap Los Angeles Kings Jerseys ," Sanders said, plugging his plan to spend $1 trillion to rebuild crumbling infrastructure across the United States.


The crisis in Flint, a predominantly black city of 100,000, was triggered when an emergency city manager installed by Snyder switched the city's water supply to the nearby Flint River from Lake Michigan to save money.


The change corroded Flint's aging pipes and released lead and other toxins into the water supply, exposing thousands of residents including children to high lead levels that have sparked serious health problems.


CLINTON LEADS IN POLLS


Opinion polls show Clinton, 68 Cheap Jeff Carter Hat , leading in Michigan and Mississippi, which vote on Tuesday. She also leads in polls in several big states that vote on March 15, including Ohio and Florida.


Sanders, 74, faces a tough challenge erasing Clinton's lead of about 200 bound delegates who will choose the nominee at the July convention. Since the Democratic race awards delegates in each state proportionally, she will keep gathering delegates even in those states she loses.


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