Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton clashed Sunday in a testy debate over trade policies and the 2009 auto bailout. Sanders, defending his vote against the auto bailout as one against a Wall Street bailout, cut Clinton off.
"Excuse me, I'm talking," he said to Clinton, prompting a big reaction from the audience.
"If you're going to talk then, tell the whole story," Clinton replied.
Sanders hits Clinton on job growth pic.twitter.com/GsvBBXRuJv— Mashable News (@MashableNews) March 7, 2016
In another heated exchange over immunity for gun manufacturers who sell weapons that kill or injure others, Sanders shot back at Clinton when she interrupted him.
"Can I finish, please?" Sanders said angrily.
.@BernieSanders to @HillaryClinton: "Can I finish, please?" pic.twitter.com/ZriYFUmu31— POLITICO (@politico) March 7, 2016
The testy exchanges between Clinton and Sanders are both campaigning aggressively in Michigan ahead of the state's March 8 primary.
It is also the first time the candidates have shared a stage since last week's Super Tuesday contests, which gave Clinton a lead of about 200 pledged delegates over Sanders.
During Sunday's debate, Sanders said that Clinton's "story" was "voting for every disastrous trade deal and voting for corporate America."
In response, Clinton said that "when it came down to it, you were either for saving the auto industry or you were against it."
Clinton hits back at Sanders, accuses him of opposing the auto bailout pic.twitter.com/khd2pjO7k6— Mashable News (@MashableNews) March 7, 2016
"I voted to save the auto industry. If everyone had voted as he did I believe the auto industry would have collapsed, taking 4 million jobs with it," she said.