Clinton stands by Obama, challenges Sanders on guns in State of the Union ad

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Clinton stands by Obama, challenges Sanders on guns in State of the Union ad

http://www.cnn.com/2016/01/12/politics/hillary-clinton-bernie-sanders-guns-state-of-the-union/index.html


By Dan Merica, CNN

Updated 9:28 PM ET, Tue January 12, 2016 | Video Source: CNN

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Des Moines, Iowa (CNN)Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign released an ad ahead of Tuesday night's State of the Union that aligns the 2016 candidate with President Barack Obama on guns and challenges Bernie Sanders to "pick a side" on the issue.

Titled "I'm With Him," Clinton's straight-to-camera ad continues her campaign's knock against Sanders' more conservative positions on guns.

"An average of 90 people are killed in this country every single day. It has to stop," Clinton says. "President Obama wants to make universal background checks the law of the land and he wants to make gun manufactures can finally be held accountable when their guns are used to kill our children."


"It is time to pick a side," Clinton says in a not-so-subtle dig at Sanders. "Either we stand with the gun lobby or we join the President and stand up to them. I am with him. Please join us."

The ad will run online around Obama's final state of the Union and will start to run on national cable in Iowa and New Hampshire on Wednesday, according to aides. The online ad will include a petition to support Obama and Clinton's call for gun reform.