MSNBC’s Steve Kornacki: Ad Calling Sanders ‘Honest’ Is ‘Veiled Shot’ at Hillary

KORNACKI: “There is also a veiled shot at Hillary Clinton. Let’s take a look.”

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UNKNOWN FEMALE: “Bernie Sanders. Husband. Father. Grandfather. An honest leader — building a movement with you, to give us a future to believe in.”
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KORNACKI: “So when I say there was a shot there, is that term, ‘An honest leader.’ Now obviously the Sanders campaign will tell you, ‘well, we believe Bernie Sanders is honest. His authenticity is one of our selling points.’” 

RIVERA: “But the opposite of honest is what you think about, right?”

KORNACKI: “But, Hillary Clinton’s had trouble, we’ve seen this in the polls, on that question of, is she honest, is she trustworthy? … And Bernie Sanders has been saying for years that the one thing he takes pride in most in politics is that he’s never run a negative ad. Starts to raise the question, is he getting close?”