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Lúc ở bên Lea thì Shaun chỉ thấy có 60bpm, chính là vì cậu ấy thấy Lea rất thân thuộc, ko bài xích sự gần gũi vs Lea, giống như với bác sĩ Glassman vậy. Đó là cảm xúc khi ở bên những người thân, bạn thân thiết.
Ở bên Carly thì Shaun thấy háo hức, muốn gần gũi. Điều này rất xa lạ với Shaun vì trong tâm thức cậu coi trọng Carly, nên càng lo lắng, hồi hộp, áp lực khi ở bên Carly.
Mình không nghĩ là Shaun yêu Lea, mình tin Shaun yêu Carly. Nhưng vấn đề là Shaun sẽ không rời bỏ Lea vì Carly. Cái quan trọng là tình cảm của Shaun với Carly chưa đậm sâu, chưa đạt tới mức như bác sĩ Glassman hay ông bác sĩ hướng dẫn Shaun vs Morgan tập này ấy. Vì thế có lẽ Shaun chưa tìm đc người cậu ấy sẽ kết hôn đâu mà chỉ là yêu thôi
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Tuesday, February 4, 2020
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t thích Shaun ở bên Carly hơn Lea. vì sao hả? Vì Lea nên là 1 người bạn và đang là 1 người bạn tuyệt vời nó đủ cho tình cảm của 2 người rồi. Carly thực sự yêu Shaun đủ kiên nhẫn và cảm thông với Shaun như cách 1 người bạn gái thực sự. mn bảo Lea và Shaun hợp hơn nhưng t thấy cách mà Shaun đối xử với 2 người khác hẳn. Vì Shaun thực sự coi Lea là bạn nên cảm thấy thân thiết tin tưởng và dễ sẻ chia dễ dàng cho Lea thấy mặt ko tốt của bản thân giống như cách mà Shaun nói với bác Glassman còn đối với Carly là thực sự như cách 1 chàng trai đối xử với bạn gái của mình. Luôn muốn cô ấy thấy mặt tốt của bản thân nóng lòng muốn gây ấn tượng với cô ấy mà quên mất rằng Carly cũng thông minh và các tính chẳng kém 1 cô gái nào
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t thích Shaun ở bên Carly hơn Lea. vì sao hả? Vì Lea nên là 1 người bạn và đang là 1 người bạn tuyệt vời nó đủ cho tình cảm của 2 người rồi. Carly thực sự yêu Shaun đủ kiên nhẫn và cảm thông với Shaun như cách 1 người bạn gái thực sự. mn bảo Lea và Shaun hợp hơn nhưng t thấy cách mà Shaun đối xử với 2 người khác hẳn. Vì Shaun thực sự coi Lea là bạn nên cảm thấy thân thiết tin tưởng và dễ sẻ chia dễ dàng cho Lea thấy mặt ko tốt của bản thân giống như cách mà Shaun nói với bác Glassman còn đối với Carly là thực sự như cách 1 chàng trai đối xử với bạn gái của mình. Luôn muốn cô ấy thấy mặt tốt của bản thân nóng lòng muốn gây ấn tượng với cô ấy mà quên mất rằng Carly cũng thông minh và các tính chẳng kém 1 cô gái nào
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Sunday, February 2, 2020
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Ben Shapiro to Don Lemon: Stop 'clinging to the notion' that you're an 'objective journalist'
Conservative commentator Ben Shapiro slammed CNN anchor Don Lemon's apology after Lemon faced heavy backlash for mocking President Trump and his supporters during a panel segment this past weekend.
"Don Lemon should just own it," Shapiro said Thursday on "The Ben Shapiro Show." "The fact that Don Lemon clings to this ridiculous notion that he is some sort of objective journalist is absolute silliness."
On Wednesday night, Lemon addressed the viral clip that showed him doubled over in laughter after Republican political consultant Rick Wilson made fun of President Trump and his supporters, calling them "boomer rubes."
"This is personally important for me to address this, OK? Ask anyone who knows me, they'll tell you- I don't believe in belittling people, belittling anyone for who they are, what they believe, or where they're from," Lemon said towards the top of his show. "During an interview on Saturday night, one of my guests said something that made me laugh. And while in the moment, I found that joke humorous. And I didn't catch everything that was said."
The anti-Trump anchor added, "Just to make it perfectly clear, I was laughing at the joke and not at any group of people."
Shapiro mocked Lemon's apology and said the incident represents a much larger issue concerning the mainstream media.
"But the joke was about a group of people so you're going to have to explain that one," Shapiro said.
"This is the problem for places like CNN...," he continued. "The utter blind spot that the media have to their own incompetence and what they do every day is truly amazing and truly horrifying and it's one of the reasons that the American people do not believe that the media stand for them. They believe that the media stand for the media ... the clicks ... the money."
"The mainstream media prove every day why we shouldn't trust them when it comes to analysis of ongoing issues."
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Ben Shapiro to Don Lemon: Stop 'clinging to the notion' that you're an 'objective journalist'
Conservative commentator Ben Shapiro slammed CNN anchor Don Lemon's apology after Lemon faced heavy backlash for mocking President Trump and his supporters during a panel segment this past weekend.
"Don Lemon should just own it," Shapiro said Thursday on "The Ben Shapiro Show." "The fact that Don Lemon clings to this ridiculous notion that he is some sort of objective journalist is absolute silliness."
On Wednesday night, Lemon addressed the viral clip that showed him doubled over in laughter after Republican political consultant Rick Wilson made fun of President Trump and his supporters, calling them "boomer rubes."
"This is personally important for me to address this, OK? Ask anyone who knows me, they'll tell you- I don't believe in belittling people, belittling anyone for who they are, what they believe, or where they're from," Lemon said towards the top of his show. "During an interview on Saturday night, one of my guests said something that made me laugh. And while in the moment, I found that joke humorous. And I didn't catch everything that was said."
The anti-Trump anchor added, "Just to make it perfectly clear, I was laughing at the joke and not at any group of people."
Shapiro mocked Lemon's apology and said the incident represents a much larger issue concerning the mainstream media.
"But the joke was about a group of people so you're going to have to explain that one," Shapiro said.
"This is the problem for places like CNN...," he continued. "The utter blind spot that the media have to their own incompetence and what they do every day is truly amazing and truly horrifying and it's one of the reasons that the American people do not believe that the media stand for them. They believe that the media stand for the media ... the clicks ... the money."
"The mainstream media prove every day why we shouldn't trust them when it comes to analysis of ongoing issues."
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CNN's Don Lemon blasted for his 'non-apology' after panel trashing Trump supporters sparked outcry
CNN anchor Don Lemon's remarks addressing the panel that mocked Trump supporters was widely panned on social media.
On Tuesday night, Lemon briefly commented on the viral panel discussion that sparked an uproar after Trump supporters were described as illiterate "credulous boomer rubes," but stressed that he was only laughing at the joke and not at "any group of people."
"This is personally important for me to address this, OK? Ask anyone who knows me, they'll tell you -- I don't believe in belittling people, belittling anyone for who they are, what they believe, or where they're from," Lemon said towards the top of his show. "During an interview on Saturday night, one of my guests said something that made me laugh. And while in the moment, I found that joke humorous. And I didn't catch everything that was said. Just to make this perfectly clear, I was laughing at the joke and not at any group of people."
It is unclear what specific joke Lemon was referring to.
Several critics questioned the logic of Lemon's remarks, specifically when he claimed he was only laughing at the "joke."
"Wow. Just watched @donlemon, expecting an apology for the outrageous mockery he & his guests directed toward millions of voters. Instead, he simply said he was laughing at the joke & not at any people? Well, Don, on behalf of the Deplorables, your non-apology is not accepted!" ex-CNN commentator Steve Cortes blasted his former colleague.
"You guys... Don Lemon clarified that he wasn't laughing at people... he was laughing at the joke... THAT WAS ABOUT THE PEOPLE," political satirist Tim Young reacted.
"Galaxy brain: I was laughing at the joke, but not at the targets of the joke," The Daily Caller reporter Chuck Ross tweeted.
Politico reporter Alex Thompson accused Lemon of "blaming" his guests.
Others piled on the CNN anchor for claiming he didn't hear everything that was said during the discussion.
"Don Lemon repeatedly laughed to the point where his head was on the desk while his two hosts ridiculed Trump voters. He knew EXACTLY what was going on and this is complete garbage, even for CNN," political strategist Caleb Hull exclaimed.
"Telling a preposterous lie to try to cover over obvious bigotry is quite the look. We all saw the clip Don," conservative operative Chris Barron wrote.
The clip was shared by former CNN digital producer Steve Krakauer on Monday after the panel discussion originally aired on Saturday night following impeachment trial coverage.
However, the video that was shared on Twitter has more viewers than CNN had Saturday night.
During the 10 p.m. hour on Saturday, which was when Lemon had his laughing fit, CNN averaged only 713,000 viewers. As of Wednesday, the clip had roughly 13 million views on Twitter and climbing.
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CNN's Don Lemon blasted for his 'non-apology' after panel trashing Trump supporters sparked outcry
CNN anchor Don Lemon's remarks addressing the panel that mocked Trump supporters was widely panned on social media.
On Tuesday night, Lemon briefly commented on the viral panel discussion that sparked an uproar after Trump supporters were described as illiterate "credulous boomer rubes," but stressed that he was only laughing at the joke and not at "any group of people."
"This is personally important for me to address this, OK? Ask anyone who knows me, they'll tell you -- I don't believe in belittling people, belittling anyone for who they are, what they believe, or where they're from," Lemon said towards the top of his show. "During an interview on Saturday night, one of my guests said something that made me laugh. And while in the moment, I found that joke humorous. And I didn't catch everything that was said. Just to make this perfectly clear, I was laughing at the joke and not at any group of people."
It is unclear what specific joke Lemon was referring to.
Several critics questioned the logic of Lemon's remarks, specifically when he claimed he was only laughing at the "joke."
"Wow. Just watched @donlemon, expecting an apology for the outrageous mockery he & his guests directed toward millions of voters. Instead, he simply said he was laughing at the joke & not at any people? Well, Don, on behalf of the Deplorables, your non-apology is not accepted!" ex-CNN commentator Steve Cortes blasted his former colleague.
"You guys... Don Lemon clarified that he wasn't laughing at people... he was laughing at the joke... THAT WAS ABOUT THE PEOPLE," political satirist Tim Young reacted.
"Galaxy brain: I was laughing at the joke, but not at the targets of the joke," The Daily Caller reporter Chuck Ross tweeted.
Politico reporter Alex Thompson accused Lemon of "blaming" his guests.
Others piled on the CNN anchor for claiming he didn't hear everything that was said during the discussion.
"Don Lemon repeatedly laughed to the point where his head was on the desk while his two hosts ridiculed Trump voters. He knew EXACTLY what was going on and this is complete garbage, even for CNN," political strategist Caleb Hull exclaimed.
"Telling a preposterous lie to try to cover over obvious bigotry is quite the look. We all saw the clip Don," conservative operative Chris Barron wrote.
The clip was shared by former CNN digital producer Steve Krakauer on Monday after the panel discussion originally aired on Saturday night following impeachment trial coverage.
However, the video that was shared on Twitter has more viewers than CNN had Saturday night.
During the 10 p.m. hour on Saturday, which was when Lemon had his laughing fit, CNN averaged only 713,000 viewers. As of Wednesday, the clip had roughly 13 million views on Twitter and climbing.
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Saturday, February 1, 2020
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The Bloomberg campaign celebrated the changes to the DNC rules.
"We are thrilled that voters could soon have the chance to see Mike Bloomberg on the debate stage, hear his vision for the country, and see why he is the strongest candidate to defeat Donald Trump and bring our country together," said Kevin Sheekey, Bloomberg's campaign manager.
Bloomberg, despite rising poll numbers, has failed to qualify for any debate since getting into the race in November because the multi-billionaire is self-funding his presidential campaign and therefore not taking donations.
Bloomberg has yet to qualify for the Nevada debate, but his omnipresence on cable and local television airwaves has helped boost his national poll numbers in recent weeks. A NBC/Wall Street Journal nationwide poll released on Friday found, however, that the former New York Mayor had 9% support, just one percentage point off from the threshold.
A Quinnipiac University poll from this month also found Bloomberg at 8%, in the same pack as Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar and former South Bend, Indiana Mayor Pete Buttigieg.
Bloomberg is skipping the first four nominating contests, so it is unlikely that he will receive a delegate from either Iowa or New Hampshire.
But a number of Bloomberg's rivals and their campaigns slammed the changes.
"To now change the rules in the middle of the game to accommodate Mike Bloomberg, who is trying to buy his way into the Democratic nomination, is wrong," said Jeff Weaver, a senior adviser to Sanders. "That's the definition of a rigged system where the rich can buy their way in."
Tom Steyer, a fellow billionaire and Democratic candidate, also attacked the change: "Let's make one thing clear: changing the rules now to accommodate Mike Bloomberg and not changing them in the past to ensure a more diverse debate stage is just plain wrong."
Businessman Andrew Yang's campaign, too, criticized the DNC.
"It's a mistake for @TheDemocrats to change the rules for debates in the middle of this race to yield to a billionaire. We need to respect the grassroots movement leading this party forward," SY Lee, Yang's national press secretary, tweeted.
The former New York mayor has spent hundreds of millions on television, digital and radio ads, worrying some opponents who believe he is being unchallenged because he hasn't been on the debate stage.
Buttigieg seemingly welcomed the news, telling reporters on Friday that he will "leave it to the DNC to set the rules and then we compete under them," but that he believes "it is important that we have that process where folks have to stand with their competitors and explain why each of us is the best."
Prior to the DNC's announcement, Klobuchar had made a similar point.
"I think that instead of just putting your money out there, he's actually got to be on the stage and be able to go back and forth so that voters can evaluate him," Klobuchar said on MSNBC's "Morning Joe."
The Progressive Change Campaign Committee, which has endorsed Warren in the Democratic primary, has asked the Democratic National Committee to change its debate criteria to ensure Bloomberg's inclusion if he climbs substantially in the polls.
Dan Kanninen, Bloomberg's states director, told CNN this week that the mayor is confident he would be able to "handle himself in the debate."
"Mike Bloomberg is a pretty tough guy himself," Kanninen said, "and someone who has been mayor of New York ... for three terms and knows how to handle himself in the debate."
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The Bloomberg campaign celebrated the changes to the DNC rules.
"We are thrilled that voters could soon have the chance to see Mike Bloomberg on the debate stage, hear his vision for the country, and see why he is the strongest candidate to defeat Donald Trump and bring our country together," said Kevin Sheekey, Bloomberg's campaign manager.
Bloomberg, despite rising poll numbers, has failed to qualify for any debate since getting into the race in November because the multi-billionaire is self-funding his presidential campaign and therefore not taking donations.
Bloomberg has yet to qualify for the Nevada debate, but his omnipresence on cable and local television airwaves has helped boost his national poll numbers in recent weeks. A NBC/Wall Street Journal nationwide poll released on Friday found, however, that the former New York Mayor had 9% support, just one percentage point off from the threshold.
A Quinnipiac University poll from this month also found Bloomberg at 8%, in the same pack as Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar and former South Bend, Indiana Mayor Pete Buttigieg.
Bloomberg is skipping the first four nominating contests, so it is unlikely that he will receive a delegate from either Iowa or New Hampshire.
But a number of Bloomberg's rivals and their campaigns slammed the changes.
"To now change the rules in the middle of the game to accommodate Mike Bloomberg, who is trying to buy his way into the Democratic nomination, is wrong," said Jeff Weaver, a senior adviser to Sanders. "That's the definition of a rigged system where the rich can buy their way in."
Tom Steyer, a fellow billionaire and Democratic candidate, also attacked the change: "Let's make one thing clear: changing the rules now to accommodate Mike Bloomberg and not changing them in the past to ensure a more diverse debate stage is just plain wrong."
Businessman Andrew Yang's campaign, too, criticized the DNC.
"It's a mistake for @TheDemocrats to change the rules for debates in the middle of this race to yield to a billionaire. We need to respect the grassroots movement leading this party forward," SY Lee, Yang's national press secretary, tweeted.
The former New York mayor has spent hundreds of millions on television, digital and radio ads, worrying some opponents who believe he is being unchallenged because he hasn't been on the debate stage.
Buttigieg seemingly welcomed the news, telling reporters on Friday that he will "leave it to the DNC to set the rules and then we compete under them," but that he believes "it is important that we have that process where folks have to stand with their competitors and explain why each of us is the best."
Prior to the DNC's announcement, Klobuchar had made a similar point.
"I think that instead of just putting your money out there, he's actually got to be on the stage and be able to go back and forth so that voters can evaluate him," Klobuchar said on MSNBC's "Morning Joe."
The Progressive Change Campaign Committee, which has endorsed Warren in the Democratic primary, has asked the Democratic National Committee to change its debate criteria to ensure Bloomberg's inclusion if he climbs substantially in the polls.
Dan Kanninen, Bloomberg's states director, told CNN this week that the mayor is confident he would be able to "handle himself in the debate."
"Mike Bloomberg is a pretty tough guy himself," Kanninen said, "and someone who has been mayor of New York ... for three terms and knows how to handle himself in the debate."
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Democrats drop donor threshold for Nevada debate, opening door to Bloomberg
The Democratic National Committee announced Friday that there will be no donor threshold for its upcoming Nevada debate, opening the door for former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg to qualify for his first contest.
The new rules reflect the changing landscape in the Democratic primary and focus more on support in polls and in Iowa and New Hampshire, the first two nominating states.
In order to qualify for the February 19 debate, a candidate either needs: 10% in four qualifying national, Nevada or South Carolina polls; or 12% in two qualifying polls from Nevada or South Carolina.
A candidate is also able to qualify if they receive a single delegate from either the Iowa caucuses or the New Hampshire primary.
The donor threshold, which previously required candidates to receives donations from a certain number of people, have been dropped.
Adrienne Watson, a spokeswoman for the DNC, said the committee opted to end the donor threshold because now that "grassroots support is actually captured in real voting, the criteria will no longer require a donor threshold."
"The donor threshold was appropriate for the opening stages of the race, when candidates were building their organizations and there were no metrics available outside of polling to distinguish those making progress from those who weren't," Watson said.
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Democrats drop donor threshold for Nevada debate, opening door to Bloomberg
The Democratic National Committee announced Friday that there will be no donor threshold for its upcoming Nevada debate, opening the door for former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg to qualify for his first contest.
The new rules reflect the changing landscape in the Democratic primary and focus more on support in polls and in Iowa and New Hampshire, the first two nominating states.
In order to qualify for the February 19 debate, a candidate either needs: 10% in four qualifying national, Nevada or South Carolina polls; or 12% in two qualifying polls from Nevada or South Carolina.
A candidate is also able to qualify if they receive a single delegate from either the Iowa caucuses or the New Hampshire primary.
The donor threshold, which previously required candidates to receives donations from a certain number of people, have been dropped.
Adrienne Watson, a spokeswoman for the DNC, said the committee opted to end the donor threshold because now that "grassroots support is actually captured in real voting, the criteria will no longer require a donor threshold."
"The donor threshold was appropriate for the opening stages of the race, when candidates were building their organizations and there were no metrics available outside of polling to distinguish those making progress from those who weren't," Watson said.
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Rashida Tlaib boos Hillary at Iowa event as Sanders-Clinton row goes on
The spectre of Hillary Clinton loomed once more over Bernie Sanders' campaign efforts in Iowa on Saturday after Rashida Tlaib, a congresswoman and prominent Sanders supporter, placed his escalating feud with the former secretary of state centre stage at a Friday night rally.
Tlaib led the audience in booing Clinton's name when the moderator, Dionna Langford, brought up the acrimonious dispute between the 2016 rivals, which was stoked by Clinton's comments in a Hulu documentary aired at the Sundance festival in which she said of Sanders: "Nobody likes him, nobody wants to work with him."
The former first lady and former senator for New York edged out Sanders, a senator from Vermont, for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2016 but lost to Donald Trump.
Tlaib's comments on Friday at a concert to support Sanders highlight just how much of a factor the Vermont senator's backers still consider Clinton to be as he chases the nomination to face Trump in November.
After Langford mentioned Clinton's comments, many in the audience began to boo. Langford said: "We're not going to boo, we're classy here..."
That prompted Tlaib, from Michigan, to raise her microphone and interrupt.
"No. no, I'll boo," she said, to laughter from Pramila Jayapal and Ilhan Omar, two other Democratic congresswomen and fellow panelists on the stage.
"You all know I can't be quiet," Tlaib said. "No, we're going to boo. That's all right, the haters will shut up on Monday when we win."
In a series of tweets Saturday, Tlaib appeared to express regret for the episode but did not apologise. "I allowed my disappointment with Senator Clinton's latest comments about Senator Sanders and his supporters to get the best of me," she wrote.
"You all, my sisters-in-service on stage, and our movement deserve better."
The debate took place in front of a mostly younger crowd of Sanders supporters, there to attend a folk concert by Bon Iver, Politico reported, adding that the audience also booed the former vice-president Joe Biden and the Democratic National Committee when they were mentioned by the film-maker and activist Michael Moore.
Sanders, who was not present because he was attending Trump's impeachment trial in the Senate in Washington, is a slight favourite for Monday's caucuses, the first formal election-year test of Democratic voters' intentions.
According to polling specialists FiveThirtyEight, Sanders leads Biden by half a point, 22% to 21.5%, with Pete Buttigieg six points behind on 15.5%.
Supporters and opponents of Sanders and Clinton were quick to weigh in on social media. Some pointed out that Clinton defended Tlaib and her colleagues last July when Trump attacked them.
Others, such as the Republican strategist and commentator Ana Navarro-Cardenas, pointed out that such infighting was not conducive to winning the White House.
"Newsflash: Democrats are running against Donald Trump, NOT Hillary Clinton," she said in a tweet.
Tlaib is no stranger to controversy. Shortly after being sworn into Congress, she told supporters: "We're gonna go in there and we're going to impeach the motherfucker."
Sanders and two other senators, Elizabeth Warren and Amy Klobuchar, will appear in Iowa this weekend after missing a week's campaigning because of the impeachment trial.
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Rashida Tlaib boos Hillary at Iowa event as Sanders-Clinton row goes on
The spectre of Hillary Clinton loomed once more over Bernie Sanders' campaign efforts in Iowa on Saturday after Rashida Tlaib, a congresswoman and prominent Sanders supporter, placed his escalating feud with the former secretary of state centre stage at a Friday night rally.
Tlaib led the audience in booing Clinton's name when the moderator, Dionna Langford, brought up the acrimonious dispute between the 2016 rivals, which was stoked by Clinton's comments in a Hulu documentary aired at the Sundance festival in which she said of Sanders: "Nobody likes him, nobody wants to work with him."
The former first lady and former senator for New York edged out Sanders, a senator from Vermont, for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2016 but lost to Donald Trump.
Tlaib's comments on Friday at a concert to support Sanders highlight just how much of a factor the Vermont senator's backers still consider Clinton to be as he chases the nomination to face Trump in November.
After Langford mentioned Clinton's comments, many in the audience began to boo. Langford said: "We're not going to boo, we're classy here..."
That prompted Tlaib, from Michigan, to raise her microphone and interrupt.
"No. no, I'll boo," she said, to laughter from Pramila Jayapal and Ilhan Omar, two other Democratic congresswomen and fellow panelists on the stage.
"You all know I can't be quiet," Tlaib said. "No, we're going to boo. That's all right, the haters will shut up on Monday when we win."
In a series of tweets Saturday, Tlaib appeared to express regret for the episode but did not apologise. "I allowed my disappointment with Senator Clinton's latest comments about Senator Sanders and his supporters to get the best of me," she wrote.
"You all, my sisters-in-service on stage, and our movement deserve better."
The debate took place in front of a mostly younger crowd of Sanders supporters, there to attend a folk concert by Bon Iver, Politico reported, adding that the audience also booed the former vice-president Joe Biden and the Democratic National Committee when they were mentioned by the film-maker and activist Michael Moore.
Sanders, who was not present because he was attending Trump's impeachment trial in the Senate in Washington, is a slight favourite for Monday's caucuses, the first formal election-year test of Democratic voters' intentions.
According to polling specialists FiveThirtyEight, Sanders leads Biden by half a point, 22% to 21.5%, with Pete Buttigieg six points behind on 15.5%.
Supporters and opponents of Sanders and Clinton were quick to weigh in on social media. Some pointed out that Clinton defended Tlaib and her colleagues last July when Trump attacked them.
Others, such as the Republican strategist and commentator Ana Navarro-Cardenas, pointed out that such infighting was not conducive to winning the White House.
"Newsflash: Democrats are running against Donald Trump, NOT Hillary Clinton," she said in a tweet.
Tlaib is no stranger to controversy. Shortly after being sworn into Congress, she told supporters: "We're gonna go in there and we're going to impeach the motherfucker."
Sanders and two other senators, Elizabeth Warren and Amy Klobuchar, will appear in Iowa this weekend after missing a week's campaigning because of the impeachment trial.
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