NEW HAVEN – Since term limits brought his run as Philadelphia mayor to an end in December, Michael Nutter has been stumping for Hillary Clinton. He said h...

NEW HAVEN - Since term limits brought his run as Philadelphia mayor to an end in December, Michael Nutter has been stumping for Hillary Clinton. He said he was thrilled to find out the Clinton campaign was sending him to New Haven Friday.

“Mayor Harp is a good, good friend of mine,” said Nutter. “I've known her for some time. We have worked together in the US Conference of Mayors.”

Clinton's stance on criminal justice reform and guns are among the major reasons Nutter and Mayor Toni N. Harp (D-New Haven) support her.

“I know that we can do more with gun manufacturers,” said Harp. “I know that we can do more as a country and a state to get guns off of our streets. She is the only candidate that was talking about that.”

Much of her campaign has been dogged by questions about her trustworthiness as a result of the ongoing email probe and the tragic deaths in Benghazi, Libya.

“That issue keeps coming up because, quite frankly, you all keep bringing it up,” said Nutter. “She sat for 11 hours in the hearings on Benghazi and nothing came out of that.”

“I think that there are all kinds of small things that happen from time to time,” said Harp. “But, if you look at the entire picture, you'll see what she believes in and what she fights for.”

Nutter calls Clinton the best prepared person to be President in the last 50 years. He describes Donald Trump as nothing but a reality TV star.

“He doesn't even have policies or proposals. He is just a sound bite king and then changes his position two or three times a day,” he said.

“ I haven't heard anything from him that lets me know that he will be good for New Haven,” said Harp.

There is the Bernie Sanders factor, according to the second-term mayor of New Haven.

“I am very concerned that she's up against a really articulate Democrat, but a Democrat that hasn't had the experience that she's had,” said Harp.