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Clinton, Sanders mock Republican debate

Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders sparred during Sunday’s debate for nearly two hours before Clinton took a break to rip the Republicans for their discourse.

“I admire what Sen. Sanders has accomplished in his campaign. I have more than 850,000 donors — most of them give less than $100. I’m very proud of that,” Clinton said during an exchange with Sanders focused on campaign finance.

“And I just wanna make one point: You know, we have our differences and we get into vigorous debate about issues,” she continued. “But compare the substance of this debate with what you saw on the Republican stage last week.”

The crowd ate it up.

A highlight of last week's GOP debate was a moment in which Trump seemingly referred to the size of a certain part of his anatomy in response to Marco Rubio’s jibe that the billionaire’s hands were small. “And, he referred to my hands — ‘if they're small, something else must be small,’ Trump said. “I guarantee you there's no problem. I guarantee.”

Sanders agreed with Clinton, joining in on the fun at the expense of the GOP candidates. “We are, if elected president, going to invest a lot of money into mental health, and when you watch these Republican debates you know why we need to invest in mental health,” he said, eliciting more cheers from the crowd.