Democrat presidential frontrunner Hillary Clinton has been accused of being a flip-flopper on several issues.
During Tuesday’s CNN Democrat debate, moderator Anderson Cooper asked Clinton whether she changes her stances on issues for political expediency.
"You change your positions on political expediency," Cooper said.
"You were against same-sex marriage; now you’re for it. You defended President Obama’s immigration policies; now you say they’re too harsh. You supported his trade deal dozens of times. You even called it the gold standard. Now suddenly, last week you’re against it. Will you say anything to get elected?"
As Secretary of State, Clinton championed the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) 24 times by saying it would raise standards and provide economic growth. As candidate, Clinton has come out against TPP because it didn’t meet her "high standards."
When Clinton was a senator for New York, she stated several times that she opposed same-sex marriage. In 2013, Clinton changed her position and came out in favor of same-sex marriage.
Clinton remained silent about her position on the Keystone XL pipeline for most of her candidacy and refused to give a stance on the issue. When she was Secretary of State, the State Department did several studies that found the pipeline would have minimal environment impact.
A few weeks ago, Clinton has announced her opposition due to the potential damage it could do to the environment.
Clinton has also flipped-flopped on immigration. In 2008, she opposed giving illegal immigrants driver licenses but now supports the proposal.
Clinton also supported President Obama’s executive orders on immigration until she recently called his policies too harsh.
Clinton was for the Iraq war before she was against it.
Clinton’s identity is something that she changes. She claims to "take a backseat to anyone on progressive values" but also confessed to being a moderate.
There is one thing she can be sure to call herself and that is a flip-flopper.