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Appearing on the 11 a.m. ET hour of MSNBC Live on Monday, Up host Steve Kornacki fretted that Bernie Sanders was attacking Hillary Clinton in his first televised campaign ad: “There is also – and see if you can spot it in here – there is also a veiled shot at Hillary Clinton.”
After clip played of the ad referring to the Vermont Senator as “an honest leader,” Kornacki declared: “So when I say there was a shot there, is that term, ‘An honest leader.’” Fill-in host Frances Rivera noted: “But the opposite of honest is what you think about.” Kornacki continued: “Hillary Clinton's had trouble, we've seen this in the polls, on that question of, is she honest, is she trustworthy?”