De Blasio: Hillary’s ‘Beginning to Fashion a Progressive Agenda’

Gotham Mayor Bill de Blasio made news last month when he declined to endorse Hillary Clinton — yet — citing a want of progressive policy proposals.

On Morning Joe Wednesday morning de Blasio, Clinton’s campaign manager for her successful 2000 Senate run, sounded as if he was beginning to hear what he wanted to hear.

“I have seen some clear signals, some clear ideas come out of her conversations in Iowa,” he said. “Certainly the speech on criminal justice reform I thought was very powerful. What she said about immigration. I think she’s beginning to fashion a progressive agenda.”

In the last two weeks Clinton has come out in favor of criminal justice reform measures and gone to President Barack Obama’s left on immigration. Meanwhile, de Blasio’s lack of speedy endorsement caused some to wonder if was planning to challenge her for the nomination, and led to a rebuke from a Clinton surrogate.

De Blasio added that Clinton needed to address income inequality, especially with policy proposals on progressive taxation, minimum wage, and workers’ rights like paid sick leave.

Watch the clip below, via MSNBC:

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