Once again, Clinton was pressed by Sen. Bernie Sanders, a vocal critic of the speeches, to release the transcripts, saying that if she was paid hundreds of thousands of dollars for a speech of this kind "it must be a great speech."
"One of us has a super PAC. One of us has raised $15 million from Wall Street for that super PAC. One of us has given speeches on Wall Street for hundreds of thousands of dollars," Sanders told host Anderson Cooper. "Now, I kind of think if you get paid a couple hundred thousand dollars for a speech, it must be a great speech. I think we should release it and let the American people see what that transcript was."
The former secretary of state told her opponent that she'll be "happy" to do so when everyone else does, Republicans and Democrats alike. She also pushed back and pointed to her ability to "stand up" to Wall Street, pressing that she told the firms in 2008 that they were "wrecking the economy."
"And I have said and I will say again, I will be happy to release anything I have as long as everybody else does too," Clinton said. "What really is behind that question — Republicans and Democrats — is whether I can stand up to Wall Street. Well let's have some facts instead of rhetoric for a change."
"I went to Wall Street when I was a United States senator. I told them they were wrecking the economy. I asked for a moratorium on foreclosures. I asked that we do more to try to prevent what I worried was going to happen. I also called for closing loopholes, including the carried interest loophole. I also called for changes in CEO pay," Clinton continued. "I have a record. And you know what? If you are going to be in some way distrusted or dismissed about whether you can take on Wall Street if you ever took money, President Obama took more money from Wall Street in the 2008 campaign than anybody ever had, and when it came time to stand up to Wall Street, he passed and signed the toughest regulation since the Great Depression, the Dodd-Frank regulation."
"Secretary Clinton, you want everyone else to release it. Well I'm your Democratic opponent, I release it," Sanders said "Here it is. There ain't nothing! I don't give speeches to Wall Street for hundreds of thousands of dollars. You got it."
Sanders is correct here. Democratic voters mostly assume that the GOP is in the pocket of Wall Street. They don't care at all what the GOP thinks about regulatory policy. But as the party becomes more socialist, they'd like to know where their most likely nominee stands. So what's Hillary hiding?
Source: AAN
My God.
ReplyDelete"...let's have some facts instead of rhetoric for a change."
Did she even recognize the irony in her statement?
The "speech" would reveal that she SAYS one thing to "we, the people" and an entirely different speech to the people she takes bribes from....
When your integrity is being questioned and the answer will confirm everyone's suspicions, go with "when THEY release them, so will I" because YOU KNOW they have their own dirty little secrets, too, and won't release them either. Makes it look like you just want some "fairness".....not "cover".
Someone WITH integrity (not her , obviously) would simply say "sure, I say the same thing to everybody, no problem. Here's the transcript."
She MUST have some blooming psychological issues --- keeping track of all the denials, lies, misrepresentations, cover-up lies, and omissions have to be taking a toll. Her head will start to twitch soon. No wonder the media keeps her in such a bubble.
Keep cheering.