Hillary Clinton Goes After Donald Trump's Business Career
Source: NBC
May 24 2016, 6:17 pm ET
Hillary Clinton Goes After Donald Trump's Business Career
by Alexandra Jaffe
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton spent Tuesday exchanging barbs over Trump's business career, perhaps their most direct clash yet and a certain sign of things to come as the two turn towards an already fierce general election fight.
The Clinton campaign launched a broadside against Trump focused on his comments throughout the early 2000s talking about his plans to profit from the housing market crash, seeking to frame them as evidence of a "pattern of Trump seeking to cash in at the expense of families," as one Clinton aide put it.
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Democrats hope to raise questions about Trump's business practices and intentions in order to undercut any advantage he may have among Americans on that issue.
On Monday night Clinton declared at a convention of union-members that Trump "could bankrupt America like he's bankrupted his companies." .......................
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FBaggins
(26,749 posts)Hearing her accusing anyone else of trying to "cash in" could cause milk-out-the-nose all across the land.
bucolic_frolic
(43,206 posts)predisposing viewpoints
The general public is worried about school graduation, the food bill,
the mortgage payment, the price of gas
FBaggins
(26,749 posts)Causes the general public to pay attention. Hypocrisy is one of their least-favorite things.
bucolic_frolic
(43,206 posts)Focusing on it only helps Trump
HRC will do what politicians do, pivot on the issue
Many will be swayed
Politicians constantly reinvent themselves
Businessmen have a more visible and firm track record with facts behind them
and they can't pivot away from their record as easily
It ain't pretty, but it's politics
Roy Rolling
(6,924 posts)There is a reason presidential candidates have a surrogate attack dog. The idea only a few people are smart enough to read the volumes of articles of her wealth is a flimsy defense to doing it "Hillary's way".
Recursion
(56,582 posts)Here's hoping.
NWCorona
(8,541 posts)I think she's trying to get him to lash out even more than he is.
Douseeme
(14 posts)Weird stuff going on there.
Roy Rolling
(6,924 posts)DT, it's been good to know ya.
world wide wally
(21,748 posts)That s just to interrupt the cable news "all trump all the time format.
Hopefully they will be too busy covering all the various accusations that they won't have time to show live coverage of him scratching his ass in his limo.