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cilla4progress

(24,762 posts)
Tue Feb 9, 2016, 12:17 PM Feb 2016

Of course .... (HRC's son-in-law). Hypocrisy.

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In case you missed it over the weekend, Hillary Clinton gave a speech attacking hedge fund managers.

"While many of you are working multiple jobs to make ends meet, you see the top 25 hedge fund managers making more than all of America’s kindergarten teachers combined. And, often paying a lower tax rate," she said during the official launch of her 2016 presidential campaign.

There's just one problem. Chelsea Clinton, Hillary Clinton's daughter, is married to Marc Mezvinsky. Mezvinsky is not just a hedge fund manager, but a co-founder of a hedge fund. And how did he get a number of his big money investors? Through his ties to the Clintons. From the New York Times:

Being part of the Clinton family has provided Mr. Mezvinsky with another perk: access to wealthy investors with ties to the Clintons.

When Mr. Mezvinsky and his partners began raising money in 2011 for a new hedge fund firm, Eaglevale Partners, a number of investors in the firm were longtime supporters of the Clintons, according to interviews and financial documents reviewed by The New York Times. Tens of millions of dollars raised by Eaglevale can be attributed to investors with some relationship or link to the Clintons.

Identifying who put money into Eaglevale, a roughly $400 million fund that has had underwhelming returns for much of its brief history, is difficult because hedge funds do not publicly disclose their investors. Still, the overlap between at least some of Eaglevale’s investors and backers of the Clintons illustrates how politics and finance can intersect and shows the fine line the Clinton family must navigate as their charitable and business endeavors come under scrutiny in an election cycle.



http://townhall.com/tipsheet/katiepavlich/2015/06/16/reminder-hillary-clintons-daughter-is-married-to-a-hedge-fund-manager-n2013214

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Of course .... (HRC's son-in-law). Hypocrisy. (Original Post) cilla4progress Feb 2016 OP
You're going to get roasted for Townhall as a source. That said, this is an attack TwilightGardener Feb 2016 #1
Thanks for heads up. cilla4progress Feb 2016 #4
Hillary Clinton stands for nothing. earthside Feb 2016 #2
... AzDar Feb 2016 #3
I think of this every time I see her. CharlotteVale Feb 2016 #6
Bernie is the only candidate cilla4progress Feb 2016 #5

TwilightGardener

(46,416 posts)
1. You're going to get roasted for Townhall as a source. That said, this is an attack
Tue Feb 9, 2016, 12:19 PM
Feb 2016

the GOP will use against Clinton if she's the nominee--the vast chasm between her words and her reality.

earthside

(6,960 posts)
2. Hillary Clinton stands for nothing.
Tue Feb 9, 2016, 12:42 PM
Feb 2016

I don't know if I have ever seen a more potent political example of the old sayings "Do as I say, not as I do" .... and .... "Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain."

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