Sanders said that Wall Street’s business model is based on “greed and fraud”, asking why big financial firms have been the “main” contributors to Clinton’s campaigns over her political career.
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During the debate, Sanders called out Clinton for her relationship with Wall Street bankers in the past, specifically the multiple super PACs she has, according to Mic, which can “take limitless sums of money from corporations”. During the key exchange, she defended her financial industry fundraising by saying, “I represented NY, and I represented NY on 9/11 when we were attacked”. Instead of answering a question about what we should do about the Paris attacks, Mr. Sanders abruptly shifted his answer to his standard complaints about millionaires and billionaires. “That was good for NY, it was good for the economy, and it was a way to rebuke the terrorists who had attacked our country”.
During the Central Iowa Democrats fall barbecue on Sunday, Clinton’s aides were put on the defensive over the controversial comment. “But she also spoke out as senator, and now, when she thought they were going too far and pursuing reckless behavior”.
Palmieri said it’s “pretty clear” that donations, from Wall Street or elsewhere, don’t impact her policy decisions.
As I’ve said before, polls are a lousy way to determine the actual victor of a debate, but if you’re into that sort of thing, Public Policy Polling has good news for Hillary Clinton and her supporters.
Clinton, who has frequently called the Iraq vote a mistake, said it should be placed in the historical context of years of terrorism before the invasion.
Asked if he trusted fellow Republican candidates Donald Trump or Ben Carson to be commander in chief, Bush said, “I don’t know”.
When Clinton raised Wall Street donations along with 9/11, her Democratic rivals quickly pounced. She then launched into a convoluted excuse about Wall Street being located in NY where 911 happened, which left voters having Rudy Giuliani flashbacks, as Joe Biden said, a noun a verb and 911. “It is what it is”.
Sec. Clinton seemed prepared for that line of attack, showing off the vast knowledge she has amassed as secretary of state. “Hillary’s been a champion for the 9/11 community, she was there in the beginning for the Zadroga Bill (to pay medical bills for first responders), but now she’s running for president … and you don’t use something like that in conversation or in a debate”. “You know, getting into a position of defending Wall Street is a problem for her”.
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In Des Moines, Mrs Clinton faced criticism of her national security record. “I don’t think they saw that as something appropriate to do, to mask her coziness and her closeness to Wall Street and all of the architects of the crash of 2008”.
