She also took aim at Bush for saying on Tuesday that he questioned how much money the federal government spends on women’s health – his campaign later said he had misspoken and was arguing that $500 million spent with Planned Parenthood should go to other health organizations – with a full-throated attack on the entire GOP presidential field.
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Among major corporate interests that stepped up donations this year by giving directly or through their corporate foundations were Barclays, Citigroup and HSBC banks, Duke Energy, Cisco, Cheniere Energy, Toyota and Chevron.
The executive director of the Utah Democratic Party, Lauren Littlefield acknowledged that Clinton does not expect to win any of Utah’s electoral votes, but Littlefield said Clinton’s presence helps the party from top to bottom. This avenue toward trying to ensure future favorable treatment is allegedly cleaner and separate from the less pristine path of donating directly to a campaign.
Utah Republican Party Chairman James Evans bashed Clinton as being untrustworthy.
“Once she arrived, they decided to start with the photo shoot because people had been waiting and she was caught in traffic so the plane was delayed on the tarmac and the freeway was jammed”, said attendee Sharon Williams.
“My name is Hillary and I was named after Hillary Clinton”, said 7-year-old attendee Hillary Lee of Sunnyvale.
Clinton perked up. “Not just somebody”, she said, letting out a big laugh.
Lizabeth Bonilla, who works in Las Vegas, told Clinton that she’d been a home healthcare worker for more than 40 years.
Some of the workers who attended the event said they want to ensure that they are paid a living wage.
“If I quit tomorrow, I have nothing to show for 42 years of life”, she said. “There’s no other way to say it. It’s just so wrong”.
“This is not going to be an easy campaign”, she said.
Susan Young, who works in Spokane, Wash., discussed successful efforts in her state to gain political support to raise workers’ wages and get them retirement plans.
Clinton has longstanding ties to the state and won California’s 2008 Democratic presidential primary in her first run for the White House. She said that if more people use home healthcare workers, they can stay out of nursing homes, which saves Medicaid money.
The former secretary of state, first lady and U.S. senator from New York told the audience she was realistic about her chances in overwhelmingly Republican Utah, but remained upbeat.
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When Clinton referenced the savings, Young asked, “Do we always have to bring that up?” “That’s OK, because you’ve got a good argument”.
