Clinton received significant backlash following a statement the presidential candidate made during Saturday’s CBS News Democratic debate, when she justified the high volume of Wall Street donations her campaign receives by linking the support to her efforts to rebuild downtown Manhattan after 9/11.
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Another campaign spokeswoman, Jennifer Palmieri, came to the defense of the comments and Clinton’s record on Wall Street, telling Bloomberg, “There are times when she’s worked very productively with Wall Street, and 9/11 is an example of that”.
Clinton, who is the Democratic frontrunner, said using the term “radical Islam” would be “painting with too broad a brush”, so she would rather not use it. She also believes that the term is “not particularly helpful”.
“For weeks, Senator Sanders and his team have been signalling that he intends to have a thoughtful discussion about what it means to be a ‘democratic socialist.’ We are psyched he chose Georgetown as the place to have that conversation”. Because “they clearly think I’m going to do what I say I’m gonna do”.
In a brief message posted on her official Twitter account, Clinton said “Thanks, @SEIU”. We have to go after what’s call the shadow banking industry. AIG an insurance company. So I want to look at the whole problem, and that’s why my proposal is much more comprehensive than anything else that’s been put forth.
“I see my good friend, Senator Gillibrand, in the front row”, Clinton said. Sanders proposed that “there must be a tax on Wall Street speculation”, and since taxpayers have already bailed out Wall Street, it their turn to bail out the middle class.
“Last night in the debate, Secretary Clinton, to try to mask her proximity to Wall Street, the huge amount of dollars and contributions she has received personally from the major banks of Wall Street, sadly invoked 9/11 to try to mask that”, he said.
“The Muslim nations in the region-Saudi Arabia, Iran, Turkey, Jordan-they’re going to have to get their hands dirty, their boots on the ground”. Everybody knows that. Once again, I am running a campaign differently than any other candidate. That’s who am I indebted to.
Clinton was ready with a sharp response.
It’s unknown how SEIU locals will react to the announcement, and if they will fall in line. Kirsten Gillibrand. At a college in Indianola, Sanders noted that the NY Democrat succeeded Clinton in the Senate, telling reporters after his speech that his rival needs to explain where she stands on the issue.
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“When we were attacked, where were we attacked?” She also “specifically said to Wall Street, that what they were doing in the mortgage market was bringing our country down”. “That was good for NY”. “Break them up.” Reestablish Glass-Steagall.
