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maxrandb

(17,432 posts) Thu Dec 22, 2016, 12:07 PM Dec 2016

The Clintons Own a Hotel in DC

The Clintons pressured the Kuwaiti government to move a conference from the 4-Seasons DC to Clinton DC Hotel, and the Kuwaiti's moved their conference to the Clinton Hotel.

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The Clintons Own a Hotel in DC (Original Post) maxrandb Dec 2016 OP

Impeachment tomorrow! Initech Dec 2016 #1

Link? Croney Dec 2016 #2

It's not real. It's a play on Trump owning a DC hotel and how no one is making it a big deal as it think Dec 2016 #3

It's an obvious reference to Trump's Hotel Sanity Claws Dec 2016 #4

Several sources for this maxrandb Dec 2016 #5

Initech

(108,788 posts)

1. Impeachment tomorrow!

Reply to maxrandb (Original post)

Thu Dec 22, 2016, 12:08 PM

Dec 2016

Croney

(5,017 posts)

2. Link?

Reply to maxrandb (Original post)

Thu Dec 22, 2016, 12:09 PM

Dec 2016

I knew what it referred to but it seemed so...very newsworthy...

think

(11,641 posts)

3. It's not real. It's a play on Trump owning a DC hotel and how no one is making it a big deal as it

Reply to Croney (Reply #2)

Thu Dec 22, 2016, 12:12 PM

Dec 2016

should be...

Sanity Claws

(22,414 posts)

4. It's an obvious reference to Trump's Hotel

Reply to Croney (Reply #2)

Thu Dec 22, 2016, 12:12 PM

Dec 2016

and how the media is covering Trump differently from how it has historically covered both Clintons.

maxrandb

(17,432 posts)

5. Several sources for this

Reply to Croney (Reply #2)

Thu Dec 22, 2016, 12:16 PM

Dec 2016

http://thehill.com/homenews/news/311118-kuwait-embassy-cancels-major-event-at-four-seasons-to-switch-to-trumps-dc-hotel

BTW - The Kuwaiti Ambassador has denied that there was "any pressure".

I'm sure that level of denial would satisfy media if this were the Clintons

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