Clinton Goes There: Maybe Trump Isn't As Rich As He Says He Is

[DonViejo]

Source: Talking Points Memo

In a speech on the economy on Tuesday, Hillary Clinton called out Donald Trump for not releasing his tax returns and wondered out loud what he is trying to hide.

"You have to ask yourself, what's he afraid of?" she asked, musing that he may have avoided paying taxes. "Or maybe he isn't as rich as he claims."

Clinton's speech comes the day after new FEC filings showed Trump's campaign with a paltry amount of cash on hand for a major party presidential campaign and Trump being forced to loan his campaign $2 million to keep it afloat.

Clinton also warned that a Trump presidency would hurt the economy, noting that economists say the presumptive Republican presidential nominee would "would throw us back into recession."

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Read more: http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/hillary-clinton-trump-economy-taxes

[jtuck004]

1. Huh.So she questioned his religion too. lol n/t

[lewebley3]

16. Trumps doesn't have a religion and he said he has never asked GOD for forgiveness

[fullautohotdog]

24. Money, Leebley3, we're talking about money... :) n/t

[lewebley3]

17. Think Hillary is on to something: There is not evidence that Trump has 10B

[ck4829]

2. There's also the fact that he's asking for donations and he's spent so little on his campaign

[underpants]

4. They spent $208K on hats

[1StrongBlackMan]

27. Actually, from what I've read ...

he paid himself $205,000 for those.

[PatSeg]

5. I think Trump

will release his tax returns when pigs fly and it is not comparable to Hillary's transcripts. Every major presidential nominee for the last forty years has released his/her tax returns.

[lewebley3]

8. Rules of the Dem underground is no more bashing Dem's esp Hillary

[PatSeg]

12. Yes

I thought that comment was crossing the line a bit! I guess someone was testing the waters to see how far they could go.

Thank you, I'm so glad primary season is over!

[lewebley3]

7. Hillary has released her taxes: Trump and Sanders have not: that is public should

be public info. You want a double standard for the Hillary.

[SaveAmerica]

9. I've often said that someone with hair and make-up like that

cannot be a billionaire. I think even a 10 thousandaire would have better hair and make-up than trump. Wait, I know many hundredaires with better hair and make-up.

[gwheezie]

11. I go to blue hair on a budget

For Tuesday senior discount day and have a better hair do than trumps 40k hairpiece.

[PatSeg]

13. I've thought the same thing

How could someone with that much money (supposedly) look like that? Its not like he doesn't see what he looks like, he is on TV ALL the time. And what is with those huge ties that go down to his crotch?

[lewebley3]

18. There is a lot signs that Trump is not wealthy: He doesn't pay bills: he

has any cash on hand: and he is suppose to have 10B. Something
is wrong.

[chapdrum]

10. So what?

Please ask a substantial question.

[maxsolomon]

15. campaign rhetoric is not always substantial.

Trump's made a BFD out of being rich, as if it proves he knows how to President. Getting him to release his tax returns to prove it would be a huge win.

[lewebley3]

19. He won't do to: he doesn't feel accountable to the American people in anyway:

He is a fascist: he thinks he should rule and the people should get
out of his way.

[maxsolomon]

20. oh, mos def

he's also a skilled salesman. he needs to be made to look like a clown.

[geek tragedy]

23. Trump has made his financial independence from campaign donors

a centerpiece of his electoral argument.

Ditto his supposed business acumen.

Also, he's failed a basic test of transparency--tax returns--that every major nominee has met for decades.

[maxsolomon]

14. Its a really good line of attack

It will get under his skin and really chafe him. Money is the reason for his ego.

"Oh, I'm really really rich. Trust me."

[sofa king]

21. Oh, but he will be!

With political contributions funding his empire, he'll be back on his feet in no time!

It's the reverse of trickle-down. Let's call it peeing up a rope.

[DCBob]

22. Exactly what I was hoping she would do.

The Trumpster wont like this a bit. That's like kicking him in the balls.

[world wide wally]

25. Trump's philosophy is to lie

and if that fails... Lie some more.... and when all else fails.... just lie again.

[forest444]

26. Hillary should avoid those kinds of swipes.

They make her sound petty and end up wasting a unique opportunity to use Trump's many cons and business failures over the years against him.

[brooklynite]

28. Disagree - they go to honesty...

....and nothing is more likely to get under his skin than challenging his success.

[forest444]

31. If he reacts childishly, you're absolutely right.

Otherwise, she just ends up looking petty and mean - two of the shortcomings Rethugs have been trying to pin on her for all these 25 years.

[Greywing]

33. He IS childish so he won't be able to help himself

[moonscape]

35. We're talking about a guy who filed a lawsuit against

Bill Maher over an orangutan joke.

He could teach and offer an advanced degree in Acting Childish at Trump U.

[hueymahl]

29. Maybe

Definitely her surrogates should HAMMER him on his money and economics. That and him being an "outsider" are the only basis he has with to run. Destroy those, and even the TrumpHumpers will get turned off.

[forest444]

30. The surrogates - absolutely.

Eleventh commandment of politics: Attacks on an opponent's character (deserved - as is this case - or not) should always be done by surrogates.

[napkinz]

32. we should refer to him as Millionaire Donald Trump from here on, until he releases his tax returns

[NewJeffCT]

36. I think Elizabeth Warren called him an "alleged billionaire"

last week. I think it was Warren that said that, but I'm not 100% sure.

[Darb]

34. Hit him with the small hands thing, he will melt down like never before.

Do it.

[yellowcanine]

37. "I wouldn't say it but some people are saying he is not as rich as he says he is."

[Botany]

38. If Trump is as rich as he says then why is he drawing a salary from his campaign?

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10027940897

[randr]

39. By now it must be presumed that every word that comes out of his foul mouth means the opposite.