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In reply to the discussion: Hillary Clinton: No Better Investment A Corporation Can Make [View all]SunSeeker
(58,464 posts)26. The only "evidence" cited by Cenk in that rant is a bankruptcy bill Hillary did not even vote for.
Bernie made the same bogus claim regarding that bankruptcy bill being an example of what Hillary's large money donors got in exchange for their donations.
Hillary has repeatedly refuted this bogus smear, as anyone who believes in facts, like Hillary supporters do, could easily confirm:
CLINTON: When I got to the Senate in 2001, one of the first big votes there was on a version of the bankruptcy bill and I was deluged by womens groups and childrens advocates groups to do everything I could to make sure that child support and womens precarious financial situation in case of divorce or not being able to get the kind of funding they needed from a partner or a spouse in bankruptcy would not be endangered. And it was. The current that bill was making it a very low priority. So I did go to work on behalf of all these womens groups and childrens groups because they needed a champion. And I got that bill changed. And in return, it had nothing to do with any money whatsoever and I resent deeply any effort by the Sanders campaign to so imply. It had to do with trying to get a deal
STEPHANOPOULOS: But thats not what
CLINTON: that would protect women. But now let me finish, George, because this has been bandied about and I just want to set the record straight. And so then three years later, part of the part of what Senator Senator Warren said, you played. You didnt play the whole thing, because weve been allies. I faced a tough decision and I stood up for women and children. I went to the Senate floor, said that was exactly what I was doing. Then the bill did not pass. It never became law. And then when the next bill came up, 2005, womens issues were taken care of because I had made that a point back in 2001. And so then I was against that bill. I didnt get a chance to actually vote against it because Bill was in the hospital having a heart procedure. But I put a statement out. I was against it. So Im happy to set this record straight. And I really want to, once again, call out the Sanders campaign, which claims they like to run a positive campaign. But they have been quite artful in raising questions and trying to cast doubts about my record.
And I really am not going to sit and take it anymore
STEPHANOPOULOS: But Senator
CLINTON: I have a public record. I have never, ever been influenced in a view or a vote by anyone who has given me any kind of money. So Im just going to keep setting the record straight.
STEPHANOPOULOS: But thats not what
CLINTON: that would protect women. But now let me finish, George, because this has been bandied about and I just want to set the record straight. And so then three years later, part of the part of what Senator Senator Warren said, you played. You didnt play the whole thing, because weve been allies. I faced a tough decision and I stood up for women and children. I went to the Senate floor, said that was exactly what I was doing. Then the bill did not pass. It never became law. And then when the next bill came up, 2005, womens issues were taken care of because I had made that a point back in 2001. And so then I was against that bill. I didnt get a chance to actually vote against it because Bill was in the hospital having a heart procedure. But I put a statement out. I was against it. So Im happy to set this record straight. And I really want to, once again, call out the Sanders campaign, which claims they like to run a positive campaign. But they have been quite artful in raising questions and trying to cast doubts about my record.
And I really am not going to sit and take it anymore
STEPHANOPOULOS: But Senator
CLINTON: I have a public record. I have never, ever been influenced in a view or a vote by anyone who has given me any kind of money. So Im just going to keep setting the record straight.
http://www.mediaite.com/tv/hillary-clinton-slaps-back-at-sanders-and-warren-im-not-going-to-sit-and-take-it-anymore/
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They've amassed $150,000,000 while the lower classes suffer. They are going for $300,000,000.
rhett o rick
Mar 2016
#7
If she were a NASCAR driver and had to sport corporate patches on her overalls . . .
Major Hogwash
Mar 2016
#11
The only "evidence" cited by Cenk in that rant is a bankruptcy bill Hillary did not even vote for.
SunSeeker
Mar 2016
#26
It is not right to lump Bill's with her's. He was a popular 2 - term president.
SunSeeker
Mar 2016
#28