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Hillary Clinton Defends Ties to Wall Street by Invoking 9/11

At Saturday’s debate, Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton defended her ties to Wall Street by invoking the September 11, 2001 terror attack.

During the debate, Presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) brought up Hillary Clinton’s ties to Wall Street and suggested that it may be a conflict of interest for Clinton.

“Why, over her political career, has Wall Street been a major, the major, campaign contributor to Hillary Clinton?” Sanders asked.

Hillary Clinton responded by invoking 9/11:

I represented New York and I represented New York on 9/11 when we were attacked. Where were we attacked? We were attacked in downtown Manhattan where Wall Street is. I did spend a whole lot of time and effort helping them rebuild. That was good for New York. It was good for the economy, and it was a way to rebuke the terrorists who had attacked our country.

Later in the debate, the moderator, John Dickerson, read out a tweet and asked Clinton to respond. The tweet said: “I’ve never seen a candidate invoke 9/11 to justify millions of Wall Street donations until now”

Hillary then responded to the tweet by saying:

Well, I’m sorry that whoever tweeted that had that impression, because I worked closely with New Yorkers after 9/11 for my entire first term to rebuild. So, yes, I did know people. I’ve had a lot of folks give me donations from all kinds of backgrounds say, ‘I don’t agree with you on everything, but I like what you do. I like how you stand up– I’m going to support you.’ And I think that is absolutely appropriate.

 


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