Maybe Bernie Sanders had a point when he attacked fellow Democratic Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton over being purchased by “Big Business.” Unlike President Obama before her, Clinton has had no problem with receiving large sums of campaign contributions from lobbyist donors who realize that she’s their best chance at keeping the status quo on Wall Street.
A report from the New York post claims that Clinton has accumulated an impressive $3.2 million from registered lobbyists. Compare this to GOP status quo moderates Marco Rubio and Jeb Bush who have received the most for their party but still haven’t broken the $1 million mark combined and it’s pretty easy to see who the big banks and hedge fund managers really want as their next President.
#Clinton will take on #wealthy #special interests — but not before taking their cash… https://t.co/23u2gwRO0r
— Drudge Report News (@Drudge_Report_) November 17, 2015
During the last Democratic debate, Clinton feebly tried to defend her chumminess with Wall Street by being indignant towards Sanders’ accusations. She then made some claims that, according to Politico, didn’t quite ring true.
Hillary Clinton says she told Wall Street to "cut it out" in 2007. https://t.co/xrCzxiZ2Ag Not so much: https://t.co/0N8u1mJBUO
— ProPublica (@ProPublica) November 16, 2015
Here’s the problem. It’s not whether or not Clinton is in bed with Wall Street. It’s whether or not mainstream media is going to be willing to truly report it or if they’re going to glaze over it like they seem to do with everything else that pertains to the chosen one.
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