TOWN HALL: Hillary Clinton Now Says She’ll ONLY RELEASE Big-Bank Speeches If the Republicans Do

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Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton again refused to release transcripts of her paid speeches to big banks, telling a CNN town hall audience Tuesday night that she will only release her transcripts if her Republican opponents release theirs.

“Earlier tonight, I asked Senator Sanders: Will you give your transcripts of speeches?” said host Chris Cuomo. “He said he doesn’t have the bank speeches, if he can find any of the speeches that he did give for money he will gladly give the transcripts up. So: Will you agree to release these transcripts? They have become an issue.”

Clinton replied: “Sure, If everybody does it, and that includes the Republicans.”

She continued: “Because we know they have given a lot of speeches.” She then went on to offer a defense of her Wall Street regulatory plan.

And she asked: “Why is there one standard for me, and not for everybody else?”

By giving just 12 speeches to Wall Street banks, private equity firms, and other financial corporations, Clinton made $2,935,000 from 2013 to 2015, including $675,000 for three speeches in 2013 to Goldman Sachs, an investment bank known for using its ties to public officials to influence policy.

Clinton’s position on releasing the transcripts appears to be a subtle moving of the goalposts. Previously, her answer that she would release her transcripts when her opponents released theirs was understood to be directed at Sanders. Last week, Sanders agreed to release speeches he has given. In 2014, he made $1,867.42 for three appearances, donating the proceeds to charity.

Cruz and Rubio have not done any recent paid speeches. Trump did seven paid speeches between 2014 and 2015, to shopping centers, realty companies, and other similar firms. Ben Carson is doing paid speeches as he campaigns. For his part, Sanders objects to Clinton making the Republicans the standard for whether Clinton discloses. He tweeted:

Bernie Sanders ✔?@BernieSanders

.@HillaryClinton believes Republicans should set the standard for disclosure of her Wall Street speeches. Aren’t we better than that?

9:15 PM - 23 Feb 2016

https://theintercept.com/2016/02/23/hillary-clinton-now-says-shell-only-release-big-bank-speeches-if-the-republicans-do/

[Xipe Totec]

1. Cleaving to her kind. nt

[CanonRay]

2. The word that comes to mind is "arrogant"

She clearly has something to hide.

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14. Its the vast amount

of political capital she is willing to expend just to protect a nothing-to-do (so they keep telling us) Goldman Sachs 2014 speech.

The stench of resistance to produce her transcripts just might become her Romney 47% downfall.

[Nuclear Unicorn]

3. Pro tip -- if you're being accused of acting like a Republican don't tie yourself to Republicans

[Lil Missy]

4. She's been saying that all along, nothing new here. n/t

[noretreatnosurrender]

8. Move along folks

Nothing to see here. This is after all "old news".

[Kall]

11. Yes.

And isn't that just sad.

[noretreatnosurrender]

5. Leadership

I wonder what the teacher who asked Bernie about leadership, who they said was leaning towards Clinton, thinks of Hillary's leadership on this issue?

[Karma13612]

6. The very definition of

Transparency.

#Bernie16

[Avalux]

7. Double standard? Hardly. We aren't voting for Republicans, we know what they do. n/t

[onecaliberal]

9. But but but I want to read all about her telling the banks to knock it off.

Fucking liar, but we already knew that.

[TIME TO PANIC]

10. You're not running against republicans Hillary.

[Vote2016]

12. This is an email scandal rerun. She'll be claiming to have wiped the transcripts with a cloth in

March, she'll make a cheesy snapchat joke in April, and insincerely confess error and fake apologize in May.

Sometime in June, the last voter in the nation who does not already despise her lying will shake her head and walk away.

[loyalsister]

20. Or, the videos and transcripts were on the server

nt

[Bad Thoughts]

13. Transparency is how we distinguish ourselves from Republicans!

This is bizarre.

[Waiting For Everyman]

15. She can't match the standard already set by Sanders.

That would be a FAIL! She failed again on the issue of honesty. She simply has none.

And btw, how can it be a double standard when he went first? So what this is... she made up some false bullshit to smear the honest guy to cover her own skeezy lies about the speeches -- it's a triple decker ethical fail. Does she think we don't notice this shit? She thinks we're stupid because we're not millionaires.

I think these transcripts will be leaked (some more). Cannot wait.

[Doctor_J]

16. Hillary's new slogan: "See? I'm no worse than the Republicans!"

I wonder if she gets tired from continually moving the goal posts.

[RiverLover]

18. +1 Even Hillary compares herself to repubs, its not just us!

I figured she did in private, but never publicly before, that I've heard.

Just that she wants to work with them in that "warm purple space."

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21. lol!

[mindwalker_i]

17. Hillary started trying to mimic Sander

She did that when she discovered people like his message about income inequality and fairness. Since she tried to adopt that message, she is under scrutiny for not having that position in the very recent past. Hence, it makes sense to ask her about it.

That's fucking why!

[R. Daneel Olivaw]

19. "We all do it." really doesn't sell, Hilly.

We're asking for YOU to show us what you're made of. It's about YOU, Hill, and not the republicans.

But if you want to act like them...