Hillary Clinton Blasts Donald Trump For Cheering Housing Bubble Burst

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Via Reuters

Democrat Hillary Clinton, seeking to dampen Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump's growing appeal with working-class voters, on Tuesday accused him of having cheered on the 2008 housing market crash.

Clinton's campaign released an ad with audio the presumptive Republican nominee had recorded in 2006 for his now-defunct Trump University venture. Trump, a billionaire real estate developer, said of a "bubble burst" that "I sort of hope that happens because then people like me would go in and buy" property and "make a lot of money."

Clinton's campaign and her surrogates have seized on the recording to argue that she would take better care of the U.S. economy. She is seeking to blunt the inroads that Trump has been making with voters in crucial states such as Florida and Ohio.

Trump, in a statement released Tuesday afternoon, defended the comments as the mark of shrewd dealmaking, arguing that he would bring that sort of sharp business acumen with him to the White House.

"Frankly, this is the kind of thinking our country needs, understanding how to get a good result out of a very bad and sad situation. Politicians have no idea how to do this – they don’t have a clue," he said.

Trump has never held elected office and often touts his history as a businessman in response to accusations that he is unprepared to assume the presidency.

Opinion polls in key states show Clinton, the front-runner for the Democratic nomination, and Trump are in a tight race ahead of the Nov. 8 U.S. presidential election. Nationally, Trump has been rising in polls to pull roughly even with Clinton.

Clinton surrogates from Ohio and Florida held a conference call with reporters about Trump's statements. Her campaign also hosted related events in Virginia, Pennsylvania, New Hampshire, Iowa, Colorado and Nevada, which will all be battlegrounds in November's general election.

"How could Trump possibly champion the collapse of the housing market and our economy?" U.S. Representative Tim Ryan of Ohio said on the call.

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I think he might actually be the next president 😂😂😂😭😭😭 lawdty what is going on 

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Hilary calling out Trump is like a smart girl with no friends calling out the class clown in school.  She just looks dumb. 

She should give people reasons to vote for her, instead of giving people reasons not to vote for trump. 

Right now her campaign is "lol hey guys Trump is dumb and bad, vote for me instead". This isn't working, she needs to be like, "hey, vote for me because I have a shitload of experience and will be a good democratic president"

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1 minute ago, Dora said:

Hilary calling out Trump is like a smart girl with no friends calling out the class clown in school. 

She isn't the smart student. She's the Professor. 

 

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I think it's an effective ad for states like Nevada, Ohio, Michigan and any other state that was hit badly by the housing crash.

With that being said, I expect these attacks from a super pac or something. Hillary and her team have to think outside the box because I doubt these attacks changes anything. Trump's attacks are the worst kind and because he has a new attack everyday, it's difficult to focus on any one attack long enough, to completely debunk it in the GP eyes.

She has to hit him hard and get to a point where the media is questioning something about him, anything. 

The media is in love with him. She has to do something about that before any attack can be effective long term.

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20 minutes ago, Larry Hill said:

I think it's an effective ad for states like Nevada, Ohio, Michigan and any other state that was hit badly by the housing crash.

With that being said, I expect these attacks from a super pac or something. Hillary and her team have to think outside the box because I doubt these attacks changes anything. Trump's attacks are the worst kind and because he has a new attack everyday, it's difficult to focus on any one attack long enough, to completely debunk it in the GP eyes.

She has to hit him hard and get to a point where the media is questioning something about him, anything. 

The media is in love with him. She has to do something about that before any attack can be effective long term.

Honestly what can she do

This guy has said and done things on air that would normally get people ostracized. Instead he's getting praised

The best she can do is focus on key demographics.

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8 hours ago, LebaneseDude said:

Honestly what can she do

This guy has said and done things on air that would normally get people ostracized. Instead he's getting praised

The best she can do is focus on key demographics.

I agree, it's frustrating.

I also think she's holding back on her general election strategy because she can't execute it properly with Bernie stepping on her coattail.

Or at least that's what I'm hoping.