De Blasio Says Clinton Need Not Disclose Her Wall Street Talks

[Purveyor]

Source: Bloomberg

March 2, 2016 — 9:47 AM EST


New York Mayor Bill de Blasio said that Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton doesn’t need to release transcripts of speeches she gave to employees of Wall Street firms such as the Goldman Sachs Group Inc., for which she was paid hundreds of thousands of dollars.

De Blasio, who endorsed Clinton in October after remaining neutral for several months, said Clinton’s stand on Wall Street regulation was more important than what she may have said privately to groups of executives.

“My blunt view is that I care what she says in her platform,” de Blasio said after being questioned about the issue by MSNBC’s Mika Brzezinski on Wednesday morning. “Her platform would rein in Wall Street excesses more even than Bernie Sanders’s would. A lot of progressives have said that.”

De Blasio, the first Democrat to be elected mayor of New York in 20 years, ran on a self-described progressive platform that included higher taxes on the wealthy and programs to address income inequality such as all-day universal pre-kindergarten and higher wages and benefits for the poor and low-income workers.

Read more: http://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2016-03-02/de-blasio-says-clinton-need-not-disclose-her-wall-street-talks

[Le Taz Hot]

1. Well, that settles it, then.

[Snotcicles]

6. WTFIH? lol. nt

[PatrynXX]

29. ie he's working on being the last Democrat being elected there too :(

naturally the only way a Democrat could win was be a DINO or a Conservadem course a bigger problem , like the ACA which was designed for Republican votes, no Republican will vote for Hillary even if she's a Conservative X_X

[hobbit709]

2. Wonder what promises were made.

[tk2kewl]

13. no doubt

he would likely face a serious Republican challenge in 2 years, and has thrown much of his progressive base under the bus with his endorsement of Hillary... I'm sure she has something lined up for him should she win

[LiberalElite]

48. IMO he could be primaried too nt

[earthshine]

3. Clinton's true stand on "Wall Street regulation" are in those transcripts. nt

[Rafale]

39. BINGO!

Clinton's true stand on "Wall Street regulation" are in those transcripts. That's why she will not release those transcripts. How much longer before an iPhone video reveals the truth?

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

46. Yup, otherwise she would've immediately released the transcripts.

Bernie & Elizabeth 2016!!!

[AzDar]

40. Ayup. Battle lines are being CLEARLY drawn in this Primary...

[TipTok]

44. I doubt it...

The Clintons are famous for their complete lack of transparency. They would never but something out like that.

My guess is that the speeches are bland and short. The implication being that the huge payment was for something else entirely.

[Elmer S. E. Dump]

4. Well, I'm sure glad that mess is over with!

[Ned_Devine]

5. Nothing to see here folks. Move along now

[Pastiche423]

7. You may not care about them, Bill

But the voters deserve to see them!

[Snotcicles]

11. I can hear him saying "trust me I was there" nt

[TheUndecider]

14. Yep

Might be OK with DeBasio but as a voter I'd like to have a peak

[Jester Messiah]

8. Oh, was that up to him? I must have missed the memo. n/t

[KansDem]

25. Perhaps the memo was stuck somewhere in the transcripts?

Out of sight, out of mind.

[aintitfunny]

9. What the Mayor of a city I don't live in thinks

Does not change my view. She needs to release the transcripts, otherwise it will be viewed, rightly or wrongly that she is hiding something.

[WDIM]

10. What is she so affraid of coming out of those?

She probably pulled a Romney and doesn't want people knowing how she kowtows to Wall Street

[mindem]

12. Hmm,

I guess I didn't get the memo telling me why I am supposed to give a damn what Bill de Blasio thinks. So I still want to see the transcripts. He can call me if wants to though.

[ConsiderThis_2016]

15. "We all do it"---HRC

[JDPriestly]

16. They must be really bad. If De Blasio one of her surrogates and superdelegates says

she doesn't need to release them, it's because they would seriously damage her campaign.

I think it is safe to assume that.

Another reason to vote for Bernie. Hillary is so two-faced that she can't release the transcripts of her speeches to Wall Street.

It's up to Hillary to prove me and my assumption wrong.

The burden to prove that she said what she claimed in the first debate that she said to Wall Street, "Stop it" by releasing the transcripts of those speeches.

The longer she hesitates the more she looks like a liar.

Hillary. Come clean!

[msongs]

17. more proof of the intergallactic consipiracy to keep bernie coming second nt

[tom_kelly]

18. Oh, crap!

Couldn't he have come out with that yesterday? I went and voted for Bernie this afternoon in FL early voting. If I'd known that Hilary would reign in Wall Street even more than Bernie would I could have made a more educated choice. Thanks De Blasio! Or whoever he is.

[CoffeeCat]

19. Obviously, her Wall Street transcripts are hurting her

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They've got heavy hitters acting as her mouthpiece--saying that she doesn't need to release her transcripts.

This is a good sign. They're devoting resources to quelling those who are asking for those transcripts.

This issue does hurt her.

And despite the Super Tuesday outcome, the Clinton camp is not happy with the result. There's a reason that she campaigned heavily in Minnesota and Mass. The Clinton camp wanted Bernie to tank so bad that he would be forced to get out of the race. That didn't happen. They absolutely know that the longer he stays in, the better the states look for him and there's a chance that she could be vulnerable.

Politicians talk about "Buyer's remorse" in long primaries like this. When the frontrunner is in a drawn out race the public can turn on them and take a second look at the underdog and change their mind. Hillary Clinton is highly susceptible to "Buyer's remorse" because she is so well known and a great deal of her support is very soft and unenthusiastic about her. Plus, she's got high negatives and high "untrustworthy" numbers. It wouldn't take much of a shift in the political winds to start eroding her support.

This Wall Street issue does hurt her and it resonates with Democrats. Regardless of anything happening in this race--the vast majority of Democrats do not want powerful, corporate interests owning the candidates in our party.

Thanks for spotlighting and magnifying HRC's nefarious dealings with Wall Street, Mr. De Blasio!

[kracer20]

30. Transcripts are still in the news.

That is only good news. The only bad thing is that there has been enough time, that anything released at this point has most likely been edited.

[FreedomRain]

20. of course she doesn't NEED to release them

unless she wants to show some transparency. But it is taking too long, any release now will probably be assumed to have been cleaned up. (Not saying it would be, just that the suspicion will be there) Still there might be reason to do it now--and do it straight--just to get the political fallout, if any, over with before the general

[Blue State Bandit]

21. Release the transcripts or I sit this election out.

I will vote down ballot only.

[Buzz cook]

27. So you think

Bernie won't win the nomination?

[Blue State Bandit]

35. That's my deal. If bernie wins of course...

but if not, she get's no comfort or consideration without satisfying my right to know. I'll bern my registration if it will make the point.

[LibDemAlways]

22. No one pays six figures multiple times to

be insulted, criticized, and called on the carpet. I liken it to a famous musician being paid an enormous sum to entertain a bunch of millionaires at a private gig. The musician plays whatever those in attendance want to hear and doesn't diss the guy with the checkbook.

Anyone who thinks Hillary didn't tell those crooks exactly what they wanted to hear is incredibly naive.

[Kip Humphrey]

23. De Blasio doesn't speak for me. Release the transcripts, Hillary!

[turbinetree]

24. Really,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, I have to ask again............... WHY NOT..............................

should she release this meeting of the who's who and what was said......................

Honk----------------------for a political revolution Bernie 2016

[6chars]

26. I care what she says in her platform, not in those speeches.

[SoapBox]

28. OMG...he really didn't say that?!?

Wow...totally clueless AND another Entrenched Elite Establishment shills for Mrs. Wall Street.

Even more reason to fucking DEMAND those transcripts.

[GeorgeGist]

31. No need to hide them.

DeBlasio doesn't impress me much.

[raindaddy]

32. The mayor of New York has spoken...

Has he ever held a national office? Whi cares what de Blasio thinks, but thanks for inserting yourself in the Dem primary Bill, it's just an opinion..

[Myrina]

33. Well, true - she doesn't NEED to, but she sure as hell OUGHT to ...

Leading by example, clearing the record, principle and all that ...

[SamKnause]

34. I don't give a damn what he said.

Let's see the transcripts !!!

I want to know how she talks about the 99% behind closed doors.

She is extremely rude and aggressive when she talks to them one on one.

I wonder what pet names she has for us in her paid speeches, her private meetings, and

in her private life ???

[Geronimoe]

36. Lord Bankenstein feeling so used right now

$600.000 for meaningless speeches. Hard to see why anyone would trust such a man who is so careless with his money.

So now do we ask why Saudi Arabia gave the Clinton Foundation $10 million? Or why NBC paid Chelsea Clinton $600,000 per year over many years for 3 months of consulting, while she was a student?

[nichomachus]

37. A platform is the political equivalent

of what a guy says to you when he's trying to get into your pants.

The speeches show what she really is.

[Darb]

38. UNDER THE BUS WITH YOU!!!!!

How dare you challenge the Berners and Baggers claim that every, single spoken word (by Hillary Clinton, only, of course, don't be ridiculous) needs to be documented and put under the microscope.

OFF WITH YOUR HEAD DE BLASIO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Mike__M]

41. Where's the "Ignore"

button for de Blasio?

[EndElectoral]

42. Transparency is dead.

[TipTok]

43. Heard that this morning...

He was having a tough time.

[Geronimoe]

45. Move along pions

No one is to question royalty, the inevitable President.

Shame on all of you!

[Arizona Roadrunner]

47. Sounds like part of a conspiracy for a cover up to me......

Can Goldman-Sachs Tax deduct the $650.000 Paid Hillary Clinton for her "speeches"? If so, then it means we are subsidizing said "speeches" by having to pay more taxes to offset the taxes lost by said deduction. We could also lose services because they don't have the revenues due to said loss of revenue. Therefore, we have standing in asking for her to release the speeches so we can see what was generated for said tax deduction.

[AngryAmish]

49. There is a true man of principle.