Hillary Clinton admitted she expresses different opinions, specifically about Wall Street reform depending on the crowd she's speaking to;
Hillary Clinton told top banking executives that she has “both a public and a private position” on Wall Street reform and is reliant on wealthy donors to fund her campaign, leaked excerpts of the former first lady’s speeches seem to show, fueling claims of hypocrisy on the part of Mrs. Clinton at a crucial moment in the presidential campaign.
The release by WikiLeaks, which the Clinton campaign has said it will not confirm, appears to show Mrs. Clinton discussing how she seeks to “balance” her public rhetoric on Wall Street reform with her actual positions, and with the reality that wealthy bankers and investors must partner with government to enact change. The documents also show the former secretary of state admitting that she’s out of touch with average Americans and is “kind of far removed” from the lives of the middle class.
She also claims it’s an “oversimplification” to say that the banking sector was responsible for the 2008 financial meltdown.
The bombshell revelations, which came less than 48 hours before Mrs. Clinton’s next debate against Republican Donald Trump, led top progressives to publicly call on Mrs. Clinton to redouble her vows to crack down on Wall Street. Leading liberals, including Sen. Bernard Sanders, long have called on Mrs. Clinton to release transcripts of the speeches, which she delivered after her four years as secretary of state.
The WikiLeaks dump doesn’t include full transcripts of the speeches to firms such as Goldman Sachs, but it does provide a window into the chasm between Mrs. Clinton’s public promises and private words. The excerpts seem to have been obtained through a hack of Clinton campaign chairman John Podesta’s email.