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Purveyor

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Wed Aug 3, 2016, 07:26 PM Aug 2016

Clinton Hits Trump for Profiting off Foreign Labor

Source: ASSOCIATED PRESS

By LISA LERER, ASSOCIATED PRESS COMMERCE CITY, Colo. — Aug 3, 2016, 6:57 PM ET

Hillary Clinton is criticizing Donald Trump's use of outsourcing at his companies, part of an effort to undercut the business record that has formed the basis of his presidential pitch.

"What kind of man does business by hurting other people? I am just so determined that we are not going to let him do to America what he has done to small business," she told several thousand people gathered at in a high school gymnasium on Wednesday afternoon.

Clinton highlighted Trump's use of outsourcing to manufacture some of his branded products, arguing he's profited from the same foreign labor he now blames for killing U.S. jobs. Most of Trump's branded neckties, shirts and suits are made abroad, in China and Bangladesh, as are the bulk of the products sold by his daughter, Ivanka.

Even his campaign hats, which say they are "Made in the USA," are not entirely made domestically, according to an Associated Press analysis.

Read more: http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/clinton-hits-trump-profiting-off-foreign-labor-41105568

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Clinton Hits Trump for Profiting off Foreign Labor (Original Post) Purveyor Aug 2016 OP
Keep the hits coming! SunSeeker Aug 2016 #1
Good for Hillary. bigwillq Aug 2016 #2
Finally! Demobrat Aug 2016 #3
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This message was self-deleted by its author geek tragedy Aug 2016 #5
He says he has created thousands and thousands of jobs, problem is they are not in the USA. Thinkingabout Aug 2016 #6

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