Clinton invokes father's memory to hit Trump on business

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

WARREN, Mich. — Hillary Clinton has landed on a very personal counterpunch to what she says is Donald Trump's checkered business past: her dad.

As the Democratic presidential nominee works to undercut Trump's economic record and promote her plans for small businesses, she is invoking memories of her late father's Chicago drapery business. Recalling Hugh Rodham hard at work making and printing curtains for hotels and office buildings, Clinton argues that he would have been "stiffed" in a deal with the celebrity businessman.

"He expected to be paid when he showed up," Clinton said recently during an event in Warren, Michigan. "He did the work. He paid for the supplies and the labor he often hired to help him on big jobs. I can't imagine what would have happened to my father and his business if he had gotten a contract from Trump."

Clinton hopes to remind voters that despite her years in public life that have left her a multimillionaire, she comes from a middle-class background and understands the life of a small-business owner. She also wants to contrast her biography with that of Trump, who was raised by a successful real estate developer and has drawn criticism for his treatment of small businesses during his career.

Trump has promoted his business record as a key qualification for the White House. But Trump casinos failed on several occasions. When the Taj Mahal casino in Atlantic City, New Jersey went bankrupt in the early 1990s, some contractors who worked on the property went under because Trump's company didn't pay what they were owed, according to interviews with The Associated Press.

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[bettyellen]

1. What is also crazy is Trump claims his properties are the best quality in every way - but there was

Probably not a single contractor who did that work that got paid fairly- with Donald often using the excuse the work was subpar.

[mopinko]

2. then he tried to hire some of them again.

who would be dumb enough to be fooled a second time? probably not many.

[keithbvadu2]

5. His mob contractors probably got paid quite reliably.

[bettyellen]

6. Which is laying roads and hauling garbage for the most part

[keithbvadu2]

7. cement?

[bettyellen]

8. Ah, you're probably right about that.... Of course I am just speculating about

Local developments in the tri-state area. My brother was saying he has onl a small stake in most of how newer developments- it's like he is licensing his name. Which is rapidly tarnishing.

[keithbvadu2]

10. and his Russian mob pals.

As Trump cheated American workers out of hard earned wages, the Russians do not like late payments.

[Thinkingabout]

3. Trump is only concerned about is making himself great.

[Wounded Bear]

4. She's been mentioning her dad all along...

In fact, I'm pretty sure it was part of the Convention presentation and her speech.

I think it's a great little factoid about her life that people can connect with.

[Kathy M]

9. Glad she has brought up how Don and organization with his name

cheat / do not pay people and companies . I think this kind of practice goes on far to
often throughout the U.S.A .

[arithia]

11. great constrast

Hillary's father made curtains.

Donald's father wore sheets.