Tuesday, June 21, 2016
COLUMBUS (AP) — Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton said today that Republican rival Donald Trump would send the U.S. economy back into recession, warning his "reckless" approach would hurt workers still trying to recover from the 2008 economic turbulence.
"Every day we see how reckless and careless Trump is. He's proud of it," Clinton said. "Well that's his choice. Except when he's asking to be our president. Then it's our choice."
Clinton's address in Ohio, one of the nation's most important swing states, sought to define Trump on the economy in a similar manner in which she tried to undercut his foreign policy credentials earlier this month.
In a searing takedown of her GOP rival in San Diego, Clinton declared that electing Trump would be "a historic mistake" and lead America toward war.
This time, at an alternative high school in Columbus, Clinton questioned Trump's temperament to guide the economy and repeatedly pointed to his business record as evidence of how he would treat small businesses and working families if he ascended to the White House.
"Just like he shouldn't have his finger on the button, he shouldn't have his hands on our economy," Clinton said. Her speech included stinging one-liners, including a takedown of Trump's best-selling books.
"He's written a lot of books about business. But they all seem to end at chapter 11," she said, in an allusion to the U.S. bankruptcy code.
Trump responded on Twitter as Clinton delivered her address, writing in one tweet: "How can Hillary run the economy when she can't even send emails without putting entire nation at risk?"