'She sounded like a Goldman Sachs managing director': Hillary's $225,000 speech would 'bury her against Sanders', says member of audience
- Hilary Clinton is being hit hard by Bernie Sanders for speeches she gave to Goldman Sachs and others
- Now sources are telling Politico that the former secretary of state was very friendly with the firms when she was paid to talk to staff
- Clinton's campaign is pushing back calling the quotes 'pure trolling'
- For more on the Democratic race visit www.dailymail.co.uk/DemPrimary
Hillary Clinton's campaign has yet to release the content of her speeches to Goldman Sachs and perhaps with good reason.
'She sounded like a Goldman Sachs managing director,' an audience member of a Clinton speech, which made the candidate $225,000, told Politico.
'It would bury her against Sanders,' another attendee of the October 2013 speech in Arizona said.
While most ex-government officials do the speaking circuit as a way to make a Washington career profitable, Clinton's speeches to firms like Goldman Sachs, which contributed to the 2008 economic crash, have become campaign fodder thanks to Bernie Sanders' anti-Wall Street crusade.
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Hillary Clinton's being called out for her six-figure speeches to Goldman Sachs with attendees saying she sounded like the firm's 'managing director'
Friends in high places: Lloyd Blankfein, Chairman & CEO, Goldman Sachs (L) stands on stage with former US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton during the 2014 Clinton Global Initiative annual meeting in New York
'It would bury her against Sanders,' an attendee of Hillary Clinton's Goldman Sachs speech said of the content of the remarks, which was friendly to the firm
The Vermont senator has hinted that Clinton would pack her White House with Wall Street allies and alumni.
Those speeches demonstrate a coziness with the bankers Sanders has suggested.
So far, Clinton hasn't responded well when asked.
During a town hall event with Anderson Cooper last week, the CNN journalist asked Clinton why she took $675,000 for three speeches.
'Was that a mistake?' he asked.
Clinton responded that she gave speeches to an array of groups, with Cooper asking why she had to take that much money from the Wall Street bankers.
'Well, I don't know,' Clinton replied. 'That's what they offered.'
She tried to revise the flippant comment the night after, while debating Sanders on MSNBC.
'I think I may not have done the job I should have in explaining my record,' Clinton said. 'I did when I left the secretary of state's office –like so many former officials, military leaders, journalists and others – I did go on the speaking circuit. I spoke to heart doctors. I spoke to the American Camping Association. I spoke to auto dealers and firms on Wall Street. They wanted me to talk about my experience as secretary of state.'
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'What i want people to know is: I went to Wall Street before the crash. I was the one saying, "You're going to wreck the economy because of these shenanigans with mortgages." I called to end the loopholes that hedge fund managers enjoy,' Clinton continued.
'I called for the Consumer Protection Financial Bureau before it was created,' Clinton added. 'I think the best evidence that the Wall Street people at least know where I stand, and where I have always stood, is [that] they are trying to beat me in this primary.'
But those who witnessed the speeches don't recall Clinton railing against Wall Street.
'It was pretty glowing about us,' said the first source. 'It's so far from what she sounds like as a candidate now. It was like a rah-rah speech.'
The second attendee agreed.
''It really makes her look like an ally of the firm,' Politico's source said.
Clinton's spokesperson pushed back on these accounts.
'Pure trolling,' spokesman Brian Fallon said.
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