You’ll Never Guess the Other Time Hillary Wore That Same Gold Top

J.D. DurkinFeb 12th, 2016, 6:51 am
 

Screen Shot 2016-02-12 at 6.26.00 AMAt Thursday night’s Democratic debate in Milwaukee, Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders squared off with former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in their first battle since the former’s decisive victory in New Hampshire. Twitter had some fun with the wardrobe choice from the former Secretary, a bright gold top that certainly jumped out on television screens:

As intriguing a theory it is to suggest that Clinton wore the colors of the hometown University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee faithful, the gold top in question would appear to tie directly to another very famous appearance from her past. As Twitter user Jeanette Sandernista pointed out last night:

Yup — that’s a photo of Clinton in the same gold top she wore Thursday night sharing a laugh with Lloyd Blankfein, the CEO and Chairman of Goldman Sachs, at a Clinton Global Initiative event on September 24, 2014 in New York City. The annual meeting brings together world leaders, thinkers, and influencers, and the connection here to Blankfein is particularly interesting given the nature of last night’s debate.

Just nine days out from the Nevada Caucus, the conversation during the PBS telecast was heavily focused on the roll of Clinton’s Wall Street influence, which Sanders has made a sticking point to drive a wedge between himself and the party frontrunner.

“Secretary Clinton’s Super PAC, as I understand it, received $25 million dollars last reporting period, $15 million dollars from Wall Street. Our average contribution is $27 dollars, I’m very proud of that,” said Sanders last night to a rousing applause from the crowd at UWM.

Secretary Clinton lobbied to argue that even President Barack Obama, “was the recipient of the largest number of Wall Street donations of anybody running on the Democratic side ever”. Even still, she pointed out that the President’s decisions to push Dodd-Frank regulation and hold the financial institutions accountable indicate that receiving money does not necessary indicate tacit support or a political policy quid-pro-quo.

Sanders was having none of it, emphatically declaring with sarcasm, “Let’s not insult the intelligence of the American people. People aren’t dumb. Why in God’s name does Wall Street make huge campaign contributions? I guess just for the fun of it; they want to throw money around.”

[image via screengrab]
—

J.D. Durkin is the Senior Editor of Mediaite. You can follow him on Twitter @jiveDurkey.

Tags: