O’Malley Slams ‘Shameful’ Clinton For ‘Wrapping Herself in the Tragedy of 9/11’

Democratic presidential candidate Martin O’Malley took aim at frontrunner Hillary Clinton‘s comments during the debate invoking 9/11 to explain her closeness to Wall Street, saying on CNN’s New Day that her response was just a “smokescreen” to avoid the issue.

Host Alisyn Camerota pointed out that the audience at the Democratic debate actually applauded after Clinton’s line. “What was the problem with it?” she asked.

“She had a lot of friends in the hall, let’s say,” O’Malley said. “And Secretary Clinton has a lot of friends on Wall Street. And those friends on Wall Street from the big banks have given her hundreds of thousands of dollars in speaking fees, and are the ones that will be guiding our country’s economic policies should Hillary Clinton be elected.”

“I thought that moment frankly was pretty shameful,” he continued. “I don’t think the people watching were applauding the notion that she was pumping up this smokescreen and wrapping herself in the tragedy of 9/11. I don’t think they saw that as something appropriate to do, to mask her coziness and her closeness to Wall Street and all of the architects of the crash of 2008.”

Watch above, via CNN.

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