Hillary Clinton Needles Donald Trump In Front Of His Las Vegas HotelClinton Says Real Estate Tycoon 'Not Entertaining' |
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In preparation for Tuesday night’s Democratic debate in Las Vegas, presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton appeared in front of Republican candidate Donald Trump’s hotel on Monday and gave the billionaire businessman a little needle.
Speaking in front of 500 members of the Culinary Workers Union, Clinton said about the one-time casino mogul: “Some people think Trump is entertaining, but it is not entertaining to insult immigrants and women.” According to reports, Clinton’s main strategy at the moment is to criticize Republicans rather than her party rivals.
Trump’s history with the casino business has come up already this fall. In a recent debate with fellow Republican presidential hopeful Jeb Bush, Trump claimed that he never wanted to bring commercial casinos to Florida. Bush said Trump actually did.
According to CBS, Trump actually donated to Bush’s 1998 gubernatorial campaign while he was actively lobbying to change gambling laws in Florida. Trump contributed $50,000 to Bush and also held a $500-a-person fundraiser for him. To this day, some in Florida are pushing for commercial Las Vegas-style casinos, though the largest casino developer in the world recently threw in the towel on its lobbying for a so-called “destination resort” in the Sunshine State.
In September, there was a report that alleged that back in the 1980s black employees were taken off the floor of Trump’s casino in Atlantic City when he arrived. Trump has a small stake in Atlantic City casino gambling these days, but he has been fighting to get his name off properties there because he thinks the city’s struggles have harmed his brand. He no longer runs or controls Trump Entertainment Resorts.