Hillary Clinton rips into Donald Trump's speech on the economy
ST. PETERSBURG -- Hillary Clinton responded to Donald Trump's economic address on Monday, calling Trump's vision a "repackag[ing]" of "trickle-down economics."
"He's got -- I don't know -- a dozen or so economic advisors he just named, hedge fund guys, billionaire guys, six guys named Steve," she said, speaking at a campaign rally in St. Petersburg just a few hours after Trump's speech in Detroit. "Now, they tried to make his old, tired ideas sound new."
But, Clinton said, Americans "all know" that Trump's proposals "will give super big tax breaks to large corporations and the really wealthy."
"Just like him and the guys who wrote the speech, right?," she said. To cheers in the room, Clinton said "we're going to turn that upside down -- we're going to make the wealthy pay their fair share in taxes for a change!"
The Democratic nominee and her running mate, Virginia Sen. Tim Kaine, have been pounding the pavement in battleground states for the past two weeks, pushing their plan to create jobs and revitalize American industry. On Thursday in Detroit, Clinton will make her own speech on the economy, which is intended to point out the contrast between the two nominees' plans.
Clinton said that, despite the Trump campaign's attempt to use his speech Monday to pivot away from a week of controversy, "there is no other Donald Trump."
"What you see is what you get," she said. She described Trump as a candidate "who takes apparent pleasure in tormenting protesters... a reporter with a tough question, even a crying baby and a Gold Star family."
"Here's the other thing I want you to know, because I want you to tell your friends," she said. "Don't let a friend vote Trump."