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Hillary Clinton: “I got to that point where I said, well, maybe he's paid zero. He said that makes him smart. Now, if not paying taxes…”

On the recordSeptember 26, 2016
I got to that point where I said, well, maybe he's paid zero. He said that makes him smart. Now, if not paying taxes makes him smart, what does that make all the rest of us?
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Hillary Clinton
Democratic · New York

Editor's note · Context

Clinton responds to Trump's claim that not paying taxes is a sign of intelligence.

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