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  • 2016-03-11 (xsd:date)
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  • Bernie Sanders Gives Bank of America Speeches? (en)
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  • On 10 March 2016, the web site DailyNewsBin published an article claiming that Bernie Sanders gave a speech to Bank of America and asked when he would release the transcripts, referencing a campaign controversy about fellow Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, who (according to public disclosures) earned millions in paid speeches to the financial industry. DailyNewsBin maintained that Sanders, who has repeatedly called for Clinton to release the transcripts from her speeches, hypocritically gave similar speeches without doing the same: The Clinton speeches were controversial before Sanders announced his intent to enter the presidential race on 26 May 2015. On 22 May 2015, NPR reported: By 19 February 2016, Clinton's speeches became a frequent point of campaign debate. Clinton said that she would release the transcripts for those speeches when all other candidates did the same, and the Sanders campaign subsequently issued the following statement: DailyNewsBin's report omitted any details about the speech (or speeches) Sanders purportedly gave on 5 February 2016 to big banks; no context or identifying information was supplied to enable readers to learn more about the claim. We found two speeches made by Sanders on 5 February 2016. Neither was shielded from public view. One was a 27-minute long appearance at a fundraiser in New Hampshire, freely available in full online: The second clip was an event at which both Sanders and Clinton appeared: That event, Politics & Eggs, is sponsored by the New England Council (described on its web site as a non-partisan alliance of businesses, academic and health institutions, and public and private organizations throughout New England formed to promote economic growth and a high quality of life in the New England region). The site provided a lengthy history and context for Politics & Eggs events: Politics & Eggs was described as a forum for local business leaders to hear from presidential candidates. Both Sanders and Clinton spoke to locals attending the event on 5 February 2016, not private corporations. DailyNewsBin called upon Sanders to release the transcripts of the event, but both candidates' Politics & Eggs appearances were widely covered in the news, including a full transcript of Sanders' speech. Transcripts for both Clinton and Sanders' Politics & Eggs speeches were available alongside full video on C-SPAN's website, negating the need for a release of such material. (en)
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