Maddow: Hillary’s in Texas to Insert Her ‘ATM Card’ and ‘Withdraw Campaign Donations’

‘I think that’s mostly why she’s there and nobody would said otherwise’

“So, Hillary Clinton is in Texas today. She`s going to be in Texas tomorrow as well. She`s not there for the purposes of the Electoral College. She`s not going there because I think anybody has expectations the Democrats are going to win Texas in the presidential election in 2016 unless it`s a huge blowout. Rather, the reason Hillary Clinton is in Texas today and tomorrow is ka-ching. Texas is a big state, has a big population, even though the state as a whole votes for Republican candidates basically in lockstep, that doesn`t mean there aren`t a lot of rich donor class Democrats in Texas who are happy to make their money count in national Democratic campaigns even if their vote at home in Texas really doesn`t count, at least not yet. The chair of the Democratic Party today tells The Guardian newspaper, quote, ‘Texas is an ATM machine for Democrats all over the country.’ So, mostly, Hillary Clinton will be going to Texas to insert her proverbial ATM card into the Texas Democratic donor class and withdraw campaign donations. I think that`s mostly why she is there, and nobody would say otherwise.”

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