CNN: Clinton’s TPP Flip-Flops Are ‘Damning,’ Can’t Remember Side She’s On

‘It’s not the only issue that she flip-flops’

BURNETT: "And ‘OutFront’ now, David Gergen and Gloria Borger." Gloria, let me start with you. According to CNN, Hillary Clinton spoke out no fewer than 45 times -- let me say that again, 45 times in favor of this trade deal, that this week she says she's against it. That's pretty damning, isn't it?"

BORGER: "Yes, I think it is. When you look at her words, and again, here we are parsing Hillary Clinton's words, she said, 'As of today, I am not in favor of what I have learned about it.' So does that mean that at a certain point she could say, well, OK, that was then and this is now if she believes that during a general election, she might want to -- she might want to switch a little bit? You know, I think it is pretty damning."

BURNETT: "And -- and, David, you know, to this point, this seems to be the reason that -- people rate Clinton as dishonest. The poll the other day asked for the top four word associations for Hillary Clinton. This has been done before. It was done again a couple of days ago -- liar, dishonest, untrustworthy and fake were the four words. This would be part of the reason why."

GERGEN: "Well, I think that's right. I -- I must say, flip-flopping happens a lot in politics, but given her narrative, given the prevailing story about -- that she's -- you can't trust her, this is going to play into that narrative. I think Gloria is right. It is -- it is damning and it's not the only issue in which she flip-flopped. She was -- was for the trade deal as secretary of state. Now she's against it. It appeared that she was, you know, on the -- Keystone pipeline, it appeared she was for that and she's now against it. Cadillac tax on health care, that's -- you know, that's an Obamacare, she's never raised any complaint against it and now she's against the Cadillac -- she wants to -- she's against the Cadillac -- no, I'm sorry. She's -- she's against the Cadillac tax."

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BURNETT: "OK, but right there, you just had me. You can't even tell -- it's almost as if you can't remember what side she's on because she keeps switching."

GERGEN: "That's right. Exactly."

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