Al Hunt: Anyone Who Makes $675,000 from Speeches Ought to Release the Transcripts

‘I mean, she made a lot of money from those speeches ... she didn’t need that money’

BRZEZINSKI: “And here is what Secretary Clinton said last night when asked again if she would release her transcripts.”
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CLINTON: “Sure. If everybody does it — and that includes the Republicans, because we know they have made a lot of speeches....Why is there one standard for me and not for everybody else, Chris? (Cheering and Applause) You know, at some point — at some point, you know look, I’m on record, I have a record....So you know what? If people are going to ask for things, everybody should be on a level playing field and I’m happy if that were the case. (Applause)
SCARBOROUGH: “OK, I can tell from the grumbling around the set — (Laughter) that I’m going to be alone here. But maybe it’s just the politician in me, I understand exactly what Hillary was saying in there.”
ROBERTS: “Right.”
SCARBOROUGH: “Why should I unilaterally disarm?”
ROBERTS: “Absolutely.”
SCARBOROUGH: “When I don’t have — forget about Bernie Sanders, I’m just assuming I’m going to beat Bernie Sanders. But, if I release all of my speech transcripts then I want Marco Rubio, Ted Cruz, Donald Trump —“ [crosstalk]
UNKNOWN MALE: “I disagree.”
STEELE: “I totally disagree.” (Laughter)
SCARBOROUGH: “And that’s why I said everybody was grumbling going —“
ROBERTS: “No, no, no, I’m with you, Joe.” [crosstalk]
SCARBOROUGH: “It was like parliament making fun of labor’s leaders.” (Laughter) [crosstalk]
HUNT: “Can I have amendment? Anybody who makes $675,000 from Wall Street speeches ought to release them. Anybody, OK? If you go and you just get one speech — I mean, she made a lot of money from those speeches. He didn’t need that money.”
SCARBOROUGH: “That’s fine.”
HUNT: “And so, there — that’s fine. That’s absolutely fine. In American way —“
SCARBOROUGH: “I’m just saying, what’s wrong with she’s saying ‘I’ll release them when the Republicans release them.’”
FOURNIER: “Here is why, Joe. First of all, she told the American public that ‘When I gave those speeches I took on Wall Street. I told them what they’re going to do — you’ve got to do at a better way.’ So if that was true, she would have released them. OK?”
STEELE: “Proved the point.”
FOURNIER: “So I suspect she’s not telling the truth. This is an era of transparency, the public has a right to know. Release it. The fact that when she says, you know, why should I do when everybody else doesn’t? Because you want to be president. Because supposedly you’re better than the Republican party. Are you not better than the Republican Party? Is that the standard now? You’ll only could be as good as those people that you tell us are evil. No, you say you’d be better. So be better. Release the transcripts and let us make our own decision.”

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