De Blasio on Clinton’s Wall St. Transcripts: ‘I Really Don’t Care’

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BRZEZINSKI: “So Mr. mayor, this is an election of throw the bums out, we’re sick of Washington, we’re sick of the same old promises, we’re sick of them saying things but it not actually getting done on both sides of the aisle. Having said that, and hearing what you’ve just said about Wall Street and what needs to be done as we move forward, should your candidate release the transcripts of the speeches that she made to Wall Street, to big banks, and received a very big check in respond — in — in return?” 
DE BLASIO: “My blunt answer to you is I think it is much more important that she challenged Wall Street when the financial crisis and the economic crisis was beginning, and I think it’s much more important that she’s saying right now she’s going to put additional restrictions on Wall Street that we still don’t have.” 
BRZEZINSKI: “But doesn’t this cut into the trust issues if we can’t see what was said behind closed doors?”
DE BLASIO: “No —“
BRZEZINSKI: “How do we know that will happen? Isn’t it raising that question and saying, ‘She’s got something to hide. She says one thing behind closed doors and something else to the public when she is running for office.’ Shouldn’t she release the transcripts?”
DE BLASIO: “My blunt view is I care what she says on her platform. I really don’t care about —”
BRZEZINSKI: “So no?”
DE BLASIO: “No, listen what I’m saying.”
BRZEZINSKI: “No transcripts.”
DE BLASIO: “I don’t care about those speeches. I care about what’s in her platform. Her platform would reign in Wall Street excesses more even than Bernie Sanders would. And a lot of progressives have said that and Paul Krugman said that. She has the sharpest platform for addressing the Wall Street crisis than any candidates had since the Wall Street crisis, and that’s out loud, and that’s what she’ll be held to. That’s what matters in this election.”
BRZEZINSKI: “So, no? Mayor Bill de Blasio thank you.”