Hillary Clinton’s venality will be her downfall

Published February 5, 2016 5:02am ET



Hillary Clinton has many liabilities as a presidential candidate, her strident liberalism and thin record of accomplishment among them. But her greatest liability is her venality. And it may be what ultimately dooms her campaign.

Hillary’s corruptibility was on display at a town hall event in Nashua, N.H., on Wednesday. When asked by CNN’s Anderson Cooper why she had accepted $675,000 in speaking fees from Goldman Sachs, Clinton replied, “I don’t know. That’s what they offered.”

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