Hillary Clinton demanded Monday that Donald Trump apologize to the thousands of people of people his company has stiffed through the years by not paying for services rendered.
“For the thousands of people that you have stiffed over the course of your business, do they not deserve some kind of apology from someone who has taken their labor, taken the goods that they’ve produced and then refused to pay them,” the Democratic nominee asked Trump during the inaugural presidential debate.
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The former secretary of state said she has met “dishwashers, painters, architects, glass installers, marble installers, drapery installers” whom the GOP nominee has refused to pay for work done on his properties.
“We have an architect in the audience who designed one of your clubhouses at one of your golf courses. It’s a beautiful facility. It immediately was put to use. And you wouldn’t pay what the man needed to be paid what he was charging you,” Clinton charged.
Trump defended his move for the various allegations of not paying contracted employees and companies.
“Maybe he didn’t do a good job and I was unsatisfied with his work, which our country should do, too,” Trump said. “I’ll give you an example. We’re just opening up on Pennsylvania Avenue right next to the White House so if I don’t get there one way, I’m going to get to Pennsylvania Avenue one way or another. But we’re opening the Old Post Office under budget, ahead of schedule, saved tremendous money, I’m a year ahead of schedule and that’s what this country should be doing.”
