Detroit: Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton said that Donald Trump's economic policies are a ‘recipe’ for lower wages, fewer jobs and more debt warning union members that he could ‘bankrupt America like he's bankrupted his companies’.
Clinton urged thousands of union workers gathered in Detroit today to ask, "How can anybody lose money running a casino, really?"
The presumptive Republican nominee's plan to deport millions of people living in the US illegally also drew Clinton's ire.
She said Trump would send a ‘deportation force’ to schools, workplaces and homes ripping apart families.
Trump has accused Clinton of using the ‘the woman's card’ to win votes. Clinton said if fighting for equal pay, paid family leave, a higher minimum wage and affordable child care is ‘playing the woman card, then deal me in’.
Clinton was speaking at the Service Employees International Union's international convention. She said child care workers, home health aides and others in the union are unsung heroes and their fight for higher wages are my fights.
Over the past few weeks, Clinton has focused most of her attacks on Trump’s foreign policy positions, casting him as a ‘loose cannon’ who is dangerous to the security of the country.
The former secretary of state began going after Trump’s business record on Sunday in an interview in which she called on the real estate mogul turned Republican presidential candidate to release his tax returns and suggested they may show he is less successful than he appears.
The line of attack is one that Trump has seen before. His former Republican opponent Marco Rubio frequently called him out on this issue.
Clinton also criticized Trump’s personality. "We need a president who will use the bully pulpit to stand up for working families,” she said. “But the last thing we need is a bully in the pulpit.”
Trump's companies, including the Trump Taj Mahal, have filed for bankruptcy four times. Trump, however, has said he never declared personal bankruptcy and used the laws to his advantage as a businessman.
With AP Inputs
