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Hillary Clinton’s fuzzy math on her Wall Street donors

December 22, 2015

Via: CNN

Bernie Sanders and Martin O’Malley both hit Clinton hard for her Wall Street ties in Saturday night’s Democratic debate.

Clinton responded with this claim: “I think it’s important to point out that about 3% of my donations come from people in the finance and investment world. You can go to OpenSecrets.org and check that. I have more donations from students and teachers than I do from people associated with Wall Street.”

The audience applauded, but factcheckers were quick to challenge it. CNN’s Factcheck team called the claim “false,” and Martin O’Malley’s campaign dubbed it “one of the most glaring false statements of the night.”

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