One of the most poignant moments during the final presidential debate came when Donald Trump challenged Hillary Clinton to return Clinton Foundation donations from countries that kill gays and oppress women.
“It is a criminal enterprise,” Trump said of the Clinton Foundation.
“Saudi Arabia giving $25 million. Qatar, all of these countries.
“You want to talk about women’s rights? So, these are people that push gays off buildings. These are people that kill women and treat women horribly. And yet you take their money,” Trump said.
“So, I’d like to ask you right now, why don’t you give back the money that you’ve taken from certain countries that treat certain groups of people horribly? Why don’t you give back the money. I think it would be a great gesture.”
Hillary ignored his challenge.
The Intercept reported on donations from oppressive regimes:
Although it did not give while she was secretary of state, the Saudi regime by itself has donated between $10 million and $25 million to the Clinton Foundation, with donations coming as late as 2014, as she prepared her presidential run. A group called “Friends of Saudi Arabia,” co-founded “by a Saudi Prince,” gave an additional amount between $1 million and $5 million. The Clinton Foundation says that between $1 million and $5 million was also donated by “the State of Qatar,” the United Arab Emirates, and the government of Brunei. “The State of Kuwait” has donated between $5 million and $10 million.
Theoretically, one could say that these regimes — among the most repressive and regressive in the world — are donating because they deeply believe in the charitable work of the Clinton Foundation and want to help those in need. Is there a single person on the planet who actually believes this? Is Clinton loyalty really so strong that people are going to argue with a straight face that the reason the Saudi, Qatari, Kuwaiti and Emirates regimes donated large amounts of money to the Clinton Foundation is because those regimes simply want to help the foundation achieve its magnanimous goals?
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