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Democrats say Republican’s comments on Clinton are shameful
MATTHEW DALY Rodham Clinton’s dimin- a U.S. diplomatic facility in ering the private emails. special committee, a se-
Associated Press ished public standing. Benghazi, Libya. McCarthy, No. 2 to the cur- lect committee. What are
WASHINGTON (AP) — Dem- Democrats said the com- Clinton, a former sec- rent speaker John Boehner her numbers today? Her
ocrats criticized the U.S. ments by the Majority retary of state and the who announced his resig- numbers are dropping.”
lawmaker who is likely to Leader Kevin McCarthy in Democratic frontrunner nation last week, told con- Clinton’s poll numbers
became to become lead- a Fox News Channel inter- for president in 2016, has servative television host have dropped “because
er or speaker of the House view contradict claims by been dogged by questions Sean Hannity that, “Every- she’s untrustable,” McCar-
of Representatives after he the committee’s leader about her use of a private body thought Hillary Clin- thy said. “But no one would
suggested that the House’s and other Republicans email account and server ton was unbeatable (as a have known any of that
Republican-led Benghazi that the panel is merely for government business. Democratic candidate for had happened had we
investigation committee seeking the truth about The Benghazi committee president), right? But we not fought and made that
can take credit for Hillary the deadly 2012 attacks at played a key role in discov- put together a Benghazi happen.”q
US Republicans push tax cuts bound to drive up debt
NICHOLAS RICCARDI Republican presidential candidate former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush speaks during a campaign stop ward the wealthy is mainly
Associated Press Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2015, in Bedford, N.H. This year’s Republican candidates are being urged a reflection of the outsized
DENVER (AP) — In the to focus on tax cuts to working-class Americans rather than the wealthy. (AP Photo/Jim Cole) amount of taxes the rich al-
last U.S. presidential cam- ready pay.
paign, Democrats blasted by cutting tax loopholes, sible that way,’ “ Cass said. mated that his plan would Former Florida Gov. Jeb
Mitt Romney’s tax plan as though he never fully de- “You may as well do the increase the deficit by Bush’s plan is less flamboy-
a giveaway to the rich — tailed how his plan would plan that your base is go- $12 trillion. The foundation ant but reduces rates and
so this year’s Republican do so. Yet he was still sav- ing to love.” found more than one-fifth raises standard deductions
candidates are being aged by Democrats who Trump initially hinted he of the plan’s benefit would enough to remove those
urged to focus on tax cuts accused him of planning might buck conservative accrue to the top 1 per- families making $40,000
to working-class Americans to stiff middle-class rate- economic orthodoxy and cent of income earners. and under from the rolls.
rather than the wealthy. payers for the benefit of raise taxes on the wealthy. Trump’s plan pointed to Florida Sen. Marco Ru-
Yet the release of Donald the rich. But he ended up releasing the enduring power of bio, meanwhile, would in-
Trump’s tax plan adds to “You look at what Gov. the most aggressive tax cut traditional conservative crease the child tax credit
the number of major Re- Romney did and you say, of all candidates to date. thinking — that lower taxes and lower the rate for
publican presidential can- ‘There’s nothing to be The Tax Foundation, which are the best way to spark families making less than
didates who propose to gained from being respon- favors lower taxes, esti- growth, and any skew to- $150,000 to 15 percent.
cut all taxes — but espe- Still, Rubio would elimi-
cially those for the wealthy nate taxes on investment
— as deeply, or deeper, gains, which is how most
than Romney proposed. of the affluent make most
The lesson Republicans of their money, and Bush
seem to have drawn is to would lower top rates dra-
simply stop worrying about matically as well. Both of
balancing the budget. The their plans are skewed to
plans would blow open the wealthy, like Trump’s,
deficits over the next de- but less so. Criticism of tax
cade that economists es- proposals that benefit the
timate ranging from $3.6 wealthy grates on conser-
trillion to $12 trillion. vative economists. They
Oren Cass, who was Rom- note that the top 1 percent
ney’s domestic policy ad- already pays more than a
viser, noted the former third of federal income tax-
Massachusetts governor es, so any large reduction
had pledged to make would inevitably benefit
his tax cuts deficit-neutral them anyhow.q
Emails: Russia-linked hackers tried to access Clinton server
BRADLEY KLAPPER fected emails, disguised as puters overseas, including a speeding ticket from State Department’s net-
JACK GILLUM speeding tickets, over four one in Russia. That doesn’t Chatham, New York. The work security would have
STEPHEN BRAUN hours early on the morning necessarily mean Rus- email misspelled the name flagged the infected mes-
Associated Press of Aug. 3, 2011. The emails sian intelligence or citizens of the city, came from a sage, or what precautions
WASHINGTON (AP) — Rus- instructed recipients to were responsible. supposed New York City were in place protect-
sia-linked hackers tried at print the attached tickets, Clinton has said repeated- government account and ing Clinton’s server in the
least five times to pry into which would have allowed ly that the unusual home- contained a “Ticket.zip” basement of her home in
Hillary Rodham Clinton’s hackers to take control of brew server she used was file that would have been Chappaqua.
private email account their computers. secure. a red flag. The State Department and
while she was secretary Security researchers who But the phishing attempts Most commercial antivi- other government agen-
of state, emails released analyzed the malicious highlight the risk of Clin- rus software at the time cies, during Clinton’s ten-
Wednesday show. It is un- software in September ton’s unsecure email being would have detected the ure and after, suffered its
clear if she clicked on any 2011 said that infected pried open by foreign in- software, identified it as own series of hacking at-
attachment and exposed computers would transmit telligence agencies, even dangerous and prevented tacks. U.S. counterterrorism
her account. information from victims to if others also received users from infecting them- officials have linked them
Clinton received the in- at least three server com- the virus concealed as selves. It was unclear if the to China and Russia.q
