It never ends. Once again, the far right is trying to create a scandal involving Hillary Clinton where none exists. The narrative they are driving is that donations to the Clinton Foundation are being used to buy “face time” with administration officials, presumably to air grievances or influence decisions. Pardon my confusion, but isn’t that exactly what the gigantic lobbying industry in Washington, D.C., and elsewhere does every day?
In 2014, there were 12,281 registered lobbyists doing business in D.C. They are being paid huge sums of money, many into the millions of dollars, to obtain “face time” with the appropriate individuals or groups within the government, to advocate for their clients’ points of view. The only difference I can see between the lobbying industry and the Clinton Foundation is that the money given to the Clinton Foundation is being used, about 90 percent of it anyway, to perform charitable works.
Until the huge “pay to play” legalized bribery industry, where the richest have the loudest voice, is barred from its influence in our halls of government, the Republicans don’t get to co-opt the moral high ground on this issue.
