Sunday, July 3, 2016

Hillary Clinton: After Britain’s vote to leave the European Union, "within 24 hours, Americans lost $100 billion from our 401(k)s."

In a speech attacking her opponent, Hillary Clinton said Donald Trump cheered while the economy reeled in the aftermath of Britain’s shocking vote to leave the European Union.

"On Friday, when Britain voted to leave the European Union, he crowed from his golf course about how the disruption could end up creating higher profits for that golf course, even though, within 24 hours, Americans lost $100 billion from our 401(k)s," Clinton said in Ohio June 27. "He tried to turn a global economics challenge into an infomercial."

Trump did say last week that Brexit would benefit Turnberry, his golf course in Scotland, because a weaker pound would bring more tourists.

We wondered, though, about the other part of Clinton’s claim: that Brexit caused 50 million Americans with 401(k) retirement savings accounts to lose $100 billion in just 24 hours....
http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2016/jun/28/hillary-clinton/hillary-clinton-says-american-401ks-lost-100-billi/


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