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Elizabeth Warren has called Donald Trump a "small, insecure moneygrubber." | AP
Clinton camp denies coordinating with Warren on Trump attacks
By NICK GASS
Hillary Clinton and Elizabeth Warren sound like they are singing the same song on Donald Trump, but a top aide for the Clinton campaign said Wednesday that the unified message against the presumptive Republican nominee does not mean they are working from the same playbook.
"Well I don't think it is about coordination," chief Clinton pollster and strategist Joel Benenson said when asked about the similarities on CNN's "New Day."
Clinton's campaign released an ad Tuesday calling out Trump for remarks from the last decade in which he appeared to delight in the prospect of the housing market crashing for his personal gain before the recession.
During remarks later in the day, Warren trashed Trump for his comments, while using similar talking points. When co-host Alisyn Camerota noted that Trump was "seemingly rooting" for a housing crash, Benenson was more blunt.
"He wasn't seemingly saying it. He not only said it, he doubled down on it last night. He said that's what I'm supposed to do," Benenson said. " Well, when you're president of the United States, no, you're not. And it's a track record he has of putting himself first, enriching himself at the expense of others. You go back and look at his most colossal bankruptcies, which happened in a casino, he lost money on a casino where the odds are in the house's favor. He got out of that deal fine, but the people that didn't were the small business contractors who were doing work on that casino. The workers who got a dollar on a penny."
Benenson continued, "Donald Trump has always been in it for himself. His comments on the housing crisis are outrageous. To think you're running for president and should be enriching yourself at the expense of average people who are losing their homes. It's frankly a complete disgrace."
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