--- title: Hillary Clinton Hits Donald Trump on Business: Transcript description: Here's what Hillary Clinton said in her speech about Donald Trump's business record in Atlantic City, N.J. on Wednesday canonical: https://time.com/4395236/hillary-clinton-donald-trump-speech-transcript-atlantic-city/ author: Katie Reilly article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-07-06T18:13:11.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-10-06T09:40:05.820Z article:section: Politics og:title: Read Hillary Clinton's Speech on Donald Trump's Atlantic City Business Record og:description: "Everything falls apart, people get hurt and Donald gets paid" og:url: https://time.com/4395236/hillary-clinton-donald-trump-speech-transcript-atlantic-city/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb22d4ec61b8a9abe/69889ad4524fc0fe7adf8a09/hillary-clinton-atlantic-city-transcript.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 5023 og:image:height: 2825 og:image:alt: US-VOTE-DEMOCRATS-CLINTON og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Read Hillary Clinton's Speech on Donald Trump's Atlantic City Business Record twitter:description: "Everything falls apart, people get hurt and Donald gets paid" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb22d4ec61b8a9abe/69889ad4524fc0fe7adf8a09/hillary-clinton-atlantic-city-transcript.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Read Hillary Clinton's Speech on Donald Trump's Atlantic City Business Record > Sponsored content. 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Hillary Clinton attacked Donald Trump’s business record Wednesday in Atlantic City, where Trump previously owned several businesses that later suffered bankruptcies._  by [Katie Reilly](https://time.com/author/katie-reilly/)  ## Katie Reilly Jul 6, 2016 6:13 PM UTC  by [Katie Reilly](https://time.com/author/katie-reilly/)  ## Katie Reilly Jul 6, 2016 6:13 PM UTC Hillary Clinton [attacked Donald Trump’s business record](http://time.com/4394958/hillary-clinton-donald-trump-atlantic-city-speech/) in Atlantic City, N.J. on Wednesday, using the backdrop of one of Trump’s [former casinos](http://time.com/4392110/hillary-clinton-donald-trump-atlantic-city/) to criticize his [business practices](http://time.com/3988970/donald-trump-business/). “In America, we don’t begrudge people being successful—that’s part of the American dream—but not if they get rich by destroying other people in the process,” she said. Here are her full remarks from the speech in front of Boardwalk Hall: --- > “” --- ## Transcript Now here in Atlantic City and across America, we've gotta create more good- paying jobs with good wages. We've gotta make the economy work for everyone everywhere, not just those at the top in some places, and that is just one reason why this Election is so important. And, as the people of atlantic city know better than anyone Donal Trump cannot do the job for American workers and businesses. [ APPLAUSE ] Now it is no secret that Atlantic City has gone through some tough times. But the people of AC are determined to turn things around. [ APPLAUSE ] You've got a city council and a mayor working hand in hand, and if your governor would start doing his job instead of, instead of following Donald Trump around, holding his coat Maybe we could really get New Jersey's economy moving again. [ APPLAUSE ] Now three weeks ago, he said, and I quote, I'm going to do for the country what I did for my business. When he says things like that He's probably hoping nobody will check up on what he has said. Because what he did for his businesses and his workers, is nothing to brag about. [ APPLAUSE ] In fact, it's shameful. And every single voter in America needs to know about it. So we don't let him do to our country what he did to his businesses. 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