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Pierson Compares Trump to Walt Disney, Henry Ford

June 21, 2016

Donald Trump campaign spokeswoman Katrina Pierson compared her boss to Walt Disney and Henry Ford while discussing his checkered business past on Tuesday.

After presumptive Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton criticized Trump's acumen and history of filing for bankruptcy in a speech on Tuesday, Pierson replied that Trump also had a long track record of business success and Clinton has "built absolutely nothing" in her career.

"It's Donald Trump that has created tens of thousands of jobs over the last few decades, and this is exactly why he's winning on the economy," Pierson said.

"Yes, he's created a lot of jobs," CNN host Wolf Blitzer said. "He's been a successful businessman, but you've got to admit, there's a long list of companies that have failed where he's had to file for bankruptcy."

Pierson shook her head.

"No, it's actually not a long list when you're looking at all of the businesses that Mr. Trump has been in, and look at Walt Disney," she said. "He wasn't successful in all of his adventures. Look at Henry Ford. These are successful businesspeople who try things, who are entrepreneurs, and let's look at the facts here. Small businesses employ 50 percent of the people in this country, and in fact, 65 percent of the new jobs created since 1995 were from entrepreneurs.

"So to sit there and criticize one or two companies that did or didn't make it just goes to show how Hillary Clinton has no idea what it's going to take to make America great again."

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