Former president Bill Clinton, who's earned more than $100 million in speaking engagements since leaving the White House, sought to defend himself and his wife Hillary Clinton Tuesday from accusations that they're out of touch by pointing out they go grocery shopping.
"We go to our local grocery store on the weekend," Clinton said. "We talk to people in our town. We know what's going on. The real issue is, if you've been fortunate enough to be successful, are you now out of touch and insensitive to the agonizing struggles other people are facing? That's the real issue."
Hillary Clinton first said she and Bill were "dead broke" when they left the White House in 2001, struggling to piece together the "resources for mortgages" for their multiple houses. Even after mass ridicule for those remarks, Clinton, who herself charges six figures for speeches, then told The Guardian that she and Bill are unlike the "truly well off" because they pay "ordinary income tax."
The Weekly Standard noted the Clintons have a home in Chappaqua, New York, a town that, according to the New York Times, sports "a median household income of $163,201."
