Clinton puts Mark Cuban in Trump's face — again

Hillary Clinton put billionaire Mark Cuban back in Donald Trump’s face, figuratively, a day after doing it literally.

In a rally at a community college in Raleigh, N.C., Clinton contrasted Cuban’s business practices with those of Trump, adding that the businessman and investor who owns the Dallas Mavericks is “a real billionaire, by the way.” The jab comes after Clinton needled Trump the night before for creating his business empire with a loan from his father.

Cuban, who’s been criticizing Trump on social media, was among Clinton’s guests seated in the front row of the Monday night debate in Hempstead, N.Y. Clinton’s decision to give Cuban the preferential seat initially drew an angry response from Trump.

Clinton contrasted Cuban’s business practice of sharing profits with employees to the allegations of numerous contractors lawsuits that Trump refused to pay them for their services.

“That’s the kind of business leadership I want to hold up because what we’ve seen from my opponent is someone who his own campaign manager said built a lot of businesses on the backs of the little guy,” including "stiffing" glass and drapery installers among others, said Clinton.

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“It’s heartbreaking and, as I said last night, I’m really glad my dad never got a contract with Donald Trump,” said Clinton, echoing some of her earliest attack lines on the real estate billionaire in the debate the previous night.

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