She derided her rival’s business record, describing his fortune as being founded on his repeatedly “stiffing” his employees. “I believe Hillary Clinton has the wisdom and experience to lead our country at this critical time”.
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Trump also incorrectly stated that Clinton supports the Trans-Pacific Partnership, a trade deal she has opposed since a year ago. In May, though, he said the minimum wage was too low and he would “like to see an increase of some magnitude”, but he would leave it to states to decide. And he took aim at her immigration policies, saying her call for providing those in the USA illegally with a path to citizenship amounted to “mass amnesty”. “When people say the game is rigged, the best evidence is the (U.S.) tax code”. Trump’s bottled-water business also picked up, from $280,000 to $413,000 in a similar reporting period. He has since said the comment was a joke.
Seeking to steady his campaign after a hard stretch, the presumptive Republican nominee cast himself as the White House candidate best positioned to address Americans’ economic interests.
Richard Armitage, who served in the State and Defense Departments under George W. Bush and President Ronald Reagan, announced last week that he will vote for Clinton over Trump.
FACT: Footage showed that Clinton walked calmly on the tarmac after landing from the 1996 trip, according to the Times.
“They let Wall Street banks take big risks with unregulated financial activities, they skew our tax code toward the wealthy, they fail to enforce our trade rules, they undermine workers’ rights”, she said.
“He’s going after me personally because he has no answers on the substance, yay!” she said. He charged falsely that Clinton wants “totally open borders” and that she would admit hundreds of thousands of refugees from risky countries without vetting them.
She also said Trump would send America into chapter 11, and that his plans for this economy would bankrupt our nation.
Greeted by chants of “Hillary, Hillary”, Clinton promised to use her massive campaign infrastructure to help Democrats win congressional races as part of what she called a “50 state strategy”. He said Ambassador Christopher Stevens asked for more security but was denied.
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton gestures as she speaks during a rally in Raleigh, N.C., Wednesday, June 22, 2016.
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“Trump’s failure to develop an effective fundraising operation has his campaign at this point without the resources to scale up its staffing, build a field organisation, or begin advertising in crucial states”, said Anthony Corrado, a professor of government at Colby College and campaign finance expert.
