The spot is part of an effort by the Democratic nominee and her allies to frame stopping Trump – and backing her candidacy – as a national cause for Americans of all political persuasions. Trump also asserted that the Republican Party had changed the delegate allocation in the Florida primary to favor a native candidate, like Jeb Bush or Marco Rubio, at Trump’s expense.
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“Donald Trump has been a demagogue this whole time, preying on people’s anxieties with loose information and salacious rhetoric, drumming up fear and hatred of the ‘other, ‘ ” Comella said.
The crosstabs of the CNN poll look particularly disastrous for Trump, who trails in nearly every category. Thirty-three percent of voters – 35% of Trump supporters and 31% of Clinton supporters – described themselves as “pretty outspoken” about their support.
“There’s a reason they call the convention bounces a ‘bounce.’ They can shoot you up to an artificial high and then come down to reality”, explained Clinton communications director Jennifer Palmieri, a longtime veteran of presidential politics.
Buffett, who endorsed Clinton previous year, was the latest in a series of business leaders attacking Trump as Clinton seeks to woo moderate and independent voters. But Clinton’s uptick here could prove critical, especially if she can sustain it amid the recent dip for Trump.
Indeed, Clinton’s boost in the polls and net favorability may be less noteworthy than Trump’s coinciding week-long dive.
One of those sources, who has spoken on Trump’s behalf, said Trump should go further and apologize to “all military families”.
But he also says that Trump “has had a pretty odd run since the convention”. First, he encouraged Russian Federation to find and release messages from Clinton’s private email server that she used while working at the State Department.
Democrats and Republicans alike have condemned Trump for his remarks about the parents of US Army Capt Humayun Khan, who was killed by a auto bomb in 2004 in Iraq, at the age of 27.
Trump’s son, Eric Trump, told CBS News on Tuesday his father’s comments toward the Khans have been “blown hugely out of proportion”.
Clinton enthusiastically received Buffett’s plan to get out voters and upped the ante. Trump has described Khan’s speech as a vicious attack.
Republicans Barry Goldwater and John McCain suffered similarly.
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He said he would meet with Trump any time and place before the election to make both of their tax returns public and answer questions about the documents.
