Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton didn’t hold back any punches in her rejection of Republican Donald Trump’s economic agenda Thursday at a suburban Detroit factory, saying the plan he outlined in Detroit just days before would throw the economy back into a recession and further pinch America’s working class.
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Clinton told factory workers at a defense manufacturing plant in Michigan, “There’s a myth out there that he’ll stick it to the rich”.
Mrs. Clinton has struggled to shake concerns that, once elected, she would tack to the center on trade policy. But his scripted remarks were quickly eclipsed by the latest in a series of blunders and controversial statements that appear to have handed Clinton’s campaign a boost in the polls, particularly with Republican women and college-educated voters that make up a key piece of the GOP base.
It called for an “immediate shift” of party funding Senate and House races, to aid down-ballot Republicans whose own election prospects have been harmed by Trump’s unpopularity.
The Clinton campaign has hammered opponent Donald Trump over his refusal to release his tax documents, and this move is likely to increase the pressure on him to do so.
“Our roads, our bridges, our tunnels, our ports, our airports, our water systems, our sewer systems, they are in desperate need of being either repaired and maintained or built”, Clinton said earlier this week at a rally in Florida. Trump has said he won’t release them until an IRS audit is complete, breaking traditional with every presidential candidate in recent history. Tim Kaine and his wife will also release the last 10 years of their returns. The source spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss the plans in advance.
Her appearance followed Trump’s own speech on the economy, which he delivered in MI on Monday. “I oppose it now, I will oppose it after the election and I will oppose it as president”, she said. She said that according to independent analysis “under my plans, we’ll create about 10.4 million new jobs”.
The filing shows that the Clintons paid a federal tax rate of 34.2 percent in 2015.
“We’re going to stand up for small business and help create more of them to create more good jobs here and across America”, Clinton said in Iowa.
The release is part of an effort to undercut Donald Trump’s character by questioning the celebrity businessman’s record.
“This should not be a hard decision, as Donald Trump’s chances of being elected president are evaporating by the day”, the letter said.
Both candidates chose tightly contested MI – specifically, the Detroit area – to make their updated economic pitches. Some critics believe Trump was referring to gun violence against his rival.
On trade, Clinton essentially backed up Trump’s recurring claim, agreeing that past trade deals painted “rosy scenarios that did not pan out”.
Clinton said it was one more example of words that could have “tremendous consequences”.
Just hours before her address, Trump unleashed another round of attacks on Democrats, calling Obama the “founder” of the Islamic State militant group – and Clinton, its co-founder.
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Clinton’s campaign stepped up efforts to win over Republicans and independents, launching a group that aims to use a wave of almost 50 recent endorsements of Clinton by high-profile Republicans and independents to persuade voters to cross party lines.
