So, with all that baggage, a hashtag like #BetterPOTUSCandidates was bound to take off, with many online chiming in with suggestions of who, or what, might make better presidential candidates than Clinton or Trump.
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Speaking in Dimondale, Michigan, Trump lamented the collapse of American manufacturing and criticized free trade deals as he laced into Hillary Clinton and the Democratic Party, saying they are taking black voters for granted. Almost half of Clinton supporters (49%) and just 11% of Trump supporters are highly confident that votes across the country will be counted accurately.
Pat Smith, mother of Sean Smith, a State Department employee who was killed in the 2012 Benghazi attack, blamed Hillary Clinton for the death of her son.
While a tight race in Georgia isn’t good news for Trump, he is neck and neck with Clinton in Nevada, a purple state that has voted Democrat in the past two elections.
Trump is trailing Hillary Clinton badly in the polls in battleground states with just 11 weeks to go until Election Day.
As of now, every Republican senator running for re-election-with the exception of Mark Kirk-has chose to stick with Trump and abandon all pretense of principle.
Clinton’s commercial airs in Ohio, Florida, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Nevada and Iowa.
Republican pollster Greg Strimple said that’s not just spin, arguing the “overarching national message of the campaign is not one that can unify the country, so I would focus on doing small events that have local flavor”.
Additionally, women surveyed back Clinton over Trump 49% to 30%, respectively, while men support Trump 45% to 33%.
Trump’s commercial features illegal immigration, even though OH has a relatively small number of immigrants from all over the world compared to states such as California, Texas and Florida.
Trump today released his first television ad of the general election, to begin airing immediately.
“Chief, does Donald Trump scare you?” a reporter asked.
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Manafort resigned on Friday. Solid Democratic states are California (55), CT (7), DE (3), DC (3), Hawaii (4), IL (20), ME (4), Maryland (10), MA (11), New Jersey (14), NY (29), OR (7), Rhode Island (4), Vermont (3), Washington (12), Minnesota (10), New Mexico (5).
