Donald Trump developed a new campaign pitch this week, arguing that African-Americans have been struggling and taken for granted by the Democratic Party and thus should consider a different direction this November.
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The Republican nominee’s constant state of campaign chaos is dulling the impact of stories about Clinton’s emails and allowing her to spend plenty of time raising money behind closed doors.
Rather than clear up the issue, Trump’s campaign has chosen to respond to the questioning about his Russian Federation ties by pointing the finger at Clinton, saying the media are ignoring her links to Russian Federation.
In an editorial published Wednesday, The Advocate newspaper in Baton Rouge called on Obama to visit “the most anguished state in the union”. For now, Trump finds himself behind Clinton in preference polls in almost every battleground state.
The leading super PAC backing Hillary Clinton, Priorities USA, reported Saturday it had almost $40 million in cash on hand, a staggering amount less than three months away from Election Day.
“The Trump campaign is at a ludicrously high disadvantage”, said Dan Senor, a former adviser to 2012 GOP nominee Mitt Romney and House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wis.
Campaign manager Kellyanne Conway for U.S. Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump speaks to the media at Trump Tower in the Manhattan borough of NY, U.S., August 17, 2016.
As the Republican presidential nominee, Trump received his first classified intelligence briefing from USA national security officials on Wednesday. Only a few weeks earlier, Trump had been criticized for urging his supporters to “knock the crap out of” anybody “getting ready to throw a tomato” and vowed to pay for their legal fees should they face charges.
While his bombastic and impetuous nature of speaking has galvanized support among his base, Trump’s team knows the candidate needs to tone down his often obnoxious comments in order to appeal to a broader audience.
For much of the past year, Trump has ignored the tools of modern-day presidential campaigns.
Priorities USA, the super PAC supporting Clinton, raised $9.9 million in July, almost five times more than the $2.5 million brought in during the month by Great America PAC, a super PAC supporting Trump. Trump spokeswoman Hope Hicks said that the July payment was for Lewandowski’s work in June before he left the campaign.
Bannon, who has never worked on a political campaign, was the chief executive officer of the conservative news website Breitbart.
“It’s time to hold democratic politicians accountable for what they’ve done for these communities”, Trump further said. In all, Priorities has raised more than $110 million during the election cycle, including almost $1 million through a joint fundraising arrangement with EMILY’s List, which backs female candidates.
Trump’s committee had more than $38 million in reserves, while two of his biggest super PACs reported less than $4 million between them as August began.
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When pushed by Stephanopoulos, Mook doubled down and called on Trump to disclose any ties he may have to Moscow. “I have done that”, the GOP nominee said, reading from prepared text. “There is no reason we can’t all do it collectively, but we have to do it quick”.
