WILMINGTON, N.C. (AP) – In a rare policy address by a vice presidential nominee, Democrat Tim Kaine showcased his own foreign policy expertise Tuesday and painted Donald Trump as clueless and unsafe when it comes to world affairs.
Advertisement
“His whole campaign has been one long insult to all those who have worn the uniform”, the Democratic nominee said at the University of South Florida in Tampa.
“I think she’s had to lower herself to Trump’s feel, and that’s why the polls are close”, added Toni Saperstein, a Peoria, Illinois native who now resides in New Port Richey. “The networks of presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump were also targeted by Russian spies, as were the computers of some Republican political action committees, US officials said”, the Post article stated. The New York billionaire has a 15-point lead over Clinton, a former USA secretary of state, with 52 percent of people over the age of 65 choosing Trump, compared to 37 percent choosing Clinton.
We plan to stream all events at the top of this story.
Clinton was senator from NY at the time of the attacks and has frequently highlighted her efforts – including at her party’s convention this summer – to aid those affected by the World Trade Center collapse.
Neither Clinton nor Trump has released their public schedule for Sunday but both campaigns have confirmed they intend to halt television ads for the anniversary, keeping with a tradition of avoiding partisan presidential politics on 9/11. “And she didn’t have the energy to go to Mexico”, he said.
It was the Republican nominee’s first lead in a major poll since his party convention in July, and it reflects a tightening in the race.
“As [former Texas Governor] Ann Richards often said, people often prefer to discuss “hair, hemlines and husbands” and I think when the conversation moves there, the opponent doesn’t want the real conversation of the business of the American people to be the focus”. Recent reports show that as secretary of State, she even sold State Department access to benefactors for the Clinton Foundation.
The back-and-forth occurred as the focus of the USA battle for the White House shifted to national security, with both Clinton and Trump set to participate in a televised forum on Wednesday hosted by a veteran’s group.
“This is a person that, you know, again, has a track record of not taking that phone call at 3 o’clock in the morning”, he said about the Democratic presidential nominee. Trump made course correction by appointing a new campaign head, giving policy speeches and delivering his remarks from teleprompters.
Her blue eyes? That seems improbable, as the overwhelming majority of all USA presidents have been blue-eyed.
Democratic Senator Sherrod Brown of OH said there was “more pressure on Trump” than Clinton to win there. The day before in swing state Ohio, Trump softened his stance on immigration while Clinton blasted Russian Federation for suspected tampering in the US electoral process.
A Quinnipiac poll released in early August found that 60 percent of likely independent voters in Florida viewed Clinton unfavorably, compared to 33 percent who support her.
She said that they “know they can count on me to be the kind of commander in chief who will protect our country and our troops”.
“I believe I have created so many jobs in the conspiracy theory machine factory”, she kidded on Tuesday.
Advertisement
Flake’s words come after a testy back-and-forth between the two men over Labor Day weekend.
