If Donald Trump can continue to show America what he did in Mexico City, that he can be presidential, he may just become president. Trump declared “our country is going to hell” because of policies she would make even worse.
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But Clinton’s lead over Trump with union households was only nine percentage points in January, and it had dropped to eight points in May, according NBC/Wall Street Journal polling data published by The Washington Post. And to military vets and their families, she pointed anew to his summertime dust-up with the Muslim parents of a slain American soldier.
Clinton, the Democrat, is campaigning in Florida in search of an advantage in the nation’s largest swing state. He wants fewer immigrants, period, and he wants to make sure immigration does not upset the historical racial balance of the U.S.
“We take anybody”, Trump said, referring to current law. His Republican rivals John McCain (2008) and Mitt Romney (2012) managed only 4% and 6% of Black votes respectively.
“Clinton says the same thing on immigration in ’95 as Trump, so what Rush?” Here comes Trump. And they believe him on it.
On Wednesday, Clinton and Trump will participate in a televised forum on national security sponsored by a veteran’s group. While they will appear separately and not be on stage at the same time, it could serve as a warm-up to their highly-anticipated first presidential debate on Sep.
The protesters and Democratic leaders took aim at the NY businessman for depicting black communities as blighted and impoverished when he asked them to reconsider their longtime loyalty to the Democratic Party.
Yet it was a bold and decisive move, and it paid off in what was the best day of Donald Trump’s campaign. He was questioned by retired Gen. Michael Flynn, the former director of the Defense Intelligence Agency who is a strong supporter. And other Republicans say Trump has tapped into something very real in the GOP that’s not going away anytime soon.
“Why can’t you definitively say what’s going to happen to these folks?” And it probably didn’t convince many undecided voters that Trump can be a unifying force in a deeply divided country. “One hundred percent. They don’t know it yet, but they’re going to pay for it”.
He would go on to extend the descriptor to Clinton’s running mate Tim Kaine.
Six hours later in Arizona the old Trump was back, reading a speech from the teleprompter and throwing big slabs of U.S. Prime red meat to his hardcore fan base. They also criticized the real estate mogul’s economic policies, saying that “his protectionism would likely force the USA into trade wars, increase the deficit, and sink the US economy back into a recession”.
Meanwhile, Clinton’s campaign released a new television ad entitled, “Sacrifice”, showing military veterans watching some of the NY businessman’s more provocative statements.
Clinton, a former secretary of state and a former first lady, has drawn criticism for not holding regular press conferences. The ad, which features former Georgia Sen.
It also shows Trump saying he had sacrificed a lot in comparison to families who have lost loved ones in conflict.
“Our veterans deserve better”, reads a line at the end of the ad, which is airing in Ohio, Florida, Iowa, Nevada and Pennsylvania.
Republicans, too, have questioned Trump’s capacity to serve as commander in chief.
Dozens of Republican national security leaders released a letter last month warning that Trump would risk the nation’s “national security and well-being”.
Still, 69 percent of young people, including majorities from each racial and ethnic group, oppose building a border wall to stop illegal immigration.
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The Republican nominee vowed last week during a major speech in Phoenix that undocumented immigrants seeking legal status would “have one route and one route only: to return home and apply for reentry like everybody else”.
