Democratic vice presidential nominee Tim Kaine is predicting the Roman Catholic Church may eventually change its opposition to gay marriage.
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The president of the Human Rights Campaign, Chad Griffin, called Republican nominee Donald Trump the “gravest threat” the LGBTQ community has faced in a presidential election.
The comment was reminiscent of Trump’s January description of the loyalty of his supporters.
Barbra Streisand headlined the entertainment, riffing with a parody of Send in the Clowns by Stephen Sondheim.
“For the first time in a long while, her true feelings came out, showing bigotry and hatred for millions of Americans”, he added in a statement, calling Clinton “unfit” to be president.
Clinton made her comments at an LGBT fundraiser in NY late Friday, then walked them back Saturday, saying in a statement that it was “grossly generalistic, and that’s never a good idea”. Her comments instantly went viral, and Clinton was the target of a fiery Twitter backlash.
“When they circle our attractive destroyers with their little boats and they make gestures at our people that they shouldn’t be allowed to make, they will be shot out of the water”, he said.
“In a Trump administration, our Christian heritage will be cherished, protected, defended like you’ve never seen before”, Trump said to a rousing ovation.
“When you are running for President, you are running to represent all Americans, even the ones you think are deplorable”, said Navarro, who has criticized Trump. “I campaign all across this country for Donald Trump”.
The Republican nominee arrived Saturday with his wife, Melania, at the Cathedral Basilica of St. Louis, where the funeral will be held.
Schlafly died Monday at age 92.
Clinton, who at the time was a U.S. senator representing NY, will attend the ceremony Sunday at Ground Zero “to pay her respects”, a campaign aide said.
Although she cautioned her comments were “grossly generalistic”, the blunt commentary at a New York City fund-raiser specifically targeted the nebulous alt-right movement that Mr. Trump has courted, whose philosophical leaders in a press conference this week outlined their plans for an ethno-state where Jews might or might not be welcome.
“If I were to be grossly generalistic, I would say you can take Trump supporters and put them in two big baskets”, Clinton said. “I think it will cost her at the Polls!” “Now some of those folks, they are irredeemable, but thankfully, they are not America”. Clinton’s “basket of deplorables” is an extension of a tendency by some liberals to demonize conservative thought, which has had the effect of pushing many American moderates into Trump’s corner.
After the quote blew up, Clinton’s campaign insisted that the reference to “supporters” was not a reference to half of Trump’s voters.
Speaking at the Family Research Council’s Value Voters Summit, Pence had a little trouble recalling Clinton’s remarks.
“That other basket of people are people who feel that government has let them down, the economy has let them down, nobody cares about them, nobody worries about what happens to their lives and their futures”. “Right? Racist, sexist, homophobic, xenophobic, Islamaphobic, you name it”.
Donald Trump said he would order an attack on Iranian boats if they approached US Navy ships.
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Trump, meanwhile, did not address Clinton’s comment at his only scheduled public appearance on Saturday, a funeral in St. Louis for social conservative activist Phyllis Schlafly.
