“I’m not running this time, but I sure do get frustrated with the way this campaign is covered”. To an audience of roughly 6,000 supporters in downtown Philadelphia, Obama argued that Clinton has been more transparent in providing health and financial records than her rival, as well as releasing her past tax returns while Trump refuses to release his.
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“In those 90 minutes that elapsed, we could have gotten more information out more quickly”, he said in an interview on MSNBC.
Rep. Nita Lowey, a close friend of Clinton’s, said the only stumble is by Clinton’s critics.
Previously, Clinton has had diagnosed with blood clots, and in 2012 while she was secretary of state a blood clot was discovered in her brain while she was suffering from a concussion.
His continued remarks that Clinton is not eligible to run for the presidency because of her health come as she faces doubts within the electorate regarding the state of her health.
Campaign aides said it was Clinton’s decision to attend weekend fundraisers and the Sunday ceremony, despite Friday’s diagnosis.
“While her campaign slanders you as deplorables and irredeemables, I call you hard-working Americans patriots that love your country and want a better future for all our people”, Trump said Monday night.
In Philadelphia Tuesday, the president makes his first solo campaign appearance of the year, hoping to convince his diverse array of backers that Clinton is worth their support. “No one who has such a low opinion of the American people can ever be elected as their President”, Trump said at an election rally in North Carolina where he slammed Clinton for her remarks that more than half of his supporters are deplorable. Democrats just aren’t going to bail on their candidate over this.
Campaign spokesman Nick Merrill says the Democratic nominee will resume normal campaign activities later this week. Donald Trump has fueled some of those accusations, with the GOP nominee suggesting she “lacks the mental and physical stamina” to be president.
President Barack Obama took some time out of a speech Tuesday to rake members of the media over the coals for coverage of Donald Trump. “What’s the cure for an unhealthy penchant for privacy that repeatedly creates unnecessary problems?”
Clinton pushed back against that idea Monday night, telling CNN that “people know more about me than nearly anyone in public life”. Although that was the first scheduled event, aides said an earlier campaign stop is under consideration for Thursday. “Like this not me going through the motions here”, he said.
Obama claimed the Clinton Foundation has “saved countless lives around the world”, while Trump used his charity to buy “a six-foot-tall painting of himself”, Obama said, referencing a Washington Post investigation of Trump’s charity.
Given those built-in advantages and Trump’s weaknesses, some Democrats say their biggest fear is complacency – making the tightening of the race not such a bad development.
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Numerous states that officials say Obama will target – including Florida, North Carolina, Iowa, Pennsylvania and MI – are easily accessible in a single day trip on Air Force One, but would leave few moments for other business at the White House.
