Black voters reacted skeptically on Friday to Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump’s public admission that he now believes the nation’s first black president was indeed born in the United States.
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Trump’s Democratic rival Hillary Clinton jumped on the statement as more evidence that Trump is unfit to be president. She has said she wants to protect gun rights, but does support expanded background checks and allowing the families of gun violence victims to sue gun manufacturers.
“Clinton’s campaign relies on the exhausted tactic of smearing opponents who question her policies as racists”, Mr. Trump said at an election rally in Miami, Florida. “Although, the Second Amendment people, maybe there is, I don’t know”.
With a “Les Deplorables” sign and the “Les Miserables” music, his campaign poked fun at Clinton’s “basket of deplorables” remark. Mook said then, “A person seeking to be the president of the United States should not suggest violence in any way”.
Trump, who has been endorsed by the National Rifle Association, later defended his comments and said he was referring to the power of voters and that “there can be no other interpretation”.
The improvement in Trump’s standing comes several weeks after the real estate magnate shook up his campaign team and began delivering more disciplined, teleprompter-guided speeches. If anything he’s appeared to condone it.
The networks also took the unusual step of making sure the footage of Trump’s tour wouldn’t be used by erasing it.
“We all got Rick-rolled”, said CNN’s Jake Tapper, a reference to the Internet prank of replacing an expected link with a video of singer Rick Astley’s 1987 hit, “Never Gonna Give You Up”. The new position came during a week when both presidential candidates faced questions of transparency.
She vouched repeatedly for Clinton’s resume and character, urging voters motivated by her husband’s history-making campaigns to feel the same way about the first woman nominated for president by a major U.S. party.
Mr Trump also pledged to undo President Obama’s executive actions opening up relations with Cuba, “unless the Castro regime meets our demands”.
“Let’s be clear: Elections are not just about who votes, but who doesn’t vote, and that is especially true for young people like all of you”, Mrs. Obama said, noting that voters under 30 provided the margin of victory for Mr. Obama four times in politically competitive states, including Virginia.
“In 2011, Mr. Trump was finally able to bring this ugly incident to its conclusion by successfully compelling President Obama to release his birth certificate”, Miller said.
The comment marks yet another U-turn for the Republican candidate, who previously said he supported the idea of normal relations, but wished the USA had negotiated a better deal.
He also said the USA has a broader obligation to stand with oppressed people – a comment that seems at odds with his “America first” mantra. “Right now, we have an opportunity to elect one of the most qualified people who has ever endeavored to become president”.
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Trump promised to help the “oppressed” Venezuelans and to repeal Obamacare. The system is bad. LGBT people have experienced a great deal of discrimination and fear, and often feel a responsibilty to call out that kind of ugliness when we see it, especially when it’s poised to potentially occupy the most powerful office in the world.
