Bloomberg Politics reporter Jennifer Epstein asked Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton during a press conference Monday whether she believed the previous weekend’s terrorist attacks in NY and Jersey were a plot- possibly carried out by the Russians- to get her Republican opponent Donald Trump more votes.
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But Trump hit back, saying his Democratic rival and the Obama administration hadn’t done enough to quell the group’s rise.
He also insisted the US should “use whatever lawful methods are available” to get information from the Afghan immigrant arrested in this weekend’s bombings. Rahami is a naturalized USA citizen with access to legal rights.
While Republicans have traditionally been the party viewed as most effective on terror, especially immediately after September 11, Democrats have been chipping away at that, she said. “These are enemies, these are combatants and we have to be tough, we have to be strong”.
Campaign communications director Jennifer Palmieri says Clinton will use the Monday morning event at Temple University to “speak directly to millennial voters about how they have the most at stake in this election”.
Trump said he is “not OK” with CNN’s Anderson Cooper – who will moderate the second debate with ABC’s Martha Raddatz – because Cooper is a Democrat who “treats me very unfairly at CNN … they call it the Clinton news network”. “I know how to do this”.
In commending law enforcement and counterterrorism officials, President Barack Obama on Monday stressed the importance of letting them do their jobs so as to prevent false reports or incomplete information.
But while much of the foreign policy establishment has rallied around Clinton, Trump’s anti-immigrant rhetoric, promises to close US borders and vows to aggressively profile potential terrorists have fueled his presidential bid.
On Monday, he called for tougher policing, including profiling foreigners who look like they could have connections to terrorism or certain Middle Eastern nations. Bernie Sanders. She says the campaign is also working in the states to organize and mobilize younger voters.
Trump said he wants to change the current immigration system in order to reflect American values. Trump asked rhetorically. “Where is her condemnation of these countries?”
She insinuated that Islamic militants, particularly those affiliated with ISIS, are rooting for Trump to win the White House. Clinton has 45 percent in that scenario, while Trump has 40 percent, Libertarian Gary JohnsonGary JohnsonPoll: Clinton up 5 points over Trump in Florida Poll: Clinton leads by 21 points in New York Poll: Clinton regains 5-point lead nationally MORE has 10 percent and Jill Stein of the Green Party has 4 percent.
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“She has got a lot of baggage”, he continued.
