That data collected by Reuters also suggests Trump’s suggestion the election is rigged is playing well with his supporters, despite a backlash following his suggestion at the final presidential debate that he may not accept the election result.
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The nominees retrenched behind familiar arguments a day after appearing together at a charity event that veered into cutting personal attacks, an unexpected metaphor for this year’s take-no-prisoners presidential campaign.
Mr Trump’s best-received joke touched on the controversy around his wife Melania partly plagiarising a speech by first lady Michelle Obama in her address to the Republican national convention in July.
The presidential campaigns focused on states most up for grabs today, with Republican Donald Trump promising no regrets in the remaining weeks of his campaign.
“By accepting this meeting with this racially exclusive and divisive group that has incited attacks against police officers, she sets back our efforts to restore trust with the law abiding citizens we serve in the neighborhoods where our presence is needed the most”, Mr. Loomis said, according to the Trump campaign.
What she actually said nine years ago is, “So our view was that, if you can’t run your own house, you certainly can’t run the White House”. Asked again by the moderator, Trump said “I’ll tell you at the time”. Rather, he said that he would accept the results of next month’s election if he wins, a caveat that threatens to cast unprecedented doubt on the legitimacy of the electoral process. Trump, at one point, was even booed, a rarity at the gala. He refused to say that he would respect the results of this election. Manufacturing the voter fraud he’s constantly carping about is one way to do it.
Reuters contacted a few of the poll respondents who said they felt that Mr Trump had likely “committed sexual assault” but were still supporting his candidacy.
The US presidential candidates are zigzagging across the US, in pursuit of every last vote before election day.
During an OH rally earlier Thursday, Trump tried to turn the attention to Clinton by accusing her of “cheating” and suggesting she should “resign from the race”.
The Oklahoma secretary of state’s office said Friday it had denied the Russian request, in line with state law. No, this is a sign that Putin has given up on the idea that he’ll have his puppet Trump in the White House come January.
“It’s appropriate that people might be suspicious of their motives”, Earnest said.
With the debates now behind them, Trump and Clinton have few natural opportunities to significantly alter the course the race, especially with early voting already underway in 34 states. Both have been effective surrogates for Hillary Clinton, crisscrossing the country to campaign on her behalf. “I want to earn your vote”. She delivered an eloquent character sketch of Trump as a man who “never apologizes to anybody for anything”.
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Despite some predictably acidic atmosphere, Cardinal Timothy Dolan – Ballwin native, Cardinals fan and archbishop of NY – was not called into blessed peacemaking duties Thursday night.
