Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus was in the room as well, but did not participate in the discussion. In December, he told Fox News that “a lot of people (are) questioning the whole concept of going in in the first place”. “She said that while taking an admissions test at Harvard, a group of men began to yell, ‘You don’t need to be here” and one said that if she took his spot, he would be drafted and be killed in Vietnam. “I regret saying ‘half” – that was wrong”, she said in a statement released by her campaign.
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She said that comes across sometimes as “walled off” as a result, and she can’t “blame people for thinking that”.
Mike Pence said Saturday at the Values Voters Summit in Washington that Clinton’s comments should be “denounced in the strongest possible terms”. Trump has condemned the war during his presidential campaign and said he would avoid lengthy conflicts in the Middle East.
She specified that she believes the word “deplorable” was reasonable to describe much of Trump’s campaign.
With so many partisan, critical eyes watching, moderating can be a thankless job – one that hasn’t been fully defined, Lehrer said. The campaign said Trump made a “significant” personal contribution last month that brings his total investment in his bid to nearly $60 million.
Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton confronted their key weaknesses in a televised national security forum, with the Republican defending his preparedness to be commander in chief despite vague plans for tackling global challenges and the Democrat arguing that her controversial email practices did not expose questionable judgment. He said any nation that wants to join the United States against ISIS is welcome.
“He has built his campaign largely on prejudice and paranoia and given a national platform to hateful views and voices, including by retweeting fringe bigots with a few dozen followers and spreading their message to 11 million people”, the Democratic nominee said.
“I think that when you serve in the armed forces, that’s a very special situation”, Trump said.
Trump did little to counter criticism that he lacks detailed policy proposals, particularly regarding ISIL. “I think when he calls me brilliant, I’ll take the compliment. OK?”
The full interview is set to be broadcast later Thursday. She also touted the support of numerous Republican national security experts that have chosen to endorse her candidacy, helping bolster her case that Trump is broadly unacceptable.
Trump is calling Clinton’s comments a “grotesque attack” and questioning how she can be president when “she has such contempt and disdain for so many great Americans”.
In recent weeks, voters have linked the GOP nominee’s remarks to attacks on two states’ voter registration databases and questions surrounding the security of electronic voting machines.
Donald Trump’s running mate is firing back at comments by Hillary Clinton in which she described Trump supporters as a “basket of deplorables”.
Election training groups say officials should educate people about the process to calm concerns.
The national security debate came as Libertarian presidential candidate Gary Johnson drew attention for a foreign policy flub.
“Every day that goes by this just becomes more and more of a reality television show”, Clinton said. He went on to compare a decision to invade with the “quick, secret, decisive moves in order to gain a negotiating advantage” in a business deal. And so we must learn what led us down that path so that it never happens again.
Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump once famously said he could shoot someone on New York’s Fifth Avenue and not lose voters.
Trump and his supporters quickly pounced on the remark, arguing that it revealed Clinton as disconnected from struggling Americans.
Trump’s interview surfaced as he and Clinton continue to clash over foreign policy in the run-up to the November 8 presidential election. He also had new praise for Putin.
Democrats characterized the moves as another step in capitalizing on the race for the White House to help down-ballot candidates. Trump has said far worse about Obama in appearances on US television networks.
Host Seth Meyers looks at controversies surrounding Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton. The issue has raised questions about whether she can be trusted to serve as president.
Trump said there were things in his briefing that “shocked” and “surprised” him.
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The Democratic presidential contender spoke Thursday to reporters outside her campaign plane in White Plains, New York.
