He accused the Republican Party nominee of rejecting science and trying to delegitimize Barack Obama’s presidency.
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And Trump’s populist support doesn’t appear to be waning – despite hinting at Hillary Clinton’s potential assassination for a second time last week.
The findings from the Pew Research Center revealed widespread disenchantment toward this year’s presidential contest among American voters. A Washington Post/ABC News poll last month found Clinton and Trump to be the two most unpopular presidential candidates in decades.
“In an unpredictable race against an unpredictable candidate, by definition the only thing you can control is what you do”, said Mo Elleithee, a former Clinton aide who’s now head of the Georgetown University Institute of Politics and Public Service.
He’s “Not a LIAR”, wrote one 75-year-old male Trump supporter. Could Trump’s revelation help him in November?
Meanwhile, 17% of Clinton supporters said her “dishonesty/secrecy” was a concern and 16% said “her past/associations/events” were worrisome, though 16% had no concerns.
Donald Trump’s support isn’t growing. “I know she isn’t ideal, but she will probably be very similar to President Obama”.
As he passed out flyers, he rejected the key argument from Sanders that in a battleground state like OH, where polls have the two major candidates neck and neck, he should vote for Clinton to stave off a Trump win. More than a third said they were concerned about his temperament and unpredictability, for example. His way or the highway.
“Now is not the time to be supporting a protest vote”, he said during an interview on MSNBC.
Delegates at the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia in July hold up signs that read “Love trumps hate”. As a woman, I know I really should embrace this “women can’t have flaws” train of thought – probably better described as a rhetorical hairball – but come on, man. Clinton is a disastrous and ethically challenged candidate, and Obama knows it.
But Clinton, with deep unfavourability ratings of her own, is a far different candidate from Obama.
Now he only has the backing of 71 per cent of Republicans, with 10 per cent supporting Mrs Clinton and 19 per cent unsure who they will vote for.
I’ve seen little to no indication that Senate Democrats’ top candidates are running from Clinton – at least not the way Republicans are running from Trump. Just over one-fifth (22%) like her “issue/policy positions”.
But in the end, most agree that Trump’s incredible journey from shouting reality star to hollering GOP presidential nominee was fueled, in part, by a long train of exhausting harping and hawing from various Democratic politicians.
While Clinton has been prepping, her team has stuck with its strategy: Define Trump in the summer with a barrage of negative ads.
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No matter what happens, very few say they’ll be excited about the outcome of the election.
