Trump, whose support comes mainly from whites, is unlikely to be victorious unless he can cut into that support. She called him a bigot, one who “buys so easily into racially-tinged rumors” and let “a radical fringe take over the Republican party”.
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“When you’re secretary of state compared to president, it does require greater efforts and that’s why we are moving from where I think we appropriately were when I was secretary to what the new responsibilities would be as president”, the Democratic nominee said in a phone interview with MSNBC on Friday.
The commercial then reminds viewers – as Clinton did in a speech Thursday in Reno, Nevada – that Trump’s real estate company was once charged with discriminating African Americans and breaking federal law. “Through it all, he has continued pushing discredited conspiracy theories with racist undertones”.
‘We hope they’re listening, ‘ she said of black Americans. With just weeks before the first early voting, Trump faces the urgent task of revamping his image to win over those skeptical of his candidacy. “A fringe element has effectively taken over the Republican Party”. I wish a Republican had given that speech.
“When Democratic policies fail, they are left with only this one exhausted argument: You’re racist, you’re racist, you’re racist”, Trump told a crowd in Manchester, New Hampshire. “It’s a exhausted, disgusting argument”, Trump said.
He argued on Thursday that Clinton’s opposition to charter schools and vouchers locked minority students in failing jobs, that her tax policies would hurt black-owned businesses and that she would allow immigrants to take jobs from minorities.
Trump said the Clinton attacks were not only an assault on him, but on all his supporters – people, he said, who want strong borders and security.
Clinton’s use of a private email system as President Barack Obama’s first-term secretary of state and the Clinton Foundation’s ties to governments and corporations that have business with the US have come under increasing attack by Republican nominee Donald Trump after the release this week of email exchanges between a former Clinton Foundation executive and top Clinton aide Huma Abedin.
Trump did his best to refute Clinton’s attacks on Thursday as he attempts to rescue his poll numbers in key swing states.
Trump has tried recently to broaden his appeal to them, hinting at a softening of his hardline position on immigration.
So Trump hastily began sending different signals in a clear bid to try to make a her charges into a lie. And from the Republican leadership? In Trump’s view, the judge couldn’t preside over cases about the so-called Trump University because of his background.
‘They are telling him what concerns them in their communities, and he is listening, ‘ she said.
Alleging that Trump is trying to bring a hate movement into the mainstream, she noted that the real estate magnate’s admirers include members of the Ku Klux Klan; that he was slow to disavow praise from former Klan leader David Duke during the Republican primaries; and that he has retweeted comments from white supremacists online. “There is no alt right or left”.
Except Trump ties himself to racial controversy, too: He has regularly retweeted white supremacists throughout his campaign, giving their voices a platform to his 11 million followers.
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“Mika, I am sure”, Clinton said.
