Now, six months later, Clinton has reached out to Kissinger and a growing number of Republicans disdained by progressives who she hopes will endorse her over Republican Donald Trump.
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She said Trump “has not perfected the art of political speech and figuring out how to parse your words together in a way where they actually mean nothing”.
During February’s Democratic primary debate, Hillary Clinton tactfully parried Bernie Sanders’s attacks on her relationship with Henry Kissinger, who he called “one of the most destructive secretaries of state of the modern era”. “Yeah, well, we’re going to find out”.
The Clinton campaign said Tuesday it was only made aware Mateen was at her “open-door” event Monday night in Kissimmee, Florida, by news reports. She reiterated her strong opposition to the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal, leaving herself little room for backtracking should she win the White House if it is taken up by the lame-duck Congress later this year. But I wish he would promise to get us out of Iraq faster.
Clinton’s running mate, U.S. Senator Tim Kaine of Virginia, along with his wife, Anne Holton, released 10 years of tax returns.
Democrats have speculated that the returns could prove embarrassing to Trump in some way, perhaps by showing he is not as wealthy as he says.
Clinton’s tax returns have been made public, in some form, every year since 1977.
In 2015, the Clintons made $1 million in charitable contributions, mostly to the Clinton Foundation; former President Bill Clinton brought in almost $5.3 million in speaking fees; and the former secretary of state reported income of $3 million from publisher Simon & Schuster for her book on her tenure at the State Department.
Her appearance followed Trump’s own speech on the economy, which he delivered in MI on Monday.
It is customary for USA presidential candidates to make their tax returns public, although they are not required by law to do so.
Clinton has pounced on the issue, releasing an online video on Friday highlighting high-profile Republicans urging Trump to release his taxes.
“Running for president is a serious task”, Schuette said in response. “I do”, Trump said, using another acronym for the extremist group that has wreaked havoc from the Middle East to European cities. He told the crowd – many of whom worked in the coal industry and held “Trump Digs Coal” signs – that he would “put the miners back to work”. Speaking to reporters in Kentucky on Thursday, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell described Republicans’ chances of keeping control of the Senate after the November elections as “very dicey”.
Democrats said such comments were further evidence that Trump was undisciplined and unprepared for the presidency.
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Trump said he had no intention of changing his inflammatory approach to presidential politics, pledging in a CNBC interview to “just keep doing the same thing I’m doing right now”.
