“Every time I think about Trump I get allergic”, said the Democratic nominee in the midst of her coughing outbreak during a Cleveland rally, Ohio. He leads her by 2 points in a daily tracker run by LA Times and by 1 point in a poll by Reuters/Ipsos released last Friday.
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Meanwhile, Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump continues to fly on private planes, with his press corps traveling on a separate one, with 63 days remaining before Election Day. They were to meet with union members at a Cleveland-area event closed to most local media and visit the Canfield Fair near Youngstown. Follow along with their coverage below. Trump said after maneuvering through a crowd of people who shouted his name, against a backdrop of food stands offering fare ranging from chicken on a stick to Italian sausages, fudge and fresh corn.
The two campaigns arrived in Cleveland within hours of each other, underscoring Ohio’s quadrennial role in presidential campaigns.
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Greeting reporters traveling aboard her campaign plane before takeoff, Clinton said, “Welcome to our big plane!” Bernie Sanders of Vermont, the runner-up for the Democratic nomination.
“They’re an important element in what we’re doing”, he said.
Trump on Monday again stressed that those seeking citizenship would have to first leave the country – a bar he had previously set for both acquiring citizenship and legal status.
“I’m all about the jobs now”, he said, saying his position on the immigration issue was now well known.
The start of full-fledged campaigning opens a pivotal month, culminating in the first presidential debate on September 26 at Hofstra University in Hempstead, New York.
The GOP and Democratic presidential and vice presidential candidates are all paying swing-state OH a Labor Day visit.
Kellyanne Conway, Trump’s campaign manager, seized on the episode to tweak Clinton over her distance from the media – including not holding a full-blown press conference since last December.
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But an immigration speech that Trump gave following his trip to Mexico drew criticism from some of his Hispanic supporters, and several backers advising him on the issue made a decision to part ways with his campaign.
The former secretary of state raised a combined 143 million dollars (£107 million) in August for her campaign, the Democratic National Committee and state parties – her best month yet.
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Clinton is also struggling in the swing state of Virginia. But experts still see the Democratic nominee as the odds-on favorite to win the presidency.
