Trump eventually took the stage at the rally, where he opened his remarks by blasting the local fire marshal for shutting off entry to his campaign event due to capacity restrictions. “But you know what, I’m starting to agree with you”, Trump said. Trump disputed that Saturday, saying he’d given up a lot for his businesses. “I had no idea”, he said. I work very, very hard.
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He added: “Sure those are sacrifices”.
But it was Clinton who received the brunt of his anger. If you would like to discuss another topic, look for a relevant article.
She promises to focus on parts of the country that have been “left out and left behind” – constituencies where declining living standards, fears about safety and lost jobs have fueled support for Trump.
The fire marshal in that area had been named Civilian of the Year by a local newspaper for his response to a November shooting at a local Planned Parenthood. Trump told the crowd. That’s politics at its lowest, and you ought to check it out, but it’s really politics at its lowest. “Hateful things. Insulting things”, she said. “And you wonder why we are going to hell”.
Her Republican opponent meanwhile jetted to Colorado, another key state where angry white voters could welcome the NY billionaire’s promise to build a wall on the Mexican border to stop illegal immigration.
Mrs Clinton is playing up economic opportunity, diversity and national security. Democrats hammered home those themes this week with an array of politicians, celebrities, gun-violence victims, law enforcement officers and activists of all races and sexual orientation.
He trashed the former secretary of state’s speech as “average”, called her a liar and promised to end the migration of Syrian refugees.
Unlike other events, Trump ended the rally posing with two babies, one of them started to cry while in his arms.
Trump barnstormed in Iowa and Colorado as the Democratic convention wound down. The billionaire from NY said he watched Clinton’s speech out of curiosity.
He was asked by Fox News anchor Greta Van Susteren about the historic nature of the Clinton candidacy on Wednesday night, and he declined to give her any credit.
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Democrats pushed Friday to extend the excitement spurred by a four-day convention that culminated in the presidential nomination of Hillary Clinton, taking the fight against Donald Trump to the battleground states that could decide an election just over 100 days away. And supporters attending Trump’s rallies have for months sported shirts and buttons calling on Clinton to be jailed, including some with the words “Lock her up”.
