“I certainly don’t think she helped herself”.
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Trump said that while he would not kick women out of the military, there would need to be tougher consequences for assault.
“From the start, Donald Trump has built his campaign on prejudice and paranoia”.
After acknowledging that she was “grossly generalizing”, Clinton said Trump has lifted up people who are “racist, sexist, homophobic, xenophobic, Islamaphobic – you name it”.
Clinton has made similar comments in the past.
Trump’s camp said he made another “significant contribution” in August, bringing his total funding for the campaign to almost $60 million. Miller later said Trump wouldn’t have agreed to do the interview had he known it would be aired on RT.
Merrill later taunted Trump’s son by tweeting out a picture of an airplane behind Clinton, suggesting it was in her ear. “I think it will cost her at the polls!”
McCaul’s comments reflect a wide unease within the Republican Party about Trump’s insistent and seemingly unprecedented praise for Putin, a man usually treated as a pariah in USA politics.
Trump vowed to demand a plan from USA military leaders to defeat the “Islamic State” (IS) extremist group within 30 days of taking office. And can you guarantee people that after four years of a Clinton presidency, they will be safer on the streets of San Bernardino or Boston than they are today? “And she wouldn’t be prosecuted”.
“Hillary Clinton’s low opinion of people who support this campaign should be denounced in the strongest possible terms”, he added. “Right?” she told the crowd, which reacted with laughter and applause. He has given voice to their websites that used to only have 11,000 people – now have 11 million.
But he was also harshly critical of the military, saying America’s generals have been “reduced to rubble” under Obama.
“Mr. Trump has been saying for some time that the sequestration, which is limited funds going to the military, has got all the military operating way, way below the levels that the Department of Defense thinks is necessary for security”, he said.
Clinton then transitioned to a more positive message, calling for empathy for the “other half” of Trump’s supporters who feel left behind by the government and the economy.
Trump’s Democratic opponent Hillary Clinton raised more than $140 million for her campaign and the party in August.
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But the moment recalled comments about voters – also at private fundraisers – that have tripped up presidential nominees in the past.
