Clinton pledged again that she would not raise taxes on middle-class earners but Republicans noted that during her time in the Senate she had voted in favor of Democratic budget plans that would have raised taxes on American earning less than $250,000 a year.
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Trump is struggling to attract support from black voters.
New Hampshire state Rep. Al Baldasaro, shown introducing Donald Trump at a rally in May, repeated Tuesday that Hillary Clinton should be shot by a firing squad, but denied that he advocated her assassination.
Thirty-two percent of Clinton supporters say they’re actually pro-Clinton, while 44 percent are anti-Trump.
Donald Trump is expressing distrust of US intelligence as he prepares to get his first intelligence briefing Wednesday.
Paul Manafort, the Trump campaign chairman who in recent days has come under scrutiny for his links to the pro-Russia former president of Ukraine, will remain in his current role, the reports said.
It is not yet clear if Trump’s new ads will be a positive rebranding of his conservative platform or a series of attack ads against his opponent. Among those present were Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke, who penned an op-ed Monday blaming liberal Democrats and the media for the unrest that has rocked the city.
“I think people understand in that neighborhood and Sherman Park and in Milwaukee, they want law enforcement to step up and protect them”, he said, adding that “statements like that” from Clinton and a “lack of leadership” from Obama “only inflame the situation”. “The gun was pointed at his [a police officer’s] head supposedly ready to be fired”, said Trump. “If it is true, then people shouldn’t be rioting”. Trump said in an excerpt of the interview, aired Tuesday.
The poll also found that 32 percent would alter their investment portfolio if Trump wins in November, while 27 percent said they would if Clinton takes the White House.
Even as polls show Clinton in the lead, the former secretary of state has faced lingering questions about her trustworthiness in the fallout of her use of a private email server as secretary of state and over her family’s sprawling foundation.
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While guarding against complacency, Clinton is also preparing for a potential administration. Ken Salazar would chair her White House transition team.
