Seeking to make a sharp contrast, Clinton pledged she would introduce a comprehensive immigration reform bill within the first 100 days of her administration and said she is committed to expanding President Barack Obama’s plan to defer deportations, despite a major legal setback last month in the Supreme Court, an aide said.
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But shortly thereafter, he put his calm and mild-mannered air aside at the Northern Virginia Community College event to fire off some harsh comparisons between Clinton and Trump, the presumptive GOP presidential nominee.
The candidates share this quality – the majority of voters polled don’t see either of them as honest or trustworthy – Clinton with 67 percent, and Trump with 62 percent saying “no”.
But, he said, Clinton needs to go with someone who is more liberal. Just 22 percent said they’d be proud and 26 percent excited should America pick Trump on Election Day.
“The thing that attracts me to Hillary is her pragmatism”, he said. Only 27 percent of Americans would be proud of that choice, and 26 percent would be excited at her election.
But Kaine didn’t stop there, going on to attack Trump and his rudeness to worldwide leaders, something that he said highlights what he said was the billionaire’s inability to manage US foreign policy.
Tim Kaine on Thursday afternoon, making a high-profile appearance with one of the leading contenders for a spot alongside her on the presidential ticket.
Why would someone running for president want to do that?
“I don’t know who created Pokemon Go, but I’m trying to figure out how to get them to have ‘Pokemon Go to the Polls, ‘ ” Clinton punned to a crowd clearly cheering for reasons not related to the actual humor content of that line.
Trump’s had a hard time earning support from Colorado voters. Of those backing him, 14 percent consider him at least somewhat racist.
The coalitions backing the candidates have remained largely unchanged from the primary race, with Clinton doing better among women and minority voters. About a third (36 percent) checks “well-informed” for Clinton, compared with 13 percent who do so for Trump. Forty percent of whites, 13 percent of Hispanics and 7 percent of blacks have a favorable opinion of Trump.
The poll has a margin of error of plus or minus 3.1 percentage points for its residents data and plus or minus 3.5 percentage points for registered voters.
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Respondents were first selected randomly using telephone or mail survey methods and later interviewed online. “His message is that you should be afraid – afraid of people whose ethnicity is different, whose religious faith is different or who were born in a different country”.
