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In battleground Virginia, Kaine may give Democrats an edge

Kaine will talk about “plans to build an economy that works for everyone, not just those at the top”, according to the Democratic presidential candidate’s campaign. They are scheduled for a rally at 4:15 today at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center in Pittsburgh before heading to Youngstown.

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Hillary Clinton, standing on a metal working factory floor here in Western Pennsylvania, tried to cut into Donald Trump’s grip on white, working class voters by casting herself – not the businessman-turned-Republican nominee – as 2016’s change candidate. Lose the bubble. MORE, calling the Republican National Convention “dark” and “frightening”. “That’s why I’m here volunteering”, said Marsh, who added that he thinks the Clinton-Kaine ticket will carry Virginia in November’s election. His running mate, Indiana Governor Mike Pence, will hold a town hall discussion in Virginia Beach on Thursday.

Clinton said at the rally that the image of America that Trump presented seems foreign to her.

“I am watching Crooked Hillary speak”, Trump wrote.

In a June speech to the Planned Parenthood Action Fund, Clinton said: “Let’s repeal laws like the Hyde Amendment that make it almost impossible, make it almost impossible for low-income women, disproportionately women of color, to exercise their full reproductive rights”.

The day was also marked by a report that a Democratic National Committee “data analytics program” used by the Clinton campaign and others had been hacked, although the campaign said its own computer system was not compromised.

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“I think she picked somebody who’s a lot like Joe Biden, who’s a nice complement, sort of a soft, easy-going kind of guy”, Gelb, 60, said. In Philadelphia for the summer to help take care of his grandchild, Goodwin said he hopes to see Clinton and Kaine continue to draw out the contrasting visions of the two parties as they hit the road this weekend.

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