Hillary Clinton accused Donald Trump of insulting America’s veterans and pressing unsafe military plans around the globe on Tuesday, seeking to undercut his appeal to service families in Southern voting battlegrounds. John McCain’s war-hero status and his fight with the Muslim parents of an American soldier killed in combat.
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“1. Trump’s listening. The guy who mocked President Obama and Clinton for reading off a teleprompter is getting better at being scripted – and his willingness, at long last, to follow the most rudimentary rules of political campaigning urged by staff (i.e., shutting up) has made him seem somewhat less terrifying”.
Trump, the Republican nominee, released an open letter early Tuesday from 88 retired generals and admirals citing an urgent need for a “course correction” on America’s national security policy.
The two also exchanged shots about national security, with Trump warning that Clinton would be unable to stand up to adversaries like President Vladimir Putin of Russian Federation. The group marks a traditionally loyal Republican constituency, although some have expressed concerns about Trump’s readiness to serve as commander-in-chief.
In Tuesday’s Real Clear Politics poll average, Trump trailed Clinton by 3.3 percentage points. She pointed to her endorsements from retired Marine Gen. John Allen, who blasted Trump at the Democratic National Committee, and former Central Intelligence Agency deputy director Mike Morell.
“The prospect of the emotionally volatile, fact-challenged, self-obsessed and inexperienced Donald Trump as commander-in-chief scares me to death”, Kaine told a crowd at the Hannah Block Historic USO Building.
Both candidates remain largely unliked, with majorities saying they have an unfavorable view of each candidate in the new poll.
The conflicting messages came as the candidates prepared to appear at an MSNBC forum Wednesday night on national security. Although this question hasn’t been asked in every presidential election year, in CNN/ORC and CNN/USA Today/Gallup results dating back to 2000, this poll marks the first time that a significantly larger share of voters say they are less enthusiastic about this year’s election.
One survey published on Tuesday by CNN shows that 45 percent of “likely voters” say they will vote for Trump and 43 percent for Clinton, although among “registered” voters, the percentage reverses and the former secretary of state garners 44 percent and Trump 41 percent.
“They’re keeping the rates down so that everything else doesn’t go down”, Trump said in response to a reporter’s request to address a potential rate hike by the Federal Reserve in September.
“He has a freakish fascination with strongmen and authoritarian leaders in countries that are no allies of the United States, and with respect our allies, he would toss alliances aside, and says he wants to, quote, ‘Take everything back from the world that we’ve given them, ‘” Kaine said, speaking here at a historic USO building. In the meantime, he said veterans waiting for care could go to private doctors or hospitals and the government would pick up the bill.
Out and about stumping for Mrs Clinton were Vermont senator Bernie Sanders in New Hampshire, US Vice-President Joe Biden in Pennsylvania, and former president Bill Clinton in OH and MI.
Clinton’s message was amplified by her running mate, Virginia Sen.
Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton and Republican rival Donald Trump both landed in Cleveland, Ohio, on Labour Day as they launched into the home stretch of their general election campaigns, making appeals to unions and working-class voters. Together, Kaine said, the pair would make a president and vice president who are informed and well-versed in foreign policy. Clinton’s lead over Trump fell to 3.3 percentage points in the RealClearPolitics average of national polls from 6.3 points on August 27. We don’t know, you don’t know, and Mr. Trump seems to believe we can all live with that.
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WSB reporter Lori Geary said the ad is created to “test the waters” to see whether Georgia truly is a battleground state.
