Trump is also expected to spend significant time going after President Barack Obama and Clinton, the former secretary of state, blaming them for enacting policies he argues allowed the Islamic State group to spread.
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U.S. Republican Donald Trump on Saturday repeated his attack on President Barack Obama that he helped “found” Islamic State and railed against media reports that his campaign is failing, at a campaign rally in CT, a state where he has a long-shot of being victorious.
On Friday, the Democratic presidential nominee, Hillary Clinton, and her running mate, Sen.
He also accused reporters of downplaying his impact on the campaign trail, saying, “My rallies are not properly covered by the media”.
He said voters have a choice between a “you’re fired” president in Trump and a “you’re hired” president in Clinton; between a “me first” president and a president who puts the country first.
Frustratingly for Republicans, Trump’s missteps have overshadowed hard news for Clinton: The new release of 44 previously unreleased email exchanges Clinton had while at the State Department. Democrats have suggested he does not want to show them because they might reveal that he is not as wealthy as he claims to be or perhaps that he pays little because of tax breaks for real estate developers. Meanwhile, GOP leaders in Washington and in the most competitive states have begun openly contemplating turning their backs on their party’s presidential nominee and putting their money and effort instead behind the party’s House and Senate candidates.
Trump has repeatedly suggested that he will compete in traditionally Democratic states, vowing to commit time and energy to places like California and his home state of NY. He called the report “fiction” and reiterated that he is not about to change what he sees as a winning campaign formula. Giacomo Brancato, whose wish is was to meet Mr. Trump, took the microphone and asked the crowd to vote for Trump, pleading with them to “make America great again”.
“I am a conservative Republican who, though I have no stomach for his personal style and his penchant for regularly demeaning others, intends to support my party’s nominee because of the importance of filling the existing vacancy on the Supreme Court, and others that might open in the next four years”, he wrote.
“Frankly, a lot of stuff over the last week … it’s him being distorted”, said Trump’s campaign chairman, Paul Manafort.
Still, campaigning in CT is raising eyebrows among many Republicans nervous about Trump’s slipping poll numbers in a series of key swing states and battlegrounds and even some usual GOP turf.
“You could have covered what he was saying or you could try and take an aside and take the Clinton narrative and play it out”.
Trump on Monday is also expected to outline a new immigration policy proposal under which the USA would stop issuing visas in any case where it can not perform adequate screenings.
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Mr Pence said on Fox News that he remains proud to be Mr Trump’s running mate and advised: “Stay tuned, it’s very early in this campaign. This coming Monday, you’re going to see a vision for confronting radical Islamic terrorism”. “Nothing good in life comes easy”, Mr Kaine said. News stories displayed here appear in our category for and are licensed via a specific agreement between LongIsland.com and The Associated Press, the world’s oldest and largest news organization. Video from The Guardian.
