“We will discard the failed policies and division of the past, and embrace true American change to rebuild our economy, rebuild our inner cities, and rebuild our country”, Trump said.
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Forty-one percent of North Carolina voters said they have a favorable opinion of Trump, the Republican presidential nominee, while 49% said they have an unfavorable opinion. In a previous election cycle, her firm, Lake Research Partners, found that 72 percent of men were confident that their female partners would vote for the same candidate they would. “Some days it’s really hard for me”, she said to laughter.
Will Clinton’s remark do similar damage to her candidacy?
She has held a seat on the board of the foundation – the full name of which has been the Bill, Hillary and Chelsea Clinton Foundation since 2013 – for the last five years.
It could prove a stumble for a seasoned – and polarizing – politician who wants to lead a country that includes many who have embraced Trump’s exhortations to “lock her up”.
The new polls, from Quinnipiac University, showed Trump is up 1 point in OH, while Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton was up 4 points in North Carolina and 5 points in Pennsylvania.
He says she’s smeared many Americans and will pay a heavy political price.
During the “Commander-in-Chief Forum” hosted by NBC News Wednesday, Trump asserted he was “always against the war in Iraq” and cited comments he made in an Esquire magazine interview to bolster his discredited claim.
“To just be grossly generalistic, you can put half of Trump supporters into what I call the basket of deplorables”, Clinton told the crowd.
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton has taken aim at supporters of Republican rival Donald Trump, saying half of them belong in a “basket of deplorables” as people who are racist, homophobic, sexist, xenophobic, or Islamophobic.
“She is the corrupt establishment”, Trump said. According to Real Clear Politics, the latest poll shows Clinton up by four points, but several polls published Wednesday only gave Clinton a two-point advantage and one had Trump ahead by as much as five points.
Clinton campaign spokesman Nick Merrill sought to clarify the former secretary of state’s remarks.
Speaking to donors on Friday night, Hillary Clinton outlined what she sees as the two types of Trump supporters.
Clinton then pivoted and tried to characterize the other half of Trump’s supporters, putting them in “that other basket” and saying they need empathy. “If he doesn’t respect all Americans, how can he serve all Americans?”
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Reflecting on her Christianity, Clinton said Jesus Christ’s greatest command was to love. While she has headlined more than 330 fundraisers as a candidate, her campaign has kept most of these events closed from reporters.
