There were similar results in Florida (Trump and Clinton were tied at 47 percent), North Carolina (Clinton 47 percent, Trump 43 percent) and Pennsylvania (Clinton was up 48 percent-43 percent) in head-to-head match-ups.
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Liberals and members of the press have sharply criticized Lauer, the longtime host of The Today Show, for what they said was too much focus on Clinton’s email scandal and letting Trump off the hook on false statements. Trump misled viewers about his plan to take the Veterans Administration health care system private as well as his previous support of President Barack Obama’s plan to remove troops from Iraq.
Trump did little to counter the criticism that he lacks detailed policy proposals, particularly regarding the Islamic State. He vowed to give military leaders a “simple instruction” soon after taking office: “They will have 30 days to submit to the Oval Office a plan for soundly and quickly defeating ISIS”.
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“Here is what is important, I now have more endorsements from retired flag officers than any Democrat other than an incumbent president has ever had”, Clinton said.
No surprise here. Clinton bests Trump 79% to 4% – giving the former secretary of State her second largest demographic advantage with 75 points.
“That’s how we got healthcare for 8 million kids”, she says. “But it’s part of the landscape we live in”.
The forum put a spotlight on disparate media treatment of the two main presidential candidates and the challenges of robust fact-checking by interviewers. The candidates will face off for the first time on September 26 at Hofstra University.
Most recently, FBI investigative documents released Friday also fueled criticism of Clinton’s use of a personal server while secretary of state. While she may be referring to the 2011 military intervention specifically, the claim more broadly is not true.
The New York real estate mogul’s campaign swiftly shot back, with Trump spokesman Jason Miller calling Clinton’s attacks “unhinged and dishonest”. She also fleshed out several national security priorities if she is elected, including trying to take out the leader of the Islamic State and vowing to defeat the extremist group without putting USA troops on the ground in Iraq or Syria. “I wish the first time it was done correctly”.
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“I think it’s quite intriguing that this activity has happened around the time Trump became the nominee”, she said. “And I could see myself working that out”.
