It’s just one more Clinton lie.
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The Republican presidential nominee said that being elected to the White House means: “You’re president of all the people”.
“To just be grossly generalistic, you can put half of Trump supporters into what I call the basket of deplorables”, Clinton said.
A third party candidate may spoil the party this year for republicans.
Whether Clinton’s rocky weekend will turn out to be just another unexpected twist in an election season that has had everything, or exert a lasting political impact will only become clear in the coming days. But she argued that the word “deplorable” was reasonable to describe much of Trump’s campaign. She only could stay at the September 11th Commemoration Ceremony for an hour and thirty minutes.
The footage was more than a blow to her dignity. There Clinton leads Trump by seven points, 46% to 39%, her best showing in the state yet.
The Clinton campaign was clearly aware of the potential impact of the video. She was later seen at her daughter’s apartment.
Clinton is still favored to win 17 states, including many with large, urban populations such as New York, New Jersey and California that heavily influence the outcome of the election.
She also noted her comments about empathising with other Trump supporters.
Now, some of those folks - they are irredeemable, but thankfully they are not America.
Trump, whose Twitter account is normally on hair trigger alert, was unusually quiet Sunday.
In an August 15 speech, her Republican challenger, Donald Trump, said Clinton “lacks the mental and physical stamina to take on ISIS, and all of the many adversaries we face”.
“What’s going to happen is that they are both going to be solemn [on 9/11], then after they are going to talk trash about each other”, she said.
“If pushed”, surrogates should shame the media, the memo advises, according to the Post. And when she was asked what had happened, she responded saying “It’s a handsome day in NY”.
Both presidential candidates released their condolences online as well.
“How can she be President of our country when she has such contempt and disdain for so many great Americans?” a Trump statement asked.
Critics point to a 2012 concussion Clinton suffered after fainting and striking her head.
He continued and said firefighters, police officers, and port authority performed their sacred duties until the last moment, to save people they had never met. Trump stated those were “the finest and bravest and toughest people that could ever grace a city”.
If Clinton is forced to take time off, it will fall to her high-profile surrogates to pick up the slack. However, he believes attending the memorial service is still a form of campaigning. His wife, Michelle Obama, will hit the campaign trail as well next week.
Daily local news headlines from across Gwinnett County.
Over the past few weeks, Clinton’s lead in the national polls has slipped considerably.
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Meanwhile, Clinton and Trump are deadlocked in four battleground states, new NBC News/Wall Street Journal/Marist polls of likely voters show.
