He also hammered away on a message than MI manufacturing is in the dumps, just days after Gov. Rick Snyder – also a Republican – noted that unemployment in the state has dropped to its lowest levels since the early 2000s.
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“And believe it or not, I regret it”, Donald Trump said.
Clinton’s campaign called the ad misleading. He also repeated his charge that Clinton secretly supports a proposed Pacific Rim trade deal – though Clinton has said she no longer backs it. Trump, meanwhile, has made little effort to reach out to new voters or capitalize on Clinton’s vulnerabilities, including the Federal Bureau of Investigation director’s criticism of her email practices.
The goal for the Trump campaign’s leaders is not to tame the candidate’s passion, according to Trump’s allies, but refocus his attacks on Clinton. He predicted that given a chance to govern, he would win more than 90% of the African American vote in the future.
A New York Times investigation into Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump’s U.S. real-estate holdings revealed that companies he owns have at least $650 million in debt – twice the amount that Trump’s public filings, made as part of his campaign, show.
The meeting with the National Hispanic Advisory Council came as Trump has struggled to attract minority voters, particularly Hispanics, and after a week in which he made major changes to his campaign leadership and struck a more conciliatory tone on the trail.
Trump’s visit to southern Louisiana put pressure on Clinton. “At what point do we say enough?”
“I will produce for the African Americans”, he said. “All the Democrats have done is taken advantage of your vote”.
Teresa Pierce of Fulton Township, who was holding a sign reading “Border wall construction crew – ready to work”, said she doesn’t feel the country is working for her anymore. While Trump later denied the reports were true, many critics still said he lacks the empathy needed to be the next commander-in-chief.
Kristin Bronson of DeWitt, a retired radiation safety officer from DeWitt, described herself as “a Trumpeter” as she walked toward the arena complex.
“If you aren’t registered and you’re eligible, see the persons with the clipboards here”, Clinton said during a recent event in Kissimmee, Florida.
The message to the government is: “You work for us; we don’t work for you”.
If Donald Trump was to win all the remaining battleground states on the map, he’d still be shy of the 270 votes needed to win the White House which means he is going to have to pick off at least one of the states now leaning in Hillary Clinton’s direction in addition to running the table in those battlegrounds.
Trump’s new campaign manager, Kellyanne Conway, echoed Priebus’ optimism, contending that the candidate just had the best week of his campaign, “mostly because he’s able to be himself, the authentic Donald Trump” and “the pivot that he’s made is on substance”. Trump began with a visit to flood-wreaked Louisiana and ended with a measured, but pointed rally in MI.
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Indeed, the blueprint Trump has stuck to for much of this week has the potential to resonate with voters deeply frustrated with Washington and career politicians.
