From their suites at the Ritz-Carlton hotel, the finance hub at this week’s Democratic convention, and at the event’s auxiliary swanky parties, supporters of Hillary Clinton are sounding the alarm about Trump’s break with decades of presidential campaign tradition. He was speaking Tuesday at the VFW convention in uptown Charlotte.
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That poll showed McGinty leading Toomey 43 percent to 36 percent, but a whopping 20 percent still undecided.
Throughout prime time speeches, delegates in Philadelphia heard about Clinton’s early years as an advocate for women and children, her work fighting for healthcare reform as first lady, her support for September 11 rescue workers as a senator from NY, and her acts of diplomacy as secretary of state.
North Carolina-hasn’t been polled since July 11, when Clinton held a two-point lead that was holding steady. They have thus magnified her imperfections and banged the drums of fake scandals, including some dismissed by the Republicans’ own investigators. “Get out, Debbie, out!'” Trump said, referencing his famous line from the NBC show The Apprentice. “So thank you, and thank you for standing up today and everyday for veteran’s health, for veteran’s education”.
Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright made the most references to Trump among major figures during the evening session, with just six.
The July 22-26 poll found that 39 per cent of likely voters supported Trump, 37 per cent supported Clinton and 24 per cent would vote for neither.
Women support Clinton over Trump 50-31, while men back Trump over Clinton 44-41, according to the poll. This is up from two weeks ago, when 70 percent of Republicans and Republican-leaners said they view the nominee favorably.
When Sanders tried to pledge his support for Clinton over the anger of his supporters. Near the start of Clinton’s speech, someone in the audience shouted, “How about Benghazi?”.
Clinton may also be able to make such gains, if she can win over progressives who backed Sen.
Trump spent much of his time attacking Clinton and the Democratic Party.
Clinton also said she believes the United States is “an exceptional nation with capabilities that no other country comes close to matching”. “We have the world’s greatest military”.
“Donald Trump is actually taking a break from the campaign to go visit his golf resort in Scotland tomorrow”.
Ted Cruz, who scored a strong round of boos when he declined to endorse Trump in his speech to the RNC, was not viewed kindly by Republicans voters. When pressed, he oozed condescension: “It’s a big subject, darling”, and added, while quickly moving away, “She wants to know my thoughts on child care”. Generations of American troops fought and died to secure those bonds. Tim Kaine of Virginia as her running mate last week. Candidates often get a post-convention polling bounce, and Trump helped himself last week with the fiery speech his base wanted to hear in Cleveland. Most candidates do, but not all.
“It’s just disappointing”, he said. But Clinton’s convention was heavy on policy and calls to public service.
Allen Roberts, of Fairfax, S.C., summed up the race in a word: “Confusing”.
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“This was our first, overwhelming dose of anti-Trump rhetoric”, he said.
