Donald Trump will campaign in an unlikely venue: deep-blue CT.
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Clinton hit him with her now-familiar line about making his suits and ties overseas and said before he can make America great again he needs to ‘actually make great things in America again’.
President Barack Obama won the state by almost 18 points in 2012 and by 22 points in 2008.
Even in Thursday’s speech, Clinton was careful not to alienate Republicans, separating the candidate from his party.
Southwest Connecticut, home to affluent suburbs of New York City, is prime fundraising territory.
During a Wednesday press conference, Toomey said he’s still deciding whether he’ll support Trump. But his scripted remarks were quickly eclipsed by the latest in a series of blunders and controversial statements that appear to have handed Clinton’s campaign a boost in the polls, particularly with Republican women and college-educated voters who make up a key piece of the GOP base.
Trump has followed in the footsteps of Clinton’s primary opponent, Bernie Sanders, and blamed Clinton for existing trade laws that progressives say have undermined American workers.
“He has not offered any solutions for any real economic challenges we face”, Clinton said. Clinton painted Trump as devoid of solutions, bad for small business and in bed with wealthier Americans while forgoing the middle class. But he stressed how important it is.
And in a play for Republican voters, she called for simplifying tax filings and private investment in infrastructure.
He was addressing the National Association of Homebuilders in Miami Beach, Florida.
Democrats have been trying to pressure Republican nominee Donald Trump to release his returns. Her running mate, Sen. Tim Kaine, will also release 10 years worth of returns. The source spoke on condition of anonymity Thursday to discuss the plans in advance. He says he won’t release them until an audit is finished.
She has proposed a $275 billion, five-year plan to rebuild infrastructure and proposed a 30 percent minimum tax on individuals with adjusted gross income of over $1 million. Last July, Mrs. Clinton’s campaign released her personal returns covering the years 2007-2014. “He’s missing so much about what makes MI great”, Clinton said, referring to Trump’s speech in Detroit on Monday. But he added that the military has been depleted and America’s infrastructure is in awful condition.
Clinton was greeted here Thursday at Futuramic Tool & Engineering Co.by a couple of dozen Trump supporters marching outside the facility carrying signs, including one that read “Hillary for Prison”. “This is the time to borrow”. Clinton cited research from the research and credit-rating agency Moody’s that found that her plan would create more than 10 million jobs, while Trump’s would cause a loss of over 3 million. For example, Trump’s Second Amendment comments forced some reporters to eventually acknowledge that Clinton, too, had made similar remarks. “What the left tends to overlook is how much Clinton has done to promote US progressive domestic policies overseas”. They also took baby steps into some traditionally deep red states, telling party officials in Arizona and Georgia they plan to make a six-figure investment in field operations in the two states.
Hillary Clinton is set to go after Donald Trump’s economic agenda – aiming to portray her rival’s approach as offering handouts for the rich.
‘As president I will stand up to China, ‘ she asserted.
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Also look for Clinton to argue that Trump’s drive to cut taxes on certain business income would benefit many of his companies.
