But it is rare for a Republican to campaign in the Nutmeg State, though many Trump supporters in attendance in Fairfield were glad he did.
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On the Democratic side, former Rep. Colleen Hanabusa on Satuday clinched her party’s bid to replace Rep. Mark Takai, who recently died from pancreatic cancer. Tim Kaine, D-Va., talks with Sasha Hurwitz during a campaign stop at the Bridge Cafe Saturday, Aug. 13, 2016, in Manchester, N.H.
“Besides running against Hillary Clinton, [Trump] is running against the media”, Manafort said.
Trump has repeatedly lashed out at media that he calls “dishonest” over the course of his campaign.
Manafort also said Sunday that the campaign is getting much better press from the local media in battleground states like Pennsylvania and OH and pointed to recent fundraising and campaign numbers to bolster his case about Trump’s continuing success in the race.
“If the disgusting and corrupt media covered me honestly and didn’t put false meaning into the words I say, I would be beating Hillary by 20 percent”, he tweeted Sunday.
He renewed those attacks on the Times at the rally Saturday, saying he’s considering revoking their credentials to cover his rallies.
“Voters never digested his message before they were distracted by yet another misstep”, said Peter Morici, a business professor at the University of Maryland.
Sean Spicer, RNC communications director, said in a telephone interview that abandoning Trump with almost three months to go to the November 8 election “doesn’t make logical sense”. They became public on Tuesday and showed her interacting with lobbyists, political and Clinton Foundation donors and business interests while serving as secretary of state.
Frustratingly for Republicans, Trump’s missteps have overshadowed hard news for Clinton: The new release of 44 previously-unreleased email exchanges Clinton had while at the State Department. But he was not definitive in an interview with WABC in NY and the campaign did not return calls requesting more information. Trump supporter Scottie Nell Hughes was getting into the debate this morning on Twitter, recounting her time in the White House press corps after George W. Bush’s reelection. He called the report “fiction” and reiterated that he is not about to change what he sees as a winning campaign formula.
“Although I disagree with much of what Clinton said on Thursday, her delivery was effective”, said Morici, who has yet to endorse a candidate.
Given that, Trump’s allies set out Sunday to bat down bad publicity and warn people not to write Trump off.
To be sure, Trump won the GOP primary as a first-time candidate with an unscripted message that resonated with disaffected voters.
On the eve of the speech, the Clinton campaign slammed Trump’s campaign manager for ties to Russian Federation and pro-Kremlin interests, an apparent reference to a New York Times story published Sunday night.
“Instead, you took an aside that the Clinton narrative told you was something, Mr. Trump told you he didn’t mean, and you played it out for two days”, Manafort said.
Pence said on “Fox News Sunday” that he remains proud to be Trump’s running mate and advised: “Stay tuned, it’s very early in this campaign”.
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“As a result of this tax plan, and all of the components of the tax plan, the trade elements, the investment elements, you’re going to have a situation where jobs are going to come back to America”, Manafort told CNN’s Jake Tapper on “State of the Union”. “But I promise you, when my forms are filed and when my tax returns are released, it’s going to be a quick read”.
