Nationally, her campaign has spent roughly $52 million, compared with no television ad spending – until Friday – by Trump’s campaign, according to NBC News. President Obama is vacationing on Martha’s Vineyard and has faced criticism, from a Louisiana newspaper, for not visiting.
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Trump said his only interest is the American people.
“We’re going after the super-wealthy, we’re going after corporations, we’re going after Wall Street so they can pay their fair share”, said the candidate, who, a Politico polling map of swing states shows, has a 11 percentage point lead in Pennsylvania over Trump. “He has continued to do so through each of the 428 days from then until now, without shame or regret”, said spokeswoman Christina Reynolds in a statement.
“We learned tonight that his speechwriter and teleprompter knows he has much for which he should apologize”.
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But, Costa notes there’s skepticism that that’s the case.
It is not just OH and Florida where Trump has seen this dynamic play out.
Trump has boasted he has the “biggest crowds”, and several supporters on Thursday pointed to his rallies exceeding 10,000 people as evidence that polls fail to represent the candidate’s support. Veteran pollster Kellyanne Conway took over as campaign manager this week, and Stephen Bannon, who runs the Breitbart News website, became the campaign’s chief executive.
He urged African-American voters to give him a chance, saying: “What do you have to lose by trying something new?” When Keilar said “all” the polls showed Trump trailing, he asked the same question again.
The campaign hopes the restructuring will help Trump close the gap in the final 12 weeks of the race. “Let our children be dreamers too”.
A more vigorous Trump purchase is not expected until September.
While Trump’s remarks Thursday marked a seismic change in the brash billionaire’s style, it is still not clear whether the change was the mark of a lasting shift in strategy and tone.
There’s a reason the hedge fund managers, the financial lobbyists, the Wall Street investors, are throwing their money at Hillary Clinton.
On Thursday, Trump did speak with a teleprompter and veered from the invisible screens only to hammer away at a given point he wanted to make.
“It’s more of the same, but worse”, the narrator adds, to the tune of somber music playing in the background.
Trump may be learning that all headlines aren’t good for his brand. But Manafort’s role in the campaign had been significantly marginalized under the new leadership structure announced Wednesday. How much of the controversies – of Trump’s own creation – will be forgotten or erased? The poll took place two months before the Democratic convention which gave Clinton a significant boost. I have worked in business, creating jobs and rebuilding neighborhoods my entire adult life.
The ad comes a day after Trump expressed “regret” for sometimes choosing the wrong words and causing “pain”. “In this journey, I will never lie to you”.
The change was necessary, she said, because there is a “busy homestretch” ahead and the campaign’s senior roles need to be beefed up so “we are dividing and conquering”.
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“It’s obvious that recent events – from Dallas and Baton Rouge, Louisiana, to Milwaukee and across the country – underscore how hard and important the work is ahead of us to fix the bonds of trust and respect between our police officers and our communities”, Clinton said.
