There is no compassion in tolerating lawless conduct.
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As the battle between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump heads into the home stretch, Texas is shaping up as a microcosm of America as an increasingly bipolar country.
“The Democratic Party has failed and betrayed the African-American community”, he said.
Trump, has remained largely unpopular with Black voters and his campaign has wrenched its hands on how it might attract more to the polls in his support. The news, first reported by the Wall Street Journal, comes as opinion surveys show Trump trailing Clinton nationally and in a host of key battleground states following a hard campaign stretch that saw him insulting the Muslim parents of a soldier who died in Iraq and temporarily refraining from endorsing House Speaker Paul Ryan, who was involved in a primary in his home state of Wisconsin.
Trump’s own campaign rallies have at times featured violent clashes. This spring, amid heightened tensions over his controversial immigration proposals, several physical confrontations and assaults were caught on camera.
Trump’s outreach to black voters came after he said earlier Tuesday that he would reject bigotry “in all forms” if elected president. “They have fostered the risky anti-police atmosphere [and] do a direct disservice to African-American residents who are hurt by the high crime in their community”, he said.
In recent national polling, Clinton leads head-to-head match-ups against Trump, with the Democrat holding 47.3 percent support compared to 41.2 percent for the NY businessman, according to averages compiled by RealClear Politics.
“Good policing saves lives”, Trump said.
Trump briefly met with veterans and police officers Tuesday afternoon during a campaign stop at the Milwaukee County War Memorial Center in Milwaukee, including with Sheriff David Clarke and Sheriff’s Inspector Edward Bailey. Clarke has been extremely critical of the Black Lives Matter movement. He charged that Clinton has been on the side of the rioters in Milwaukee, declaring: “Our opponent Hillary would rather protect the offender than the victim”. And because she can take her safety for granted, she feels no compunction over supporting gun control laws that endanger poor African-American single moms and others in inner-cities.
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While Clinton did not comment on the move: “I have nothing to say”, – her campaign says they prefer the report be released to the public and not partisan lawmakers.
