U.S. vice president Joe Biden has been greeted by a rally of hundreds of Donald Trump supporters during a visit to Serbia. Scranton is known for it’s blue collar-get the job done reputation.
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MITCHELL: What do you say to white, not college educated men in Pennsylvania, in Scranton? “I want to stress that his name appears there not just once, but we can not say if he physically received the money assigned to him, as there are other signatures near his name”. Take a look at what we’re talking about.
Neither Clinton nor Biden made reference to a New York Times report that a Ukrainian anti-corruption probe unearthed handwritten ledgers showing that the ousted pro-Russian ruling party there made $12.7 million in undisclosed cash payments to Paul Manafort, Trump’s campaign manager. Clinton is scheduled to campaign in Philadelphia on Tuesday, her second appearance in as many days in the battleground state of Pennsylvania.
Biden’s overtures came on the first day of his trip to Serbia and Kosovo, aimed at encouraging the two Balkan states to mend ties. Senior aides to the vice president are in regular contact with their counterparts at Clinton’s Brooklyn, N.Y., campaign headquarters, and the vice president himself has personally committed to Clinton to do anything she asks of him.
Clinton campaign spokeswoman Jennifer Palmieri responded with a statement early Wednesday accusing Trump of being the bigot instead.
Clinton also said that Pennsynvanians must not let their friends vote for Trump.
JOE BIDEN: He can’t be trusted.
“There’s a guy that follows me right back here, has the nuclear codes”.
Biden, who decided not to make a third presidential bid past year, said in his native city of Scranton that Trump was “totally, thoroughly unqualified” to be president, calling him a unsafe voice on national security and foreign policy.
Trump, who has so far proven deeply unpopular with black voters, made a direct appeal to them Tuesday: “I’m asking for the vote of every African American citizen struggling in our country today who wants a different and much better future”. I became the Obama whisperer. He zeroed in on Trump’s statement last week that President Barack Obama founded Islamic State, which the Republican has said was meant to be sarcastic.
VEGA: A hometown hero here in Scranton, Biden hoping to win over those blue collar voters Trump is counting on. Everyone talks about, ‘Oh, well you’re going to pivot, you’re going to.’ I don’t want to pivot.
Trump, who is lagging behind in the polls, accused Clinton of being on the side of the rioters, declaring: “Our opponent Hillary would rather protect the offender than the victim”.
Hillary Clinton says she’s “not taking anybody, anywhere for granted” in the presidential race.
The Democratic nominee also offered a fresh attack on Trump’s economic proposals, saying he would give tax breaks to the wealthy.
BIDEN: He has no notion of what he’s talking about.
“You know one of the reasons I’m going?” The conservative Breitbart figure has been a cheerleader for Trump’s campaign for months and was critical of Republican leaders, including Ryan.
Biden, who was meeting government officials in another part of town, offered condolences for the Serbs who lost their lives in the air strikes, the first high-ranking United States official to do so. It’s gone up a couple clicks. I must tell you – I must tell you that a Donald Trump for president – I would’ve thrown my body in front of him (Beau).
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Biden’s speech also included lengthy accounts of growing up in Scranton with a working class family.
