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'This is unhinged': Clinton reacts to Trump's Alicia Machado Twitter attack – campaign live
'This is unhinged': Clinton reacts to Trump's Alicia Machado Twitter attack – campaign live
(35 minutes later)
5.27pm BST
17:27
Clinton describes importance of service in national life
Clinton says that Americans are good at finding ways to give back to the country. She’s talking about the good-works group Americorps, founded by Bill Clinton, which she says will add its millionth member next month.
Other examples of volunteerism she describes include tutoring students and working in the Peace Corps.
“However you serve, it feels good, doesn’t it? To be part of something bigger than ourselves,” she says. “Service makes us happier, it makes us healthier, and there are studies proving that... it can also help us find our next job or our true calling in life...
Too often Americans can become separated from each other. And I think a lot of people are feeling this way in this election... it magnifies our differences... there aren’t many places where people of all backgrounds... come together in common cause, but service is one of them.
She quotes JFK: “Ask not what your country can do for you but what you can do for your country.”
What if we made it easier for everyone to engage in service? She asks rhetorically. “What if we strengthened the culture of service in America?”
5.21pm BST
17:21
We have a Trump sighting. His plain landed in Grand Rapids, Michigan, moments ago. The Trump reporting pool relays this scene:
About a dozen white men in suits came down the stairs of the plane. Rudy Giuliani, Steve Bannon, and Steven Mnuchin were among them. At 12:04 pm, Trump came down the stairs and got into a vehicle. At 12:05, the motorcade started rolling.
5.18pm BST
17:18
Clinton seems like she’s having an upbeat day. She’s smiling through this speech:
“My opponent believes in what he calls a strongman approach... that in no way resembles the strong, vibrant America I know. ... He said, ‘I alone can fix it.’ I alone? Well, we’ve learned that that’s his way. One person getting supreme power and exercising it ruthlessly... but that is not how change happens in America.”
5.15pm BST
17:15
Here’s Clinton. Excited crowd it sounds like.
“We have to make every single day count,” she says, reminding the audience that only 39 days remain until election day.
5.15pm BST
17:15
State polls show shift toward Clinton
There’s a bounty of state polling out this morning showing Clinton with healthy leads in key places:
Three polls post debate in Florida. Clinton has led in all three. Unless there's an insane map, Trump cannot win without Florida.
Clinton leading 3 new post-debate polls:FloridaClinton 46%Trump 42%MichiganClinton 42%Trump 35%New HampshireClinton 42%Trump 35%
Suffolk poll has largest Clinton lead in Nevada (+6) all year -- but GOP Rep. Joe Heck still leads #NVSen race 38-35 https://t.co/FHZfBfxiTo
52% of Michigan likely voters say Clinton won the debate, 20% say Trump prevailed, per @ChadLivengood.https://t.co/09BF2htOw1
"Please proceed Donald," pro-Clinton operative @woodhouseb says in news release spelling out polling with Clinton ahead in 8 battlegrounds. pic.twitter.com/jOwcblZrGy
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5.09pm BST
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Clinton’s Fort Pierce, Florida, program has just begun. The candidate plans to talk about the importance of national service, and to announce the formation of a national youth service corps.
Eilean Clark, a retired nurse and campaign volunteer, is introducing the candidate.
5.05pm BST
17:05
Clinton spokeswoman: 'this is who we're running against'
In a meeting with reporters, Clinton communications director Jennifer Palmieri ties Trump’s attacks on Alicia Machado following this week’s debate to his attacks on Fox host Megyn Kelly after a debate 14 months ago.
Palmieri also denied Trump’s wild accusation that Clinton or her campaign had helped Machado gain American citizenship, and Palmieri said that Clinton would likely address Trump’s latest attack this afternoon at her rally in Coral Springs.
“This is our opponent. This is who we’re running against. This is our reality,” Palmieri said. Here’s further, from the press pool report:
It is a pattern with him. And after a bad debate performance, he blamed Megyn Kelly. Now after a bad debate performance, he’s attacking Alicia Machado. It is not apparent to us why he simply can’t stop attacking her. He’s had many opportunities to right the offense that she took to how she was treated 20 years ago...
I certainly don’t think it helps him. I think it is distasteful to voters and backfires on him. ... This is our opponent. This is who we’re running against. This is our reality. We will do as we have done the whole time he has been the general election nominee, which is run our campaign on two tracks. There’s a positive message that she’s delivering but she’s also going to call him out.
Where is he now? Is he awake? ... 5:30 AM it stopped. I don’t understand.”
4.55pm BST
16:55
Sanders tour adds dates
In addition to multiple stops in Iowa Monday, senator Bernie Sanders will head to Minnesota Tuesday to stump for Clinton, the campaign has announced:
On Tuesday, Senator Bernie Sanders will campaign in Minneapolis and Duluth for the Clinton-Kaine ticket. Sanders will discuss Hillary Clinton’s plan to build an economy that works for everyone, not just those at the top, and Donald Trump’s plan, which would benefit himself and other millionaires and billionaires.
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16:43
Obama, Sanders to hit trail for Clinton
Obama, Sanders to hit trail for Clinton
As we wait for Clinton in Fort Pierce – here are three recent news lines from the Clinton campaign.
As we wait for Clinton in Fort Pierce – here are three recent news lines from the Clinton campaign.
President Barack Obama will campaign for Clinton in Miami on Wednesday and senator Bernie Sanders will campaign for her in Iowa on Monday.
President Barack Obama will campaign for Clinton in Miami on Wednesday and senator Bernie Sanders will campaign for her in Iowa on Monday.
Meanwhile, Clinton has received the endorsement of the association of flight attendants. In a statement, Clinton said she was “honored” to have the endorsement:
Meanwhile, Clinton has received the endorsement of the association of flight attendants. In a statement, Clinton said she was “honored” to have the endorsement:
For over 70 years, the Association of Flight Attendants has helped raise wages, benefits, and working conditions for its members all across – and above – America. Over the decades, it has brought our nation’s attention to important issues like discrimination, outsourcing, and equal pay. Every American worker deserves an advocate like the AFA in their corner, and I’m honored to have earned their endorsement.
For over 70 years, the Association of Flight Attendants has helped raise wages, benefits, and working conditions for its members all across – and above – America. Over the decades, it has brought our nation’s attention to important issues like discrimination, outsourcing, and equal pay. Every American worker deserves an advocate like the AFA in their corner, and I’m honored to have earned their endorsement.
4.36pm BST
4.36pm BST
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16:36
Adam Gabbatt
Adam Gabbatt
This is not the first time Donald Trump has expressed an interest in sex tapes. In one Trump’s many appearances on Howard Stern’s radio show he said he had watched a leaked video of Paris Hilton having sex.
This is not the first time Donald Trump has expressed an interest in sex tapes. In one Trump’s many appearances on Howard Stern’s radio show he said he had watched a leaked video of Paris Hilton having sex.
The (particularly) creepy thing about this is that Trump said he had known Hilton since she was 12-years-old. Trump said her parents were family friends.From the Daily Beast:
The (particularly) creepy thing about this is that Trump said he had known Hilton since she was 12-years-old. Trump said her parents were family friends.From the Daily Beast:
Now, somebody who a lot of people don’t give credit to but is in actuality very beautiful is Paris Hilton,” Trump told Stern. “I’ve known Paris Hilton from the time she’s 12, her parents are friends of mine, and the first time I saw her she walked into the room and I said, ‘Who the hell is that?’ At 12, I wasn’t interested… but she was beautiful.”
Now, somebody who a lot of people don’t give credit to but is in actuality very beautiful is Paris Hilton,” Trump told Stern. “I’ve known Paris Hilton from the time she’s 12, her parents are friends of mine, and the first time I saw her she walked into the room and I said, ‘Who the hell is that?’ At 12, I wasn’t interested… but she was beautiful.”
Trump told Stern he had watched Hilton’s tape with his then girlfriend Melania Knauss. The conversation took place after Stern asked Trump to name the “three hottest chicks you’ve seen”.
Trump told Stern he had watched Hilton’s tape with his then girlfriend Melania Knauss. The conversation took place after Stern asked Trump to name the “three hottest chicks you’ve seen”.
Trump named Hilton and Keira Knightly. He also named his daughter Ivanka, of whom Trump is a long-time admirer.
Trump named Hilton and Keira Knightly. He also named his daughter Ivanka, of whom Trump is a long-time admirer.
The conversation took place in 2003. It is difficult to tell the exact date as the audio has been deleted from Youtube.
The conversation took place in 2003. It is difficult to tell the exact date as the audio has been deleted from Youtube.
But taking 2003 as a starting point, Hilton would have been 21 or 22-years-old, Ivanka Trump would also have been 21 or 22-years-old, and Knightley was likely 18 or 19-years-old.
But taking 2003 as a starting point, Hilton would have been 21 or 22-years-old, Ivanka Trump would also have been 21 or 22-years-old, and Knightley was likely 18 or 19-years-old.
Donald Trump turned 57 in 2003.
Donald Trump turned 57 in 2003.
4.23pm BST
16:23
Here’s a live video stream of Clinton’s event in Fort Pierce, Florida, scheduled to start soon:
4.15pm BST
16:15
Clinton: Trump attack on beauty queen 'unhinged'
Hillary Clinton assesses Trump’s early-morning tirade against former beauty queen Alicia Machado and registers a verdict of “unhinged”. This is quite a tweetstorm. We will, by the way, have live video of Clinton from Florida shortly.
What kind of man stays up all night to smear a woman with lies and conspiracy theories?
When something gets under Donald's thin skin, he lashes out and can't let go. This is dangerous for a president.
To Donald, women like Alicia are only as valuable as his personal opinion about their looks. https://t.co/OZv8yg8vjZ pic.twitter.com/PZWmPcORBR
We've heard Donald's insults for years, and his policies reflect this disregard—even contempt—for women.
While Donald continues day 5 of his Machado meltdown, we'll be in Florida talking about national service. You'll want to watch.
Machado has posted on Instagram that Trump’s attacks of this morning are both false and familiar to her:
Running that through Google translate:
The Republican candidate and his campaign team are again generating attacks, insults and trying to revive slanders and false accusations about my life. All this in order to intimidate, humiliate me and throw me off balance again. The attacks that have emerged are slander and lies cheap generated with bad intentions, which have no foundation that have been spread by sensationalist media. This, of course, is not the first time that I face such a situation. Through their hate campaign, the Republican candidate insists discredit and demoralize a woman, which is definitely one of the most terrifying features. with this, seeking to distract attention from their real problems and its inability to pretend to be the leader of this great country. When I was a young girl, the now candidate, I was humiliated, insulted me, I disrespected publicly, as he usually did privately in the cruelest way. as this happened to me, it is clear over the years that their actions and behavior have been repeated with other women for decades. Therefore, I will keep standing, sharing my story, my absolute support Mrs. Clinton on behalf of women, my sisters, aunts, grandmothers, cousins, friends and female community. My Latin and in general, I want to thank all the support, love and respect, my career, my person as a human being and my family. I became a citizen of this great country because my daughter was born here and because I wanted to exercise my rights, including voting. I will continue standing firm in my lived experience as Miss Universe and you with me supporting me. I’ve been so pleased with many kind words, for so much love. I’m focusing on my busy career, in my work as mother and I will continue taking positive steps for the Latino community, I will continue as activist for women’s rights and respect we deserve. I appreciate all your love and all your support again, thanks. “Thousands of blessings.
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4.05pm BST
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Ari Fleischer was a George W Bush press secretary:
Trump is on the verge of blowing it. Free advice: Focus on Hillary. No one else. Hillary is your opponent. No one else is.
Reid Epstein is a Wall Street Journal reporter:
As it has been for months, the 2016 winner will be the one who makes the campaign about the other candidate. Trump not helping himself.
Reminder that Republicans in Congress won't discuss the ongoing terrifying meltdown of the presidential candidate they still endorse.
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3.44pm BST
15:44
Trump complains about newspaper's historic anti-endorsement
It kind of seems like Trump is wallowing in losing today? Or is this some kind of plan B? We won’t pretend to read the tea leaves but would appreciate your doing so. What do you make of this, Trump drawing attention to the abandonment of his campaign by Republican mainstays?
The people are really smart in cancelling subscriptions to the Dallas & Arizona papers & now USA Today will lose readers! The people get it!
The Arizona Republic and Dallas Morning News both endorsed Clinton this year, in each case an historic first for papers that only had endorsed Republicans.
USA Today has chalked up its own first, by expressing an editorial preference in a presidential race for the first time in its (relatively short 34-year) history. The paper has not endorsed Clinton, but on Thursday the paper did, highly unusually, run a non-endorsement of Trump:
In the 34-year history of USA TODAY, the Editorial Board has never taken sides in the presidential race... We’ve never seen reason to alter our approach. Until now.
This year, the choice isn’t between two capable major party nominees who happen to have significant ideological differences. This year, one of the candidates — Republican nominee Donald Trump — is, by unanimous consensus of the Editorial Board, unfit for the presidency.
From the day he declared his candidacy 15 months ago through this week’s first presidential debate, Trump has demonstrated repeatedly that he lacks the temperament, knowledge, steadiness and honesty that America needs from its presidents. [...]
And don’t miss a take published today by a member of the Wall Street Journal editorial board, not known for its political moderation. Dorothy Rabinowitz warns Republicans that as much as they may hate Hillary Clinton, she’s the only thing standing between the country and disaster:
Her election alone is what stands between the American nation and the reign of the most unstable, proudly uninformed, psychologically unfit president ever to enter the White House.
The Chicago Tribune, meanwhile, has endorsed Libertarian party candidate Gary Johnson.
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3.26pm BST
15:26
The New Hampshire senate candidates, Republican incumbent Kelly Ayotte and Democratic governor Maggie Hassan, are holding a morning debate, which you can watch here. This is a very close race – polling averages have the candidates one point apart – which could determine whether Democrats succeed in their quest to swipe control of the senate from the GOP.
3.21pm BST
15:21
After he exhausted himself on Twitter this morning on the topic of Alicia Machado, Trump attacked the use of anonymous sources, to the mirth/horror of anyone who’s been tracking Trump.
The question is, of all the stories this week with anonymous sources saying damning things about Trump, which one got his goat? Or was it a kind of cumulative effect? Anonymous sources close to the candidate were cited as saying that Trump’s children are unhappy with the current campaign leadership and concerned about the impact on Trump businesses of the campaign, a report that the campaign denied sharply. Other anonymous sources were quoted calling Trump’s debate performance a “disaster”.
What’s Trump reacting to here?
Remember, don't believe "sources said" by the VERY dishonest media. If they don't name the sources, the sources don't exist.
Trump himself constantly cites nameless or made-up people to claim support for
a product he’s selling
one position or another he’s pitching the American public on. Exempli gratia:
An 'extremely credible source' has called my office and told me that @BarackObama's birth certificate is a fraud.
Trump, in 80s, famously called NYC papers and had them write as a "source close to Trump" https://t.co/0BYZMMJvhQ
3.13pm BST
15:13
Trump’s tactic of refuting charges of misogyny by trying to shame a former beauty queen whom he publicly shamed 20 years ago for gaining weight... how effective, would you say?
I see our favorite serial adulterer who's on this third marriage is criticizing the morality of a woman for allegedly having sex on camera.
Why refute misogyny claims when you could prove them? https://t.co/BFYjMZ88Zp
2.58pm BST
14:58
The actress Kate McKinnon will bring her Hillary Clinton impression to Saturday Night Live this... Saturday. Opposite McKinnon will be Alec Baldwin playing Trump.
Here’s McKinnon this morning explaining what it’s like to impersonate Clinton:
.@nbcsnl's Kate McKinnon on impersonating Clinton: I watch everything she does, I have a lot in common with her https://t.co/P1CRDrmtYH
2.58pm BST
14:58
What’s the news that Trump is trying to cover up by tweeting wildly about beauty queen Alicia Machado?
We wake up this AM to Trump telling people to watch a sex tape that doesn't exist as a way to distract from the Trump Foundation story.
Could it be last night’s report by the Washington Post, citing state attorney general’s records, that the Trump foundation never obtained the registration required of charities that solicit more than $25,000 per year?
If the state attorney general finds that Trump’s foundation raised this sum or more from public donations - likely, since Trump himself has not donated to the charity personally since 2007 - it could be ordered to cease fundraising activities, or even to refund the money it has raised.
But there’s been so much bad news to come out about the Trump foundation, it’s difficult to understand how Trump’s nuclear media strategy might be triggered by one more negative headline.
Maybe there’s not a strategy?
Or maybe the Trump campaign is trying to get ahead of reports of an historic violation of the Cuba embargo, with Newsweek alleging that the Republican nominee spent at least $68,000 in the island dictatorship in 1998, while investigating potential business opportunities:
Or maybe there’s not a strategy?
The Clinton campaign does not seem too bothered:
Oh look, Trump is dominating the news cycle again. Whatever will we do.
2.09pm BST
14:09
Hello and welcome to our live-wire coverage of the 2016 race for the White House. Hillary Clinton has two rallies scheduled in Florida today while Donald Trump is in Michigan.
Trump has again attacked a former beauty pageant contestant introduced by Clinton at Monday’s debate as an example of a woman whom Trump has objectified and insulted.
Trump has invited the country to watch a “sex tape” that he says involves Alicia Machado, who was crowned Miss Universe when Trump ran the pageant in 1996. It’s unclear whether such a tape exists. Machado, who is now an American citizen, has done a string of interviews this week describing how Trump publicly shamed her for gaining weight after winning the pageant.
The Trump campaign has attacked Machado all week. This morning the candidate himself has taken up the attack. It has been a week of difficult headlines for the Trump campaign, with many he might like to distract from. Whatever the case, this is distracting:
Wow, Crooked Hillary was duped and used by my worst Miss U. Hillary floated her as an "angel" without checking her past, which is terrible!
Using Alicia M in the debate as a paragon of virtue just shows that Crooked Hillary suffers from BAD JUDGEMENT! Hillary was set up by a con.
Did Crooked Hillary help disgusting (check out sex tape and past) Alicia M become a U.S. citizen so she could use her in the debate?
The Guardian’s Lucia Graves spoke with Machado for a profile published this week:
Remarkable Trump Day 4 Twitter tirade against Machado. We'll see how "Miss Housekeeping" plays in Nevada... pic.twitter.com/dycCitrdJZ
I'm going to assume this is the first time in American history a major nominee has invited the public to watch a sex tape.
Now Mike Pence has to practice a "sex tape" answer all weekend.
Thanks for reading and please join us in the comments.
