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Trump and Clinton schedule swing state blitz after charity dinner speeches – live Trump and Clinton schedule swing state blitz after charity dinner speeches – live
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Hillary Clinton campaigns in Cleveland
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Speaking in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, Donald Trump wrapped up his speech by making numerous promises to those attending the rally:
“We are going to have the biggest tax cut since Ronald Reagan, and even actually a little bit bigger,” Trump said. “We’re going to eliminate every unnecessary job-killing regulation. We are going to defend religious liberty. We’ll be providing school choice - so important - to every low-income child in America, and we’re going to be ending Common Core and bringing education local. We’re going to support the men and women of law enforcement. We’re going to save our second amendment, which is totally under siege, and we will be appointing justices to the United States supreme court who will uphold and defend the constitution of the United States.”
“Imagine what our country could accomplish if we started working together as one people, under one god, saluting one American flag?”
Trump was greeted with a “U-S-A!” chant.
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Donald Trump, on journalists: "They don’t even want to look at you, folks ... I think they consider you deplorable and irredeemable."
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Donald Trump, on Hillary Clinton:
Hillary is the most corrupt person ever to seek the office of the presidency.
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Speaking in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump said that “the world hates our president” and that “the world hates us,” proof of poor leadership from President Barack Obama.
“All of this will require a truly national effort,” Trump said.
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Today in history:
Front page of NYT, year ago today. pic.twitter.com/Fk0emAnn8S
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Speaking in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump said that despite the fact that he was once a registered Democrat and beneficiary of “crooked” trade policies, he has now seen the light and will fight on behalf of the little guy.Speaking in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump said that despite the fact that he was once a registered Democrat and beneficiary of “crooked” trade policies, he has now seen the light and will fight on behalf of the little guy.
“Generations of failure and neglect are going to be coming to an end when we win this election,” Trump vowed. “Now, I’m on your side, and I’m here to fight for you and we’re going to win.”“Generations of failure and neglect are going to be coming to an end when we win this election,” Trump vowed. “Now, I’m on your side, and I’m here to fight for you and we’re going to win.”
“Hillary Clinton is a corrupt globalist,” Trump said, renewing language that the Anti-Defamation League has decried as anti-Semitic.“Hillary Clinton is a corrupt globalist,” Trump said, renewing language that the Anti-Defamation League has decried as anti-Semitic.
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Donald Trump campaigns in PennsylvaniaDonald Trump campaigns in Pennsylvania
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Hey, you don’t become a billionaire by spending money on a cup of lemonade...Hey, you don’t become a billionaire by spending money on a cup of lemonade...
this is a photo of my homey grant with trumps kid at in-n-out & trumps kid is drinking lemonade outta the free water cup... pic.twitter.com/Npuqte5e2bthis is a photo of my homey grant with trumps kid at in-n-out & trumps kid is drinking lemonade outta the free water cup... pic.twitter.com/Npuqte5e2b
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Donald Trump took a swipe at first lady Michelle Obama during his rally in North Carolina this afternoon, a dangerous proposition considering her approval ratings.Donald Trump took a swipe at first lady Michelle Obama during his rally in North Carolina this afternoon, a dangerous proposition considering her approval ratings.
Trump goes after Michelle Obama, says "all she wants to do is campaign" pic.twitter.com/ARPN2925lvTrump goes after Michelle Obama, says "all she wants to do is campaign" pic.twitter.com/ARPN2925lv
“His wife - all she wants to do is campaign,” Trump said. “And I see how much his wife likes Hillary, but wasn’t she the one that originally started the statement, ‘if you can’t take care of your home,’ right? ‘You can’t take care of the White House and the country’?”“His wife - all she wants to do is campaign,” Trump said. “And I see how much his wife likes Hillary, but wasn’t she the one that originally started the statement, ‘if you can’t take care of your home,’ right? ‘You can’t take care of the White House and the country’?”
“Where is that? I don’t hear that. I don’t hear that,” Trump continued. “She’s the one that started that. I said, ‘We can’t say that, it’s too vicious.’ Can you believe it? I said that. ‘We can’t say that.’ They said, ‘No, Michelle Obama said that.’ I said, ‘She did?’ She said that but we don’t hear about that.”“Where is that? I don’t hear that. I don’t hear that,” Trump continued. “She’s the one that started that. I said, ‘We can’t say that, it’s too vicious.’ Can you believe it? I said that. ‘We can’t say that.’ They said, ‘No, Michelle Obama said that.’ I said, ‘She did?’ She said that but we don’t hear about that.”
Trump is apparently referring to a comment Obama made in 2008, when she discussed the dueling roles of a campaign spouse and of a mother.Trump is apparently referring to a comment Obama made in 2008, when she discussed the dueling roles of a campaign spouse and of a mother.
“Our view was that, if you can’t run your own house, you certainly can’t run the White House,” Obama said at the time. “So we’ve adjusted our schedules to make sure that our girls are first, so while he’s traveling around, I do day trips. That means I get up in the morning, I get the girls ready, I get them off, I go and do trips, I’m home before bedtime. So the girls know that I was gone somewhere, but they don’t care. They just know that I was at home to tuck them in at night, and it keeps them grounded, and, and children, the children in our country have to know that they come first. And our girls do and that’s why we’re doing this. We’re in this race for not just our children, but all of our children.”“Our view was that, if you can’t run your own house, you certainly can’t run the White House,” Obama said at the time. “So we’ve adjusted our schedules to make sure that our girls are first, so while he’s traveling around, I do day trips. That means I get up in the morning, I get the girls ready, I get them off, I go and do trips, I’m home before bedtime. So the girls know that I was gone somewhere, but they don’t care. They just know that I was at home to tuck them in at night, and it keeps them grounded, and, and children, the children in our country have to know that they come first. And our girls do and that’s why we’re doing this. We’re in this race for not just our children, but all of our children.”
The comment was interpreted by some at the time as a swipe at Hillary Clinton’s marriage, but the Obama campaign responded that Obama had been discussing her own marriage, not that of the Clintons.The comment was interpreted by some at the time as a swipe at Hillary Clinton’s marriage, but the Obama campaign responded that Obama had been discussing her own marriage, not that of the Clintons.
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Donald Trump is being advised on business policy by executives who suffered multimillion-dollar bankruptcies, were sued by authorities for not paying large tax bills, and were accused of failing to act against sexual assault in the workplace.Donald Trump is being advised on business policy by executives who suffered multimillion-dollar bankruptcies, were sued by authorities for not paying large tax bills, and were accused of failing to act against sexual assault in the workplace.
A review of court filings, tax records and other documents found some members of Trump’s new Small Business Advisory Council had made serious corporate missteps while others were not, in fact, small business owners at all.A review of court filings, tax records and other documents found some members of Trump’s new Small Business Advisory Council had made serious corporate missteps while others were not, in fact, small business owners at all.
According to a briefing document released by the campaign, the panel is advising the Republican presidential nominee on issues such as regulation and tax. “For the first time in a long time Small Businesses are concerned enough that they will be a very strong coalition for the Trump Pence in 2016 [sic],” the document said.According to a briefing document released by the campaign, the panel is advising the Republican presidential nominee on issues such as regulation and tax. “For the first time in a long time Small Businesses are concerned enough that they will be a very strong coalition for the Trump Pence in 2016 [sic],” the document said.
At least two members of the council have endured bankruptcy after becoming unable to pay debts. Trump, a property developer and television host, has put six companies into bankruptcy since 1991. His campaign did not respond to requests for comment about the advisers.At least two members of the council have endured bankruptcy after becoming unable to pay debts. Trump, a property developer and television host, has put six companies into bankruptcy since 1991. His campaign did not respond to requests for comment about the advisers.
A mail-order furniture company in North Carolina owned by Ed Broyhill, one of the Trump advisers, entered bankruptcy in 1995 with reported liabilities of $7.5m. A reported 4,800 people, many ordinary customers who had paid deposits for pieces of furniture, were owed money by Broyhill’s company, according to a list of creditors. Some were still trying to recoup a few hundred dollars of losses more than 15 years after proceedings began, according to federal court filings.A mail-order furniture company in North Carolina owned by Ed Broyhill, one of the Trump advisers, entered bankruptcy in 1995 with reported liabilities of $7.5m. A reported 4,800 people, many ordinary customers who had paid deposits for pieces of furniture, were owed money by Broyhill’s company, according to a list of creditors. Some were still trying to recoup a few hundred dollars of losses more than 15 years after proceedings began, according to federal court filings.
Broyhill, a 62-year-old former finance chairman of the North CarolinaRepublicans, now leads a property development company and an investment firm. He ran for Congress unsuccessfully in 2004. In an interview, Broyhill said every creditor who made an effort to recover their money was repaid.Broyhill, a 62-year-old former finance chairman of the North CarolinaRepublicans, now leads a property development company and an investment firm. He ran for Congress unsuccessfully in 2004. In an interview, Broyhill said every creditor who made an effort to recover their money was repaid.
“There was not one instance of any loss that was not negotiated to the satisfaction of everybody,” he said. According to a 2004 letter from the bankruptcy trustee, Broyhill contributed $3m toward paying off the company’s debts.“There was not one instance of any loss that was not negotiated to the satisfaction of everybody,” he said. According to a 2004 letter from the bankruptcy trustee, Broyhill contributed $3m toward paying off the company’s debts.
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Vice-president Joe Biden is campaigning for Hillary Clinton in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, today, in the heart of former coal and manufacturing country that Republicans hoped might elevate Donald Trump to victory in the state this year.
Trump does not appear to be close in Pennsylvania (Barack Obama won the state by five points in 2012; polling averages have Trump trailing Clinton this year by six points), but Trump has found deep support in Wilkes-Barre’s Luzerne County and southwestern counties likewise packed with working-class voters.
Biden, a native of Scranton, Pennsylvania (in case you hadn’t heard), is not ready to concede those voters this year – or in future elections, reports Paul Kane, writing in the Washington Post under the headline Joe Biden wants to make sure Democrats don’t give up on Trump voters:
But for Biden, this last campaign is about more than just Senate control: A year ago Friday he gave up his own presidential ambition, announcing that his son’s death had made a bid for the highest office emotionally impossible. Instead, after months of introspection, he is pouring his energy into a fight that he thinks will help Democrats this year but also continuing his effort to convince them not to give up on white working-class voters who were once the party’s core, and whose support has fueled the insurgent candidacy of GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump.
“I just think we have a very strong argument on the substance, and I think that we should be pounding away,” Biden said in a recent interview, explaining how he wants Democrats to talk to these voters about job training and the new economy. “Once you actually make that case and you go into places like southeast Ohio and the northeast [Ohio] . . . these are places that should be — like Youngstown — they should be Democratic areas.”
But Biden worries that Democrats are turning into a party controlled by intellectual elites who don’t know how to relate to people like those from his hometown of Scranton, Pa., where Trump held a raucous rally in July just a few blocks from the vice president’s childhood home. “Tell you what, my antenna went up,” Biden said in a recent interview in his West Wing office.
Read the full piece here.
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Video: resisting Alabama's voter ID law
Since 2014, Alabama citizens have been required to present a state-approved photo ID at the polls. The state acknowledges that up to 250,000 voters don’t have the required ID, often due to lack of accessibility. Alabama election officials insist that the law is intended to curb voter fraud. With only one known case of modern-day voter fraud in the state, Alabama citizens and politicians alike question the underlying motive of the law:
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Twitter fight.
The results are in on the final debate and it is almost unanimous, I WON! Thank you, these are very exciting times.
*checks watch. yawns*
Where was this kind of comedy last night? https://t.co/71JhLG55G5
*checks calendar. blinks*
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On Sunday, Bill Murray will be recognized at the Kennedy Center with the Mark Twain prize for American humor.
Spotted at the White House: Bill Murray
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Ex-aide says Christie knew about lane closures
Bridget Anne Kelly, the former deputy chief of staff to New Jersey governor Chris Christie who sent a notorious email announcing “time for traffic problems in Ft Lee” before lanes were closed on the George Washington bridge in 2013, has testified in federal court that Christie knew of the lane closure plan.
Christie has denied any knowledge of the plan. Prosecutors say the lanes were closed as political retribution against Ft Lee, New Jersey, mayor Mark Sokolich, a Democrat, who had declined to endorse Christie in his reelection bid. The lane closures created traffic paralysis for days in the Ft Lee area, delaying emergency vehicles, school buses and other traffic.
Kelly’s testimony does not indicate that Christie planned the lane closures or viewed them as political retribution. Kelly testified that she told Christie that the closures were part of a traffic study.
WNYC’s Andrea Bernstein reports:
Bridgegate Defendant says Christie knew about the lane closures and gave his consent before she sent "Time for some traffic problems" email pic.twitter.com/M2rV20gf7j
2/ Kelly said Christie’s response to info the @PANYNJ was doing a study” What’s our relationship with Mayor Sokolich?”
3/ Kelly says she discussed Mayor Sokolich’s public safety complaints with Christie on 9/11/13, while closures were on
4 Kelly, in tears sez Christie threw a water bottle at her and said “What do you think I am a fucking game show host?”
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Clinton looks good in early voting – AP
Hillary Clinton appears to be displaying strength in the crucial battleground states of North Carolina and Florida among voters casting ballots before Election Day, and may also be building an early vote advantage in Arizona and Colorado, the AP reports:
Donald Trump, meanwhile, appears to be holding ground in Ohio, Iowa and Georgia, according to data compiled by The Associated Press. Those are important states for Trump, but not sufficient for him to win the presidency if he loses states like Florida or North Carolina.
“The Trump campaign should be concerned,” said Scott Tranter, co-founder of Optimus, a Republican data analytics firm. His firm’s analysis suggests a “strong final showing for the Clinton campaign” in early voting.
The Clinton campaign is looking to build an insurmountable lead in Florida and North Carolina during early voting. If she wins either of those states, she’ll probably be the next president.
Using 2012 as a guidepost, she appears to be in a strong position in early voting.
While Democrats tend to do better in early voting, Republicans usually post an initial lead with mail-in ballots before Democrats surpass them during in-person early voting in mid to late October.
Democrats so far have kept it close with mail-in ballots, giving Clinton a chance to run up the score with in-person early voting. To do that, she’ll need non-whites and young people to turn out near the high levels they did in 2012 for Barack Obama.
In North Carolina, Democrats have moved ahead of Republicans in early voting. Republicans had held a modest lead based on mail-in ballots returned, but that was at a much narrower margin than in 2012, when Mitt Romney narrowly won the state. After in-person voting began on Thursday, Democrats overtook Republicans in overall votes cast.
In Florida, a record 3.1 million people have requested ballots, more than one-third of the total voters in 2012. Democrats have requested almost as many ballots as Republicans: 39 percent vs. 40 percent.
By comparison, in 2008, Republicans held a lead of 49 percent to 32 percent in requests, according to an analysis for AP by Catalist, a Democratic analytical firm. Obama won in Florida in 2008 and 2012.
Democrats are also showing momentum in the 2nd congressional district of both Maine and Nebraska. The two states allocate electoral votes by congressional district.
There’s more where that came from. Read further here.
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Clinton to meet with Black Lives Matter activists
In advance of her rally in Cleveland, Ohio, this afternoon, Hillary Clinton will meet with Movement for Black Lives activists Brittany Packnett and DeRay Mckesson, her campaign reports. She last met with the activists a year ago.
I'm looking forward to the conversation w/ @HillaryClinton today, following up on the previous in-person meeting. https://t.co/9qhWDw0P1F
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Apologies for the outage
Hello, we’re back after an outage which we believe to have been related to this:
So, we’ve missed Trump’s speech in North Carolina. We’ll update you on any important news lines. The Guardian’s Ben Jacobs is watching:
Trump proclaims that the country is run by losers and babies
Here’s a photo from the event:
Venue is about half full. Trump comes out in about 10 mins. pic.twitter.com/ruVB5mFvHt
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New Clinton ad features Khan family
The Clinton campaign has released a new ad featuring Khizr and Ghazala Khan, parents of slain Army Captain Humayun Khan, who was killed in a suicide bombing attack in Iraq in 2004.
One of the sharpest moments of widespread bipartisan revulsion at Donald Trump in the campaign came when Trump criticized the Khans for their appearance at the Democratic national convention to tell their son’s story. Khizr Khan offered Trump his pocket constitution, wondering whether he’d ever read it. Trump discounted their story and questioned why Ghazala Khan did not address the convention.
The Khans are Muslim, as was their son.
Ghazala Khan does not speak in the ad, either, but she is pictured with her husband, who asks at the end of the ad, “Would my son have a place in your America?”
The campaign says the ad will air as part of an already existing ad buy in Florida, Iowa, Nevada, New Hampshire, North Carolina, Ohio and Pennsylvania.
Here’s the Khan’s appearance at the convention:
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As we wait for Donald Trump to pop up in North Carolina, Mike Pence, his running mate, is headed for New Hampshire, for rallies in Nashua and Exeter. Here’s a nice snap from his press secretary:
TrumpForce2 is loaded up and heading to New Hampshire. Join Gov @mike_pence today https://t.co/44XdX099OY pic.twitter.com/iS4u5WM2K5