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| Hillary Clinton refuses to comment on Donald Trump 'schlonged' comment | Hillary Clinton refuses to comment on Donald Trump 'schlonged' comment |
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| Donald Trump only has himself to blame. Again. | Donald Trump only has himself to blame. Again. |
| He has given female voters another reason to disdain him by putting a Yiddish term for penis (“schlong”) and Hillary Clinton in the same sentence. Donald Trump said Ms Clinton had been “schlonged” by Barack Obama when both ran for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2008. | |
| At a rally in Michigan late on Monday, which saw frequent interruptions by hecklers who were summarily ejected, he mocked the former first lady for returning late to the stage midway through the latest Democratic debate. | At a rally in Michigan late on Monday, which saw frequent interruptions by hecklers who were summarily ejected, he mocked the former first lady for returning late to the stage midway through the latest Democratic debate. |
| Acknowledging she had been waylaid in the ladies, Mr Trump feigned horror. “I know where she went. It’s disgusting, I don’t want to talk about it.” But it was his description of how she lost to Mr Obama in the 2008 primaries that drew more attention. | Acknowledging she had been waylaid in the ladies, Mr Trump feigned horror. “I know where she went. It’s disgusting, I don’t want to talk about it.” But it was his description of how she lost to Mr Obama in the 2008 primaries that drew more attention. |
| “She was going to beat Obama,” Mr Trump told a ballroom full of supporters in Grand Rapids, Michigan. “She was going to beat – she was favoured to win – and she got schlonged. She lost. She lost.” | “She was going to beat Obama,” Mr Trump told a ballroom full of supporters in Grand Rapids, Michigan. “She was going to beat – she was favoured to win – and she got schlonged. She lost. She lost.” |
| Outrage is the fuel of the Trump campaign. And Mr Trump knows it. It’s what he said first about illegal Mexican immigrants – “rapists” and “criminals” – and then about Muslims that helped build his current lead in the Republican nomination race. He has also given fresh cover to white supremacists in America to expound racist views they previously hardly dared utter in public. | Outrage is the fuel of the Trump campaign. And Mr Trump knows it. It’s what he said first about illegal Mexican immigrants – “rapists” and “criminals” – and then about Muslims that helped build his current lead in the Republican nomination race. He has also given fresh cover to white supremacists in America to expound racist views they previously hardly dared utter in public. |
| Even David Duke, the former Ku Klux Klan grand wizard and far-right politician from Louisiana, is lavishing love on him. | Even David Duke, the former Ku Klux Klan grand wizard and far-right politician from Louisiana, is lavishing love on him. |
| Little that Mr Trump has said or done so far – not even his appeal, inadvertent or otherwise, to hate groups on the right – has slowed his march towards the Republican nomination, confounding the political commentator class and sending the party’s establishment in Washington into a terminal tizzy. However, a new national Quinnipiac poll today showed Ted Cruz rising fast beneath him. | Little that Mr Trump has said or done so far – not even his appeal, inadvertent or otherwise, to hate groups on the right – has slowed his march towards the Republican nomination, confounding the political commentator class and sending the party’s establishment in Washington into a terminal tizzy. However, a new national Quinnipiac poll today showed Ted Cruz rising fast beneath him. |
| "Some of the candidates, they went in and didn’t know the air conditioner didn’t work and sweated like dogs, and they didn’t know the room was too big because they didn’t have anybody there. How are they going to beat ISIS?" | "Some of the candidates, they went in and didn’t know the air conditioner didn’t work and sweated like dogs, and they didn’t know the room was too big because they didn’t have anybody there. How are they going to beat ISIS?" |
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| "I will build a great wall — and nobody builds walls better than me, believe me —and I’ll build them very inexpensively. I will build a great, great wall on our southern border, and I will make Mexico pay for that wall. Mark my words." | "I will build a great wall — and nobody builds walls better than me, believe me —and I’ll build them very inexpensively. I will build a great, great wall on our southern border, and I will make Mexico pay for that wall. Mark my words." |
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| "Free trade is terrible. Free trade can be wonderful if you have smart people. But we have stupid people." | "Free trade is terrible. Free trade can be wonderful if you have smart people. But we have stupid people." |
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| "When Mexico sends its people, they’re not sending their best. They’re sending people that have lots of problems. They’re bringing drugs. They’re bringing crime. They’re rapists." | "When Mexico sends its people, they’re not sending their best. They’re sending people that have lots of problems. They’re bringing drugs. They’re bringing crime. They’re rapists." |
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| "I just sold an apartment for $15 million to somebody from China. Am I supposed to dislike them?... I love China. The biggest bank in the world is from China. You know where their United States headquarters is located? In this building, in Trump Tower." | "I just sold an apartment for $15 million to somebody from China. Am I supposed to dislike them?... I love China. The biggest bank in the world is from China. You know where their United States headquarters is located? In this building, in Trump Tower." |
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| "If you're interested in 'balancing' work and pleasure, stop trying to balance them. Instead make your work more pleasurable." | "If you're interested in 'balancing' work and pleasure, stop trying to balance them. Instead make your work more pleasurable." |
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| "What separates the winners from the losers is how a person reacts to each new twist of fate." | "What separates the winners from the losers is how a person reacts to each new twist of fate." |
| "Everything in life is luck." | "Everything in life is luck." |
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| "You have to think anyway, so why not think big?" | "You have to think anyway, so why not think big?" |
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| "Bush is totally in favour of Common Core. I don't see how he can possibly get the nomination. He's weak on immigration. He's in favour of Common Core. How the hell can you vote for this guy? You just can't do it." | "Bush is totally in favour of Common Core. I don't see how he can possibly get the nomination. He's weak on immigration. He's in favour of Common Core. How the hell can you vote for this guy? You just can't do it." |
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| "You have to be hit by a tractor, literally, a tractor, to use it, because the deductibles are so high. It's virtually useless. And remember the $5 billion web site?... I have so many web sites, I have them all over the place. I hire people, they do a web site. It costs me $3." | "You have to be hit by a tractor, literally, a tractor, to use it, because the deductibles are so high. It's virtually useless. And remember the $5 billion web site?... I have so many web sites, I have them all over the place. I hire people, they do a web site. It costs me $3." |
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| "Obama is going to be out playing golf. He might be on one of my courses. I would invite him. I have the best courses in the world. I have one right next to the White House." | "Obama is going to be out playing golf. He might be on one of my courses. I would invite him. I have the best courses in the world. I have one right next to the White House." |
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| "Love him or hate him, Trump is a man who is certain about what he wants and sets out to get it, no holds barred. Women find his power almost as much of a turn-on as his money." | "Love him or hate him, Trump is a man who is certain about what he wants and sets out to get it, no holds barred. Women find his power almost as much of a turn-on as his money." |
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| "The American Dream is dead. But if I get elected president I will bring it back bigger and better and stronger than ever before and we will make America great again." | "The American Dream is dead. But if I get elected president I will bring it back bigger and better and stronger than ever before and we will make America great again." |
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| But the Hillary Clinton camp is certain that all these issues, including the gap in his support from women, would return to haunt him in a general election. Indeed, the same Quinnipiac survey found that while almost a quarter of Americans said they would be “proud” to have Mr Trump as their President, 50 per cent said they would be “embarrassed”. | But the Hillary Clinton camp is certain that all these issues, including the gap in his support from women, would return to haunt him in a general election. Indeed, the same Quinnipiac survey found that while almost a quarter of Americans said they would be “proud” to have Mr Trump as their President, 50 per cent said they would be “embarrassed”. |
| It explains why the push-back from the Clinton campaign to the “schlong” comment was limited to a tweet from communications director Jennifer Palmieri. “We are not responding to Trump, but everyone who understands the humiliation this degrading language inflicts on all women should,” she posted. | It explains why the push-back from the Clinton campaign to the “schlong” comment was limited to a tweet from communications director Jennifer Palmieri. “We are not responding to Trump, but everyone who understands the humiliation this degrading language inflicts on all women should,” she posted. |
| We are not responding to Trump but everyone who understands the humiliation this degrading language inflicts on all women should. #imwithher | We are not responding to Trump but everyone who understands the humiliation this degrading language inflicts on all women should. #imwithher |
| But Ms Clinton will not hold back if there is evidence that white supremacists in America are beginning explicitly to piggyback on Mr Trump’s rhetoric as a means to revive their political fortunes. She will ask whether voters really want a man with friends like these taking the keys to the White House. | But Ms Clinton will not hold back if there is evidence that white supremacists in America are beginning explicitly to piggyback on Mr Trump’s rhetoric as a means to revive their political fortunes. She will ask whether voters really want a man with friends like these taking the keys to the White House. |
| In comments to The Washington Post, Rachel Pendergraft, the national organiser of the Knights Party, a political offshoot of the Ku Klux Klan, said that the headlines being generated by Mr Trump almost daily were giving her members a new way to talk casually with the public in general about the issues her movement cares about. “One of the things that our organisation really stresses with our membership is we want them to educate themselves on issues, but we also want them to be able to learn how to open up a conversation with other people,” she said, adding that Mr Trump has meanwhile proved a huge morale-booster for her adherents. “They like the overall momentum of his rallies and his campaign. They like that he’s not willing to back down. He says what he believes and stands on that.” | In comments to The Washington Post, Rachel Pendergraft, the national organiser of the Knights Party, a political offshoot of the Ku Klux Klan, said that the headlines being generated by Mr Trump almost daily were giving her members a new way to talk casually with the public in general about the issues her movement cares about. “One of the things that our organisation really stresses with our membership is we want them to educate themselves on issues, but we also want them to be able to learn how to open up a conversation with other people,” she said, adding that Mr Trump has meanwhile proved a huge morale-booster for her adherents. “They like the overall momentum of his rallies and his campaign. They like that he’s not willing to back down. He says what he believes and stands on that.” |
| If there is peril here for Mr Trump, he knows it. His campaign has fired two staff members for making racist slurs. Three weeks ago, he surprised some followers by criticising Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia for suggesting in arguments about affirmative action in colleges that blacks may be better off in “slower-track” universities. | If there is peril here for Mr Trump, he knows it. His campaign has fired two staff members for making racist slurs. Three weeks ago, he surprised some followers by criticising Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia for suggesting in arguments about affirmative action in colleges that blacks may be better off in “slower-track” universities. |
| And he has tried to push Mr Duke away. “I don’t need his endorsement. I certainly wouldn’t want his endorsement,” he told Bloomberg News. But the love of the neo-Nazis remains tenacious. There has been a surge of people visiting Stormfront, a website catering for white supremacists, thanks to the Trump campaign, its founder, Don Black, told Politico. “It’s all very surprising. I would have never expected he be the great white hope, of all people. But it’s happening. So that’s what we talk about. That’s what so many of our people are inspired by,” he said. | And he has tried to push Mr Duke away. “I don’t need his endorsement. I certainly wouldn’t want his endorsement,” he told Bloomberg News. But the love of the neo-Nazis remains tenacious. There has been a surge of people visiting Stormfront, a website catering for white supremacists, thanks to the Trump campaign, its founder, Don Black, told Politico. “It’s all very surprising. I would have never expected he be the great white hope, of all people. But it’s happening. So that’s what we talk about. That’s what so many of our people are inspired by,” he said. |