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| Clinton accuses Trump of making 'hate movement mainstream' – campaign live | Clinton accuses Trump of making 'hate movement mainstream' – campaign live |
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| Donald Trump: 'You know it’s a process - you can’t take 11 million at one time' | |
| In a conversation with CNN’s Anderson Cooper, Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump told the anchor that the deportation of the estimated 11m undocumented immigrants currently living in the United States is “a process,” but denied that his recent muddying of his immigration policy amounts to “legalization.” | |
| “We are gonna build a great wall, the wall is gonna be paid for by Mexico,” Trump said, when asked about his immigration policy shift. “We’re gonna have tunnel technology ... people will not come into our country illegally - we’re gonna fix that.” | |
| The “bad ones,” Trump said, will be deported from the country as his first act as president. | |
| “They’re out, they’re out. The police know who they are - I’ve spoken to many police. The police know who they are,” Trump said. “We’re going to end sanctuary cities.” | |
| “After that, we’re going to see what happens, but we’re going to find people,” Trump said. “The first document I will sign will say get the bad ones out of this country - get them back to where they came from.” | |
| “You know it’s a process - you can’t take 11 [million] at one time and say boom you’re done,” Trump continued. “We know the bad ones - we know where they are, who they are, we know the drug cartel people, we know the gangs... those people are gone.” | |
| When asked how his newfound embrace of allowing undocumented immigrants to pay back taxes stacks against the platform of former rival Jeb Bush, whose stance on immigration led Trump to dismiss it as “amnesty,” Trump was dismissive. | |
| “Jeb Bush wasn’t building a wall, Jeb Bush wasn’t making strong borders.” | |
| “First I wanna see what’s going to happen - we;re going to deport many people, many, many people,” Trump said. “There is no path to legalization unless they leave the country and then they come back.” | |
| “We’re going to see what happens once we strengthen up our border.” | |
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| Arizona senator John McCain’s Republican challenger, former state senator Kelli Ward, has criticized her opponent as too old for the job. | |
| “John McCain is falling down on the job, he’s gotten weak and he’s gotten old. I do want to wish him a happy birthday, he’s going to be 80 on Monday. And I want to give him the best birthday present ever, the gift of retirement,” former Arizona Ward told MSNBC Chuck Todd, according to the Hill. | |
| “I’m a physician, I see the physiological changes that happen in normal aging in patients again and again and again over the last 25 years. I do know what happens to the body and the mind at the end of life.” | |
| Asked if she felt comfortable diagnosing a man she had never met, Ward said: “Diagnosing him as an 80-year-old man? Yes, I do.” | |
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| Video: Hillary Clinton accused Donald Trump of embracing a brand of US political conservatism associated with white nationalism and nativism during a Nevada campaign stop earlier today. | Video: Hillary Clinton accused Donald Trump of embracing a brand of US political conservatism associated with white nationalism and nativism during a Nevada campaign stop earlier today. |
| She cited Trump’s decision to bring on Breitbart News executive Steve Bannon as his new campaign chief as a sign Trump is strengthening his ties to the “alt-right” movement. | She cited Trump’s decision to bring on Breitbart News executive Steve Bannon as his new campaign chief as a sign Trump is strengthening his ties to the “alt-right” movement. |
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| Kellyanne Conway, Donald Trump’s latest campaign manager, has issued a statement in response to Hillary Clinton’s speech on Trump’s connections to the so-called “alt-right”: | Kellyanne Conway, Donald Trump’s latest campaign manager, has issued a statement in response to Hillary Clinton’s speech on Trump’s connections to the so-called “alt-right”: |
| Today proved to the American public what we have known all along - Hillary Clinton has no hope, no vision and no ideas for the future of our country. Clinton lied about her emails, she lied about Colin Powell, and today she lied about Donald Trump. Donald Trump is talking about issues; Hillary Clinton is talking about Donald Trump. Today, she she took a break from her Hillary-in-Hiding Tour, she missed another opportunity to talk about education, infrastructure, terrorism, healthcare, the economy and energy. We’re living in her head rent-free, and that must terrify the political insiders who want to keep things exactly they way they are. | Today proved to the American public what we have known all along - Hillary Clinton has no hope, no vision and no ideas for the future of our country. Clinton lied about her emails, she lied about Colin Powell, and today she lied about Donald Trump. Donald Trump is talking about issues; Hillary Clinton is talking about Donald Trump. Today, she she took a break from her Hillary-in-Hiding Tour, she missed another opportunity to talk about education, infrastructure, terrorism, healthcare, the economy and energy. We’re living in her head rent-free, and that must terrify the political insiders who want to keep things exactly they way they are. |
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| Donald Trump continues to muddy immigration stance | Donald Trump continues to muddy immigration stance |
| In a preview of remarks to be made tonight on CNN’s AC360, Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump told host Anderson Cooper that the “softening” of his immigration plan does not include a path to legalization - “unless people leave the country” and pay back taxes. | In a preview of remarks to be made tonight on CNN’s AC360, Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump told host Anderson Cooper that the “softening” of his immigration plan does not include a path to legalization - “unless people leave the country” and pay back taxes. |
| “No, there’s not a path to legalization unless people leave the country,” Trump told Cooper, in remarks set to air at 8pm ET. “If they come back in and then they have to start paying taxes, but there is no path to legalization unless they leave the country and come back.” | “No, there’s not a path to legalization unless people leave the country,” Trump told Cooper, in remarks set to air at 8pm ET. “If they come back in and then they have to start paying taxes, but there is no path to legalization unless they leave the country and come back.” |
| Trump campaign manager Kellyanne Conway told CNN on Tuesday that there would be no “touchback” policy in Trump’s future - that is, undocumented immigrants leaving the country for their nation of origin before entering the United States legally. | Trump campaign manager Kellyanne Conway told CNN on Tuesday that there would be no “touchback” policy in Trump’s future - that is, undocumented immigrants leaving the country for their nation of origin before entering the United States legally. |
| Trump also doubled down on remarks he made last night, calling rival Hillary Clinton a “bigot” who only views African Americans as votes to be won. | Trump also doubled down on remarks he made last night, calling rival Hillary Clinton a “bigot” who only views African Americans as votes to be won. |
| “She is a bigot,” Trump said. “If you look at what’s happening to the inner cities, you look at what’s happening to African Americans and Hispanics in this country where she talks all the time. She talking - look at the vets, where she said the vets are being treated essentially just fine that it’s over-exaggerated what’s happening to the vets not so long ago.” | “She is a bigot,” Trump said. “If you look at what’s happening to the inner cities, you look at what’s happening to African Americans and Hispanics in this country where she talks all the time. She talking - look at the vets, where she said the vets are being treated essentially just fine that it’s over-exaggerated what’s happening to the vets not so long ago.” |
| Asked to elaborate - Trump’s definition of bigotry appears to be different than Cooper’s - Trump said that Clinton is bigoted because “she is selling them down the tubes because she’s not doing anything for those communities. She talks a good game. But she doesn’t do anything.” | Asked to elaborate - Trump’s definition of bigotry appears to be different than Cooper’s - Trump said that Clinton is bigoted because “she is selling them down the tubes because she’s not doing anything for those communities. She talks a good game. But she doesn’t do anything.” |
| Asked whether Clinton is personally bigoted, Trump said yes. | Asked whether Clinton is personally bigoted, Trump said yes. |
| “Oh, she is,” Trump said. “Of course she is. Her policies. They’re her policies, she comes out with the policies and others that believe like she does also but she came out with policies over the years. This is over the years. Long time. She’s totally bigoted, there’s no question about that.” | “Oh, she is,” Trump said. “Of course she is. Her policies. They’re her policies, she comes out with the policies and others that believe like she does also but she came out with policies over the years. This is over the years. Long time. She’s totally bigoted, there’s no question about that.” |
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| Al Baldasaro, Donald Trump’s adviser on veteran’s issues, has quadrupled down on comments made earlier this summer in which he called for Hillary Clinton to be shot: | Al Baldasaro, Donald Trump’s adviser on veteran’s issues, has quadrupled down on comments made earlier this summer in which he called for Hillary Clinton to be shot: |
| Paul my comments were in accordance with the law & Constitution, far from controversial just an opinion from a Vet https://t.co/OeECnkMQs8 | Paul my comments were in accordance with the law & Constitution, far from controversial just an opinion from a Vet https://t.co/OeECnkMQs8 |
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| Maria L La Ganga | Maria L La Ganga |
| Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton today disparaged her Republican rival as a tool of the racist, radical right, a man who foments “paranoia and prejudice” and ushers hate groups into the mainstream. | Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton today disparaged her Republican rival as a tool of the racist, radical right, a man who foments “paranoia and prejudice” and ushers hate groups into the mainstream. |
| Donald Trump is “a man with a long history of racial discrimination”, Clinton said during a Thursday rally in the flag-festooned student center at Truckee Meadows Community College. He is a man “who traffics in dark conspiracy theories drawn from the pages of supermarket tabloids and the far reaches of the internet”. | Donald Trump is “a man with a long history of racial discrimination”, Clinton said during a Thursday rally in the flag-festooned student center at Truckee Meadows Community College. He is a man “who traffics in dark conspiracy theories drawn from the pages of supermarket tabloids and the far reaches of the internet”. |
| Positioning herself as the true representative of a tolerant and open-minded United States, Clinton derided the real estate mogul as a darling of the “alt-right” and a soulmate of David Duke, a former grand wizard of the Ku Klux Klan. | Positioning herself as the true representative of a tolerant and open-minded United States, Clinton derided the real estate mogul as a darling of the “alt-right” and a soulmate of David Duke, a former grand wizard of the Ku Klux Klan. |
| The speech, a kind of throwing down of the patriotic gauntlet, came eight days after Trump named Steve Bannon as the new chief of his struggling campaign. Bannon is a Breitbart News executive and a key figure in the anti-establishment revolt that has captured the Republican party. | The speech, a kind of throwing down of the patriotic gauntlet, came eight days after Trump named Steve Bannon as the new chief of his struggling campaign. Bannon is a Breitbart News executive and a key figure in the anti-establishment revolt that has captured the Republican party. |
| “The de facto merger between Breitbart and the Trump campaign represents a landmark achievement for the ‘alt-right’,” Clinton declared. “A fringe element has effectively taken over the Republican party. All of this adds up to something we’ve never seen before. | “The de facto merger between Breitbart and the Trump campaign represents a landmark achievement for the ‘alt-right’,” Clinton declared. “A fringe element has effectively taken over the Republican party. All of this adds up to something we’ve never seen before. |
| “Of course, there’s always been a paranoid fringe in our politics, steeped in racial resentment,” she continued. “But it’s never had the nominee of a major party stoking it, encouraging it, and giving it a national megaphone. Until now.” | “Of course, there’s always been a paranoid fringe in our politics, steeped in racial resentment,” she continued. “But it’s never had the nominee of a major party stoking it, encouraging it, and giving it a national megaphone. Until now.” |
| By billing the speech as a takedown of “Trump’s divisive ‘alt-right’ candidacy”, her campaign shined a light on a little-known slice of the political spectrum: an amorphous, largely online movement that prefers the label “race realist” to “white supremacist”. | By billing the speech as a takedown of “Trump’s divisive ‘alt-right’ candidacy”, her campaign shined a light on a little-known slice of the political spectrum: an amorphous, largely online movement that prefers the label “race realist” to “white supremacist”. |
| Not only has Trump insulted African Americans and Latinos from the campaign trail, but by aligning himself with Brietbart, Clinton said Thursday, he hooked up with a media outlet that the Southern Poverty Law Center says “embraces ideas on the extremist fringe of the conservative right”. | Not only has Trump insulted African Americans and Latinos from the campaign trail, but by aligning himself with Brietbart, Clinton said Thursday, he hooked up with a media outlet that the Southern Poverty Law Center says “embraces ideas on the extremist fringe of the conservative right”. |
| “This is not conservatism as we have known it,” she continued. “This is not Republicanism as we have known it. These are racist ideas, race-baiting ideas, anti-Muslim, anti-immigrant, anti-women, all key tenets making up the emerging racist ideology known as the alt-right.” | “This is not conservatism as we have known it,” she continued. “This is not Republicanism as we have known it. These are racist ideas, race-baiting ideas, anti-Muslim, anti-immigrant, anti-women, all key tenets making up the emerging racist ideology known as the alt-right.” |
| Trump turned to Twitter shortly after Clinton’s rally ended. He said her “short speech is pandering to the worst instincts in our society. She should be ashamed of herself!” | Trump turned to Twitter shortly after Clinton’s rally ended. He said her “short speech is pandering to the worst instincts in our society. She should be ashamed of herself!” |
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| Donald Trump, currently in fourth place among African-American voters: | Donald Trump, currently in fourth place among African-American voters: |
| Hillary Clinton is using race-baiting to try to get African-American voters- but they know she is all talk and NO ACTION! | Hillary Clinton is using race-baiting to try to get African-American voters- but they know she is all talk and NO ACTION! |
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| Hillary Clinton has tweeted support for actor Leslie Jones, whose personal information and explicit images were leaked online in a racialized cyberattack. | Hillary Clinton has tweeted support for actor Leslie Jones, whose personal information and explicit images were leaked online in a racialized cyberattack. |
| @Lesdoggg, no one deserves this—least of all someone who brings us so much joy. I'm with you. -H | @Lesdoggg, no one deserves this—least of all someone who brings us so much joy. I'm with you. -H |
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| Earlier today, Donald Trump responded at a Manchester, New Hampshire, campaign stop to reports that Hillary Clinton would present the Trump campaign as one that appeals to the far right. | Earlier today, Donald Trump responded at a Manchester, New Hampshire, campaign stop to reports that Hillary Clinton would present the Trump campaign as one that appeals to the far right. |
| Trump stated Clinton “is going to ‘accuse decent Americans who support this campaign, your campaign, of being racists, which we’re not. It’s the oldest play in the Democratic playbook.” | Trump stated Clinton “is going to ‘accuse decent Americans who support this campaign, your campaign, of being racists, which we’re not. It’s the oldest play in the Democratic playbook.” |
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| Donald Trump has responded to Hillary Clinton’s speech on the alt-right - or, at least, to a recap: | Donald Trump has responded to Hillary Clinton’s speech on the alt-right - or, at least, to a recap: |
| Just watched recap of #CrookedHillary's speech. Very short and lies. She is the only one fear-mongering! | Just watched recap of #CrookedHillary's speech. Very short and lies. She is the only one fear-mongering! |
| Hillary Clinton's short speech is pandering to the worst instincts in our society. She should be ashamed of herself! | Hillary Clinton's short speech is pandering to the worst instincts in our society. She should be ashamed of herself! |
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| Breitbart News, in response to Hillary Clinton’s speech: | Breitbart News, in response to Hillary Clinton’s speech: |
| MUH PUTIN IS BEHIND IT ALL pic.twitter.com/ICkA7S4Hug | MUH PUTIN IS BEHIND IT ALL pic.twitter.com/ICkA7S4Hug |
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| On the heels of Hillary Clinton’s Nevada speech on the alt-right, Super-Pac American Bridge has already released an advertisement comparing Donald Trump to white supremacist US Senate candidate David Duke: | On the heels of Hillary Clinton’s Nevada speech on the alt-right, Super-Pac American Bridge has already released an advertisement comparing Donald Trump to white supremacist US Senate candidate David Duke: |
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| Jason Wilson | Jason Wilson |
| Curious about the “alt-right”? The Guardian’s Jason Wilson has more: | Curious about the “alt-right”? The Guardian’s Jason Wilson has more: |
| The alt- (or alternative) right has surged as a (so far) mainly online movement, occupying positions beyond the pale of many conservatives. It has no centralised organisation or official ideology – it has been described as “scattered and ideologically diffuse”. | The alt- (or alternative) right has surged as a (so far) mainly online movement, occupying positions beyond the pale of many conservatives. It has no centralised organisation or official ideology – it has been described as “scattered and ideologically diffuse”. |
| The alt-right has been involved in fleeting street protests, but its online activities are well-organised and relentless. It recruits by opposing progressive ideas about gender, sexuality, and especially race and immigration. Adherents congregate on message boards like 4chan and 8chan, comment on websites like the Right Stuff and American Renaissance, and lurk on Twitter, where they taunt progressives (or “shitlibs”) and mainstream conservatives (“cuckservatives”). | The alt-right has been involved in fleeting street protests, but its online activities are well-organised and relentless. It recruits by opposing progressive ideas about gender, sexuality, and especially race and immigration. Adherents congregate on message boards like 4chan and 8chan, comment on websites like the Right Stuff and American Renaissance, and lurk on Twitter, where they taunt progressives (or “shitlibs”) and mainstream conservatives (“cuckservatives”). |
| The association with Breitbart comes from the efforts of Milo Yiannopoulos to appropriate and popularise the term. At the height of his Twitter-driven notoriety, Yiannopoulos wrote a manifesto introducing the tendency to mainstream conservatives. But are Breitbart and Bannon really a part of the movement? Some of its most hardcore activists say no. | The association with Breitbart comes from the efforts of Milo Yiannopoulos to appropriate and popularise the term. At the height of his Twitter-driven notoriety, Yiannopoulos wrote a manifesto introducing the tendency to mainstream conservatives. But are Breitbart and Bannon really a part of the movement? Some of its most hardcore activists say no. |
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| The editor of white nationalist rag American Renaissance: | The editor of white nationalist rag American Renaissance: |
| Hillary calling on Republican cucks to throw Trump out of the party. | Hillary calling on Republican cucks to throw Trump out of the party. |
| For the unfamiliar: The term “cuck” - taken from “cuckservative,” itself a portmanteau of “cuckold” and “conservative” - is a derisive label for anyone the alt-right considers to be insufficiently conservative or supportive of Donald Trump. | For the unfamiliar: The term “cuck” - taken from “cuckservative,” itself a portmanteau of “cuckold” and “conservative” - is a derisive label for anyone the alt-right considers to be insufficiently conservative or supportive of Donald Trump. |
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| Hillary Clinton’s campaign is drawing attention to Breitbart News’ history of racist, misogynistic and otherwise offensive clickbait headline - a good thing for the site’s traffic, but a bad thing for the presidential campaign that just hired the organization’s chief as its CEO: | Hillary Clinton’s campaign is drawing attention to Breitbart News’ history of racist, misogynistic and otherwise offensive clickbait headline - a good thing for the site’s traffic, but a bad thing for the presidential campaign that just hired the organization’s chief as its CEO: |
| Trump hired the head of Breitbart "News" to be CEO of his campaign. Here's a sample of their work: pic.twitter.com/y8loOnkbNu | Trump hired the head of Breitbart "News" to be CEO of his campaign. Here's a sample of their work: pic.twitter.com/y8loOnkbNu |