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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 is scheduled to speak shortly in Manchester, New Hampshire. Here is a live video stream: | |
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| Clinton spokesman Nick Merrill agrees with the Trump campaign that the rhetoric in the new Clinton ad featuring white supremacists praising Trump is repulsive: | |
| The "rhetoric" in this ad comes from Trump supporters talking about Trump. So yes, agree completely. https://t.co/kN45RLVp6Y | |
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| Trump campaign calls Clinton ad 'sickening' | Trump campaign calls Clinton ad 'sickening' |
| The Trump campaign has released a statement from South Carolina Pastor Mark Burns, its controversial surrogate, calling on Hillary Clinton to disavow her new video spot featuring white supremacists praising Donald Trump. | The Trump campaign has released a statement from South Carolina Pastor Mark Burns, its controversial surrogate, calling on Hillary Clinton to disavow her new video spot featuring white supremacists praising Donald Trump. |
| Here’s the statement, in full: | Here’s the statement, in full: |
| Hillary Clinton and her campaign went to a disgusting new low today as they released a video tying the Trump Campaign with horrific racial images. This type of rhetoric and repulsive advertising is revolting and completely beyond the pale. I call on Hillary Clinton to disavow this video and her campaign for this sickening act that has no place in our world.” - Pastor Mark Burns | Hillary Clinton and her campaign went to a disgusting new low today as they released a video tying the Trump Campaign with horrific racial images. This type of rhetoric and repulsive advertising is revolting and completely beyond the pale. I call on Hillary Clinton to disavow this video and her campaign for this sickening act that has no place in our world.” - Pastor Mark Burns |
| Here’s the Clinton ad: | Here’s the Clinton ad: |
| There's a reason the most hateful fringe of the right wing is supporting Donald Trump.https://t.co/AqB3DM2m0N | There's a reason the most hateful fringe of the right wing is supporting Donald Trump.https://t.co/AqB3DM2m0N |
| The national Quinnipiac poll that just came out has Clinton leading Trump among nonwhite likely voters by 62 points, 77-15. Trump leads Clinton 52-41 among white likely voters and Trump leads Clinton 59-32 among male likely voters, according to the poll. | The national Quinnipiac poll that just came out has Clinton leading Trump among nonwhite likely voters by 62 points, 77-15. Trump leads Clinton 52-41 among white likely voters and Trump leads Clinton 59-32 among male likely voters, according to the poll. |
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| National poll of likely voters has Clinton up 10 points | National poll of likely voters has Clinton up 10 points |
| The pollsters at Quinnipiac University, where a house effect favoring Republicans has been detected, have conducted their first national poll of likely voters and found Clinton ahead of Trump in a head-to-head race by 10 points, 51-41. In such a race, Clinton also draws a majority of voters, the survey found: | The pollsters at Quinnipiac University, where a house effect favoring Republicans has been detected, have conducted their first national poll of likely voters and found Clinton ahead of Trump in a head-to-head race by 10 points, 51-41. In such a race, Clinton also draws a majority of voters, the survey found: |
| Q poll - likely voters: Clinton 51, Trump 41. 4-way: Clinton 45, Trump 38, Johnson 10, Stein 4. Via @chrisdonato04 | Q poll - likely voters: Clinton 51, Trump 41. 4-way: Clinton 45, Trump 38, Johnson 10, Stein 4. Via @chrisdonato04 |
| Note that the poll has Clinton up by seven points in a four-way race. That’s right on the mark with an Ipsos-Reuters poll conducted over August 20-24. Polling averages have Clinton ahead in the four-way race by about seven points (HuffPost Pollster) and four points (RealClearPolitics). | Note that the poll has Clinton up by seven points in a four-way race. That’s right on the mark with an Ipsos-Reuters poll conducted over August 20-24. Polling averages have Clinton ahead in the four-way race by about seven points (HuffPost Pollster) and four points (RealClearPolitics). |
| Separately, a new poll of Michigan has Clinton ahead by seven points in a four-way race. In a head-to-head race, polling averages have Clinton up by about eight points in the state, which awards 16 electoral votes and hasn’t gone Republican since the 1980s: | Separately, a new poll of Michigan has Clinton ahead by seven points in a four-way race. In a head-to-head race, polling averages have Clinton up by about eight points in the state, which awards 16 electoral votes and hasn’t gone Republican since the 1980s: |
| New Suffolk poll of Michigan --Clinton: 44Trump: 37Johnson: 5Stein: 38/22 to 8/24, 500 LVs, MOE 4.4 | New Suffolk poll of Michigan --Clinton: 44Trump: 37Johnson: 5Stein: 38/22 to 8/24, 500 LVs, MOE 4.4 |
| Suffolk has Clinton+7 in Michigan, probably one of Trump's better polls in a while https://t.co/A35e2P50S8 | Suffolk has Clinton+7 in Michigan, probably one of Trump's better polls in a while https://t.co/A35e2P50S8 |
| Polls over the past few days have been a cherrypicker's delight. Everything's either "wow, not bad at all!" for Trump or utterly terrible. | Polls over the past few days have been a cherrypicker's delight. Everything's either "wow, not bad at all!" for Trump or utterly terrible. |
| Here's the deal. Over the past three weeks, our polls-only model has had Clinton with between an 80% and 90% chance of winning. Race=static. | Here's the deal. Over the past three weeks, our polls-only model has had Clinton with between an 80% and 90% chance of winning. Race=static. |
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| A pro-Trump rally has been planned for outside the US embassy in Moscow, notes the former US ambassador to Russia: | A pro-Trump rally has been planned for outside the US embassy in Moscow, notes the former US ambassador to Russia: |
| Note followers in US: a protest in Moscow planned in support of Trump, against Clinton outside of US embassy. https://t.co/6lKqUd5n5G | Note followers in US: a protest in Moscow planned in support of Trump, against Clinton outside of US embassy. https://t.co/6lKqUd5n5G |
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| Donald Trump’s reversal on immigration appears not to have lost him the support of shock-talk performer Ann Coulter: | Donald Trump’s reversal on immigration appears not to have lost him the support of shock-talk performer Ann Coulter: |
| Talked to Coulter last night. She isn't about to jump off the Trump train: compared him (favorably!) to Kim Jong-un pic.twitter.com/WpVEOBjDhB | Talked to Coulter last night. She isn't about to jump off the Trump train: compared him (favorably!) to Kim Jong-un pic.twitter.com/WpVEOBjDhB |
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| A presidential nominee holding a press conference, what a cute idea. Or at least Clinton spokesman Brian Fallon seems to think it’s cute: | A presidential nominee holding a press conference, what a cute idea. Or at least Clinton spokesman Brian Fallon seems to think it’s cute: |
| A smiling @brianefallon tells MSNBC: "I suspect very soon we will answer questions in more of a press conference style format" | A smiling @brianefallon tells MSNBC: "I suspect very soon we will answer questions in more of a press conference style format" |
| Hillary Clinton has not held a news conference in 264 days. The Clinton campaign points out that the candidate has taken questions from reporters and voters at events and sat for many interviews. Those are different from standing alone at a microphone and inviting questions, including follow-up questions, about things like basement servers and meetings with donors. Or if there’s no substantive difference – then there should be no problem with Clinton scheduling a news conference soon. | Hillary Clinton has not held a news conference in 264 days. The Clinton campaign points out that the candidate has taken questions from reporters and voters at events and sat for many interviews. Those are different from standing alone at a microphone and inviting questions, including follow-up questions, about things like basement servers and meetings with donors. Or if there’s no substantive difference – then there should be no problem with Clinton scheduling a news conference soon. |
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| Trump writes check to Louisiana church | Trump writes check to Louisiana church |
| Donald Trump has apparently made good on a pledge he made last week during a tour of Louisiana flooding to give $100,000 to a church. | Donald Trump has apparently made good on a pledge he made last week during a tour of Louisiana flooding to give $100,000 to a church. |
| David Fahrenthold, the Washington Post reporter who has been exhaustively seeking, mostly in vain, to match up Trump promises of charitable giving with records of actual contributions, has just been sent a pdf of a check from Trump to the church, he reports: | David Fahrenthold, the Washington Post reporter who has been exhaustively seeking, mostly in vain, to match up Trump promises of charitable giving with records of actual contributions, has just been sent a pdf of a check from Trump to the church, he reports: |
| Just got an email from @realdonaldtrump spox Hope Hicks, w/PDF of a check attached. $100K from Trump to Greenwell Springs Baptist in La. | Just got an email from @realdonaldtrump spox Hope Hicks, w/PDF of a check attached. $100K from Trump to Greenwell Springs Baptist in La. |
| Farenthold’s reporting appears to have inspired what may turn out to be Trump’s most generous year: | Farenthold’s reporting appears to have inspired what may turn out to be Trump’s most generous year: |
| .@realdonaldtrump's most charitable yr had been '89: $1.02M in total. He's given $1.1M since this spring, when we first askd abt his charity | .@realdonaldtrump's most charitable yr had been '89: $1.02M in total. He's given $1.1M since this spring, when we first askd abt his charity |
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| Trump: 'Hillary Clinton is a bigot' | Trump: 'Hillary Clinton is a bigot' |
| Here’s more video from Trump’s rally last night in Jackson, Mississippi: | Here’s more video from Trump’s rally last night in Jackson, Mississippi: |
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| Reporters were briefly allowed into the Trump minority outreach event this morning. Trump bragged about his polls and said “the numbers are going up with the African American community rapidly.” It’s unclear what numbers Trump was referring to. | Reporters were briefly allowed into the Trump minority outreach event this morning. Trump bragged about his polls and said “the numbers are going up with the African American community rapidly.” It’s unclear what numbers Trump was referring to. |
| A list of attendees is below, including members of the Republican Leadership Initiative, a project of the Republican National Committee that hopes to engage millennial and minority Republicans. | A list of attendees is below, including members of the Republican Leadership Initiative, a project of the Republican National Committee that hopes to engage millennial and minority Republicans. |
| The pool report sets the scene of the meeting: | The pool report sets the scene of the meeting: |
| Mr. Trump was seated at the middle of a square table, surrounded by members of his campaign, the Republican National Committee and the RLI. To his right was Dr. Ben Carson, to his left was Pierry Benjamin, the New York State Director for the Republican Leadership Initiative. | Mr. Trump was seated at the middle of a square table, surrounded by members of his campaign, the Republican National Committee and the RLI. To his right was Dr. Ben Carson, to his left was Pierry Benjamin, the New York State Director for the Republican Leadership Initiative. |
| “We’re up 15, 15 to 20, and that’s in over one week. So a lot of good things have been happening. Tremendous things are happening, and Lynne you’ve been so amazing,” Trump said, nodding across the table to Lynne Patton. | “We’re up 15, 15 to 20, and that’s in over one week. So a lot of good things have been happening. Tremendous things are happening, and Lynne you’ve been so amazing,” Trump said, nodding across the table to Lynne Patton. |
| The candidate then turned his attention to the press lined up across from him. | The candidate then turned his attention to the press lined up across from him. |
| “How was it last night? Good right? Wasn’t it great? Amazing people last night. Brexit was something, right?” | “How was it last night? Good right? Wasn’t it great? Amazing people last night. Brexit was something, right?” |
| Reuters Steve Holland asked the candidate to explain what they’ve been talking about at the table. | Reuters Steve Holland asked the candidate to explain what they’ve been talking about at the table. |
| “We’re just talking about the fact that we have great relationships and the numbers are going up with the African American community rapidly. I’ve always had great relationships with the African American community, and now, I’ve made it such a focal point.” | “We’re just talking about the fact that we have great relationships and the numbers are going up with the African American community rapidly. I’ve always had great relationships with the African American community, and now, I’ve made it such a focal point.” |
| Here’s a list of attendees: | Here’s a list of attendees: |
| From the Trump campaign: Kellyanne Conway, Stephen K. Bannon, Jason Miller, Lynne Patton, Katrina Pierson, Pastor Mark Burns, Dr. Ben Carson | From the Trump campaign: Kellyanne Conway, Stephen K. Bannon, Jason Miller, Lynne Patton, Katrina Pierson, Pastor Mark Burns, Dr. Ben Carson |
| From the GOP: Ashley Bell, Sean Spicer, Chris Young, Elliot Echols, Sarah Nelson, Helen Aguirre | From the GOP: Ashley Bell, Sean Spicer, Chris Young, Elliot Echols, Sarah Nelson, Helen Aguirre |
| With RLI: Pierry Benjamin, Alexa Cardena, Gregory Kirsopp, Patricia Bober, Oz Sultan, Ronald Eith, Michele Adolphe, Marilyn Miller, Alfred Liz, Samsus Saintloth, Konstantinos Poulidis, Jaime Ulloa, Kimberly Morella | With RLI: Pierry Benjamin, Alexa Cardena, Gregory Kirsopp, Patricia Bober, Oz Sultan, Ronald Eith, Michele Adolphe, Marilyn Miller, Alfred Liz, Samsus Saintloth, Konstantinos Poulidis, Jaime Ulloa, Kimberly Morella |
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| Clinton releases video featuring white supremacists for Trump | Clinton releases video featuring white supremacists for Trump |
| Clinton’s scheduled to speak in Nevada on this topic at noon local time. The video also features Stephen Bannon, name-checks Breitbart and warns, “if Trump wins, they could be running the country.” | Clinton’s scheduled to speak in Nevada on this topic at noon local time. The video also features Stephen Bannon, name-checks Breitbart and warns, “if Trump wins, they could be running the country.” |
| There's a reason the most hateful fringe of the right wing is supporting Donald Trump.https://t.co/AqB3DM2m0N | There's a reason the most hateful fringe of the right wing is supporting Donald Trump.https://t.co/AqB3DM2m0N |
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| Donald Trump has held a meeting inside his namesake tower this morning with African American and Hispanic activists, as part of his ongoing efforts at minority outreach. Ben Carson was there. | Donald Trump has held a meeting inside his namesake tower this morning with African American and Hispanic activists, as part of his ongoing efforts at minority outreach. Ben Carson was there. |
| Trump talked about his views on illegal immigration, according to CBS News’ Sopan Deb, saying he was “very strong” on the issue. Then he encouraged the media not to fool the media: | Trump talked about his views on illegal immigration, according to CBS News’ Sopan Deb, saying he was “very strong” on the issue. Then he encouraged the media not to fool the media: |
| Trump on immigration at this morning's roundtable: "Don’t let the media fool the media." pic.twitter.com/vuic85isfv | Trump on immigration at this morning's roundtable: "Don’t let the media fool the media." pic.twitter.com/vuic85isfv |
| If the media does end up fooling the media about where Trump stands on immigration, the media might be forgiven for it (?), as Trump has been something of a moving target on the topic. | If the media does end up fooling the media about where Trump stands on immigration, the media might be forgiven for it (?), as Trump has been something of a moving target on the topic. |
| Incorrect descriptions of this:- "pivot"- "softening"- "moderating"Correct descriptions of this:- 180- total reversal- flip flop | Incorrect descriptions of this:- "pivot"- "softening"- "moderating"Correct descriptions of this:- 180- total reversal- flip flop |
| It's something unpredictable / but in the end it's right / I hope you had the time of your life pic.twitter.com/aUDDn8gfJM | It's something unpredictable / but in the end it's right / I hope you had the time of your life pic.twitter.com/aUDDn8gfJM |
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| What is the alt-right? | What is the alt-right? |
| In her Nevada speech today attacking Donald Trump for taking a “hate movement mainstream,” Hillary Clinton is expected to describe Trump campaign connections to the “alt-right,” the online fever swamp of bigotry and nastiness. | In her Nevada speech today attacking Donald Trump for taking a “hate movement mainstream,” Hillary Clinton is expected to describe Trump campaign connections to the “alt-right,” the online fever swamp of bigotry and nastiness. |
| Asked about Trump’s alt-right connections on CBS This Morning Thursday, Trump campaign manager Kellyanne Conway pleaded ignorance, much as Trump once said he was not familiar with David Duke. | Asked about Trump’s alt-right connections on CBS This Morning Thursday, Trump campaign manager Kellyanne Conway pleaded ignorance, much as Trump once said he was not familiar with David Duke. |
| “I am not that familiar with [the alt-right] to be frank with you,” Conway said. “I’ve read about it but I think that we all start cherry picking headlines from a website and is Hillary Clinton running against a website?” | “I am not that familiar with [the alt-right] to be frank with you,” Conway said. “I’ve read about it but I think that we all start cherry picking headlines from a website and is Hillary Clinton running against a website?” |
| Conway went on to deny that the Trump campaign is a platform for the alt-right, which mixes murkily in corners of the Breitbart web site run by Trump campaign CEO Stephen Bannon: | Conway went on to deny that the Trump campaign is a platform for the alt-right, which mixes murkily in corners of the Breitbart web site run by Trump campaign CEO Stephen Bannon: |
| No, not at all, we’ve never even discussed it internally. It certainly isn’t part of our strategy meetings, it’s nothing that Mr. Trump says out on stump.” | No, not at all, we’ve never even discussed it internally. It certainly isn’t part of our strategy meetings, it’s nothing that Mr. Trump says out on stump.” |
| What is the alt-right, exactly? “It is new, difficult to pin down, and hard to understand,” writes Jason Wilson for the Guardian. “But it’s important to try to get a handle on who is involved, what they believe, and what their possible influence might be on the immediate future of rightwing politics”: | What is the alt-right, exactly? “It is new, difficult to pin down, and hard to understand,” writes Jason Wilson for the Guardian. “But it’s important to try to get a handle on who is involved, what they believe, and what their possible influence might be on the immediate future of rightwing politics”: |
| 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 Stuffand 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 Stuffand American Renaissance, and lurk on Twitter, where they taunt progressives (or “shitlibs”) and mainstream conservatives (“cuckservatives”). |
| NBC News asked watchdogs, Republicans and journalists to define it: | NBC News asked watchdogs, Republicans and journalists to define it: |
| Ahead of HRC's "Alt Right" speech, we asked GOPers/conservatives/journalists to define term: https://t.co/UDpvzoslfQ pic.twitter.com/ucVCa49FyQ | Ahead of HRC's "Alt Right" speech, we asked GOPers/conservatives/journalists to define term: https://t.co/UDpvzoslfQ pic.twitter.com/ucVCa49FyQ |
| Update: Here’s a video produced by members of the white supremacist American Renaissance group (read further from the Southern Poverty Law Center) that is informative about the alt-right, or a corner of it, its world view and some of its heroes. Be warned that the video is racist propaganda. Also be warned that the video is an elaborate cover of the 1989 Billy Joel hit We Didn’t Start the Fire. | Update: Here’s a video produced by members of the white supremacist American Renaissance group (read further from the Southern Poverty Law Center) that is informative about the alt-right, or a corner of it, its world view and some of its heroes. Be warned that the video is racist propaganda. Also be warned that the video is an elaborate cover of the 1989 Billy Joel hit We Didn’t Start the Fire. |
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| As part of his recent appearance on Fox News non-journalist Sean Hannity’s show (Hannity, faced with accusations of pro-Trump bias, has insisted he is not a journalist), Trump invited the crowd to applaud to decide the fate of undocumented migrants in the USA (“the good ones”; the bad ones are to be summarily expelled): | As part of his recent appearance on Fox News non-journalist Sean Hannity’s show (Hannity, faced with accusations of pro-Trump bias, has insisted he is not a journalist), Trump invited the crowd to applaud to decide the fate of undocumented migrants in the USA (“the good ones”; the bad ones are to be summarily expelled): |
| Gross video of Trump POLLING AUDIENCE about whether he should ruin millions of lives by mass deporting immigrants https://t.co/qpsrYDfyDY | Gross video of Trump POLLING AUDIENCE about whether he should ruin millions of lives by mass deporting immigrants https://t.co/qpsrYDfyDY |
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| Hello and welcome to our live-wire coverage of the 2016 race for the White House. Donald Trump – who insisted that Barack Obama was born in Africa; whose family firm was hit with a federal civil rights suit in 1973 for refusing to rent to “coloreds” (the Trump firm term); and whose campaign has galvanized white nationalists – called Hillary Clinton a bigot in a speech on Wednesday night. | Hello and welcome to our live-wire coverage of the 2016 race for the White House. Donald Trump – who insisted that Barack Obama was born in Africa; whose family firm was hit with a federal civil rights suit in 1973 for refusing to rent to “coloreds” (the Trump firm term); and whose campaign has galvanized white nationalists – called Hillary Clinton a bigot in a speech on Wednesday night. |
| “Hillary Clinton is a bigot!” Trump said in Jackson, Mississippi, after being introduced by former Ukip leader Nigel Farage. “Who sees people of color only as votes, not as human beings worthy of a better future.” | “Hillary Clinton is a bigot!” Trump said in Jackson, Mississippi, after being introduced by former Ukip leader Nigel Farage. “Who sees people of color only as votes, not as human beings worthy of a better future.” |
| Trump has been trying his hand at minority outreach in stump speeches over the last week. | Trump has been trying his hand at minority outreach in stump speeches over the last week. |
| Clinton, who is scheduled to give a speech today in Reno, Nevada, on what she says is Trump’s campaign strategy of embracing racism and racial tension, hit back sharply in a late-night phone interview on CNN. | Clinton, who is scheduled to give a speech today in Reno, Nevada, on what she says is Trump’s campaign strategy of embracing racism and racial tension, hit back sharply in a late-night phone interview on CNN. |
| “[Trump] is taking a hate movement mainstream,” Clinton said. “He’s brought it into his campaign. He is bringing it to our communities and our country.” | “[Trump] is taking a hate movement mainstream,” Clinton said. “He’s brought it into his campaign. He is bringing it to our communities and our country.” |
| Clinton: "He is taking a hate movement mainstream." pic.twitter.com/Ayn8YC6lrb | Clinton: "He is taking a hate movement mainstream." pic.twitter.com/Ayn8YC6lrb |
| Farage, meanwhile, in his Mississippi adventure, told the crowd they can still win: “You can beat the pollsters, you can beat the commentators, you can beat Washington, and you’ll do it by doing what we did for Brexit in Britain,” he said. He also told people to get their “walking boots” on, which we don’t have in America and definitely not in Mississippi. | Farage, meanwhile, in his Mississippi adventure, told the crowd they can still win: “You can beat the pollsters, you can beat the commentators, you can beat Washington, and you’ll do it by doing what we did for Brexit in Britain,” he said. He also told people to get their “walking boots” on, which we don’t have in America and definitely not in Mississippi. |
| Trump has also reversed his trademark immigration stance. He has gone, for now, it seems, from supporting mass deportations to advocating a path to legal status for undocumented migrants, the centerpiece of immigration reform plans crafted by mainstream Republicans. | Trump has also reversed his trademark immigration stance. He has gone, for now, it seems, from supporting mass deportations to advocating a path to legal status for undocumented migrants, the centerpiece of immigration reform plans crafted by mainstream Republicans. |
| “They’ll pay back taxes, they have to pay taxes, there’s no amnesty, as such, there’s no amnesty, but we work with them,” Trump said, in pretaped remarks to Fox host Sean Hannity. | “They’ll pay back taxes, they have to pay taxes, there’s no amnesty, as such, there’s no amnesty, but we work with them,” Trump said, in pretaped remarks to Fox host Sean Hannity. |
| Trump appears to be losing rightist provocateur Ann Coulter, who was so excited about the candidate’s original immigration policy she wrote a book about it: | Trump appears to be losing rightist provocateur Ann Coulter, who was so excited about the candidate’s original immigration policy she wrote a book about it: |
| Well, if it's "hard," then nevermind. Trump: "... to take a person who's been here for 15 or 20 years ....It's a very, very hard thing." | Well, if it's "hard," then nevermind. Trump: "... to take a person who's been here for 15 or 20 years ....It's a very, very hard thing." |
| Also in her CNN interview last night, Clinton gave a new answer about her use of private email while secretary of state: | Also in her CNN interview last night, Clinton gave a new answer about her use of private email while secretary of state: |
| This Clinton apology's to @CNN on emails is possibly the cleanest, most succinct answer she's given on emails. pic.twitter.com/PLttjwXixM | This Clinton apology's to @CNN on emails is possibly the cleanest, most succinct answer she's given on emails. pic.twitter.com/PLttjwXixM |
| Thanks for reading and please join us in the comments. | Thanks for reading and please join us in the comments. |
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