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| Clinton attacks Trump for praise of Putin: 'It is scary' – campaign live | Clinton attacks Trump for praise of Putin: 'It is scary' – campaign live |
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| 6.18pm BST | |
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| Clinton says Trump candidacy is historic threat | |
| “You have to realize, as so many Republicans are,” Clinton says, that this is a moment to put country ahead of party. | |
| “We have never been threatened as much by a single candidate running for president as we have in this election,” she says. | |
| 6.17pm BST | |
| 18:17 | |
| Clinton repeats some lines she tried out this morning, criticizing Trump’s performance last night: | |
| “He trash-talked about America’s generals, saying that quote ‘they’ve been reduced to rubble.’” | |
| Clinton notes that Trump suggested he would remake the military leadership with generals of his own choosing, “since you know he knows so much about what it takes to be a general.” | |
| He praised Russia’s strongman Vladimir Putin, even taking the astonishing step of suggesting he prefers the Russian president to our American president. That’s not just un-patriotic, it’s not just insulting to the office and the man who holds the office, it is scary, it is dangerous. | |
| 6.14pm BST | |
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| Clinton: 'it’s like he’s living in his own celebrity reality TV program' | |
| Clinton takes a swipe at Trump: | |
| It’s like a game to him. Everything is a game. It’s like he’s living in his own celebrity reality TV program. You know what Donald? This is real reality. This is real people. This is real decisions that have to be made. | |
| He’s had a lot of advisers... They’re all trying to make him look more presidential, sound more serious. It’s not working too well. | |
| Then she rolls out her habitual quote from Maya Angelou about “when somebody shows you who they are believe them the first time.” | |
| 6.08pm BST | |
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| Lauren Gambino | |
| Hillary Clinton spoke with Israel’s Channel 2 News about the war in Syria, tensions in the Middle East and Russia’s role in the region, writes the Guardian’s Lauren Gambino: | |
| The interview with Israel’s Channel 2 News was filmed on Wednesday night before Clinton appeared on stage at a presidential forum in New York. It will air on Thursday night. | |
| The network released a clip of the interview on Twitter: | |
| כש @HillaryClinton ראיינה את @LeviYonit...יונית לוי את קלינטון - הערב במהדורה pic.twitter.com/TaFaUxFhCz | |
| 6.06pm BST | |
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| Clinton is hailing the failure of voter restriction laws in North Carolina. In late July, a federal court struck down state laws the court said were enacted with “discriminatory intent”, targeting African Americans “with almost surgical precision”. (Read further.) | |
| Clinton: | |
| “What’s the best way to refudiate” – did she say refudiate? the Palin malapropism? or was that repudiate? – these attacks on voting rights, Clinton asks, rhetorically. It’s to vote. | |
| 6.02pm BST | |
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| Since Clinton’s in North Carolina, let’s check in on the polling. Suffolk University has a new poll of NC voters with Trump ahead of Clinton 44-41 in a three-way race with Libertarian candidate Gary Johnson, who garners four points. | |
| In the US senate race, incumbent Republican Richard Burr leads challenger Deborah Ross by a similar margin, 41-37. | |
| Polling averages have Clinton up in North Carolina by about three points. | |
| 5.59pm BST | |
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| Clinton appears in Charlotte, North Carolina. She’s sorry for being late: | |
| We had a disabled plane on the runway that had to be moved. It took a lot longer than expected. | |
| 5.48pm BST | |
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| Young? Disaffected? Email Adam Gabbatt | |
| The Guardian’s Adam Gabbatt is starting conversations with young erstwhile voters who expect to sit this one out: | |
| Are you a young person? Are you so turned off by Clinton/Trump you're not going to vote? Email adam.gabbatt@theguardian.com | |
| 5.47pm BST | |
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| The Clinton campaign has a little fun with Donald Trump Jr’s credulousness for Alex Jones’ conspiracy theories: | |
| .@DonaldJTrumpJr, @RealAlexJones: Guys, wanted to call your attention to the Boeing 737 in HRC's ear. #MSM ignoring. pic.twitter.com/tAEtpCXgis | |
| 5.36pm BST | 5.36pm BST |
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| Will anyone attend all three? | Will anyone attend all three? |
| A week in the life of an event center in Asheville, NC. pic.twitter.com/9lTqhr8nJh | A week in the life of an event center in Asheville, NC. pic.twitter.com/9lTqhr8nJh |
| 5.21pm BST | 5.21pm BST |
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| Here’s our news coverage of Clinton’s news conference this morning, by Lauren Gambino and Sabrina Siddiqui: | Here’s our news coverage of Clinton’s news conference this morning, by Lauren Gambino and Sabrina Siddiqui: |
| Hillary Clinton on Thursday derided Donald Trump’s praise of Vladimir Putin as “unpatriotic” and “scary” and suggested the Republican nominee’s coziness with the Russian president could represent a threat to national security. | Hillary Clinton on Thursday derided Donald Trump’s praise of Vladimir Putin as “unpatriotic” and “scary” and suggested the Republican nominee’s coziness with the Russian president could represent a threat to national security. |
| In a press conference at an airport in Westchester, New York, her first such formal event in 278 days, Clinton discussed Trump’s remarks at a “commander-in-chief forum” hosted by NBC and Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America in New York on Wednesday night, in which the nominees drew sharp contrasts on foreign policy and national security in back-to-back appearances that previewed their first debate later this month. | In a press conference at an airport in Westchester, New York, her first such formal event in 278 days, Clinton discussed Trump’s remarks at a “commander-in-chief forum” hosted by NBC and Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America in New York on Wednesday night, in which the nominees drew sharp contrasts on foreign policy and national security in back-to-back appearances that previewed their first debate later this month. |
| “Bizarrely, once again he praised Russia’s strongman Vladimir Putin – even taking the astonishing step of suggesting that he prefers the Russian president to our American president,” Clinton said on the airport tarmac, in front of her campaign plane. “Now, that is not just unpatriotic and insulting to the people of our country as well as to our commander-in-chief – it is scary.” | “Bizarrely, once again he praised Russia’s strongman Vladimir Putin – even taking the astonishing step of suggesting that he prefers the Russian president to our American president,” Clinton said on the airport tarmac, in front of her campaign plane. “Now, that is not just unpatriotic and insulting to the people of our country as well as to our commander-in-chief – it is scary.” |
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| We’re about to see Hillary Clinton at a rally in Charlotte, North Carolina. Here’s a live video stream: | We’re about to see Hillary Clinton at a rally in Charlotte, North Carolina. Here’s a live video stream: |
| 5.14pm BST | 5.14pm BST |
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| Johnson, faced with choice of Trump or Clinton, prefers death | Johnson, faced with choice of Trump or Clinton, prefers death |
| Libertarian presidential candidate Gary Johnson is having quite a media day. He has told a host of the talk show The View that if he had to pick between Clinton and Trump with a gun to his head, death please: | Libertarian presidential candidate Gary Johnson is having quite a media day. He has told a host of the talk show The View that if he had to pick between Clinton and Trump with a gun to his head, death please: |
| Well, that went to a dark place real fast. pic.twitter.com/syjlKfHz4z | Well, that went to a dark place real fast. pic.twitter.com/syjlKfHz4z |
| Updated | Updated |
| at 5.16pm BST | at 5.16pm BST |
| 5.11pm BST | 5.11pm BST |
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| Powell on emails: 'I stand by my decisions' | Powell on emails: 'I stand by my decisions' |
| Former secretary of state Colin Powell has issued a statement on his correspondence with Clinton released by the House last night in which he described using a personal laptop to circumnavigate state department servers (read the correspondence here). | Former secretary of state Colin Powell has issued a statement on his correspondence with Clinton released by the House last night in which he described using a personal laptop to circumnavigate state department servers (read the correspondence here). |
| “I was not trying to influence her but just to explain what I had done eight years earlier,” Powell’s statement says. He concludes, “I stand by my decisions and I am fully accountable.” | “I was not trying to influence her but just to explain what I had done eight years earlier,” Powell’s statement says. He concludes, “I stand by my decisions and I am fully accountable.” |
| Colin Powell issues statement on his email w/ Hillary Clinton. pic.twitter.com/ImTotGuFR8 | Colin Powell issues statement on his email w/ Hillary Clinton. pic.twitter.com/ImTotGuFR8 |