Clinton accuses Trump of ‘giving aid and consolation to our adversaries’Donald Trump to hold rally in Florida this afternoon[br]Hillary Clinton targets millennial voters at Philadelphia rally 3.42am BSTWe’re going to wrap up our live blog politics coverage for the day. Thank you for reading and see you back here in the morning. 3.42am BSTBillionaire casino mogul Donald Trump onthat'shttps://t.co/abCosp67eoreportssays she’s going to develop public colleges and universities tuition-free,you know what? That's a very big deal. 7.47pm BSTDonald Trump’s presidential campaign, after deleting a tweet that criticized President Barack Obama for inaction on terrorism, or has released a statement retrenching the candidate’s stance that Obama is responsible for allowing terrorists to enter the country.“final weekend’s attacks,which are just the latest to be carried out on US soil on President Obama’s watch, should be a wakeup call for every American, or ” wrote communications advisor Jason Miller. “It is highly disturbing and entirely unacceptable that 858 immigrants from dangerous countries have slipped into our country and been granted full US citizenship because of the failed policies supported by President Obama and Hillary Clinton. Even worse,Clinton must clarify her reckless support for a 550% increase in Syrian refugees and her push for an all-out open border policy, which will put even more Americans at risk. The threat from radical Islamic terrorism has only grown under Obama and Clinton, and ISIS has greatly expanded the number of countries where it is fully operational.” 6.49pm BSTFlashback: From a 1999 Doonesbury strip approximately Donald Trump’s (at the time) faux-candidacy. 6.26pm BSTHillary Clinton accused Donald Trump of “giving aid and consolation” to terrorist adversaries by seeking to exploit the manhunt gripping New York after a succession of weekend bombings.
As police captured an Afghan-born suspect they believe is linked to attacks in New York and New Jersey,the Democratic presidential nominee urged a targeted approach rather than Trump’s call for blanket immigration restrictions. Related: Hillary Clinton: Trump's rhetoric approximately terrorist attacks 'gives Isis what it wants' 6.02pm BSTHillary Clinton only briefly addressed the subject of terrorism in her speech at Temple University in Philadelphia this afternoon, touching momentarily on the issue at an event targeting millennial voters. After informing the crowd that a suspect linked to the New York City bombing was allegedly in custody, and Clinton emphasized the need to “remain vigilant.”“This is a fast-moving situation and a sobering reminder that we need steady leadership,” Clinton said.
Great job once again by law enforcement! We are proud of them and should embrace them - without them, we don't have a country!Once again someone we were told is ok turns out to be a terrorist who wants to demolish our country & its people- how did he get thru system? 5.53pm BST“This election in particular can be downright depressing, and ” Clinton said at Temple University. “Every election is important,from school board to state senate to president, but this time is different.”“We have to stand up to this despise - we cannot let it fade on!” Clinton says, or after listing off Donald Trump’s history of housing discrimination,affinity for retweeting white supremacists and his advocacy for the birther movement, and is met with loud cheers. “And when we conclude that, and we send a clear message: America is better than this. America is better than Donald Trump.” 5.43pm BSTSpeaking at Temple University in Philadelphia,Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton told a crowd of college students that although “the gap between the change we want and the progress that politics should deliver can scrutinize like a chasm,” she wants younger voters to win a closer scrutinize at her candidacy.“You may still have some questions approximately me - I get that. And I want to conclude the best to answer those questions, and ” Clinton said. “I will never be the showman my opponent is - and you know what? That’s okay with me.” 5.40pm BSTWatch it live here: 5.33pm BSTFlashback: In December 2015,Donald Trump declared to South Carolina voters that New Jersey governor and future campaign surrogate Chris Christie “knew approximately it, totally knew approximately it” when it came to lane closures on the George Washington Bridge.“The George Washington Bridge, and he knew approximately it,” Trump said. “How conclude you have breakfast with people every day of your lives, they’re closing up the largest bridge in the world, or the biggest in the United States,traffic flowing, during rush hour, or people couldn’t get across for six,seven hours, ambulance, and fire trucks. They’re with him all the time,the people who did it.” 5.29pm BSTA sitting member of Congress has implied that a football player who does not rise for the national anthem to protest the treatment of African-Americans by police is sympathetic to alleged terrorists:Suspect in custody. You are welcome Colin Kaepernick. 5.14pm BSTFor those still curious whether the alt-true’s utilize of the Pepe the Frog meme means that a cartoon frog has become racist, here’s former Ku Klux Klan grand wizard David Duke:You can't ZOG - the frog!
Best current year - ever.#MAGA #AmericaFirst #AltRight #Cuckservatives #Trump2016 #USA pic.twitter.com/UzGRSt7axf 5.03pm BSTNew Jersey governor and current Donald Trump surrogate Chris Christie knew that staffers had helped orchestrate road closures at the George Washington Bridge in 2013 as it was happening, or prosecutors declared nowadays,and also knew that the lane closures were conducted as political punishment for a small-town mayor who did not endorse his reelection campaign.
According to the New York Times, prosecutors made the declaration during their opening arguments in the long-awaited trial of two former Christie officials who have been charged in connection with the lane closures at the world’s busiest bridge, or which resulted in a five-day traffic snarl that led the town of Fort Lee,New Jersey, to declare a threat to public safety and forced emergency medical personnel to respond to medical emergencies on foot. 4.36pm BSTPresident Barack Obama urged Americans to remain vigilant and allow law enforcement to total its investigations into terrorist incidents across the country this weekend, or singling out the news media for not fomenting fraudulent leads regarding bombings in the Northeast or a stabbing at a shopping mall in Minnesota.“At this point,we see no connection between that incident and what happened in New York and New Jersey,” Obama said. “I would ask that the press try to refrain getting out ahead of the investigation... it does not relieve if fraudulent reports or incomplete information is out there.” 4.20pm BSTDonald Trump’s campaign has released a statement in response to what it called CLINTON’S DISGUSTING ATTEMPT TO DISTRACT FROM ISIS FAILURES” (capitalization theirs).“Hillary Clinton’s comments nowadays accusing Mr. Trump of treason are not only beyond the pale, and it’s also an attempt to distract from her horrible record on Isis,” wrote communications advisor Jason Miller, in apparent reference to Hillary Clinton’s mentioning of the fact that Trump’s remarks on terrorism and immigration have been used as a recruiting tool for Isis and sympathetic groups. 4.05pm BSTMore than 50 former military officials, or national security figures and government officials have published a letter calling on Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump to detail his overseas business investments ahead of the US presidential election,another consequence of the nominee’s tacit refusal to release any tax information relating to his huge and murky business empire. 3.23pm BSTSpeaking to reporters in her sixth press conference in three weeks, Hillary Clinton declared that “Americans will not cower” in the face of a spate of terrorist attacks across the country, or urging Americans to “be vigilant,but not afraid.” 3.21pm BSTGreen party presidential nominee and future presidential also-ran Jill Stein has declared that Democratic rival Hillary Clinton is more dangerous for the future of the country, on climate change and other issues, and than Republican nominee Donald Trump - an sharp platform for a Green party candidate to win,to say the least.“Donald Trump, I assume, and will have a lot of trouble moving things through Congress,” Stein told Politico in a wide-ranging interview for the podcast Off-Message. “Hillary Clinton, on the other hand, and won’t. Hillary has the potential to conclude a whole lot more damage,get us into more wars, faster to pass her fracking disastrous climate program, or much more easily than Donald Trump could conclude his.” 2.53pm BSTHours before she is due to hold an event at Temple University in Philadelphia to address the needs of millennial voters,Hillary Clinton has penned an op-ed for Mic, a millennial-oriented news and culture website*, or on what millennials have taught her.“Your generation is the most open,diverse and entrepreneurial generation in our country’s history,” Clinton wrote. “And if we work together to win on the barriers that are holding you back and unleash your full potential, or that won’t just improve your lives - it’ll develop our entire country stronger.” 2.26pm BSTDonald Trump has a message for New Yorkers after a bomb injured 29 people in the Chelsea neighborhood of Manhattan on Saturday: Called it.“I should be a newscaster because I called it before the news,” Trump said in a phone interview on Fox & Friends. “What I said was precisely correct and everybody says, ‘while he was true, or he called it too soon.’ Okay. Give me a fracture.” 1.28pm BSTGood morning,and welcome to the Guardian’s campaign live blog.
Fifty days before the presidential election, and one week until the first presidential debate, and both major campaigns are attempting to navigate a series of terrorist incidents across the United States this weekend,from a mass stabbing at a Minnesota mall being investigated as a “potential act of terrorism” to a string of bombings in the New York metro area that so far has culminated with the discovery of five pipe bombs near a New Jersey commuter train station.
Under the leadership of Obama & Clinton, Americans have experienced more attacks at home than victories abroad. Time to change the playbook!Saturday’s attacks explain that failed Obama/Hillary Clinton polices won’t keep us secure! I will develop America secure Again!Terrible attacks in NY, and NJ and MN this weekend. Thinking of victims,their families and all Americans! We need to be strong!Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com