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In her acceptance speech at the Democratic National Convention, she presented herself less in her historic role as the first woman presidential candidate of a major party and more on her merits as the best candidate for the job. She was positive, extolling the greatest ideals of the nation and making a persuasive case that all Americans will benefit from bolstering our democratic principles.
Some of us are old enough to remember when Labor Day weekend traditionally marked the real start of the presidential campaign season, when everyday voters finally took a closer look at the nominees and their platforms. Now the end-of-summer holiday serves only to remind us that we're entering the final stretch of what has been a bewildering, frustrating and exhausting presidential campaign unlike any in U.S. history.
Noting it for the long-term record: August 1, 2016-four days after the end of the Democratic convention, three days into the Captain Khan disaster , on the same day as the post-convention polls shifted strongly in Hillary Clinton's favor- Donald Trump began emphasizing that the election this fall could well be "rigged." From around time 17:00 onward in the clip below, showing a discussion with the nonpareil Sean Hannity, Trump warns that something fishy is going on.
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On Tuesday, retiring New York Rep. Richard Hanna became the first Republican member of Congress to say he will vote for Democrat Hillary Clinton in November instead of Donald Trump. "He is unfit to serve our party and cannot lead this country," Hanna wrote in a column published in The Post-Standard newspaper of Syracuse, New York.
Top Republican donor and fundraiser Meg Whitman is endorsing Democrat Hillary Clinton for president, saying she cannot support a candidate who has "exploited anger, grievance, xenophobia and racial division."
Donald Trump Meg Whitman will support Clinton for president Trump spokeswoman: Khan 'proponent of Sharia Law' Khan slams Trump's Purple Heart comments: 'You did not serve' MORE "I will vote for Hillary, I will talk to my Republican friends about helping her, and I will donate to her campaign and try to raise money for her," Whitman told The New York Times on Tuesday . Whitman, who ran for governor of California in 2010, said she doesn't agree with Clinton on many issues, but noted that the Democratic nominee would "be a much better president than Donald Trump."
In a searing denouncement, President Barack Obama castigated Donald Trump as "unfit" and "woefully unprepared" to serve in the White House. Later Tuesday in Tucson, Arizona, Trump's running mate, Mike Pence, fired back at Obama's record as president.
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None have done so with more impact than Khizr and Ghazala Khan, who dominated the news for much of the past week after denouncing Donald Trump Meg Whitman will support Clinton for president Trump spokeswoman: Khan 'proponent of Sharia Law' Khan slams Trump's Purple Heart comments: 'You did not serve' MORE Hillary Rodham Clinton Meg Whitman will support Clinton for president Trump: Obama probably 'worst president in the history of our country' Grieving families shape '16 debate MORE from the stage of the Republican National Convention in Cleveland. The GOP summit also featured speeches from parents who had a child killed by an illegal immigrant.
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Moran, a Republican, was asked if he backs the Republican nominee after he toured a dementia ward at the Colmery-O'Neil VA Medical Center in Topeka. His response instead focused on Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton.
The incumbent President of the United States said today that one of the two possibilities to succeed him is "unfit to serve as president" and is "woefully unprepared" to do the job. You can see Barack Obama's comments starting around time 13:00 in the C-Span clip below , from his press conference this morning with the Prime Minister of Singapore, Lee Hsien Loong.
Former GOP candidate keeping a low profile in presidential commentary, but certainly understands why a limited-government voter may choose the Libertarian Party nominee Day Five of the Trump vs. Khan saga just received a heavy oxygen blast, as President Barack Obama declared this morning that the GOP nominee is " unfit to serve as president ," and reckoned that Republicans should be asking themselves, "if you are repeatedly having to say in very strong terms that what he has said is unacceptable, why are you still endorsing him?" One Republican still endorsing Donald Trump-and not condemning the Khan comments, as far as I can ascertain-is the libertarianish former presidential candidate Sen. Rand Paul .
Republican leaders should withdraw endorsement of Trump, Obama says Obama says Trump "keeps on proving" that he's unfit for office. Check out this story on waukeshanow.com: http://usat.ly/2ayhSfN President Barack Obama is challenging leading Republicans to repudiate Donald Trump.
The criticism at the Democratic National Convention last week directed toward Donald Trump had at least one significant flaw: They acted as though he had no policy plans at all, though in reality several of his economic proposals mimic what we hear from Democrats themselves . His anti-trade positions, his desire to punish companies that leave the United States, and his desire to use federal infrastructure spending as a jobs program all mimic things said by Democrats and even Hillary Clinton herself.
Sen. Pat Toomey, R-Pa., is among the Republicans not only distancing themselves from Donald Trump, they're making a point of not campaigning with him. When Trump was in Pennsylvania last week, Toomey was nowhere to be found.
Donald Trump does a lot of TV interviews, so it's easy to understand how he might forget one. But it might have been a good idea to check his booking record before he said this at a rally in Ashburn, Va., Tuesday: We're running against a rigged system, and we're running against a very dishonest media.
In a searing denouncement, President Barack Obama slammed Donald Trump as "unfit" and "woefully unprepared" to serve in the White House on Tuesday. He challenged Republican lawmakers to drop their support for their party's nominee, declaring "There has to come a point at which you say enough."
Donald Trump says Capt. Humayun Khan would not have died if Mr. Trump had been in the White House, saying he wouldn't have gone to war in Iraq in the first place.