Author: JONATHAN LEMIRE
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Trump brags about crowd size but will it turn into votes?
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It’s a staple of nearly every Donald Trump rally: a boast from the candidate about his massive crowd size, a claim – sometimes true and sometimes not – that thousands more outside are hoping to get in, and a belief that the turnout foreshadows victory in November. “I actually think I’m going good, I have…
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Giuliani, backing Trump, appears to briefly forget 9/11
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Rudolph Giuliani, promoting Donald Trump’s national security plan, said Monday that in the “eight years before (President Barack) Obama came along, we didn’t have any successful radical Islamic terrorist attack in the United States.” That’s an apparent omission of the largest terror attack in United States history. Giuliani was mayor of New York City on Sept. 11,…
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Clinton team hits report of Trump aide’s ties to Russia
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Hillary Clinton’s campaign is questioning Donald Trump’s top political aide’s ties to a pro-Kremlin political party in the Ukraine and claiming it is further evidence of the Republican nominee’s cozy relationship with Russia. The New York Times reported that handwritten ledgers found in the Ukraine show $12.7 million in undisclosed payments to Paul Manafort, Trump’s campaign manager, from the…
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Trump makes a pitch for Connecticut, a Democratic stronghold
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Connecticut has not been in Republican hands since George H.W. Bush won the state in 1988. No matter, Donald Trump says as he promises to pursue the Democratic stronghold. “I’m making a big play for Connecticut. Normally the party wouldn’t make a play,” the Republican presidential nominee told those at an evening rally inside a…
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GOP frustrations with Trump mount as allies weigh options
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Donald Trump’s campaign chief acknowledged Thursday the GOP presidential nominee’s team is divided over whether to endorse House Speaker Paul Ryan, but promised Trump would work with the Republican speaker if elected. “There’s a conflict within the Trump campaign,” campaign chairman Paul Manafort told ABC’s “Good Morning America.” “We’ve sort of had a rule of…
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Trump, magnet for discord and disruption, outdoes himself
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So far this week, Donald Trump has careened from controversy to controversy, sparking headlines by escalating fights with a military family, his party’s top-elected official and, even, it seemed, a baby. The Republican presidential nominee also claimed he’s always wanted a Purple Heart, gave an eyebrow-raising response to how his daughter would handle workplace sexual…
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In blow to GOP unity, Trump refuses to back Ryan, McCain
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Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump said Tuesday that he is refusing to endorse House Speaker Paul Ryan and Sen. John McCain, two of the party’s most powerful members. He also ripped into New Hampshire Sen. Kelly Ayotte in the same interview with the Washington Post. All three have primary challengers and each disapproved of Trump’s criticism of the Muslim…
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Trump suggests general election could be ‘rigged’
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Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump suggested Monday that he fears the general election “is going to be rigged” – an unprecedented assertion by a modern presidential candidate. Trump’s extraordinary claim – one he did not back up with any immediate evidence – would, if it became more than just an offhand comment, seem to threaten…
