Trump’s new rant old news
TRAILING with time running out, Donald Trump again denounced Hillary and Bill Clinton yesterday as creatures of a corrupt political system who would use another pass at the Oval Office to enrich themselves at the expense of American families.
Clinton turned to popular first lady Michelle Obama to rally voters in North Carolina, a state that could deliver a knockout blow to Trump.
Trump seized on newly public emails in which longtime Bill Clinton aide Doug Band describes overlapping relationships of the Clintons’ global philanthropy and the family’s private enrichment.
The emails were among thousands stolen from the private account of a top Clinton aide, part of a hacking the Democratic campaign has blamed on the Russians.
“Mr Band called the arrangement ‘unorthodox.’ The rest of us call it outright corrupt,” Trump declared during a rally in Springfield, Ohio.
“If the Clintons were willing to play this fast and loose with their enterprise when they weren’t in the White House, just imagine what they’ll do in the Oval Office.”
Clinton made no mention of the revelations as she campaigned alongside Mrs Obama, their first joint appearance of the campaign.
The first lady has emerged as one of Clinton’s most powerful surrogates, passionately touting her experience and denouncing Trump as too divisive and thin-skinned for the White House.
“We want someone who is a unifying force in this country, someone who sees our differences not as a threat but as a blessing,” Mrs. Obama said as she addressed an enthusiastic, 11,000-person crowd
Mrs Obama also accused Trump’s campaign of trying to depress voter turnout and panned his assertion the results of the November 8 contest may be rigged.
“Just for the record, in this country, the United States of America, the voters decide elections,” the first lady said. “They’ve always decided.” With a lead in the race for weeks, Clinton’s campaign is concerned her advantage could prompt some of her backers to stay home on election day or cast protest votes for a third-party candidate.
Clinton entered the final stretch with a resounding cash advantage As of last week, her campaign and Democratic partners had $153 million in the bank, more than double Trump’s side had available.