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highlight of the final night of the convention that closed with Clinton’s address to the nation.
Clinton is hoping for the same kind of convention bump that has pushed Trump into a tie in the polls with he`r in spite of the Republican National Convention’s repeated missteps, and Thursday’s speech provided her with the largest national audience she’ll have until the presidential debates this fall.
The final night of the convention lacked the star power of earlier evenings as Clinton’s campaign sought to keep the focus on her big speech. But there was still plenty of firepower. Former Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm went hard after Trump’s ego.
“Imagine Donald Trump’s version of the Constitution: ‘I the person, in order to form a more perfect union. Or centuries later: ‘I shall overcome.’ Or . . . ‘Ask not what I can do for my country. Ask what my country can do for me,’ ” she said as the crowd laughed.
“Donald, you’re so vain, you probably think this speech is about you,” she finished.
Ohio Sen. Sherrod Brown into Trump’s business record.
“Donald Trump’s hat may be stamped with ‘Make America Great Again,’ but his ties are stamped ‘Made in China,’ ” Brown declared.
“Donald Trump says he wants to run our country like one of his businesses,” he said. “I guess that means he wants to slap his name on it, make false promises, and then scam innocent people out of their savings.”
The “Bernie or bust” supporters lit of Bernie Sanders had been gradually quieting down over the span of the week after some raucous booing protests Monday.
Still many couldn’t resist chanting “No more war” when retired Gen. John Allen took the stage, triggering “U.S.A., U.S.A.” responses from a crowd suddenly littered with American flags.
Allen was one of many military figures touting Clinton’s skill set and leadership, saying she has the vision “of an America as a just and strong leader against the forces of hatred and chaos and darkness,” and contrasting her with Trump.
“Our armed forces will not become an instrument of torture or engage in murder and other illegal activities,” he said, slamming Trump’s menacing comments. DONALD TRUMP wants to bring jobs back to America — and some foreign workers to fill them.
Trump is looking to hire 78 servers, housekeepers and cooks for his Mar-a-Lago Club in Palm Beach and the nearby Trump National Golf Club in Jupiter, Fla., according to federal labor records.
As he has for years, the Republican presidential nominee filed this month to import foreign workers for the jobs instead of hiring Americans, Buzzfeed News first reported Wednesday.
Department of Labor records show Trump has sought H-2 visas for hundreds of foreigners to fill temporary positions at the two properties in recent years.
The visas are issued through a legal program that allows employers to temporarily hire foreign workers when there are no Americans available to do the work.
However, hundreds of U.S. applicants either applied or were referred for the jobs, but only a handful were hired, The New York Times reported in February.
Since 2010, only 17 out of nearly 300 U.S. residents who applied or were referred for jobs as waiters, waitresses, cooks and housekeepers were hired, according to The Times.
Over the same time period, 500 visas for foreign workers were filed at Mar-a-Lago.
Laurel Baker, executive director of the Palm Beach Chamber of Commerce, said the practice was common at seasonal seaside properties.
“That’s something that appears to happen at all of the hotels or resorts,” Baker said. “The argument is that there are few locals available to do the work. This is more of a resort community.”
Trump’s two properties are looking to hire 37 waiters and waitresses who will be paid $11.13 an hour, and 26 cooks who will earn $12.74 an hour. Additionally, Mar-a-Lago needs 15 housekeepers at $10.17 an hour.
The opulent luxury resort with membership fees of $100,000 and annual dues of $14,000 has sought 787 foreign workers since 2006, according to federal data.
The tycoon told MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” last September that “getting help in Palm Beach during the season is almost impossible.”
Officials at a local jobs agency disagreed. Last year, Tom Veenstra, a senior director at Palm Beach’s career services center, told BuzzFeed News that he had “hundreds of people in our database that would qualify for a lot of those hospitality jobs.”
Veenstra said his agency, which is chartered by the state of Florida, has a database of 1,327 Palm Beach County residents interested in server, cook and chef positions.
Critics of the H-2 visa program blasted Trump, but said he’s only taking advantage of a poorly planned system that allows businesses to pass over American workers for foreigners who will work for lower wages, can’t unionize, and can’t leave for another job.
“It is almost like indentured servitude. This is so preposterous,” said Greg Schell, a lawyer in Palm Beach County who specializes in helping migrant farm workers. “If they wanted to find Americans, there are Americans willing to do this work.”