U.S.
Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton has said she no longer cares what her
Republican rival Donald Trump might say and will focus on issues instead
“I
debated him for four and a half hours,” she said, recalling their acrimonious
exchanges. “I don’t even think about responding to him anymore.” She was
speaking to reporters aboard her campaign plane.
Mr
Trump used a rally in Gettysburg to promise curbs on lobbying and new trade and
climate change negotiations. With just 16 days until the election, much of the
recent focus has been on controversies linked to his campaign. On Saturday, he
again promised to sue every woman who had accused him of sexual assault or inappropriate
behaviour as soon as his presidential campaign was over. While the tycoon lags
behind Mrs Clinton in opinion polls, he recently narrowed the gap to about four
percentage points.
Asked
about Mr Trump’s threat to sue his accusers, Mrs Clinton said her focus had
turned to helping elect other Democrats on Nov. 8, when Congressional seats are
also being contested “He can say whatever he wants; he can run his campaign
however he wants to,” she said. “I’m going to let the American people decide
between what he offers and what we offer.”
The
polls may be wrong in Arizona but if they are correct, it may be the start of a
Democratic trend that doesn’t just put the state in play in a Clinton 2016 rout
scenario, it makes Arizona a legitimate swing state in coming elections. “The
demographics in the state are continuing to change,” says Arizona State
University political science professor Richard Herrera. “If there is another
increase in Latino voters, which there almost certainly will be, followed with
an increase in party registrants, this could become a real battleground in
future elections.”
For
Democrats, that’s a dream scenario, giving them new and plentiful paths to
electoral success. For Republicans, it could mean the start of a long-term
political nightmare. Speaking on stage in Pittsburgh, Mrs Clinton called for
Americans to unite.
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