[h=6]- AUGUST 21, 2016 -[/h][h=1]THE CLINTON FOUNDATION CORPORATE LOOPHOLE[/h]
Last Week The Clinton Foundation Announced They“Would Only Accept Contributions From U.S. Citizens And Independent Charities”If Hillary Clinton Is Elected:
This Week Bill Clinton Said The Clinton Foundation “Would Only Accept Contributions From U.S. Citizens And Independent Charities” If Hillary Clinton Is Elected President. “The Clinton Foundation will no longer accept foreign and corporate donations if Hillary Clinton is elected president. … Bill Clinton said if Hillary Clinton wins the White House, the family's foundation would only accept contributions from U.S. citizens and independent charities.” (Ken Thomas, “Clinton's Foundation To Alter Donations Policy If Elected,” The Associated Press, 8/18/16)
But Other Clinton-Affiliated Nonprofits Will Continue To Take Corporate And Foreign Contributions:
Other Clinton Charities Will Continue To Take Foreign And Corporate Donations Should Clinton Become President. “Big chunks of the Clinton family’s charitable network would be exempt from a self-imposed ban on foreign and corporate donations if Hillary Clinton wins the presidency, loopholes that highlight the complexity of disentangling her from the former first family’s myriad potential conflicts of interest.” (Annie Linskey, “Not All Clinton Charities Bound By New Set Of Rules,” Boston Globe, 8/20/16)
These Charities Include The Clinton Health Access Initiative, The Alliance For A Healthier Generation And The Clinton Giustra Enterprise Partnership. “The most prominent of the exceptions applies to the Boston-based Clinton Health Access Initiative, which in 2014 accounted for 66 percent of spending by the Clinton network of charities. … They include the Alliance for a Healthier Generation, an entity cofounded by the American Heart Association and the Clinton Foundation, and the Clinton Giustra Enterprise Partnership, a joint venture between Bill Clinton and Canadian mining billionaire Frank Giustra.” (Annie Linskey, “Not All Clinton Charities Bound By New Set Of Rules,” Boston Globe, 8/20/16)
Would The Clinton Giustra Enterprise Partnership Still Be Allowed To Contribute To The Clinton Foundation, Despite Still Taking Non-Permissible Contributions?:
Clinton Giustra Enterprise Partnership Has Given The Clinton Foundation More Than $25 Million. (“Contributor And Grantor Information,” Clinton Foundation, Accessed 8/18/16)
The Clinton Giustra Enterprise Partnership (CGEP) Was Established By Bill Clinton And Frank Giustra. “The Clinton Giustra Enterprise Partnership was established by President Bill Clinton and Canadian philanthropist Frank Giustra, combining the best of non-profit and for-profit approaches to create new enterprises that capitalize market opportunities to generate social impact by addressing existing market gaps in developing country supply or distribution chains.” (“About Us,”Clinton Guistra Enterprise Partnership, Accessed 2/11/16)
CGEP Is A Canadian Charity, Which Moves “Significant Sums Of Money Into The Clinton Foundation’s Flagship In New York.” “Canadian charity called the Clinton Giustra Enterprise Partnership—which is run by one of Bill Clinton’s close friends, Frank Giustra—has been moving significant sums of money into the Clinton Foundation’s flagship in New York.” (Ken Silverstein, “Shaky Foundations,” Harper’s Magazine, 11/18/15)
There Is No Way To Know Who Gives To The Clinton Giustra Enterprise Partnership Because Canadian Law Does Not Require Donor Disclosure:
There Is No Way To Know Exactly How Much Money CGEP Has Taken In, Because Canadian Non-Profit Law Says Charities Do Not Need To Report Donors. “There’s no way for the public to know precisely how much total money the CGEP has taken in over the years—or how much it has forwarded on to the Clinton Foundation—because, unlike in the United States, under Canadian non-profit law charities don’t need to report donors to tax authorities.” (Ken Silverstein, “Shaky Foundations,”Harper’s Magazine, 11/18/15)
In 2015, Under Pressure From The Press, CGEP Released The Names Of 24 Donors, But More Than 1,000 Are Still Unknown. “Earlier this year, after being severely criticized by the Canadian press, the CGEP released the names of twenty-four of its donors, but more than 1,000 are still unknown. (CGEP wrote in an email that ‘going forward [it] will publicly disclose all future donors.’)”(Ken Silverstein, “Shaky Foundations,” Harper’s Magazine, 11/18/15)
The Clinton Giustra Enterprise Partnership Has Taken Money From Politically-Sensitive Sources Due To The Lack Of Donor Transparency:
According To Investigative Reporting From Harper’s Ken Silverstein, Clinton Giustra Enterprise Partnership Has Received Money From Corrupt Officials In South Africa During The Former Regime Of Jacob Zuma And From Senior Officials In Equatorial Guinea. “One money-laundering expert and former intelligence officer based in the Middle East—who had access to the foundation’s confidential banking information—told me that members of the royal family in Middle Eastern countries, including Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates, have donated money to the CGEP that has then been sluiced through to the Clinton Foundation. He told me that the CGEP has received money from corrupt officials in South Africa during the former regime of Jacob Zuma and from senior officials in Equatorial Guinea, one of the most brutal and crooked dictatorships in the world.” (Ken Silverstein, “Shaky Foundations,”Harper’s Magazine, 11/18/15)
Through The Clinton Giustra Enterprise Partnership, Foreign Governments Can Launder Money Into The United States To Buy Political Protection. “‘Equatorial Guinea doesn’t give to the Clinton Foundation in New York because it’s too embarrassing,’ [a money-laundering expert and former intelligence officer] said. ‘They give the money anonymously in Canada and that buys them political protection in the United States. The Clinton Foundation is a professionally structured money-laundering operation.’” (Ken Silverstein, “Shaky Foundations,”Harper’s Magazine, 11/18/15)
The Clinton Foundation May Have Violated Treasury Department Money-Laundering Rules By Not Disclosing An Account Linked To The CGEP On It’s Past Eight Tax Returns. “There are other signs that the Clintons and their foundation may have violated federal, state, and international law. Under Treasury Department money-laundering rules, the Clinton Foundation is required to disclose every financial account it holds abroad. It has failed to disclose an account linked to the CGEP on its past eight tax returns.” (Ken Silverstein, “Shaky Foundations,” Harper’s Magazine, 11/18/15)
Several Clinton-Affiliated Charities Will Continue To Take Foreign And Corporate Contributions Despite A “Ban” By The Clinton Foundation
Last Week The Clinton Foundation Announced They“Would Only Accept Contributions From U.S. Citizens And Independent Charities”If Hillary Clinton Is Elected:
This Week Bill Clinton Said The Clinton Foundation “Would Only Accept Contributions From U.S. Citizens And Independent Charities” If Hillary Clinton Is Elected President. “The Clinton Foundation will no longer accept foreign and corporate donations if Hillary Clinton is elected president. … Bill Clinton said if Hillary Clinton wins the White House, the family's foundation would only accept contributions from U.S. citizens and independent charities.” (Ken Thomas, “Clinton's Foundation To Alter Donations Policy If Elected,” The Associated Press, 8/18/16)
But Other Clinton-Affiliated Nonprofits Will Continue To Take Corporate And Foreign Contributions:
Other Clinton Charities Will Continue To Take Foreign And Corporate Donations Should Clinton Become President. “Big chunks of the Clinton family’s charitable network would be exempt from a self-imposed ban on foreign and corporate donations if Hillary Clinton wins the presidency, loopholes that highlight the complexity of disentangling her from the former first family’s myriad potential conflicts of interest.” (Annie Linskey, “Not All Clinton Charities Bound By New Set Of Rules,” Boston Globe, 8/20/16)
These Charities Include The Clinton Health Access Initiative, The Alliance For A Healthier Generation And The Clinton Giustra Enterprise Partnership. “The most prominent of the exceptions applies to the Boston-based Clinton Health Access Initiative, which in 2014 accounted for 66 percent of spending by the Clinton network of charities. … They include the Alliance for a Healthier Generation, an entity cofounded by the American Heart Association and the Clinton Foundation, and the Clinton Giustra Enterprise Partnership, a joint venture between Bill Clinton and Canadian mining billionaire Frank Giustra.” (Annie Linskey, “Not All Clinton Charities Bound By New Set Of Rules,” Boston Globe, 8/20/16)
Would The Clinton Giustra Enterprise Partnership Still Be Allowed To Contribute To The Clinton Foundation, Despite Still Taking Non-Permissible Contributions?:
Clinton Giustra Enterprise Partnership Has Given The Clinton Foundation More Than $25 Million. (“Contributor And Grantor Information,” Clinton Foundation, Accessed 8/18/16)
The Clinton Giustra Enterprise Partnership (CGEP) Was Established By Bill Clinton And Frank Giustra. “The Clinton Giustra Enterprise Partnership was established by President Bill Clinton and Canadian philanthropist Frank Giustra, combining the best of non-profit and for-profit approaches to create new enterprises that capitalize market opportunities to generate social impact by addressing existing market gaps in developing country supply or distribution chains.” (“About Us,”Clinton Guistra Enterprise Partnership, Accessed 2/11/16)
CGEP Is A Canadian Charity, Which Moves “Significant Sums Of Money Into The Clinton Foundation’s Flagship In New York.” “Canadian charity called the Clinton Giustra Enterprise Partnership—which is run by one of Bill Clinton’s close friends, Frank Giustra—has been moving significant sums of money into the Clinton Foundation’s flagship in New York.” (Ken Silverstein, “Shaky Foundations,” Harper’s Magazine, 11/18/15)
There Is No Way To Know Who Gives To The Clinton Giustra Enterprise Partnership Because Canadian Law Does Not Require Donor Disclosure:
There Is No Way To Know Exactly How Much Money CGEP Has Taken In, Because Canadian Non-Profit Law Says Charities Do Not Need To Report Donors. “There’s no way for the public to know precisely how much total money the CGEP has taken in over the years—or how much it has forwarded on to the Clinton Foundation—because, unlike in the United States, under Canadian non-profit law charities don’t need to report donors to tax authorities.” (Ken Silverstein, “Shaky Foundations,”Harper’s Magazine, 11/18/15)
In 2015, Under Pressure From The Press, CGEP Released The Names Of 24 Donors, But More Than 1,000 Are Still Unknown. “Earlier this year, after being severely criticized by the Canadian press, the CGEP released the names of twenty-four of its donors, but more than 1,000 are still unknown. (CGEP wrote in an email that ‘going forward [it] will publicly disclose all future donors.’)”(Ken Silverstein, “Shaky Foundations,” Harper’s Magazine, 11/18/15)
The Clinton Giustra Enterprise Partnership Has Taken Money From Politically-Sensitive Sources Due To The Lack Of Donor Transparency:
According To Investigative Reporting From Harper’s Ken Silverstein, Clinton Giustra Enterprise Partnership Has Received Money From Corrupt Officials In South Africa During The Former Regime Of Jacob Zuma And From Senior Officials In Equatorial Guinea. “One money-laundering expert and former intelligence officer based in the Middle East—who had access to the foundation’s confidential banking information—told me that members of the royal family in Middle Eastern countries, including Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates, have donated money to the CGEP that has then been sluiced through to the Clinton Foundation. He told me that the CGEP has received money from corrupt officials in South Africa during the former regime of Jacob Zuma and from senior officials in Equatorial Guinea, one of the most brutal and crooked dictatorships in the world.” (Ken Silverstein, “Shaky Foundations,”Harper’s Magazine, 11/18/15)
Through The Clinton Giustra Enterprise Partnership, Foreign Governments Can Launder Money Into The United States To Buy Political Protection. “‘Equatorial Guinea doesn’t give to the Clinton Foundation in New York because it’s too embarrassing,’ [a money-laundering expert and former intelligence officer] said. ‘They give the money anonymously in Canada and that buys them political protection in the United States. The Clinton Foundation is a professionally structured money-laundering operation.’” (Ken Silverstein, “Shaky Foundations,”Harper’s Magazine, 11/18/15)
The Clinton Foundation May Have Violated Treasury Department Money-Laundering Rules By Not Disclosing An Account Linked To The CGEP On It’s Past Eight Tax Returns. “There are other signs that the Clintons and their foundation may have violated federal, state, and international law. Under Treasury Department money-laundering rules, the Clinton Foundation is required to disclose every financial account it holds abroad. It has failed to disclose an account linked to the CGEP on its past eight tax returns.” (Ken Silverstein, “Shaky Foundations,” Harper’s Magazine, 11/18/15)
[h=1]PUBLIC CALLS TO SHUT DOWN THE CLINTON FOUNDATION INTENSIFY[/h]
The Huffington Post Banner: “Just Shut It Down” (Huffington Post, 8/21/16)
Clinton Backer Governor Ed Rendell Called For The Clinton Foundation To Be Disbanded If Clinton Wins. “‘I definitely think if she wins the presidency they have to disband it. I know it’ll be hard for President Clinton because he cares very deeply about what the foundation has done,’ Rendell, a Clinton ally, told the New York Daily News. ‘It’d be impossible to keep the foundation open without at least the appearance of a problem.’” (Rebecca Savransky, “Ed Rendell: Clinton Foundation Should Be Disbanded If Clinton Wins,” The Hill,8/17/16)
“‘It’d be impossible to keep the foundation open without at least the appearance of a problem.’ Rendell, who also served as a former chairman of the Democratic National Committee, said the Clinton Foundation would at least need to go into a ‘period of inactivity’ during Clinton's time in office if she were to be elected.”(Rebecca Savranksy, “Rendell: Clinton Foundation Should Be Disbanded If Clinton Wins,” The Hill, 8/17/16)
Slate Magazine Headline: “The Clinton Foundation Will Not Accept Foreign Donations if Hillary Wins. That’s Not Good Enough.”(Josh Voorhees, “The Clinton Foundation Will Not Accept Foreign Donations if Hillary Wins. That’s Not Good Enough.” Slate, 8/19/16)
“Even if Hillary were somehow able to completely separate the donations—to say nothing of her and her husband’s speaking fees, which have often come from many of the same corporations who fund their family foundation—from her official decision-making, she simply has no way of preventing the appearance of pay for play. And the mere perception of access matters, both in the financial marketplace and the political one. The Clintons are too smart not to realize that. They didn’t create our flawed system, but they have proved masters at working within it.” (Josh Voorhees, “The Clinton Foundation Will Not Accept Foreign Donations if Hillary Wins. That’s Not Good Enough.” Slate, 8/19/16)
The Boston Globe Editorial: “Clinton Foundation Should Stop Accepting Funds”(Editorial, “Clinton Foundation Should Stop Accepting Funds,” The Boston Globe, 8/16/16)
“Although the charity founded by former President Bill Clinton has done admirable work over the last 15 years, the Clinton Foundation is also now clearly a liability for Hillary Clinton as she seeks the presidency in 2016. The once-and-maybe-future first family will have plenty to keep them busy next year if Hillary Clinton defeats Donald Trump in November. The foundation should remove a political — and actual — distraction and stop accepting funding. If Clinton is elected, the foundation should be shut down.” (Editorial Board, “Clinton Foundation Should Stop Accepting Funds,” The Boston Globe, 8/16/16)
The Washington Post Editorial Headline: “A Pourous Ethical Wall Between The Clinton Foundation And The State Department” (Editorial Board, A Pourous Ethical Wall Between The Clinton Foundation And The State Department,” The Washington Post, 8/14/16)
“Though it is an exaggeration to claim that Ms. Clinton ran her agency as a pay-to-play operation, the latest unearthed emails from the Clinton State Department nevertheless reveal that the ethical wall she was supposed to have built between herself and her family’s organization was not impermeable enough.”(Editorial Board, A Pourous Ethical Wall Between The Clinton Foundation And The State Department,” The Washington Post, 8/14/16)
San Diego Union-Tribune Editorial Headline: “The Pay-To-Play Clinton Foundation”(Editorial Board, “ The Pay-To-Play Clinton Foundation,” San Diego Union-Tribune,8/19/16)
“These special interests are not giving money because the foundation is such an effective charitable organization; a 2013 New York Times investigation made it seem chaotic. They are not paying hundreds of thousands of dollars to hear shopworn speeches because they expect to obtain profound insights. They want the Clintons’ help, and they’re willing to pay for it.” (Editorial Board, “ The Pay-To-Play Clinton Foundation,” San Diego Union-Tribune, 8/19/16)
The Chicago Tribune Editorial Headline: “Conflict Of Interest Was Obvious”(Editorial Board, “Conflict Of Interest Was Obvious,” The Chicago Tribune, 8/16/16)
“But the spirit of the separation protocols had been breached. What we have is a foundation official pushing for access on behalf of a donor, and a top State aide who should say ‘buzz off’ instead offering to help.”(Editorial Board, “Conflict Of Interest Was Obvious,” The Chicago Tribune, 8/16/16)
The New York Post Editorial: “The Clinton Foundation Must Shut Down If Hillary Wins” (Editorial, “The Clinton Foundation Must Shut Down If Hillary Wins,” The New York Post, 8/19/16)
“Bill promises to turn the foundation over to “disinterested” third parties. Who gets to judge “disinterested” — Mr. “It depends on what the meaning of ‘is’ is”? And what ensures it doesn’t get handed right back in four or eight years? Even closing the foundation now won’t stop past donors from redeeming their chits in a Hillary White House. But it would be a start on reassuring the nearly 60 percent of Americans who say Hillary Clinton is neither honest nor trustworthy.”(Editorial, “The Clinton Foundation Must Shut Down If Hillary Wins,” The New York Post, 8/19/16)
The Detroit News’ Op-Ed: “Finley: Clinton Foundation Must Shut Down” (Nolan Finley, “Finley: Clinton Foundation Must Shut Down,” The Detroit News, 8/20/16)
“The foundation should have stopped taking donations the minute Clinton announced her presidential bid. If it remains open after she’s elected, foreign governments and others who’ve witnessed how contributions open the access door will flood it with cash, thinking it’s a secret tunnel into the Oval Office. Hillary Clinton should explain what will happen to the Clinton Foundation if she’s elected. And the only acceptable answer is that it will shut down.”(Nolan Finley, “Finley: Clinton Foundation Must Shut Down,” The Detroit News, 8/20/16)
Even Mainstream Outlets Are Calling For The Shuttering Of The Clinton Foundation
The Huffington Post Banner: “Just Shut It Down” (Huffington Post, 8/21/16)
Clinton Backer Governor Ed Rendell Called For The Clinton Foundation To Be Disbanded If Clinton Wins. “‘I definitely think if she wins the presidency they have to disband it. I know it’ll be hard for President Clinton because he cares very deeply about what the foundation has done,’ Rendell, a Clinton ally, told the New York Daily News. ‘It’d be impossible to keep the foundation open without at least the appearance of a problem.’” (Rebecca Savransky, “Ed Rendell: Clinton Foundation Should Be Disbanded If Clinton Wins,” The Hill,8/17/16)
“‘It’d be impossible to keep the foundation open without at least the appearance of a problem.’ Rendell, who also served as a former chairman of the Democratic National Committee, said the Clinton Foundation would at least need to go into a ‘period of inactivity’ during Clinton's time in office if she were to be elected.”(Rebecca Savranksy, “Rendell: Clinton Foundation Should Be Disbanded If Clinton Wins,” The Hill, 8/17/16)
Slate Magazine Headline: “The Clinton Foundation Will Not Accept Foreign Donations if Hillary Wins. That’s Not Good Enough.”(Josh Voorhees, “The Clinton Foundation Will Not Accept Foreign Donations if Hillary Wins. That’s Not Good Enough.” Slate, 8/19/16)
“Even if Hillary were somehow able to completely separate the donations—to say nothing of her and her husband’s speaking fees, which have often come from many of the same corporations who fund their family foundation—from her official decision-making, she simply has no way of preventing the appearance of pay for play. And the mere perception of access matters, both in the financial marketplace and the political one. The Clintons are too smart not to realize that. They didn’t create our flawed system, but they have proved masters at working within it.” (Josh Voorhees, “The Clinton Foundation Will Not Accept Foreign Donations if Hillary Wins. That’s Not Good Enough.” Slate, 8/19/16)
The Boston Globe Editorial: “Clinton Foundation Should Stop Accepting Funds”(Editorial, “Clinton Foundation Should Stop Accepting Funds,” The Boston Globe, 8/16/16)
“Although the charity founded by former President Bill Clinton has done admirable work over the last 15 years, the Clinton Foundation is also now clearly a liability for Hillary Clinton as she seeks the presidency in 2016. The once-and-maybe-future first family will have plenty to keep them busy next year if Hillary Clinton defeats Donald Trump in November. The foundation should remove a political — and actual — distraction and stop accepting funding. If Clinton is elected, the foundation should be shut down.” (Editorial Board, “Clinton Foundation Should Stop Accepting Funds,” The Boston Globe, 8/16/16)
The Washington Post Editorial Headline: “A Pourous Ethical Wall Between The Clinton Foundation And The State Department” (Editorial Board, A Pourous Ethical Wall Between The Clinton Foundation And The State Department,” The Washington Post, 8/14/16)
“Though it is an exaggeration to claim that Ms. Clinton ran her agency as a pay-to-play operation, the latest unearthed emails from the Clinton State Department nevertheless reveal that the ethical wall she was supposed to have built between herself and her family’s organization was not impermeable enough.”(Editorial Board, A Pourous Ethical Wall Between The Clinton Foundation And The State Department,” The Washington Post, 8/14/16)
San Diego Union-Tribune Editorial Headline: “The Pay-To-Play Clinton Foundation”(Editorial Board, “ The Pay-To-Play Clinton Foundation,” San Diego Union-Tribune,8/19/16)
“These special interests are not giving money because the foundation is such an effective charitable organization; a 2013 New York Times investigation made it seem chaotic. They are not paying hundreds of thousands of dollars to hear shopworn speeches because they expect to obtain profound insights. They want the Clintons’ help, and they’re willing to pay for it.” (Editorial Board, “ The Pay-To-Play Clinton Foundation,” San Diego Union-Tribune, 8/19/16)
The Chicago Tribune Editorial Headline: “Conflict Of Interest Was Obvious”(Editorial Board, “Conflict Of Interest Was Obvious,” The Chicago Tribune, 8/16/16)
“But the spirit of the separation protocols had been breached. What we have is a foundation official pushing for access on behalf of a donor, and a top State aide who should say ‘buzz off’ instead offering to help.”(Editorial Board, “Conflict Of Interest Was Obvious,” The Chicago Tribune, 8/16/16)
The New York Post Editorial: “The Clinton Foundation Must Shut Down If Hillary Wins” (Editorial, “The Clinton Foundation Must Shut Down If Hillary Wins,” The New York Post, 8/19/16)
“Bill promises to turn the foundation over to “disinterested” third parties. Who gets to judge “disinterested” — Mr. “It depends on what the meaning of ‘is’ is”? And what ensures it doesn’t get handed right back in four or eight years? Even closing the foundation now won’t stop past donors from redeeming their chits in a Hillary White House. But it would be a start on reassuring the nearly 60 percent of Americans who say Hillary Clinton is neither honest nor trustworthy.”(Editorial, “The Clinton Foundation Must Shut Down If Hillary Wins,” The New York Post, 8/19/16)
The Detroit News’ Op-Ed: “Finley: Clinton Foundation Must Shut Down” (Nolan Finley, “Finley: Clinton Foundation Must Shut Down,” The Detroit News, 8/20/16)
“The foundation should have stopped taking donations the minute Clinton announced her presidential bid. If it remains open after she’s elected, foreign governments and others who’ve witnessed how contributions open the access door will flood it with cash, thinking it’s a secret tunnel into the Oval Office. Hillary Clinton should explain what will happen to the Clinton Foundation if she’s elected. And the only acceptable answer is that it will shut down.”(Nolan Finley, “Finley: Clinton Foundation Must Shut Down,” The Detroit News, 8/20/16)
[h=6]- AUGUST 21, 2016 -[/h][h=1]ICYMI: RNC CHAIR REINCE PRIEBUS: TRUMP “IS GETTING INTO A GROOVE”[/h]RNC chairman: Trump is 'getting into a groove'
By Rebecca Savransky
The Hill
8/21/16
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Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus praised Donald Trump, saying the GOP nominee has been on message and has shown maturity as a candidate in the last week.
"I think that he is getting into a groove. I think he likes the new style that he has been out on the campaign trail producing and speaking of," Priebus said on ABC's "This Week." "So I think he's done great."
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"What you're going to see is these polls will begin to tighten in the next couple of weeks," he said.
"And by Labor Day or thereafter, I think you're going to be back to an even race if we continue down this path."
Priebus continued to praise the GOP nominee, saying he's on a "great pathway to recalibrating the campaign and getting this thing tight."
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"And Donald Trump has been disciplined and mature. And I think he's going to get this thing back on track. And also, tight and ahead as we move through September."
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By Rebecca Savransky
The Hill
8/21/16
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Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus praised Donald Trump, saying the GOP nominee has been on message and has shown maturity as a candidate in the last week.
"I think that he is getting into a groove. I think he likes the new style that he has been out on the campaign trail producing and speaking of," Priebus said on ABC's "This Week." "So I think he's done great."
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"What you're going to see is these polls will begin to tighten in the next couple of weeks," he said.
"And by Labor Day or thereafter, I think you're going to be back to an even race if we continue down this path."
Priebus continued to praise the GOP nominee, saying he's on a "great pathway to recalibrating the campaign and getting this thing tight."
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"And Donald Trump has been disciplined and mature. And I think he's going to get this thing back on track. And also, tight and ahead as we move through September."
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[h=2]Rudy Giuliani renews attack on Hillary Clinton's health suggesting the media is covering up 'several signs of illness' and tells people to 'go online' and 'look at the videos' [/h]
Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, an adviser for Donald Trump's campaign, renewed rumors that something is wrong with Hillary Clinton's health.
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[h=2]Donald Trump leads Hillary Clinton in the USC Dornsife/Los Angeles Times“Daybreak” poll for the first time since Aug. 3 — the last day he had an edge on the former secretary of state.[/h]Although the race remains too close to call, Trump is roughly half a point in front of Clinton, 44.2 percent to 43.6 percent.
The survey questioned 2,463 voters.
The daily tracking poll questions roughly 3,000 eligible voters through Nov. 8, election day, on which presidential candidate they support. The data is weighed from the previous week, so the results can lag with major events within the campaign.
The survey questioned 2,463 voters.
The daily tracking poll questions roughly 3,000 eligible voters through Nov. 8, election day, on which presidential candidate they support. The data is weighed from the previous week, so the results can lag with major events within the campaign.
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[h=6]AUGUST 22, 2016 -[/h][h=1]ICYMI: WAPO: “FBI UNCOVERED TENS OF THOUSANDS MORE DOCUMENTS IN CLINTON EMAIL PROBE”[/h]
FBI Uncovered Tens Of Thousands More Documents In Clinton Email Probe
By Spencer Hsu
Washington Post
August 22, 2016
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The FBI’s year-long investigation of Hillary Clinton’s private email server uncovered tens of thousands more documents from her time as secretary of state that were not previously disclosed by her attorneys. The State Department is expected to discuss when and how it will release the emails Monday morning in federal court.
The total — confirmed by the Justice Department -- was disclosed by a conservative legal group after the State Department said last week that it would hand over the emails. The number to be released is nearly 50 percent more than the 30,000-plus that Clinton’s lawyers deemed work-related and returned to the department in December 2014.
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Judicial Watch president Tom Fitton tweeted Monday morning that the “FBI found almost 15,000 new Clinton documents. When will State release them?” In an interview, he said: “It looks like the State Department is trying to slow roll the release of the records. They’ve had them for at least a month, and we still don’t know when we’re going to get them.”
According to Fitton, lawyers for the government said they plan to set a rolling release schedule in October, weeks before November’s general election.
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Government lawyers disclosed last week that the FBI turned over six computer discs of information: one including e-mails and attachments that were sent directly to or from Clinton, or to or from her at some point in an e-mail chain, and not previously turned over by her lawyers; a second with classified documents; another with emails returned by Clinton; and three others containing materials from other individuals retrieved by the FBI.
The roughly 15,000 documents at issue now come from the first disc, Fitton said.
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“The FBI’s year-long investigation of Hillary Clinton’s private email server uncovered tens of thousands more documents from her time as secretary of state that were not previously disclosed by her attorneys.”
FBI Uncovered Tens Of Thousands More Documents In Clinton Email Probe
By Spencer Hsu
Washington Post
August 22, 2016
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The FBI’s year-long investigation of Hillary Clinton’s private email server uncovered tens of thousands more documents from her time as secretary of state that were not previously disclosed by her attorneys. The State Department is expected to discuss when and how it will release the emails Monday morning in federal court.
The total — confirmed by the Justice Department -- was disclosed by a conservative legal group after the State Department said last week that it would hand over the emails. The number to be released is nearly 50 percent more than the 30,000-plus that Clinton’s lawyers deemed work-related and returned to the department in December 2014.
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Judicial Watch president Tom Fitton tweeted Monday morning that the “FBI found almost 15,000 new Clinton documents. When will State release them?” In an interview, he said: “It looks like the State Department is trying to slow roll the release of the records. They’ve had them for at least a month, and we still don’t know when we’re going to get them.”
According to Fitton, lawyers for the government said they plan to set a rolling release schedule in October, weeks before November’s general election.
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Government lawyers disclosed last week that the FBI turned over six computer discs of information: one including e-mails and attachments that were sent directly to or from Clinton, or to or from her at some point in an e-mail chain, and not previously turned over by her lawyers; a second with classified documents; another with emails returned by Clinton; and three others containing materials from other individuals retrieved by the FBI.
The roughly 15,000 documents at issue now come from the first disc, Fitton said.
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[h=6]- AUGUST 22, 2016 -[/h][h=1]HIDING HILLARY WATCH: DAY 261 SINCE LAST PRESS CONFERENCE[/h]
QUESTION OF THE DAY: "Secretary Clinton, will you shut down the corrupt Clinton Foundation as countless media outlets including the Boston Globe, Huffington Postand even Donald Trump have called for?" - Jason Miller, Senior Communications Advisor
The Huffington Post Banner: “Just Shut It Down” (The Huffington Post, 8/21/16)
Boston Globe Editorial Headline: “Clinton Foundation Should Stop Accepting Funds”
Will Clinton Answer Questions About Her Corrupt Clinton Foundation Ties?
QUESTION OF THE DAY: "Secretary Clinton, will you shut down the corrupt Clinton Foundation as countless media outlets including the Boston Globe, Huffington Postand even Donald Trump have called for?" - Jason Miller, Senior Communications Advisor
The Huffington Post Banner: “Just Shut It Down” (The Huffington Post, 8/21/16)
Boston Globe Editorial Headline: “Clinton Foundation Should Stop Accepting Funds”
- “Although the charity founded by former President Bill Clinton has done admirable work over the last 15 years, the Clinton Foundation is also now clearly a liability for Hillary Clinton as she seeks the presidency in 2016. The once-and-maybe-future first family will have plenty to keep them busy next year if Hillary Clinton defeats Donald Trump in November. The foundation should remove a political — and actual — distraction and stop accepting funding. If Clinton is elected, the foundation should be shut down.”
- “Even if Hillary were somehow able to completely separate the donations—to say nothing of her and her husband’s speaking fees, which have often come from many of the same corporations who fund their family foundation—from her official decision-making, she simply has no way of preventing the appearance of pay for play. And the mere perception of access matters, both in the financial marketplace and the political one. The Clintons are too smart not to realize that. They didn’t create our flawed system, but they have proved masters at working within it.”
- “Bill promises to turn the foundation over to “disinterested” third parties. Who gets to judge ‘disinterested’ — Mr. ‘It depends on what the meaning of ‘is’ is’? And what ensures it doesn’t get handed right back in four or eight years? Even closing the foundation now won’t stop past donors from redeeming their chits in a Hillary White House. But it would be a start on reassuring the nearly 60 percent of Americans who say Hillary Clinton is neither honest nor trustworthy.”
- “These special interests are not giving money because the foundation is such an effective charitable organization; a 2013 New York Times investigation made it seem chaotic. They are not paying hundreds of thousands of dollars to hear shopworn speeches because they expect to obtain profound insights. They want the Clintons’ help, and they’re willing to pay for it.”
[h=6]AUGUST 22, 2016 -[/h][h=1]ICYMI: TRUMP ON FOX AND FRIENDS: SHUT DOWN THE CLINTON FOUNDATION[/h]
DONALD TRUMP: “Well, number one, they should shut it down, and number two, they should give the money back to a lot of countries we shouldn’t be taking-- and they shouldn’t be taking money from. Countries that influenced her totally and also countries that discriminated against women and gays and everybody else. I mean, that money should be given back. They should not take that money.”
AINSLEY EARHARDT, FOX NEWS: “Honestly, do you think that will happen?”
TRUMP: “It should happen. Whether or not it will, they’re very greedy people, so maybe it won't. But it should happen.”
STEVE DOOCY, FOX NEWS: “I see that your campaign just sent out a statement a few minutes ago regarding this, and you write: ‘It is now clear the Clinton Foundation is the most corrupt enterprise in political history.’ You know, there are a lot of people who are not up to speed on what the Clinton Foundation has been doing that you feel is illegal.”
TRUMP: “Well, I think it's been really well documented in the book and the book has been absolutely approved by so many people. You’ve had accounting firms going in there, you had so many people going in and it's pay for play. I mean, if you look at it, it's pay for play. So many things happen, money is paid, and then all of a sudden, lots of good things with the [inaudible] money. Very, very bad situation.”
DOOCY: “So you say shut it down?”
TRUMP: “Oh, I say shut it down.”
DOOCY: “It's interesting because the campaign was asked yesterday, hey, why don't you just shut it down now rather than wait until we find out whether or not she's elected President of the United States. And the spokesperson couldn't really answer that. ‘Yeah I don't know why we don't shut it down.’ He didn't say that, but clearly that's the message.”
TRUMP: “Look, these are very greedy people. These are people that have skirted the law for a long time. Hard to believe that, you know, somebody like this has a good chance, you know -- a fairly good chance of being President. Although if you look at the most recent polls I think things are turning. I think they're turning rather rapidly. But it's hard to believe she can even be running, to be honest with you, with the e-mails and the crimes she's committed she shouldn't be allowed to run for President.”
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DOOCY: “So you say shut it down?” TRUMP: “Oh, I say shut it down.”
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BRIAN KILMEADE, FOX NEWS: “Let's talk about the Clinton Foundation. Among the people saying it's problematic and shut it down is Huffington Post. You also agree with that premise?”<
DONALD TRUMP: “Well, number one, they should shut it down, and number two, they should give the money back to a lot of countries we shouldn’t be taking-- and they shouldn’t be taking money from. Countries that influenced her totally and also countries that discriminated against women and gays and everybody else. I mean, that money should be given back. They should not take that money.”
AINSLEY EARHARDT, FOX NEWS: “Honestly, do you think that will happen?”
TRUMP: “It should happen. Whether or not it will, they’re very greedy people, so maybe it won't. But it should happen.”
STEVE DOOCY, FOX NEWS: “I see that your campaign just sent out a statement a few minutes ago regarding this, and you write: ‘It is now clear the Clinton Foundation is the most corrupt enterprise in political history.’ You know, there are a lot of people who are not up to speed on what the Clinton Foundation has been doing that you feel is illegal.”
TRUMP: “Well, I think it's been really well documented in the book and the book has been absolutely approved by so many people. You’ve had accounting firms going in there, you had so many people going in and it's pay for play. I mean, if you look at it, it's pay for play. So many things happen, money is paid, and then all of a sudden, lots of good things with the [inaudible] money. Very, very bad situation.”
DOOCY: “So you say shut it down?”
TRUMP: “Oh, I say shut it down.”
DOOCY: “It's interesting because the campaign was asked yesterday, hey, why don't you just shut it down now rather than wait until we find out whether or not she's elected President of the United States. And the spokesperson couldn't really answer that. ‘Yeah I don't know why we don't shut it down.’ He didn't say that, but clearly that's the message.”
TRUMP: “Look, these are very greedy people. These are people that have skirted the law for a long time. Hard to believe that, you know, somebody like this has a good chance, you know -- a fairly good chance of being President. Although if you look at the most recent polls I think things are turning. I think they're turning rather rapidly. But it's hard to believe she can even be running, to be honest with you, with the e-mails and the crimes she's committed she shouldn't be allowed to run for President.”
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[h=6]- AUGUST 22, 2016 -[/h][h=1]DONALD J. TRUMP STATEMENT ON CLINTON FOUNDATION: SHUT IT DOWN[/h]“Hillary Clinton is the defender of the corrupt and rigged status quo. The Clintons have spent decades as insiders lining their own pockets and taking care of donors instead of the American people. It is now clear that the Clinton Foundation is the most corrupt enterprise in political history. What they were doing during Crooked Hillary’s time as Secretary of State was wrong then, and it is wrong now. It must be shut down immediately.”
– Donald J. Trump
– Donald J. Trump
[h=6]- AUGUST 22, 2016 -[/h][h=1]DONALD TRUMP CALLS FOR SPECIAL PROSECUTOR IN CLINTON CORRUPTION SCANDAL[/h]It’s so great to be in Ohio. I love this state – where I once worked – and I love the people of this state.
I have a message for all of you tonight: we are going to win Ohio, we are going to win the White House, and we are going to bring back your jobs.
We are going to negotiate fair trade deals that put American workers first.
We are going to stop the product dumping, the unfair foreign subsidies, and the currency manipulation. We are going to stop the foreign cheating.
The era of economic surrender is over.
A new era of American Greatness is beginning.
No state has been hurt worse by the Hillary Clinton trade policies than Ohio.
Hillary Clinton backed her husband’s NAFTA, she backed China’s entrance into the World Trade Organization, she backed the job-killing trade deal with South Korea, and backed the Trans-Pacific Partnership.
One bad deal after another.
Hillary Clinton’s donors own her, and she will do whatever they tell her to do.
Ohio and the Akron area have lost nearly 1 in 3 manufacturing jobs since NAFTA.
This region and this state have lost nearly 1 in 4 manufacturing jobs since China entered the World Trade Organization.
Our trade deficit in goods with the world is now nearly $800 billion dollars. This subtracts directly from our growth – our economy grew only 1.2 percent in the last quarter, a total disaster.
This is the legacy of Obama-Clinton.
I am promising a new legacy for America.
We are going to create a New American Future.
But to do that, we have to stop the Trans-Pacific Partnership.
Our trade deficit with the proposed TPP member countries cost the state of Ohio more than 100,000 manufacturing jobs last year. Imagine how many more jobs would be lost if TPP was actually approved.
Hillary Clinton, who called the TPP the “Gold Standard”, would 100% approve it if she ever got in. Her closest friend, Terry McAuliffe, confirmed that she would.
We won’t let that happen.
We will win this election, and we will keep America out of the TPP.
We will defend our freedom, our jobs, and our economic independence.
It’s going to be America First.
My economic plan is going to grow this economy, raise your wages, and create millions of new jobs.
Here are a few of the things we will do:
A massive tax cut for working Americans, and a 15% tax rate for small businesses.
We are going to eliminate regulations that kill American jobs, and that includes getting rid of the Obama Administration’s new anti-energy rules that will raise Ohio energy bills by more than 40 percent.
These Obama-Clinton energy restrictions are a tax on the poor, and they devastate low-income African-American and Latino workers.
Ohio gets 60% of its electricity from coal-powered energy.
Hillary Clinton says she wants to “put a lot of coal miners and coal companies out of business.” Just like she wants to put the steel workers out of business.
We are going to put the miners and the steel workers back to work – and we are going to get your energy bills down.
We are going to repeal and replace Obamacare, saving another 2 million jobs over the next decade.
Another major part of our agenda is law and order. More than 2,600 have been shot in Chicago alone since the beginning of this year.
This is one of the biggest differences between me and my opponent. I believe that safety is a right that belongs to all Americans.
Let me take this opportunity to thank the law enforcement officers here in this city, and across this country, for their service and sacrifice in difficult times.
Working with communities and police, I pledge to bring safety to communities across this land – but especially to those places that have not known safety in a very, very long time.
I want every parent and child in this society – including every African-American and Hispanic citizen – to be able to live in a safe, thriving and prosperous community.
This is the New American Future that we are working together to create.
Hillary Clinton is the past.
We are the future.
Another major part of our agenda is immigration security. We need to protect American jobs. We need to protect American safety.
Low-income workers are hurt the most by my opponent’s policies. Poor Hispanic and African-American citizens are the first to lose a job, or see a pay cut, when we don’t control our borders.
According to Pew Research, immigration over the next fifty years will add another 100 million to our population. It will be much, much more than even that under Hillary Clinton’s radical plans. That’s unfair to the low-income workers – African-American, Latino, all Americans – living here today and trying to get ahead.
Hillary Clinton has forgotten the first rule of public service. The job of an elected official is to serve the citizens of the United States. If you don’t understand that, then you cannot run for President.
If you are not prepared to put American workers first, then you should not hold or seek public office.
It’s just that simple.
No issue better illustrates how corrupt my opponent is than her pay-for-play scandals as Secretary of State.
As the evidence has become public over the last several months, I have become increasingly shocked by the vast scope of Hillary Clinton’s criminality.
Hillary Clinton said she turned over all of her work related emails. She testified that to Congress under penalty of perjury. Now we learn about another 15,000 emails she failed to turn over have just been discovered.
Colin Powell just proved again how dishonest Hillary Clinton is after he busted her for trying to pin her email scandal on him – one more Hillary Clinton lie.
Her Foundation took in large payments from major corporations and wealthy individuals, foreign and domestic, all while she was Secretary of State.
The Clinton Foundation accepted as much as $60 million dollars from Middle Eastern countries that oppress women, gays and people of different faiths.
The Foundation donors included corporations and individuals with significant matters before the State Department. And then either Hillary Clinton herself or one of her closest aides took action favorable to the donor.
Her actions corrupted and disgraced one of the most important Departments of government, indeed one of only four established by the United States Constitution itself.
The Clintons' made the State Department into the same kind of Pay-to-Play operations as the Arkansas Government was: pay the Clinton Foundation huge sums of money and throw in some big speaking fees for Bill Clinton and you got to play with the State Department.
The amounts involved, the favors done and the significant numbers of times it was done require an expedited investigation by a Special Prosecutor. After the FBI and Department of Justice whitewash of the Clinton email crimes, they certainly cannot be trusted to quickly or impartially investigate Hillary Clinton’s crimes.
Some former prosecutors have even suggested that the coordination between the pay-for-play State Department and the corrupt Clinton Foundation constitute a clear example of a RICO (Racketeer Influenced Corrupt Organization) enterprise.
The Justice Department is required to appoint an independent Special Prosecutor because it has proven itself to be a political arm of the White House.
The DOJ has acted very unethically, particularly the Attorney General's private lengthy meeting with Bill Clinton shortly before the Department's decision not to prosecute her for crimes that would have been prosecuted against almost any other citizen.
If the Justice Department fails to do so, it will make it even clearer that a second of the four primary constitutional Departments have been corrupted.
Here is one example of Clinton Corruption.
As Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton signed off on a deal allowing Russians to take an increased stake in a company called Uranium One, giving up control of about 20 percent of America’s uranium supply to the Russians. Clinton’s approval of the deal netted the owners of the uranium company millions of dollars. In exchange for signing off on the deal, some of the former owners of Uranium One gave the Clinton Foundation millions of dollars in donations. In addition, Bill Clinton received $500,000 for a speech to a Kremlin-backed investment firm that was a beneficiary of the deal.
Here is another example of pay-for-play.
In 2009, Ericsson telecommunications came under U.S. pressure for selling telecom equipment to several oppressive governments – including Sudan, Syria, and Iran. Some these regimes used those technologies to monitor and control their own people.
In June 2011, Hillary Clinton’s State Department began adding goods and services to a list that might be covered under expanded sanctions on Iran and other state sponsors of terrorism.
During that time, Ericsson sponsored a speech by Bill Clinton, paying him $750,000 – his highest paying speech.
In April 2012, the Obama Administration issued an executive order imposing sanctions on telecom sales to Iran and Syria –but those sanctions did not cover Ericsson’s work in Iran.
A Trump Administration will end the government corruption.
No one will be above the law.
We will have one set of rules for everyone. In Hillary Clinton’s world, we have one set of rules for her – and another set of rules for everyone else.
I am fighting for everyone who doesn’t have a voice. The forgotten men and women of America.
I am your voice.
Hillary Clinton’s campaign is funded by Wall Street and hedge fund managers.
My campaign is powered by my own money, but also by small dollar donations from working people across this country who want their country back.
Nothing terrifies the ruling class more than when everyday working people give 5, 10, or 15 dollars to our campaign to help us take government away from the special interests and give it back to the voters.
Come November 8th, we are once again going to have a government that serves you, your family, and your country.
We are going to rebuild our depleted military, avoid needless foreign wars, build new friendships overseas, and remember those three famous words: Peace Through Strength.
We are going to work with our allies to crush, defeat, and utterly destroy ISIS.
We are going to have a new immigration screening test to keep people out of our country who don’t support our tolerant values.
We are also going to reject the bigotry of Hillary Clinton, who sees people of color only as votes and not as human beings worthy of a better future.
The Democratic Party has run nearly every inner city for half a century or more. They have produced only more poverty, failing schools, and broken homes.
In the last eight years, the African-American labor force participation has declined another 3 percentage points – and it’s dropped another 6 percent for teenagers. Nearly 4 in 10 African-American children live in poverty. African-American home ownership has declined nearly ten percentage points.
Meanwhile, since 2009, another 2 million Latinos have fallen into poverty. Incomes for Latino workers fell by almost another $1,000 dollars.
Meanwhile, homicides are up nearly 50 percent in Washington D.C. and more than 60 percent in Baltimore. The level of crime in these cities is something no American should consider acceptable. Our government has failed these residents.
For those hurting the most – who have been failed again and again by their politicians – I’ve asked in recent days, what do you have to lose by trying something new? If you keep voting for the same failed politicians you will keep getting the same results. But, most importantly, I want to talk about what you have to gain. Those hurting in our county have so much to gain by joining our campaign for a new, and more inclusive, American Future.
My tax reforms will add millions of new jobs and thousands of new small businesses.
My energy reforms will create millions of new jobs and lower the price of your energy bill.
My trade reforms will raise wages, grow jobs and add trillions in new wealth into our country.
My immigration reforms will protect your jobs and stop businesses from exploiting visa programs that hurt poor workers.
My infrastructure plans will rebuild your roads, bridges and airports.
My regulatory reforms will make it easier for African-Americans small businesses to thrive, and for young children to live out their dreams.
My promise of school choice, charter schools and merit-pay for teachers will help low-income students in our inner cities. Hillary Clinton discriminates against poor African-American children by opposing school choice.
My government reforms will make your voice heard – not the voice of the special interests.
Every insider, getting rich off of our broken system, is throwing money at Hillary Clinton.
It’s the powerful protecting the powerful.
Insiders fighting for insiders.
I am fighting for you.
Every day you turn on the nightly news, you hear about how some self-interested banker or some Washington insider says they oppose our campaign. Or some encrusted old politician says they oppose our campaign. Or some big time lobbyist says they oppose our campaign.
I wear their opposition as a badge of honor. Because it means I am fighting for REAL change, not just partisan change. I am fighting – all of us across the country are fighting – for peaceful regime change in our own country. The media-donor-political complex that’s bled this country dry has to be replaced with a new government of, by and for the people.
I will fight to ensure that every American is treated equally, protected equally, and honored equally. We will reject bigotry and hatred and oppression in all of its forms, and seek a new future of security, prosperity and opportunity – a future built on our common culture and values as one American people.
I am asking for your vote so I can be your champion in the White House.
To every parent who dreams for their children, and to every child who dreams for their future, I say these words to you tonight: I’m with you, I will fight for you, and I will win for you.
Together, We Will Make America Strong Again.
We Will Make American Safe Again.
And We Will Make America Great Again.
Thank you, and God Bless.
I have a message for all of you tonight: we are going to win Ohio, we are going to win the White House, and we are going to bring back your jobs.
We are going to negotiate fair trade deals that put American workers first.
We are going to stop the product dumping, the unfair foreign subsidies, and the currency manipulation. We are going to stop the foreign cheating.
The era of economic surrender is over.
A new era of American Greatness is beginning.
No state has been hurt worse by the Hillary Clinton trade policies than Ohio.
Hillary Clinton backed her husband’s NAFTA, she backed China’s entrance into the World Trade Organization, she backed the job-killing trade deal with South Korea, and backed the Trans-Pacific Partnership.
One bad deal after another.
Hillary Clinton’s donors own her, and she will do whatever they tell her to do.
Ohio and the Akron area have lost nearly 1 in 3 manufacturing jobs since NAFTA.
This region and this state have lost nearly 1 in 4 manufacturing jobs since China entered the World Trade Organization.
Our trade deficit in goods with the world is now nearly $800 billion dollars. This subtracts directly from our growth – our economy grew only 1.2 percent in the last quarter, a total disaster.
This is the legacy of Obama-Clinton.
I am promising a new legacy for America.
We are going to create a New American Future.
But to do that, we have to stop the Trans-Pacific Partnership.
Our trade deficit with the proposed TPP member countries cost the state of Ohio more than 100,000 manufacturing jobs last year. Imagine how many more jobs would be lost if TPP was actually approved.
Hillary Clinton, who called the TPP the “Gold Standard”, would 100% approve it if she ever got in. Her closest friend, Terry McAuliffe, confirmed that she would.
We won’t let that happen.
We will win this election, and we will keep America out of the TPP.
We will defend our freedom, our jobs, and our economic independence.
It’s going to be America First.
My economic plan is going to grow this economy, raise your wages, and create millions of new jobs.
Here are a few of the things we will do:
A massive tax cut for working Americans, and a 15% tax rate for small businesses.
We are going to eliminate regulations that kill American jobs, and that includes getting rid of the Obama Administration’s new anti-energy rules that will raise Ohio energy bills by more than 40 percent.
These Obama-Clinton energy restrictions are a tax on the poor, and they devastate low-income African-American and Latino workers.
Ohio gets 60% of its electricity from coal-powered energy.
Hillary Clinton says she wants to “put a lot of coal miners and coal companies out of business.” Just like she wants to put the steel workers out of business.
We are going to put the miners and the steel workers back to work – and we are going to get your energy bills down.
We are going to repeal and replace Obamacare, saving another 2 million jobs over the next decade.
Another major part of our agenda is law and order. More than 2,600 have been shot in Chicago alone since the beginning of this year.
This is one of the biggest differences between me and my opponent. I believe that safety is a right that belongs to all Americans.
Let me take this opportunity to thank the law enforcement officers here in this city, and across this country, for their service and sacrifice in difficult times.
Working with communities and police, I pledge to bring safety to communities across this land – but especially to those places that have not known safety in a very, very long time.
I want every parent and child in this society – including every African-American and Hispanic citizen – to be able to live in a safe, thriving and prosperous community.
This is the New American Future that we are working together to create.
Hillary Clinton is the past.
We are the future.
Another major part of our agenda is immigration security. We need to protect American jobs. We need to protect American safety.
Low-income workers are hurt the most by my opponent’s policies. Poor Hispanic and African-American citizens are the first to lose a job, or see a pay cut, when we don’t control our borders.
According to Pew Research, immigration over the next fifty years will add another 100 million to our population. It will be much, much more than even that under Hillary Clinton’s radical plans. That’s unfair to the low-income workers – African-American, Latino, all Americans – living here today and trying to get ahead.
Hillary Clinton has forgotten the first rule of public service. The job of an elected official is to serve the citizens of the United States. If you don’t understand that, then you cannot run for President.
If you are not prepared to put American workers first, then you should not hold or seek public office.
It’s just that simple.
No issue better illustrates how corrupt my opponent is than her pay-for-play scandals as Secretary of State.
As the evidence has become public over the last several months, I have become increasingly shocked by the vast scope of Hillary Clinton’s criminality.
Hillary Clinton said she turned over all of her work related emails. She testified that to Congress under penalty of perjury. Now we learn about another 15,000 emails she failed to turn over have just been discovered.
Colin Powell just proved again how dishonest Hillary Clinton is after he busted her for trying to pin her email scandal on him – one more Hillary Clinton lie.
Her Foundation took in large payments from major corporations and wealthy individuals, foreign and domestic, all while she was Secretary of State.
The Clinton Foundation accepted as much as $60 million dollars from Middle Eastern countries that oppress women, gays and people of different faiths.
The Foundation donors included corporations and individuals with significant matters before the State Department. And then either Hillary Clinton herself or one of her closest aides took action favorable to the donor.
Her actions corrupted and disgraced one of the most important Departments of government, indeed one of only four established by the United States Constitution itself.
The Clintons' made the State Department into the same kind of Pay-to-Play operations as the Arkansas Government was: pay the Clinton Foundation huge sums of money and throw in some big speaking fees for Bill Clinton and you got to play with the State Department.
The amounts involved, the favors done and the significant numbers of times it was done require an expedited investigation by a Special Prosecutor. After the FBI and Department of Justice whitewash of the Clinton email crimes, they certainly cannot be trusted to quickly or impartially investigate Hillary Clinton’s crimes.
Some former prosecutors have even suggested that the coordination between the pay-for-play State Department and the corrupt Clinton Foundation constitute a clear example of a RICO (Racketeer Influenced Corrupt Organization) enterprise.
The Justice Department is required to appoint an independent Special Prosecutor because it has proven itself to be a political arm of the White House.
The DOJ has acted very unethically, particularly the Attorney General's private lengthy meeting with Bill Clinton shortly before the Department's decision not to prosecute her for crimes that would have been prosecuted against almost any other citizen.
If the Justice Department fails to do so, it will make it even clearer that a second of the four primary constitutional Departments have been corrupted.
Here is one example of Clinton Corruption.
As Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton signed off on a deal allowing Russians to take an increased stake in a company called Uranium One, giving up control of about 20 percent of America’s uranium supply to the Russians. Clinton’s approval of the deal netted the owners of the uranium company millions of dollars. In exchange for signing off on the deal, some of the former owners of Uranium One gave the Clinton Foundation millions of dollars in donations. In addition, Bill Clinton received $500,000 for a speech to a Kremlin-backed investment firm that was a beneficiary of the deal.
Here is another example of pay-for-play.
In 2009, Ericsson telecommunications came under U.S. pressure for selling telecom equipment to several oppressive governments – including Sudan, Syria, and Iran. Some these regimes used those technologies to monitor and control their own people.
In June 2011, Hillary Clinton’s State Department began adding goods and services to a list that might be covered under expanded sanctions on Iran and other state sponsors of terrorism.
During that time, Ericsson sponsored a speech by Bill Clinton, paying him $750,000 – his highest paying speech.
In April 2012, the Obama Administration issued an executive order imposing sanctions on telecom sales to Iran and Syria –but those sanctions did not cover Ericsson’s work in Iran.
A Trump Administration will end the government corruption.
No one will be above the law.
We will have one set of rules for everyone. In Hillary Clinton’s world, we have one set of rules for her – and another set of rules for everyone else.
I am fighting for everyone who doesn’t have a voice. The forgotten men and women of America.
I am your voice.
Hillary Clinton’s campaign is funded by Wall Street and hedge fund managers.
My campaign is powered by my own money, but also by small dollar donations from working people across this country who want their country back.
Nothing terrifies the ruling class more than when everyday working people give 5, 10, or 15 dollars to our campaign to help us take government away from the special interests and give it back to the voters.
Come November 8th, we are once again going to have a government that serves you, your family, and your country.
We are going to rebuild our depleted military, avoid needless foreign wars, build new friendships overseas, and remember those three famous words: Peace Through Strength.
We are going to work with our allies to crush, defeat, and utterly destroy ISIS.
We are going to have a new immigration screening test to keep people out of our country who don’t support our tolerant values.
We are also going to reject the bigotry of Hillary Clinton, who sees people of color only as votes and not as human beings worthy of a better future.
The Democratic Party has run nearly every inner city for half a century or more. They have produced only more poverty, failing schools, and broken homes.
In the last eight years, the African-American labor force participation has declined another 3 percentage points – and it’s dropped another 6 percent for teenagers. Nearly 4 in 10 African-American children live in poverty. African-American home ownership has declined nearly ten percentage points.
Meanwhile, since 2009, another 2 million Latinos have fallen into poverty. Incomes for Latino workers fell by almost another $1,000 dollars.
Meanwhile, homicides are up nearly 50 percent in Washington D.C. and more than 60 percent in Baltimore. The level of crime in these cities is something no American should consider acceptable. Our government has failed these residents.
For those hurting the most – who have been failed again and again by their politicians – I’ve asked in recent days, what do you have to lose by trying something new? If you keep voting for the same failed politicians you will keep getting the same results. But, most importantly, I want to talk about what you have to gain. Those hurting in our county have so much to gain by joining our campaign for a new, and more inclusive, American Future.
My tax reforms will add millions of new jobs and thousands of new small businesses.
My energy reforms will create millions of new jobs and lower the price of your energy bill.
My trade reforms will raise wages, grow jobs and add trillions in new wealth into our country.
My immigration reforms will protect your jobs and stop businesses from exploiting visa programs that hurt poor workers.
My infrastructure plans will rebuild your roads, bridges and airports.
My regulatory reforms will make it easier for African-Americans small businesses to thrive, and for young children to live out their dreams.
My promise of school choice, charter schools and merit-pay for teachers will help low-income students in our inner cities. Hillary Clinton discriminates against poor African-American children by opposing school choice.
My government reforms will make your voice heard – not the voice of the special interests.
Every insider, getting rich off of our broken system, is throwing money at Hillary Clinton.
It’s the powerful protecting the powerful.
Insiders fighting for insiders.
I am fighting for you.
Every day you turn on the nightly news, you hear about how some self-interested banker or some Washington insider says they oppose our campaign. Or some encrusted old politician says they oppose our campaign. Or some big time lobbyist says they oppose our campaign.
I wear their opposition as a badge of honor. Because it means I am fighting for REAL change, not just partisan change. I am fighting – all of us across the country are fighting – for peaceful regime change in our own country. The media-donor-political complex that’s bled this country dry has to be replaced with a new government of, by and for the people.
I will fight to ensure that every American is treated equally, protected equally, and honored equally. We will reject bigotry and hatred and oppression in all of its forms, and seek a new future of security, prosperity and opportunity – a future built on our common culture and values as one American people.
I am asking for your vote so I can be your champion in the White House.
To every parent who dreams for their children, and to every child who dreams for their future, I say these words to you tonight: I’m with you, I will fight for you, and I will win for you.
Together, We Will Make America Strong Again.
We Will Make American Safe Again.
And We Will Make America Great Again.
Thank you, and God Bless.
. Myers continues to bring the Serious Heat against the Idiot Drumpf.
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