In contrast, Trump was his typical self. He once again called Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren “Pocahontas” and offensively remarked that “the inner cities, in so many cases, are like living in hell.” Trump is ending this campaign exactly where he started: with hateful rhetoric and bigoted lies. Over the course of the past sixteen months, he has made a mockery of our democracy and has used his candidacy to instill fear in the hearts of voters. He is unqualified for the presidency and his enablers, including Kelly Ayotte, are unfit to represent this nation.
Hillary Clinton knows we are stronger together. Tomorrow, Americans can show once and for all that love trumps hate.
How Obama brings Clinton onto stage: “this fighter, this stateswoman, this mother, this grandmother, this patriot, our next president!”
— Edward-Isaac Dovere (@IsaacDovere) November 8, 2016
Obama: I am betting that tomorrow you will reject fear & you’ll choose hope…that is a bet I have never ever lost.
— Steven Rattner (@SteveRattner) November 8, 2016
Obama says for black voters “this journey we’ve been on was never about the color of a president but the content of his or her character.”
— Sabrina Siddiqui (@SabrinaSiddiqui) November 8, 2016
“I am betting that tomorrow that you will reject fear and choose hope” – Obama for Clinton in Philadelphia
— Edward-Isaac Dovere (@IsaacDovere) November 8, 2016
With a kiss, Pres Obama turns over lectern with presidential seal to “next president” @HillaryClinton. pic.twitter.com/UhBNj5t3ZX
— Mark Knoller (@markknoller) November 8, 2016
Clinton asks voters to choose a “hopeful, inclusive, big-hearted America.”
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) November 8, 2016
“We will have to bridge the divides in our country,” Clinton says. “I regret deeply how angry the tone of the campaign became.”
— Sabrina Siddiqui (@SabrinaSiddiqui) November 8, 2016
WATCH LIVE: #HillaryClinton: “I believe with all my heart that America’s best days are ahead of us.” https://t.co/VFCHYJDR4b #Election2016 pic.twitter.com/z4ld2hMcvG
— ABC7 News (@abc7newsbayarea) November 8, 2016
Donald Trump: “The inner cities, in so many cases, are like living in hell. Crime is rampant, horrible. You can’t walk to a store without getting shot. Schools are terrible, as bad as it gets. And there are no jobs.” [Manchester, NH, 11/7/16]
“She’s being protected by a totally rigged system – I been saying it a long time,” Trump says of Clinton.
— Ali Vitali (@alivitali) November 8, 2016
Trump: “do you want America to be ruled by the corrupt political class or do you want America to be ruled again by the people?”
— Olivia Nuzzi (@Olivianuzzi) November 8, 2016
Trump has now called Hillary Bill’s “lovely wife” at every rally today. Can you hear that gender dog whistle?
— Ali Vitali (@alivitali) November 8, 2016
Guys behind the press pen at Trump rally in Manchester still going: “She’s evil!” “She’s sick!” “All she does is lie!”
— Ben Schreckinger (@SchreckReports) November 8, 2016
“She said he’s a pussy.” – Trump in February, repeating a woman’s critique of Ted Cruz, at the same New Hampshire venue where he is tonight.
— Jennifer Jacobs (@JenniferJJacobs) November 8, 2016
One guy started screaming “f— you” at the top of his lungs and giving us the double finger.
— Sara Murray (@SaraMurray) November 8, 2016
Trump on refugees: “Her plan will import generations of terrorism, extremism and radicalism into your schools”
— Benjy Sarlin (@BenjySarlin) November 8, 2016
Trump slams Obama for campaigning. Guys behind press pen: “lock him up too. You suck Obama” “they should share a cell.” “piece of shit.”
— Ben Schreckinger (@SchreckReports) November 8, 2016
Trump on Elizabeth Warren: “Everyone who watches her, they say she’s a terrible human being.”
— Benjy Sarlin (@BenjySarlin) November 8, 2016
]]>Trump’s closing message: “Massachusetts is represented by Pocahontas right? … she is a terrible human being”
— Ben Schreckinger (@SchreckReports) November 8, 2016
ATTACKING THE MEDIA: Trump, after crowd chants “CNN Sucks!”: “They are so dishonest. You can’t even read articles in certain papers anymore. New York Times is a total lie. You can’t — I mean, you cannot it’s so false. Nothing to do with me. I’m just telling you, such lies. Such lies. Such fabrication. Such made up stories. The Times is going out of business pretty soon.” [Scranton, PA, 11/7/16]
Beth Reinhard @bethreinhard: Really rowdy crowd in Scranton, PA chanting “CNN sucks.” Trump says “Such lies, such lies.” Says NYT is going out of biz. [11/7/16 6:24 p.m. ET]
Ali Vitali @alivitali What will life be when I dont have people scream at me multiple times per day at close range that I’m bad at my job and I suck? [11/7/16 6:24 p.m. ET]
Rosie Gray @RosieGray Here’s the deafening “CNN sucks” chant in Scranton earlier, from the perspective of the media pen [VIDEO] [11/7/16 6:28 p.m. ET]
McKay Coppins @mckaycoppins Trump has returned to the “dishonest media” line 3-4 times so far in this speech. Seems incredibly agitated, much more so than last rally. [11/7/16 6:31 p.m. ET]
MAN OF THE YEAR? Trump: “I was ‘Man of the Year’ in Michigan a couple of years ago.” [Scranton, PA, 11/7/16]
Huffington Post: Did Donald Trump Just Make Up An Award He Won?
He says he was named “Man of the Year” in Michigan five years ago. But there’s no evidence of this.
JAY-Z RANTS CONTINUE: Trump: “She can’t get anybody to go to her rallies, so she gets Jay-Z. He uses the worst language I have ever heard. And by the time he’s finished, what’s happened – what happens, he and Beyonce, right? By that time, most of the people have left.” [Scranton, PA, 11/7/16]
Ben Jacobs @Bencjacobs: Super loud boos for Jay-Z at the Trump rally in Scranton [11/7/2016 6:27 PM ET]
Rebecca Sinderbrand @sinderbrand update! in Scranton, Trump says Jay Z’s performance featured “the worst language I have ever heard.” Ever. [11/7/16 6:30 p.m. ET]
PolitiFact: In closing argument, Donald Trump wrongly says he outdraws Beyonce, Jay Z
Our ruling
Trump said, “Beyonce and Jay Z, I like them, I like them. And you know what they do? I get bigger crowds than they do. It’s true. I get far bigger crowds.”
There is no question Trump is fixated on the size of his crowds.
And there is no question, this claim — as it relates to Beyonce and Jay Z — is incorrect.
We rate it False.
CONTINUED TO SPREAD A HATEFUL MESSAGE: Trump’s vitriol and targeted attacks for a few “favorites” has been present throughout the election, and it continued the night before Election Day. This behavior has driven his supporters to respond accordingly.
Sean Sullivan @WaPoSean: Trump’s Scranton rally the rowdiest of the day by far. “She’s a witch!” and “She’s a demon!” could be heard as Trump lambasted Clinton. [11/7/16 6:36 p.m. ET]
Ben Jacobs @Bencjacobs Shouts of “she’s stupid” now about Hillary Clinton from crowd [11/7/16 6:42 p.m. ET]
Ali Vitali @alivitali While Trump says Bernie sold his soul to the devil (a usual line) the crowd shouts that Sanders is a “SELLOUT” [11/7/16 6:38 p.m. ET]
Kevin Cirilli @kevcirilli SCRANTON —
Trump: “She should not be allowed to run.”
Crowd: “Lock her up.”
Man: “She’s a witch! Get her, Don!” [11/7/16 6:30 p.m. ET]
“Donald Trump just finished a rally in North Carolina, where his party has attempted to suppress the rights of thousands of voters. The Republican Party is proud of their efforts to make it harder to vote in the state: limiting early voting, avoiding the placement of voting sites from college campuses and cancelling the registration of thousands of voters, with an outsize effect on African American voters. These efforts by North Carolina Republicans reflect the racist and un-American tone of Donald Trump’s campaign, and it’s happening in the very place where Americans should be able to freely exercise their rights without intimidation—the voting booth.”
NYT Opinion: Five Ways Republicans Are Threatening Voting Rights
In North Carolina, where a court in July struck down a 2013 voter ID law whose restrictions took aim at black voters, Republicans on local election boards are busily cutting back early and Sunday voting hours, which are disproportionately used by African Americans.
Slate: Those Insane Early Voting Lines Were a Direct Result of Republican Voter Suppression
Fortune: New Rules in These States Are Frustrating Voters
After the ruling, Democrats raised alarm when the executive director of the state Republican Party emailed GOP activists suggesting each county election board’s Republicans work to limit early voting hours, curtail Sunday voting and avoid placing voting sites on college campuses. This set up a battle over early voting plans in a third of the state’s counties.
Mother Jones: North Carolina GOP Brags About How Few Black People Were Able to Vote Early
The Daily Beast: North Carolina’s Racist Voter Suppression Is Working
Talking Points Memo: NC GOP Brags About Low Black Turnout–After Lobbying To Limit Early Voting
North Carolina GOP eliminated Sunday voting because “counties with Sunday voting were disproportionately black and Democratic” pic.twitter.com/G55KWY9EKD
— Ari Berman (@AriBerman) November 6, 2016
NC only state where Afr-Am decline in total 2012 number. May be due more to illegal purging, polling place locations, etc. than enthusiasm
— Michael McDonald (@ElectProject) November 6, 2016
]]>This @NCGOP press release on early voting statistics highlights decrease in African-Americans voting. #ncpol pic.twitter.com/wzlegECMVX
— Colin Campbell (@RaleighReporter) November 7, 2016
A new spate of reports show a boiling crisis for Trump in his “second home” state. Florida’s Latino voters are heading to the polls in record numbers to repudiate Trump’s years of anti-immigrant, racist rhetoric and his dangerous campaign. And Trump’s offensive closing ad has been widely slammed as anti-Semitic by prominent Jewish groups.
Trump has done little to correct course. This weekend in Tampa, Trump kicked out a twelve-year-old with cerebral palsy from his rally. In Sarasota today, he claimed he would win the Latino vote because “the Cubans gave me the award,” lashed out at the Beyhive (Beyonce fans), admired a mask of his head, and bragged about his southern border wall. Don’t worry, Mexico will pay for it.
What an uplifting closing argument.
Miami Herald: Hispanics voting in record numbers in Florida, other states, boosting Hillary Clinton
Tampa Bay Times: Poll: Florida Hispanics back Clinton 60% to 30% over Donald Trump
USA Today: Here’s why Donald Trump (almost certainly) can’t win without Florida
The Jerusalem Post: ‘One word’ ad warns Florida: Trump is a threat to Jews, too
New York Times: Fear of Donald Trump Helps Democrats Mobilize Hispanics
McClatchy: Clinton and Trump both release 2-minute ads, and Trump’s draws anger from Jewish groups
Haaretz: In Florida, the ‘Trump Effect’ Strikes Fear in Immigrant Children
Creative Loafing Tampa: Trump’s (probably) last Tampa rally a stream of consciousness, baby-kissin’
]]>“In yet another brutal attack on our democracy, Donald Trump tonight disturbingly suggested that ‘rank and file’ FBI agents will go rogue and continue to investigate this closed case. This is an especially disturbing comment considering the fact that Rudy Giuliani has already admitted to having a potentially illegal back channel with FBI agents. Here we are two days out from the election, and instead of coming up with actual solutions for the American people, Trump is spending his time conspiring about a closed case. On Tuesday, voters will choose love over hate and embrace Hillary Clinton’s vision for America over Trump’s pessimism.”
]]>When members of your own family join members of your political party in keeping their distance from you, you know things aren’t looking good. Sad!
New York Times: Inside Donald Trump’s Last Stand: An Anxious Nominee Seeks Assurance: “His polished older daughter, Ivanka, sat for a commercial intended to appeal to suburban women who have recoiled from her father’s incendiary language. But she discouraged the campaign from promoting the ad in news releases, fearing that her high-profile association with the campaign would damage the businesses that bear her name.”
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FULL MCDONALD QUOTE: Nevada GOP Chair Michael J. McDonald: “Last night, in Clark County, they kept a poll open until ten o’clock at night so a certain group could vote. It wasn’t in an area that normally has high transition. The polls are supposed to close at seven. This was open until ten. Yeah, you feel free right now?” Watch here.
FULL TRUMP QUOTE: Donald Trump: “For instance, it’s being reported that certain key Democratic polling locations in Clark County were kept open for hours and hours beyond closing time. To bus and bring Democratic voters in. Folks, it’s a rigged system. It’s a rigged system.” Watch here.
Trump intro speaker attacks election officials for keeping polls open in Nevada so “a certain group” could vote
“you feel free right now?”
— Sam Stein (@samsteinhp) November 5, 2016
— Sam Stein (@samsteinhp) November 6, 2016
“Certain group”?
They are called Americans. https://t.co/6u08afoLlq
— CatherineCortezMasto (@CatherineForNV) November 5, 2016
We’re defining “freedom” as stopping “a certain group” from voting now are we https://t.co/W9Oo0N3Okf
— Benjy Sarlin (@BenjySarlin) November 5, 2016
Donald’s opening act tonight shows what’s on the ballot. #CertainGroup https://t.co/55U9JfjL5n
— (((Evan Shapiro))) (@eshap) November 6, 2016
“Yeah, you feel free right now?”
*boos* https://t.co/fG2sBt2qUY
— Igor Bobic (@igorbobic) November 5, 2016
]]>Quite the leap of logic to go from lamenting allowing people to vote and then questioning sarcastically “Do you feel free right now?” https://t.co/hgJIqwD6lq
— Nick Corasaniti (@NYTnickc) November 6, 2016
“On an extremely rare occasion, Donald Trump was bizarrely well-behaved at a rally today in North Carolina. By well-behaved, I mean he stuck to his teleprompter script–full of lies, conspiracies and offensive rhetoric. But Donald can’t fool us. Just because he was on his best behavior for his wife, Melania, who joined him on the trail, doesn’t mean we forgot about his record of conning people or didn’t catch his lies about our country’s immigration system, military and working families. The Donald’s entire campaign has been built on lies, and he’s not changing his tune with just three days to go.
]]>The trouble began this morning, with a new report from Newsweek detailing how the Trump campaign’s affection for Kremlin is frightening long-time U.S. allies.
Just a few hours later, Trump surrogate Rudy Giuliani admitted that he knew about James Comey’s letter to Congress before it went public—raising the specter of possible illegal, politicalized leaks coming out of the FBI. Giuliani has spent the past few hours furiously backtracking.
Just before noon, two of Chris Christie’s former aides were found guilty on all counts in the Bridgegate scandal. Christie is the leader of Trump’s transition effort and responsible for hiring for a potential Trump administration. The bombshell convictions have thrown that position into crisis. Christie has already canceled a visit to New Hampshire tomorrow—and it remains to be seen whether Christie will continue to lead the transition effort.
As the campaign suffers setback after setback, Trump’s rallies have turned even darker. Tonight in Hershey, Pennsylvania, a rally attendee once again harassed reporters—this time yelling “F*** Jorge Ramos!” Trump campaign manager Kellyanne Conway was even forced to beg supporters to be “nice nice.” And for the second night in a row, Trump suggested that military officers will not follow orders from Hillary Clinton if she’s elected president.
The hateful rallies, the shady senior advisors, the constant scandals and overtures to the Kremlin all point to a campaign that is literally stumbling to the finish line.
Pro-Trump former FBI official says he’s channeling agents’ rage
NY Mag: Rudy Giuliani Cracks, Confesses After Merciless Interrogation by Steve Doocy
MSNBC: Allegations mount against FBI, possible campaign intervention
NY Times: As Trump Ally, Rudy Giuliani Boasts of Ties to F.B.I.
Newsweek: WHY VLADIMIR PUTIN’S RUSSIA IS BACKING DONALD TRUMP
Politifact: Trump wrongly claims tremendous support from women
Think Progress: The ugliest Donald Trump rally of the campaign
Mic: Donald Trump just can’t imagine how a woman could be the “boss” of the military
CNBC : Chris Christie is ‘toxic’ for Trump after the guilty Bridgegate verdict
WMUR: Christie cancels NH trip for Trump after former aides convicted in ‘Bridgegate’ scandal
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