Clinton: Half Of Trump Supporters A Basket Of Deplorables

"Those are people we have to understand and empathize with, as well".

In a scrappy prelude to their upcoming debates, the rival presidential nominees appeared back to back at an NBC News town hall in NY, highlighting contrasts on turmoil in the Middle East and other matters of concern to the in-person military audience.

The Republican also renewed his praise for Putin and his disdain for President Barack Obama, saying that the Russian enjoyed an 82 percent approval rating.

The Republican nominee said Schlafly was "there for me when it was not at all fashionable". "But certainly in that system he's been a leader, far more than our president has been a leader". "They try to keep it to the facts of the intelligence gathering they've put together".

"Their styles are different, surely, between Ronald Reagan and Donald Trump, but I think both men are truth tellers", Pence said. "There are many people that think that that's absolutely correct".

An openly exasperated U.S. Sen.

"He said things are going well and he's appreciative of what we're doing", said Rep. Now, there was no victor there, believe me. "If I create that perception, then I take responsibility".

Asked how that could be done, Trump said: "You would leave a certain group behind, and you would take various sections where they have the oil".

Clinton spokesman Nick Merrill noted a previous speech in which she accused Trump of embracing a brand of US political conservatism associated with white nationalism and nativism known as the "alt right" movement.

"There is no evidence my account was hacked", she said.

Clinton said she would convene a meeting of bipartisan security experts on Friday to discuss the fight against Islamic State militants.

The poll's assistant director, Peter A. Brown, said: "The obvious takeaway from these numbers is that Donald Trump has staged a comeback from his post-Democratic convention lows". "Always have, always will". "I want to make sure that I'm ready to tell Donald Trump's story to the nation". Republican strategists say Clinton should have been more prepared for that to happen in the general election. She also flushed out several national security priorities if she is elected, including trying to take out the leader of the Islamic State and vowing to defeat the extremist group without putting us troops on the ground in Iraq or Syria. Trump said in a tweet.

"I'm asking to be judged on the totality of my record", said Clinton, who grew visibly irritated at times with the repeated focus on her past actions.

Clinton had her own shaky moments at the forum.

"I would rather be dealing with Iran on all of those issues, without having them racing to a nuclear weapon", she said.

"There is an agenda out there ... to do just that", she said.

"In an event aboard the decommissioned aircraft carrier Intrepid, the "Today" host was lost at sea", New York Times television critic James Poniewozik wrote.

CNN's Jeremy Diamond asked Trump on Thursday about his comment in March 2003 that the recent invasion looked "like a tremendous success from a military standpoint". The Republican accused her of a "grotesque attack on American voters". At the same time, numerous GOP contenders supporters have been linked to bigoted behavior and opinions, especially on social media.

And while Trump is still leading overwhelmingly among military members, that support appears to be slipping. The same poll showed Clinton with an overall lead among registered voters, 48 percent to 42 percent. For results among registered or likely voters, the margin of sampling error is plus or minus 3.5 percentage points.

Of course, while Clinton is taking heat for her comment, Trump's brand is controversy. Clinton has spent $132 million on ads, NBC News reported this week, more than four times Trump's almost $29 million.