Republican hopeful claims Hillary is ‘unfit to hold public office’
Republican hopeful claims Hillary is ‘unfit to hold public office’
Donald Trump stepped up his attacks on Hillary Clinton Tuesday as her campaign battled to silence suggestions that donors to her family’s charity paid for access when she was America’s top diplomat.
The Democratic nominee, looking to make history as America’s first female commander-in-chief, is polling well ahead of her Republican rival but has hit choppy waters this week as the Trump campaign has fought to rebound from a series of damaging self-inflicted wounds.
“Hillary Clinton is totally unfit to hold public office,” Mr Trump told a rally in Austin, Texas interrupted several times by protesters.
“It is impossible to figure out where the Clinton Foundation ends and the State Department begins,” he added.
“It is now abundantly clear that the Clintons set up a business to profit from public office, they sold access,” he said.
With Ms Clinton now leading 47 per cent to Mr Trump’s 41.5 per cent, according to an average of national polls from Real Clear Politics, it is unclear to what extent the new reports can damage her standing.
Mr Trump used the rest of his speech in Texas to make another sustained pitch for African-American voters — who vote overwhelmingly Democrat — and highlight poor border security in Texas. He reiterated calls to build a wall on the southern US border with Mexico in a bid to stop illegal immigration.
