1. Bomb goes off; Trump touts prescience
Donald Trump bragged that he had “called” an explosion in NYC’s Chelsea neighborhood on Saturday, hours before it was confirmed. “I should be a newscaster because I called it before the news,” Trump said on Fox.
2. Trump camp: Clinton = ‘more attacks’
Trump blamed Hillary Clinton’s “failed policies” for the attack and called for racial profiling by police. A spokesman warned “the only thing we can expect from a Clinton presidency is more attacks”.
Trump upsets ‘Les Mis’ creators
‘In Israel, they profile’
Our local police, they know who a lot of these people are. They are afraid to do anything about it, because they don’t want to be accused of profiling … You know, in Israel, they profile. They have done an unbelievable job, as good as you can do, but Israel has done an unbelievable job and they will profile. They profile.
– Donald Trump
3. Clinton: ‘Be vigilant, not afraid’
In a press conference, Clinton urged Americans to “be vigilant, but not afraid” and said “the kinds of rhetoric and language that Mr Trump has used is giving aid and comfort to our adversaries”.
‘Aid and comfort to our adversaries’
'Trump's comments have been used for recruitment'
4. Clinton blocks Trump's ‘birther’ backpedal
“He’s still lying about it today,” Clinton said of Trump’s claim that Barack Obama was born outside the US. “He refuses to apologize to the president, his family and the American people.”
Trump allies defend ‘birther’ BS
'Did you believe it?'
I hope that someone will ask Donald Trump: when you were doing that, did you believe it? And if you believed it, how could you have been so gullible, or conspiratorial? And if you didn’t believe it, what were you doing dragging us back to the most painful chapter in American life, who were you trying to appease by doing that?
– Clinton running mate Tim Kaine
5. Christie knew, Bridgegate prosecutor says
A prosecutor trying a “Bridgegate” case – for the closure of traffic lanes on the George Washington Bridge as political retribution – said New Jersey governor Chris Christie, now best buddies with Trump, knew about the closures, which Christie has denied.
Trump: 'He totally knew about it'
The George Washington Bridge, he knew about it. How do you have breakfast with people every day of your lives, they’re closing up the largest bridge in the world ... They never said: ‘Hey boss, we’re closing up the George Washington Bridge today,’ no, they never said, they’re talking about the weather, right? Then, so he knew about it, he knew about it, totally knew about it.
– Donald Trump, December 2015
6. Clinton to millennials: ‘I need you’
With polls showing millennials eyeing third-party candidates instead of her, Clinton made a direct appeal: “I need you as partners, not just for winning this election, but in driving real change over the next four years.”
... and another thing:
If @HillaryClinton really wants to reach millennials maybe she should stop posting all her snaps sideways pic.twitter.com/vucDYa58FR
— Taylor Lorenz (@TaylorLorenz) September 19, 2016
... and another thing:
.@timkaine pours a mocha pic.twitter.com/6I7pJMbNUP
— Jason Noble (@jasonnobleDMR) September 19, 2016
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