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Trump: 'second amendment' could stop Clinton

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Donald Trump campaigning in North Carolina today. Photograph: Evan Vucci/AP

1. Trump suggests guns as solution to Clinton judges

“If she gets to pick her judges, nothing you can do, folks,” Donald Trump said of Hillary Clinton in North Carolina. “Although the second amendment people, maybe there is, I don’t know.”

Republican U.S. presidential nominee Donald Trump speaks to the Trask Coliseum at University of North Carolina in Wilmington, North Carolina, U.S., August 9, 2016. REUTERS/Eric Thayer TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY
Donald Trump at the University of North Carolina in Wilmington today. Photograph: Eric Thayer/Reuters

Summary

As a direct result of Defendant Clinton’s reckless handling of this classified, sensitive information, Islamic terrorists were able to obtain the whereabouts of Ambassador Christopher Stevens and thus the US State Department and covert and other government operations in Benghazi, Libya and subsequently orchestrate, plan, and execute the now infamous September 11, 2012 attack.

Larry Klayman, plaintiff’s attorney and longtime Clinton nemesis

2. Trump: I’ll debate, if the price is right

Donald Trump will commit to the upcoming presidential debates – but some of the terms might be “renegotiated” and he wants veto power over moderators who have crossed him.

Donald Trump.
Donald Trump. Photograph: Scott Olson/Getty Images

Summary

I will absolutely do three debates. I want to debate very badly. But I have to see the conditions.

Donald Trump, on the debate schedule

3. NC Trump voters say election’s already rigged

69% of North Carolina Trump supporters say that if Clinton wins, it will have been due to voter fraud. Only 16% think that it would mean she received more support than Trump.

A Florida delegate holds up a sign that reads “Lock Her Up!”
A Florida delegate holds up a sign. Photograph: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images

4. Def Jam chief: Trump fuels hate

Russell Simmons, founder of Def Jam Records, tells Sabrina Siddiqui that his one-time friend Trump has “fueled a lot of hate” in his pursuit of the presidency.

Donald Trump, Kimora Lee and Russell Simmons.
Donald Trump, Kimora Lee and Russell Simmons. Photograph: A Rodriguez/BEI

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Summary

He was very kind and that was the end of it, but years later this fire has come up. He’s fueled a lot of hate and a lot of people are ignorant, and he’s helped to promote that ignorance.

Russell Simmons, on Donald Trump

5. Father of Orlando shooter endorses Clinton

The father of the man who killed 49 people in a gay Orlando nightclub in June endorsed Clinton after appearing behind Clinton at a rally in Kissimmee, Florida, last night.

Seddique Mateen.
Seddique Mateen. Photograph: Gregg Newton/AFP/Getty Images

Summary

Hillary Clinton is good for United States versus Donald Trump, who has no solutions … It’s a Democratic party, so everyone can join.

Seddique Mateen, on the 2016 election

6. GOP senator refuses to vote for Trump

Maine senator Susan Collins declared in an editorial that she will not vote for Trump, who “does not reflect historical Republican values nor the inclusive approach to governing”.

Susan Collins.
Susan Collins. Photograph: Yuri Gripas/Reuters

Summary

I have a lot of concerns about Hillary Clinton, and I am not going to support her. If the Libertarian ticket were reversed with Governor Bill Weld, former governor of Massachusetts, leading that ticket, then I would vote for the Libertarian ticket, because I know Bill Weld well and I respect him a great deal … I may well end up writing in a name for president, something I’ve never done before.

– Susan Collins, on her vote

… and another thing:

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