1. Trump’s polls: bad to slightly less bad
Hillary Clinton led Donald Trump by 10 points in a new Reuters-Ipsos poll (averages have her up by seven). New state polls were uniformly bad for Trump. But one GOP-leaning pollster did show him ahead, so...
Trump’s state polling headache
Summary
You know, you see the kinds of crowds. We have thousands of people standing outside trying to get in ... And I’m saying, you know, ‘Why am I not doing better in the polls?’
– Donald Trump, to an interviewer this morning
Scene from New Hampshire
“That could be a Mexican plane up there — they could be getting ready to attack." – Donald Trump, pointing to a plane overhead.
— Scott Bixby (@scottbix) June 30, 2016
2. Release the Biden
An appearance by vice-president Joe Biden with Clinton in Biden’s hometown of Scranton, Pennsylvania, was announced for next week. Democratic presidential candidates have won the state since 1992, a streak Clinton would extend.
I fear elitism is taking over my party
3. Christie said to be vetted
New Jersey governor Chris Christie, who has reportedly picked up McDonald’s for Trump, is now reportedly being vetted as a potential running mate. Christie’s home-state favorability was last measured at 26%.
Jersey shudders at Christie candidacy
4. Naked guy screams head off about Trump
A naked guy in Times Square in Manhattan climbed atop a 16-foot-tall structure and did the chicken dance and screamed: “Donald Trump where are you?!” It was rated the least bizarre episode of the election cycle.
5. Bill Clinton meets Loretta Lynch
Clinton reportedly ambled across a Phoenix tarmac on Monday to say hi to the attorney general, who just happened to be there, and whose justice department is investigating both Clinton’s wife and his foundation. She said they talked about his grandkids.
Summary
There was no discussion of any matter pending for the department or any matter pending for any other body. There was no discussion of Benghazi, no discussion of the state department emails, by way of example.
– US attorney general Loretta Lynch
Updated
Trump charges conflict of interest
I think it’s so terrible. I think it’s so horrible. I think it’s the biggest story, one of the biggest stories of this week, of this month, of this year. [...] It’s a massive story now. It’s all over the place.
– Donald Trump, on the Clinton-Lynch powwow
... and another thing:
Trump: “That could be a Mexican plane up there. They're getting ready to attack." https://t.co/7xJoh1ZjAi
— Jon Passantino (@passantino) June 30, 2016
