'The killing of people is somehow about him': Hillary Clinton mocks Trump for suggesting the system is 'rigged' against black people - and him
Hillary Clinton’s speech about race relations in Springfield, Illinois became an attack on Donald Trump as she ridiculed statements he made about the system being rigged against black people – and the billionaire.
She quoted Trump in an interview with Fox News’ Bill O’Reilly last night where ‘he said that he understands systematic violence against black people and, I quote, “even against me the system is rigged.” He went on to say I can relate to it very much myself,’ Clinton noted.
‘Even this, the killing of people, is somehow about him,’ the Democrat said.
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Hillary Clinton spoke about ‘race relations’ from the Illinois state capitol, aiming most of her remarks at her Republican rival Donald Trump
Hillary Clinton first spoke of the same ‘truths’ that President Obama did yesterday: police reform was needed, but most are courageous and do their jobs – but she more of a pro-gun control message into her remarks
She also mocked his understanding of the U.S. Constitution, recalling a question that a lawmaker posed to the presumptive Republican nominee at a meeting with congressional Republicans last week.
Rep. Mark Sanford, R-S.C., spilled the beans on the exchange saying that Trump replied, ‘”I want to protect Article I, Article II, Article XII,” going down the list.’
‘There is no Article XII,’ Sanford pointed out.
Clinton noted that too in today’s speech at the Springfield capitol building.
‘Here’s the thing, there is no Article XII,’ Clinton said. ‘Not even close.’
‘That was a serious question from an elected representative and he either didn’t care enough to answer it seriously or he didn’t know where to begin,’ the candidate continued.
‘Even the most stalwart Republicans were alarmed by that,’ she added.
Clinton began her remarks, held in the same building where Abraham Lincoln gave his famous ‘house divided against itself’ address, by delivering many of the same ‘truths’ that President Obama said yesterday when he spoke at a memorial service for the five police officers killed in Dallas.
After making those points, Hillary Clinton spend the latter half of her address taking on Donald Trump on everything from immigration policies to how he treats the press
Hillary Clinton mocked Donald Trump for suggesting the system is ‘rigged’ against him too, like it is against black Americans and also ridiculed his knowledge of the U.S. Constitution
Obama weaved together a speech about the difficulties of modern day policing, and how cops are expected to do too much, while articulating the racial biases still felt by many in the black community.
‘We flood communities with so many guns that it is easier for a teenager to buy a Glock than get his hands on a computer or even a book,’ the president said yesterday. .
Clinton went heavier on the gun control messaging.
‘We also need to listen to the families crying out for relief from gun violence,’ she said.
‘President Obama’s trip to Dallas yesterday was the 11th time he has spoken to a city mourning after a mass shooting,’ she continued. ‘The wrong people keep getting their hands on guns and not just any guns, military weapons like the kind that the Dallas killer had, which allowed him to out-gun the police.
Clinton claimed that the majority of gun owners agreed that ‘common sense steps’ needed to be taken.
‘If we’re looking at common ground, this is common ground,’ she said.
She also said that she realized her remarks today might upset some Americans.
‘I’m talking about police reform just a few days after a horrific attack on police officers,’ she began.
‘I’m talking about courageous, honorable police officers just a few days after officer-involved shootings in Louisiana and Minnesota,’ she mentioned.
‘I’m bringing up guns in a country where just talking about comprehensive background checks and getting assault weapons off the streets gets you demonized,’ she said.
‘But all of these things can be true at the same time,’ she noted.
And then, with a quick pivot, she turned to Trump.
Hillary Clinton gave her remarks in the Springfield, Illinois state capitol, where President Abraham Lincoln gave his famous ‘house divided’ speech against slavery before he became president of the United States
Hillary Clinton portrayed Donald Trump as a divider, noting his attacks against a Mexican-American judge, his immigration policy and his plan to ban non-American Muslims from the United States
Hillary Clinton also brought up a recent conversation that Donald Trump had with Republican lawmakers on Capitol Hill and cited an ‘Article XII’ of the Constitution, which doesn’t exist
‘And in times like these, we need a president who can help pull us together, not split us apart,’ she said.
‘And that is why I believe that Donald Trump is so dangerous,’ she added.
Clinton accused Trump of ‘stoking mistrust and pitting American against American.’
She cited his plan to ban Muslims from the United States and reminded her audience of the attacks made against Mexican-American judge Gonzalo Curiel, who’s handling a Trump University case.
Clinton said that Trump knew that Curiel, who the Republican repeatedly referred to as ‘Mexican,’ was born in the United States.
Just like President Obama, the country’s first black president, who Clinton said Trump was trying to de-legitimize through his ‘birther’ remarks made several years ago.
Clinton zinged Trump’s immigration policy, citing a letter she received from a mom.
‘Her adopted son asked her with a shaky voice if President Trump would send him back to Ethiopia,’ Clinton said.
‘When kids are scared of by political candidates and policy debates it’s a sign that something has gone badly wrong,’ Clinton said.
The Democrat criticized Trump’s handling of protesters at rallies and his treatment of the press, even though she hasn’t held a press conference during this calendar year.
‘He’s banished members of the press how have criticized him. Is there any doubt he would do the same as president?’ she mused.
‘Imagine if he had not just Twitter and cable news to go after his critics and opponents, but also the IRS or, for that matter, our entire military,’ she continued.
‘Given what we have seen and heard, do any of us think he’d be restrained?’
Clinton also reminded her supporters that Trump called for the use of waterboarding and other forms of torture against terrorists and advocated harming enemies’ families.
‘This man is the nominee of the party of Lincoln,’ Clinton said. ‘We are watching it become the party of Trump.’
‘And that’s not just a huge loss for our democracy, it is a threat to it,’ she said.
Circling back at the end of her speech to more presidents of yore, Clinton inserted a pop culture reference into her remarks.
‘I’ve had the great delight of seeing the musical Hamilton,’ Clinton said.
‘There’s a great song by the character playing George Washington who sings “History Eyes Are On Us,”‘ she added.
‘That was true then, and that is true today.’
"The killing of people is somehow about him": Hillary Clinton mocks Trump for suggesting the system is "rigged" against black people - and him
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