Hammering 70-year-old GOP nominee real estate tycoon Donald Trump for his Ku Klux Klan newspaper endorsement, 69-year-old Democratic nominee former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton continues her campaign strategy of painting Trump as a racist. Unsolicited endorsements by any individual or publication has nothing to do with the candidate’s views other than reflecting personal preferences. “He has spent his entire campaign offering a dog whistle to his most hateful supporters,” said Hillary in Winterville, N.C., a pivotal battleground state for Tuesday’s election. Painting Trump as a racist reinforces Hillary’s lock on African American voters, something that doesn’t buy her undecided white voters. Watching Hillary pivot away from issues related to the FBI investigation into emails on her private server is backfiring with voters.
Trump’s surge from some 10%-12% down in the polls before FBI Director James Comey announced Oct. 28 that he was reopening the probe into her emails, now draws both candidates into a dead heat. Trump has the momentum heading Election Day, despite Hillary having an easier path to the 270 electoral voters needed for victory. Recent polling shows Hillary continuing to lose ground as undecided voters, considering the implications of Hillary’s new FBI investigation. Poll sampling doesn’t reflect the trend-line, only a static measurement. Looking at the collapse in polls over the last week, there’s no evidence that Hillary’s making a comeback with the same old arguments about Trump’s alleged racism and misogynism. Voters have gotten little domestic and foreign policy from Hillary, only more attacks on Trump’s character at daily campaign rallies.
Hillary’s problem heading into Election Day involves the dark cloud of an FBI investigation. No matter how she pivots, voters know that she’s under investigation for breaking U.S. laws related to sending-and-receiving classified information. Voters have started to listen to Trump’s message that Hillary’s committed multiple felonies, without any review of her pay-to-play scandal with Clinton Foundation donors while running the State Department. When you add up all the potential scandals, undecided voters aren’t willing to cast a vote for someone under FBI investigation. While the last investigation ended July 3 without an indictment, this time around looks different. Comey would not have pursued a new investigation if his senior investigators had not told him they’ve found new evidence that she breached U.S. laws related to sending-and-receiving classified material.
Trump’s rallies point out that Hillary has taken millions of dollars from Saudi Arabia and the Gulf States, continuing to support the Saudi proxy war in Syria. It’s reasonable to ask whether or not Hillary would be backing the Saudi proxy war without taking millions from the Saudi government. Hillary has said she backs Sen. John McCain’s (R-Az.), Chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, call to set up a dangerous no-fly zone in Syria. President Barack Obama listened to his top generals advising him against setting up a no-fly zone. McCain urged Obama Oct. 12 to set up a no-fly zone, even if it meant shooting down Syria and Russian warplanes. Trump’s been pointing out that Hillary failed foreign policy in Iraq, Egypt, Libya and now Syria threatens WWIII. Hillary offers no explanations for her dangerous Syrian foreign policy.
Trump’s campaign rallies point out Hillary foreign policy failures, something Hillary mentions nothing about at her rallies. Despite U.S, foreign policies failures toppling Mideat dictators, Hillary still backs the Saudi proxy war to topple Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. Willing to pit the U.S. against Russia, Hillary often blames Russian President Vladimir Putin for interfering with the U.S. election. Hillary’s hawkish views on Syria prompted German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeir to worry about the U.S. getting into WWIII. Hillary keeps hammering Trump on the most speculative issues related to racism without dealing with her real views on the economy or foreign policy. With Hillary’s strong ties to Saudi Arabia, she’s unable to see the dangers of pitting the Russian Federation against the U.S. More U.S.-Russian confrontation threatens world peace.
Pointing out Trump’s alleged racism or ties to Russia plays into Hillary’s backers, prone toward conspiracy theories, especially Trump’s alleged ties to Russia. Trump has pointed out that Hillary talks tough about Russia, prompting Trump to question whether or not she’s pushing the U.S. closer to WWIII. Focusing on Trump’s alleged racism flies in the face of insulting voters’ intelligence shows Hillary’s arrogance. Unwilling to talk about campaign issues, Hillary stays focused on Trump’s alleged racism and misogynism. With the FBI investigation hanging over her head, Hillary continues to lose ground before the election. By the time Tuesday rolls around, she looks to lose many, if not all, of the battleground states needed to collect 270 electoral voters. Some election experts don’t rule out the possibility that neither candidate will reach the 270 needed Nov. 8.
