Trump says Schlafly was ‘there for me’

US Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton speaks during a voter registration rally at Johnson C. Smith University September 8, 2016 in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Trump’s remark was reminiscent of a comment he made in January, when he said he could “stand in the middle of Fifth Avenue and shoot somebody” but still not lose any support. “I wouldn’t do that”, Trump countered.

Clinton, in making her “basket of deplorables” comment, seemed to acknowledge that she was about to oversimplify things.

Earlier in September, US Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton blasted Russian Federation for allegedly meddling in the US election in favor of Trump, citing “credible reports” that, she claimed, link Moscow to the Democratic National Committee (DNC) email dump by WikiLeaks. “It’s another to attack the people who support him”, said Smith, who worked for former Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley’s presidential bid.

Clinton stressed that “I have made it clear that in respect to the agreement, my approach is “distrust and verify”.

Trump fired back at Clinton afterwards, saying her comments were an effort to make up for a poor performance during the security forum.

The controversy recalled rhetorical stumbles in previous campaigns.

“I think it’s probably unlikely”.

“Look at the #BasketOfDeplorables in Pensacola Florida last night! So the risk of alienation really isn’t that great to begin with, although of course it could make the most fervent Trump supporters more fervent”.

Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump will take the same stage for the first time Wednesday night, aiming to position themselves as best prepared to lead in turbulent times and warning that their opponent would put the country at risk.

Trump did not directly respond to Clinton’s critique Thursday.

In response to a question regarding Trump’s bold assertion that Iran would “destroy Israel” if he were not elected president, Clinton chose not to fire back at her Republican rival, opting instead to defended the deal and its benefit to the Jewish State.

Trump was speaking with veteran broadcaster Larry King and was asked what has surprised him most about running for president.

While saying Putin “is an aggressor, who does not share our interests”, the Wisconsin Republican grew testy when repeatedly asked during a news conference at the Capitol about Trump’s remarks. The Republican candidate was widely criticized recently when he called her a “co-founder”, along with Obama, of Islamic State.

Trump vowed to demand a plan from USA military leaders to defeat the “Islamic State” (IS) extremist group within 30 days of taking office. “That’s not only risky, it should be disqualifying”. The Trump campaign insists that it was not aware that King would air the interview during his show Politicking. He said Putin “has done so in many ways, in a very ruthless manner”.

Many are likening Clinton’s remarks to Mitt Romney’s much-talked-about “47 percent” comment from the 2012 campaign – a comment to which some attributed Romney’s loss.

Trump campaign manager Kellyanne Conway pounced on the comments on Twitter.

He said immigrants who are not citizens should be allowed to serve in the military: “It would be a very special circumstance, yes”.

House Speaker Paul Ryan, who has frequently broken with Trump, took a sharply different view of Putin.