Clinton and Bush to offer views on saving America’s cities
“People can’t rise if they can’t afford health care”, Clinton told several hundred conference-goers. They can’t rise if their governor makes it harder for them to get a college education.
Almost two dozen donors gave at least $1 million to Right to Rise USA, which accepts unlimited donations and reported in a filing Friday that it raised a whopping $103 million in support of Bush’s bid for the Republican presidential nomination.
Hillary Clinton launched a broadside Friday, July 31, against White House rival Jeb Bush, accusing the Republican in his home state of failing to tackle discrimination or improve conditions for minorities.
With the National Urban League president presiding, each presidential hopeful will get a chance to talk for about 15 to 20 minutes about their visions for the country fitting into those categories.
“I put it in a museum, where it belongs”, Bush said to applause. “Your support in that effort is something I will work every day to earn”. “No one is going to vote for anyone who doesn’t get asked”.
In recent weeks, Clinton has been aiming her fire at Jeb Bush, Marco Rubio, and Scott Walker.
Carson, who retired to West Palm Beach and is the only major African-American presidential candidate, recounted his childhood growing up “in dire poverty” and thinking he would “probably never live beyond 25 years of age”.
A loss of 5 points, for example, could mean a vote swing of 100,000-more than enough to have changed the outcome of the 2012 Florida vote in favor of Republican Mitt Romney.
In his stint as Florida’s governor, Bush managed to abolish the Department of Labor, and by shifting state jobs to private contractors, Bush reduced the state workforce by 13,000.
“These new numbers show how Jeb Bush has outsourced his campaign to a Super PAC raising potentially corrupting and unlimited sums of money from special interests and wealthy donors”, said Paul S. Ryan, senior counsel with the Campaign Legal Center, which has filed complaints with both the Federal Election Commission and the Department of Justice.
“Too often we see a mismatch between what some candidates say in venues like this and what they actually do when they are elected”, Clinton told the audience. It should be noted that Jeb’s older brother – former President George W. Bush – was part of an investment group that purchased the Rangers for $89 million back in 1989.
The problems persist, however, she added.
“Concise coverage of everything I wish I had hours to read about”.
Families hoped for a miracle even as science nagged that one was improbable and rescue crews went into a seventh day of searches Thursday for two teens missing at sea.
Mr Paul, for instance, calls for creating low-tax, low-regulation “economic freedom zones” in black neighbourhoods, restoring voting rights for convicted felons and reforming a federal prison sentencing system that has been criticised as being unfair to blacks.
“These issues – your issues – are deeply personal to me”, she said. But he, too, was not ready to commit to supporting him.
“Black folks shouldn’t be beholden to the Democratic Party, they should be beholden to their interests”, she said.
Mr Bush has pledged to campaign in places where Republicans rarely appear, such as inner cities and black churches.
During two appearances in Fort Lauderdale and Miami, where Clinton discussed race and engaging with Cuba, the Democratic frontrunner called out Bush and others who have opposed President Obama’s thaw with the isolated island nation.