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mnhtnbb

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Tue Sep 27, 2016, 08:18 PM Sep 2016

Hillary comes to Raleigh, NC the day after the debate

She was critical not only of Trump after the debate, but also went after Gov. McCrory and the NC Legislature. Good for her!


RALEIGH

Rallying a crowd of 1,400 supporters the day after the first presidential debate, Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton was eager to highlight her opponent’s most controversial comments from Monday night’s faceoff.

“He actually bragged about gaming the system to get out of paying his fair share of taxes,” she said as the crowd booed. “There’s a strong probability he hasn’t paid federal taxes a lot of years. He probably hasn’t paid a penny to support our vets, or our troops or our schools.”

Clinton vs. McCrory: Clinton criticized North Carolina’s Republican-sponsored voter ID law, which was recently struck down by a federal court.

She also had strong words for the law passed in March to limit anti-discrimination protections for LGBT people. “The very mean-spirited, wrong-headed decisions by your legislature and governor to pass and sign House Bill 2 has hurt this state, but more than that, it’s hurt people,” she said.


http://www.newsobserver.com/news/politics-government/election/article104434416.html

After the campaign rally she came up to Chapel Hill for a fundraiser. A fb friend--who attended the fundraiser--posted this photo of her at the private event.


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Hillary comes to Raleigh, NC the day after the debate (Original Post) mnhtnbb Sep 2016 OP
Trump's comment about not paying taxes caused a reaction in a focus group here in NC. mnhtnbb Sep 2016 #1

mnhtnbb

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1. Trump's comment about not paying taxes caused a reaction in a focus group here in NC.
Tue Sep 27, 2016, 08:25 PM
Sep 2016
That comment caused a gasp in the hotel conference room where Townley and five other undecided voters in this ­battleground state were watching the debate.

“That’s offensive. I pay taxes,” said Townley, 52, a program ­director for a local council of governments.

“Another person would be in jail for that,” said Jamilla Hawkins, 33, who was sitting beside him in the Crescent conference room at the Embassy Suites in this city of 150,000 near Raleigh.



https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/a-lean-toward-clinton-among-one-group-of-undecided-north-carolina-voters/2016/09/27/ff271b2e-8469-11e6-92c2-14b64f3d453f_story.html
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