In a speech in Reno, Clinton will highlight some of the real estate billionaire’s more controversial positions and statements, including questioning President Obama’s citizenship, attacking a judge of Mexican-American heritage, a one-time proposal for a mass deportation force and a ban on non-citizen Muslims.
“He is taking a hate movement mainstream,” Clinton said Wednesday night on CNN in previewing her speech, scheduled for 3 p.m. Eastern. “He’s bringing it to our communities and our country."
It “reminds me of that great saying that Maya Angelou had that when someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time. And Donald Trump has shown us who he is, and we ought to believe him,” said Clinton.
In the past couple of weeks, Trump has sought to soften his image with minority communities, making explicit gestures to African Americans in particular. At the same time, he hired Stephen Bannon, who ran Breitbart News, which has become a voice for the loosely affiliated activist groups that identify with the alt-right.
While Trump has drawn praise from white supremacist groups, his campaign has no affiliation with them — though he drew criticism when he equivocated on disavowing the support of white nationalist and former KKK leader David Duke.
Clinton is also seeking to shift the spotlight after a tough week for her campaign in which a series of emails surfaced showing Clinton Foundation donors had sought to use their connections to gain access to her as secretary of State.
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