WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on Campaign 2016 between the Republican and Democratic nominating conventions (all times local):
6:05 p.m.
Hillary Clinton is calling the Republican convention "perversely flatteringly," saying the speakers spent more time talking about her than the problems facing the country.
"I never thought I'd say these words but Ted Cruz was right," Clinton said Friday at a campaign rally in Tampa. "In this election, do the right thing and vote your conscience."
Cruz refused to endorse Trump during his remarks at the convention Wednesday, prompting boos and jeers from the Republican crowd.
Clinton says Trump's convention address offered a "dark and divisive" vision of the future. Her GOP opponent, she says, offered "fear and anger and resentment" but few solutions to the problems he highlighted in his Thursday evening speech.
"He doesn't speak for anyone who thinks our country should be standing together," she says.
The comments mark Clinton's first extended remarks on the GOP convention and came as her campaign was expected to announce her running mate.
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6 p.m.
Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has issued a statement lamenting Friday's deadly shootings in Germany.Reports that at least eight people had been killed in a Munich shopping center shooting prompted Trump to release a statement offering condolences.
It states: "Our prayers are with all those affected by the horrible attacks in Munich. This cannot continue. The rise of terrorism threatens the way of life for all civilized people, and we must do everything in our power to keep it from our shores."
Trump accepted the GOP presidential nomination Thursday night.
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3:21 p.m.
Hillary Clinton is making an impromptu stop at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando, the site of
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on Campaign 2016 between the Republican and Democratic nominating conventions (all times local):
6:05 p.m.
Hillary Clinton is calling the Republican convention "perversely flatteringly," saying the speakers spent more time talking about her than the problems facing the country.
"I never thought I'd say these words but Ted Cruz was right," Clinton said Friday at a campaign rally in Tampa. "In this election, do the right thing and vote your conscience."
Cruz refused to endorse Trump during his remarks at the convention Wednesday, prompting boos and jeers from the Republican crowd.
Clinton says Trump's convention address offered a "dark and divisive" vision of the future. Her GOP opponent, she says, offered "fear and anger and resentment" but few solutions to the problems he highlighted in his Thursday evening speech.
"He doesn't speak for anyone who thinks our country should be standing together," she says.
The comments mark Clinton's first extended remarks on the GOP convention and came as her campaign was expected to announce her running mate.
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6 p.m.
Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has issued a statement lamenting Friday's deadly shootings in Germany.
Reports that at least eight people had been killed in a Munich shopping center shooting prompted Trump to release a statement offering condolences.
It states: "Our prayers are with all those affected by the horrible attacks in Munich. This cannot continue. The rise of terrorism threatens the way of life for all civilized people, and we must do everything in our power to keep it from our shores."
Trump accepted the GOP presidential nomination Thursday night.
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3:21 p.m.
Hillary Clinton is making an impromptu stop at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando, the site of the deadly shooting rampage that killed 49 people.
Clinton was joined by Florida Sen. Bill Nelson, first responders and community residents at the makeshift memorial outside the club.
She placed a bouquet of white flowers at the site next to a candle and a framed picture of a cross.
Clinton made the brief visit after a somber meeting with community leaders and family members who were affected by the shooting.
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2:46 p.m.
Hillary Clinton says that Americans must confront "hate and bigotry" particularly against LGBT and minorities. The Democratic presidential nominee says during a visit Friday to Orlando, Fla., that gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people are more likely to be victims of a hate crime. She says: "It is still dangerous to be LGBT in America."Clinton is meeting with religious, government and social services leaders in the city, which was the site of a deadly shooting last month in a gay nightclub. Forty-nine people were killed and 53 injured by a shooter who pledged fidelity to Islamic militants. Most of the victims were LGBT and Latino.
Clinton is promising to "promote the kind of changes" that would prevent future attacks, including banning assault weapons and dismantling online terrorist networks that radicalize Americans.
She's speaking a day after Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump promised to do all he can to protect LGBT Americans.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on Campaign 2016 between the Republican and Democratic nominating conventions (all times local):
6:05 p.m.
Hillary Clinton is calling the Republican convention "perversely flatteringly," saying the speakers spent more time talking about her than the problems facing the country.
"I never thought I'd say these words but Ted Cruz was right," Clinton said Friday at a campaign rally in Tampa. "In this election, do the right thing and vote your conscience."
Cruz refused to endorse Trump during his remarks at the convention Wednesday, prompting boos and jeers from the Republican crowd.
Clinton says Trump's convention address offered a "dark and divisive" vision of the future. Her GOP opponent, she says, offered "fear and anger and resentment" but few solutions to the problems he highlighted in his Thursday evening speech.
"He doesn't speak for anyone who thinks our country should be standing together," she says.
The comments mark Clinton's first extended remarks on the GOP convention and came as her campaign was expected to announce her running mate.
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6 p.m.
Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has issued a statement lamenting Friday's deadly shootings in Germany.
Reports that at least eight people had been killed in a Munich shopping center shooting prompted Trump to release a statement offering condolences.
It states: "Our prayers are with all those affected by the horrible attacks in Munich. This cannot continue. The rise of terrorism threatens the way of life for all civilized people, and we must do everything in our power to keep it from our shores."
Trump accepted the GOP presidential nomination Thursday night.
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3:21 p.m.
Hillary Clinton is making an impromptu stop at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando, the site of the deadly shooting rampage that killed 49 people.
Clinton was joined by Florida Sen. Bill Nelson, first responders and community residents at the makeshift memorial outside the club.
She placed a bouquet of white flowers at the site next to a candle and a framed picture of a cross.
Clinton made the brief visit after a somber meeting with community leaders and family members who were affected by the shooting.
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2:46 p.m.
Hillary Clinton says that Americans must confront "hate and bigotry" particularly against LGBT and minorities. The Democratic presidential nominee says during a visit Friday to Orlando, Fla., that gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people are more likely to be victims of a hate crime. She says: "It is still dangerous to be LGBT in America."
Clinton is meeting with religious, government and social services leaders in the city, which was the site of a deadly shooting last month in a gay nightclub. Forty-nine people were killed and 53 injured by a shooter who pledged fidelity to Islamic militants. Most of the victims were LGBT and Latino.
Clinton is promising to "promote the kind of changes" that would prevent future attacks, including banning assault weapons and dismantling online terrorist networks that radicalize Americans.
She's speaking a day after Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump promised to do all he can to protect LGBT Americans.
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2:09 p.m.
The nation's largest gay rights group is accusing Donald Trump of "pandering" to gay voters in his convention speech by denouncing violence and oppression against the LGBT community.
Human Rights Campaign President Chad Griffin says it's "bizarre" that Trump is being praised. He says Trump referenced gays and lesbians "for his own selfish, political advancement." Griffin's group has endorsed Democrat Hillary Clinton for president.
In his speech, Trump noted the mass shooting at a gay nightclub in Florida and pledged to do everything possible to protect lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender citizens.
Before Trump spoke, PayPal co-founder Peter Thiel became the first person to say he's gay in a GOP convention speech.1:39 p.m.
Hillary Clinton will reveal her vice presidential choice on Friday in a text message to supporters and then appear with her running mate for the first time at a rally in Miami on Saturday.
That's according to a person familiar with the process who spoke on condition of anonymity, because they were not authorized to discuss publicly the campaign's internal plans. AP
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