Reuters - Numerous
studies have shown that voter fraud in U.S. elections is very rare, and a
number of prominent Republicans have denounced Trump's claim that the
system is
unsound.
While Trump
campaigned in Ohio, a plane carrying his running mate, Indiana Governor Mike
Pence, skidded off the runway after landing at New York City's LaGuardia
Airport on Thursday night. There were no injuries, the Pence campaign said.
STUMPING WITH
FIRST LADY
Clinton on
Thursday made her first joint campaign appearance with one of her most powerful
supporters, first lady Michelle Obama, at a North Carolina rally to urge young
people and women to vote.
Clinton, a
former first lady who lost the 2008 Democratic nomination to then-U.S. Senator
Barack Obama before becoming his secretary of state, praised Michelle Obama for
standing up for the rights of girls and women worldwide, drawing a sharp
contrast with her Republican rival.
"I wish I
didn't have to say this. ... But indeed, dignity and respect for women and
girls is also on the ballot in this election," Clinton told a crowd of
about 11,000. "And I want to thank our first lady for her eloquent,
powerful defense of that basic value."
Michelle
Obama's stinging denunciation of Trump after a leaked 2005 video showed him
making lewd remarks and bragging about groping women was seen by many as one of
the campaign's most striking condemnations of the New York businessman.
Without naming
Trump, Obama took him to task again in North Carolina, asking the crowd which
candidate they wanted to represent their daughters from the White House.
"We want
a president who takes this job seriously, and has the temperament and maturity
to do it well. Someone who is steady. Someone who we can trust with the nuclear
codes," Obama said.
"I would
not be here lying to you: I believe with all of my heart that Hillary Clinton
will be that president," she said.
Although
Michelle Obama was critical of Clinton during the hard-fought 2008 Democratic
nominating race, any trace of bitterness appeared long behind them. The two
women showed an easy rapport. They embraced and smiled. Obama called Clinton
"my girl" and made a point of telling the crowd they were tight.
"If
people wonder: Yes, Hillary Clinton is my friend," she said.
Clinton
promised to take good care of Obama's White House vegetable garden if she won
and wistfully praised the athletic first lady's dancing skills. "One could
only hope," Clinton said.
She also
lauded Obama's work for children and military families and in what was perhaps
a nod to African-Americans she hopes will vote for her in the state, said Obama
had faced challenges she had not as a presidential spouse.
"Let's be
real. As our first African-American first lady, she's faced pressures I never
did, and she's handled them with pure grace," Clinton said to applause.
Although a
sometimes reluctant campaigner, the first lady has thrown herself into the
race, and the Clinton campaign has deployed her strategically to increase
support among young people and blacks, with whom she is especially popular.
Reuters
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