Eliyohu Mintz

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Clinton zings Trump on microphone conspiracy theory

September 27, 2016

Hillary Clinton on Tuesday dismissed Donald Trump’s conspiracy theory that his microphone was tampered with ahead of Monday’s presidential debate, framing his excuse as a signal that he had a bad night in what was effectively a rhetorical mic drop. The Republican presidential nominee told “Fox and Friends” in a phone interview Tuesday morning that […]


How to fix NAFTA

September 27, 2016

This election year has seen the most concerted, dangerous attack on free trade since the passage of the North American Free Trade Agreement in 1993. From both the right and the left, leading presidential candidates have savaged NAFTA and the Trans-Pacific Partnership, a 12-country pact among Pacific nations currently awaiting a vote in Congress. No […]


The Debate: What We Just Saw

September 27, 2016

Officially speaking, Monday night’s debate was separated into three sections—achieving prosperity, America’s direction, and securing America—but it didn’t take long to explode into a range of issues from police-community relations to NATO to Donald Trump’s business practices and Hillary Clinton’s stamina. How to make sense of it all? Seriously, what just happened? We dialed in […]


Cruz: Trump had ‘the strongest debate performance’ yet

September 27, 2016

Hillary Clinton “did not have a good performance,” according to Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, and Donald Trump had “the strongest debate performance he’s had in this election cycle.” Cruz, who recently endorsed the man who beat him in the Republican primary after months of refusing to do so, embraced his new role as a Trump […]


Kaine, Pence both feel pressure after Monday’s debate

September 27, 2016

ORLANDO — Tim Kaine and Mike Pence are both feeling more pressure to perform in their own vice presidential debate after Monday’s caustic contest between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton. Kaine spoke to Clinton shortly after, disclosing to a crowd at a Democratic field office here that his running mate’s debate chops raise expectations for […]


Trump points fingers after shaky debate

September 27, 2016

Donald Trump’s long night on Long Island morphed into a morning of finger-pointing Tuesday, as he revived his brashest personal to explain an erratic debate performance against Hillary Clinton. The Republican presidential nominee, beleaguered after an erratic performance in Monday’s debate — with viewership as high as 100 million — retreated to his Fox News […]


Giuliani slams Lester Holt for fact-checking like Candy Crowley

September 27, 2016

Presidential debate moderator Lester Holt pulled two Candy Crowleys, former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani said Tuesday, accusing of the “NBC Nightly News” anchor of mirroring Crowley’s infamous Mitt Romney fact-check twice on Monday night. In an interview with “Fox and Friends,” Giuliani said he watched the debate two times — once live, “and then […]


Former New Hampshire Gov. Sununu endorses Trump

September 27, 2016

Former New Hampshire Gov. John Sununu endorsed Donald Trump on Tuesday, hours after the Republican presidential nominee faced off against Hillary Clinton at their first presidential debate. In a statement released by Trump’s campaign, Sununu hailed the real estate mogul as the only candidate “who can bring bold change to Washington” and called for Americans […]


Clinton camp: Trump ‘spiraled out at the end of the debate’

September 27, 2016

Hillary Clinton campaign manager Robby Mook said Donald Trump “spiraled out at the end of the debate” Monday night as faced tough questions from moderator Lester Holt and attacks from the former secretary of state. “We saw him to begin to unwind and become unhinged. And as you pointed out, by the end of the […]


Conway: Trump reverses on climate change, says it’s ‘naturally occurring’

September 27, 2016

Donald Trump believes that “global warming is naturally occurring,” his campaign manager Kellyanne Conway said Tuesday morning on CNN, contradicting previous online statements from the Manhattan billionaire that the phenomenon is a “hoax” created “by and for the Chinese.” The issue of Donald Trump’s belief in climate science was raised at Monday night’s debate by […]