Donald Trump will ‘bankrupt US like his businesses’
“Ask yourself,” the likely Democratic nominee told the Service Employees International Union international convention in Detroit, “how can anybody lose money running a casino, really?”
Trump has accused Clinton of using the “the woman’s card” to win votes.
Clinton said if fighting for equal pay, paid family leave, a higher minimum wage, and affordable child care is “playing the woman card, then deal me in”.
Trump’s call to deport millions of people living in the US illegally and the end of automatic birthright citizenship also drew Ms Clinton’s ire.
She criticised sending a “deportation force” to schools, workplaces, and homes to “round up moms, dads, grandparents — even children”.
In Trump’s world, a “good result” means Trump gets his and working families get hurt. We're better than that.
— Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) May 24, 2016
“He’s talking about kicking children who are born here out of the only country they know,” Ms Clinton said.
The union endorsed Ms Clinton in November. She thanked its members — who include child care workers, home health aides, janitors, and others — and called them “unsung heroes” who deserve a living wage.
She said there has never been more at stake for working families than in the 2016 election, noting that she supports raising the federal minimum wage and protecting the right to organise.
“Your fights are my fights,” she said.
Ms Clinton, pointing to the nearing end of the Democratic primary, applauded Vermont senator Bernie Sanders and his supporters for “challenging us”.
We need a president who's fighting to raise incomes for all Americans, not one who tries to profit at their expense. pic.twitter.com/8kwnvVKp9v
— Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) May 24, 2016
“We are going to get unaccountable money out of politics. We are going to take on the crisis of income inequality,” she said to loud applause.
“And we are going to unify the Democratic Party and stop Donald Trump. There is so much more that unites us than divides us.”
Meanwhile, at a rally in East Los Angeles, California, Mr Sanders predicted he would win California’s June 7 primary — the nation’s largest with 475 delegates — through the strength of his rallies across the state. He said that, by the end of the state’s primary, he will have spoken to more than 200,000 people at his rallies.
“It is a grassroots campaign, not a fancy campaign,” said Mr Sanders.
He has pushed for the party to adopt a progressive platform at the Philadelphia convention in July.
The Democratic National Committee announced a 15-member platform drafting committee, the first step in that process, which will put together the first draft of platform.
The panel will be led by Elijah Cummings, who backs Ms Clinton, and include allies of Mr Sanders, such as civil rights leader Cornel West and environmental activist Bill McKibben.
Donald Trump could bankrupt America like he bankrupted his companies. Let's make sure he never gets the chance: https://t.co/04t1BHwlVc
— Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) May 24, 2016
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