Trump: 'Who Can Take Cash Into A Country And Just Hand It To Them?'
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP) -- Both presidential nominees are hurling insults at each other as Donald Trump is trying to stop the bleeding, while Hillary Clinton is attempting to turn red states blue.
CBS2's Jessica Moore reported Trump slammed the Obama administration during a town hall in Portland, Maine, on Thursday for paying $400 million to Iran at the same time four American hostages were released.
"So you have $400 million flown at night into Iran and I think it's so sad and so disgusting," Trump told supporters. "And you wonder about a government who can approve of that. Who can take cash into a country and just hand it to them? Think about a country that could to that."
Trump claimed there's video of the money exchange.
"You know why they gave us that tape, folks? It was given to us to embarrass us because we have a president who is incompetent," Trump exclaimed.
However, according to The Associated Press, Trump appeared to have mistaken video footage of a plane in Geneva for what he portrayed as secret Iranian government tapes of the handover of $400 million by the U.S. in Iran.
Clinton fired back at Trump on the campaign trail, stating that he says one thing and does another.
"When you run for president you're judged for what you have done. He's imported foreign workers at all of his country clubs and resorts, instead of hiring Americans," the Democratic nominee said. "He's cheated thousands of contractors out of money. My dad was a contractor and if he had made his product and shown up and not gotten paid, it would have destroyed our family, so take a look at what he's done, not what he says."
Republican vice presidential nominee Mike Pence argued Trump is the better choice.
"When Donald Trump is president of the United States, we are going to cut taxes, repeal Obamacare, release the extraordinary boundless potential of the American people and put America back to work again," Pence said.
However, a new CNN poll showed Clinton ahead of Trump in three key states: Michigan, Pennsylvania and New Hampshire. She also holds a 10-point advantage among registered voters across the country.
Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich criticized Trump for the way he's recently running his campaign.
"I think some of what Trump's done is just very self-destructive," Gingrich said.
Trump refused to endorse House Speaker Paul Ryan and Sen. John McCain in their primaries. Ryan hit back, saying that Trump's actions are "beyond the pale" and said his endorsement of the Republican nominee is not a blank check.
"The only endorsements that I want are those of my own employers here in the First Congressional District, and that's really what my focus is," Ryan said, referring to the district he represents in Wisconsin.
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