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Clinton, Trump Stick to Scripts in Campaign's Last Days

by VOA News

   With just days before the United States votes for a new president, the
   two candidates are spending their remaining time on the campaign trail
   and sticking to their well-rehearsed rhetoric.

   Republican Donald Trump has been painting a dark picture of what the
   country will look like with his opponent at the helm, while Democrat
   Hillary Clinton told voters they are stronger together. Election Day is
   Tuesday.

   "If she were to win his election," Trump told a rally in Reno, Nevada,
   "it would create an unprecedented constitutional crisis. In that
   situation, we could very well have a sitting president under felony
   indictment and ultimately a criminal trial. It would grind government
   to a halt, of course, this is what we have right now under Obama."

   Trump was referring to the email controversy that has dogged Clinton
   throughout her presidential run. The FBI recently announced it had
   discovered thousands of emails from Clinton's time as secretary of
   state on the computer of Anthony Weiner, the husband of top Clinton
   aide Huma Abeddin.

   Secret Service agents rush Republican presidential candidate Donald
   Trump off the stage at a campaign rally in Reno, Nev., Nov. 5, 2016.

   Trump made appearances in North Carolina, Florida, Colorado and Nevada
   Saturday, and his campaign said he would also make a stop in Minnesota,
   a traditionally Democratic state in which he is trailing Clinton by a
   few points.

   At his rally in Reno, Trump was rushed off the stage by Secret Service
   agents in an apparent gun scare. He had been speaking to supporters
   when a disturbance broke out in the crowd near the podium. A man was
   escorted out of the venue shortly afterward. A few minutes later, Trump
   returned to the stage.

   The Secret Service later said in a statement that the incident began
   when someone shouted "gun," but no weapon was found on the suspect they
   escorted out or in the surrounding area, according to Reuters.

   Clinton in Florida

   Clinton spent time Saturday morning in Florida, traditionally an
   important state in deciding the presidential election. In 2000,
   Florida's vote count was so close the election was eventually decided
   by the U.S. Supreme Court, which handed the victory to Republican
   George W. Bush over Democratic Vice President Al Gore.

   Clinton appeared at a rally in Miami where she was introduced by
   Sybrina Fulton, mother of Trayvon Martin. Martin, a black teenager, was
   shot and killed in 2012 by a white neighbor who said he was acting in
   self-defense. The case has helped mobilize a growing faction of people
   calling for criminal justice reform.

   "I don't think I need to tell you all of the wrong things about Donald
   Trump," Clinton said. "But here's what I want you to remember: I want
   to be the president for everybody. Everybody who agrees with me, and
   people who don't agree with me. People who vote for me! People who
   don't vote for me!"

   Katy Perry, left, holds hands with Democratic presidential nominee
   Hillary Clinton during a concert at the Mann Center for the Performing
   Arts, Nov. 5, 2016, in Philadelphia.

   Later in the day, at a Katy Perry concert Saturday in Philadelphia,
   Clinton noted that 37.5 million people have voted in the early polls.

   "I believe they are standing up for a hopeful, inclusive vision of
   America," Clinton said.

   Race is tight

   With just three days of campaigning left before most Americans cast
   their ballots, polls show a tight race between Clinton and Trump. The
   RealClear Politics poll average shows Clinton slightly ahead with 46.6
   percent of the vote, compared to 44.8 percent for Trump. Her lead in
   several key battleground states has narrowed.

   The latest Washington Post-ABC Tracking Poll released early Sunday
   shows Clinton holding a 5-percentage-point lead over Trump. In the
   Post-ABC poll released Friday, Clinton led Trump by 47 percent to 44
   percent.