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    Thursday, May 09, 2024

    Clinton will campaign in Atlantic City next week

    Hillary Clinton will attempt to paint Donald Trump as a callous and irresponsible businessman with a campaign stop next week in Atlantic City, site of shuttered Trump casinos.

    Clinton's campaign announced Friday that she will visit the Atlantic Ocean resort town Wednesday, one day after campaigning alongside President Obama for the first time.

    Clinton will "make the case that Donald Trump is temperamentally unfit to serve as president, based on the wake of destruction his business dealings caused in the seaside town and for businesses and families across the country," a statement from the Clinton campaign said.

    The campaign cited news coverage of Trump's business record in Atlantic City, including bankruptcies, lost jobs and contractors who were not paid what they said they were owed.

    Clinton has mentioned the resort town frequently in campaign speeches over the past two weeks. She says Trump was out only for himself and found ways to make money even when others suffered. Clinton backers say the argument that Trump has stiffed working people is resonating with union and working-class voters.

    The Clinton campaign sees Atlantic City as a particularly good example, in part because Trump himself explained in an interview that he considered losses there to be "the bank's problem," not his.

    "The trip will highlight Trump's now-familiar pattern: Trump restructured his debts, padding his own pockets, while investors, contractors, and working people bore the brunt," the campaign statement said.

    Trump's business background is both his strength and a potential liability, as Clinton and super PACs allied with her pore over his dealings.

    Trump has been on the defensive about one business venture, the training program Trump University, which had led to lawsuits claiming fraud. Clinton has called the venture a scam.

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