US election: Clinton says she will focus on issues, not Trump
US Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton has said she no longer cares what her Republican rival Donald Trump might say and will focus on issues instead.
“I debated him for four and a half hours,” she said, recalling their acrimonious exchanges. “I don’t even think about responding to him anymore.”
She was speaking to reporters aboard her campaign plane.
Mr Trump used a rally in Gettysburg to promise curbs on lobbying and new trade and climate change negotiations.
With just 16 days until the election, much of the recent focus has been on controversies linked to his campaign.
On Saturday, he again promised to sue every woman who had accused him of sexual assault or inappropriate behaviour as soon as his presidential campaign was over.
While the tycoon lags behind Mrs Clinton in opinion polls, he recently narrowed the gap to about four percentage points.
Clinton urges unity
Asked about Mr Trump’s threat to sue his accusers, Mrs Clinton said her focus had turned to helping elect other Democrats on 8 November, when Congressional seats are also being contested
“He can say whatever he wants. He can run his campaign however he wants to,” she said.
“I’m going to let the American people decide between what he offers and what we offer.”
Speaking on stage in Pittsburgh, Mrs Clinton called for Americans to unite.
“I understand that they need a president who cares about them, will listen to them and I want to be their president,” she said.
Before his speech in Gettysburg, Mr Trump said the media were fabricating stories to make him “look as bad and dangerous as possible”.
Eleven women have come forward to accuse him of inappropriate behaviour, in the weeks since a video emerged of him boasting of groping women and kissing them.
“Every woman lied when they came forward to hurt my campaign,” Mr Trump told the audience.
What happens next?
- The two candidates will spend the remaining 16 days before the election criss-crossing the US in their bid to persuade undecided voters. Expect to see lots of appearances in battleground states such as Ohio, North Carolina, Florida and Pennsylvania
- Voters will go to the polls on Tuesday 8 November to decide who becomes the 45th president of the US
- The new president will be inaugurated on 20 January 2017 BBC News
