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at the Michigan
Theatre
Violinist has electrifying
performance
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NEWS
New tobacco law irks
local business
Raising age for tobacco sale
may hurt business, owners say
>> SEE PAGE 3
NEWS
Augmented reality
games at Mott
Patients at children’s hospital
find therapy in unexpected source
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OPINION
Missing the
mark
Kevin Sweitzer discusses
Donald Trump’s speech at
the Detroit Economic Club
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SPORTS
Women’s soccer
kicks off pre-season
Wolverines host Virginia on
Thursday in exhibition match
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Vol. CXXVI, No. 127 | © 2016 The Michigan Daily
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Trump tries to reset campaign
with economic speech in Detroit
See TRUMP, Page 9
Over one dozen
protestors infiltrate
audience and heckle
GOP candidate
By LYDIA MURRAY
Daily Staff Reporter
DETROIT—
Republican
presidential
nominee
Donald
Trump
visited
Michigan
to
speak to the Detroit Economic
Club
about
his
soon-to-be-
released economic plan and to
issue criticisms Hillary Clinton
amid protests inside and out of
the Cobo Center.
Trump’s
speech
addressed
his economic plan — one of his
campaign’s
strongest
aspects
—
following
a
tumultuous
campaign week, in which he
controversially
feuded
with
the Khans, the family of a
fallen Muslim American soldier
who spoke at the Democratic
National Convention last week.
A recent Washington Post-ABC
poll showed Trump eight points
behind Clinton.
Also in attendance at the rally
was Michigan Attorney General
Bill Schuette who said he cannot
personally stand by all of the
statements Trump has made
but believes Trump is the better
candidate in this year’s election.
Schuette said he supports Trump
despite the comments he’s made
about minorities — he believes
Trump is the better candidate in
terms of economic change.
“I’ve said months ago that
comments that he’s made about
women
and
minorities
and
Hispanics and disables, that’s
not Bill Schuette, everybody
knows that,” he said. “But the
fact is, now we have two people.
It’s Hillary Clinton or Donald
Trump, and this is about jobs
and paychecks, and it’s about
change.”
In his speech, Trump outlined
the city of Detroit as a once-
great metropolis, which has been
ruined by trade policies enacted
by
Democratic
leadership.
Trump said Detroit’s fall came
when the government allowed
other countries to outperform
the United States.
“The city of Detroit is where
our
story
begins,”
he
said.
“Detroit was once the economic
envy of the world, but for many
living in this city, that dream
has long ago vanished. When we
abandoned the policy of America
first,
we
started
rebuilding
other countries instead of our
own. The skyscrapers went up
in Beijing while factories and
neighborhoods crumbled right
here in Detroit.”
Trump’s
speech
included
much criticism of Clinton, stating
her policies would be disastrous
for the city and country. He even
said Clinton has contributed to
the city’s troubles and should
apologize for doing so.
In his speech Trump accused
Clinton of still harboring her
support
for
Trans-Pacific
Partnership — which has been
theorized by its opponents to
have the potential to export
more American jobs overseas
and
increase
the
price
of
pharmaceutical
and
other
high-cost goods — as she had
LAURA MEYER/Daily
Protestor Rashida Tlaib is escorted out of the Detroit Economic Club meeting at Cobo Hall on Monday.