WASHINGTON (AP) – Racist. Divisive. Lacks policy details.
Those are the jibes Donald Trump has recently unleashed on Hillary Clinton. If they sound familiar, it could be because she’s lodged those very attacks on him throughout the campaign.
As he works to gain ground against Clinton in the final stretch of the presidential race, Trump is increasingly repurposing Clinton’s attacks against her. It’s a popular school yard tactic for the GOP nominee, a political game of “I know you are, but what am I?”
In the last few days, Trump and his campaign have repeatedly criticized Clinton for failing to provide specific policy proposals, despite the fact that by any measure, Trump has offered less detail on far fewer issues over the course of his campaign than Clinton, who has released so many policy proposals, her campaign published a book of them.
“Clinton is running a policy-free campaign. She offers no ideas, no solutions. And only hatred and derision,” he said at a rally Tuesday in Clive, Iowa.