Hillary Clinton is done with Donald Trump. “I debated him for four and a half hours,” she told reporters on Saturday. “I don’t even think about responding to him anymore.” Clinton’s electoral strategy echoes that stance: as she moves to lock up the race by urging supporters to vote early, Clinton is also turning her attention to the Senate.
After lashing Senator Patrick J. Toomey of Pennsylvania in a speech on Saturday, Mrs. Clinton urged voters at an outdoor rally on Sunday in Raleigh, N.C., to elect a Democratic governor and to turn Senator Richard M. Burr out of office.
Calling Mr. Burr’s Democratic challenger, Deborah Ross, “exactly the kind of partner I need in the United States Senate,” Mrs. Clinton upbraided Mr. Burr for failing to reject Mr. Trump.
“Unlike her opponent, Deborah has never been afraid to stand up to Donald Trump,” Mrs. Clinton said, adding, “She knows that people of courage and principles need to come together to reject this dangerous and divisive agenda.”
It’s not that Clinton is taking anything for granted—she’s saying this as she campaigns in battleground states where early voting has started. She’s visiting black churches, joined by Mothers of the Movement. Her appearances are backed up by a formidable ground game. The dangers Trump poses to the country are in no way forgotten. But the task is now bigger—can be bigger—than responding to every petty swipe and snarl from Trump.
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