Clinton to test populist economic message
with Warren in Ohio
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[June 27, 2016]
By Amanda Becker
CINCINNATI, Ohio - Democratic presidential
candidate Hillary Clinton will campaign for the first time with populist
U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren in Ohio on Monday in an early move to
neutralize Republican Donald Trump's appeal in the bellwether state.
Warren is a fiery critic of Wall Street and one of Clinton's
potential vice presidential picks. Ohio has backed every successful
presidential nominee since 1964 and no Republican has won the White
House without carrying Ohio.
Clinton's decision to campaign with Warren for the first time in
Cincinnati, a city on Ohio's southwestern border with Kentucky and
Indiana, is a bid to stop Trump from gaining ground in the state by
focusing on how Clinton would help improve the U.S. economy.
"Ohio reflects the broader debate that's going on about economic
uncertainty and the impact of free trade in particular," said Jim
Manley, a Democratic strategist supporting Clinton.
"It's very clear that Donald Trump intends to make a major play for
the industrial Midwest and so I think this highlights that she
doesn't intend to let him get away with it," Manley added.
 Though Warren is an influential progressive within the Democratic
Party, strategists said her rhetoric about breaking up
too-big-to-fail banks and reining in corporate excess resonates with
two groups Clinton must court to win the Nov. 8 election.
Supporters of former Clinton rival Bernie Sanders who backed the
Democratic socialist U.S. senator in the primary campaign and those
anxious about the economy who are drawn to Trump's promise to toss
out international trade deals are both drawn to Warren's platform,
strategists said.
"Warren's appeal is not limited to liberals. It extends to people
like many Trump supporters who feel the system only works for the
rich and powerful," Democratic strategist Brad Bannon said.
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Democratic U.S. presidential candidate Hillary Clinton speaks at the
U.S. Conference of Mayors 84th Annual Meeting in Indianapolis,
Indiana United States, June 26, 2016. REUTERS/Chris Bergin

"Because of that, Cincinnati is a good place to test Warren’s appeal
as a VP candidate who can attack Trump and win over some of his
angry middle class supporters," he added.
Since becoming the presumptive Democratic nominee, former Secretary
of State Clinton has tried to paint businessman Trump, the
presumptive Republican nominee, as fundamentally unfit for the
presidency.
Clinton's campaign in recent days has accused Trump of caring more
about how Britain's vote to leave the European Union would benefit
him financially than how it would impact the U.S. economy.
Trump's campaign said the historic vote showed Trump was in sync
with a global sentiment of economic frustration and Clinton was out
of step.
(Reporting by Amanda Becker; Editing by Michael Perry)
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