Democratic White House candidate Hillary Clinton has accused Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump of inciting violence, saying he is “trafficking in hate and fear.”
Speaking during an event at Ohio State University in Ohio on Sunday night, the former secretary of state called Trump “bigoted” and reiterated he had perpetrated “political arson.”
“It is clear that Donald Trump is running a very cynical campaign pitting groups of Americans against one another. He is trafficking in hate and fear,” Clinton said. “He actually incites violence in the way he urges his audience on, talking about punching people, offering to pay legal bills.”
“He has been incredibly bigoted towards so many groups,” she added. “You don’t make America great by tearing down everything that made America great.”
Speaking moments earlier at the same event at Ohio State University, Clinton’s rival, Bernie Sanders, described Trump as a “pathological liar.”
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