(AP) – Hillary Clinton is holding a campaign event in Warren, Michigan. Here are the latest updates from the Associated Press
2:35 p.m.
Hillary Clinton is calling Donald Trump’s plans for greater childcare deductions for families a handout for the wealthy.
Clinton says Trump’s proposal was “transparently is designed for rich people.” She argues that the plan would help wealthy families with nannies, and do little for others. She made her remarks in Warren, Michigan, on Thursday.
In a speech Monday in Detroit, Trump said he would “allow parents to fully deduct the average cost of child care spending from their taxes.” He has promised to provide more details in coming weeks.
Clinton says she will expand the Child Tax Credit. She said “the more we do to help working families, the more our entire economy will benefit.”
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2:25 p.m.
Hillary Clinton is hitting Donald Trump for what she’s calling a “Trump loophole” in his economic plan.
During a speech in suburban Detroit, Clinton says Trump’s plans to cut taxes on certain business income would benefit many of his companies. Clinton said “he’d pay a lower rate than millions of middle-class families.” She added that it was hard to know exactly how much Trump would benefit because he has not released his tax returns.
Clinton also says Trump would “give trillions in tax cuts to big corporations, millionaires, and Wall Street money managers.” And she questioned his plan to eliminate the estate tax, calling it a perk for Trump and the very wealthy.
Said Clinton: “Donald Trump wants to give trillions in tax breaks to people like himself.”
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2:20 p.m.
Hillary Clinton is stressing her opposition to the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal, saying: “I oppose it now, I’ll oppose it after the election and I’ll oppose it as president.
Speaking at a manufacturing company in suburban Detroit, Clinton says she understands why people are concerned about trade deals, noting that Republican nominee Donald Trump talks about it frequently. She says “trade deals have been sold to the American people with rosy scenarios that did not pan out.”
But Clinton says the “answer is to finally make trade work for us, not against us.”
Clinton stressed that she would “stop any trade deal that kills jobs or holds down wages.”
Clinton supported the TPP when she was secretary of state but announced her opposition last year, saying it did not meet her standard for creating jobs, raising wages and protecting national security.
2:15pm
Hillary Clinton is using the Olympics to take a shot at rival Donald Trump.
She says: “If Team USA was as fearful as Trump, Michael Phelps and Simone Biles would be cowering in the locker room afraid to come out to compete.”
Clinton says Trump’s approach toward trade is based on fear of competing with the rest of the world, even if the rules are made more fair.
“America isn’t afraid to compete,” she says.
Clinton is delievering an economic address in Michigan on Thursday afternoon. The speech was billed by aides as a response to Trump’s economic remarks in Detroit three days ago.
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2 p.m.
Hillary Clinton is promoting her plan to invest in infrastructure as a way to create more jobs.
In an economic address in suburban Detroit, the Democratic nominee says she’ll put people to work updating roads and bridges. She’s promising to improve schools and water systems, expand broadband access and invest in clean energy.
Clinton says that part of her plan “will be unleashing the power of the private sector to create more jobs at higher pay.” She says she would create an infrastructure bank to collect public and private money.
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1:50 p.m.
Hillary Clinton says Donald Trump spoke only of “failure, poverty and crime” in his economic address on Monday.
The Democratic presidential candidate says Trump is missing the economic revitalization that’s happening in communities like Detroit. She also says he hasn’t offered any “credible solutions” to America’s economic challenges.
She’s delivering an economic address in Michigan designed to counter Trump’s address earlier this week with a more positive message.
Clinton says the country’s best days are still ahead though she acknowledges the frustration felt by some middle class Americans.
She says: “There is nothing America can’t do if we do it together.”
