MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) — The Latest on the race for president as Tuesday’s New Hampshire primary nears (all times local):
9:45 a.m.
Don’t expect a one-term pledge from Donald Trump.
The Republican presidential candidate says there are “certain advantages” to such a declaration, but it’s not for him.
Trump says if he was “lucky enough to win” the White House and “if we’re doing a great job, then we’ll keep going.”
And if things aren’t going so well?
In that case, Trump tells NBC’s “Meet the Press,” ”we have automatic termination. It’s called, the voters will terminate” — the public version of a Trump signature line, “You’re fired.”
But, the billionaire businessman adds, “That won’t happen.”
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9 a.m.
Hillary Clinton is detouring from New Hampshire to Flint, Michigan, for a quick visit.
Aides say she was invited by Flint Mayor Karen Weaver, and that Clinton plans a town hall meeting with Flint residents before returning to New Hampshire, which holds its primary on Tuesday.
Clinton has pointed to the crisis of lead-poisoned water in Flint as an example of racial and economic injustice — that’s an issue resonating among Democrats, particularly African-American voters.
The Democratic presidential candidate said in Thursday’s debate that the federal government needs to hold Michigan responsible for the situation in Flint, while finding ways to remedy the “terrible burden” that people in Flint are facing, such as helping to pay for health care costs.
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