{"id":104832,"date":"2016-05-31T06:01:00","date_gmt":"2016-05-31T12:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/surrogates-campaign-for-clinton-in-colorado\/"},"modified":"2016-05-31T06:01:00","modified_gmt":"2016-05-31T12:01:00","slug":"surrogates-campaign-for-clinton-in-colorado","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/surrogates-campaign-for-clinton-in-colorado\/","title":{"rendered":"Surrogates campaign for Clinton in Colorado"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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DENVER \u2013 Surrogates for Hillary Clinton in recent days have worked to raise the Democratic presidential candidate\u2019s profile in Colorado and the Southwest.<\/p>\n

Gov. John Hickenlooper and U.S. Rep. Ed Perlmutter of Golden, both Democrats, held a call with reporters Tuesday to chastise presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump for \u201crooting on\u201d the economic downturn that began toward the end of 2007.<\/p>\n

On Saturday, former Interior Secretary Ken Salazar, also a former U.S. senator from Colorado, campaigned for Clinton across New Mexico. He launched Clinton\u2019s Latino outreach campaign in the state.<\/p>\n

The efforts in the West come as Clinton continues to battle accusations that she inappropriately used a private email server while she was secretary of state.<\/p>\n

The State Department\u2019s inspector general criticized Clinton in a report delivered to Congress on Wednesday, claiming Clinton had not sought permission to use the private server, and would not have received permission if she had.<\/p>\n

Clinton continues to face an FBI investigation and other legal challenges related to the controversy, which has dogged and overshadowed her campaign.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Democratic challenger Bernie Sanders continues to vow to take his message of a political \u201crevolution\u201d through the July national convention, which has split Democrats and made it increasingly difficult for Clinton to woo progressive voters. Sanders is preparing for a last push in California, which has the largest delegate count of any state.<\/p>\n

In the call on Tuesday, Hickenlooper and Perlmutter spent less time touting Clinton, as they attacked Trump, keeping with a pillar of the Clinton campaign.<\/p>\n

The call was part of a Clinton-led effort, which included a campaign video attacking Trump for cheering on the economic downturn.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a different world when you\u2019re president of the United States, and even the slightest innuendo can have significant ripples in the economy, not just for the country, but for the world,\u201d Hickenlooper said. \u201cHe (Trump) hasn\u2019t demonstrated the discipline that he understands that words have value and meaning.\u201d<\/p>\n

The attack revolved around comments by Trump ahead of the economic crisis, when the GOP candidate spoke of the chance to make money if the housing bubble popped.<\/p>\n

In 2006, Trump said of the looming crisis, \u201cI sort of hope that happens because then people like me would go in and buy. \u2026 If there is a bubble burst, as they call it, you know you could make a lot of money,\u201d according to audio posted by CNN.<\/p>\n

In a statement Tuesday, Trump defended the comments: \u201cI am a businessman, and I have made a lot of money in down markets. In some cases as much as I\u2019ve made when markets are good. Frankly, this is the kind of thinking our country needs, understanding how to get a good result out of a very bad and sad situation.\u201d<\/p>\n

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