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<p>SCRANTON &#8212; Hillary Clinton hit on all the issues as she and Vice President Joe Biden tag-teamed Donald Trump before a large hometown crowd.</p><p>With about 3,000 sign-waving, cheering supporters inside the Riverfront Sports Complex, Clinton and Biden promoted working class-issues and denounced Trump &#8220;the most unqualified&#8221; presidential candidate in history.</p><p>Clinton spoke first before turning the rally over to Biden, talking about issues like jobs, education, health care, fighting Wall Street, and women&#8217;s rights.</p><p>Both injected plenty of Scranton references to assure the crowd that Clinton will work hard to bring new, better paying jobs to the region.</p><p>Biden said Trump&#8217;s cynicism is &#8220;unbounded,&#8221; saying national security cannot be entrusted to the billionaire.</p><p>Clinton joined in the Trump bashing, saying her opponent will provide billions in tax cuts to the super-rich.</p><p>&#8220;And we can only assume Trump pays taxes,&#8221; Clinton said. &#8220;He won&#8217;t release his tax returns.&#8221;</p><p><strong>Check back later at timesleader.com for more information.</strong></p><style>
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<div class="neCaption">Hillary Clinton and Vice President Joe Biden engage the crowd Monday at a campaign event at the Riverfront Sports Complex in Scranton. </div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo0>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/web1_hill-biden1-3.jpg</photo0><caption0>Hillary Clinton and Vice President Joe Biden engage the crowd Monday at a campaign event at the Riverfront Sports Complex in Scranton. </caption0><photoCredit0>Aimee Dilger | Times Leader </photoCredit0></div></div>
<div class="metaInfo"><bylineMeta><p>By Bill O&#8217;Boyle</p><p>boboyle@www.timesleader.com</p></bylineMeta></div>

Clinton, Biden thump Trump on the issues at Scranton campaign event