portsmouth, n.h.<u+2014>republican presidential nominee donald trump said hillary clinton is getting <u+201c>pumped up<u+201d> before wednesday<u+2019>s debate and suggested the candidates should be drug-tested before it takes place. his remarks came at a rally on saturday where the gop candidate questioned why his rival needed to prepare for the debate if she had so much experience. <u+201c>a lot of things are going on folks, a lot of things. i think she<u+2019>s actually getting pumped up, you want to know the truth. she<u+2019>s getting pumped up, you understand?<u+201d> he asked rally attendees gathered in a parking lot of a toyota dealership in this southern new hampshire city. <u+201c>drugs!<u+201d> a woman yelled from the crowd. mr. trump then suggested the presidential candidates were like athletes and perhaps should be drug-tested before the debate. <u+201c>because i don<u+2019>t know what<u+2019>s going on with her. at the beginning of our last debate, she was all pumped up at the beginning, and at the end it was like, <u+2018>huh,<u+2019> <u+201d> he said. <u+201d>she could barely reach her car,<u+201d> he added. a pro-clinton super pac decried the <u+201c>unhinged<u+201d> remarks saying, <u+201c>donald trump continues to defy the odds, finding ways to go even lower in his campaign.<u+201d> <u+201c>this is a completely outrageous statement that further proves he can<u+2019>t help but peddle more conspiracy theories about his opponent<u+2019>s health,<u+201d> correct the record president brad woodhouse added. mr. trump<u+2019>s campaign didn<u+2019>t reply to a question about the basis for the candidate<u+2019>s comments on mrs. clinton and drug testing. mr. trump has visited new hampshire multiple times since mid-june, hoping to pick up the swing state<u+2019>s four electoral votes. mrs. clinton holds a 3.6% lead in the state, according to the latest real clear politics poll averages. saturday represented mr. trump<u+2019>s first stop in the granite state since the surfacing last week of a 2005 tape showing the businessman speaking lewdly about forcing himself on women. at least eight women have come forward in recent days alleging similar behavior by mr. trump. he has adamantly denied the allegations. <u+201c>it looks to me like a rigged election,<u+201d> he said. <u+201c>the election is being rigged by corrupt media, pushing completely false allegations and outright lies in an effort to elect her president,<u+201d> he said, referring to mrs. clinton. the crowd booed and some chanted <u+201c>cnn sucks! cnn sucks!<u+201d> tailoring his message to new hampshire, mr. trump followed with remarks about the opioid crisis sweeping the granite state. he outlined a plan to address the problem, including more treatment beds and a fight against drugs coming in from other countries. while sen. kelly ayotte (r., n.h.) has dropped her support of mr. trump over the vulgar tape, former u.s. sen. bob smith, a new hampshire republican, spoke of <u+201c>all the baloney<u+201d> surrounding mr. trump in recent days. <u+201c>want to hear something nasty? how about a partial-birth abortion? that<u+2019>s nasty folks,<u+201d> sen. smith said, adding that mrs. clinton would elect leftist supreme court judges. voters at the new hampshire rally, like laurie flynn, of brockton, mass., said they were sticking with mr. trump. <u+201c>the clintons will do anything. lie, cheat, steal to win this election,<u+201d> said ms. flynn, who works in catering. <u+201c>i don<u+2019>t trust any of them. i don<u+2019>t trust the media. i don<u+2019>t trust anything. i don<u+2019>t trust the polls. he<u+2019>s gonna win. he<u+2019>s gonna win by a landslide.<u+201d> later in the day, mr. trump held a rally in bangor, maine, where he steered mostly clear of defending himself against the sexual-misconduct accusations except to say the media was promoting <u+201c>false stories, all made up lies.<u+201d> he resorted to apocalyptic, populist rhetoric about the stakes in the election, as he has increasingly as his campaign has spiraled downward in the face of the sexual allegations. <u+201c>either we win the election or we lose the country,<u+201d> he said. <u+201c>i<u+2019>ll tell you something, dreams have been ripped from your hearts. i<u+2019>m going to bring back the american dream.<u+201d> <u+2014>janet hook contributed to this article. write to jennifer levitz at jennifer.levitz@wsj.com
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