Colin Powell reveals he is voting for Hillary Clinton - while also accusing Donald Trump of being 'unqualified' and 'selling people a bill of goods'
- Colin Powell has revealed he is planning to vote for Hillary Clinton
- The former secretary of state made the announcement on Tuesday
- Powell was speaking to a business group in Long Island, New York
- He also took aim at Donald Trump, accusing him of being unqualified
- See more of the latest news and updates on the 2016 U.S. election
Colin Powell has announced he is voting for Hillary Clinton in two weeks, while also condemning Donald Trump.
The former secretary of state said he is supporting Clinton while speaking at a business function in Long Island, New York, on Tuesday.
Powell said he believes the Democratic nominee will serve with 'distinction', and went on to cite her 'experience' and 'stamina', Newsday reports.
Colin Powell has announced he is voting for Hillary Clinton in two weeks, while also condemning Donald Trump
The 79-year-old then pivoted and went on the attack against Donald Trump, saying the Republican nominee is not qualified for the Oval Office.
He also said Trump, 'insults us every day', and accused him of 'selling people a bill of goods'.
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With his decision, Powell will have voted for the Democratic nominee in each of the last three elections.
He publicly endorsed President Barack Obama in 2008 and 2012.
Colin Powell and Hillary Clinton sit with current Secretary of State John Kerry at the State Department's Harry S. Truman Building September 3, 2014 in Washington DC
Colin Powell said Hillary Clinton will serve with 'distinction' if she becomes president. The two are pictured together in 2013
Newsday reporter Robert Brodsky tweeted news of Powell's announcement on Tuesday
Powell's endorsement of Clinton comes after he was seen to have called Trump a 'national disgrace' and an 'international pariah' in leaked emails.
Powell made the 'disgrace' and 'pariah' remarks in an email sent to ex-aide-turned-journalist Emily Miller on June 17 this year.
'(Trump) is in the process of destroying himself,' he added, 'no need for Dems to attack him. Paul Ryan is calibrating his position again.'
Former secretaries of state Colin Powell and Hillary Clinton chat at an event in September 2014
Former US Secretary of State Colin Powell waves before arrival of President Barack Obama at Benjamin Banneker Academic High School in Washington DC on October 17, 2016
Powell wrote again to Miller on August 21 complaining about Trump's involvement in the birther movement, which claimed Obama was not, in fact, born in America.
'Yup, the whole birther movement was racist,' he wrote. 'That's what the 99% believe.
'When Trump couldn't keep that up he said he also wanted to see if the certificate noted that he was a Muslim.
'As I have said before, "What if he was?" Muslims are born as Americans everyday.'
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