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| US politics: Bill Clinton stumps for Hillary in New Hampshire – live updates | US politics: Bill Clinton stumps for Hillary in New Hampshire – live updates |
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| Carson to splash down on Staten Island | |
| Is it three-dimensional chess – or fumbly tic-tac-toe? A Dada dice game? | |
| The Ben Carson campaign has announced that the foundering candidate will host a town hall Monday night on Staten Island, the Republican stronghold in the city of New York. | |
| Is it a shot across the bow at Hillary Clinton, whose campaign headquarters is two short ferry rides away, in Brooklyn? (Although with the East River ferry running on its winter schedule now you’re probably better to take the Verrazano.) | |
| Presidential candidates do a lot of fundraising in New York City, where a lot of rich people, including rich Republicans, live. Carson has hosted fundraisers this cycle in the city and in Irvington, New York, an affluent enclave to the north. | |
| But Staten Island’s not on that map. No matter: Carson’s scheduled to show up at 7pm. Mother Jones flags the announcement: | |
| Ben Carson is visiting Staten Island, a critical first step in his campaign for mayor of New York: https://t.co/iW0LuLBwm4 | |
| while Ben Jacobs susses the latest Carson strategy tack: | |
| Wu Tang Clan members are the new Reagan Democrats https://t.co/PL75ZVEk9m | |
| 6.03pm GMT18:03 | 6.03pm GMT18:03 |
| Bill Clinton didn’t stoop in his prepared remarks in New Hampshire this morning to reply to Donald Trump’s assertions that Clinton’s sex scandals are of import to the current White House race – but then after the Nashua speech, ABC News asked Clinton whether “his past” is “fair game”. | Bill Clinton didn’t stoop in his prepared remarks in New Hampshire this morning to reply to Donald Trump’s assertions that Clinton’s sex scandals are of import to the current White House race – but then after the Nashua speech, ABC News asked Clinton whether “his past” is “fair game”. |
| Clinton sidestepped the question: | Clinton sidestepped the question: |
| “Republicans have to decide who they want to nominate,” he said. “I think there’s always an attempt to take elections away from the people. | “Republicans have to decide who they want to nominate,” he said. “I think there’s always an attempt to take elections away from the people. |
| Is your past fair game? @CeciliaVegaABC asks @billclinton in NH. His response: https://t.co/FRJUy4c3FO” | Is your past fair game? @CeciliaVegaABC asks @billclinton in NH. His response: https://t.co/FRJUy4c3FO” |
| 5.57pm GMT17:57 | 5.57pm GMT17:57 |
| Recommended reading | Recommended reading |
| Here are some recommended lines from the day in politics (with a couple from Sunday you may have missed): | Here are some recommended lines from the day in politics (with a couple from Sunday you may have missed): |
| Ted Cruz expands horizons beyond Iowa (CBS News) | Ted Cruz expands horizons beyond Iowa (CBS News) |
| Now, with less than a month until the first votes of the 2016 race, Cruz is looking beyond Iowa to a state that might be a harder sell for him: New Hampshire. | Now, with less than a month until the first votes of the 2016 race, Cruz is looking beyond Iowa to a state that might be a harder sell for him: New Hampshire. |
| The Texas Senator has not been to New Hampshire since November, but he is planning an all-out blitz of the state later this month, pegged to a Jan. 17 bus tour that will take him to every corner of the state. And his wife Heidi is being dispatched to the leadoff primary state later this week to drum up support in the meantime. | The Texas Senator has not been to New Hampshire since November, but he is planning an all-out blitz of the state later this month, pegged to a Jan. 17 bus tour that will take him to every corner of the state. And his wife Heidi is being dispatched to the leadoff primary state later this week to drum up support in the meantime. |
| Trump Shrugs Off Appearance in Somali Terrorist Recruitment Video (Bloomberg) | Trump Shrugs Off Appearance in Somali Terrorist Recruitment Video (Bloomberg) |
| “They use other people, too,” the billionaire real estate mogul said of the Somali video, which was posted on Twitter on Dec. 31. “What am I going to do? I have to say what I have to say.’’ | “They use other people, too,” the billionaire real estate mogul said of the Somali video, which was posted on Twitter on Dec. 31. “What am I going to do? I have to say what I have to say.’’ |
| Trump has called for “a total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States.” A clip of him proposing the temporary ban appeared in a 51-minute video produced by the group, which has ties to Islamic State and al-Qaeda. | Trump has called for “a total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States.” A clip of him proposing the temporary ban appeared in a 51-minute video produced by the group, which has ties to Islamic State and al-Qaeda. |
| Is Christie overstating his terrorism credentials? (Politico) | Is Christie overstating his terrorism credentials? (Politico) |
| Critics say Christie, who mainly pursued local political corruption as a prosecutor, exaggerates his focus on terrorism. But the Lakhani case —one of four highlighted on his campaign website, raises more specific questions. They include whether Christie overhyped the threat his target posed and how far he might be willing, as president, to see law enforcement lure suspected terrorists into criminal activity. | Critics say Christie, who mainly pursued local political corruption as a prosecutor, exaggerates his focus on terrorism. But the Lakhani case —one of four highlighted on his campaign website, raises more specific questions. They include whether Christie overhyped the threat his target posed and how far he might be willing, as president, to see law enforcement lure suspected terrorists into criminal activity. |
| “This was not a terrorism case,” said Michael German, a fellow at the Brennan Center for Justice at the NYU School of Law. “Calling it a terrorism case when the only terrorist was an FBI informant and the weapons were all fake is simply security theater.” | “This was not a terrorism case,” said Michael German, a fellow at the Brennan Center for Justice at the NYU School of Law. “Calling it a terrorism case when the only terrorist was an FBI informant and the weapons were all fake is simply security theater.” |
| Paul Ryan Wants House to Steer Republican Policy Agenda (Wall Street Journal) | Paul Ryan Wants House to Steer Republican Policy Agenda (Wall Street Journal) |
| House Speaker Paul Ryan starting this month will push to turn the chamber into a platform for ambitious Republican policy ideas, in a bid to help shape his unsettled party’s priorities and inject substance into a presidential race heavy on personality politics. | House Speaker Paul Ryan starting this month will push to turn the chamber into a platform for ambitious Republican policy ideas, in a bid to help shape his unsettled party’s priorities and inject substance into a presidential race heavy on personality politics. |
| GOP’s 2016 challenge: Keeping Senate majority in November (The Hill) | GOP’s 2016 challenge: Keeping Senate majority in November (The Hill) |
| Less than a year out from Election Day, Senate Republicans are nervously watching the twists and turns of the presidential primary, worried it could cost them their majority in November. | Less than a year out from Election Day, Senate Republicans are nervously watching the twists and turns of the presidential primary, worried it could cost them their majority in November. |
| Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) has made it his strategy to focus voters’ attention on this year’s accomplishments of Congress and away from the presidential circus. | Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) has made it his strategy to focus voters’ attention on this year’s accomplishments of Congress and away from the presidential circus. |
| 5.30pm GMT17:30 | 5.30pm GMT17:30 |
| Republican senator Marco Rubio appeared earlier this morning in Hooksett, New Hampshire, in a stump speech that “took direct aim at both Hillary Clinton’s record as secretary of state and Republican candidates he called ‘isolationists’”, Sabrina Siddiqui reported from the scene: | Republican senator Marco Rubio appeared earlier this morning in Hooksett, New Hampshire, in a stump speech that “took direct aim at both Hillary Clinton’s record as secretary of state and Republican candidates he called ‘isolationists’”, Sabrina Siddiqui reported from the scene: |
| The Florida senator accused Clinton of lying in her response to the September 2012 terrorist attacks in Benghazi. He also called her “incompetent” and criticised her policy regarding Russia and Syria. | The Florida senator accused Clinton of lying in her response to the September 2012 terrorist attacks in Benghazi. He also called her “incompetent” and criticised her policy regarding Russia and Syria. |
| But the senator, polling in the top tier of a crowded Republican field, reserved some of his sharpest criticism for his own party. Although he did not mention any candidate by name, he took subtle shots at Texas senator Ted Cruz, Kentucky senator Rand Paul and the frontrunner, Donald Trump. | But the senator, polling in the top tier of a crowded Republican field, reserved some of his sharpest criticism for his own party. Although he did not mention any candidate by name, he took subtle shots at Texas senator Ted Cruz, Kentucky senator Rand Paul and the frontrunner, Donald Trump. |
| “On the other side of this election is the party of Reagan, the party of strong national defense and moral clarity,” he said. “Yet we have Republican candidates who propose that rulers like [Syrian president Bashar al-] Assad and [Russian president Vladimir] Putin should be partners of the United States, and who have voted with Barack Obama and Harry Reid rather than with our men and women in uniform. | “On the other side of this election is the party of Reagan, the party of strong national defense and moral clarity,” he said. “Yet we have Republican candidates who propose that rulers like [Syrian president Bashar al-] Assad and [Russian president Vladimir] Putin should be partners of the United States, and who have voted with Barack Obama and Harry Reid rather than with our men and women in uniform. |
| “We have isolationist candidates who are apparently more passionate about weakening our military and intelligence capabilities than about destroying our enemies.” | “We have isolationist candidates who are apparently more passionate about weakening our military and intelligence capabilities than about destroying our enemies.” |
| Read Sabrina’s full coverage here. UPDATE: And here’s a clip via a pro-Rubio Super Pac of the Republican candidate talking about gun rights, in anticipation of Barack Obama’s announcement on the issue later this afternoon. | Read Sabrina’s full coverage here. UPDATE: And here’s a clip via a pro-Rubio Super Pac of the Republican candidate talking about gun rights, in anticipation of Barack Obama’s announcement on the issue later this afternoon. |
| “I believe that every American has a constitutional and therefore God-given right to defend themselves and their families,” Rubio says, to applause. | “I believe that every American has a constitutional and therefore God-given right to defend themselves and their families,” Rubio says, to applause. |
| Watch what @marcorubio just said about the 2nd Amendment and Pres. Obama's executive actions: https://t.co/YDwjMvLnob #2A #TeamMarco | Watch what @marcorubio just said about the 2nd Amendment and Pres. Obama's executive actions: https://t.co/YDwjMvLnob #2A #TeamMarco |
| Updated at 5.50pm GMT | Updated at 5.50pm GMT |
| 5.24pm GMT17:24 | 5.24pm GMT17:24 |
| Republican frontrunner Donald Trump’s first campaign ad is a perfect distillation of the fear and flag-draped posturing that so far have defined his presidential campaign, the Guardian’s Amanda Holpuch writes: | Republican frontrunner Donald Trump’s first campaign ad is a perfect distillation of the fear and flag-draped posturing that so far have defined his presidential campaign, the Guardian’s Amanda Holpuch writes: |
| Republican frontrunner Donald Trump has released his first, long-promised campaign ad: a spot that touts his controversial proposal to ban Muslims from entering the US “until we can figure out what’s going on”. | Republican frontrunner Donald Trump has released his first, long-promised campaign ad: a spot that touts his controversial proposal to ban Muslims from entering the US “until we can figure out what’s going on”. |
| The ad then promises Trump will “quickly cut the head off of Isis and take their oil”. | The ad then promises Trump will “quickly cut the head off of Isis and take their oil”. |
| In the 30-second spot, the narrator also declares that Trump will build a southern wall to prevent immigrants from illegally crossing over the US border with Mexico. Over a somber piano melody, the narrator assures listeners that Mexico will pay for the wall. | In the 30-second spot, the narrator also declares that Trump will build a southern wall to prevent immigrants from illegally crossing over the US border with Mexico. Over a somber piano melody, the narrator assures listeners that Mexico will pay for the wall. |
| Trump told the Washington Post that he hopes that the ad, and others in production, can sway undecided voters. | Trump told the Washington Post that he hopes that the ad, and others in production, can sway undecided voters. |
| “The world is laughing at us, at our stupidity,” Trump said. “It’s got to stop. We’ve got to get smart fast – or else we won’t have a country.” | “The world is laughing at us, at our stupidity,” Trump said. “It’s got to stop. We’ve got to get smart fast – or else we won’t have a country.” |
| The ad, which is called “Great Again”, will start airing in New Hampshire and Iowa on Tuesday. Trump’s campaign said that it plans to spend at least $2m each week to air the ad. | The ad, which is called “Great Again”, will start airing in New Hampshire and Iowa on Tuesday. Trump’s campaign said that it plans to spend at least $2m each week to air the ad. |
| Trump said in a statement: “I am very proud of this ad, I don’t know if I need it, but I don’t want to take any chances because if I win we are going to Make America Great Again.” | Trump said in a statement: “I am very proud of this ad, I don’t know if I need it, but I don’t want to take any chances because if I win we are going to Make America Great Again.” |
| Updated at 5.31pm GMT | Updated at 5.31pm GMT |
| 5.14pm GMT17:14 | 5.14pm GMT17:14 |
| Former president Bill Clinton is addressing a crowd at Nashua community college in New Hampshire estimated by the Hillary Clinton campaign to number 720 people, the Guardian’s Sabrina Siddiqui reports from the room. | Former president Bill Clinton is addressing a crowd at Nashua community college in New Hampshire estimated by the Hillary Clinton campaign to number 720 people, the Guardian’s Sabrina Siddiqui reports from the room. |
| It’s Clinton’s first solo campaign swing on behalf of his wife, in a state that jump-started his candidacy with a second-place finish in the 1992 primary after a miserable showing in that year’s Iowa caucuses. | It’s Clinton’s first solo campaign swing on behalf of his wife, in a state that jump-started his candidacy with a second-place finish in the 1992 primary after a miserable showing in that year’s Iowa caucuses. |
| “I do not believe in my lifetime anybody has run for the job who is better qualified by experience, knowledge and temperament” than Hillary Clinton, he says. He remembers meeting her 45 years ago: “I thought she was the most amazing person ... Everything she touched she made better.” | “I do not believe in my lifetime anybody has run for the job who is better qualified by experience, knowledge and temperament” than Hillary Clinton, he says. He remembers meeting her 45 years ago: “I thought she was the most amazing person ... Everything she touched she made better.” |
| President Bill Clinton hits the stump for Hillary in Nashua, New Hampshire pic.twitter.com/05ci6Qq3wk | President Bill Clinton hits the stump for Hillary in Nashua, New Hampshire pic.twitter.com/05ci6Qq3wk |
| Bill Clinton has been taking flak in recent days from Republican frontrunner Donald Trump, who told CNN at the weekend that the former president was “one of the great woman abusers of all time”. If he heard the comment, Clinton ignored it this outing – in contrast with Hillary Clinton in a campaign appearance a day earlier. | Bill Clinton has been taking flak in recent days from Republican frontrunner Donald Trump, who told CNN at the weekend that the former president was “one of the great woman abusers of all time”. If he heard the comment, Clinton ignored it this outing – in contrast with Hillary Clinton in a campaign appearance a day earlier. |
| “You can’t make America great again if you insult and demean the people of America,” she told a crowd in Concord, New Hampshire, on Sunday. | “You can’t make America great again if you insult and demean the people of America,” she told a crowd in Concord, New Hampshire, on Sunday. |
| Sabrina Siddiqui reported: | Sabrina Siddiqui reported: |
| The reference to Donald Trump’s campaign slogan was lost on no one, and it prompted a round of applause. | The reference to Donald Trump’s campaign slogan was lost on no one, and it prompted a round of applause. |
| Bill Clinton has just wrapped his Nashua speech and waded into a thick rope line. He’s scheduled to make a second appearance in New Hampshire, in Exeter, later this afternoon. | Bill Clinton has just wrapped his Nashua speech and waded into a thick rope line. He’s scheduled to make a second appearance in New Hampshire, in Exeter, later this afternoon. |
| Related: Clinton campaign hopes Bill will deliver a New Hampshire 'comeback kid' boost | Related: Clinton campaign hopes Bill will deliver a New Hampshire 'comeback kid' boost |
| Updated at 5.33pm GMT | Updated at 5.33pm GMT |
| 4.15pm GMT16:15 | 4.15pm GMT16:15 |
| Hello and welcome to a quicksilver day in US politics, as the 2016 race for the White House zips out of its last warm-up lap and begins to eat track like a Formula One driver. | Hello and welcome to a quicksilver day in US politics, as the 2016 race for the White House zips out of its last warm-up lap and begins to eat track like a Formula One driver. |
| Today Bill Clinton takes his talents to New Hampshire, Hillary Clinton is in Iowa for her first 2016 appearance there, Republican senator Marco Rubio and Democratic senator Bernie Sanders join in the fun in the Granite State and Ben Carson, the retired neurosurgeon, convenes a news conference to explain why the defection of his top staff on New Year’s Eve does not, somehow, portend the utter collapse of his White House designs. Ted Cruz is in Iowa, where he’s hoping to hold on to a surge before the first-in-the-nation caucus there on the first of next month. | Today Bill Clinton takes his talents to New Hampshire, Hillary Clinton is in Iowa for her first 2016 appearance there, Republican senator Marco Rubio and Democratic senator Bernie Sanders join in the fun in the Granite State and Ben Carson, the retired neurosurgeon, convenes a news conference to explain why the defection of his top staff on New Year’s Eve does not, somehow, portend the utter collapse of his White House designs. Ted Cruz is in Iowa, where he’s hoping to hold on to a surge before the first-in-the-nation caucus there on the first of next month. |
| Meanwhile: Donald Trump, whom you may have heard of, is out with a major television ad to air in Iowa and New Hampshire that is being welcomed as racist, alarmist and painfully xenophobic. Whatever works! | Meanwhile: Donald Trump, whom you may have heard of, is out with a major television ad to air in Iowa and New Hampshire that is being welcomed as racist, alarmist and painfully xenophobic. Whatever works! |
| Elsewhere, President Obama is expected to announce limited executive orders to expand background checks and potentially more on gun laws, after a meeting at the White House in the 2pm eastern hour. Washington bureau chief Dan Roberts will have that news, while politics reporters Sabrina Siddiqui and Ben Jacobs will have news from the trail, and much more. Read on! | Elsewhere, President Obama is expected to announce limited executive orders to expand background checks and potentially more on gun laws, after a meeting at the White House in the 2pm eastern hour. Washington bureau chief Dan Roberts will have that news, while politics reporters Sabrina Siddiqui and Ben Jacobs will have news from the trail, and much more. Read on! |
| Updated at 4.34pm GMT | Updated at 4.34pm GMT |