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| Donald Trump 'will do more for African American voters than Obama' – live updates | |
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| Martin Pengelly | |
| This just in while simultaneously coming down the track this morning, thanks to the miracle that is Politico’s Playbook email, which has excerpted it. | |
| On Thursday, Donald Trump spoke to Howard Kurtz, host of Fox News’ Media Buzz. The conversation goes out at 11am ET today. | |
| According to the Politico excerpt, Trump was asked about African American voters and his appeal to them. He said: | |
| They are going to like me better than they like Obama. The truth is Obama has done nothing for them. | |
| Kurtz attempted to interject, saying “Wait…” | |
| But Trump continued: | |
| He’s African American. He’s done nothing for them. | |
| Kurtz managed to interject, asking: “Did you just say African Americans are going to like you better than the first African American president?” | |
| To which Trump said: | |
| I think that relatively speaking – I mean, he does have a slight advantage, in all fairness – but I think relatively speaking, when I am finished, I think they will absolutely love Donald Trump.” | |
| Kurtz then asked Trump if he would “tone down your rhetoric” and “reach out to minorities more” if he gained the Republican nomination. | |
| Trump said: | |
| Oh, absolutely. | |
| There you have it. The anti-immigrant rhetoric, the anti-Muslim rhetoric… is just a means to an end. He says. | |
| 2.38pm GMT | |
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| Next on the carousel is former Florida governor Jeb Bush, who looks sad to be here in this interview with CNN’s Jake Tapper. | |
| “I hope to be the nominee,” he says, perhaps unnecessarily in context. “I think Donald Trrump would be a disaster as the nominee because he’s a conseravtive. Ted Cruz is certainly a conservative but he doesn’t have a proven record.” | |
| Bush is fifth in the aggregate of national polls, below retired neurosurgeon and pyramid truther Ben Carson, with around 5%. He’s losing for now is just part of the process, he says. | |
| We need to let the process work … This will sort itself out … I feel good about where we are. The reason Donald Trump does well is there’s a perception of strength … It’s not strong to insult women. It’s not strong to insult Hispanics. | |
| He adds that it’s not strong to insult prisoners of war or the disabled (Trump went after senator John McCain and a reporter with a disability last year). “He’s not the storng horse,” Bush says. “He’s insecure. He’s weak.” | |
| Bush argues that he doesn’t need to be popular to win a national election. Hey, his brother did it. “That’s the problem with chasing popularity, because it changes.” | |
| Tapper asks about the possibility of a Bloomberg candidacy, again. Bush says it’s not gonna happen. | |
| “Mike Bloomberg is a good man. We disagree on a whole lot of things but he’s a good person, he’s a patriot.” | |
| Bush says he just wants to be the conservative candidate of choice and can’t do much about the other guys competing with him for the job. “I can’t follow all of this stuff,” he says, perhaps too honestly. “This is how poltiicsi works. This is pretty tame compared to previous elections. I can’t control what I can’t control.” | |
| Finally Tapper asks about the crisis of lead-poisoned water in Flint, Michigan. Emails show that Republican governor Rick Snyder ignored and dismissed the problem over a year ago, even as children began showing signs of irreparable lead poisoning. Bush says we should probably blame big government. | |
| “I admire Rick Snyder for stepping up,” Bush says. He likes that Snyder has “fired people, accepted responsiblitiy for trying to fix this.” He doesn’t like that city and state and federal officials weren’t talking more, and blames “20th century regulation in a 21st century world”. | |
| 2.25pm GMT | 2.25pm GMT |
| 14:25 | 14:25 |
| First up on the morning talk shows is governor Chris Christie, who tells CNN’s Jake Tapper that he did a dandy job managing the snowstorm in New Jersey, nothing to fear from icy flooding in coastal cities here. Then they talk politics. | First up on the morning talk shows is governor Chris Christie, who tells CNN’s Jake Tapper that he did a dandy job managing the snowstorm in New Jersey, nothing to fear from icy flooding in coastal cities here. Then they talk politics. |
| Tapper asks Christie why should Americans elect him president when the governor has a 31% approval rating from New Jerseyans, his lowest ever. That’s only because he’s running for president, Christie says. | Tapper asks Christie why should Americans elect him president when the governor has a 31% approval rating from New Jerseyans, his lowest ever. That’s only because he’s running for president, Christie says. |
| When you start looking for another job your current employer gets a little miffed. But i think they saw yesterday what strong effective leadership can do in the midst of a crisis. | When you start looking for another job your current employer gets a little miffed. But i think they saw yesterday what strong effective leadership can do in the midst of a crisis. |
| He says that his rating has been as a high as 75% “and every place in between”. “I don’t govern for approval ratings I govern for results … when the chips are down I deliver.” | He says that his rating has been as a high as 75% “and every place in between”. “I don’t govern for approval ratings I govern for results … when the chips are down I deliver.” |
| Tapper asks about the possibility of a Bloomberg candidacy. Christie says he can’t judge until the former mayor hits the “relentless nature” of the campaign trail. “That tells you a lot about what kind of person the president will be … when you’re not a candidate you don’t deserve to be evaluated as whether you’d make a good president or not.” | Tapper asks about the possibility of a Bloomberg candidacy. Christie says he can’t judge until the former mayor hits the “relentless nature” of the campaign trail. “That tells you a lot about what kind of person the president will be … when you’re not a candidate you don’t deserve to be evaluated as whether you’d make a good president or not.” |
| But was he a good mayor? “Oh yeah he was a good mayor, sure.” | But was he a good mayor? “Oh yeah he was a good mayor, sure.” |
| How about your rival, senator Marco Rubio? Not so much. | How about your rival, senator Marco Rubio? Not so much. |
| Rubio “has never been responsible for anything … I don’t expect senator Rubio to understand that because he’s never had to make a decision of any consequence.” | Rubio “has never been responsible for anything … I don’t expect senator Rubio to understand that because he’s never had to make a decision of any consequence.” |
| He says that life as a US senator reminds him of a school in which everyone does as they’ve been told. | He says that life as a US senator reminds him of a school in which everyone does as they’ve been told. |
| But don’t misunderstand this as being negative about anybody, Christie says. “Governor Kasich has been negative, senator Rubio has been relentlessly negative … Mr Trump has been negative. “We’re simply not going to engage in that game.” | But don’t misunderstand this as being negative about anybody, Christie says. “Governor Kasich has been negative, senator Rubio has been relentlessly negative … Mr Trump has been negative. “We’re simply not going to engage in that game.” |
| “We will punch back if we feel like we need to but we’re certainly not going to initiate that kind of thing … I think we’re doing just fine.” | “We will punch back if we feel like we need to but we’re certainly not going to initiate that kind of thing … I think we’re doing just fine.” |
| 1.46pm GMT | 1.46pm GMT |
| 13:46 | 13:46 |
| Hello and welcome to our live coverage of the 2016 race for the White House. Today’s abbreviated, Sunday edition of the politics blog will take in the talk shows so you don’t have to, plus the highs and lows of a weekend on the trail. Here’s what’s happened over the weekend: | Hello and welcome to our live coverage of the 2016 race for the White House. Today’s abbreviated, Sunday edition of the politics blog will take in the talk shows so you don’t have to, plus the highs and lows of a weekend on the trail. Here’s what’s happened over the weekend: |
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