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| Sanders campaigns in New Hampshire as Clinton flies to Flint – campaign live | Sanders campaigns in New Hampshire as Clinton flies to Flint – campaign live |
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| We’re going to wrap up our live blog campaign trail coverage from New Hampshire for the afternoon. Here’s a summary of what’s happened: | |
| We’ll be back tomorrow. Don’t go away. | |
| WATCH: @jebbush to @realDonaldTrump: "Don't shush me, man." Via @WrightUps.https://t.co/M0vTNSDRHp | |
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| at 8.47pm GMT | |
| 8.21pm GMT | 8.21pm GMT |
| 20:21 | 20:21 |
| Bill Clinton: 'this is 1992 on steroids' | Bill Clinton: 'this is 1992 on steroids' |
| Lauren Gambino | Lauren Gambino |
| Bill Clinton is asking New Hampshire voters to reimagine the 1992 Democratic primary and make his wife, former secretary of state Hillary Clinton, a “comeback kid,” writes the Guardian’s Lauren Gambino from inside a Keene, New Hampshire, rally: | Bill Clinton is asking New Hampshire voters to reimagine the 1992 Democratic primary and make his wife, former secretary of state Hillary Clinton, a “comeback kid,” writes the Guardian’s Lauren Gambino from inside a Keene, New Hampshire, rally: |
| “I hope New Hampshire will remember, this is 1992 on steroids,” said Clinton, whose 1992 campaigned sparked to life with a second-place finish in the Granite State. “You need to respond on steroids and you’ll never regret it.” | “I hope New Hampshire will remember, this is 1992 on steroids,” said Clinton, whose 1992 campaigned sparked to life with a second-place finish in the Granite State. “You need to respond on steroids and you’ll never regret it.” |
| Bill Clinton delivered a low-key speech to a packed crowd at Keene Middle School, where Hillary Clinton previously held a town hall to discuss the regional heroin epidemic. | Bill Clinton delivered a low-key speech to a packed crowd at Keene Middle School, where Hillary Clinton previously held a town hall to discuss the regional heroin epidemic. |
| Clinton said his wife’s attention to issues such as the opioid epidemic and Flint water crisis were examples of how she would tackle big issues – the economy and foreign policy – without forgetting about the smaller ones. | Clinton said his wife’s attention to issues such as the opioid epidemic and Flint water crisis were examples of how she would tackle big issues – the economy and foreign policy – without forgetting about the smaller ones. |
| Clinton criticized Sanders’s for labeling the groups that have endorsed his wife “establishment”, especially Planned Parenthood. “We need a debate, not name-calling,” he said. “We need anger and answers,” he said. “We can start with resentment but in the end results are all that matters.” | Clinton criticized Sanders’s for labeling the groups that have endorsed his wife “establishment”, especially Planned Parenthood. “We need a debate, not name-calling,” he said. “We need anger and answers,” he said. “We can start with resentment but in the end results are all that matters.” |
| In a final pitch, Clinton returned to one of his favorite lines. | In a final pitch, Clinton returned to one of his favorite lines. |
| Everywhere she’s ever gone she’s made something good happen. Everything she’s ever touched and every person she’s ever touched she’s made better,” Clinton said. “You will never have a chance – never – to vote for a better change-maker.” | Everywhere she’s ever gone she’s made something good happen. Everything she’s ever touched and every person she’s ever touched she’s made better,” Clinton said. “You will never have a chance – never – to vote for a better change-maker.” |
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| at 8.22pm GMT | at 8.22pm GMT |
| 8.07pm GMT | 8.07pm GMT |
| 20:07 | 20:07 |
| Sanders closes: “We have an enormous amount of work to do together. And the path forward starts in New Hampshire this Tuesday. Thank you very much!” | Sanders closes: “We have an enormous amount of work to do together. And the path forward starts in New Hampshire this Tuesday. Thank you very much!” |
| Sanders is out. Bowie is on: | Sanders is out. Bowie is on: |
| And the crowd chants, “Feel the Bern! Feel the Bern! Feel the Bern!” | And the crowd chants, “Feel the Bern! Feel the Bern! Feel the Bern!” |
| Updated | Updated |
| at 8.08pm GMT | at 8.08pm GMT |
| 8.05pm GMT | 8.05pm GMT |
| 20:05 | 20:05 |
| This is true, Ed Henry / Fox News is here. Is Fox feeling the Bern? Henry starts recording his live spot just as the crowd erupts in huge applause at Sanders’ line about the Iraq war: “I was right, and Hillary Clinton was wrong!” | This is true, Ed Henry / Fox News is here. Is Fox feeling the Bern? Henry starts recording his live spot just as the crowd erupts in huge applause at Sanders’ line about the Iraq war: “I was right, and Hillary Clinton was wrong!” |
| .@MSNBC, @FoxNews and @CNN all have at least two reporters/correspondents/anchors @ this @BernieSanders rally in Portsmouth, NH. #nhpolitics | .@MSNBC, @FoxNews and @CNN all have at least two reporters/correspondents/anchors @ this @BernieSanders rally in Portsmouth, NH. #nhpolitics |
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| at 8.09pm GMT | at 8.09pm GMT |
| 8.00pm GMT | 8.00pm GMT |
| 20:00 | 20:00 |
| Action meanwhile at a Rubio event in Hudson, New Hampshire, per the Guardian’s Sabrina Siddiqui – | Action meanwhile at a Rubio event in Hudson, New Hampshire, per the Guardian’s Sabrina Siddiqui – |
| Momentary break at Rubio's town hall in Hudson, as someone in the crowd has fainted. Rubio calls for a pause while help arrives. | Momentary break at Rubio's town hall in Hudson, as someone in the crowd has fainted. Rubio calls for a pause while help arrives. |
| Appears to be ok now. Crowd claps as Rubio says, "Everything's alright." https://t.co/MlLCh6mUby | Appears to be ok now. Crowd claps as Rubio says, "Everything's alright." https://t.co/MlLCh6mUby |
| Voter tells Rubio all illegal immigrants are “criminal aliens.” Rubio says we should prioritize “the violent criminals” in enforcing law. | Voter tells Rubio all illegal immigrants are “criminal aliens.” Rubio says we should prioritize “the violent criminals” in enforcing law. |
| Rubio has lately mentioned his infraction for drinking in park at age 18 when asked about targeting of minorities by law enforcement. | Rubio has lately mentioned his infraction for drinking in park at age 18 when asked about targeting of minorities by law enforcement. |
| 7.54pm GMT | 7.54pm GMT |
| 19:54 | 19:54 |
| Clinton in Flint: I will fight 'no matter how long it takes' | Clinton in Flint: I will fight 'no matter how long it takes' |
| Lucia Graves | Lucia Graves |
| Hillary Clinton, meanwhile, is at a church in Flint, Michigan, to talk about the water crisis, reports Guardian columnist Lucia Graves from the scene: | Hillary Clinton, meanwhile, is at a church in Flint, Michigan, to talk about the water crisis, reports Guardian columnist Lucia Graves from the scene: |
| “I feel blessed to be here but I wish it were for a different reason,” Clinton said, taking a stage flanked by purple-robed members of the church choir and surrounded by a sea of nodding heads. | “I feel blessed to be here but I wish it were for a different reason,” Clinton said, taking a stage flanked by purple-robed members of the church choir and surrounded by a sea of nodding heads. |
| “But I am here because for nearly two years, mothers and fathers were voicing concerns about the water’s color and its smell, about the rashes that it gave to those that were bathing in it. And for nearly two years Flint was told the water was safe,” she said to applause and shouts of ‘amen.’ | “But I am here because for nearly two years, mothers and fathers were voicing concerns about the water’s color and its smell, about the rashes that it gave to those that were bathing in it. And for nearly two years Flint was told the water was safe,” she said to applause and shouts of ‘amen.’ |
| What happens when Hillary leaves church. pic.twitter.com/4ne6fg3PiA | What happens when Hillary leaves church. pic.twitter.com/4ne6fg3PiA |
| The introduction she received for the speech was light, with the pastor joking the baptismal water was from the Flint river and he’d experienced no rashes, only a little ash. | The introduction she received for the speech was light, with the pastor joking the baptismal water was from the Flint river and he’d experienced no rashes, only a little ash. |
| Clinton seemed at some pains to emphasize to the audience her lasting commitment to the issue, saying “I will fight for you no matter how long it takes,” and “this has to be a national priority not just for today and for tomorrow.” | Clinton seemed at some pains to emphasize to the audience her lasting commitment to the issue, saying “I will fight for you no matter how long it takes,” and “this has to be a national priority not just for today and for tomorrow.” |
| “This is no time for politics as usual,” she said. “Flint should start making the repairs you need to restore safe water as soon as possible.” | “This is no time for politics as usual,” she said. “Flint should start making the repairs you need to restore safe water as soon as possible.” |
| 7.48pm GMT | 7.48pm GMT |
| 19:48 | 19:48 |
| Rings true after a few nights of sitting in front of New Hampshire TVs– | Rings true after a few nights of sitting in front of New Hampshire TVs– |
| NEW, from MANCHESTER: Sanders is outspending Clinton on New Hampshire TV $2.8m to $800k in the final two weeks here https://t.co/Lpa0tJMmbJ | NEW, from MANCHESTER: Sanders is outspending Clinton on New Hampshire TV $2.8m to $800k in the final two weeks here https://t.co/Lpa0tJMmbJ |
| 7.42pm GMT | 7.42pm GMT |
| 19:42 | 19:42 |
| Here’s Sanders talking about gay marriage at the rally: | Here’s Sanders talking about gay marriage at the rally: |
| Bernie Sanders on gay marriage - video #BernieSanders https://t.co/MAMuQUxlkG | Bernie Sanders on gay marriage - video #BernieSanders https://t.co/MAMuQUxlkG |
| 7.41pm GMT | 7.41pm GMT |
| 19:41 | 19:41 |
| Sanders says Republicans have a strange definition of “family values.” | Sanders says Republicans have a strange definition of “family values.” |
| “With a couple days left in the primaries here in New Hampshire, you see a lot of Republicans running all over this state,” he says. | “With a couple days left in the primaries here in New Hampshire, you see a lot of Republicans running all over this state,” he says. |
| “Go away!” a guy yells, to applause. | “Go away!” a guy yells, to applause. |
| “That’ll happen in a couple of days,” Sanders says, to laughs. | “That’ll happen in a couple of days,” Sanders says, to laughs. |
| “Many of these guys talk about – although not so much here, they will more when they go down South – family values. I want everyone here to be very clear on what they mean by that,” he says. | “Many of these guys talk about – although not so much here, they will more when they go down South – family values. I want everyone here to be very clear on what they mean by that,” he says. |
| What they mean is no woman... should have the right to control her own body. I disagree... It means they want to defund Planned Parenthood. I want to expand funding for Planned Parenthood. ... What they are saying is that our gay brothers and sisters should not have the right to get married. I disagree. | What they mean is no woman... should have the right to control her own body. I disagree... It means they want to defund Planned Parenthood. I want to expand funding for Planned Parenthood. ... What they are saying is that our gay brothers and sisters should not have the right to get married. I disagree. |
| 7.38pm GMT | 7.38pm GMT |
| 19:38 | 19:38 |
| “You ready for a radical idea?” Sanders asks. | “You ready for a radical idea?” Sanders asks. |
| Somebody yells, “Preach!” | Somebody yells, “Preach!” |
| “We are going to create an economy together that works for working families, not just the 1%!” Sanders says. | “We are going to create an economy together that works for working families, not just the 1%!” Sanders says. |
| Earlier Sanders said that the Walton family, which owns Wal-Mart, controls wealth equivalent to the bottom 40% of US families, and yet Wal-Mart pays employees so little that its workforce represents the largest single bloc of welfare recipients in the country. | Earlier Sanders said that the Walton family, which owns Wal-Mart, controls wealth equivalent to the bottom 40% of US families, and yet Wal-Mart pays employees so little that its workforce represents the largest single bloc of welfare recipients in the country. |
| “So I say to the Walton family: get off of welfare, pay your workers a living wage.” | “So I say to the Walton family: get off of welfare, pay your workers a living wage.” |
| And here’s what we mean by big cheering: | And here’s what we mean by big cheering: |
| 7.28pm GMT | 7.28pm GMT |
| 19:28 | 19:28 |
| Sanders turns to the “grotesque level of wealth and income inequality in America.” | Sanders turns to the “grotesque level of wealth and income inequality in America.” |
| Guardian Washington bureau chief Dan Roberts is with the blog in the room: | Guardian Washington bureau chief Dan Roberts is with the blog in the room: |
| As Bernie Sanders talks again in Portsmouth, NH about the power of the establishment, I can't help but think of this https://t.co/wApmgnvz1m | As Bernie Sanders talks again in Portsmouth, NH about the power of the establishment, I can't help but think of this https://t.co/wApmgnvz1m |
| Sitting next to Dean, Hillary fundraiser and lobbyist Steve Elmendorf. He lobbies for Goldman Sachs. #DemDebate pic.twitter.com/iR8DWzMNMy | Sitting next to Dean, Hillary fundraiser and lobbyist Steve Elmendorf. He lobbies for Goldman Sachs. #DemDebate pic.twitter.com/iR8DWzMNMy |
| 7.26pm GMT | 7.26pm GMT |
| 19:26 | 19:26 |
| “Do we have the courage to take on the billionaire class?” Sanders asks. | “Do we have the courage to take on the billionaire class?” Sanders asks. |
| “The government belongs to all of us and not just a small number of wealthy people!” | “The government belongs to all of us and not just a small number of wealthy people!” |
| Big cheering and applause. | Big cheering and applause. |
| “They have endless supplies of money and power, but at the end of the day, we have something they don’t have. We have the people.” | “They have endless supplies of money and power, but at the end of the day, we have something they don’t have. We have the people.” |
| The “big cheering and applause” comes so regularly – in response to any line Sanders stops long enough on to allow it – that from here on out you can just assume that there is big cheering and applause throughout. If some line is unexpectly greeted with confused silence, we’ll note it. | The “big cheering and applause” comes so regularly – in response to any line Sanders stops long enough on to allow it – that from here on out you can just assume that there is big cheering and applause throughout. If some line is unexpectly greeted with confused silence, we’ll note it. |
| 7.23pm GMT | 7.23pm GMT |
| 19:23 | 19:23 |
| Sanders acknowledges a critique that the overhaul of tax policy, health care and financial regulations he recommends is just too much for any president to pull off. | Sanders acknowledges a critique that the overhaul of tax policy, health care and financial regulations he recommends is just too much for any president to pull off. |
| “We will get them done, because people will demand that they get done!” Sanders says. | “We will get them done, because people will demand that they get done!” Sanders says. |
| Another big applause line. | Another big applause line. |
| Sanders says 20 years ago, if you told them that same-sex marriage would be a right in 2015, “somebody next to them would have said, ‘what are you smoking?’ Which raises another issue,” he deadpans. It’s a joke he’s used before but the crowd enthuses wildly anyway. | Sanders says 20 years ago, if you told them that same-sex marriage would be a right in 2015, “somebody next to them would have said, ‘what are you smoking?’ Which raises another issue,” he deadpans. It’s a joke he’s used before but the crowd enthuses wildly anyway. |
| “That’s how change happens.” | “That’s how change happens.” |
| Twenty years ago, Republicans were running entire campaigns about how gays were going to take over the world and destroy America. They don’t talk about it anymore because they know it’s a losing issue. | Twenty years ago, Republicans were running entire campaigns about how gays were going to take over the world and destroy America. They don’t talk about it anymore because they know it’s a losing issue. |
| 7.16pm GMT | 7.16pm GMT |
| 19:16 | 19:16 |
| Sanders: 'we need a political revolution' | Sanders: 'we need a political revolution' |
| Sanders slides into his stump. “In order to bring about the changes that the American people want, we need a political revolution. And the concept of a political revolution, that’s not just rhetoric, that’s reality.” | Sanders slides into his stump. “In order to bring about the changes that the American people want, we need a political revolution. And the concept of a political revolution, that’s not just rhetoric, that’s reality.” |
| Sanders rips his jacket off and the crowd goes nuts. | Sanders rips his jacket off and the crowd goes nuts. |
| Here’s his entrance: | Here’s his entrance: |
| 7.13pm GMT | 7.13pm GMT |
| 19:13 | 19:13 |
| Heeere comes Bernie - pure pandemonium in the room. | Heeere comes Bernie - pure pandemonium in the room. |
| “This is a loud and boisterous crowd,” Sanders begins. “Thank you!” | “This is a loud and boisterous crowd,” Sanders begins. “Thank you!” |
| 7.11pm GMT | 7.11pm GMT |
| 19:11 | 19:11 |
| The Bernie Sanders rally where your blogger is posted up has yet to properly start. Palpably more energy – and physically more people, maybe twice as many – in the room, we’d note, than at Hillary Clinton’s morning get-out-the-vote event yesterday in Concord. Here in Portsmouth there are full bleachers and a properly packed gym floor and a media pack to dwarf what Clinton had. | The Bernie Sanders rally where your blogger is posted up has yet to properly start. Palpably more energy – and physically more people, maybe twice as many – in the room, we’d note, than at Hillary Clinton’s morning get-out-the-vote event yesterday in Concord. Here in Portsmouth there are full bleachers and a properly packed gym floor and a media pack to dwarf what Clinton had. |
| That Trump event in Plymouth continues to seem lively. The candidate is mocking a rival’s mother. Or mocking the rival for having a mother? | That Trump event in Plymouth continues to seem lively. The candidate is mocking a rival’s mother. Or mocking the rival for having a mother? |
| Trump mocks Jeb Bush for having Barbara Bush campaign for him. "Mommy, walk in the snow Mom." | Trump mocks Jeb Bush for having Barbara Bush campaign for him. "Mommy, walk in the snow Mom." |
| Trump is now talking about a 35% tariff. Used to talk about a 45% tariff. | Trump is now talking about a 35% tariff. Used to talk about a 45% tariff. |
| Trump continues via Ben: | Trump continues via Ben: |
| Trump: “I am not calling him the Supreme Leader, he’s not my Supreme Leader” | Trump: “I am not calling him the Supreme Leader, he’s not my Supreme Leader” |
| Trump now says “there’s something strange going” because Obama refers to Khamenei by his title of Supreme Leader | Trump now says “there’s something strange going” because Obama refers to Khamenei by his title of Supreme Leader |
| Trump now says “there’s something strange going on” because Obama refers to Khamenei by his title of Supreme Leader | Trump now says “there’s something strange going on” because Obama refers to Khamenei by his title of Supreme Leader |
| Back at the Sanders event, a state legislator is warming up the crowd. “Just like 1776, Americans are saying, enough is enough!” Big cheering. Sounds like they just won the state meet. | Back at the Sanders event, a state legislator is warming up the crowd. “Just like 1776, Americans are saying, enough is enough!” Big cheering. Sounds like they just won the state meet. |
| 7.02pm GMT | 7.02pm GMT |
| 19:02 | 19:02 |
| The Guardian’s Lauren Gambino is at an event with Bill Clinton in Keene, New Hampshire. Hillary Clinton is in Flint, Michigan, today, for an update on the local water crisis. | The Guardian’s Lauren Gambino is at an event with Bill Clinton in Keene, New Hampshire. Hillary Clinton is in Flint, Michigan, today, for an update on the local water crisis. |
| Bill Clinton has just said that Hillary Clinton’s primary race is like his “on steroids,” Lauren writes: | Bill Clinton has just said that Hillary Clinton’s primary race is like his “on steroids,” Lauren writes: |
| "@HillaryClinton is in Flint Michigan with the mayor," @billclinton said and the crowd applauds. | "@HillaryClinton is in Flint Michigan with the mayor," @billclinton said and the crowd applauds. |
| @hillaryclinton didn’t say who do you want me to blame, she said what do you want me to do.” @billclinton | @hillaryclinton didn’t say who do you want me to blame, she said what do you want me to do.” @billclinton |
| Guardian columnist Lucia Graves is in Flint tailing Hillary Clinton: | Guardian columnist Lucia Graves is in Flint tailing Hillary Clinton: |
| 7.00pm GMT | 7.00pm GMT |
| 19:00 | 19:00 |
| Alan Yuhas | |
| Donald Trump has been speaking to a packed house at Plymouth State University, in Holderness, New Hampshire, reports Alan Yuhas. | Donald Trump has been speaking to a packed house at Plymouth State University, in Holderness, New Hampshire, reports Alan Yuhas. |
| He’s talking about a rigged system … just like Bernie Sanders does. He says that insurance companies would “rather have monopolies in each state” than compete, and that they’ve divvied up the country into various regions like a cartel. | He’s talking about a rigged system … just like Bernie Sanders does. He says that insurance companies would “rather have monopolies in each state” than compete, and that they’ve divvied up the country into various regions like a cartel. |
| “I know these people,” Trump says. “The insurance companies say, ‘I want to take New York, you take, you take some other place. You take Iowa.’ | “I know these people,” Trump says. “The insurance companies say, ‘I want to take New York, you take, you take some other place. You take Iowa.’ |
| “But they have lines around the states,” he says, apparently meaning they’ve drawn borders between their respective regions. | “But they have lines around the states,” he says, apparently meaning they’ve drawn borders between their respective regions. |
| “And New Hampshire has the same thing. And for those of you who have businesses it’s very hard to get competitive bids … I have thousands of employees. So hard for me to make deals on healthcare because I can’t get bids.” | “And New Hampshire has the same thing. And for those of you who have businesses it’s very hard to get competitive bids … I have thousands of employees. So hard for me to make deals on healthcare because I can’t get bids.” |
| He throws a little red meat to the Republican crowd – “Obamacare is a disaster, and it’s expensive, and it’s no good, and it doesn’t work” – but then he pulls off a Sandersian riff about the corrupting power of money in politics. | He throws a little red meat to the Republican crowd – “Obamacare is a disaster, and it’s expensive, and it’s no good, and it doesn’t work” – but then he pulls off a Sandersian riff about the corrupting power of money in politics. |
| Moneyed interests make “tremendous political contributions to the guys that I’m on the stage with,” Trump says. “Whether the insurance companies or the drug companies or the oil companies, it’s all the same thing.” | Moneyed interests make “tremendous political contributions to the guys that I’m on the stage with,” Trump says. “Whether the insurance companies or the drug companies or the oil companies, it’s all the same thing.” |
| Later he talks about how we need to protect the environment and our “clean, beautiful air”. He mocks Obama for flying on a large jet, just like his private jet. (He doesn’t mention his own private jet.) | Later he talks about how we need to protect the environment and our “clean, beautiful air”. He mocks Obama for flying on a large jet, just like his private jet. (He doesn’t mention his own private jet.) |
| There’s some isolated screaming from the back. Some are “friends” but one is a shirtless guy with “Trump is a racist” draw in marker on his back. He gets tossed out. “Get ‘em out,” Trump laughs. “They’re lost, they’re lost people.” | There’s some isolated screaming from the back. Some are “friends” but one is a shirtless guy with “Trump is a racist” draw in marker on his back. He gets tossed out. “Get ‘em out,” Trump laughs. “They’re lost, they’re lost people.” |
| “We kid and joke,” he says. “If we can’t smile at ourselves, and we can’t smile at how stupidly we’re being run, then we’re just not gonna make ourselves feel so good.” | “We kid and joke,” he says. “If we can’t smile at ourselves, and we can’t smile at how stupidly we’re being run, then we’re just not gonna make ourselves feel so good.” |
| The crowd loves it. “Trump. Trump. Trump. Trump. Trump.” | The crowd loves it. “Trump. Trump. Trump. Trump. Trump.” |
| Updated | |
| at 8.32pm GMT | |
| 6.56pm GMT | 6.56pm GMT |
| 18:56 | 18:56 |
| Lauren Gambino | |
| Hillary Clinton’s campaign has continued to accuse Bernie Sanders’s of misleading voters, running advertisements and sending mailers that make it appear that he has been endorsed by groups that have not actually endorsed him, writes Lauren Gambino in Keene, NH. | Hillary Clinton’s campaign has continued to accuse Bernie Sanders’s of misleading voters, running advertisements and sending mailers that make it appear that he has been endorsed by groups that have not actually endorsed him, writes Lauren Gambino in Keene, NH. |
| Calling this a “pattern of deceptive campaign tactics”, Clinton’s team blasts Sanders for abandoning his promise to run a positive campaign and has demanded he stops. | Calling this a “pattern of deceptive campaign tactics”, Clinton’s team blasts Sanders for abandoning his promise to run a positive campaign and has demanded he stops. |
| “It seems the Sanders campaign has shifted from insulting and dismissing people who don’t support him to falsely claiming their support,” said Clinton communications director Jen Palmieri. “Despite being called on deceptive campaign tactics and misleading ads for weeks now, Sanders has now chosen to mislead voters on a veteran and veterans’ group’s support. Enough is enough—voters deserve better.” | “It seems the Sanders campaign has shifted from insulting and dismissing people who don’t support him to falsely claiming their support,” said Clinton communications director Jen Palmieri. “Despite being called on deceptive campaign tactics and misleading ads for weeks now, Sanders has now chosen to mislead voters on a veteran and veterans’ group’s support. Enough is enough—voters deserve better.” |
| (Read more about the ongoing dispute over endorsements here.) | (Read more about the ongoing dispute over endorsements here.) |
| Also, MSNBC has reported that Sanders attended a fundraiser in 2007 in Martha’s Vineyard that was attended by the very lobbyists he now rails against. The piece shows just how difficult ideologically purity can be in the dirty game of politics. | Also, MSNBC has reported that Sanders attended a fundraiser in 2007 in Martha’s Vineyard that was attended by the very lobbyists he now rails against. The piece shows just how difficult ideologically purity can be in the dirty game of politics. |
| Updated | |
| at 8.32pm GMT | |
| 6.48pm GMT | 6.48pm GMT |
| 18:48 | 18:48 |
| Protester tossed from Trump rally | Protester tossed from Trump rally |
| It’s warmer in New Hampshire than it was yesterday but still this demonstrates admirable physical stoicism: | It’s warmer in New Hampshire than it was yesterday but still this demonstrates admirable physical stoicism: |
| Shirtless protester just removed from Trump rally | Shirtless protester just removed from Trump rally |
| The protester took off his shirt to reveal an arrow pointing at his ass: | The protester took off his shirt to reveal an arrow pointing at his ass: |
| It's not a Trump rally until someone gets tossed out pic.twitter.com/noM1MVkjWS | It's not a Trump rally until someone gets tossed out pic.twitter.com/noM1MVkjWS |
| Updated | Updated |
| at 6.51pm GMT | at 6.51pm GMT |
| 6.46pm GMT | 6.46pm GMT |
| 18:46 | 18:46 |
| Harry Enten is an analyst with the data-journalism-and-so-much-more site FiveThirtyEight, whose handicapping of the New Hampshire race looks good for Trump: | Harry Enten is an analyst with the data-journalism-and-so-much-more site FiveThirtyEight, whose handicapping of the New Hampshire race looks good for Trump: |
| Your reminder that Trump is a decent sized favorite heading into Tuesday right now. (He was far lower going into IA) pic.twitter.com/0ZbGNQgJzq | Your reminder that Trump is a decent sized favorite heading into Tuesday right now. (He was far lower going into IA) pic.twitter.com/0ZbGNQgJzq |
| Hard to disagree with this analysis: | Hard to disagree with this analysis: |
| I got a good feeling someone will win on Tuesday. In fact, a winner from each party will emerge. #analysis | I got a good feeling someone will win on Tuesday. In fact, a winner from each party will emerge. #analysis |
| 6.42pm GMT | 6.42pm GMT |
| 18:42 | 18:42 |
| Guardian political reporter Sabrina Siddiqui has followed Florida senator Marco Rubio from Londonderry to Bedford, New Hampshire. | Guardian political reporter Sabrina Siddiqui has followed Florida senator Marco Rubio from Londonderry to Bedford, New Hampshire. |
| Among other topics, Rubio touches on one close to his heart and on everyone’s mind this weekend: the Super Bowl. | Among other topics, Rubio touches on one close to his heart and on everyone’s mind this weekend: the Super Bowl. |
| Rubio on Super Bowl: "I can't tell you who's not playing, the Miami Dolphins. That's been true now for 30 some years." | Rubio on Super Bowl: "I can't tell you who's not playing, the Miami Dolphins. That's been true now for 30 some years." |
| Rubio to Bedford crowd: “Tom Brady’s 38 years old. Why is he still playing? There should be mandatory retirement ages.” | Rubio to Bedford crowd: “Tom Brady’s 38 years old. Why is he still playing? There should be mandatory retirement ages.” |
| A 9 year old asks Rubio what he’s going to do about the national debt. Rubio blames “people in Washington that don’t care right now.” | A 9 year old asks Rubio what he’s going to do about the national debt. Rubio blames “people in Washington that don’t care right now.” |
| Rubio in Bedford: "What's happening with Christians in the Middle East is genocide." | Rubio in Bedford: "What's happening with Christians in the Middle East is genocide." |
| 6.38pm GMT | 6.38pm GMT |
| 18:38 | 18:38 |
| Guardian political reporter Sabrina Siddiqui flags a fresh poll of the Republican race in New Hampshire published by Monmouth university. | Guardian political reporter Sabrina Siddiqui flags a fresh poll of the Republican race in New Hampshire published by Monmouth university. |
| It shows a fight for second. And Trump in runaway first, gobbling nearly a third of votes of support. | It shows a fight for second. And Trump in runaway first, gobbling nearly a third of votes of support. |
| In two days we’ll know. | In two days we’ll know. |
| New Monmouth NH GOP poll shows close fight for 2nd:Trump: 30Kasich 14 Rubio 13 Jeb! 13Cruz 12 Christie 6Fiorina 5Carson 4 | New Monmouth NH GOP poll shows close fight for 2nd:Trump: 30Kasich 14 Rubio 13 Jeb! 13Cruz 12 Christie 6Fiorina 5Carson 4 |
| Real Clear Politics polling averages have Trump in first by 15.7 points and Rubio instead of Kasich in second – though Rubio-Kasich-Cruz are packed into a four-point band in the averages, tight tight tight. | Real Clear Politics polling averages have Trump in first by 15.7 points and Rubio instead of Kasich in second – though Rubio-Kasich-Cruz are packed into a four-point band in the averages, tight tight tight. |
| 6.34pm GMT | 6.34pm GMT |
| 18:34 | 18:34 |
| Guardian political reporter Ben Jacobs is at a Donald Trump rally in Plymouth, New Hampshire, with his hands on the tweetboard: | Guardian political reporter Ben Jacobs is at a Donald Trump rally in Plymouth, New Hampshire, with his hands on the tweetboard: |
| Trump: Let's say Jeb won, which is an impossibility | Trump: Let's say Jeb won, which is an impossibility |
| Donald Trump: I have no friends as far as I am concerned | Donald Trump: I have no friends as far as I am concerned |
| [What about the Mexicans and Muslims and Chinese and members of the media and everyone else he claims as close friends before he shivs them?] | [What about the Mexicans and Muslims and Chinese and members of the media and everyone else he claims as close friends before he shivs them?] |
| Trump: Even in the Wild West, you’ll get shot. They’ll shoot you but they won’t cut your head off. | Trump: Even in the Wild West, you’ll get shot. They’ll shoot you but they won’t cut your head off. |
| Donald Trump is now insisting college kids were scalping tickets to the debate last night | Donald Trump is now insisting college kids were scalping tickets to the debate last night |
| 6.31pm GMT | 6.31pm GMT |
| 18:31 | 18:31 |
| With two days to go until New Hampshire votes, the Republicans are turning on one another like underfed house pets (got a better analogy? Self-publish in the comments – that’s what they’re there for!). | With two days to go until New Hampshire votes, the Republicans are turning on one another like underfed house pets (got a better analogy? Self-publish in the comments – that’s what they’re there for!). |
| Jeb Bush has turned Trump’s preferred imprecation back on the source. LOSER. And the crowd loves it! He should bring up the wall? | Jeb Bush has turned Trump’s preferred imprecation back on the source. LOSER. And the crowd loves it! He should bring up the wall? |
| I've never seen Bush so fired up. He gets a long standing ovation for calling Trump a "loser" pic.twitter.com/0CfwmKn8MH | I've never seen Bush so fired up. He gets a long standing ovation for calling Trump a "loser" pic.twitter.com/0CfwmKn8MH |
| 6.28pm GMT | 6.28pm GMT |
| 18:28 | 18:28 |
| Well-observed. | Well-observed. |
| Cruz still blasting country music at these NH town halls. If he wants the @RandPaul vote he should switch to Rush. | Cruz still blasting country music at these NH town halls. If he wants the @RandPaul vote he should switch to Rush. |
| 6.27pm GMT | 6.27pm GMT |
| 18:27 | 18:27 |
| A good night’s sleep has not slackened New Jersey Governor Chris Christie’s thirst for the attack. | A good night’s sleep has not slackened New Jersey Governor Chris Christie’s thirst for the attack. |
| Here he is at a rally in New Hampshire today speaking at length about how much he admires Ohio governor John Kasich – before throwing him under the bus. He says Kasich’s record has not been combed by local media. “The interrogation by the Akron Sun ain’t doin’ it.” | Here he is at a rally in New Hampshire today speaking at length about how much he admires Ohio governor John Kasich – before throwing him under the bus. He says Kasich’s record has not been combed by local media. “The interrogation by the Akron Sun ain’t doin’ it.” |
| Ahem. It’s the Akron Beacon Journal, governor. | Ahem. It’s the Akron Beacon Journal, governor. |
| “I’m just better. I’ve been tested,” Christie says. He points out that New Jersey is one of the toughest media markets in the world. He implies that he’s survived nicely. In fact barrels of ink have been spilled by the regional press describing and decrying Christie’s shortcomings, and he’s deeply unpopular in his home state. | “I’m just better. I’ve been tested,” Christie says. He points out that New Jersey is one of the toughest media markets in the world. He implies that he’s survived nicely. In fact barrels of ink have been spilled by the regional press describing and decrying Christie’s shortcomings, and he’s deeply unpopular in his home state. |
| But at least he’s vetted? | But at least he’s vetted? |
| Christie: "With all due respect, to I think it's the Columbus Journal [it's the dispatch] it ain't the NYTimes" https://t.co/4gE75jyRij | Christie: "With all due respect, to I think it's the Columbus Journal [it's the dispatch] it ain't the NYTimes" https://t.co/4gE75jyRij |
| 6.15pm GMT | 6.15pm GMT |
| 18:15 | 18:15 |
| Hello from Sanders event in Portsmouth, NH | Hello from Sanders event in Portsmouth, NH |
| Tom McCarthy | Tom McCarthy |
| We’ve relocated the blog for the moment to Great Bay Community College in Portsmouth, New Hampshire – we’re in the gym – where Bernie Sanders is scheduled to appear in about 45 minutes for a get-out-the-vote rally. | We’ve relocated the blog for the moment to Great Bay Community College in Portsmouth, New Hampshire – we’re in the gym – where Bernie Sanders is scheduled to appear in about 45 minutes for a get-out-the-vote rally. |
| Packed house here. “I don’t think that we’re gonna get a seat,” says one arrival. She’s extremely right. | Packed house here. “I don’t think that we’re gonna get a seat,” says one arrival. She’s extremely right. |
| Pre-rally music includes the under-heard Steve Earle song The Revolution Starts Now. | Pre-rally music includes the under-heard Steve Earle song The Revolution Starts Now. |
| And now it’s Neil Young. Click on this video, it will be like being here – but with seats! | And now it’s Neil Young. Click on this video, it will be like being here – but with seats! |
| Updated | Updated |
| at 6.20pm GMT | at 6.20pm GMT |
| 5.54pm GMT | 5.54pm GMT |
| 17:54 | 17:54 |
| Steinem apologizes | Steinem apologizes |
| Feminist writer Gloria Steinem has apologized for her remarks made this weekend about young women who support Bernie Sanders over Hillary Clinton. | Feminist writer Gloria Steinem has apologized for her remarks made this weekend about young women who support Bernie Sanders over Hillary Clinton. |
| On Sunday Steinem posted to her Facebook page that she “misspoke” and did not mean to imply “young women aren’t serious in their politics”. | On Sunday Steinem posted to her Facebook page that she “misspoke” and did not mean to imply “young women aren’t serious in their politics”. |
| In a case of talk-show Interruptus, I misspoke on the Bill Maher show recently, and apologize for what’s been misinterpreted as implying young women aren’t serious in their politics. | In a case of talk-show Interruptus, I misspoke on the Bill Maher show recently, and apologize for what’s been misinterpreted as implying young women aren’t serious in their politics. |
| What I had just said on the same show was the opposite: young women are active, mad as hell about what’s happening to them, graduating in debt, but averaging a million dollars less over their lifetimes to pay it back. Whether they gravitate to Bernie or Hillary, young women are activist and feminist in greater numbers than ever before. | What I had just said on the same show was the opposite: young women are active, mad as hell about what’s happening to them, graduating in debt, but averaging a million dollars less over their lifetimes to pay it back. Whether they gravitate to Bernie or Hillary, young women are activist and feminist in greater numbers than ever before. |
| On the Bill Maher show late on Friday night, Steinem said: “Women are more for [Clinton] than men are. Men tend to get more conservative because they gain power as they age, women get more radical because they lose power as they age. | On the Bill Maher show late on Friday night, Steinem said: “Women are more for [Clinton] than men are. Men tend to get more conservative because they gain power as they age, women get more radical because they lose power as they age. |
| “They’re going to get more activist as they grow older. And when you’re younger, you think: ‘Where are the boys? The boys are with Bernie.’” | “They’re going to get more activist as they grow older. And when you’re younger, you think: ‘Where are the boys? The boys are with Bernie.’” |
| More than 3,000 people signed a petition – entitled “Walk it back Ms Steinem – we aren’t here for the boys” – asking Steinem to apologize for the remark. | More than 3,000 people signed a petition – entitled “Walk it back Ms Steinem – we aren’t here for the boys” – asking Steinem to apologize for the remark. |
| Related: Gloria Steinem: women are supporting Bernie Sanders 'for the boys' | Related: Gloria Steinem: women are supporting Bernie Sanders 'for the boys' |
| Updated | Updated |
| at 6.26pm GMT | at 6.26pm GMT |