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| Rubio 'would pay to keep running that clip' despite New Hampshire debate disaster – campaign live | |
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| 3.48pm GMT | |
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| Clinton: we're getting offended by everything | |
| Hillary Clinton’s now on NBC’s Meet the Press. Host Chuck Todd asks about a comment made yesterday by former secretary of state Madeleine Albright in support of Clinton on Saturday, namely: “There’s a special place in hell for women who don’t help each other!” | |
| “Madeline has been saying this for many, many years,” Clinton says. “She believes it firmly, in part because she knows what a struggle it has been, and she understands the struggle is not over.” | |
| “I don’t want people to be offended,” Clinton says, but when asked whether she understands why someone might take offense she channels the spirit of anti-political correctness so familiar to Republicans. | |
| “Good grief we’re getting offended by everything these days!” she says. “People can’t say anything without offending somebody.” | |
| Clinton says people can take Albright’s “light hearted but very pointed remark” however they see fit. It doesn’t change her admiration for Albright: “She has a life experience that I respect.” | |
| Related: Albright: 'special place in hell' for women who don't support Clinton | |
| 3.30pm GMT | |
| 15:30 | |
| Jeb: I'd support Trump over Clinton | |
| John Ellis Bush, aka Jeb, is on Fox News Sunday with Chris Wallace, who’s just very awkwardly ushered John Kasich away after repeatedly telling the Ohio governor to leave. | |
| Bush talks about eminent domain and Donald Trump: “He tried to talk the property of a 75-year-old woman to tear it down,” Bush says, “to turn it into a parking lot for limousines for high rollers going to his failed casinos.” | |
| Wallace asks Rubio, who was Bush’s ally and some say protege back in their days together in Florida. Rubio “came across as kind of robotic “, Bush says. “He’s gifted but he’s never had the chance to actually make a tough decision.” | |
| Bush then tries to top Chris Christie’s boasts about dealing with hurricane Sandy, saying he’s faced “eight hurricanes and four tropical storms in 16 months”. | |
| He also brags about his conservative bona fides: “I’m going to support the Republican nominee, even if it’s Donald Trump, to show you how commit—” | |
| Wallace cuts in: “How crazy you are!” | |
| Bush finishes: “—mitted I am to the Republican party. … Hillary Clinton would be an unmitigated disaster for this country.” | |
| 3.15pm GMT | |
| 15:15 | |
| Rubio defends debate display | |
| Sabrina Siddiqui | |
| Marco Rubio has defended his performance in Saturday night’s Republican presidential debate, writes Sabrina Siddiqui from Londonderry, New Hampshire, one day after he was widely panned for coming off as scripted in a tense exchange with Chris Christie. | |
| In an interview with ABC’s This Week, the Florida senator was asked to explain why he repeated the same line – about Barack Obama intentionally weakening America – at least four times in the first hour of the debate, when pressed by Christie on his relative inexperience. | |
| Rubio, according to most observers, played directly into the New Jersey governor’s attack that he is rehearsed and incapable of straying from the same set of talking points. | |
| “Actually, I would pay them to keep running that clip, because that’s what I believe passionately,” Rubio said, reiterating once more his point about Obama deliberately harming the country. | |
| Host George Stephanopoulos interjected, telling Rubio he was “getting pounded” for repeating himself. | |
| Rubio pushed back, noting, as his aides did the night before, that his campaign raised more money online in the first hour of the debate than any previous event. | |
| “As far as that message, I hope they keep running it and I’m going to keep saying it because it’s true,” Rubio said. “It’s one of the reasons I’m running for president.” | |
| Obama was changing the country, he said, “in a way that is robbing us of everything that makes us special”. | |
| “I’m going to keep saying that, because not only is it the truth, it is at the core of our campaign.” | |
| Pressed by Stephanopoulos again on his repetition, as Christie taunted him for that very attribute, Rubio again doubled down: “It’s what I believe and it’s what I’m going to continue to say.” | |
| “This is the greatest country in the history of mankind because of a set of principles. Barack Obama wants us to abandon them.” | |
| Speaking a town hall in Londonderry, before a packed crowd at a high school cafeteria shortly after his ABC appearance, Rubio brought up the debate criticism himself. | |
| “People said, ‘Oh you said the same thing,’” he said. “I’m going to say it again.” | |
| “These things [Barack Obama’s] done to America are not accidents.” | |
| Related: Marco Rubio turns into 'Marcobot' in disastrous debate gaffe | Jonathan Freedland | |
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| at 3.31pm GMT | |
| 3.04pm GMT | 3.04pm GMT |
| 15:04 | 15:04 |
| Martin Pengelly | Martin Pengelly |
| Picture editor Sarah Gilbert has collected together some pictures of Donald Trump’s most enthusiastic supporters. As the example following shows, there isn’t much more to say… | Picture editor Sarah Gilbert has collected together some pictures of Donald Trump’s most enthusiastic supporters. As the example following shows, there isn’t much more to say… |
| The full gallery is here: | The full gallery is here: |
| Related: Donald Trump's most enthusiastic supporters – in pictures | Related: Donald Trump's most enthusiastic supporters – in pictures |
| 2.56pm GMT | 2.56pm GMT |
| 14:56 | 14:56 |
| “Do you think this is a Marco Rubio coronation? Or do you need someone who’s been tested? Tested by a Democratic legislature? Tested by hurricane Sandy. Tested by a hostile media in New York City?” | “Do you think this is a Marco Rubio coronation? Or do you need someone who’s been tested? Tested by a Democratic legislature? Tested by hurricane Sandy. Tested by a hostile media in New York City?” |
| That’s Christie, talking about sinister media folk like us. Not by name though. | That’s Christie, talking about sinister media folk like us. Not by name though. |
| Finally Tapper asks how the campaign has changed Christie. He says it’s “taught me just how profound the problems are in our country.” | Finally Tapper asks how the campaign has changed Christie. He says it’s “taught me just how profound the problems are in our country.” |
| And taught me again just how to be a better listener … Whatever happens in this race, I’ve been content with the way I’ve done it.” | And taught me again just how to be a better listener … Whatever happens in this race, I’ve been content with the way I’ve done it.” |
| 2.53pm GMT | 2.53pm GMT |
| 14:53 | 14:53 |
| At long last we have our final CNN candidate: New Jersey governor Chris Christie, whose debate performance was “something to behold”, Tapper says. | At long last we have our final CNN candidate: New Jersey governor Chris Christie, whose debate performance was “something to behold”, Tapper says. |
| Christie’s sitting next to the host, who apparently ensconced candidates all over his New Hampshire studio this morning. | Christie’s sitting next to the host, who apparently ensconced candidates all over his New Hampshire studio this morning. |
| The governor says he hopes the debate shows he’s the best person to take on Hillary Clinton in a general election. | The governor says he hopes the debate shows he’s the best person to take on Hillary Clinton in a general election. |
| “I think the whole race changed last night, because there was a march especially among the chattering class, to anoint senator Rubio,” Christie says. “The race is so unsettled now. You can’t trust senator Rubio to be the nominee of this party.” | “I think the whole race changed last night, because there was a march especially among the chattering class, to anoint senator Rubio,” Christie says. “The race is so unsettled now. You can’t trust senator Rubio to be the nominee of this party.” |
| Updated | Updated |
| at 3.18pm GMT | |
| 2.50pm GMT | 2.50pm GMT |
| 14:50 | 14:50 |
| Kasich bats around some ideas for people to head up the IRS: “Bloomberg, somebody said Mitt Romney, who knows!” | Kasich bats around some ideas for people to head up the IRS: “Bloomberg, somebody said Mitt Romney, who knows!” |
| When he gets Tapper’s “how has the campaign changed you” question, Kasich describes a sort of Voters Anonymous experience at town halls. | When he gets Tapper’s “how has the campaign changed you” question, Kasich describes a sort of Voters Anonymous experience at town halls. |
| It’s forced me to slow down even more and listen to people. … They talk about excruciating stories of their kids, their own problems, they cry. They tell me sometimes in front of other people, sometimes privately. | It’s forced me to slow down even more and listen to people. … They talk about excruciating stories of their kids, their own problems, they cry. They tell me sometimes in front of other people, sometimes privately. |
| “No one listens to them. No one celebrates when they win and no one [cries] with them when they lose.” | “No one listens to them. No one celebrates when they win and no one [cries] with them when they lose.” |
| 2.49pm GMT | 2.49pm GMT |
| 14:49 | 14:49 |
| Martin Pengelly | Martin Pengelly |
| More from today’s Guardian 2016 output… | More from today’s Guardian 2016 output… |
| Lauren Gambino has written a lovely piece about Geno’s Chowder & Sandwich Shop in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, “an idyllic spot on the banks of the Piscataqua River” which is also the place where any Republican presidential candidate who is anyone – and Ross Perot – has pitched up over the years, the better to make their pitch to voters. | Lauren Gambino has written a lovely piece about Geno’s Chowder & Sandwich Shop in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, “an idyllic spot on the banks of the Piscataqua River” which is also the place where any Republican presidential candidate who is anyone – and Ross Perot – has pitched up over the years, the better to make their pitch to voters. |
| The accompanying video is here and is worth a minute-20 of your time: | The accompanying video is here and is worth a minute-20 of your time: |
| Lauren writes, meanwhile: | Lauren writes, meanwhile: |
| Barry Goldwater was the the first candidate to visit, Fernald said. Since then, the small-shingled building in liberal Portsmouth has hosted Ronald Reagan, Bob Dole and his wife Elizabeth Dole, Ron Paul, Newt Gingrich, Mitt Romney and Carly Fiorina, to name but a few. | Barry Goldwater was the the first candidate to visit, Fernald said. Since then, the small-shingled building in liberal Portsmouth has hosted Ronald Reagan, Bob Dole and his wife Elizabeth Dole, Ron Paul, Newt Gingrich, Mitt Romney and Carly Fiorina, to name but a few. |
| She was also present in October, when Jeb Bush – remember him – spoke at the shop. Memories, memories… | She was also present in October, when Jeb Bush – remember him – spoke at the shop. Memories, memories… |
| 2.47pm GMT | 2.47pm GMT |
| 14:47 | 14:47 |
| “In this business things go up, things go down, you gotta put your feet on the ground.” Kasich the rhymester. | “In this business things go up, things go down, you gotta put your feet on the ground.” Kasich the rhymester. |
| Tapper asks him about why he accepted a Medicaid expansion under Barack Obama’s landmark healthcare program. | Tapper asks him about why he accepted a Medicaid expansion under Barack Obama’s landmark healthcare program. |
| “Obamacare’s a bad program, it doesn’t control the driving cost of medicine,” he says. He adds: “Reagan expanded Medicaid five times.” | “Obamacare’s a bad program, it doesn’t control the driving cost of medicine,” he says. He adds: “Reagan expanded Medicaid five times.” |
| But Kasich says he’s got a whole plan for a new healthcare system, and that he’s “rejected Obamacare”. | But Kasich says he’s got a whole plan for a new healthcare system, and that he’s “rejected Obamacare”. |
| 2.45pm GMT | 2.45pm GMT |
| 14:45 | 14:45 |
| We’re at candidate number four on CNN. It’s Ohio governor John Kasich. He’s asked about whether Marco Rubio’s poor debate performance is good for his chances as “the establishment” candidate. | We’re at candidate number four on CNN. It’s Ohio governor John Kasich. He’s asked about whether Marco Rubio’s poor debate performance is good for his chances as “the establishment” candidate. |
| “I’m not the establishment,” Kasich says. “I make the establishment very nervous because I’m a change agent.” | “I’m not the establishment,” Kasich says. “I make the establishment very nervous because I’m a change agent.” |
| “We’ve got to reform welfare for the rich,” he goes on. “I’m reforming the Pentagon when we have a Republican president. | “We’ve got to reform welfare for the rich,” he goes on. “I’m reforming the Pentagon when we have a Republican president. |
| But he says he’s baffled by why some Republicans don’t consider him a conservative. (Might be that New York Times endorsement.) | But he says he’s baffled by why some Republicans don’t consider him a conservative. (Might be that New York Times endorsement.) |
| “I have had so many Democrats come up to me and say hey, we like you, we hope you’re the candidate,” Kasich says, though he says those voters admit they’re not going to vote for him. | “I have had so many Democrats come up to me and say hey, we like you, we hope you’re the candidate,” Kasich says, though he says those voters admit they’re not going to vote for him. |
| Whoever’s gonna like me, I consider that to be a good thing. But it shows my ability, perhaps, to reassemble that old Reagan coalition …It might send out a signal that it’s safe if you’re a Democrat and you’re a conservative, to look at a Republican. | Whoever’s gonna like me, I consider that to be a good thing. But it shows my ability, perhaps, to reassemble that old Reagan coalition …It might send out a signal that it’s safe if you’re a Democrat and you’re a conservative, to look at a Republican. |
| Updated | Updated |
| at 3.19pm GMT | |
| 2.42pm GMT | 2.42pm GMT |
| 14:42 | 14:42 |
| Tapper asks Clinton about whether some pundits are sexist in how they talk about her. She says that there’s no doubt a double standard still exists for women. | Tapper asks Clinton about whether some pundits are sexist in how they talk about her. She says that there’s no doubt a double standard still exists for women. |
| Then he asks the softball: has the campaign changed you? Clinton’s response: | Then he asks the softball: has the campaign changed you? Clinton’s response: |
| Having gone through this now twice, I think I am a different person than I was back in ‘08. I think the experience I had as secretary of state has given me a perspective and understanding of a lot of the issues and gives me the confidence to know I could do every part of the job. | Having gone through this now twice, I think I am a different person than I was back in ‘08. I think the experience I had as secretary of state has given me a perspective and understanding of a lot of the issues and gives me the confidence to know I could do every part of the job. |
| “Anger’s not a plan, and venting’s not a strategy, and we have work to do,” she continues. “We’ve got to make sure the economy works for everybody and not just those at the top.” | “Anger’s not a plan, and venting’s not a strategy, and we have work to do,” she continues. “We’ve got to make sure the economy works for everybody and not just those at the top.” |
| “We are the premier problem solvers of human history, and we have got to get back to that.” | “We are the premier problem solvers of human history, and we have got to get back to that.” |
| 2.40pm GMT | 2.40pm GMT |
| 14:40 | 14:40 |
| Clinton: Sanders is grabbing at straws | |
| Clinton is asked about the mailers sent out by Sanders’ campaign. The flyers have an excerpt from a book by senator Elizabeth Warren, and Sanders just said that that’s what Warren thinks, not him. | Clinton is asked about the mailers sent out by Sanders’ campaign. The flyers have an excerpt from a book by senator Elizabeth Warren, and Sanders just said that that’s what Warren thinks, not him. |
| “That’s their typical artistic smear,” Clinton says. “It’s really getting old. They can’t point to anything. They’re grabbing at straws.” | “That’s their typical artistic smear,” Clinton says. “It’s really getting old. They can’t point to anything. They’re grabbing at straws.” |
| She says she wants to set the record straight “once and for all”. | She says she wants to set the record straight “once and for all”. |
| When she got to the Senate in 2001, she says, “I was deluged, not as a senator, not as a first lady lobbying, working against this bill.” | When she got to the Senate in 2001, she says, “I was deluged, not as a senator, not as a first lady lobbying, working against this bill.” |
| “The version of the bill that was going to be voted on did not protect child support, did not protect women and children from what would happen to them if their partner, their spouse, went into bankruptcy. | “The version of the bill that was going to be voted on did not protect child support, did not protect women and children from what would happen to them if their partner, their spouse, went into bankruptcy. |
| That’s why she voted the way she did on the bill in question by Warren, Clinton says. She adds that she put out a statement back in 2001 that anyone can read. She turns to question Sanders’ | That’s why she voted the way she did on the bill in question by Warren, Clinton says. She adds that she put out a statement back in 2001 that anyone can read. She turns to question Sanders’ |
| “Why did he vote to deregulate swaps and derivatives, one of the key reasons for Lehmann Brothers” to collapse, she asks. | “Why did he vote to deregulate swaps and derivatives, one of the key reasons for Lehmann Brothers” to collapse, she asks. |
| “I don’t understand why he doesn’t join me,” she adds. “We have to look at the shadow banking industry.” | “I don’t understand why he doesn’t join me,” she adds. “We have to look at the shadow banking industry.” |
| Updated | Updated |
| at 3.18pm GMT | |
| 2.35pm GMT | 2.35pm GMT |
| 14:35 | 14:35 |
| Back in real time, Tapper introduces Hillary Clinton, who the camera suddenly reveals is sitting right next to the CNN host. | |
| They talk about Flint, Michigan, whose residents have been suffering with lead-tainted water for nearly two years. CNN is going to host a debate there, and Clinton is going to visit the city later today. | They talk about Flint, Michigan, whose residents have been suffering with lead-tainted water for nearly two years. CNN is going to host a debate there, and Clinton is going to visit the city later today. |
| Tapper gets to the campaign. Can Clinton win in New Hampshire, where Sanders has such a huge lead? | Tapper gets to the campaign. Can Clinton win in New Hampshire, where Sanders has such a huge lead? |
| I don’t know. I don’t know. I’m just going to work as hard as I can. I love the New Hampshire primary because the interaction you have with voters in every setting is so rewarding. | I don’t know. I don’t know. I’m just going to work as hard as I can. I love the New Hampshire primary because the interaction you have with voters in every setting is so rewarding. |
| Related: 'It's all just poison now': Flint reels as families struggle through water crisis | Related: 'It's all just poison now': Flint reels as families struggle through water crisis |
| Updated | |
| at 3.19pm GMT | |
| 2.33pm GMT | 2.33pm GMT |
| 14:33 | 14:33 |
| Finally Tapper asks Sanders the same thing he asked Trump: has the campaign changed you? | Finally Tapper asks Sanders the same thing he asked Trump: has the campaign changed you? |
| “It really has, in the sense that I perceive more than ever how far removed the Congress is,” Sanders says. “And you know I’m in the Senate, and the establishment media is, from where everybody else is.” | “It really has, in the sense that I perceive more than ever how far removed the Congress is,” Sanders says. “And you know I’m in the Senate, and the establishment media is, from where everybody else is.” |
| He recalls a campaign stop in Iowa, “a small town, a woman gets up and she’s trying to make it on $10,000 a year … she talks about the pain, the embarrassment of trying to make it on $10,000 a year.” | He recalls a campaign stop in Iowa, “a small town, a woman gets up and she’s trying to make it on $10,000 a year … she talks about the pain, the embarrassment of trying to make it on $10,000 a year.” |
| Then he remembers two elderly Iowans who came up to him at an event: “They’re saying we want to live long enough to come out and caucus for you. What do you think that does?” | Then he remembers two elderly Iowans who came up to him at an event: “They’re saying we want to live long enough to come out and caucus for you. What do you think that does?” |
| He says he was moved. | He says he was moved. |
| 2.31pm GMT | 2.31pm GMT |
| 14:31 | 14:31 |
| Sanders hits Clinton ally and 'Bernie bros' | |
| “I happen to like Hillary Clinton,” Sanders says, “but I am astounded by some of the people she is hiring, including David Brock.” | “I happen to like Hillary Clinton,” Sanders says, “but I am astounded by some of the people she is hiring, including David Brock.” |
| The senator’s talking about a man who once worked hard to bring the Clintons down and later converted to their cause, calling himself an “ex-conservative” and a former “rightwing hit man”. | The senator’s talking about a man who once worked hard to bring the Clintons down and later converted to their cause, calling himself an “ex-conservative” and a former “rightwing hit man”. |
| Brock “used to be a rightwing guy” who attacked “people like Anita Hill,” Sanders said, referring to the civil rights professor. “He admitted, he said I lied about it. This is the guy who Hillary Clinton is making the head of her Super Pac?” | Brock “used to be a rightwing guy” who attacked “people like Anita Hill,” Sanders said, referring to the civil rights professor. “He admitted, he said I lied about it. This is the guy who Hillary Clinton is making the head of her Super Pac?” |
| NB: campaigns are forbidden by law from cooperating with Super Pacs. In practice it’s murky. | NB: campaigns are forbidden by law from cooperating with Super Pacs. In practice it’s murky. |
| “I just don’t understand where the Clinton people are coming from hiring somebody like that,” Sanders says. “Every day they’re attacking us.” | “I just don’t understand where the Clinton people are coming from hiring somebody like that,” Sanders says. “Every day they’re attacking us.” |
| What about “Bernie bros”, Tapper asks Sanders. | What about “Bernie bros”, Tapper asks Sanders. |
| “We don’t want that crap,” the senator says without hesitation. “Anyone who’s supporting me and doing sexist things, we don’t want them. We don’t want them. That is not what this campaign is about.” | “We don’t want that crap,” the senator says without hesitation. “Anyone who’s supporting me and doing sexist things, we don’t want them. We don’t want them. That is not what this campaign is about.” |
| Updated | Updated |
| at 3.32pm GMT | |
| 2.31pm GMT | 2.31pm GMT |
| 14:31 | 14:31 |
| Martin Pengelly | Martin Pengelly |
| We’ve got, of course, a lot of 2016 reading for you today. The following is from Suzanne McGee, our personal finance columnist, who writes… | We’ve got, of course, a lot of 2016 reading for you today. The following is from Suzanne McGee, our personal finance columnist, who writes… |
| Congratulations, Lloyd Blankfein, on giving the presidential bid by Vermont senator Bernie Sanders a big boost! Oh, that wasn’t what you meant to do? Whoops … | Congratulations, Lloyd Blankfein, on giving the presidential bid by Vermont senator Bernie Sanders a big boost! Oh, that wasn’t what you meant to do? Whoops … |
| It’s not a bad intro, at the end of a week of back and forth over Hillary Clinton’s ties, or otherwise, to Wall Street. | It’s not a bad intro, at the end of a week of back and forth over Hillary Clinton’s ties, or otherwise, to Wall Street. |
| More from Suzanne: | More from Suzanne: |
| [The Goldman Sachs CEO], speaking to CNBC’s Squawk Box, didn’t endorse Clinton outright – that might have been the kiss of death. It’s just that any additional kind of linkage between Wall Street and Clinton could prove another nail in the coffin in the latter’s attempts to woo millennials at a critical moment in her campaign… | [The Goldman Sachs CEO], speaking to CNBC’s Squawk Box, didn’t endorse Clinton outright – that might have been the kiss of death. It’s just that any additional kind of linkage between Wall Street and Clinton could prove another nail in the coffin in the latter’s attempts to woo millennials at a critical moment in her campaign… |
| You can read Suzanne’s full analysis here: | You can read Suzanne’s full analysis here: |
| Related: Sanders' sway over millennials is more of a 'dangerous moment' for Clinton | Related: Sanders' sway over millennials is more of a 'dangerous moment' for Clinton |
| 2.27pm GMT | 2.27pm GMT |
| 14:27 | 14:27 |
| Sanders has no opinion at all about whether Clinton releases the transcripts of her speeches to Wall Street banks, including Goldman Sachs. | Sanders has no opinion at all about whether Clinton releases the transcripts of her speeches to Wall Street banks, including Goldman Sachs. |
| During the last Democratic debate a moderator asked her whether she would release the text of those speeches, many of which earned her hundreds of thousands of dollars after she left the State Department in 2012. | During the last Democratic debate a moderator asked her whether she would release the text of those speeches, many of which earned her hundreds of thousands of dollars after she left the State Department in 2012. |
| Asked about why his campaign sent out an excerpt of a book by senator Elizabeth Warren, who once accused Clinton of voting according to Wall Street’s influence, Sanders demurs. He says that’s what Warren thinks, and suggests that it’s up for voters to make up their minds about it. | Asked about why his campaign sent out an excerpt of a book by senator Elizabeth Warren, who once accused Clinton of voting according to Wall Street’s influence, Sanders demurs. He says that’s what Warren thinks, and suggests that it’s up for voters to make up their minds about it. |
| He adds that, “for the record”, there’ve been a lot more attacks on him than his campaign has made. During the last debate Clinton accused Sanders’ campaign of “innuendo” and an “artful smear” regarding her knotty history with Wall Street. | He adds that, “for the record”, there’ve been a lot more attacks on him than his campaign has made. During the last debate Clinton accused Sanders’ campaign of “innuendo” and an “artful smear” regarding her knotty history with Wall Street. |
| 2.23pm GMT | 2.23pm GMT |
| 14:23 | 14:23 |
| Moving on to Hillary Clinton’s ties to Wall Street, Sanders is quick to say that he’s only stated a fact about her contributions and is letting people – her campaign included – draw conclusions from there. | Moving on to Hillary Clinton’s ties to Wall Street, Sanders is quick to say that he’s only stated a fact about her contributions and is letting people – her campaign included – draw conclusions from there. |
| “What I said is that she has a Super Pac, and she recently, according to her [campaign filings] received $15m from Wall Street.” | “What I said is that she has a Super Pac, and she recently, according to her [campaign filings] received $15m from Wall Street.” |
| He talks about corruption and campaign finance, linking Republicans’ contributions from fossil fuel interests to their aversion to discussing climate change. | He talks about corruption and campaign finance, linking Republicans’ contributions from fossil fuel interests to their aversion to discussing climate change. |
| “I do not have a Super Pac, Jake. I do not want one, I do not want their money.” | “I do not have a Super Pac, Jake. I do not want one, I do not want their money.” |
| Why is it that we pay the highest prices in the world for prescription drugs … has 1300 lobbyists and contributes a lot in campaign contributions? | Why is it that we pay the highest prices in the world for prescription drugs … has 1300 lobbyists and contributes a lot in campaign contributions? |
| “Of course I do,” Tapper says. | “Of course I do,” Tapper says. |
| Sanders stumps a little. “Big money controls what goes on in Washington, every American understands that,” he says. “They just want to have fun and contribute that money? But that is different than saying this candidate took money and voted this way, that is not what I’m saying.” | Sanders stumps a little. “Big money controls what goes on in Washington, every American understands that,” he says. “They just want to have fun and contribute that money? But that is different than saying this candidate took money and voted this way, that is not what I’m saying.” |
| 2.21pm GMT | 2.21pm GMT |
| 14:21 | 14:21 |
| We’re on to Bernie Sanders, who met up with Tapper for an interview filmed Saturday. He asks the senator from Vermont about whether he ever thought Larry David and he had anything in common. | We’re on to Bernie Sanders, who met up with Tapper for an interview filmed Saturday. He asks the senator from Vermont about whether he ever thought Larry David and he had anything in common. |
| Sanders: “I admired him, I loved his television show, but no, I did not make the connection. … He plays me a little bit better than I play me.” | Sanders: “I admired him, I loved his television show, but no, I did not make the connection. … He plays me a little bit better than I play me.” |
| Tapper asks about Sanders’ 20-point lead in New Hampshire, per poll averages. | Tapper asks about Sanders’ 20-point lead in New Hampshire, per poll averages. |
| Sanders: “Don’t make me nervous, and don’t jinx me! … We’re working really hard.” | Sanders: “Don’t make me nervous, and don’t jinx me! … We’re working really hard.” |
| Updated | |
| at 3.19pm GMT | |
| 2.16pm GMT | 2.16pm GMT |
| 14:16 | 14:16 |
| Have you learned anything from the trail, Mr Trump? | Have you learned anything from the trail, Mr Trump? |
| I’ll tell you what I have learned, the people in this counrty are amazing, they’re great. … The people that are with me are with me. They’re with me through thick and thin. But the people of our country are great people. | I’ll tell you what I have learned, the people in this counrty are amazing, they’re great. … The people that are with me are with me. They’re with me through thick and thin. But the people of our country are great people. |
| He says he’s sad that products like those of Apple are made in China. “We’re gonna bring companies and we’re gonna bring jobs, like Apple, back here, and we’re gonna do it big league.” | He says he’s sad that products like those of Apple are made in China. “We’re gonna bring companies and we’re gonna bring jobs, like Apple, back here, and we’re gonna do it big league.” |
| 2.14pm GMT | 2.14pm GMT |
| 14:14 | 14:14 |
| Tapper: Are you surprised that your’e competing with Bernie Sanders for independent voters? | Tapper: Are you surprised that your’e competing with Bernie Sanders for independent voters? |
| Trump says he and Sanders agree on trade deals with Asia and Central and South America, which the billionaire says are terrible for the US. | Trump says he and Sanders agree on trade deals with Asia and Central and South America, which the billionaire says are terrible for the US. |
| The difference is I’m going to do something about it. I’m going to renegotiate those deals and make them good. And believe me they will be good. … Bernie won’t be able to do anything, it’s not his thing.” | The difference is I’m going to do something about it. I’m going to renegotiate those deals and make them good. And believe me they will be good. … Bernie won’t be able to do anything, it’s not his thing.” |
| Trump says he’s got the Midas touch. | Trump says he’s got the Midas touch. |
| “I’ll create absolute gold out of those deals, whereas right now we’re losing billions, even tens of billions,” he says. “I will create gold.” | “I’ll create absolute gold out of those deals, whereas right now we’re losing billions, even tens of billions,” he says. “I will create gold.” |
| 2.12pm GMT | 2.12pm GMT |
| 14:12 | 14:12 |
| “Hey, look, the theme is Make America Great Again,” Trump tells CNN. He talks about voters. | “Hey, look, the theme is Make America Great Again,” Trump tells CNN. He talks about voters. |
| “They want to see intelligence, they want to see good deals, not bad deals … We don’t win on trade, we don’t win on war, we don’t win on Isis … We’re going to start winning again.” | “They want to see intelligence, they want to see good deals, not bad deals … We don’t win on trade, we don’t win on war, we don’t win on Isis … We’re going to start winning again.” |
| Tapper asks about what kind of campaign operations Trump has – the ballyhooed “ground game” of phone calls, mailed papers, targeting the likeliest voters with data, etc. | Tapper asks about what kind of campaign operations Trump has – the ballyhooed “ground game” of phone calls, mailed papers, targeting the likeliest voters with data, etc. |
| “I didn’t know the term ground game too much” before Iowa, Trump says. “We had a ground game, maybe not the greatest ground game.” | “I didn’t know the term ground game too much” before Iowa, Trump says. “We had a ground game, maybe not the greatest ground game.” |
| He repeats: “My second place finish which again I say was first place.” | He repeats: “My second place finish which again I say was first place.” |
| 2.08pm GMT | 2.08pm GMT |
| 14:08 | 14:08 |
| Trump: 'beyond waterboarding' is fine | Trump: 'beyond waterboarding' is fine |
| Tapper asks about how Trump would bring back waterboarding when it’s been deemed illegal. Trump said he’d bring back the torture method and “worse” during the debate last night. | Tapper asks about how Trump would bring back waterboarding when it’s been deemed illegal. Trump said he’d bring back the torture method and “worse” during the debate last night. |
| Trump says that he’d get a law passed, no problem. He says what’s more important is that terrorists are “cutting off the heads of Christians”, so “beyond waterboarding is fine with me.” | Trump says that he’d get a law passed, no problem. He says what’s more important is that terrorists are “cutting off the heads of Christians”, so “beyond waterboarding is fine with me.” |
| Tapper: do you need to win New Hampshire after your loss in Iowa? | Tapper: do you need to win New Hampshire after your loss in Iowa? |
| “That wasn’t a loss, I came in second and I only came in second because Cruz took a lot of votes from Carson,” Trump says, alluding to calls made by Ted Cruz’s campaign that falsely told voters Ben Carson had dropped out of the race. Carson and Cruz are competing largely for the same bloc of very religious, largely evangelical voters. | “That wasn’t a loss, I came in second and I only came in second because Cruz took a lot of votes from Carson,” Trump says, alluding to calls made by Ted Cruz’s campaign that falsely told voters Ben Carson had dropped out of the race. Carson and Cruz are competing largely for the same bloc of very religious, largely evangelical voters. |
| “I came in second out of the original 17 candidates, I don’t consider that a loss,” Trump says. | “I came in second out of the original 17 candidates, I don’t consider that a loss,” Trump says. |
| Updated | Updated |
| at 3.10pm GMT | at 3.10pm GMT |
| 2.06pm GMT | 2.06pm GMT |
| 14:06 | 14:06 |
| First up this Sunday morning we’ve got Donald Trump on CNN’s State of the Union. Host Jake Tapper is extremely excited because he’s got five candidates on the show and no commercials. | First up this Sunday morning we’ve got Donald Trump on CNN’s State of the Union. Host Jake Tapper is extremely excited because he’s got five candidates on the show and no commercials. |
| Back to Trump. Tapper asks about Rubio’s performance. | Back to Trump. Tapper asks about Rubio’s performance. |
| ‘Well I don’t want to criticize anybody,” Trump says. “After four times that was a lot [of repetition], so that was a little bit, but, you know, I’m not one to comment on somebody else’s performance.” | ‘Well I don’t want to criticize anybody,” Trump says. “After four times that was a lot [of repetition], so that was a little bit, but, you know, I’m not one to comment on somebody else’s performance.” |
| Tapper says Trump seems mellow. | Tapper says Trump seems mellow. |
| “Well I dunno,” Trump says. “ I’m trying to be a nice person, I am a nice person. I’ve had good relationships with people.” | “Well I dunno,” Trump says. “ I’m trying to be a nice person, I am a nice person. I’ve had good relationships with people.” |
| Politics is an interesting thing. I’ve been doing this for seven months and I’m having a lot of fun doing it but much more importantly, you know, my theme is Make America Great Again,” | Politics is an interesting thing. I’ve been doing this for seven months and I’m having a lot of fun doing it but much more importantly, you know, my theme is Make America Great Again,” |
| Updated | |
| at 3.19pm GMT | |
| 1.37pm GMT | 1.37pm GMT |
| 13:37 | 13:37 |
| Good morning, and welcome to our live coverage of the final sprint for New Hampshire on the marathon race that is the 2016 campaign trail. | Good morning, and welcome to our live coverage of the final sprint for New Hampshire on the marathon race that is the 2016 campaign trail. |
| It’s the morning after the last debate before New Hampshirites vote, in this case yet another contest between Republicans. The evening had an ignominious start: broadcaster ABC muffed up its introductions of the candidates, and an unfortunate end for Marco Rubio, the senator from Florida who has been gathering the scattered voters of his rivals into the semblance of a conservative coalition. | It’s the morning after the last debate before New Hampshirites vote, in this case yet another contest between Republicans. The evening had an ignominious start: broadcaster ABC muffed up its introductions of the candidates, and an unfortunate end for Marco Rubio, the senator from Florida who has been gathering the scattered voters of his rivals into the semblance of a conservative coalition. |
| Related: Marco Rubio's broken record blunder costs him New Hampshire debate | Related: Marco Rubio's broken record blunder costs him New Hampshire debate |
| But Rubio recited scripted talking points over and over during the debate, and was ridiculed by Chris Christie and others for his “scripted” lines and lack of experience. Will voters see him as the robotic, “Republican Obama” that his enemies say he is? Or will they care that Donald Trump, the frontrunner in the state, promised to bring back things worse than waterboarding if elected to the White House? | But Rubio recited scripted talking points over and over during the debate, and was ridiculed by Chris Christie and others for his “scripted” lines and lack of experience. Will voters see him as the robotic, “Republican Obama” that his enemies say he is? Or will they care that Donald Trump, the frontrunner in the state, promised to bring back things worse than waterboarding if elected to the White House? |
| We’ll get the first hints of it today, with a team on the trail and a healthy dose of skepticism for the candidates who try to recover and/or capitalize on the morning talk shows. | We’ll get the first hints of it today, with a team on the trail and a healthy dose of skepticism for the candidates who try to recover and/or capitalize on the morning talk shows. |
| There’s Washington bureau chief Dan Roberts, national affairs correspondent Tom McCarthy, political reporters Sabrina Siddiqui and Ben Jacobs and official US 2016 election campaign selfie correspondent Adam Gabbatt. And more. | There’s Washington bureau chief Dan Roberts, national affairs correspondent Tom McCarthy, political reporters Sabrina Siddiqui and Ben Jacobs and official US 2016 election campaign selfie correspondent Adam Gabbatt. And more. |
| On the Democratic side of the ledger, Saturday night saw Bernie Sanders, the insurgent eating up the percentage points behind Hillary Clinton nationally – and leading handily in New Hampshire – appear on Saturday Night Live. He did so with the comedian many believe is either actually him, or his doppelgänger: Larry David. | On the Democratic side of the ledger, Saturday night saw Bernie Sanders, the insurgent eating up the percentage points behind Hillary Clinton nationally – and leading handily in New Hampshire – appear on Saturday Night Live. He did so with the comedian many believe is either actually him, or his doppelgänger: Larry David. |
| Guardian US live editor Paul Owen’s take on that epochal event is here, and video below. | Guardian US live editor Paul Owen’s take on that epochal event is here, and video below. |