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| South Carolina primary and Nevada caucus pit Trump v Cruz and Clinton v Sanders – live | South Carolina primary and Nevada caucus pit Trump v Cruz and Clinton v Sanders – live |
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| Two months into 2016 and the presidential campaigns have littered half-truths, sophistry, nonsense, trick phone calls, fake voter violations, lies, made-up numbers, poor photoshop skills and ads about the US that show entirely different countries. So why not throw in an urban legend of the first world war? Ben Jacobs investigates. | |
| In his final campaign rally before the South Carolina primary, Donald Trump repeated an urban legend about John Pershing, the commander of the American Expeditionary Forces in the first world war, committing war crimes while serving in the Philippines. Trump seemed to endorse these actions as well. | |
| Trump claimed that Pershing summarily executed “50 terrorists”. In the real estate mogul’s telling, “they were having terrorism problems just like we do. And he caught 50 terrorists who did tremendous damage and killed many people. And he took the 50 terrorists, and he took 50 men, and he dipped 50 bullets in pig’s blood.” | Trump claimed that Pershing summarily executed “50 terrorists”. In the real estate mogul’s telling, “they were having terrorism problems just like we do. And he caught 50 terrorists who did tremendous damage and killed many people. And he took the 50 terrorists, and he took 50 men, and he dipped 50 bullets in pig’s blood.” |
| According to Trump, Pershing then “had his men load his rifles and he lined up the 50 people, and they shot 49 of those people. And the 50th person he said: you go back to your people and you tell them what happened.” | According to Trump, Pershing then “had his men load his rifles and he lined up the 50 people, and they shot 49 of those people. And the 50th person he said: you go back to your people and you tell them what happened.” |
| The story seems to stem from Pershing’s stint commanding an American garrison in the Philippines where he helped put down a rebellion in the Muslim region of Mindanao from 1909-1913. | The story seems to stem from Pershing’s stint commanding an American garrison in the Philippines where he helped put down a rebellion in the Muslim region of Mindanao from 1909-1913. |
| Despite Trump’s pledge that “this is something you can read in the history books,” the story has been thoroughly debunked by the myth-busting website Snopes. Pershing’s tenure in Mindanao was marked by his comparative tolerance of Islam and his appointment of Muslims to serve under him as deputy district governors. The legend seems to derive from the long, sporadic war between the US army and pro-independence Filipinos, as well as a 1939 film starring Gary Cooper about that era. | Despite Trump’s pledge that “this is something you can read in the history books,” the story has been thoroughly debunked by the myth-busting website Snopes. Pershing’s tenure in Mindanao was marked by his comparative tolerance of Islam and his appointment of Muslims to serve under him as deputy district governors. The legend seems to derive from the long, sporadic war between the US army and pro-independence Filipinos, as well as a 1939 film starring Gary Cooper about that era. |
| Trump told attendees that the (false) story had a lesson: “we better start getting tough and we better start getting vigilant, and we better start using our heads or we’re not gonna have a country.” | Trump told attendees that the (false) story had a lesson: “we better start getting tough and we better start getting vigilant, and we better start using our heads or we’re not gonna have a country.” |
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| This week civil rights and took center stage in the Democratic race, with Bernie Sanders meeting prominent black Americans and Hillary Clinton winning the endorsement of yet other major figures of the civil rights movement. One of those figures, Georgia representative John Lewis, suggested last week that amid the 1960s struggle for equal rights, Bernie Sanders was not around. | This week civil rights and took center stage in the Democratic race, with Bernie Sanders meeting prominent black Americans and Hillary Clinton winning the endorsement of yet other major figures of the civil rights movement. One of those figures, Georgia representative John Lewis, suggested last week that amid the 1960s struggle for equal rights, Bernie Sanders was not around. |
| “I never saw him,” Lewis said at a press conference endorsement of Clinton. “I never met him.” | “I never saw him,” Lewis said at a press conference endorsement of Clinton. “I never met him.” |
| Lewis later downplayed his remarks, saying he did not mean “to disparage his activism”. A few days later, documentary maker Kartemquin Films uploaded footage that appears to show Sanders being arrested at race protests in Chicago in 1963. Mother Jones unearthed a Chicago Tribune story from 1964 that noted “Bernard Sanders, 21” among the people arrested and fined. | Lewis later downplayed his remarks, saying he did not mean “to disparage his activism”. A few days later, documentary maker Kartemquin Films uploaded footage that appears to show Sanders being arrested at race protests in Chicago in 1963. Mother Jones unearthed a Chicago Tribune story from 1964 that noted “Bernard Sanders, 21” among the people arrested and fined. |
| On Friday, according to the film-makers, the campaign confirmed that a Chicago Tribune photo of officers hauling off a man does in fact depict Sanders on the day of his arrest. | On Friday, according to the film-makers, the campaign confirmed that a Chicago Tribune photo of officers hauling off a man does in fact depict Sanders on the day of his arrest. |
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| The road to Donald Trump’s victory in New Hampshire – and predicted victory in South Carolina – was long and made possible by decades of growing inequality, simmering anger at career politicians, and, by novelist Adam Haslett’s estimation, the Georges Bush. | The road to Donald Trump’s victory in New Hampshire – and predicted victory in South Carolina – was long and made possible by decades of growing inequality, simmering anger at career politicians, and, by novelist Adam Haslett’s estimation, the Georges Bush. |
| The Bushes have long been aristocrats with knives in their pockets. In politics since the 1950s and in the White House for 16 of the last 28 years, this dynastic family embodies more than any other the transformation of the Republican party from a coalition of north-eastern social liberals and economic elites to one of southern, religious conservatives and free-market extremists. | The Bushes have long been aristocrats with knives in their pockets. In politics since the 1950s and in the White House for 16 of the last 28 years, this dynastic family embodies more than any other the transformation of the Republican party from a coalition of north-eastern social liberals and economic elites to one of southern, religious conservatives and free-market extremists. |
| Along this path came the willingness to employ – always at arm’s length – not only the kind of racially charged demagoguery that Trump brandishes openly, but the staging of false controversy for political gain that is the real estate executive’s modus operandi. | Along this path came the willingness to employ – always at arm’s length – not only the kind of racially charged demagoguery that Trump brandishes openly, but the staging of false controversy for political gain that is the real estate executive’s modus operandi. |
| It is not just the Republican party’s general extremism that has created such a vast public space for a demagogue to fill. The Bush family’s political behavior, in all its disdainful violence, prepared the way for Trump. The difference being that where the Bushes used henchmen, Trump is his own – and all the more effective for it. | It is not just the Republican party’s general extremism that has created such a vast public space for a demagogue to fill. The Bush family’s political behavior, in all its disdainful violence, prepared the way for Trump. The difference being that where the Bushes used henchmen, Trump is his own – and all the more effective for it. |
| You can read Haslett’s entire study on the tactics of the Bushes and their allies through the link below. | You can read Haslett’s entire study on the tactics of the Bushes and their allies through the link below. |
| Related: How the Bush dynasty's tactics birthed the President Trump nightmare | Related: How the Bush dynasty's tactics birthed the President Trump nightmare |
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| Interactive editor Nadja Popovich takes a look at whether history is any guide to the Nevada caucus, the South Carolina primary and the ultimate nominations for the Democratic and Republican parties. | Interactive editor Nadja Popovich takes a look at whether history is any guide to the Nevada caucus, the South Carolina primary and the ultimate nominations for the Democratic and Republican parties. |
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| South Carolina’s primary day gets off to a civil start. | South Carolina’s primary day gets off to a civil start. |
| Lying #Ted Cruz just (on election day) came out with a sneak and sleazy Robocall. He holds up the Bible but in fact is a true lowlife pol! | Lying #Ted Cruz just (on election day) came out with a sneak and sleazy Robocall. He holds up the Bible but in fact is a true lowlife pol! |
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| Hello and welcome to our live-wire coverage of the Nevada caucuses and South Carolina primary elections, the respective contests for Democrats and Republicans competing for their parties’ nominations for the White House. | Hello and welcome to our live-wire coverage of the Nevada caucuses and South Carolina primary elections, the respective contests for Democrats and Republicans competing for their parties’ nominations for the White House. |
| In Nevada it’s Bernie Sanders vs Hillary Clinton, and in South Carolina it’s Donald Trump vs a small battalion of Republicans: Ted Cruz, Marco Rubio, Jeb Bush, John Kasich and Ben Carson. | In Nevada it’s Bernie Sanders vs Hillary Clinton, and in South Carolina it’s Donald Trump vs a small battalion of Republicans: Ted Cruz, Marco Rubio, Jeb Bush, John Kasich and Ben Carson. |
| Caucusing kicks off in Nevada 11am local time, and the first results should arrive in the afternoon. (A handy refresher on caucuses, courtesy the Guardian’s video team, is available here.) Poll averages show Sanders and Clinton neck-and-neck in Nevada, 47% to 50.5% … though Nevada polls are notoriously unreliable. | Caucusing kicks off in Nevada 11am local time, and the first results should arrive in the afternoon. (A handy refresher on caucuses, courtesy the Guardian’s video team, is available here.) Poll averages show Sanders and Clinton neck-and-neck in Nevada, 47% to 50.5% … though Nevada polls are notoriously unreliable. |
| Voting in South Carolina will carry on until polls close at 7pm local time – with results landing in the hours afterward. Trump has a healthy lead of 33.9% , per state poll averages, followed by a rising Cruz (19.3%) and Rubio (15.9%). | Voting in South Carolina will carry on until polls close at 7pm local time – with results landing in the hours afterward. Trump has a healthy lead of 33.9% , per state poll averages, followed by a rising Cruz (19.3%) and Rubio (15.9%). |
| There’s no dearth of drama. Trump got into a fight with Pope Francis. Cruz got into a fight with Rubio about photoshopping and trickery. Bush got another Bush to emerge from hiding. Kasich got a hug. Cruz got threatened with a lawsuit by Trump, who also called for a boycott of Apple products, because “How do you like that? I just thought of that!” | There’s no dearth of drama. Trump got into a fight with Pope Francis. Cruz got into a fight with Rubio about photoshopping and trickery. Bush got another Bush to emerge from hiding. Kasich got a hug. Cruz got threatened with a lawsuit by Trump, who also called for a boycott of Apple products, because “How do you like that? I just thought of that!” |
| Nor is all quiet in Nevada. Sanders has drawn thousands to events in Las Vegas, and won a new cognomen from Hispanic voters: “el Viejito” (the little oldie). Clinton has refused to be outdone: before impressive audiences she has barked in imitation of a dog, won the endorsement of famed civil rights leaders and earned the admiration of a group calling itself “Hookers for Hillary”. | Nor is all quiet in Nevada. Sanders has drawn thousands to events in Las Vegas, and won a new cognomen from Hispanic voters: “el Viejito” (the little oldie). Clinton has refused to be outdone: before impressive audiences she has barked in imitation of a dog, won the endorsement of famed civil rights leaders and earned the admiration of a group calling itself “Hookers for Hillary”. |
| It’s round three of the 2016 primary race, then, and as usual a crack crew of Guardian reporters is on the ground. | It’s round three of the 2016 primary race, then, and as usual a crack crew of Guardian reporters is on the ground. |
| Adam Gabbatt is in South Carolina mingling with Republican voters; Ben Jacobs and Sabrina Siddiqui will be trailing the campaigns; and Scott Bixby will helm the live blog of late results from Columbia. Nicky Woolf will attend to the Nevada blog duties from the glimmer and grunge of Las Vegas, while Maria L La Ganga, Sam Levin, Paul Lewis and Chris McGreal chase Sanders and Clinton as they chase caucusers around the state. Guardian US columnist Richard Wolffe is in Sin City as well, while Jeb Lund and Megan Carpentier will keep an eye on the Donald doing what he does best: trying to win. | Adam Gabbatt is in South Carolina mingling with Republican voters; Ben Jacobs and Sabrina Siddiqui will be trailing the campaigns; and Scott Bixby will helm the live blog of late results from Columbia. Nicky Woolf will attend to the Nevada blog duties from the glimmer and grunge of Las Vegas, while Maria L La Ganga, Sam Levin, Paul Lewis and Chris McGreal chase Sanders and Clinton as they chase caucusers around the state. Guardian US columnist Richard Wolffe is in Sin City as well, while Jeb Lund and Megan Carpentier will keep an eye on the Donald doing what he does best: trying to win. |
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