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| High turnout as Trump leads Republicans and Sanders-Clinton battle continues – campaign live | High turnout as Trump leads Republicans and Sanders-Clinton battle continues – campaign live |
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| 10.24pm GMT | |
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| The reality TV star Caitlyn Jenner has offered to serve as America’s “trans ambassador” if Ted Cruz wins the presidency – leading many in the LGBT community to express horror at the prospect, reports Amber Jamieson. | |
| Jenner said: | |
| I like Ted Cruz. I think he’s very conservative and a great constitutionalist and a very articulate man. I haven’t endorsed him or anything like that. But I also think: he’s an evangelical Christian, and probably one of the worst ones when it comes to trans issues. | |
| Last year, the Texas senator called the federal government’s support for gender-neutral bathrooms for trans students “lunacy”. | |
| Jenner, of Keeping Up With the Kardashians fame and one of the most visible transgender women in the world, has often been criticized for her own lack of understanding of trans issues. | |
| Thanks to her money, fame and years of privilege as a successful white male athlete, her experience does not mirror that of most trans people. | |
| However, Jenner offered to be a “trans ambassador” for Cruz, with all the girls from her show I Am Cait – the second season of which begins on Sunday – sitting on a trans issues advisory board. | |
| You can read the whole piece here. | |
| 10.09pm GMT | |
| 22:09 | |
| In Washington DC, Ted Cruz has just won the CPAC straw poll. | |
| #BREAKING: Sen. @tedcruz wins the #CPAC straw poll! | |
| #CPAC2016 Straw Poll results:1- Cruz 40%2- Rubio 30%3- Trump 15%4- Kasich 8% | |
| 10.03pm GMT | |
| 22:03 | |
| Caucus sites are now closed in Kentucky | |
| Expect results in the Republican caucuses there fairly soon. | |
| Meanwhile, with 9 percent of votes counted, Ted Cruz is also leading in Maine, with 48 percent to Trump’s 35. | |
| Maine’s governor, Paul LePage, recently endorsed Trump - was this a kiss of death for the New York developer, as other gubernatorial endorsements have proved so far this cycle? | |
| 9.53pm GMT | |
| 21:53 | |
| The Kansas Republican caucuses are still slowly drizzling results through. With 26.7 percent of votes in, Cruz is still in the lead, however - 48.5 percent to Trump’s 26.2 and Rubio’s 13.6, and John Kasich is in last with 10 percent. | |
| 9.41pm GMT | 9.41pm GMT |
| 21:41 | 21:41 |
| Matthew Teague | Matthew Teague |
| In Baton Rouge, Matt Teague writes, the Young family strolled toward Louisiana State University’s stadium, preparing to watch a baseball game… | In Baton Rouge, Matt Teague writes, the Young family strolled toward Louisiana State University’s stadium, preparing to watch a baseball game… |
| Abi Young is a freshman at LSU and her parents Louis and Angelle had driven in from New Orleans to visit. “So we voted early,” Louis said. He seemed slightly bashful, when asked how he cast his ballot. | Abi Young is a freshman at LSU and her parents Louis and Angelle had driven in from New Orleans to visit. “So we voted early,” Louis said. He seemed slightly bashful, when asked how he cast his ballot. |
| “I voted for Carly Fiorina,” he said. “I did. I figure at this point, what’s the difference?” | “I voted for Carly Fiorina,” he said. “I did. I figure at this point, what’s the difference?” |
| If the Donald Trump steamroller continues through the Louisiana primary, he said, this year’s general election may be the first time he will bypass the voting booth. | If the Donald Trump steamroller continues through the Louisiana primary, he said, this year’s general election may be the first time he will bypass the voting booth. |
| “I’ve never missed a vote, not once since I was old enough,” he said. “This may be the first time.” | “I’ve never missed a vote, not once since I was old enough,” he said. “This may be the first time.” |
| His daughter Abi, will be eligible for the first time. She said she would vote – probably. | His daughter Abi, will be eligible for the first time. She said she would vote – probably. |
| “I’m just like him,” she said of her father. | “I’m just like him,” she said of her father. |
| Louisiana is in a financial crisis, with funding cuts to education and healthcare. The cuts are so deep that some hospitals and universities are closing. Some people blame Governor Bobby Jindal – saying he was too distracted by presidential ambitions to pay attention to his home state – but Louis Young said the problems were broader than that. | Louisiana is in a financial crisis, with funding cuts to education and healthcare. The cuts are so deep that some hospitals and universities are closing. Some people blame Governor Bobby Jindal – saying he was too distracted by presidential ambitions to pay attention to his home state – but Louis Young said the problems were broader than that. |
| “We have a spending problem,” he said. “Our state budget is $28bn. In Ohio and Pennsylvania the budgets are $27bn to $29bn, and they have three times the population. So something fundamental is out of whack in this state.” | “We have a spending problem,” he said. “Our state budget is $28bn. In Ohio and Pennsylvania the budgets are $27bn to $29bn, and they have three times the population. So something fundamental is out of whack in this state.” |
| At LSU’s enclosure for the school mascot, Marie Claire Perrault and her four-year-old son looked through a fence for Mike the Tiger. | At LSU’s enclosure for the school mascot, Marie Claire Perrault and her four-year-old son looked through a fence for Mike the Tiger. |
| Perrault, an insurance claims adjuster, said she probably won’t bother to vote in the primary. | Perrault, an insurance claims adjuster, said she probably won’t bother to vote in the primary. |
| “I’m absolutely not for Trump,” she said. But his sweep seems inevitable. “I would have taken any of the three other Republicans.” | “I’m absolutely not for Trump,” she said. But his sweep seems inevitable. “I would have taken any of the three other Republicans.” |
| Perrault’s son spotted the state’s iconic tiger, and pointed: he lay in the shade, snoozing and completely indifferent. | Perrault’s son spotted the state’s iconic tiger, and pointed: he lay in the shade, snoozing and completely indifferent. |
| 9.30pm GMT | 9.30pm GMT |
| 21:30 | 21:30 |
| Trump is still speaking in Orlando. | Trump is still speaking in Orlando. |
| Trump frames stop Trump movement as elitist, anti-democratic telling crowd "they're doing it to you." | Trump frames stop Trump movement as elitist, anti-democratic telling crowd "they're doing it to you." |
| Trump just called some pundits "eggheads." Which is a really underused insult in general, if I'm being honest. | Trump just called some pundits "eggheads." Which is a really underused insult in general, if I'm being honest. |
| This, by the way, is not a great look: | This, by the way, is not a great look: |
| Donald Trump makes members of his Orlando crowd raise their right hands and swear to vote in the primary. pic.twitter.com/EVenRilJrV | Donald Trump makes members of his Orlando crowd raise their right hands and swear to vote in the primary. pic.twitter.com/EVenRilJrV |
| 9.27pm GMT | 9.27pm GMT |
| 21:27 | 21:27 |
| Some Republican leaders in Kentucky are worried about a low turnout for the state’s presidential caucuses on Saturday — perhaps because their home-state candidate no longer is in the race, the Associated Press reports. | Some Republican leaders in Kentucky are worried about a low turnout for the state’s presidential caucuses on Saturday — perhaps because their home-state candidate no longer is in the race, the Associated Press reports. |
| The caucuses were tailor-made — and paid for — by Rand Paul. They were created so Paul could run for president and re-election to the Senate without violating a state law that bans candidates from appearing on the ballot twice in one day. | The caucuses were tailor-made — and paid for — by Rand Paul. They were created so Paul could run for president and re-election to the Senate without violating a state law that bans candidates from appearing on the ballot twice in one day. |
| The senator is long gone from the presidential race, but he’s still on the hook to pay $250,000 plus other expenses for a contest among four people not named Paul. | The senator is long gone from the presidential race, but he’s still on the hook to pay $250,000 plus other expenses for a contest among four people not named Paul. |
| 9.12pm GMT | 9.12pm GMT |
| 21:12 | 21:12 |
| Vote-counting is beginning in Maine. If Ted Cruz can beat Trump here, it may spell trouble for the gold-plated reality TV star. | Vote-counting is beginning in Maine. If Ted Cruz can beat Trump here, it may spell trouble for the gold-plated reality TV star. |
| Meanwhile, back in Trumpland: | Meanwhile, back in Trumpland: |
| Trump rallies are truly something. Trump has instructed a man who bought bouquet of flowers for him to run and give it to woman who fainted. | Trump rallies are truly something. Trump has instructed a man who bought bouquet of flowers for him to run and give it to woman who fainted. |
| 9.07pm GMT | 9.07pm GMT |
| 21:07 | 21:07 |
| Caucusing finishes (mostly) in Kansas | Caucusing finishes (mostly) in Kansas |
| The first state to finish caucusing on Super Saturday has now done so - excepting some caucus sites with long lines, and others having to print more voter registration forms. | The first state to finish caucusing on Super Saturday has now done so - excepting some caucus sites with long lines, and others having to print more voter registration forms. |
| As we saw in Nevada, turnout is a tsunami compared with 2012. CNN is reporting that a Republican official says “almost every caucus site” ran out of ballots. 40 Republican delegates are at stake. | As we saw in Nevada, turnout is a tsunami compared with 2012. CNN is reporting that a Republican official says “almost every caucus site” ran out of ballots. 40 Republican delegates are at stake. |
| Republicans are reporting With 6.6 percent of caucus sites reporting, Ted Cruz has an impressive lead, with 49.4 percent of the vote. | Republicans are reporting With 6.6 percent of caucus sites reporting, Ted Cruz has an impressive lead, with 49.4 percent of the vote. |
| Update [correction]: the Democrats caucus later today. | Update [correction]: the Democrats caucus later today. |
| Updated | Updated |
| at 9.32pm GMT | at 9.32pm GMT |
| 8.52pm GMT | 8.52pm GMT |
| 20:52 | 20:52 |
| Back in Orlando, Trump is being near-continually interrupted by protesters: | Back in Orlando, Trump is being near-continually interrupted by protesters: |
| A protester with a fake penis attached to his baseball cap was just ejected from @realDonaldTrump's Orlando rally. That is all. | A protester with a fake penis attached to his baseball cap was just ejected from @realDonaldTrump's Orlando rally. That is all. |
| ""See, these are bad people," @realDonaldTrump says after what I believe is the 9th protester interruption | ""See, these are bad people," @realDonaldTrump says after what I believe is the 9th protester interruption |