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| Amid Trump momentum, Jeb Bush to meet with rest of Republican field – live | Amid Trump momentum, Jeb Bush to meet with rest of Republican field – live |
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| 9.40pm GMT | |
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| Brady Campaign: Bernie Sanders' vote on crooked gun dealers "unforgivable" | |
| Scott Bixby | |
| One of the nation’s most influential gun-control advocacy organizations has come out strongly against Vermont senator Bernie Sanders’ presidential campaign, calling his vote in 2006 to keep law enforcement from shutting down gun dealers who operate illegally “unforgivable.” | |
| “This is one of the most dangerous and potentially deadly pieces of special interest legislation to ever come before Congress,” said Dan Gross, president of the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence, in a statement. | |
| “And where was Bernie Sanders when it came to a vote? Right where the corporate gun lobby wanted him. Sanders voted to effectively tie the hands of law enforcement and shield gun dealers who knowingly sold weapons illegally and irresponsibly. Most gun dealers operate on the up and up, but the few ‘bad apples’ who flood our nation’s streets with crime guns need to be stopped, not granted a license to kill.” | |
| The statement refers to H.R. 5092, a bill to soften punishments for firearm retailers and dealers that was introduced during Sanders’ final term in the House of Representatives before he became a US senator. The bill passed the House, but died in the senate. | |
| “The Brady Campaign is calling on senator Sanders to renounce his shameful vote for this dangerous bill during tonight’s Democratic debate,” Gross continued in the statements. “His vote to protect irresponsible gun dealers, his repeated votes for gun industry special legal protections, and his five votes against the Brady Bill further affirm that, for Americans who have had enough of gun violence, Bernie Sanders is on the wrong side of the issue.” | |
| 9.12pm GMT | 9.12pm GMT |
| 21:12 | 21:12 |
| The reigning Dalai Lama, leader of Tibetan Buddhists and winner of the Nobel peace prize, may have learned a few things from Pope Francis after the pontiff’s public feud with billionaire Republican frontrunner Donald Trump. | The reigning Dalai Lama, leader of Tibetan Buddhists and winner of the Nobel peace prize, may have learned a few things from Pope Francis after the pontiff’s public feud with billionaire Republican frontrunner Donald Trump. |
| Namely: Don’t do it. | Namely: Don’t do it. |
| WATCH: The Dalai Lama shares his views about Donald Trump with ABC's @danbharris: https://t.co/wRICuOGhtbhttps://t.co/PdlLzxBaLW | WATCH: The Dalai Lama shares his views about Donald Trump with ABC's @danbharris: https://t.co/wRICuOGhtbhttps://t.co/PdlLzxBaLW |
| “Oh, that’s your business!” the Dalai Lama told ABC News in an interview today, after he was asked “if you have any views on the presidential candidate in this country who is making the most noise, Donald Trump.” | “Oh, that’s your business!” the Dalai Lama told ABC News in an interview today, after he was asked “if you have any views on the presidential candidate in this country who is making the most noise, Donald Trump.” |
| “Firstly, I have no right or option to vote,” the Dalai Lama said, pointing out that he is only in the United States for a short visit. He did say that “sometimes I feel, oh, too much personal criticism” on the campaign trail. | “Firstly, I have no right or option to vote,” the Dalai Lama said, pointing out that he is only in the United States for a short visit. He did say that “sometimes I feel, oh, too much personal criticism” on the campaign trail. |
| “Serious discussion about policy matters, that’s useful,” the Dalai Lama said. “But sometimes, little bits of personal criticism in these things - that looks a little bit cheap. That’s my view.” | “Serious discussion about policy matters, that’s useful,” the Dalai Lama said. “But sometimes, little bits of personal criticism in these things - that looks a little bit cheap. That’s my view.” |
| “Silly!” he said of the state of the Republican primary shaking his head. | “Silly!” he said of the state of the Republican primary shaking his head. |
| 8.40pm GMT | 8.40pm GMT |
| 20:40 | 20:40 |
| Donald Trump is about to take his political roadshow to its biggest stage yet, report the Guardian’s Ben Jacobs and Zach Stafford: | Donald Trump is about to take his political roadshow to its biggest stage yet, report the Guardian’s Ben Jacobs and Zach Stafford: |
| On Friday, the Republican frontrunner will campaign in Chicago, the third largest city in the US. Since launching his campaign in June, Trump has filled arenas, stadiums, and airplane hangars across much of the country but has tended to stick to predominantly white and politically conservative areas. | On Friday, the Republican frontrunner will campaign in Chicago, the third largest city in the US. Since launching his campaign in June, Trump has filled arenas, stadiums, and airplane hangars across much of the country but has tended to stick to predominantly white and politically conservative areas. |
| But with his rally on the campus of the University of Illinois, Chicago, Trump will be campaigning in a city that is a Democratic stronghold and has a large minority population. | But with his rally on the campus of the University of Illinois, Chicago, Trump will be campaigning in a city that is a Democratic stronghold and has a large minority population. |
| Related: Trump has dominated in conservative, white America. Can he win in Chicago? | Related: Trump has dominated in conservative, white America. Can he win in Chicago? |
| 7.24pm GMT | 7.24pm GMT |
| 19:24 | 19:24 |
| A Rubio spokesman seeks to spike rumors that the Florida senator would ever consider leaving the race before Florida votes on Tuesday: | A Rubio spokesman seeks to spike rumors that the Florida senator would ever consider leaving the race before Florida votes on Tuesday: |
| I know for a fact this report is 100% false. Marco will be on debate stage tomorrow & 100% committed to winning FL https://t.co/OkovKzdyGG | I know for a fact this report is 100% false. Marco will be on debate stage tomorrow & 100% committed to winning FL https://t.co/OkovKzdyGG |
| 7.21pm GMT | 7.21pm GMT |
| 19:21 | 19:21 |
| Bush to meet with non-Trump bloc | Bush to meet with non-Trump bloc |
| Former Republican hopeful Jeb Bush will meet with Marco Rubio today and with Ted Cruz and John Kasich tomorrow ahead of Thursday night’s Republican debate in Miami, multiple organizations reported. | Former Republican hopeful Jeb Bush will meet with Marco Rubio today and with Ted Cruz and John Kasich tomorrow ahead of Thursday night’s Republican debate in Miami, multiple organizations reported. |
| Why? A Bush spokeswoman “wouldn’t say where or when the meetings will take place other than to confirm they will occur,” the Washington Post reported. | Why? A Bush spokeswoman “wouldn’t say where or when the meetings will take place other than to confirm they will occur,” the Washington Post reported. |
| Updated | Updated |
| at 7.36pm GMT | at 7.36pm GMT |
| 6.52pm GMT | 6.52pm GMT |
| 18:52 | 18:52 |
| Clinton is inspired by the women of Avalon Bakery in Detroit. | Clinton is inspired by the women of Avalon Bakery in Detroit. |
| But they’re not inspired back: | But they’re not inspired back: |
| Perils of social pic.twitter.com/YU4nLx3M4G | Perils of social pic.twitter.com/YU4nLx3M4G |
| Updated | Updated |
| at 6.55pm GMT | at 6.55pm GMT |
| 6.37pm GMT | 6.37pm GMT |
| 18:37 | 18:37 |
| Bloomberg’s Michael Bender explores Trump’s support base, starting with the scene last night at the Trump news conference at his Palm Beach golf course: | Bloomberg’s Michael Bender explores Trump’s support base, starting with the scene last night at the Trump news conference at his Palm Beach golf course: |
| As has become Trump’s habit in South Florida, he invited club members to the news conference, and seated them in the first few rows. For all the huge rallies and talk of angry outsiders, this small, expensively dressed group is Trump’s real base. There are CEOs, insurance brokers, health-care executives, former debutantes, trophy wives, and a woman in a short, sparkling silver dress (and thick bracelet to match) with an animal fur wrapped around her like a sash. | As has become Trump’s habit in South Florida, he invited club members to the news conference, and seated them in the first few rows. For all the huge rallies and talk of angry outsiders, this small, expensively dressed group is Trump’s real base. There are CEOs, insurance brokers, health-care executives, former debutantes, trophy wives, and a woman in a short, sparkling silver dress (and thick bracelet to match) with an animal fur wrapped around her like a sash. |
| Read the full piece here. | Read the full piece here. |
| For all the huge rallies & talk of angry outsiders, this small, expensively dressed group is Trump’s real base. https://t.co/5kbNNTcrMP | For all the huge rallies & talk of angry outsiders, this small, expensively dressed group is Trump’s real base. https://t.co/5kbNNTcrMP |
| Updated | Updated |
| at 6.42pm GMT | at 6.42pm GMT |
| 6.23pm GMT | 6.23pm GMT |
| 18:23 | 18:23 |
| Romney reads mean tweets on Kimmel | Romney reads mean tweets on Kimmel |
| The former nominee acquits himself fairly well, do you think? On Jimmy Kimmel Live which has the running series Celebrities Read Mean Tweets. | The former nominee acquits himself fairly well, do you think? On Jimmy Kimmel Live which has the running series Celebrities Read Mean Tweets. |
| 6.17pm GMT | 6.17pm GMT |
| 18:17 | 18:17 |
| 6.01pm GMT | 6.01pm GMT |
| 18:01 | 18:01 |
| From the comments / grab bag | From the comments / grab bag |
| What’s happening in the comments? We missed a lot of the action last night under the pressure of rapid results. So let’s dig in – | What’s happening in the comments? We missed a lot of the action last night under the pressure of rapid results. So let’s dig in – |
| The Fiorina endorsement | The Fiorina endorsement |
| Good for Fiorina. Time for Rubio and the rest of the low performers to drop out and get behind Cruz. | Good for Fiorina. Time for Rubio and the rest of the low performers to drop out and get behind Cruz. |
| >> Cruz:"Fiorina is a strong, principled leader " | >> Cruz:"Fiorina is a strong, principled leader " |
| Who is a proven liar - so she will fit right in at Camp Cruz. | Who is a proven liar - so she will fit right in at Camp Cruz. |
| Cruz calls for prosecuting Planned Parenthood on day one of a Cruz presidency, right after repealing every word of Obamacare, tearing up the Iran treaty and carpet bombing towns in Syria and Iraq. Shocking that the Planned Parenthood Liar would sign up with him. | Cruz calls for prosecuting Planned Parenthood on day one of a Cruz presidency, right after repealing every word of Obamacare, tearing up the Iran treaty and carpet bombing towns in Syria and Iraq. Shocking that the Planned Parenthood Liar would sign up with him. |
| Carly was the kiss of death of her own campaign - maybe she can be the kiss of death of his. Ted Cruz: America's dirty nuke. | Carly was the kiss of death of her own campaign - maybe she can be the kiss of death of his. Ted Cruz: America's dirty nuke. |
| A superdelegates sham? | A superdelegates sham? |
| The superdelegates thing is weird to me. Either you nominate your candidate on a convention, without popular vote, or you do the primary tour, and nominate on the popular vote. Bernie Sanders' surprise competition kind of gives off the idea that democratic primaries are "for show", unless the party itself is divided between candidates. It's like they're pretending to care about what the registered voters think. | The superdelegates thing is weird to me. Either you nominate your candidate on a convention, without popular vote, or you do the primary tour, and nominate on the popular vote. Bernie Sanders' surprise competition kind of gives off the idea that democratic primaries are "for show", unless the party itself is divided between candidates. It's like they're pretending to care about what the registered voters think. |
| The party writes the rules for awarding delegates, the order in which states vote, the number of bonus delegates a state may get, and the selection of superdelegates, who indeed are not beholden to the rank-and-file voters. And if that sounds to you like a rigged game – well, why would you think that? | The party writes the rules for awarding delegates, the order in which states vote, the number of bonus delegates a state may get, and the selection of superdelegates, who indeed are not beholden to the rank-and-file voters. And if that sounds to you like a rigged game – well, why would you think that? |
| Bernie versus Donald | Bernie versus Donald |
| It is only Bernie who is capable of taking the air out of Trump's balloon. If Hillary becomes the nominee, people, without any doubt, will hand over WH keys to Trump that's how much independents and moderate democrats hate Hillary. So, vote Bernie and save the WH. | It is only Bernie who is capable of taking the air out of Trump's balloon. If Hillary becomes the nominee, people, without any doubt, will hand over WH keys to Trump that's how much independents and moderate democrats hate Hillary. So, vote Bernie and save the WH. |
| R.I.P. ‘politics as usual’ | R.I.P. ‘politics as usual’ |
| Just want to say thank you for finally presenting the Democrat delegate counts in a way which makes clear the difference between pledged and super delegates. | Just want to say thank you for finally presenting the Democrat delegate counts in a way which makes clear the difference between pledged and super delegates. |
| Scores of commenters down here in the cheap seats have been howling about this for weeks, so, well done Guardian. | Scores of commenters down here in the cheap seats have been howling about this for weeks, so, well done Guardian. |
| Now. | Now. |
| The real story happening here, and I'll say this again and again—regardless of how the Democrat primary plays out ultimately—is that (to quote the early Guardian description of Sanders) an "unkempt socialist" independent Jewish candidate is running an extremely competitive presidential campaign financed 100% by the loose change in millions of Americans' pockets. | The real story happening here, and I'll say this again and again—regardless of how the Democrat primary plays out ultimately—is that (to quote the early Guardian description of Sanders) an "unkempt socialist" independent Jewish candidate is running an extremely competitive presidential campaign financed 100% by the loose change in millions of Americans' pockets. |
| This is unprecedented, and when considered in tandem with the Trump phenomenon on the other side of the political aisle, means that US politics has been turned on its head. | This is unprecedented, and when considered in tandem with the Trump phenomenon on the other side of the political aisle, means that US politics has been turned on its head. |
| We have no clue what the implications for "politics as usual" are in the US going forward, but certainly they will be profound. | We have no clue what the implications for "politics as usual" are in the US going forward, but certainly they will be profound. |
| THAT'S the real story, Guardian.It's the most consequential political story in any of our lifetimes, and to lose sight of that by sacrificing it on the altar of partiality for Hillary Clinton's candidacy is nothing less than journalistic malpractice. | THAT'S the real story, Guardian.It's the most consequential political story in any of our lifetimes, and to lose sight of that by sacrificing it on the altar of partiality for Hillary Clinton's candidacy is nothing less than journalistic malpractice. |
| 5.44pm GMT | 5.44pm GMT |
| 17:44 | 17:44 |
| The energetic Republican gaming-out of ways to block Donald Trump has included a scenario in which the party gets Marco Rubio and John Kasich to stay in after losing their home states in order to continue splitting the vote with Trump to deny him the 1,237 delegates. | The energetic Republican gaming-out of ways to block Donald Trump has included a scenario in which the party gets Marco Rubio and John Kasich to stay in after losing their home states in order to continue splitting the vote with Trump to deny him the 1,237 delegates. |
| (It that sounds a bit Rube Goldberg, consider that a variant plan has Kasich calling on his supporters to vote for Rubio in Ohio and Rubio returning the favor in Florida in an effort to build a cooperative coalition to beat Trump. Or consider the current reports of advisers urging Rubio to drop out before he even has a chance to get beaten – or win – in his home state.) | (It that sounds a bit Rube Goldberg, consider that a variant plan has Kasich calling on his supporters to vote for Rubio in Ohio and Rubio returning the favor in Florida in an effort to build a cooperative coalition to beat Trump. Or consider the current reports of advisers urging Rubio to drop out before he even has a chance to get beaten – or win – in his home state.) |
| That’s a long-winded way of introducing the general impression that if Rubio doesn’t win Florida next Tuesday, he’s toast: | That’s a long-winded way of introducing the general impression that if Rubio doesn’t win Florida next Tuesday, he’s toast: |
| Is Rubio finished if he doesn't win Florida? Sen. Jeff Flake (Rubio endorser): "Yes. I think everybody knows that." | Is Rubio finished if he doesn't win Florida? Sen. Jeff Flake (Rubio endorser): "Yes. I think everybody knows that." |
| 5.37pm GMT | 5.37pm GMT |
| 17:37 | 17:37 |
| Video – Carly Fiorina endorses Ted Cruz: ‘He doesn’t care about DC cocktail parties’ | Video – Carly Fiorina endorses Ted Cruz: ‘He doesn’t care about DC cocktail parties’ |