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| Democratic debate live: Clinton and Sanders go head-to-head in Miami | |
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| 2.18am GMT | |
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| An aggressive question from Maria Elena Salinas: “Is Donald Trump a racist?” | |
| Hillary Clinton’s kicker: “You’re not gonna make America great by getting rid of everything that made it great.” | |
| 2.17am GMT | |
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| “I’m gonna give the same answer I’ve been giving for many months: It was not the best choice,” Hillary Clinton says, in response to an aggressive series of questions from Univision anchor Jorge Ramos about her use of a private email server while she served as secretary of state. | |
| “I did not send or receive any emails marked classified at the time. What you’re talking about is retroactive classification,” Clinton says. “They just said the same thing to former secretary Colin Powell.” | |
| “What we’ve got here is a case of overclassification - I’m not concerned about it.” | |
| Ramos asks if Clinton will drop out if she is indicted, which Clinton dismisses. | |
| “That is not gonna happen - I am not even answering that question.” | |
| 2.12am GMT | |
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| The first question for Hillary Clinton: How did you fail so dramatically in Michigan? | |
| “I’m continuing to work hard for every single vote across our country,” Clinton says. “This is a marathon, and it’s a marathon that can only be carried out by the kind of inclusive campaign that I’m running.” | |
| “What went wrong in Michigan?” Maria Elena Salinas asks again. | |
| “It was a very close race - we’ve had some of those. I’ve won some, I’ve lost some,” Clinton says. | |
| 2.05am GMT | |
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| The young man singing the national anthem tonight is Sebastien De La Cruz, a mariachi singer who had a successful turn on America’s Got Talent, then endured a series of racist comments after performing the national anthem at an NBA finals game. | |
| 2.02am GMT | |
| 02:02 | |
| Democratic presidential debate in Miami begins | |
| Scott Bixby | |
| After an all-Spanish introductory reel that highlights the respective Democratic candidates’ positions on immigration, the cost of higher education and the social safety net, Univision anchors Maria Elena Salinas and Jorge Ramos and the Washington Post’s Karen Tumulty welcome former secretary of state Hillary Clinton and Vermont senator Bernie Sanders to the stage. | |
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| Fun fact: | |
| Jeb Bush announced his candidacy at Miami Dade Community College, as the Guardian’s Dan Roberts points out. | |
| Inside Clinton v Sanders debate arena. Last time I was here, Jeb Bush announced his candidacy. Hope it's not cursed. pic.twitter.com/NJGNCcWoKy | |
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| 1.52am GMT | |
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| Sabrina Siddiqui | |
| Marco Rubio today expressed regret over his decision to make personal attacks against rival Donald Trump, saying if given a chance he wouldn’t do it again. | |
| The Florida senator drew criticism in recent weeks for a series of lowbrow taunts, including over the size of Trump’s hands, his tan and even the Republican frontrunner’s face. During a town hall hosted by MSNBC, Rubio acknowledged he had gone too far. | |
| “That’s not something I’m entirely proud of. My kids were embarrassed by it,” he said. “If I had to do it again, I wouldn’t.” | |
| Rubio offered a similar response when asked about the episode in a separate forum with Megyn Kelly of Fox News. | |
| “I’m not telling you he didn’t deserve it, but that’s now who I am,” Rubio said. | |
| The mockery was indeed uncharacteristic of the senator, who for much of his presidential campaign sought to stay above the fray. But following his shift in tone toward Trump, Rubio told reporters he felt it was necessary to punch back at someone who spent most of his time bullying others. | |
| Rubio reiterated that point on Wednesday, telling MSNBC Trump was “basically offended everyone for a year ... a disabled journalist, a female journalist, every minority group imaginable, on a daily basis.” | |
| “I don’t want to be that,” Rubio said. “If that’s what it takes to become President of the United States, then I don’t want to be president.” | |
| He drew a distinction, however, in his criticism of Trump’s business record -- including the mogul’s now-defunct eponymous university. | |
| “I think that is legitimate, and the people need to know that what they are electing is not who he says he is,” Rubio said. | |
| The town hall, held in Miami, comes less than a week before Florida’s March 15 primary - a critical contest for Rubio that will likely determine the fate of his presidential ambitions. The senator is currently trailing Trump in the state and is facing calls to drop out of the race after increasingly disappointing results in primaries and caucuses held in the past two weeks. Rubio’s personal attacks against Trump has been regarded as a key turning point that may have contributed to, if not led to, his collapse. | |
| Rubio said his struggles in Florida have to do with the state’s reliance on national media, which has been dominated by Trump. | |
| “The national media has given Donald Trump ten times as much coverage as every other Republican candidate combined,” he said. | |
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| Fight Night in Miami: A preview of tonight's Democratic debate | Fight Night in Miami: A preview of tonight's Democratic debate |
| Scott Bixby | Scott Bixby |
| Former secretary of state Hillary Clinton and Vermont senator Bernie Sanders are meeting tonight for their fourth one-on-one debate, and their second in less than a week. Coming on the heels of an embarrassing defeat in Michigan for Clinton (and a correlative win for Sanders) and less than a week before major primaries in Ohio and Florida, tonight’s debate will feature a resurgent Sanders and a defensive Clinton - a dynamic we haven’t seen on the debate stage since after Clinton’s massive win in South Carolina. | Former secretary of state Hillary Clinton and Vermont senator Bernie Sanders are meeting tonight for their fourth one-on-one debate, and their second in less than a week. Coming on the heels of an embarrassing defeat in Michigan for Clinton (and a correlative win for Sanders) and less than a week before major primaries in Ohio and Florida, tonight’s debate will feature a resurgent Sanders and a defensive Clinton - a dynamic we haven’t seen on the debate stage since after Clinton’s massive win in South Carolina. |
| Before we get to the knock-down-drag-out, here’s a quick run-through of the whos, whats, wheres, whens and whys of tonight’s debate: | Before we get to the knock-down-drag-out, here’s a quick run-through of the whos, whats, wheres, whens and whys of tonight’s debate: |