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| Assault allegations fly as Carson plans to endorse Trump – as it happened | |
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| 12.56am GMT | 12.56am GMT |
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| Debate blog now live | Debate blog now live |
| Here’s an update: we have a new blog going to cover tonight’s Republican debate in Miami. Please join us over here. Thanks as always for reading and participating. | Here’s an update: we have a new blog going to cover tonight’s Republican debate in Miami. Please join us over here. Thanks as always for reading and participating. |
| 12.42am GMT | 12.42am GMT |
| 00:42 | 00:42 |
| Audio recording contradicts Trump denial of incident with reporter | Audio recording contradicts Trump denial of incident with reporter |
| Politico has published an audio recording of Breitbart reporter Michelle Fields and Washington Post reporter Ben Terris talking about Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski allegedly assaulting Fields. | Politico has published an audio recording of Breitbart reporter Michelle Fields and Washington Post reporter Ben Terris talking about Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski allegedly assaulting Fields. |
| The Trump campaign released a statement earlier today calling the report of the assault “completely false” and attacking Fields as an attention seeker. Lewandowski himself took to Twitter to call Fields an “attention seeker” and to say she once made a sexual harassment complaint but afterwards fell silent. | The Trump campaign released a statement earlier today calling the report of the assault “completely false” and attacking Fields as an attention seeker. Lewandowski himself took to Twitter to call Fields an “attention seeker” and to say she once made a sexual harassment complaint but afterwards fell silent. |
| He physically aggressed her, to believe the audio, photo of her bruises and witness – and then denied the incident ever happened and sought to assassinate her character: | He physically aggressed her, to believe the audio, photo of her bruises and witness – and then denied the incident ever happened and sought to assassinate her character: |
| Michelle Fields is an attention seeker who once claimed Allen West groped her but later went silent. https://t.co/J86Ej42eYx | Michelle Fields is an attention seeker who once claimed Allen West groped her but later went silent. https://t.co/J86Ej42eYx |
| We're Calling Bullshit On Michelle Fields - GotNews https://t.co/VKpMaSLnmm | We're Calling Bullshit On Michelle Fields - GotNews https://t.co/VKpMaSLnmm |
| 12.29am GMT | 12.29am GMT |
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| That was then: | That was then: |
| With Ben Carson wanting to hit his mother on head with a hammer, stab a friend and Pyramids built for grain storage - don't people get it? | With Ben Carson wanting to hit his mother on head with a hammer, stab a friend and Pyramids built for grain storage - don't people get it? |
| 12.22am GMT | 12.22am GMT |
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| The Guardian has confirmed that Ben Carson will endorse Donald Trump for president tomorrow. | The Guardian has confirmed that Ben Carson will endorse Donald Trump for president tomorrow. |
| Last November Trump said voters would be “stupid” to believe stories Carson told about his life in his memoir Gifted Hands and elsewhere. But that was then. | Last November Trump said voters would be “stupid” to believe stories Carson told about his life in his memoir Gifted Hands and elsewhere. But that was then. |
| Donald Trump: Surely the only man to be endorsed by both David Duke and Ben Carson. | Donald Trump: Surely the only man to be endorsed by both David Duke and Ben Carson. |
| Updated | Updated |
| at 12.22am GMT | at 12.22am GMT |
| 12.06am GMT | 12.06am GMT |
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| Trump and Carson haven’t always been simpatico. In a November riff on Carson’s description of his childhood temper as “pathological,” Trump drew a child molester comparison: | Trump and Carson haven’t always been simpatico. In a November riff on Carson’s description of his childhood temper as “pathological,” Trump drew a child molester comparison: |
| Related: Donald Trump likens Ben Carson's 'pathological' temper to child molesting | Related: Donald Trump likens Ben Carson's 'pathological' temper to child molesting |
| Ben Carson should lend some coherence to Trump's policy prescriptions.https://t.co/oDumnIDmec | Ben Carson should lend some coherence to Trump's policy prescriptions.https://t.co/oDumnIDmec |
| Updated | Updated |
| at 12.30am GMT | at 12.30am GMT |
| 11.39pm GMT | 11.39pm GMT |
| 23:39 | 23:39 |
| Carson to endorse Trump – Washington Post | Carson to endorse Trump – Washington Post |
| Here’s the lede of the latest from Post reporter Robert Costa: | Here’s the lede of the latest from Post reporter Robert Costa: |
| MIAMI — Conservative favorite Ben Carson, who recently suspended his campaign for the Republican presidential nomination, plans to endorse Donald Trump on Friday morning, according to two people familiar with his thinking. | MIAMI — Conservative favorite Ben Carson, who recently suspended his campaign for the Republican presidential nomination, plans to endorse Donald Trump on Friday morning, according to two people familiar with his thinking. |
| Costa reports the endorsement will go down at Mar-a-Lago, Trump’s Palm Beach Shangri La. Go. | Costa reports the endorsement will go down at Mar-a-Lago, Trump’s Palm Beach Shangri La. Go. |
| Read the full piece here. | Read the full piece here. |
| 11.10pm GMT | 11.10pm GMT |
| 23:10 | 23:10 |
| Carson 'certainly leaning' toward Trump | Carson 'certainly leaning' toward Trump |
| Ben Carson told Fox News radio today that he is “certainly leaning” toward endorsing Donald Trump over Ted Cruz. | Ben Carson told Fox News radio today that he is “certainly leaning” toward endorsing Donald Trump over Ted Cruz. |
| Carson’s central concern appears to be maintaining party unity so that the Republican candidate beats the Democrat in November so that the next Supreme Court justice(s) is/are nominated by a Republican president. And Carson thinks having Trump at the top of the ticket could attract more Republican voters. | Carson’s central concern appears to be maintaining party unity so that the Republican candidate beats the Democrat in November so that the next Supreme Court justice(s) is/are nominated by a Republican president. And Carson thinks having Trump at the top of the ticket could attract more Republican voters. |
| Carson sounded that way last week at CPAC too https://t.co/C1ZToH8KsM | Carson sounded that way last week at CPAC too https://t.co/C1ZToH8KsM |
| Carson also explained his view of the two Donald Trumps: | Carson also explained his view of the two Donald Trumps: |
| You know there are two Donald Trumps. There’s the Donald Trump that you see on television and who gets out in front of big audiences, and there’s the Donald Trump behind the scenes. They’re not the same person. One’s very much an entertainer, and one is actually a thinking individual.” | You know there are two Donald Trumps. There’s the Donald Trump that you see on television and who gets out in front of big audiences, and there’s the Donald Trump behind the scenes. They’re not the same person. One’s very much an entertainer, and one is actually a thinking individual.” |
| Listen to the 10-minute interview with host John Gibson here. | Listen to the 10-minute interview with host John Gibson here. |
| On some level this makes sense, on another level Trump compared him to a child molester https://t.co/lJwesGyij2 | On some level this makes sense, on another level Trump compared him to a child molester https://t.co/lJwesGyij2 |
| Trump did Carson a solid by standing with him at a debate last month when Carson missed a cue: | Trump did Carson a solid by standing with him at a debate last month when Carson missed a cue: |
| Updated | Updated |
| at 11.12pm GMT | at 11.12pm GMT |
| 10.53pm GMT | 10.53pm GMT |
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| The White House is hosting Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau tonight for a state dinner. It’s the first state dinner for a Canadian leader hosted by the White House in 19 years. It’s just so far to come. | The White House is hosting Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau tonight for a state dinner. It’s the first state dinner for a Canadian leader hosted by the White House in 19 years. It’s just so far to come. |
| Here’s a look at tonight’s menu, “The Anticipation of Spring.” It’s about what you would expect, baked Halibut, salad, and whiskey-drizzled lamb. Which reminds us, it’s debate night! – and time to order pizza. Cheese pizza. We’re calling it “The Anticipation of the 12th Republican debate.” | Here’s a look at tonight’s menu, “The Anticipation of Spring.” It’s about what you would expect, baked Halibut, salad, and whiskey-drizzled lamb. Which reminds us, it’s debate night! – and time to order pizza. Cheese pizza. We’re calling it “The Anticipation of the 12th Republican debate.” |
| State dinner menu sounds pretty decent https://t.co/uURez6Xvxu pic.twitter.com/0AiLQBWW6V | State dinner menu sounds pretty decent https://t.co/uURez6Xvxu pic.twitter.com/0AiLQBWW6V |
| Updated | Updated |
| at 10.56pm GMT | at 10.56pm GMT |
| 10.36pm GMT | 10.36pm GMT |
| 22:36 | 22:36 |
| Let’s take a break from news of physical violence at Trump rallies for some lighter fare. | Let’s take a break from news of physical violence at Trump rallies for some lighter fare. |
| Here’s an entertainingly edited video of Bernie Sanders dismissing the notion that he might consider being Hillary Clinton’s vice presidential running mate. | Here’s an entertainingly edited video of Bernie Sanders dismissing the notion that he might consider being Hillary Clinton’s vice presidential running mate. |
| “Would she be interested in being my vice president?” | “Would she be interested in being my vice president?” |
| Can't stop watching this pic.twitter.com/UnETkgiXLk | Can't stop watching this pic.twitter.com/UnETkgiXLk |
| 10.17pm GMT | 10.17pm GMT |
| 22:17 | 22:17 |
| Recording documents Trump aide's alleged assault on reporter | Recording documents Trump aide's alleged assault on reporter |
| Politico has obtained an audio recording of the alleged assault by Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski on Breitbart reporter Michelle Fields. | Politico has obtained an audio recording of the alleged assault by Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski on Breitbart reporter Michelle Fields. |
| The recording, which Politico has transcribed but not posted, captures a conversation between Fields and Washington Post reporter Ben Terris before and after the incident. The conversation includes these lines: | The recording, which Politico has transcribed but not posted, captures a conversation between Fields and Washington Post reporter Ben Terris before and after the incident. The conversation includes these lines: |
| Terris: “You OK?” | Terris: “You OK?” |
| Fields: “Holy sh*t.” | Fields: “Holy sh*t.” |
| Terris: “Yea he just threw you down.” | Terris: “Yea he just threw you down.” |
| Fields: “I can’t believe he just did that that was so hard. Was that Corey?” | Fields: “I can’t believe he just did that that was so hard. Was that Corey?” |
| Terris: “Yeah, like, what threat were you?” | Terris: “Yeah, like, what threat were you?” |
| Fields: “That was insane. You should have felt how hard he grabbed me. That’s insane. I’ve never had anyone do that to me from a campaign.” | Fields: “That was insane. You should have felt how hard he grabbed me. That’s insane. I’ve never had anyone do that to me from a campaign.” |
| Terris: “Can I put that in my story?” | Terris: “Can I put that in my story?” |
| Fields: “Yeah, go for it — that was really awful. That’s so unprofessional.” | Fields: “Yeah, go for it — that was really awful. That’s so unprofessional.” |
| Terris: “He really just almost threw you down on the ground.” | Terris: “He really just almost threw you down on the ground.” |
| Read the full piece here. | Read the full piece here. |
| 10.13pm GMT | 10.13pm GMT |
| 22:13 | 22:13 |
| Trump supporter on protester he punched: next time 'we might have to kill him' | Trump supporter on protester he punched: next time 'we might have to kill him' |
| John McGraw, the Donald Trump supporter who sucker-punched an African American protester at a rally in North Carolina last night, told a reporter who interviewed him about the incident that he thought the protester, Rakeem Jones, might have been a member of Isis. | John McGraw, the Donald Trump supporter who sucker-punched an African American protester at a rally in North Carolina last night, told a reporter who interviewed him about the incident that he thought the protester, Rakeem Jones, might have been a member of Isis. |
| “The next time we see him, we might have to kill him,” McGraw told Inside Edition. “We don’t know who he is. He might be with a terrorist organization.” | “The next time we see him, we might have to kill him,” McGraw told Inside Edition. “We don’t know who he is. He might be with a terrorist organization.” |
| Shocking comments from the Trump supporter who punched a protestor in NC on Wednesday... https://t.co/C2E4foGDFA pic.twitter.com/faLMkbfJ05 | Shocking comments from the Trump supporter who punched a protestor in NC on Wednesday... https://t.co/C2E4foGDFA pic.twitter.com/faLMkbfJ05 |