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| Donald Trump takes stage for Illinois rally — campaign live | |
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| Some protesters interrupt the speech. They’re chanting something inaudible to the microphones and waving at least one banner that says “black lives matter.” | |
| “Get ‘em out! Send ‘em back to Bernie!” Trump shouts. “Get them out of here!” | |
| “You see where they place themselves, right in front of the cameras. You see that? That’s all they care about,” says the former reality TV host, who appeared on four cable TV shows this morning. “Disgusting.” | |
| “Get ‘em out! Now!” | |
| The crowd is chanting “USA!” for no particular reason. Trump goes with it: “USA! USA! I love it.” | |
| Now he’s talking about Christmas. He says it’s going to be back this December. The crowd cheers. Then it’s Ted Cruz: “a good debater but he’s a bad talker.” The crowd boos. | |
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| The billionaire broaches the protester incidents at his events. “Usually it’s staged, but they say something, they’re stopped. We have fun. We have fun.” | |
| “You know how many people have been injured at our shows? Nobody. Nobody,” he says, falsely. In the last week alone a reporter showed visible bruises (she accused Trump’s campaign manager), a protester was bloodied in St Louis, and two police officers were injured in Chicago. | |
| Trump allude to a protester who was assaulted, it’s not clear whom, saying “the person was violent.” | |
| “He had a voice like Pavarati, and when we hit back we’re the bad ones!” he says. “I don’t hear their voice, I only hear our people’s voice saying ‘there they are, there they are.’” | |
| Some of the protesters “are so mean, so loud, so vicious, they stop us from really our first amendment rights, right?” | |
| But he praises “our people [who] started swinging back”. His supporters would be reviled if they protested a Democratic candidate, Trump says. “You go to one of these rallies, and you protest? Oh, you’re in trouble. They’ll lock you up for the rest of your life, they’ll give you the electric chair.” | |
| “We’re not provoking, we all want peace.” | |
| Then he questions whether Barack Obama wrote any of the books he’s authored. “They say he wrote the first book, who knows if it’s true.” | |
| The sentences only have tangential links to one another. It’s logorrhea. Millions of people. John Kasich is terrible. Bernie Sanders is fading. We’re very disenfranchised. One woman in Tennessee, 93-years-old, she never voted. Trade deals. The Democrats are down 35%, there’s no spirit. | |
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| Trump is holding a rally in Bloomington, Illinois – he steps off his private jet and waltzes over to the stage under a giant “Trump” umbrella done up like the American flag. | |
| “Do we love Illinois? We love Illinois.” He immediately starts talking about his “big, big building in Chicago”. | |
| Lots of “big” so far. “We have a big week coming up, we have a big century coming up.” | |
| He gets into the “terrible” deal with “terror nation” Iran. Then “your taxes are through the roof, your companies are leaving you. You’ve got nothing going!” | |
| “You guys are one of teh big factors. Ohio’s not doing well. Y’know Ohio likes to talk about how everything’s stabilized.” Trump says the state raised real estate taxes so high that people are “choking”. | |
| He’s talking about Ohio governor John Kasich, whom he faces off there on Tuesday’s election, and about trade deals supported by the governor. So far a pretty standard Trump speech: everything is very gloomy but we’re going to bring jobs back to America. | |
| 3.49pm GMT | 3.49pm GMT |
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| “At the end of the day, in any campaign, responsibility starts at the top,” Ted Cruz tells NBC’s Chuck Todd. The Texas senator appeared last on Meet the Press. | “At the end of the day, in any campaign, responsibility starts at the top,” Ted Cruz tells NBC’s Chuck Todd. The Texas senator appeared last on Meet the Press. |
| “It is not beneficial when you have a presidential candidate like Donald Trump telling his supporters, “punch that guy in the face,” Cruz says. | “It is not beneficial when you have a presidential candidate like Donald Trump telling his supporters, “punch that guy in the face,” Cruz says. |
| Todd: is Trump responsible for the tone of his rallies and Donald Trump alone? | Todd: is Trump responsible for the tone of his rallies and Donald Trump alone? |
| Cruz repeats his lines from earlier this morning: “Listen, the protesters have no right to engage in violence. They have no right to threaten violence. And these protesters, whether it’s Black Lives Matter or Bernie Sanders protesters, who are coming in just trying to shout down any speaker, that’s not free speech. The first amendment gives you a right to speak, but it doesn’t give you a right to silence others.” | Cruz repeats his lines from earlier this morning: “Listen, the protesters have no right to engage in violence. They have no right to threaten violence. And these protesters, whether it’s Black Lives Matter or Bernie Sanders protesters, who are coming in just trying to shout down any speaker, that’s not free speech. The first amendment gives you a right to speak, but it doesn’t give you a right to silence others.” |
| He says the protesters are acting “abusively and wrong” – but he sideswipes Trump again with the line that “responsibility starts at the top”. | He says the protesters are acting “abusively and wrong” – but he sideswipes Trump again with the line that “responsibility starts at the top”. |
| “And it is not beneficial when you have a presidential candidate like Donald Trump telling his supporters, ‘punch that guy in the face.’ We ought to have a president who brings us together, who doesn’t seek to divide us. We’ve seen a president dividing us for seven years. We don’t want to see that going forward.” | “And it is not beneficial when you have a presidential candidate like Donald Trump telling his supporters, ‘punch that guy in the face.’ We ought to have a president who brings us together, who doesn’t seek to divide us. We’ve seen a president dividing us for seven years. We don’t want to see that going forward.” |
| He then lumps Trump together with Barack Obama: “It’s very much the same. They’re both engaging in demagoguery.” | He then lumps Trump together with Barack Obama: “It’s very much the same. They’re both engaging in demagoguery.” |
| 3.33pm GMT | 3.33pm GMT |
| 15:33 | 15:33 |
| Lauren Gambino | Lauren Gambino |
| Hillary Clinton, absent from the talk-show circuit this Sunday, may have been glad to avoid the attention, writes my colleague Lauren Gambino after a week of following the Democratic frontrunner on the trail. | Hillary Clinton, absent from the talk-show circuit this Sunday, may have been glad to avoid the attention, writes my colleague Lauren Gambino after a week of following the Democratic frontrunner on the trail. |
| By Saturday night Hillary Clinton was ready for a Guinness. | By Saturday night Hillary Clinton was ready for a Guinness. |
| After greeting a throng of people at O’Donold’s Irish Pub and Grill in Youngstown, Ohio, on Saturday night, a bartender handed Clinton a pint of Guinness. | After greeting a throng of people at O’Donold’s Irish Pub and Grill in Youngstown, Ohio, on Saturday night, a bartender handed Clinton a pint of Guinness. |
| “Everyone, to Hillary Clinton! The next president of the United States,” a supporter shouted, raising her glass. Clinton smiled and raised her glass to what no doubt she hoped was a brighter end to a rough few days. | “Everyone, to Hillary Clinton! The next president of the United States,” a supporter shouted, raising her glass. Clinton smiled and raised her glass to what no doubt she hoped was a brighter end to a rough few days. |
| The 48-hours of misfires began on Friday, when Clinton lauded Nancy Reagan for starting “a national conversation” about the HIV/Aids epidemic, a virus that was killing thousands of gay men while the Reagans were in the White House. Clinton quickly issued a contrite statement that said she had misspoken, and followed her apology with a Medium post that reflected on the early LGBT activism around the virus – and the deadly silence that followed. | The 48-hours of misfires began on Friday, when Clinton lauded Nancy Reagan for starting “a national conversation” about the HIV/Aids epidemic, a virus that was killing thousands of gay men while the Reagans were in the White House. Clinton quickly issued a contrite statement that said she had misspoken, and followed her apology with a Medium post that reflected on the early LGBT activism around the virus – and the deadly silence that followed. |
| “To be clear, the Reagans did not start a national conversation about HIV and AIDS,” she wrote. “That distinction belongs to generations of brave lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people, along with straight allies, who started not just a conversation but a movement that continues to this day.” | “To be clear, the Reagans did not start a national conversation about HIV and AIDS,” she wrote. “That distinction belongs to generations of brave lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people, along with straight allies, who started not just a conversation but a movement that continues to this day.” |
| Still, the misstep gave her opponent, Bernie Sanders, and his supporters new ammunition with just days to go before the a series of important primary contests. | Still, the misstep gave her opponent, Bernie Sanders, and his supporters new ammunition with just days to go before the a series of important primary contests. |
| “I just don’t know what she was talking about,” Sanders told CNN’s Jake Tapper on Sunday morning. “That was a tragic moment,” he said. “I’m glad she apologized.” | “I just don’t know what she was talking about,” Sanders told CNN’s Jake Tapper on Sunday morning. “That was a tragic moment,” he said. “I’m glad she apologized.” |
| Then again on Friday, violent clashes erupted at a Donald Trump rally in Chicago after the event was cancelled. In response to the unrest, Clinton issued a statement that invoked the Charleston killings, a statement that critics called patronizing and having missed the point. | Then again on Friday, violent clashes erupted at a Donald Trump rally in Chicago after the event was cancelled. In response to the unrest, Clinton issued a statement that invoked the Charleston killings, a statement that critics called patronizing and having missed the point. |
| Violence has no place in our politics. We should use our words and deeds to bring Americans together. pic.twitter.com/FofjognpIA | Violence has no place in our politics. We should use our words and deeds to bring Americans together. pic.twitter.com/FofjognpIA |
| The next morning, Clinton took tried again to address the Chicago rally. | The next morning, Clinton took tried again to address the Chicago rally. |
| “The ugly, divisive rhetoric we are hearing from Donald Trump and the encouragement of violence and aggression is wrong, and it’s dangerous,” Clinton told volunteers at a campaign stop at O’Fallon Park Recreation Complex in St Louis. | “The ugly, divisive rhetoric we are hearing from Donald Trump and the encouragement of violence and aggression is wrong, and it’s dangerous,” Clinton told volunteers at a campaign stop at O’Fallon Park Recreation Complex in St Louis. |
| “If you play with matches, you’re going to start a fire you can’t control. That’s not leadership. That’s political arson.” | “If you play with matches, you’re going to start a fire you can’t control. That’s not leadership. That’s political arson.” |
| Then, speaking at a rally in St Louis, on Saturday, Clinton tried to strike Sanders for his record on health care reform, suggesting he hasn’t always been such a robust proponent of a single-payer healthcare plan. | Then, speaking at a rally in St Louis, on Saturday, Clinton tried to strike Sanders for his record on health care reform, suggesting he hasn’t always been such a robust proponent of a single-payer healthcare plan. |
| “Where was he when I was trying to get health care in ’93 and ’94?” Clinton asked rhetorically at a rally in St Louis on Saturday afternoon. | “Where was he when I was trying to get health care in ’93 and ’94?” Clinton asked rhetorically at a rally in St Louis on Saturday afternoon. |
| “Literally, standing right behind her,” Mike Casca, a Sanders’s spokesman shot back, posting a photo from a speech Clinton gave in 1994, when she was first lady. | “Literally, standing right behind her,” Mike Casca, a Sanders’s spokesman shot back, posting a photo from a speech Clinton gave in 1994, when she was first lady. |
| literally standing right behind her. https://t.co/B2cvs4UNth https://t.co/oVA6WccMmZ pic.twitter.com/QeKLnBG337 | literally standing right behind her. https://t.co/B2cvs4UNth https://t.co/oVA6WccMmZ pic.twitter.com/QeKLnBG337 |
| At the bar later that evening, a reporter asked Clinton if that was the best Guiness she’d ever had. “It’s the best Guinness I’ve ever had,” she said. “A Youngstown Guinness!” | At the bar later that evening, a reporter asked Clinton if that was the best Guiness she’d ever had. “It’s the best Guinness I’ve ever had,” she said. “A Youngstown Guinness!” |
| “The best Guinness she’s ever had!” a man in the bar yelled. | “The best Guinness she’s ever had!” a man in the bar yelled. |
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| Donald Trump did several interviews this morning, but in none was he asked about a criminal complaint filed against his campaign manager, Corey Lewandowski, by a reporter who alleges that he assaulted her last week. | Donald Trump did several interviews this morning, but in none was he asked about a criminal complaint filed against his campaign manager, Corey Lewandowski, by a reporter who alleges that he assaulted her last week. |
| The reporter, Michelle Fields of the rightwing and pro-Trump site Breitbart, had visible bruises on her arms and at least one other journalist witness the incident, which happened at a Trump rally. The billionaire and Lewandowski have accused her of making it up. | The reporter, Michelle Fields of the rightwing and pro-Trump site Breitbart, had visible bruises on her arms and at least one other journalist witness the incident, which happened at a Trump rally. The billionaire and Lewandowski have accused her of making it up. |
| Fields’ employer has also quashed any reporting or commenting on the story, prompting Breitbart’s spokesperson, Kurt Bardella, to quit on Friday. He told CNN that night that his former bosses and Trump are simply lying. | Fields’ employer has also quashed any reporting or commenting on the story, prompting Breitbart’s spokesperson, Kurt Bardella, to quit on Friday. He told CNN that night that his former bosses and Trump are simply lying. |
| “They have been very supportive of the Trump campaign, and I think there is a desire to want to believe the Trump campaign,” he said. “I think when you’ve gone all-in so much for a candidate, when you have that kind of skin in the game, you don’t want to see that derailed.” | “They have been very supportive of the Trump campaign, and I think there is a desire to want to believe the Trump campaign,” he said. “I think when you’ve gone all-in so much for a candidate, when you have that kind of skin in the game, you don’t want to see that derailed.” |
| Buzzfeed also found that Breitbart’s editor-at-large volunteered to be a speechwriter for the billionaire’s campaign. | Buzzfeed also found that Breitbart’s editor-at-large volunteered to be a speechwriter for the billionaire’s campaign. |
| Related: Donald Trump accuses reporter in assault row of 'making the story up' | Related: Donald Trump accuses reporter in assault row of 'making the story up' |
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| at 3.22pm GMT | at 3.22pm GMT |
| 3.02pm GMT | 3.02pm GMT |
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| Odd! | Odd! |
| Gov.Kasich of Ohio just stated on a morning show that he doesn't watch politics or anything on television, he only watches the @GolfChannel | Gov.Kasich of Ohio just stated on a morning show that he doesn't watch politics or anything on television, he only watches the @GolfChannel |
| 2.56pm GMT | 2.56pm GMT |
| 14:56 | 14:56 |
| Martin Pengelly | Martin Pengelly |
| CBS has finally come round to Bernie Sanders, to ask him the questions he has been asked three or four times already this morning. He’s in St Louis. | CBS has finally come round to Bernie Sanders, to ask him the questions he has been asked three or four times already this morning. He’s in St Louis. |
| Would he tell his supporters to disrupt Trump rallies, as Trump claims? “No, not to disrupt rallies … that’s never what we do.” | Would he tell his supporters to disrupt Trump rallies, as Trump claims? “No, not to disrupt rallies … that’s never what we do.” |
| Sanders is another candidate looking pale, speaking through a throat ravaged by a thousand stump speeches and the recycled air of a thousand campaign flights. He doesn’t look as existentially haunted as Marco Rubio, though, as he gets down to one of his favourite things: discussing universal healthcare. He duly discusses it with a sort of grim enjoyment. | Sanders is another candidate looking pale, speaking through a throat ravaged by a thousand stump speeches and the recycled air of a thousand campaign flights. He doesn’t look as existentially haunted as Marco Rubio, though, as he gets down to one of his favourite things: discussing universal healthcare. He duly discusses it with a sort of grim enjoyment. |
| Asked about Hillary Clinton still taking more delegates than him all-round despite his winning big states such as Michigan, he goes for the candidate’s eternal response: “We have momentum.” | Asked about Hillary Clinton still taking more delegates than him all-round despite his winning big states such as Michigan, he goes for the candidate’s eternal response: “We have momentum.” |
| 2.49pm GMT | 2.49pm GMT |
| 14:49 | 14:49 |
| Martin Pengelly | Martin Pengelly |
| …and more Kasich, who tells CBS “when I show up I talk about how we can fix things” and “since I’ve been so positive it must be contagious because the last debate was great”. Ah, Sunny John, to borrow Sunny Jim Callaghan’s prime ministerial nickname. Crisis in poll numbers? What crisis? | …and more Kasich, who tells CBS “when I show up I talk about how we can fix things” and “since I’ve been so positive it must be contagious because the last debate was great”. Ah, Sunny John, to borrow Sunny Jim Callaghan’s prime ministerial nickname. Crisis in poll numbers? What crisis? |
| He says, if you wondered, he will win Ohio and become president, then “solve our most vexing problems using conservative principles”. | He says, if you wondered, he will win Ohio and become president, then “solve our most vexing problems using conservative principles”. |
| He also, basically, hedges on pledging to support the nominee whoever it is, if it’s Donald Trump. | He also, basically, hedges on pledging to support the nominee whoever it is, if it’s Donald Trump. |
| 2.46pm GMT | 2.46pm GMT |
| 14:46 | 14:46 |
| Trump: I'm just the messenger … for the internet | Trump: I'm just the messenger … for the internet |
| Todd asks Trump about his false accusation of terrorist links to a protester who rushed the stage at a recent rally. | Todd asks Trump about his false accusation of terrorist links to a protester who rushed the stage at a recent rally. |
| Trump pleads total ignorance: “What do I know? All I know is what’s on the internet.” | Trump pleads total ignorance: “What do I know? All I know is what’s on the internet.” |
| He says he saw a photo of the protester “dragging the American flag” and that made him very unhappy, but effectively blames the internet for the erroneous claim abotu the protester. | He says he saw a photo of the protester “dragging the American flag” and that made him very unhappy, but effectively blames the internet for the erroneous claim abotu the protester. |
| The reason there tension at my rallies is these people are sick and tired of what’s happening in our country.” He rambles about trade deals, about the terrorist group Isis, about the lack of wage increases, etc. | The reason there tension at my rallies is these people are sick and tired of what’s happening in our country.” He rambles about trade deals, about the terrorist group Isis, about the lack of wage increases, etc. |
| The billionaire claims that he hasn’t incited any anger at all. It was there when he found it. | The billionaire claims that he hasn’t incited any anger at all. It was there when he found it. |
| “The people are angry about that, they’re not angry about what I’m saying. I’m just the messenger,” he says. “I’m just expressing my opinion. What’ve I said that’s wrong?” | “The people are angry about that, they’re not angry about what I’m saying. I’m just the messenger,” he says. “I’m just expressing my opinion. What’ve I said that’s wrong?” |
| Todd does not rattle off any of the many claims that fact-checkers have found the candidate to have lied about or fudged the truth. Trump has a 70% “false” and “pants-on-fire” rating for telling the truth, according to the fact-checkers at Politifact. | Todd does not rattle off any of the many claims that fact-checkers have found the candidate to have lied about or fudged the truth. Trump has a 70% “false” and “pants-on-fire” rating for telling the truth, according to the fact-checkers at Politifact. |
| Updated | Updated |
| at 3.18pm GMT | at 3.18pm GMT |
| 2.44pm GMT | 2.44pm GMT |
| 14:44 | 14:44 |
| Martin Pengelly | Martin Pengelly |
| Sopan Deb, the CBS reporter arrested in Chicago on Friday, is now speaking… to CBS. | Sopan Deb, the CBS reporter arrested in Chicago on Friday, is now speaking… to CBS. |
| “There was total pandemonium,” he says, describing how he filmed a man with a bloodied head being arrested and also a scuffle that broke out. | “There was total pandemonium,” he says, describing how he filmed a man with a bloodied head being arrested and also a scuffle that broke out. |
| He adds: “Before I knew it a police officer… pulled me down by the hood of my hoodie… put a boot to my neck and cuffed me.” | He adds: “Before I knew it a police officer… pulled me down by the hood of my hoodie… put a boot to my neck and cuffed me.” |
| The police did not listen to his protestations, he says, describing an hour spent handcuffed in a van with other arrestees – including the man with the bloodied head – and his transfer to a station to be charged with resisting arrest. | The police did not listen to his protestations, he says, describing an hour spent handcuffed in a van with other arrestees – including the man with the bloodied head – and his transfer to a station to be charged with resisting arrest. |
| John Dickerson ends the brief segment: “Sopan is back on the trail with Donald Trump today.” | John Dickerson ends the brief segment: “Sopan is back on the trail with Donald Trump today.” |
| 2.40pm GMT | 2.40pm GMT |
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| Trump may pay assaulter's fees, fears tomatoes | Trump may pay assaulter's fees, fears tomatoes |
| Donald Trump returns to the airwaves on NBC’s Meet the Press. Does he take any responsibility for the “escalated tension”, as host Chuck Todd describes protests in Chicago? | Donald Trump returns to the airwaves on NBC’s Meet the Press. Does he take any responsibility for the “escalated tension”, as host Chuck Todd describes protests in Chicago? |
| Trump takes credit only for preventing injuries and clashes. He blames protesters, whom he says “weren’t really protesters, they were disrupters, like professionals … these were professionally made signs.” | Trump takes credit only for preventing injuries and clashes. He blames protesters, whom he says “weren’t really protesters, they were disrupters, like professionals … these were professionally made signs.” |
| Todd confronts Trump with the video of him calling for punches to protesters, and then a video of a supporter suckerpunching a protester. | Todd confronts Trump with the video of him calling for punches to protesters, and then a video of a supporter suckerpunching a protester. |
| Trump: “I don’t accept responsibility, I do not condone violence in any shape, and I will tell you from what I saw the young man stuck his finger in the air and the other man just sort of had it. But I don’t condone violence.” | Trump: “I don’t accept responsibility, I do not condone violence in any shape, and I will tell you from what I saw the young man stuck his finger in the air and the other man just sort of had it. But I don’t condone violence.” |
| He then defends his call to punch someone, saying “We had somebody who was punching, and vicious, and had gone crazy, I’m telling you they’re not protesters, they’re disrupters.” | He then defends his call to punch someone, saying “We had somebody who was punching, and vicious, and had gone crazy, I’m telling you they’re not protesters, they’re disrupters.” |
| Trump says he feared an injury by hurled tomato. “Now if you get hit in the face with a tomato, let me tell you, with somebody with a strong arm, at least, let me tell you, it can be very damaging. Not good.” | Trump says he feared an injury by hurled tomato. “Now if you get hit in the face with a tomato, let me tell you, with somebody with a strong arm, at least, let me tell you, it can be very damaging. Not good.” |
| The billionaire segues into blaming the media, saying “When they punch, it’s OK. when my people punch back because they have to out of self-defense, it’s terrible.” | The billionaire segues into blaming the media, saying “When they punch, it’s OK. when my people punch back because they have to out of self-defense, it’s terrible.” |
| He then waffles on whether he thinks that sucker-punched protester deserved to be hit, saying he wants to know what the man was doing before he was hit. “From what I heard there as a lot of taunting and a certain finger was put in the air, not nice, again I don’t condone [violence].” … | He then waffles on whether he thinks that sucker-punched protester deserved to be hit, saying he wants to know what the man was doing before he was hit. “From what I heard there as a lot of taunting and a certain finger was put in the air, not nice, again I don’t condone [violence].” … |
| So will you pay legal fees of the man who hit him, as you’ve promised? | So will you pay legal fees of the man who hit him, as you’ve promised? |
| Trump says he might: “I’ve actually instructed my people to look into it, yes.” | Trump says he might: “I’ve actually instructed my people to look into it, yes.” |
| Updated | Updated |
| at 3.37pm GMT | at 3.37pm GMT |
| 2.40pm GMT | 2.40pm GMT |
| 14:40 | 14:40 |
| Martin Pengelly | Martin Pengelly |
| Donald Trump now on CBS, a bit like Big Brother looming on all channels. | Donald Trump now on CBS, a bit like Big Brother looming on all channels. |
| He follows the same plan as he did on CNN and CBS: of course he does. He’s sitting in the same seat, asked the same opening question: do you condone violence? Only when two people have tomatoes and are willing to throw them, he says. | He follows the same plan as he did on CNN and CBS: of course he does. He’s sitting in the same seat, asked the same opening question: do you condone violence? Only when two people have tomatoes and are willing to throw them, he says. |
| The protester punched in North Carolina – disrupter, sorry – made a “terrible, terrible gesture” with his middle finger, says Trump, implying said disrupter thus deserved to be smashed in the face. And it’s also Bernie’s fault and it’s just not fair how the press treats him. These disrupters: they stop Trump speaking and that’s bad. But he tells the police not to hurt them. | The protester punched in North Carolina – disrupter, sorry – made a “terrible, terrible gesture” with his middle finger, says Trump, implying said disrupter thus deserved to be smashed in the face. And it’s also Bernie’s fault and it’s just not fair how the press treats him. These disrupters: they stop Trump speaking and that’s bad. But he tells the police not to hurt them. |
| Now we’re on to H1B visas. Why does Donald use them and other laws on tax and immigration to his advantage while preaching fairness in such matters? | Now we’re on to H1B visas. Why does Donald use them and other laws on tax and immigration to his advantage while preaching fairness in such matters? |
| “I’m not doing anything wrong, I don’t think those visas should be allowed but they are, they’re the law of the land. I’m a businessman.” | “I’m not doing anything wrong, I don’t think those visas should be allowed but they are, they’re the law of the land. I’m a businessman.” |
| He never went bankrupt either, he adds, unprompted. | He never went bankrupt either, he adds, unprompted. |
| If tragedy plus time equals comedy, what does absurdity plus time equal? Surreality? | If tragedy plus time equals comedy, what does absurdity plus time equal? Surreality? |
| 2.29pm GMT | 2.29pm GMT |
| 14:29 | 14:29 |
| Martin Pengelly | Martin Pengelly |
| John Kasich is next up on Fox. Chris Wallace challenges him about his underperformance in Michigan last week, a similar state to his own Ohio where he has to win on Tuesday. Kasich came third in Michigan. | John Kasich is next up on Fox. Chris Wallace challenges him about his underperformance in Michigan last week, a similar state to his own Ohio where he has to win on Tuesday. Kasich came third in Michigan. |
| Kasich, uncharacteristically testy, rejects this: he has momentum coming out of Michigan, he shared delegates with second-placed Ted Cruz, he’s going to win Ohio and “we’re rising in Illinois”. | Kasich, uncharacteristically testy, rejects this: he has momentum coming out of Michigan, he shared delegates with second-placed Ted Cruz, he’s going to win Ohio and “we’re rising in Illinois”. |
| “Just give us a chance,” he says, pleading for more media coverage. Wallace points out he is on Fox News Sunday today, and asks if Kasich fans in Florida should vote Rubio to stop Trump, as Rubio has said his fans in Ohio should vote for Kasich. | “Just give us a chance,” he says, pleading for more media coverage. Wallace points out he is on Fox News Sunday today, and asks if Kasich fans in Florida should vote Rubio to stop Trump, as Rubio has said his fans in Ohio should vote for Kasich. |
| “I’m not out to stop anybody, I’m out to get elected,” he says. “This is not a parlour game for me.” | “I’m not out to stop anybody, I’m out to get elected,” he says. “This is not a parlour game for me.” |
| It should be noted that there are not many Rubio fans in Ohio, and not many Kasich fans in Florida. | It should be noted that there are not many Rubio fans in Ohio, and not many Kasich fans in Florida. |
| He’s also asked about his stated support for free trade, not a popular position on the Republican trail at the moment, particularly in industrial states like his. | He’s also asked about his stated support for free trade, not a popular position on the Republican trail at the moment, particularly in industrial states like his. |
| “It’s not just free trade, it’s fair trade,” he says, arguing for free trade with the ability to make trade not free should America feel badly done by, aka: having one’s cake and eating it, as my mum will still bafflingly say. | “It’s not just free trade, it’s fair trade,” he says, arguing for free trade with the ability to make trade not free should America feel badly done by, aka: having one’s cake and eating it, as my mum will still bafflingly say. |
| 2.24pm GMT | 2.24pm GMT |
| 14:24 | 14:24 |
| Marco Rubio appears on This Week. He repeats his earlier remarks that there are “unbalanced people” out there who hear Donald Trump and are liable to do anything at his encouragement. | Marco Rubio appears on This Week. He repeats his earlier remarks that there are “unbalanced people” out there who hear Donald Trump and are liable to do anything at his encouragement. |
| “We’re going to have an ugly scene here, we’ve already had these ugly scenes.” | “We’re going to have an ugly scene here, we’ve already had these ugly scenes.” |
| He repeats his stump line that American politics now look “like the comments section of a blog”. | He repeats his stump line that American politics now look “like the comments section of a blog”. |
| Stephanopoulos asks whether standing up to violence is more important than standing by a pledge to support the Republican nominee. “Absolutely we have to stand up to it,” he says, but he still won’t out and reject the pledge. “I’ll be honest with you it’s getting harder every day.” | Stephanopoulos asks whether standing up to violence is more important than standing by a pledge to support the Republican nominee. “Absolutely we have to stand up to it,” he says, but he still won’t out and reject the pledge. “I’ll be honest with you it’s getting harder every day.” |
| “I do not want the conservative movement or the Republican party to be defined,” by what Donald Trump is saying, Rubio adds. He says that the billionaire is playing on people’s emotions and “asking them to give you power so you can go after another group of people.” | “I do not want the conservative movement or the Republican party to be defined,” by what Donald Trump is saying, Rubio adds. He says that the billionaire is playing on people’s emotions and “asking them to give you power so you can go after another group of people.” |
| “Real leadership is recognizing people are angry, recognizing that people are frustrated, and showing them a way forward.” | “Real leadership is recognizing people are angry, recognizing that people are frustrated, and showing them a way forward.” |
| The election has “turned into a real circus, and now it’s turned into something even worse,” he finishes. | The election has “turned into a real circus, and now it’s turned into something even worse,” he finishes. |
| Updated | Updated |
| at 2.54pm GMT | at 2.54pm GMT |
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| John Kasich is up on the ABC show next, and he tells host George Stephanopoulos that he won’t get “into the mud” with Donald Trump. Again he declines to go after Trump’s inflammatory rhetoric except in the broadest way. | John Kasich is up on the ABC show next, and he tells host George Stephanopoulos that he won’t get “into the mud” with Donald Trump. Again he declines to go after Trump’s inflammatory rhetoric except in the broadest way. |
| “It’s all silly rhetoric,” he says of the criticisms that have ricocheted around the party in the last week. | “It’s all silly rhetoric,” he says of the criticisms that have ricocheted around the party in the last week. |
| Stephanopoulos asks the Ohio governor about whether he has a real chance to win the Republican nomination even if he beats Trump. Kasich doesn’t have enough votes to appear on the ballot for Pennsylvania, for instance, an important state with 56 delegates at stake. | Stephanopoulos asks the Ohio governor about whether he has a real chance to win the Republican nomination even if he beats Trump. Kasich doesn’t have enough votes to appear on the ballot for Pennsylvania, for instance, an important state with 56 delegates at stake. |
| “That’s all a bunch of political gibberish too,” Kasich says, without denying that his name is not on the ballot there. “We’re fine in Pennsylvania, we’re fine, this’ll all be resolved here soon.” | “That’s all a bunch of political gibberish too,” Kasich says, without denying that his name is not on the ballot there. “We’re fine in Pennsylvania, we’re fine, this’ll all be resolved here soon.” |
| 2.20pm GMT | 2.20pm GMT |
| 14:20 | 14:20 |
| So will Ted Cruz support Donald Trump if he’s the nominee, as he’s said many times before? | So will Ted Cruz support Donald Trump if he’s the nominee, as he’s said many times before? |
| “Well, listen, I think if Donald Trump is the nominee I think it’s a disaster for Republicans,” Cruz dodges. “It makes it much, much, much more likely that Hillary Clinton is the president.” | “Well, listen, I think if Donald Trump is the nominee I think it’s a disaster for Republicans,” Cruz dodges. “It makes it much, much, much more likely that Hillary Clinton is the president.” |
| “The answer is not to cry in your beer about it, the answer is not what the Washington establishment is doing which is to try to come up with some magical plan to have a brokered convention.” | “The answer is not to cry in your beer about it, the answer is not what the Washington establishment is doing which is to try to come up with some magical plan to have a brokered convention.” |
| Stephanopoulos presses him – is he condoning Trump’s encouragement of violence, then? | Stephanopoulos presses him – is he condoning Trump’s encouragement of violence, then? |
| “I’m not condoning it,” Cruz says. “But my focus is on winning. Winning the nomination and then beating Hillary Clinton.” | “I’m not condoning it,” Cruz says. “But my focus is on winning. Winning the nomination and then beating Hillary Clinton.” |
| Then he throws a wrinkle in his line that the party should not try to broker the convention, saying there’s difference between a brokered contention and a contested one. | Then he throws a wrinkle in his line that the party should not try to broker the convention, saying there’s difference between a brokered contention and a contested one. |
| The former would be a “absolute disaster” of party leaders trying to engineer a candidate, he says, and would cause “a revolt”. That’s versus a contested convention, he says, which would allow “the delegates to decide”. | The former would be a “absolute disaster” of party leaders trying to engineer a candidate, he says, and would cause “a revolt”. That’s versus a contested convention, he says, which would allow “the delegates to decide”. |
| “If Donald and I both go into the convention and we both got a big chunk of delegates ,” he says, “then the delegates will decide, and that’s allowing democracy to operate.” | “If Donald and I both go into the convention and we both got a big chunk of delegates ,” he says, “then the delegates will decide, and that’s allowing democracy to operate.” |
| 2.18pm GMT | 2.18pm GMT |
| 14:18 | 14:18 |
| Martin Pengelly | Martin Pengelly |
| Wallace ends his Fox News Sunday chat with Trump by promising the candidate will like his final question. He didn’t like previous ones about his remarks on Muslims and Trump University. The question is: how do you feel about perhaps wrapping up this race on Tuesday? | Wallace ends his Fox News Sunday chat with Trump by promising the candidate will like his final question. He didn’t like previous ones about his remarks on Muslims and Trump University. The question is: how do you feel about perhaps wrapping up this race on Tuesday? |
| Trump does like it, but he doesn’t discuss it. He just reels off the same campaign points/buzzwords as before and then returns to his disavowal of any responsibility for violence at and around his events. | Trump does like it, but he doesn’t discuss it. He just reels off the same campaign points/buzzwords as before and then returns to his disavowal of any responsibility for violence at and around his events. |
| “We did a good job by postponing the other day in Chicago,” Trump says. “No injuries, Chris. No injuries.” | “We did a good job by postponing the other day in Chicago,” Trump says. “No injuries, Chris. No injuries.” |
| Wallace signs off: “Stay safe on the campaign trail, Mr Trump.” | Wallace signs off: “Stay safe on the campaign trail, Mr Trump.” |