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| Supreme court nomination: leader says Senate won't consider Garland – live | Supreme court nomination: leader says Senate won't consider Garland – live |
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| 4.39pm GMT | |
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| Kasich puts debate plan on hold | |
| John Kasich aide John Weaver says the Ohio governor’s campaign will not be appearing at an event recently announced for next week unless Trump reverses his back-out. | |
| No debate in SLC Monday due to Trump backing out. No surprise Trump avoiding contrast. Utah: @JohnKasich headed your way Fri. | |
| If Trump changes his mind -- as Carson said there are 2 Trumps -- we will be there. Positive contrasts nicely with division. #Sybil | |
| 4.36pm GMT | |
| 16:36 | |
| Trump has released a video spot with a lot of creative editing to make it look like Russian president Vladimir Putin is laughing at Hillary Clinton barking like a dog after he does judo. | |
| 4.29pm GMT | |
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| A few Republican senators – New Hampshire’s Kelly Ayotte, Arizona’s Jeff Flake, Maines’ Susan Collins – say they are willing to meet with Garland. Ayotte’s in a re-election fight. | |
| The ranking Democrat on the judiciary committee calls on colleagues to “do your job” and give the nominee a hearing: | |
| I look forwarding to meeting with Chief Judge Garland soon and expect other senators will do the same #DoYourJob #SCOTUS | |
| Updated | |
| at 4.35pm GMT | |
| 4.22pm GMT | |
| 16:22 | |
| Now that the Garland news has settled a bit, let’s quick revisit a slice of the results from last night, in North Carolina, where Hillary Clinton came in 14 points ahead of Bernie Sanders. (In a race where margins matter, she won Ohio by a similar margin and Florida by blink-blink 31 points. Visit our county-by-county results page here.) | |
| It was a much better showing for Clinton than in the 2008 Democratic primary, which she lost to Barack Obama: | |
| Updated | |
| at 4.22pm GMT | |
| 4.18pm GMT | |
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| Trump foresees 'riots' in contested convention scenario | |
| Trump was asked in a telephone interview with CNN this morning about the possibility of a brokered national Republican convention if no one candidate hits 1,237 delegates. | |
| “If we’re 20 votes short or if we’re you know 100 votes, and we’re at 1,100 and somebody else is at 500 or 400, cause we’re way ahead – I don’t think you can say we don’t get it automatically, I think you’d have riots,” Trump said. | |
| “I’m representing a tremendous, many many millions of people... If you disenfranchise those people, I think you would have problems like you’ve never seen before. I think bad things would happen. I wouldn’t lead it – but I think bad things would happen.” | |
| Nice country you got there. Be a shame if something happened to it. | |
| 4.08pm GMT | |
| 16:08 | |
| Get to know Merrick Garland, in this official White House video: | |
| Meet Chief Judge Merrick Garland, the President's nominee to the Supreme Court. #SCOTUSnominee https://t.co/ACujysyyDJ | |
| 4.03pm GMT | 4.03pm GMT |
| 16:03 | 16:03 |
| Obama called McConnell today to discuss the Garland nomination and the pair spoke, NBC News reports. And apparently did not budge in their stances of total opposition on the Supreme Court nominee question. | Obama called McConnell today to discuss the Garland nomination and the pair spoke, NBC News reports. And apparently did not budge in their stances of total opposition on the Supreme Court nominee question. |
| 4.00pm GMT | 4.00pm GMT |
| 16:00 | 16:00 |
| Ryan 'will not accept a nomination' | Ryan 'will not accept a nomination' |
| Paul Ryan has just taken 50% of the fun out of talk of a brokered national Republican convention by saying through a spokesperson that he’s not into the idea of swooping in as a last-minute presidential nominee. | Paul Ryan has just taken 50% of the fun out of talk of a brokered national Republican convention by saying through a spokesperson that he’s not into the idea of swooping in as a last-minute presidential nominee. |
| “The speaker is grateful for the support, but he is not interested. He will not accept a nomination and believes our nominee should be someone who ran this year,” Ryan spokeswoman AshLee Strong said. | “The speaker is grateful for the support, but he is not interested. He will not accept a nomination and believes our nominee should be someone who ran this year,” Ryan spokeswoman AshLee Strong said. |
| 3.58pm GMT | 3.58pm GMT |
| 15:58 | 15:58 |
| Florida governor endorses Trump | Florida governor endorses Trump |
| Now here’s a profile in courage: Florida governor Rick Scott has endorsed Donald Trump for president, a day after Trump beat home-state senator Marco Rubio by 19 points. | Now here’s a profile in courage: Florida governor Rick Scott has endorsed Donald Trump for president, a day after Trump beat home-state senator Marco Rubio by 19 points. |
| “With his victories yesterday, I believe it is now time for Republicans to accept and respect the will of the voters and coalesce behind Donald Trump,” a Scott statement says. | “With his victories yesterday, I believe it is now time for Republicans to accept and respect the will of the voters and coalesce behind Donald Trump,” a Scott statement says. |
| “The voters are speaking clearly – they want a businessman outsider who will dramatically shake up the status quo in Washington.” | “The voters are speaking clearly – they want a businessman outsider who will dramatically shake up the status quo in Washington.” |
| 3.55pm GMT | 3.55pm GMT |
| 15:55 | 15:55 |
| Senator Pat Toomey, Republican of Pennsylvania, says he would be glad to consider the Garland nomination... next year: | Senator Pat Toomey, Republican of Pennsylvania, says he would be glad to consider the Garland nomination... next year: |
| Should Merrick Garland be nominated again by the next president, I would be happy to carefully consider his nomination... #SCOTUS | Should Merrick Garland be nominated again by the next president, I would be happy to carefully consider his nomination... #SCOTUS |
| 3.51pm GMT | 3.51pm GMT |
| 15:51 | 15:51 |
| McConnell: senate will not consider Garland nomination | McConnell: senate will not consider Garland nomination |
| McConnell says the senate will consider the qualifications of the nominee “the next president nominates, whoever that might be.” | McConnell says the senate will consider the qualifications of the nominee “the next president nominates, whoever that might be.” |
| He tells the White House to “give the people a voice” – meaning wait a year for a new president. | He tells the White House to “give the people a voice” – meaning wait a year for a new president. |
| Seems GOP want to allow voters to decide supreme court nomination but not their own presidential candidate | Seems GOP want to allow voters to decide supreme court nomination but not their own presidential candidate |
| Updated | Updated |
| at 4.01pm GMT | at 4.01pm GMT |
| 3.49pm GMT | 3.49pm GMT |
| 15:49 | 15:49 |
| McConnell: fight 'about a principle and not a person' | McConnell: fight 'about a principle and not a person' |
| McConnell is speaking. He’s quoting Joe Biden on the senate floor in 1992 arguing against nominating supreme court justices in the thick of a presidential race. McConnell repeatedly calls it “the Biden rule.” | McConnell is speaking. He’s quoting Joe Biden on the senate floor in 1992 arguing against nominating supreme court justices in the thick of a presidential race. McConnell repeatedly calls it “the Biden rule.” |
| “Instead of spending more time to debate an issue where we can’t agree,” let’s work on things we can agree on, McConnell says. Like jobs. | “Instead of spending more time to debate an issue where we can’t agree,” let’s work on things we can agree on, McConnell says. Like jobs. |
| Hatch is behind McConnell in the chamber. | Hatch is behind McConnell in the chamber. |
| Remember this? → The #BidenRule on a #SCOTUSnominee in an election year.https://t.co/CsC8JITmPu | Remember this? → The #BidenRule on a #SCOTUSnominee in an election year.https://t.co/CsC8JITmPu |
| “President Obama and his allies may try to pretend this fight is about a person,” McConnell says. “But.. it remains about a principle and not a person.” | “President Obama and his allies may try to pretend this fight is about a person,” McConnell says. “But.. it remains about a principle and not a person.” |
| McConnell accuses the White House of politicizing the process. He says what the president has done “would be unfair to any nominee” and warns of “the great costs this action could carry for our nation.” | McConnell accuses the White House of politicizing the process. He says what the president has done “would be unfair to any nominee” and warns of “the great costs this action could carry for our nation.” |
| 3.45pm GMT | 3.45pm GMT |
| 15:45 | 15:45 |
| The Republican National Committee has send a fundraiser email asking people to contribute to “fight back” against the Garland nomination. | The Republican National Committee has send a fundraiser email asking people to contribute to “fight back” against the Garland nomination. |
| “Obama wants to ram a Clinton-appointed judge, Merrick Garland, down the American people’s throats,” the email says. “But our Party has launched the Supreme Court Task Force to fight back as the left attacks us for defending the American people.” | “Obama wants to ram a Clinton-appointed judge, Merrick Garland, down the American people’s throats,” the email says. “But our Party has launched the Supreme Court Task Force to fight back as the left attacks us for defending the American people.” |
| Clinton nominated Garland to the DC circuit in the mid-1990s. He was confirmed by a senate vote of 76-23. | Clinton nominated Garland to the DC circuit in the mid-1990s. He was confirmed by a senate vote of 76-23. |
| 3.39pm GMT | 3.39pm GMT |
| 15:39 | 15:39 |
| It’s official: the White House announces a nomination sent to the Senate: | It’s official: the White House announces a nomination sent to the Senate: |
| 3.37pm GMT | 3.37pm GMT |
| 15:37 | 15:37 |
| Intermission. | Intermission. |
| One can dream. pic.twitter.com/hyxhcXryKW | One can dream. pic.twitter.com/hyxhcXryKW |
| 3.33pm GMT | 3.33pm GMT |
| 15:33 | 15:33 |
| Majority leader McConnell says he is headed to the Senate floor to deliver remarks on the Garland nomination. | Majority leader McConnell says he is headed to the Senate floor to deliver remarks on the Garland nomination. |
| NOW → heading to the #Senate floor to give my full remarks on the #SCOTUSnominee. https://t.co/iUCcnCFyoB | NOW → heading to the #Senate floor to give my full remarks on the #SCOTUSnominee. https://t.co/iUCcnCFyoB |
| 3.31pm GMT | 3.31pm GMT |
| 15:31 | 15:31 |
| Garland skims through prosecutions from gang prosecutions to the Oklahoma City case. “We promised that we could find the perpetrators, that we would bring them to justice and that we would do that in a way that would honor the Constitution.” | Garland skims through prosecutions from gang prosecutions to the Oklahoma City case. “We promised that we could find the perpetrators, that we would bring them to justice and that we would do that in a way that would honor the Constitution.” |
| “Trust in justice... is what in large part distinguishes this country from others,” Garland says. | “Trust in justice... is what in large part distinguishes this country from others,” Garland says. |
| He says judges must put aside personal views and preferences and “follow the law, not make it.” | He says judges must put aside personal views and preferences and “follow the law, not make it.” |
| “If the senate sees fit to confirm me... I promise to continue on that course.” | “If the senate sees fit to confirm me... I promise to continue on that course.” |
| He turns to the president and says he is “grateful beyond words” for the honor. | He turns to the president and says he is “grateful beyond words” for the honor. |
| The trio goes back inside. | The trio goes back inside. |
| Garland is heading to the hill tomorrow for meetings with lawmakers, Obama said. | Garland is heading to the hill tomorrow for meetings with lawmakers, Obama said. |