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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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| 5.11pm GMT | |
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| Clinton: 'unaceptable' for senate not to consider Garland | |
| “It’s up to members of the Senate to meet their [responsibility], and perform the Constitutional duty they swore to undertake” by holding “a full and fair hearing” on the president’s Supreme Court pick “followed by a vote,” Hillary Clinton says in a statement. | |
| “That is what the American people deserve, it is what our Constitution demands, and with millions of people’s lives in the balance, anything less is entirely unacceptable.” | |
| Statement on President Obama's nomination of Judge Merrick Garland to the Supreme Court: pic.twitter.com/GTcLMLyS6I | |
| 5.05pm GMT | |
| 17:05 | |
| Republican debate canceled | |
| There used to be enough Republicans in the presidential race that one or two could rotate out of the debate schedule and you’d barely even notice. | |
| That was then. With both Trump and Kasich saying they would not attend a debate penciled in for this coming Monday in Salt Lake City, the debate has been canceled, AP reports: | |
| Karen Boe, a spokeswoman for the Salt Palace Convention Center, said they were informed Wednesday morning that the event was being scrapped. | |
| Cruz taunts Trump as “ducking Donald”: | |
| #DuckingDonald strikes again. Tell @realDonaldTrump to debate --> https://t.co/4VjAOsIyqj pic.twitter.com/CspRHDV8oF | |
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| at 5.06pm GMT | |
| 4.57pm GMT | |
| 16:57 | |
| Not only did Hillary Clinton outrun Bernie Sanders last night – she outran her 2008 performances in, it appears, all five states to vote. | |
| Not all precincts have reported in Illinois, but Clinton, who won the state, clearly did much better, mutatis mutandis, than in 2008, when she was running against home-state senator Barack Obama. Missouri is still too close to call, but again Clinton appears to be out-performing her previous primary run there, in terms of her share of what was admittedly a much different race. | |
| Here are the 2008-2016 comparisons for Ohio and Florida: | |
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| at 4.58pm GMT | |
| 4.39pm GMT | 4.39pm GMT |
| 16:39 | 16:39 |
| Kasich puts debate plan on hold | 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. | 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. | 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 | 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 | 4.36pm GMT |
| 16:36 | 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. | 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 | 4.29pm GMT |
| 16:29 | 16:29 |
| 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. | 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: | 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 | I look forwarding to meeting with Chief Judge Garland soon and expect other senators will do the same #DoYourJob #SCOTUS |
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| at 4.35pm GMT | at 4.35pm GMT |
| 4.22pm GMT | 4.22pm GMT |
| 16:22 | 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.) | 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: | It was a much better showing for Clinton than in the 2008 Democratic primary, which she lost to Barack Obama: |
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| at 4.22pm GMT | at 4.22pm GMT |
| 4.18pm GMT | 4.18pm GMT |
| 16:18 | 16:18 |
| Trump foresees 'riots' in contested convention scenario | 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. | 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. | “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.” | “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. | Nice country you got there. Be a shame if something happened to it. |
| 4.08pm GMT | 4.08pm GMT |
| 16:08 | 16:08 |
| Get to know Merrick Garland, in this official White House video: | 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 | 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. |