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| Trump and Clinton offset losses in Idaho and Utah with Arizona wins - campaign live | Trump and Clinton offset losses in Idaho and Utah with Arizona wins - campaign live |
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| Fodder for the Kremlinologists: Is it a bigger deal for Jeb Bush to endorse Ted Cruz for president – or for Ted Cruz to follow Jeb Bush on Twitter? How significant was this historic follow? | |
| Jeb Bush endorsed Ted Cruz this morning, so he just got a follow pic.twitter.com/PycFDvnDUc | |
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| Ryan to speak on 'state of American politics' | |
| Yesterday House speaker Paul Ryan announced that he wanted to share his thought on “the state of American politics.” His staff has said that he did not plan to make an endorsement in the presidential race and certainly did not plan to express any personal designs on the White House. | |
| You can watch video of the event below, when it starts (scheduled for 11am ET). What do you think he’ll say? That there’s too much incivility in American politics and while he understands frustration with Washington he fears that conservatives have strayed from core principles? | |
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| Cruz sidesteps question about call to 'patrol and secure Muslim neighborhoods' | |
| After Islamic State-linked attacks in Brussels Tuesday that killed dozens, Texas senator Ted Cruz cast suspicion on Muslim Americans. | |
| “We need to empower law enforcement to patrol and secure Muslim neighborhoods before they become radicalized,” Cruz said in a statement posted on Tuesday to Facebook, adding: “The days of the United States voluntarily surrendering to the enemy to show how progressive and enlightened we can be are at an end.” | |
| Challenged by ABC News Wednesday morning on how targeting Muslim communities was constitutional, Cruz sidestepped: | |
| What we should be targeting is radical Islamic terrorism. The political correctness of this administration, they refuse to acknowledge that we are facing a global jihad from radical Islamic terrorism. | |
| Here’s video: | |
| WATCH: On @GMA, @TedCruz defends his proposal to patrol Muslim neighborhoods https://t.co/a2C2gsRQm1 https://t.co/0hD9p8S4KO | |
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| Ted Cruz responded last night to Trump’s Twitter threat to “spill the beans” on his, Cruz’s, wife. | Ted Cruz responded last night to Trump’s Twitter threat to “spill the beans” on his, Cruz’s, wife. |
| Pic of your wife not from us. Donald, if you try to attack Heidi, you're more of a coward than I thought. #classless https://t.co/0QpKSnjgnE | Pic of your wife not from us. Donald, if you try to attack Heidi, you're more of a coward than I thought. #classless https://t.co/0QpKSnjgnE |
| Here’s some background for the wife-bashing that has broken out in the Republican race. | Here’s some background for the wife-bashing that has broken out in the Republican race. |
| On the eve of voting in Utah, an anti-Trump super PAC made a couple Facebook ads meant to persuade Mormon voters, among others, that Trump was the wrong candidate for them. The ads – cheapo photoshop stills, not video – attacked Trump on two fronts. One, he used to be pro choice, to believe his own words. Two, his wife, former Slovenian model Melania, once posed naked, to believe your own eyes. | On the eve of voting in Utah, an anti-Trump super PAC made a couple Facebook ads meant to persuade Mormon voters, among others, that Trump was the wrong candidate for them. The ads – cheapo photoshop stills, not video – attacked Trump on two fronts. One, he used to be pro choice, to believe his own words. Two, his wife, former Slovenian model Melania, once posed naked, to believe your own eyes. |
| The ad about Melania Trump features the naked picture. “Meet Melania Trump, your next first lady,” it reads. “Or, you could support Ted Cruz on Tuesday.” Prompting Trump to tweet his threat. | The ad about Melania Trump features the naked picture. “Meet Melania Trump, your next first lady,” it reads. “Or, you could support Ted Cruz on Tuesday.” Prompting Trump to tweet his threat. |
| The end? | The end? |
| This thing's in the gutter https://t.co/aofwGLnuBw | This thing's in the gutter https://t.co/aofwGLnuBw |
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| The John Kasich camp is not impressed with Jeb Bush’s endorsement of Ted Cruz: “If he were a kingmaker, he’d be the king.” | The John Kasich camp is not impressed with Jeb Bush’s endorsement of Ted Cruz: “If he were a kingmaker, he’d be the king.” |
| True. But what if both Jeb Bush and Lindsey Graham get behind a candidate? | True. But what if both Jeb Bush and Lindsey Graham get behind a candidate? |
| Reaction from @JohnKasich spox to latest Jeb Bush endorsement news? "If he were a king maker, he'd be the king." #shaaaaaaaaade 👀👀👀 | Reaction from @JohnKasich spox to latest Jeb Bush endorsement news? "If he were a king maker, he'd be the king." #shaaaaaaaaade 👀👀👀 |
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| Clinton and Trump win big in Arizona primaries – video | Clinton and Trump win big in Arizona primaries – video |
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| Hello, and welcome to our live-wire coverage of the 2016 race for the White House. | Hello, and welcome to our live-wire coverage of the 2016 race for the White House. |
| Mother-was-right presidential candidate Jeb Bush has endorsed Texas senator Ted Cruz for president, arguing that Cruz has the best chance of beating Democrats in the general election. | Mother-was-right presidential candidate Jeb Bush has endorsed Texas senator Ted Cruz for president, arguing that Cruz has the best chance of beating Democrats in the general election. |
| “To win, Republicans need to make this election about proposing solutions to the many challenges we face, and I believe that we should vote for Ted as he will do just that,” a Bush statement said. | “To win, Republicans need to make this election about proposing solutions to the many challenges we face, and I believe that we should vote for Ted as he will do just that,” a Bush statement said. |
| Republican voters must overcome “the divisiveness and vulgarity” that Donald Trump had brought into the political arena “or we will certainly lose our chance to defeat the Democratic nominee and reverse President Obama’s failed policies”, Bush said. | Republican voters must overcome “the divisiveness and vulgarity” that Donald Trump had brought into the political arena “or we will certainly lose our chance to defeat the Democratic nominee and reverse President Obama’s failed policies”, Bush said. |
| Divisiveness? Vulgarity? What is he talking about? | Divisiveness? Vulgarity? What is he talking about? |
| Lyin' Ted Cruz just used a picture of Melania from a G.Q. shoot in his ad. Be careful, Lyin' Ted, or I will spill the beans on your wife! | Lyin' Ted Cruz just used a picture of Melania from a G.Q. shoot in his ad. Be careful, Lyin' Ted, or I will spill the beans on your wife! |
| Related: Jeb Bush backs Ted Cruz for Republican nomination | Related: Jeb Bush backs Ted Cruz for Republican nomination |
| Trump, meanwhile, has moved closer to cinching the Republican nomination, notching a big 47%-25% win over Cruz last night in Arizona (Ohio governor John Kasich came in third with 10%). Cruz stayed in range by sweeping delegates in Utah with an authoritative 68%-17% victory over Kasich. Trump came third. | Trump, meanwhile, has moved closer to cinching the Republican nomination, notching a big 47%-25% win over Cruz last night in Arizona (Ohio governor John Kasich came in third with 10%). Cruz stayed in range by sweeping delegates in Utah with an authoritative 68%-17% victory over Kasich. Trump came third. |
| Here’s the state of the Republican delegate race: | Here’s the state of the Republican delegate race: |
| On the Democratic side, Bernie Sanders turned in two skyscraper wins – we’re talking 80% territory – in Utah and Idaho. As Sanders supporters are very tired of hearing, however, his wins did not propel him forward much in the delegates race, owing to a robust 58%-40% victory for Hillary Clinton in Arizona. | On the Democratic side, Bernie Sanders turned in two skyscraper wins – we’re talking 80% territory – in Utah and Idaho. As Sanders supporters are very tired of hearing, however, his wins did not propel him forward much in the delegates race, owing to a robust 58%-40% victory for Hillary Clinton in Arizona. |
| With last returns still arriving, he appeared to have posted a net gain of six delegates. Here’s the delegates race on the Democratic side: | With last returns still arriving, he appeared to have posted a net gain of six delegates. Here’s the delegates race on the Democratic side: |
| See full, county-by-county results from last night’s voting here: | See full, county-by-county results from last night’s voting here: |
| Related: Live election results: track the votes in Arizona, Idaho and Utah | Related: Live election results: track the votes in Arizona, Idaho and Utah |
| Related: Clinton and Trump win big in Arizona, but Sanders and Cruz keep pressure on | Related: Clinton and Trump win big in Arizona, but Sanders and Cruz keep pressure on |
| Does Trump just mean this? | Does Trump just mean this? |