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| Paul Ryan on 2016 campaign: 'It did not used to be this bad' - politics live | Paul Ryan on 2016 campaign: 'It did not used to be this bad' - politics live |
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| Ryan said “it did not use to be this way” and asserted it does not have to be this way. | Ryan said “it did not use to be this way” and asserted it does not have to be this way. |
| But is he a general without an army? Donald Trump has won 20 states. | But is he a general without an army? Donald Trump has won 20 states. |
| Paul Ryan is talking about a Republican party that simply does not exist today | Paul Ryan is talking about a Republican party that simply does not exist today |
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| Ryan is asked whose job it is to improve political discourse. | Ryan is asked whose job it is to improve political discourse. |
| “Sometimes today we see a politics that is degrading, a politics that goes to our base,” Ryan says. | “Sometimes today we see a politics that is degrading, a politics that goes to our base,” Ryan says. |
| Leaders, we need to raise our gaze, and raise our game, and talk about ideas, not prey upon people in their separate identities. [...] | Leaders, we need to raise our gaze, and raise our game, and talk about ideas, not prey upon people in their separate identities. [...] |
| People must accept that other people think differently, he says. “Every one of our jobs as citizens is to respect other people’s different opinions.. without impugning their motives.” | People must accept that other people think differently, he says. “Every one of our jobs as citizens is to respect other people’s different opinions.. without impugning their motives.” |
| Ryan says he’s not going to name names. But “we are slipping into being a divisive country. We are speaking to each other in echo chambers.” | Ryan says he’s not going to name names. But “we are slipping into being a divisive country. We are speaking to each other in echo chambers.” |
| Ryan: "If we are going to keep this beautiful American experiment going, we are going to need to unify as a country." | Ryan: "If we are going to keep this beautiful American experiment going, we are going to need to unify as a country." |
| Updated | Updated |
| at 3.35pm GMT | at 3.35pm GMT |
| 3.28pm GMT | 3.28pm GMT |
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| Politics can be a battle of ideas, not a battle of insults. It can be about solutions. It can be about making a difference. .. That’s what it can be, and that’s what it should be. | Politics can be a battle of ideas, not a battle of insults. It can be about solutions. It can be about making a difference. .. That’s what it can be, and that’s what it should be. |
| He’s done. Brief speech. A call for civility in politics. He’s going to take questions. | He’s done. Brief speech. A call for civility in politics. He’s going to take questions. |
| 3.26pm GMT | 3.26pm GMT |
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| Ryan: 'I was wrong' to divide Americans | Ryan: 'I was wrong' to divide Americans |
| Ryan moves into a sketch of contrasts between what the national politics is and what it could be. There’s an implicit criticism throughout of the avatars of national political nastiness. Whomever he means by that. | Ryan moves into a sketch of contrasts between what the national politics is and what it could be. There’s an implicit criticism throughout of the avatars of national political nastiness. Whomever he means by that. |
| “Instead of playing to your anxieties, we can appeal to your aspirations,” Ryan says. He says that playing identity politics is wrong. | “Instead of playing to your anxieties, we can appeal to your aspirations,” Ryan says. He says that playing identity politics is wrong. |
| “We don’t just resort to scaring you, we dare to inspire you,” in his ideal politics, Ryan says. “We don’t just oppose, we propose...We don’t just win your support, we win the argument, we win hearts and minds.” | “We don’t just resort to scaring you, we dare to inspire you,” in his ideal politics, Ryan says. “We don’t just oppose, we propose...We don’t just win your support, we win the argument, we win hearts and minds.” |
| Then Ryan gets personal, referring to a mistake he’s admitted before, in previously dividing Americans between makers and takers. | Then Ryan gets personal, referring to a mistake he’s admitted before, in previously dividing Americans between makers and takers. |
| “There was a time when I would talk about a difference between makers and takers in this country... I realized that I was wrong... most people don’t want to be dependent, and to label a whole group of Americans that way was wrong. I shouldn’t castigate a whole group of Americans just to make a point. | “There was a time when I would talk about a difference between makers and takers in this country... I realized that I was wrong... most people don’t want to be dependent, and to label a whole group of Americans that way was wrong. I shouldn’t castigate a whole group of Americans just to make a point. |
| “I say this not to be politically correct. I say this because I was wrong.” | “I say this not to be politically correct. I say this because I was wrong.” |
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| “The way we govern endures, through debate and not disorder,” Ryan says. He is paying tribute to the storied institutions of government and the rules that guide them. He says they make the country unique. | “The way we govern endures, through debate and not disorder,” Ryan says. He is paying tribute to the storied institutions of government and the rules that guide them. He says they make the country unique. |
| The in-room audience for the speech comprises Capitol Hill interns. So Ryan has shifted to an inspirational call to passion and ideas and vocations in government. | The in-room audience for the speech comprises Capitol Hill interns. So Ryan has shifted to an inspirational call to passion and ideas and vocations in government. |
| “That’s what politics can be. That’s what our country can be.... it sounds like a long way from where we are right now, doesn’t it?” | “That’s what politics can be. That’s what our country can be.... it sounds like a long way from where we are right now, doesn’t it?” |
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| We don’t have to accept it and we don’t have to enable it, Ryan says, of lowdown political discourse. | We don’t have to accept it and we don’t have to enable it, Ryan says, of lowdown political discourse. |
| He says he wants to talk about a brighter vision for the national politics. | He says he wants to talk about a brighter vision for the national politics. |
| 3.17pm GMT | 3.17pm GMT |
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| Ryan: 'it did not use to be this bad' | Ryan: 'it did not use to be this bad' |
| “Don’t forget to go vote,” he says. But he doesn’t mean in the presidential election. There are votes on the House floor this morning. | “Don’t forget to go vote,” he says. But he doesn’t mean in the presidential election. There are votes on the House floor this morning. |
| He’s speaking in the ways and means (taxes) committee room. He says the setting is symbolic. Everyone on the committee, when he was on it, “took our jobs very seriously” – but they held themselves to a higher standard of decorum, he says. A bygone standard, he implies. | He’s speaking in the ways and means (taxes) committee room. He says the setting is symbolic. Everyone on the committee, when he was on it, “took our jobs very seriously” – but they held themselves to a higher standard of decorum, he says. A bygone standard, he implies. |
| “We disagreed without being disagreeable... It almost sounds like I’m speaking of a different time. | “We disagreed without being disagreeable... It almost sounds like I’m speaking of a different time. |
| “It is so easy to get disheartened. .. | “It is so easy to get disheartened. .. |
| “Our political discourse, on TV [and among each other].. It did not use to be this bad, and it does not have to be this way.” | “Our political discourse, on TV [and among each other].. It did not use to be this bad, and it does not have to be this way.” |
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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? | 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 | 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' | 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. | 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? | 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' | 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. | 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.” | “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: | 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. | 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: | Here’s video: |
| WATCH: On @GMA, @TedCruz defends his proposal to patrol Muslim neighborhoods https://t.co/a2C2gsRQm1 https://t.co/0hD9p8S4KO | WATCH: On @GMA, @TedCruz defends his proposal to patrol Muslim neighborhoods https://t.co/a2C2gsRQm1 https://t.co/0hD9p8S4KO |
| 2.24pm GMT | 2.24pm GMT |
| 14:24 | 14:24 |
| 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 |
| 2.06pm GMT | 2.06pm GMT |
| 14:06 | 14:06 |
| 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 👀👀👀 |
| 2.02pm GMT | 2.02pm GMT |
| 14:02 | 14:02 |
| Clinton and Trump win big in Arizona primaries – video | Clinton and Trump win big in Arizona primaries – video |
| 12.51pm GMT | 12.51pm GMT |
| 12:51 | 12:51 |
| 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? |