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| Ted Cruz attacks Donald Trump on home turf – campaign live | Ted Cruz attacks Donald Trump on home turf – campaign live |
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| In an in-depth interview with Slate, former speaker of the house and presidential candidate Newt Gingrich came within inches of saying that he supports Republican frontrunner Donald Trump’s presidential candidacy, dismissing criticism of the billionaire’s immigration policy and Nato platform as “liberal tripe.” | |
| “You are talking about a guy who was smart enough to build Trump Towers, build lots of hotels, build lots of casinos, and own the Miss Universe contest,” Gingrich said. “He is not stupid. For many people, that seems to be inconceivable because they have a university Ph.D. theory of being smart.” | |
| The entire interview is worth a read, but this might be the most telling nugget: | |
| What we know is that Trump has had the nerve to raise questions in a clear language because he represents the millions of Americans who are sick and tired of being told that they have to be guilt-ridden and keep their mouth shut. | |
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| Scott Bixby | |
| Former Florida governor and long-gone Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush has dropped a line to his supports, encouraging them via email to fundraise and volunteer for one-time foe Ted Cruz. | |
| “Ted is a consistent, principled conservative who has demonstrated the ability to appeal to voters and win primary contests,” Bush writes. “For the sake of our party and country, we must overcome the divisiveness and vulgarity Donald Trump has brought into the political arena or we will certainly lose our chance to defeat the Democratic nominee, most likely Hillary Clinton, this fall.” | |
| Bush finishes the latter by telling his former supporters that “I hope you will join me in supporting Ted’s campaign by... contributing and volunteering.” | |
| Donald Trump, the Republican frontrunner, showed his characteristic restraint in responding to Bush’s endorsement: | |
| Low energy Jeb Bush just endorsed a man he truly hates, Lyin’ Ted Cruz. Honestly, I can’t blame Jeb in that I drove him into oblivion! | |
| I think having Jeb's endorsement hurts Lyin' Ted. Jeb spent more than $150,000,000 and got nothing. I spent a fraction of that and am first! | |
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| David Smith | David Smith |
| Barack Obama has declared wiping out Islamic State his “top priority” as his secretary of state, John Kerry, prepared to visit Brussels in the aftermath of the terrorist attacks that killed 31 people and wounded 270. | Barack Obama has declared wiping out Islamic State his “top priority” as his secretary of state, John Kerry, prepared to visit Brussels in the aftermath of the terrorist attacks that killed 31 people and wounded 270. |
| Speaking during a visit to Argentina, the US president called for countries around the world to unite against Isis, which claimed responsibility for the attacks at Brussels airport and a metro station. | Speaking during a visit to Argentina, the US president called for countries around the world to unite against Isis, which claimed responsibility for the attacks at Brussels airport and a metro station. |
| “I’ve got a lot of things on my plate, but my top priority is to defeat Isil and to eliminate the scourge of this barbaric terrorism that’s been taking place around the world,” Obama, using an alternative acronym for the group, told reporters. “There’s no more important item on my agenda than going after them and defeating them. The issue is, how do we do it in an intelligent way?” | “I’ve got a lot of things on my plate, but my top priority is to defeat Isil and to eliminate the scourge of this barbaric terrorism that’s been taking place around the world,” Obama, using an alternative acronym for the group, told reporters. “There’s no more important item on my agenda than going after them and defeating them. The issue is, how do we do it in an intelligent way?” |
| Related: Barack Obama says destroying Isis is his 'top priority' in wake of Brussels attacks | Related: Barack Obama says destroying Isis is his 'top priority' in wake of Brussels attacks |
| 7.57pm GMT | 7.57pm GMT |
| 19:57 | 19:57 |
| Hillary Clinton calls Ted Cruz's Islamic State strategy "dangerous" | Hillary Clinton calls Ted Cruz's Islamic State strategy "dangerous" |
| Lauren Gambino | Lauren Gambino |
| Hillary Clinton directly attacked her Republican rivals’ strategies to defeat the Islamic State, calling them “dangerous” in a speech on counterterrorism. | Hillary Clinton directly attacked her Republican rivals’ strategies to defeat the Islamic State, calling them “dangerous” in a speech on counterterrorism. |
| In her speech at Stanford University, Clinton singled out Donald Trump, who has called for banning Muslims from entering the US, and Ted Cruz, who proposed patrolling Muslim neighborhoods. | In her speech at Stanford University, Clinton singled out Donald Trump, who has called for banning Muslims from entering the US, and Ted Cruz, who proposed patrolling Muslim neighborhoods. |
| She called Cruz’s proposal “wrong and counterproductive. It’s dangerous.” She also noted Trump’s seemingly cozy relationship with Russian president Vladimir Putin, and criticized Trump for suggesting the US should re-negotiate its terms of involvement with NATO. “If Mr. Trump gets his way, it’ll be like Christmas in the Kremlin.” | She called Cruz’s proposal “wrong and counterproductive. It’s dangerous.” She also noted Trump’s seemingly cozy relationship with Russian president Vladimir Putin, and criticized Trump for suggesting the US should re-negotiate its terms of involvement with NATO. “If Mr. Trump gets his way, it’ll be like Christmas in the Kremlin.” |
| “In our fight against radical jihadism, we have to do what actually works. What doesn’t work: offensive rhetoric that demonizes all Muslims,” Clinton said. | “In our fight against radical jihadism, we have to do what actually works. What doesn’t work: offensive rhetoric that demonizes all Muslims,” Clinton said. |
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| at 7.57pm GMT | at 7.57pm GMT |
| 7.39pm GMT | 7.39pm GMT |
| 19:39 | 19:39 |
| Scott Bixby | Scott Bixby |
| Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders has lambasted the long lines faced by would-be Arizona voters at polling places in the state’s most populous county, calling reports of five-hour waits by prospective supporters “a disgrace.” | Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders has lambasted the long lines faced by would-be Arizona voters at polling places in the state’s most populous county, calling reports of five-hour waits by prospective supporters “a disgrace.” |
| “People in the United States of America should not have to wait five hours in order to vote,” Sanders said during a press conference in San Diego, California. “We do not know how many thousands of people who wanted to vote yesterday in Arizona did not vote.” | “People in the United States of America should not have to wait five hours in order to vote,” Sanders said during a press conference in San Diego, California. “We do not know how many thousands of people who wanted to vote yesterday in Arizona did not vote.” |
| The long lines were the result of a cost-cutting decision by Maricopa County - which includes Phoenix, the sixth-largest city in the county - to reduce the number of polling places from more than 200 during the 2012 election to a mere 60 for this year’s primary. According to the Arizona Republic, there were more than 21,000 voters in Maricopa County for every polling station, leading to long lines that forced some voters to wait until past midnight to cast their ballots in person. | The long lines were the result of a cost-cutting decision by Maricopa County - which includes Phoenix, the sixth-largest city in the county - to reduce the number of polling places from more than 200 during the 2012 election to a mere 60 for this year’s primary. According to the Arizona Republic, there were more than 21,000 voters in Maricopa County for every polling station, leading to long lines that forced some voters to wait until past midnight to cast their ballots in person. |
| Sanders lost Arizona’s presidential primary last night by nearly twenty points. | Sanders lost Arizona’s presidential primary last night by nearly twenty points. |
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| Jessica Valenti | Jessica Valenti |
| Donald Trump and Ted Cruz have gone full caveman, writes the Guardian’s Jessica Valenti: | Donald Trump and Ted Cruz have gone full caveman, writes the Guardian’s Jessica Valenti: |
| For all of the unexpected turns 2016 has held for Republicans, one thing is certain: this year will be remembered as the election season that launched a thousand women’s studies dissertations. | For all of the unexpected turns 2016 has held for Republicans, one thing is certain: this year will be remembered as the election season that launched a thousand women’s studies dissertations. |
| If “small hands” and “Little Marco” didn’t convince you that the Republican presidential primary is actually a controlled study in anxious masculinity, Donald Trump and Ted Cruz have now gone full caveman - trading barbs over their wives’ honor. (Sure, it’s a Twitter fight – not quite as testosterone-laden as an old-fashioned duel – but hey, it’s a new world.) | If “small hands” and “Little Marco” didn’t convince you that the Republican presidential primary is actually a controlled study in anxious masculinity, Donald Trump and Ted Cruz have now gone full caveman - trading barbs over their wives’ honor. (Sure, it’s a Twitter fight – not quite as testosterone-laden as an old-fashioned duel – but hey, it’s a new world.) |
| After an anti-Trump group ran Facebook ads in Utah ahead of Tuesday’s primarythat featured a nearly-nude shot of Melania Trump, the blustery candidate accused Cruz’s campaign of being behind the picture. “Lyin’ Ted Cruz just used a picture of Melania from a GQ shoot in his ad. Be careful, Lyin’ Ted, or I will spill the beans on your wife!” Trump tweeted. Cruz responded by tweeting to Trumpthat the picture did not come from him and that “if you try to attack Heidi, you’re more of a coward than I thought. #classless” | After an anti-Trump group ran Facebook ads in Utah ahead of Tuesday’s primarythat featured a nearly-nude shot of Melania Trump, the blustery candidate accused Cruz’s campaign of being behind the picture. “Lyin’ Ted Cruz just used a picture of Melania from a GQ shoot in his ad. Be careful, Lyin’ Ted, or I will spill the beans on your wife!” Trump tweeted. Cruz responded by tweeting to Trumpthat the picture did not come from him and that “if you try to attack Heidi, you’re more of a coward than I thought. #classless” |
| Sure, misogyny has been a staple of the Republicans’ run this year – whether accusing women of menstruating while moderating or upholding a platform that would strip women of hard-won rights – but this kind of one-upmanship is different than the Republican’s everyday sexism. | Sure, misogyny has been a staple of the Republicans’ run this year – whether accusing women of menstruating while moderating or upholding a platform that would strip women of hard-won rights – but this kind of one-upmanship is different than the Republican’s everyday sexism. |
| Related: Donald Trump and Ted Cruz have gone full caveman | Jessica Valenti | Related: Donald Trump and Ted Cruz have gone full caveman | Jessica Valenti |
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| Would you rather be shot or poisoned? was how senator Lindsey Graham put it. But then he hosted a fundraiser for Cruz – so maybe it’s not such an intractable conundrum. | Would you rather be shot or poisoned? was how senator Lindsey Graham put it. But then he hosted a fundraiser for Cruz – so maybe it’s not such an intractable conundrum. |
| VOTER: “If you don’t get this nomination, will you support this bozo Trump or this Cruz?”KASICH: “Boy, I wish I hadn’t called on you." | VOTER: “If you don’t get this nomination, will you support this bozo Trump or this Cruz?”KASICH: “Boy, I wish I hadn’t called on you." |
| 6.30pm GMT | 6.30pm GMT |
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| In warning Donald Trump against attacking his wife Heidi, which Trump threatened to do on Twitter, Ted Cruz borrowed a line from the film The American President: | In warning Donald Trump against attacking his wife Heidi, which Trump threatened to do on Twitter, Ted Cruz borrowed a line from the film The American President: |
| Ted Cruz literally lifted a line from The American President pic.twitter.com/BdG7Qcr4Ye | Ted Cruz literally lifted a line from The American President pic.twitter.com/BdG7Qcr4Ye |
| 6.27pm GMT | 6.27pm GMT |
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| Paul Ryan on ugly political discourse: ‘It didn’t use to be this bad’ – video | Paul Ryan on ugly political discourse: ‘It didn’t use to be this bad’ – video |
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| Clinton to speak on national security | Clinton to speak on national security |
| Lauren Gambino | Lauren Gambino |
| Hillary Clinton will train her fire on Republicans’ “rhetorical bluster” during a speech on counterterrorism at Stanford this afternoon, one day after the attacks in Brussels. | Hillary Clinton will train her fire on Republicans’ “rhetorical bluster” during a speech on counterterrorism at Stanford this afternoon, one day after the attacks in Brussels. |
| Clinton will argue that the US must be “nimble and comprehensive” in its efforts to defeat ISIS, according to a campaign official, and she will call for strengthening international alliances, specifically NATO. | Clinton will argue that the US must be “nimble and comprehensive” in its efforts to defeat ISIS, according to a campaign official, and she will call for strengthening international alliances, specifically NATO. |
| Clinton is expected to target Republicans’ responses to the Brussels attacks. On Tuesday, Ted Cruz called for patrolling Muslim neighborhoods, while Donald Trump reiterated his call to temporarily ban Muslims from entering the country. | Clinton is expected to target Republicans’ responses to the Brussels attacks. On Tuesday, Ted Cruz called for patrolling Muslim neighborhoods, while Donald Trump reiterated his call to temporarily ban Muslims from entering the country. |
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| at 5.11pm GMT | at 5.11pm GMT |
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| Cruz attacks Trump on home turf | Cruz attacks Trump on home turf |
| Ted Cruz is in New York City today – and uses the occasion to attack two hometown boys and the former senator from the state, reports the Guardian’s Lauren Gambino from the scene in midtown: | Ted Cruz is in New York City today – and uses the occasion to attack two hometown boys and the former senator from the state, reports the Guardian’s Lauren Gambino from the scene in midtown: |
| .@tedcruz says Democratic candidates consist of a "wild-eyed socialist with dangerous ideas for America, and Bernie Sanders" | .@tedcruz says Democratic candidates consist of a "wild-eyed socialist with dangerous ideas for America, and Bernie Sanders" |
| .@tedcruz goes after @realDonaldTrump on his home turf, calling out Trump for "bankrolling" New York Democrats at rally in Midtown | .@tedcruz goes after @realDonaldTrump on his home turf, calling out Trump for "bankrolling" New York Democrats at rally in Midtown |
| Big cheers when they mentioned @tedcruz big Utah romp pic.twitter.com/ewf1i1He1G | Big cheers when they mentioned @tedcruz big Utah romp pic.twitter.com/ewf1i1He1G |
| Cruz on Graham endorsement: "I never had an event held by someone who three weeks ago had publicly called for my murder." | Cruz on Graham endorsement: "I never had an event held by someone who three weeks ago had publicly called for my murder." |
| CNN notices that Trump appears to have a light week scheduled. In any case there’s not much Republican voting going on before a stack of states on 26 April. Wisconsin votes on 5 April, Colorado votes on 8 April and New York votes on 19 April. | CNN notices that Trump appears to have a light week scheduled. In any case there’s not much Republican voting going on before a stack of states on 26 April. Wisconsin votes on 5 April, Colorado votes on 8 April and New York votes on 19 April. |
| As Ted Cruz adds events & slams Trump on national security issues, Trump's keeping a light schedule. No public sked for the rest of the week | As Ted Cruz adds events & slams Trump on national security issues, Trump's keeping a light schedule. No public sked for the rest of the week |
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| at 4.42pm GMT | at 4.42pm GMT |
| 4.32pm GMT | 4.32pm GMT |
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| Obama cricitized for carrying on with Cuba trip | Obama cricitized for carrying on with Cuba trip |
| President Barack Obama’s decision Tuesday to carry on with his Cuba trip instead of returning to the United States in the aftermath of terrorist attacks in Brussels was criticized by all three Republican presidential candidates and others who questioned whether Obama could help coordinate an international response to the attacks from the Estado Latinoamerico in Havana. | President Barack Obama’s decision Tuesday to carry on with his Cuba trip instead of returning to the United States in the aftermath of terrorist attacks in Brussels was criticized by all three Republican presidential candidates and others who questioned whether Obama could help coordinate an international response to the attacks from the Estado Latinoamerico in Havana. |
| Obama attended an exhibition baseball game Tuesday afternoon in Cuba as key aspects of the attacks – from the casualty count to the suspects’ names to links to the November Paris attackers to a claim of responsibility by the Islamic State – were emerging or had freshly emerged. | Obama attended an exhibition baseball game Tuesday afternoon in Cuba as key aspects of the attacks – from the casualty count to the suspects’ names to links to the November Paris attackers to a claim of responsibility by the Islamic State – were emerging or had freshly emerged. |
| Obama also addressed Cuban officials and dignitaries at Havana’s Gran Teatro on Tuesday. The speech, in which the president called for free speech for political dissidents, was broadcast in Cuba and internationally. | Obama also addressed Cuban officials and dignitaries at Havana’s Gran Teatro on Tuesday. The speech, in which the president called for free speech for political dissidents, was broadcast in Cuba and internationally. |
| Multiple European countries announced new border controls, meanwhile, as Belgian authorities and Nato allies worked with US officials to organize a response to the attacks. | Multiple European countries announced new border controls, meanwhile, as Belgian authorities and Nato allies worked with US officials to organize a response to the attacks. |
| Obama should have been there, too, said Ohio governor John Kasich. | Obama should have been there, too, said Ohio governor John Kasich. |
| “What I hope he will say is, he’s leaving Cuba and heading back to the White House,” Kasich told Fox News. “He’s gonna begin to organize meetings with the leaders around the world and at the same time get himself in the position of where we can send teams of people immediately to Europe to begin to dig in terms of what we need to do to address the vulnerabilities we have.” | “What I hope he will say is, he’s leaving Cuba and heading back to the White House,” Kasich told Fox News. “He’s gonna begin to organize meetings with the leaders around the world and at the same time get himself in the position of where we can send teams of people immediately to Europe to begin to dig in terms of what we need to do to address the vulnerabilities we have.” |
| Obama addressed the criticism in an interview with ESPN during the baseball game. | Obama addressed the criticism in an interview with ESPN during the baseball game. |
| “It’s always a challenge when you have a terrorist attack anywhere in the world, particularly in this age of 24/7 news coverage,” Obama said. “You want to be respectful and understand the gravity of the situation, but the whole premise of terrorism is to try to disrupt people’s ordinary lives.” | “It’s always a challenge when you have a terrorist attack anywhere in the world, particularly in this age of 24/7 news coverage,” Obama said. “You want to be respectful and understand the gravity of the situation, but the whole premise of terrorism is to try to disrupt people’s ordinary lives.” |
| The White House released a photo of Obama and national security adviser Susan Rice taking a call about the attacks at the residence of the US chief of mission in Havana: | The White House released a photo of Obama and national security adviser Susan Rice taking a call about the attacks at the residence of the US chief of mission in Havana: |
| Ted Cruz, who on Monday hit Obama for complying with a photo opportunity in Cuba that featured in the background a large mural of Che Guevara, said Tuesday that Obama should either return from Cuba or travel himself to Brussels: | Ted Cruz, who on Monday hit Obama for complying with a photo opportunity in Cuba that featured in the background a large mural of Che Guevara, said Tuesday that Obama should either return from Cuba or travel himself to Brussels: |
| “President Obama is spending his time going to baseball games with the Castros,” Cruz, the Cuban-American son of a Cuban refugee father, said. “The American people deserve a president who doesn’t grovel before a communist dictator who hates America,” Cruz said. | “President Obama is spending his time going to baseball games with the Castros,” Cruz, the Cuban-American son of a Cuban refugee father, said. “The American people deserve a president who doesn’t grovel before a communist dictator who hates America,” Cruz said. |
| Trump also got in on the act: | Trump also got in on the act: |
| Pres. Obama should leave the baseball game in Cuba immediately & get home to Washington- where a #POTUS, under a serious emergency belongs! | Pres. Obama should leave the baseball game in Cuba immediately & get home to Washington- where a #POTUS, under a serious emergency belongs! |
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| at 4.33pm GMT | at 4.33pm GMT |
| 4.06pm GMT | 4.06pm GMT |
| 16:06 | 16:06 |
| From the comments / nothing | From the comments / nothing |
| Hi, we’d omitted to enable comments on the blog. We’ve enabled them now. Sorry about that. No wonder no one was answering our callout to predict what Paul Ryan would say in his speech. | Hi, we’d omitted to enable comments on the blog. We’ve enabled them now. Sorry about that. No wonder no one was answering our callout to predict what Paul Ryan would say in his speech. |
| Thanks for reading and participating! | Thanks for reading and participating! |
| 3.58pm GMT | 3.58pm GMT |
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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 |
| 3.31pm GMT | 3.31pm GMT |
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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." |
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| 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 |
| 15:26 | 15:26 |
| 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.” |