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| Trump speaks live in Wisconsin on eve of crucial primary – live | Trump speaks live in Wisconsin on eve of crucial primary – live |
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| “I’ve never met any human being that lied as much as him,” Donald Trump said of fellow would-be Republican presidential nominee Ted Cruz, who Trump labeled several times as “Lyin’ Ted” (complete with spelling out the dropped letter G). | |
| Evangelical leaders, Trump said, were expected to support Cruz in South Carolina, “but they don’t like liars, and they see how much he lies.” | |
| Cruz, Trump mocked, holds his Bible aloft when he makes political speeches “and then he starts to lie! Boy, he is bad.” | |
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| Donald Trump, on campaign contributions: | |
| I’m not taking any money from anybody - I’m self-funding my campaign. | |
| Factcheck. | |
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| Ben Jacobs | |
| Donald Trump’s campaign event in Milwaukee tonight is very “low energy.” In a half full theater, Trump trotted out his wife Melania to read prepared remarks praising her husband for being “kind” and having a “great heart.” | |
| Despite anticipation that the event, held just a few blocks from a Bernie Sanders rally, might be raucous, it was relatively subdued by the Republican frontrunner’s standards. While the vocal supporters of Trump hooted and hollered along with him, the shouts echoed in a theater that was far under its listed capacity of 4,086. The balcony was curtained off and the lower level was about half full. | |
| The event boded ill for Trump’s chances in Wisconsin’s primary tomorrow. The Republican frontrunner is trying to fend off Ted Cruz who has been endorsed by the state’s governor, Scott Walker, and strongest in the Milwaukee area. | |
| Crowd shot from back of the theater at Trump event in Milwaukee pic.twitter.com/RlWrBS9WMZ | |
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| Donald Trump began reciting The Snake, an Al Wilson song from 1968 in which a “vicious snake” takes advantage of the kindness of a “tender woman,” who saves the life of a venemous snake, only to be bitten and killed by “the reptile with a grin.” | |
| “You knew damn well I was a snake before you took me in,” Trump closed the poem, to cheers.” That’s what’s happening to our country, folks.” | |
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| Donald Trump, while speaking in Waukesha, Wisconsin, has tweeted a video putatively highlighting his good relationship with communities of color. | |
| MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!https://t.co/yypR5snYBC | |
| As Trump said in 2011, “I’ve always had a great relationship with the blacks.” | |
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| Donald Trump, re-taking the stage, called for fellow candidate John Kasich, governor of nearby Ohio, to drop out of the race, ridiculing his chances of taking the Republican nomination as miniscule and calling him an obstacle to his own nomination. | |
| “The guy’s one and thirty-two, and it was his own state!” Trump said, in reference to the number of primary contests that Kasich has won. “Jeb Bush was doing a lot better than that.” | |
| “He’s taking my votes! We have to get over fifty percent - and how do we do that?” Trump continued, referencing the need to win a 1,237 Republican delegate majority to secure the party’s presidential nomination on the first ballot at the convention. | |
| “He takes my votes away much more than he does Cruz - I don’t like it, I don’t think it’s appropriate.” | |
| Trump then declared that no matter what, he will beat Kasich “easily.” | |
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| Melania Trump makes rare campaign stump speech | |
| Scott Bixby | |
| Speaking to a relatively sparse crowd in the Milwaukee suburb of Waukesha, Melania Trump advocated on behalf of her billionaire husband Donald with a laundry list of qualities that she said make him “a good leader.” | |
| “I brought somebody very very special along - I wonder who that could be?” Trump (the candidate) said, introducing his wife as “an incredible woman, an incredible mother... and really something special,” who would make “an unbelievable first lady.” | |
| “It is wonderful to be here today with you and with my husband,” Trump (the spouse) said, before lauding her husband with a long list of positive attributes in her thick Slovenian accent. “I’m very proud of him. He’s hard worker; he’s kind; he has a great heart; he’s tough; he’s smart; he’s a great communicator; he’s a great negotiator, he’s telling the truth; he’s a good leader; he’s fair.” | |
| “As you may know by now, if you attack him, he will punch back ten times harder,” she continued, inciting a loud chant of “Trump! Trump! Trump!” from the crowd. | |
| “No matter who you are, a man or a woman, he treats everyone equal,” she said. “He’s a fighter, and if you elect him to be your president, he will fight for you and for your county. He will work for you and with you. And together we will make American strong and great again.” | |
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| Donald Trump holds rally in Waukesha, Wisconsin | Donald Trump holds rally in Waukesha, Wisconsin |
| On the eve of the Wisconsin primary in which he is not expected to triumph, billionaire Republican frontrunner Donald Trump is holding a rally in Waukesha, Wisconsin, a suburb of Milwaukee whose 70,000 residents don’t seem to have turned out in droves to see him speak. | On the eve of the Wisconsin primary in which he is not expected to triumph, billionaire Republican frontrunner Donald Trump is holding a rally in Waukesha, Wisconsin, a suburb of Milwaukee whose 70,000 residents don’t seem to have turned out in droves to see him speak. |
| Empty seats in first level of Trump rally in Milwaukee. There's a whole mostly empty balcony upstairs too pic.twitter.com/3pq31rCpR4 | Empty seats in first level of Trump rally in Milwaukee. There's a whole mostly empty balcony upstairs too pic.twitter.com/3pq31rCpR4 |
| We’ll be liveblogging the speech in its entirety - if you want to watch at home, the good people at C-SPAN are streaming the proceedings as well. | We’ll be liveblogging the speech in its entirety - if you want to watch at home, the good people at C-SPAN are streaming the proceedings as well. |
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| Amanda Holpuch | Amanda Holpuch |
| Speaking at a club in midtown Manhattan, Transparent actor Gaby Hoffman neared tears while speaking about the fervor around Sanders. Hoffman said she has campaigned for Sanders since the Iowa caucus. | Speaking at a club in midtown Manhattan, Transparent actor Gaby Hoffman neared tears while speaking about the fervor around Sanders. Hoffman said she has campaigned for Sanders since the Iowa caucus. |
| “It is incredible to be at any Bernie sanders headquarters in the country,” Hoffman said. “It’s the most inspiring thing I’ve ever seen in my life.” | “It is incredible to be at any Bernie sanders headquarters in the country,” Hoffman said. “It’s the most inspiring thing I’ve ever seen in my life.” |
| Watching her speak in a crowd of about 200 was Jon Wayne Martin, a 26-year-old high school speech and debate teacher. He said that this is the first time he’s been politically active. | Watching her speak in a crowd of about 200 was Jon Wayne Martin, a 26-year-old high school speech and debate teacher. He said that this is the first time he’s been politically active. |
| Martin said he was inspired by Sanders’s image, his position on Palestine and his work to fight income inequality. | Martin said he was inspired by Sanders’s image, his position on Palestine and his work to fight income inequality. |
| “I feel like its campaign of love,” Martin said. | “I feel like its campaign of love,” Martin said. |
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| Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton agree to another debate | Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton agree to another debate |
| Former secretary of state Hillary Clinton and Vermont senator Bernie Sanders have agreed to meet for another Democratic presidential primary debate on April 14, less than a week before the consequential New York primary. | Former secretary of state Hillary Clinton and Vermont senator Bernie Sanders have agreed to meet for another Democratic presidential primary debate on April 14, less than a week before the consequential New York primary. |
| The debate, which will be co-hosted by CNN and local station NY1, will be moderated by CNN anchor Wolf Blitzer and held in Brooklyn, according to CNN. Dana Bash, CNN’s chief political correspondent, and NY1 political anchor Errol Louis also join in questioning the candidates. | The debate, which will be co-hosted by CNN and local station NY1, will be moderated by CNN anchor Wolf Blitzer and held in Brooklyn, according to CNN. Dana Bash, CNN’s chief political correspondent, and NY1 political anchor Errol Louis also join in questioning the candidates. |
| Both Sanders and Clinton had traded jabs over the topic of a potential additional debate over the past week, with the Sanders camp accusing Clinton of attempting to put the kibosh on all future debates. | Both Sanders and Clinton had traded jabs over the topic of a potential additional debate over the past week, with the Sanders camp accusing Clinton of attempting to put the kibosh on all future debates. |
| “Fortunately, we were able to move a major New York City rally... to the night before,” the Sanders campaign released in a pithy statement. “We hope the debate will be worth the inconvenience for thousands of New Yorkers who were planning to attend our rally on Thursday but will have to change their schedules to accommodate Secretary Clinton’s jam-packed, high-dollar, coast-to-coast schedule of fundraisers all over the country.” | “Fortunately, we were able to move a major New York City rally... to the night before,” the Sanders campaign released in a pithy statement. “We hope the debate will be worth the inconvenience for thousands of New Yorkers who were planning to attend our rally on Thursday but will have to change their schedules to accommodate Secretary Clinton’s jam-packed, high-dollar, coast-to-coast schedule of fundraisers all over the country.” |
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| Donald Trump’s campaign staffers are getting more aggressive with reporters who dare to stray beyond designated, fenced-in “media zones.” | Donald Trump’s campaign staffers are getting more aggressive with reporters who dare to stray beyond designated, fenced-in “media zones.” |
| Have attended Trump rallies several times w/ general admission tix. Tonight marks 1st time I've been impeded from reporting at one of these | Have attended Trump rallies several times w/ general admission tix. Tonight marks 1st time I've been impeded from reporting at one of these |
| Trump staffer spotted me interviewing a voter and interrupted, telling me if I'm here as general public I had to go sit down | Trump staffer spotted me interviewing a voter and interrupted, telling me if I'm here as general public I had to go sit down |
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| Death threats made against reporter filing charges against Trump's campaign manager | Death threats made against reporter filing charges against Trump's campaign manager |
| Michelle Fields, the former Breitbart News reporter who has filed charges against Donald Trump’s campaign manager for assaulting her after a campaign event in Florida, has contacted authorities after phone calls threatening to kill her if she didn’t drop the charges were made to her and a relative. | Michelle Fields, the former Breitbart News reporter who has filed charges against Donald Trump’s campaign manager for assaulting her after a campaign event in Florida, has contacted authorities after phone calls threatening to kill her if she didn’t drop the charges were made to her and a relative. |
| According to the Blaze, an unknown man called Fields after midnight on April 1, telling her that he knew where she lived and that if she didn’t drop the battery charges against Corey Lewandowski, Trump’s campaign manager, within 36 hours, “I’m going to slit your throat.” | According to the Blaze, an unknown man called Fields after midnight on April 1, telling her that he knew where she lived and that if she didn’t drop the battery charges against Corey Lewandowski, Trump’s campaign manager, within 36 hours, “I’m going to slit your throat.” |
| Fields’ address and phone number were accidentally released to the public by Buzzfeed and Fox News after the police report she filed against Lewandowski became public. Fields has since fled her home. | Fields’ address and phone number were accidentally released to the public by Buzzfeed and Fox News after the police report she filed against Lewandowski became public. Fields has since fled her home. |
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| The Daily Beast’s Betsy Woodruff points out that cold weather in Wisconsin may be keeping pro-Trump fans at home tonight: | The Daily Beast’s Betsy Woodruff points out that cold weather in Wisconsin may be keeping pro-Trump fans at home tonight: |
| An hour before the Trump event starts, Milwaukee Theater is barely half full with no lines outside pic.twitter.com/lsSm6qW6rH | An hour before the Trump event starts, Milwaukee Theater is barely half full with no lines outside pic.twitter.com/lsSm6qW6rH |
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| Dan Roberts | Dan Roberts |
| Both venues here in Milwaukee seem keen to get tonight’s competing rallies inside. Heavy police presence but it’s freezing cold and no one seems in the mood to mingle so far. | Both venues here in Milwaukee seem keen to get tonight’s competing rallies inside. Heavy police presence but it’s freezing cold and no one seems in the mood to mingle so far. |
| Line for Sanders rally 4 times as long as Trump next door but security moving quickly to get folks inside (and warm) pic.twitter.com/O5NneH8DnJ | Line for Sanders rally 4 times as long as Trump next door but security moving quickly to get folks inside (and warm) pic.twitter.com/O5NneH8DnJ |
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| Julia Carrie Wong | Julia Carrie Wong |
| The National Labor Relations Board has officially certified the union election by 500 workers at Donald Trump’s Las Vegas hotel, overruling the objections of the union-averse employer. | The National Labor Relations Board has officially certified the union election by 500 workers at Donald Trump’s Las Vegas hotel, overruling the objections of the union-averse employer. |
| “We voted for a union so we could negotiate a fair contract with Mr Trump,” Jeffrey Wise, a food server at the Trump International Hotel in Las Vegas, said in a statement. “We voted and won – now it’s time for him to listen to us, the voters, and finally do the right thing by making a deal with his employees.” | “We voted for a union so we could negotiate a fair contract with Mr Trump,” Jeffrey Wise, a food server at the Trump International Hotel in Las Vegas, said in a statement. “We voted and won – now it’s time for him to listen to us, the voters, and finally do the right thing by making a deal with his employees.” |
| Related: Workers' vote to unionize at Trump's Las Vegas hotel certified by NLRB | Related: Workers' vote to unionize at Trump's Las Vegas hotel certified by NLRB |
| The Culinary Workers Union, which represents more than 50,000 casino and hotel workers in Las Vegas, had sought to capitalize on the Republican presidential candidate’s high profile and anti-immigrant rhetoric to galvanize its organizing campaign. Trump co-owns the hotel with Phillip Ruffin, a billionaire casino owner. | The Culinary Workers Union, which represents more than 50,000 casino and hotel workers in Las Vegas, had sought to capitalize on the Republican presidential candidate’s high profile and anti-immigrant rhetoric to galvanize its organizing campaign. Trump co-owns the hotel with Phillip Ruffin, a billionaire casino owner. |
| Latino staffers had protested at the hotel, using his harsh stance on immigrants to galvanize the majority-Latino workforce to join the union, one of the most powerful entities in Nevada politics. | Latino staffers had protested at the hotel, using his harsh stance on immigrants to galvanize the majority-Latino workforce to join the union, one of the most powerful entities in Nevada politics. |
| “If Mr Trump wants to make America great again, he should start here,” workers shouted at the time. | “If Mr Trump wants to make America great again, he should start here,” workers shouted at the time. |
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| Speaker of the House Paul Ryan has flatly denied any interest in seeking the Republican presidential nomination at a contested convention this summer, despite strong rumors to the contrary. | Speaker of the House Paul Ryan has flatly denied any interest in seeking the Republican presidential nomination at a contested convention this summer, despite strong rumors to the contrary. |
| “I think you need to run for president if you’re gonna be president, and I’m not running for president, so period, end of story,” Ryan told Hugh Hewitt on his radio show this afternoon. “If you want to be president, you should go run for president. And that’s just the way I see it.” | “I think you need to run for president if you’re gonna be president, and I’m not running for president, so period, end of story,” Ryan told Hugh Hewitt on his radio show this afternoon. “If you want to be president, you should go run for president. And that’s just the way I see it.” |
| Of course, Ryan was similarly disinterested in seeking the House speakership when the Republican congressional majority was in chaos after the resignation of John Boehner, so take that firm denial with a grain of salt. | Of course, Ryan was similarly disinterested in seeking the House speakership when the Republican congressional majority was in chaos after the resignation of John Boehner, so take that firm denial with a grain of salt. |