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| Donald Trump hosts homecoming rally in New York state – as it happened | |
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| Today in Campaign 2016 | |
| Scott Bixby | |
| As Donald Trump attempted some damage control after losing the Wisconsin primary by 13 points and Bernie Sanders raised the stakes in an increasingly bitter Democratic primary by calling opponent Hillary Clinton not “qualified” to be president, the state of the race showed that inter-party rancor has infected both the Democratic and Republican presidential hopefuls. | |
| Here’s a quick wrap-up of the must-know news from the campaign trail today: | |
| "Ted Cruz has no business being in the Bronx," protester says pic.twitter.com/j5TpnJfK7T | |
| That’s it for tonight - we’ll be back tomorrow, the day after that, and the day after that with more up-to-the-minute news coverage from the 2016 presidential campaign. | |
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| Bernie Sanders: Hillary Clinton is "not qualified" to be president | |
| Vermont senator Bernie Sanders upped the ante in an increasingly aggressive Democratic primary campaign during a rally in Philadelphia, saying that former secretary of state Hillary Clinton is not “qualified” to be president. | |
| “Secretary Clinton appears to be getting a little bit nervous,” he said. “She has been saying lately that she thinks that I am ‘not qualified’ to be president. Well, let me, let me just say in response to secretary Clinton: I don’t believe that she is qualified.” | |
| “If she is, through her super-PAC, taking tens of millions of dollars in special interest funds,” he continued, “I don’t think that you are qualified if you get $15m from Wall Street through your super-PAC.” | |
| Sanders was apparently referencing remarks Clinton made on Morning Joe this morning, in which she said that his inability to tell the New York Daily News how he planned to break up big banks raised “a lot of questions.” Clinton, when pressed, refused to say that Sanders was unqualified, only telling anchor Joe Scarborough that she would “leave it to voters to decide who of us can do the job that the country needs.” | |
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| “Paul Ryan,” “Mitch McConnell,” “John Boehner,” “Lindsey Graham” and other members of the Republican party make the case for supporting the establishment. | |
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| After an enthusiastic reception on Long Island, Donald Trump has returned to his home state for a two-week tour in the hopes of reigniting momentum for his presidential bid. | After an enthusiastic reception on Long Island, Donald Trump has returned to his home state for a two-week tour in the hopes of reigniting momentum for his presidential bid. |
| Step one: Announcing a leadership team to make up for serious cracks in his campaign’s organizational structure. Trump’s campaign has announced a team of upstate and downstate political organizers that, in their words, represent “the most powerful presidential campaign organization in the state.” | Step one: Announcing a leadership team to make up for serious cracks in his campaign’s organizational structure. Trump’s campaign has announced a team of upstate and downstate political organizers that, in their words, represent “the most powerful presidential campaign organization in the state.” |
| “New York is my home and I am so proud to have been able to assemble such an incredible team,” Trump said in a statement. “I have watched and known these people for so many years. They love New York and our country.” | “New York is my home and I am so proud to have been able to assemble such an incredible team,” Trump said in a statement. “I have watched and known these people for so many years. They love New York and our country.” |
| Among the team members: Congressman Chris Collins, an honorary co-chair of the campaign, a position he shared with Carl Paladino, the 2010 Republican candidate for governor and, like Trump, a successful real-estate developer. | Among the team members: Congressman Chris Collins, an honorary co-chair of the campaign, a position he shared with Carl Paladino, the 2010 Republican candidate for governor and, like Trump, a successful real-estate developer. |
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| Coming at you live from a McDonald’s in Bethpage, Long Island... | Coming at you live from a McDonald’s in Bethpage, Long Island... |
| ...where there are more people in Donald Trump-branded swag in one place than we’ve ever seen outside of an actual Trump rally. | ...where there are more people in Donald Trump-branded swag in one place than we’ve ever seen outside of an actual Trump rally. |
| Police reported that minor fights were breaking out as 12,000 people (the capacity of the Grumman Studio space rented by the Trump campaign) attempted to board the five courtesy shuttles meant to take people back to their vehicles. The choice between a three-mile walk and a 45-minute wait punctuated by occasional mob violence has driven us to the Golden Arches. | Police reported that minor fights were breaking out as 12,000 people (the capacity of the Grumman Studio space rented by the Trump campaign) attempted to board the five courtesy shuttles meant to take people back to their vehicles. The choice between a three-mile walk and a 45-minute wait punctuated by occasional mob violence has driven us to the Golden Arches. |
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| Donald Trump: 'We are going to win, win, win! | Donald Trump: 'We are going to win, win, win! |
| And with that, Donald Trump exits the stage. | And with that, Donald Trump exits the stage. |
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| “We’re going to be tough, we’re going to be vigilant, we’re not going to be politically correct all the time,” Donald Trump declared. “We’re going to bring back our country - we’re going to make our country strong again, we’re going to make our country respected again,” he continued. | “We’re going to be tough, we’re going to be vigilant, we’re not going to be politically correct all the time,” Donald Trump declared. “We’re going to bring back our country - we’re going to make our country strong again, we’re going to make our country respected again,” he continued. |
| “You’re going to look at this night, in two years, in four years, in twelve years, and you’re going to say, ‘this was a great evening.’ When you heard somebody finally say, ‘we’re not going to allow us to be a scapegoat anymore,’” he continued. | “You’re going to look at this night, in two years, in four years, in twelve years, and you’re going to say, ‘this was a great evening.’ When you heard somebody finally say, ‘we’re not going to allow us to be a scapegoat anymore,’” he continued. |
| “I’m going to say it here and I’m going to say it now: America first!” Trump said, perhaps-accidentally-perhaps-not quoting isolationist icon Charles Lindbergh, to raucous applause. | “I’m going to say it here and I’m going to say it now: America first!” Trump said, perhaps-accidentally-perhaps-not quoting isolationist icon Charles Lindbergh, to raucous applause. |
| “We’re gonna start winning again, folks!” | “We’re gonna start winning again, folks!” |
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| Donald Trump reads The Snake again... | Donald Trump reads The Snake again... |
| The song, a 1968 folk classic by Al Wilson - although Trump mistakenly that it was written by “the great Al Green” - tells the story of a wicked snake that tricks a “tender-hearted woman” into saving its life, only to bite and kill her. Trump, who uses the lyrics as a metaphor for the threat posed by refugees who seek entry into the US, has taken to reading it at each of his rallies. | The song, a 1968 folk classic by Al Wilson - although Trump mistakenly that it was written by “the great Al Green” - tells the story of a wicked snake that tricks a “tender-hearted woman” into saving its life, only to bite and kill her. Trump, who uses the lyrics as a metaphor for the threat posed by refugees who seek entry into the US, has taken to reading it at each of his rallies. |
| Here’s the full text, for your interpretation: | Here’s the full text, for your interpretation: |
| On her way to work one morning,Down the path alongside the lake,A tender-hearted woman saw a poor, half-frozen snake. | On her way to work one morning,Down the path alongside the lake,A tender-hearted woman saw a poor, half-frozen snake. |
| His pretty-colored skin had been all frosted with the dew.“Oh well,” she cried, “I’ll take you in and I’ll take care of you!”“Take me in, oh tender woman,Take me in, for heaven’s sake,Take me in, oh tender woman,” sighed the snake.She wrapped him up all cozy in a curvature of silkAnd then laid him by the fireside with some honey and some milk.Now she hurried home from work that night - as soon as she arrivedShe found that pretty snake she’d taking in had been revived.“Take me in, oh tender woman,Take me in, for heaven’s sake,Take me in, oh tender woman,” sighed the snake.Now she clutched him to her bosom, “You’re so beautiful!” she cried.“But if I hadn’t brought you in by now you might have died.”Now she stroked his pretty skin and then she kissed and held him tightBut instead of saying thanks, that snake gave her a vicious bite.“Take me in, oh tender woman,Take me in, for heaven’s sake,Take me in, oh tender woman,” sighed the snake.“I saved you!” cried that woman.“And you’ve bit me even - why?You know your bite is poisonous and now I’m going to die!”“Oh shut up, silly woman,” said the reptile with a grin.“You knew damn well I was a snake before you took me in!“Take me in, oh tender woman,Take me in, for heaven’s sake,Take me in, oh tender woman,” sighed the snake. | His pretty-colored skin had been all frosted with the dew.“Oh well,” she cried, “I’ll take you in and I’ll take care of you!”“Take me in, oh tender woman,Take me in, for heaven’s sake,Take me in, oh tender woman,” sighed the snake.She wrapped him up all cozy in a curvature of silkAnd then laid him by the fireside with some honey and some milk.Now she hurried home from work that night - as soon as she arrivedShe found that pretty snake she’d taking in had been revived.“Take me in, oh tender woman,Take me in, for heaven’s sake,Take me in, oh tender woman,” sighed the snake.Now she clutched him to her bosom, “You’re so beautiful!” she cried.“But if I hadn’t brought you in by now you might have died.”Now she stroked his pretty skin and then she kissed and held him tightBut instead of saying thanks, that snake gave her a vicious bite.“Take me in, oh tender woman,Take me in, for heaven’s sake,Take me in, oh tender woman,” sighed the snake.“I saved you!” cried that woman.“And you’ve bit me even - why?You know your bite is poisonous and now I’m going to die!”“Oh shut up, silly woman,” said the reptile with a grin.“You knew damn well I was a snake before you took me in!“Take me in, oh tender woman,Take me in, for heaven’s sake,Take me in, oh tender woman,” sighed the snake. |
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| Donald Trump frequently criticizes members of the press for not illustrating how massive his crowds are - and they are massive. So, here you go: | Donald Trump frequently criticizes members of the press for not illustrating how massive his crowds are - and they are massive. So, here you go: |
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| “Remember the debate? When he started lecturing me on New York values, like they were no good?” Donald Trump says of opponent Ted Cruz, to an incensed crowd. | “Remember the debate? When he started lecturing me on New York values, like they were no good?” Donald Trump says of opponent Ted Cruz, to an incensed crowd. |
| “So I looked at him, and I started talking about our incredible police, our incredible firefighters, our incredible people, our incredible construction workers,” Trump continued, to growing applause and cheers from the audience. “The worst attack in the history of the United States - the bravery that we showed was incredible, we all lived through it, we all know people who’ve died, and I’ve got this guy over here, talking about New York values with scorn on his face!” | “So I looked at him, and I started talking about our incredible police, our incredible firefighters, our incredible people, our incredible construction workers,” Trump continued, to growing applause and cheers from the audience. “The worst attack in the history of the United States - the bravery that we showed was incredible, we all lived through it, we all know people who’ve died, and I’ve got this guy over here, talking about New York values with scorn on his face!” |
| “I think you can forget about him.” | “I think you can forget about him.” |
| “LYIN’ TED! LYIN’ TED! LYIN’ TED!” the audience chanted. | “LYIN’ TED! LYIN’ TED! LYIN’ TED!” the audience chanted. |