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| Clinton and Sanders stay in a New York state of mind – campaign live | Clinton and Sanders stay in a New York state of mind – campaign live |
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| Here’s video of Bernie Sanders’ appearance on Morning Joe this morning, wherein he details his planned visit to Vatican City to meet with Pope Francis. | |
| “I was very moved by the invitation, which just was made public today,” Sanders said. “I am a big, big fan of the pope. Obviously there are areas where we disagree - on women’s rights or gay rights. But he has played an unbelievable role. An unbelievable role of injecting a moral consequence into the economy.” | |
| Sanders drew a connection between his own advocacy against wealth inequality and that of the pontiff, who has criticized capitalism as an engine of poverty. | |
| “There are people who think that Bernie Sanders is radical - read what the pope is writing!” Sanders continued. “What he is saying is not only that we have to pay attention to what he calls the ‘dispossessed’ ... but you know what else he’s even doing - he’s talking about the idolatry of money. The worship of money. The greed that’s out there.” | |
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| Apropos those delegates … AP’s Nick Riccardi sees little love for the frontrunner. | Apropos those delegates … AP’s Nick Riccardi sees little love for the frontrunner. |
| The scene at the CD5 assembly symbolizes the simple, orderly way the COGOP is choosing its delegates. pic.twitter.com/X2HgjXo2Jr | The scene at the CD5 assembly symbolizes the simple, orderly way the COGOP is choosing its delegates. pic.twitter.com/X2HgjXo2Jr |
| Ted Cruz slate in CD5. As has been the case here in CO, no one else has such a visible presence. #copolitics pic.twitter.com/gr4M5qfEF2 | Ted Cruz slate in CD5. As has been the case here in CO, no one else has such a visible presence. #copolitics pic.twitter.com/gr4M5qfEF2 |
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| Mitt Romney’s niece has pledged her delegate vote to Donald Trump, the Detroit News reports, in a decision that will not make her popular at family events with the anti-Trump scion. | Mitt Romney’s niece has pledged her delegate vote to Donald Trump, the Detroit News reports, in a decision that will not make her popular at family events with the anti-Trump scion. |
| Ronna Romney McDaniel, the chairwoman for the Michigan Republican party, said on Thursday that she and another committee member will pledge their votes to Trump. | Ronna Romney McDaniel, the chairwoman for the Michigan Republican party, said on Thursday that she and another committee member will pledge their votes to Trump. |
| Her uncle has lead the charge to prevent Trump from becoming the Republican nominee, excoriating him as often as he can. Last month he wrote: “Trumpism has become associated with racism, misogyny, bigotry, xenophobia, vulgarity and, most recently, threats and violence. I am repulsed by each and every one of these.” | Her uncle has lead the charge to prevent Trump from becoming the Republican nominee, excoriating him as often as he can. Last month he wrote: “Trumpism has become associated with racism, misogyny, bigotry, xenophobia, vulgarity and, most recently, threats and violence. I am repulsed by each and every one of these.” |
| The 2012 Republican candidate voted for Ted Cruz in Utah, though he has not endorsed him. He said that although he likes John Kasich, “a vote for Governor Kasich in future contests makes it extremely likely that Trumpism would prevail.” | The 2012 Republican candidate voted for Ted Cruz in Utah, though he has not endorsed him. He said that although he likes John Kasich, “a vote for Governor Kasich in future contests makes it extremely likely that Trumpism would prevail.” |
| “I will vote for Senator Cruz and I encourage others to do so as well, so that we can have an open convention and nominate a Republican,” he wrote. | “I will vote for Senator Cruz and I encourage others to do so as well, so that we can have an open convention and nominate a Republican,” he wrote. |
| Romney McDaniel explained her vote to the Detroit News: “I’m going to go with the voters of Michigan.” | Romney McDaniel explained her vote to the Detroit News: “I’m going to go with the voters of Michigan.” |
| Trump won the state with 36.5% of the vote and 25 delegates. Cruz and Kasich each won 17 delegates there. The three campaigns have started aggressively pursuing any and all unpledged delegates, Cruz to force an open convention and Trump to prevent one. From the Detroit News: | Trump won the state with 36.5% of the vote and 25 delegates. Cruz and Kasich each won 17 delegates there. The three campaigns have started aggressively pursuing any and all unpledged delegates, Cruz to force an open convention and Trump to prevent one. From the Detroit News: |
| More than 200 Michigan Republicans have applied to fill the remaining 56 national convention delegate seats at stake during the two-day convention, McDaniel said. The state party is not releasing the names of individuals seeking national delegate seats ahead of the convention, she said. | More than 200 Michigan Republicans have applied to fill the remaining 56 national convention delegate seats at stake during the two-day convention, McDaniel said. The state party is not releasing the names of individuals seeking national delegate seats ahead of the convention, she said. |
| “From what I’m hearing and what I’m seeing on the ground, it seems like the districts are making a concerted effort that the delegates awarded to Trump, Cruz and Kasich are actually going to be supporters of those candidates,” McDaniel said. | “From what I’m hearing and what I’m seeing on the ground, it seems like the districts are making a concerted effort that the delegates awarded to Trump, Cruz and Kasich are actually going to be supporters of those candidates,” McDaniel said. |
| Cruz has successfully outmaneuvered Trump at the level of state politics around the country, where Trump’s small and improvisational campaign has few resources and experience. The Texas senator has done well in Louisiana, for instance, another state where Trump won, and could sweep the delegates chosen at Colorado’s convention. | Cruz has successfully outmaneuvered Trump at the level of state politics around the country, where Trump’s small and improvisational campaign has few resources and experience. The Texas senator has done well in Louisiana, for instance, another state where Trump won, and could sweep the delegates chosen at Colorado’s convention. |
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| Ted Cruz raised more than $12.5m in March, his campaign just announced, the most money the senator has raised in a single month for his entire campaign. He’s been on the road longer than any other candidate, announcing his campaign from an evangelical college last March. | Ted Cruz raised more than $12.5m in March, his campaign just announced, the most money the senator has raised in a single month for his entire campaign. He’s been on the road longer than any other candidate, announcing his campaign from an evangelical college last March. |
| From the campaign: | From the campaign: |
| The campaign had almost 240,000 donations with an average donation of $52. To date the total number of dollars raised is more than $78 million with more than 450,00 donors. | The campaign had almost 240,000 donations with an average donation of $52. To date the total number of dollars raised is more than $78 million with more than 450,00 donors. |
| “This is yet another sign that conservatives are coalescing behind our campaign,” said Cruz. | “This is yet another sign that conservatives are coalescing behind our campaign,” said Cruz. |
| “The path to victory in the nomination and winning the general election is by standing up for hardworking men and women of America who have been left behind by Washington. I am confident in this campaign’s ability to bring together all factions of the Republican Party, as we continue to unite Republicans, Independents, Libertarians, and Americans who care about our future.” | “The path to victory in the nomination and winning the general election is by standing up for hardworking men and women of America who have been left behind by Washington. I am confident in this campaign’s ability to bring together all factions of the Republican Party, as we continue to unite Republicans, Independents, Libertarians, and Americans who care about our future.” |
| For perspective, the Democrats’ numbers in March: | For perspective, the Democrats’ numbers in March: |
| A reminder of the scale differences between Dems and Republicans. Sanders raised $44 million, Clinton $29 million. https://t.co/yuAY47YaYy | A reminder of the scale differences between Dems and Republicans. Sanders raised $44 million, Clinton $29 million. https://t.co/yuAY47YaYy |
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| Sanders to visit the Vatican | Sanders to visit the Vatican |
| The seat of the Catholic church has invited the man who would be the first Jewish president of the United States to speak about inequality, Bernie Sanders announced on Friday. | The seat of the Catholic church has invited the man who would be the first Jewish president of the United States to speak about inequality, Bernie Sanders announced on Friday. |
| Sanders told MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” that he was invited by the Vatican to a conference held by the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences on 15 April. | Sanders told MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” that he was invited by the Vatican to a conference held by the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences on 15 April. |
| The Democratic senator praised Pope Francis for “injecting a moral consequence into the economy”, and championing inequality as a cause, although Sanders said they disagree on some social issues, including same-sex marriage and contraception. | The Democratic senator praised Pope Francis for “injecting a moral consequence into the economy”, and championing inequality as a cause, although Sanders said they disagree on some social issues, including same-sex marriage and contraception. |
| “I was very moved by the invitation, which just was made public today,” Sanders said. “I am a big big fan of the pope. | “I was very moved by the invitation, which just was made public today,” Sanders said. “I am a big big fan of the pope. |
| “Obviously there are areas where we disagree on, women’s rights or gay rights. But he has played an unbelievable role, an unbelievable role of injecting a moral consequence into the economy.” | “Obviously there are areas where we disagree on, women’s rights or gay rights. But he has played an unbelievable role, an unbelievable role of injecting a moral consequence into the economy.” |
| He then suggested that the pope, who has reinvigorated Catholics around the world with his calls to reform the church and to generosity toward gay people and people of other faiths, is in fact more of a firebrand than the self-declared democratic socialist. | He then suggested that the pope, who has reinvigorated Catholics around the world with his calls to reform the church and to generosity toward gay people and people of other faiths, is in fact more of a firebrand than the self-declared democratic socialist. |
| “People think Bernie Sanders is a radical, read what the pope is writing!” | “People think Bernie Sanders is a radical, read what the pope is writing!” |
| “What he is saying is not only that we have to pay attention to what he calls the dispossessed,” he continued, alluding to unemployed young people and elderly people living in poverty. “He’s talking about the idolatry of money. The worship of money. tHE greed that’s out there. How our whole country is based on more and more and more.” | “What he is saying is not only that we have to pay attention to what he calls the dispossessed,” he continued, alluding to unemployed young people and elderly people living in poverty. “He’s talking about the idolatry of money. The worship of money. tHE greed that’s out there. How our whole country is based on more and more and more.” |
| “He’s trying to inject a sense of morality into how we do economics,” he concluded. “And we need that desperately. | “He’s trying to inject a sense of morality into how we do economics,” he concluded. “And we need that desperately. |
| Sanders will head to the city inside Rome just before the New York primary on 19 April. | Sanders will head to the city inside Rome just before the New York primary on 19 April. |
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| Hello, and welcome to our rolling coverage of the 2016 battle for the north-east, which has seen the kind of cantankerous chaos for which the east coast is known and loved. | Hello, and welcome to our rolling coverage of the 2016 battle for the north-east, which has seen the kind of cantankerous chaos for which the east coast is known and loved. |
| Ted Cruz was heckled in the Bronx and sang with Jews in Brighton Beach. Protesters flustered Bill Clinton in Philadelphia. Hillary Clinton struggled to swipe on the subway. Bernie Sanders struggled to remember it. And Donald Trump lurked in Trump Tower and promoted an aide who worked for a Kremlin-backed, revolution-ousted Ukrainian president. | Ted Cruz was heckled in the Bronx and sang with Jews in Brighton Beach. Protesters flustered Bill Clinton in Philadelphia. Hillary Clinton struggled to swipe on the subway. Bernie Sanders struggled to remember it. And Donald Trump lurked in Trump Tower and promoted an aide who worked for a Kremlin-backed, revolution-ousted Ukrainian president. |
| John Kasich fought an oversized sandwich. | John Kasich fought an oversized sandwich. |
| The three Republican and two Democratic candidates have entered a newly aggressive stage of the 2016 primary race, just over a week before New York votes with hundreds of delegates at stake. Clinton still leads Sanders by a sizable margin of superdelegates, but he has sharpened his criticisms in front of his home town. | The three Republican and two Democratic candidates have entered a newly aggressive stage of the 2016 primary race, just over a week before New York votes with hundreds of delegates at stake. Clinton still leads Sanders by a sizable margin of superdelegates, but he has sharpened his criticisms in front of his home town. |
| Sanders has also just announced he’ll head to Vatican City next week to speak about social and economic inequality – the favorite theme of both the Jewish senator and Catholicism’s current leader, Pope Francis. | Sanders has also just announced he’ll head to Vatican City next week to speak about social and economic inequality – the favorite theme of both the Jewish senator and Catholicism’s current leader, Pope Francis. |
| Trump also has held his lead in the Republican race, although he suffered a resounding defeat in Wisconsin on Tuesday as anti-Trump Republicans decide to love the one they’re with (Cruz) instead of the ones they wanted (anyone but Trump or Cruz). | Trump also has held his lead in the Republican race, although he suffered a resounding defeat in Wisconsin on Tuesday as anti-Trump Republicans decide to love the one they’re with (Cruz) instead of the ones they wanted (anyone but Trump or Cruz). |
| Cruz’s Wisconsin victory made a contested convention more likely, if not certain, but Kasich remains a thorn in his side – appealing to the same moderate Republicans that the Texas senator has alienated with his ultra-conservative ideas and fire and brimstone style. | Cruz’s Wisconsin victory made a contested convention more likely, if not certain, but Kasich remains a thorn in his side – appealing to the same moderate Republicans that the Texas senator has alienated with his ultra-conservative ideas and fire and brimstone style. |
| But the senator has managed a shadow campaign that is quietly undermining Trump’s lead in pledged delegates. In Colorado, for instance, the Republican convention is swaying to his well-organized team in the backrooms and corridors where party veterans learned the rules. | But the senator has managed a shadow campaign that is quietly undermining Trump’s lead in pledged delegates. In Colorado, for instance, the Republican convention is swaying to his well-organized team in the backrooms and corridors where party veterans learned the rules. |
| On the docket today: | On the docket today: |