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Clinton, Trump and Sanders gear up for New York primary – campaign live Clinton, Trump and Sanders gear up for New York primary – campaign live
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Hillary Clinton is in Port Washington, New York – on Long Island – for an event on gun violence. The Guardian’s Jamiles Lartey is there:
In Port Washington, for a @HillaryClinton convo on gun violence. A single NRA guy & a single Bernie guy out front to greet the HC supporters
and Clinton has opened with a swipe at Sanders:
Clinton hits Sanders on guns: "The highest per capita number of those guns that end up committing crimes in New York, come from Vermont."
Vermont's governor: Peter Shumlin, who has endorsed Hillary https://t.co/6Cc6yv3rJu
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It’s only April, but Rush Limbaugh, the radio personality, is already on to the third round of balloting at the Republican convention in Cleveland in late July.
Rush’s story is that Cruz blocks Trump in the first round of voting, but does not win a majority in the second round, and so is set aside in the third in favor of a party stalwart.
#LIMBAUGH: On The Third Ballot @TedCruz Will Find Out What It’s Like To Be @realDonaldTrump https://t.co/V69EAXSHwG AUDIO
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Clinton leads Sanders by 12 in New York - poll
Hillary Clinton leads Bernie Sanders by 12 points in the upcoming New York Democratic primary, according to a just-released poll from Monmouth University.
51% of likely Democratic primary voters in New York support Clinton compared to 39% who support Sanders, the poll found.
The poll notes that Clinton “still receives largely positive marks from primary voters for her time in the Senate – 28% say she did an excellent job and 42% say she did a good job, compared to 20% who say she did an only fair job and just 7% who say she did a poor job.”
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The Guardian’s Amber Jamieson has arrived at a Bernie Sanders rally at the Armory in Albany. She’s not alone:The Guardian’s Amber Jamieson has arrived at a Bernie Sanders rally at the Armory in Albany. She’s not alone:
Hello from Bernie's Albany rally, kicks off at 2pm and huge line still snaking down the block pic.twitter.com/y2ibPDF1r0Hello from Bernie's Albany rally, kicks off at 2pm and huge line still snaking down the block pic.twitter.com/y2ibPDF1r0
There is a group playing hacky sack in the middle of the Bernie rally pic.twitter.com/lsR9L8RnkwThere is a group playing hacky sack in the middle of the Bernie rally pic.twitter.com/lsR9L8Rnkw
Important update:Important update:
Music so far at Bernie rally in Albany: Sleater-Kinney, Pearl Jam, live Talking Heads cover band.Music so far at Bernie rally in Albany: Sleater-Kinney, Pearl Jam, live Talking Heads cover band.
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Hillary Clinton has just taken questions from reporters after a campaign stop in Jackson Heights, Queens.Hillary Clinton has just taken questions from reporters after a campaign stop in Jackson Heights, Queens.
She indulged in a bit of pre-debate trash talk, saying that rival Bernie Sanders had had “trouble answering questions” “under the bright spotlight and scrutiny here in New York” and she looked forward to their Thursday meeting at the Brooklyn Navy Yard.She indulged in a bit of pre-debate trash talk, saying that rival Bernie Sanders had had “trouble answering questions” “under the bright spotlight and scrutiny here in New York” and she looked forward to their Thursday meeting at the Brooklyn Navy Yard.
In a 1 April interview with the New York Daily News Sanders was hesitant in his description of the legal authority of the president to identify banks as too-big-to-fail in a way that would trigger their dissection. The Clinton campaign has attacked his hesitancy as ignorance, while others have said he was presenting an informed and inflected view.In a 1 April interview with the New York Daily News Sanders was hesitant in his description of the legal authority of the president to identify banks as too-big-to-fail in a way that would trigger their dissection. The Clinton campaign has attacked his hesitancy as ignorance, while others have said he was presenting an informed and inflected view.
Clinton said that while she was “far ahead of him the popular vote,” she would not call on Sanders to drop out of the nominating race and that she was “for a good, tough, contest.”Clinton said that while she was “far ahead of him the popular vote,” she would not call on Sanders to drop out of the nominating race and that she was “for a good, tough, contest.”
“I’m going to run my campaign I’m going to make my case,” Clinton said. “I’m going to keep working. I do believe that we cannot let Donald Trump’s comments, his attacks” go unanswered.“I’m going to run my campaign I’m going to make my case,” Clinton said. “I’m going to keep working. I do believe that we cannot let Donald Trump’s comments, his attacks” go unanswered.
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Reader callout: do you feel disenfranchised?Reader callout: do you feel disenfranchised?
Both parties’ nominating contests have been split by controversies over delegate selection and the feeling that the will of the voters is not wholly reflected in the shape of the race.Both parties’ nominating contests have been split by controversies over delegate selection and the feeling that the will of the voters is not wholly reflected in the shape of the race.
Do you feel disenfranchised by the delegate system as it currently exists for the Democratic and Republican parties? Tell us about it, by filling out this form. A selection of responses will be featured in our coverage of the topic later this week.Do you feel disenfranchised by the delegate system as it currently exists for the Democratic and Republican parties? Tell us about it, by filling out this form. A selection of responses will be featured in our coverage of the topic later this week.
Related: Democratic and Republican voters: do you feel disenfranchised?Related: Democratic and Republican voters: do you feel disenfranchised?
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A retired White House gardener is selling Hillary Clinton’s 1986 Oldsmobile Cutlass, which he bought at an auction for the residence’s workers and has been sitting in his Pennsylvania garage for years, the AP reports:A retired White House gardener is selling Hillary Clinton’s 1986 Oldsmobile Cutlass, which he bought at an auction for the residence’s workers and has been sitting in his Pennsylvania garage for years, the AP reports:
Mike Lawn, who worked at the White House for nearly three decades, bought the car in 2000 to give to his daughter when she turned 16, but she wouldn’t drive it.Mike Lawn, who worked at the White House for nearly three decades, bought the car in 2000 to give to his daughter when she turned 16, but she wouldn’t drive it.
“She said it looked like an old lady’s car,” Lawn told The Evening Sun newspaper. “She didn’t know why it had cranks in the windows.”“She said it looked like an old lady’s car,” Lawn told The Evening Sun newspaper. “She didn’t know why it had cranks in the windows.”
The four-door sedan, complete with 1990 “Clinton for Governor” sticker on the back windshield and Arkansas license plates, has been hardly used over the last 16 years, with just over 32,000 miles on it.The four-door sedan, complete with 1990 “Clinton for Governor” sticker on the back windshield and Arkansas license plates, has been hardly used over the last 16 years, with just over 32,000 miles on it.
Read the full piece here.Read the full piece here.
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The Daily Beast zeroes in on at least five get-out-the-vote videos that Ivanka Trump, who failed to register for the GOP primary, made on behalf of her father.The Daily Beast zeroes in on at least five get-out-the-vote videos that Ivanka Trump, who failed to register for the GOP primary, made on behalf of her father.
Ivanka Trump, who did not register for the NY GOP primary, made at least 5 videos explaining how to register to vote https://t.co/FqUu24i8QXIvanka Trump, who did not register for the NY GOP primary, made at least 5 videos explaining how to register to vote https://t.co/FqUu24i8QX
“Hi, Iowa,” she said with a cute wave in a Youtube video published Jan. 30 that clocked more than 100,000 views. “I’m Ivanka Trump, and I am really excited to tell you how to caucus for my father, Donald J. Trump, on February 1.”“Hi, Iowa,” she said with a cute wave in a Youtube video published Jan. 30 that clocked more than 100,000 views. “I’m Ivanka Trump, and I am really excited to tell you how to caucus for my father, Donald J. Trump, on February 1.”
She then explained—in small words and short sentences—how Iowans could vote for Trump in the first contest of the cycle.She then explained—in small words and short sentences—how Iowans could vote for Trump in the first contest of the cycle.
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Donald Trump has posted video of an angry supporter in Colorado burning what he says is his Republican party registration form, after all the state’s delegates went to Ted Cruz:Donald Trump has posted video of an angry supporter in Colorado burning what he says is his Republican party registration form, after all the state’s delegates went to Ted Cruz:
This is happening all over our country—great people being disenfranchised bypoliticians. Repub party is in trouble! https://t.co/wNXRqVl9UuThis is happening all over our country—great people being disenfranchised bypoliticians. Repub party is in trouble! https://t.co/wNXRqVl9Uu
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The Bernie Sanders campaign has produced a new anti-fracking ad, touching on what has been a central issue for some upstate New York voters before the practice was banned last year. Fracking refers to the hydraulic fracturing of rock for gas and oil extraction. The practice is tied to unnatural seismic activity and has prompted pollution concerns.The Bernie Sanders campaign has produced a new anti-fracking ad, touching on what has been a central issue for some upstate New York voters before the practice was banned last year. Fracking refers to the hydraulic fracturing of rock for gas and oil extraction. The practice is tied to unnatural seismic activity and has prompted pollution concerns.
The ad takes a swipe at Clinton, though not by name. “Washington politicians protect oil companies,” it asserts. Sanders is the only candidate who opposes fracking everywhere, it says.The ad takes a swipe at Clinton, though not by name. “Washington politicians protect oil companies,” it asserts. Sanders is the only candidate who opposes fracking everywhere, it says.
“He can’t be bought by them because he’s funded by you,” it concludes.“He can’t be bought by them because he’s funded by you,” it concludes.
Bernie Sanders calls for nationwide ban on fracking in Binghamton, NY, which fought the practice before it was banned statewide.Bernie Sanders calls for nationwide ban on fracking in Binghamton, NY, which fought the practice before it was banned statewide.
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Americans pick Clinton to 'make America great' – poll
Asked in an AP-GfK poll whether Hillary Clinton or Donald Trump would be best at “making America great,” more Americans picked Clinton, the news agency reports:
Clinton’s edge over Trump on the issues spans foreign and domestic policy.
She holds a significant advantage on handling immigration, health care, the U.S. image abroad, filling Supreme Court vacancies, international trade and working with Congress. Her biggest advantage is on handling gender equality issues, with 55 percent of Americans trusting her and just 12 percent backing Trump.
Clinton has a slimmer lead over Trump on which candidate is trusted to protect the country, with 37 percent backing the Democrat and 31 percent backing the Republican. The margin is similar when Americans were asked who they trusted to handle the threat posed by the Islamic State group.
Much of Trump’s appeal with voters has rested on his broad pledge to “make America great again.” But when asked which candidate they trusted more to make the country great, 33 percent of Americans picked Clinton and 28 percent backed Trump.
Read the full piece here.
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Politico’s Kyle Cheney points out that Trump, in a previous incarnation, used to razz Rick Santorum’s “inept” campaign for its weak delegates game, and to wave the party rulebook for selecting a nominee:
Despite complaints today, @realDonaldTrump seemed to have a nuanced understanding of the delegate process in 2012. pic.twitter.com/rrLebt4DRg
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Walker passes hat to pay down debt
Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker says he’s “thrifty” and is offering T-shirts for craft projects while asking donors to help pay off the $1.2 million debt from his short-lived presidential campaign, writes the AP:
The Republican sent an email to donors Sunday saying, “if there is one thing the American people learned about me during our presidential campaign, it is that I am thrifty.” He cites his use of coupons and shopping at sales racks.
The email doesn’t mention more than $90,000 a day was spent on his 70-day presidential run.
Walker’s email says anyone who donates $45 will receive a campaign T-shirt, but size and color requests won’t be honored because of a lack of resources.
Walker says the shirts can be framed or used for “crafty things” like a pillow or bag.
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Saturday saw a victory for Bernie Sanders in caucuses in Wyoming – but he split the delegates evenly with rival Hillary Clinton, reported Dan Roberts and Lauren Gambino:
The Vermont senator finished 12 points ahead of former secretary of state Hillary Clinton with 56%-44% of the vote in Wyoming, after a caucus that underlined his continued challenge to her among white voters drawn to his more radical economic platform.
The eventual margin of victory was slimmer than some pundits had anticipatedand fell short of his recent 58.9%-to-40.4% win in neighbouring Colorado.
Nonetheless, it represented a convincing victory for a 74-year-old democratic socialist in one of the most conservative states the country.
In 2008, Barack Obama defeated Clinton in Wyoming by 61% to 38%, but fewer than a fifth of registered voters in the state are Democrats. Sanders has tended to fare better than Clinton in states using the caucus system rather than larger primary elections.
Related: Bernie Sanders takes Wyoming caucus but Hillary Clinton picks up delegates
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Here’s a peek at team Bernie Sanders in New York, as campaign operations unfolded this weekend:
Michael Stipe of REM, center, who's accompanying Bernie Sanders this afternoon as he campaigns on Coney Island. pic.twitter.com/14suUeqxF6
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Trump loses delegate fights in multiple states
Donald Trump has been pretty good at winning Republican votes, but in the willfully complicated game of capturing delegates whose loyalty at the national convention he can count on, the frontrunner has shown less proficiency.
Trump’s troubles first emerged last month in Louisiana, where it appears that Ted Cruz will have a 10-delegate lead despite Trump’s narrow victory in the state’s primary.
Now Trump, in one weekend, has lost delegates battles in at least five and possibly six states.
If this tale of seemingly shifting delegates is confusing, there’s good reason: each state has its own set of rules for electing delegates, who participate in a nominating process that is itself defined by complicated rules that can change. Sound rigged? Trump thinks so:
I win a state in votes and then get non-representative delegates because they are offered all sorts of goodies by Cruz campaign. Bad system!
A look at where and how Trump lost this weekend sheds light on some of the complexities of the process.
In Iowa, Cruz earned almost every delegate for grabs in the state’s four congressional district conventions. The Trump campaign had only urged supporters to attend the state’s first-in-the-nation caucuses on 1 February and had made no attempt to encourage Trump supporters to be involved in electing delegates.
In Colorado, there was never a statewide Republican vote to determine a presidential preference, although there was a vote to elect delegates to a state convention where some national delegates would be elected. The state convention happened at the weekend, and Trump lost the fight for all 13 delegates at stake.
Related: Ted Cruz sweeps Colorado amid Trump camp's disarray
In South Carolina, Republicans appeared to be selecting more national delegates loyal to Cruz than to Trump, despite Trump’s 10-point victory in the state’s primary in February. The delegates are required to vote Trump in a first round of voting at the national convention – but in a second round, should one be required, and thereafter the delegates may vote for whomever they wish.
In Virginia, Cruz “edged out Trump in the convention in Virginia’s ninth congressional district,” reported Ben Jacobs. Cruz won two delegates to Trump’s one in an area where Trump won 47% of the vote in the state’s 1 March primary. The delegates would be bound in a first round of voting at the national convention but not thereafter.
Indiana, where the Republican party machine has been loath to accept Trump, began selecting delegates from congressional districts before the state’s 3 May primary. As in South Carolina, the delegates have an anti-Trump bent, Time reported.
In Michigan, where Republicans held their state convention on Saturday, Trump and Ohio governor John Kasich were able to combine to win key slots on the rules committee and credentials committee and elect all the delegates they earned in the state’s March primary. But Cruz’s campaign “believes they have installed loyalists in about five delegate slots among the 25 delegates pledged to Trump,” the Time report said.
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2013: long ago.
this is a good exchange on social media https://t.co/japRV0nRog pic.twitter.com/qySW0wwwgu
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Trump kids fail to register to vote
“They feel very, very, guilty,” Donald Trump said of his two children, Ivanka and Eric, who are New York residents but who failed to register to vote in time for the state’s 19 April primary.
Does the failure of the Trump children to register to vote in his home state bespeak a bigger problem with his campaign’s get-out-the-vote efforts?
Trump is sailing as the frontrunner in New York, but he needs every vote he can muster if he is to cross the 50% mark statewide and in each congressional district. Any candidate who crosses that threshold gets all the delegates at stake. If no candidate crosses the threshold, the delegates are awarded proportionally.
Here’s Trump’s phone interview with Fox on the topic, re-posted from the intro:
“They feel very, very guilty.” @realDonaldTrump on Ivanka & Eric not registering in time to vote in the NY primaryhttps://t.co/UfQ5ZXVRqL
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Clinton pitch to NY voters: 'tough enough to stop Trump'
Lauren Gambino
The Hillary Clinton camp released an ad Monday making the case that Clinton is the only candidate “tough enough” to defeat Donald Trump in a general election match-up.
The ad, which will run in New York ahead of next week’s primary, calls out Trump for saying that women who have abortions should be “punished”. (He later sought to retract the remark.) The ad also hits Trump for labeling Mexicans as rapists and for calling for a ban on Muslims seeking to enter the US.
“Donald Trump says we can solve America’s problems by turning against each other,” Clinton says in the ad, titled Stronger Together. “It’s wrong and it goes against everything New York and America stands for.”
The ad ends: “With so much at stake, she’s the one tough enough to stop Trump.”
Bernie Sanders also has a new ad, Bolder, referencing Ted Cruz’s sneer about Trump’s “New York values”.
Sanders, the ad says, is the “Brooklyn-born, native son” candidate who embodies “values, forged in New York”.
Sanders has argued that polls consistently show him defeating Trump in a potential general election match-up by a more decisive margin than Clinton, although some polling experts have said its too early to judge a general election matchup.
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Hello and welcome to our live-wire coverage of the 2016 race for the White House. The race is on for New York: both Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders have stops planned in Albany, the capital, today, while Hillary Clinton is scheduled to speak about gun violence on Long Island. Ohio governor John Kasich has two town hall events upstate.
Ted Cruz, meanwhile, has slipped away to the west coast for events in Orange County and San Diego, well in advance of the California primary on 7 June.
Clinton is out with a new ad targeting New Yorkers and pitching herself as the only Democrat strong enough to take on Trump. Our Lauren Gambino will take a look shortly.
Trump decided at the weekend that politics is a dirty, corrupt business. That was after he lost delegate fights in five states. In some cases, such as in South Carolina, the state party chose some delegates likely to abandon Trump after the first round of voting at the national convention in July, should a second round be required, in spite of Trump’s 10-point win in the state’s February primary.
“We’ve got a corrupt system, its not right,” Trump said at a rally in Rochester, New York on Sunday. “We’re supposed to be a democracy. We’re supposed to be you vote and the vote means something ... and we’ve got to do something about it.”
Related: Ted Cruz sweeps Colorado amid Trump camp's disarray
Trump’s critics blame his delegate slippage on what they say is his campaign’s disorganization and ignorance of party rules. Trump revealed on Monday that two of his three children who live in New York did not know the rules for registering to vote in the state and so will not cast ballots in the 19 April primary.
“They feel very, very guilty.” @realDonaldTrump on Ivanka & Eric not registering in time to vote in the NY primaryhttps://t.co/UfQ5ZXVRqL
Donald Jr is the new favorite?
CNN, meanwhile, announced three town halls on consecutive nights this week, with the Republican candidates and their families:
On Monday 11 April, Ohio governor John Kasich will be joined by his wife Karen and daughters Reese and Emma. On Tuesday, Trump will be joined by his wife Melania and children Ivanka, Eric, and Donald Jr. On Wednesday, Texas senator Ted Cruz will be joined by his wife Heidi. Each candidate and his family will speak with Anderson Cooper and take questions from an audience of registered Republican voters.
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