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| Bernie Sanders endorsed by senator ahead of New York rally – campaign live | Bernie Sanders endorsed by senator ahead of New York rally – campaign live |
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| Video – Dear America: this Donald Trump thing? It’s not all about you | |
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| Hello, and welcome to our live-wire coverage of the 2016 race for the White House. Bernie Sanders has scheduled a last-minute event to announce a big new endorsement – most likely Senator Jeff Merkley, Democrat from Oregon, who has endorsed Sanders this morning in a New York Times op-ed, becoming the first sitting senator to do so. | Hello, and welcome to our live-wire coverage of the 2016 race for the White House. Bernie Sanders has scheduled a last-minute event to announce a big new endorsement – most likely Senator Jeff Merkley, Democrat from Oregon, who has endorsed Sanders this morning in a New York Times op-ed, becoming the first sitting senator to do so. |
| Hillary Clinton “would be a strong and capable president”, Merkley writes in the op-ed, “but Bernie Sanders is boldly and fiercely addressing the biggest challenges facing our country”. | Hillary Clinton “would be a strong and capable president”, Merkley writes in the op-ed, “but Bernie Sanders is boldly and fiercely addressing the biggest challenges facing our country”. |
| And as economic power has become more concentrated, so too has political power. Special interests, aided by their political and judicial allies, have exercised an ever-tighter grip on our political system, from the rise of unlimited, secret campaign spending to a voter suppression movement. | And as economic power has become more concentrated, so too has political power. Special interests, aided by their political and judicial allies, have exercised an ever-tighter grip on our political system, from the rise of unlimited, secret campaign spending to a voter suppression movement. |
| Oregon holds its primaries on 17 May. | Oregon holds its primaries on 17 May. |
| Later today both Sanders and Clinton are scheduled to appear in Manhattan at the 25th anniversary convention of the National Action Network, the social justice organization headed by Rev Al Sharpton. | Later today both Sanders and Clinton are scheduled to appear in Manhattan at the 25th anniversary convention of the National Action Network, the social justice organization headed by Rev Al Sharpton. |
| New York City mayor Bill de Blasio will be at the NAN event too, which could give him and Clinton time to further discuss the comedy skit they appeared in last Saturday in which De Blasio controversially referred to “CP time” – colored people time. | New York City mayor Bill de Blasio will be at the NAN event too, which could give him and Clinton time to further discuss the comedy skit they appeared in last Saturday in which De Blasio controversially referred to “CP time” – colored people time. |
| Clinton has blamed the episode on De Blasio. “Well, look, it was Mayor de Blasio’s skit,” told Cosmopolitan magazine. “He has addressed it, and I will really defer to him because it is something that he’s already talked about.” | Clinton has blamed the episode on De Blasio. “Well, look, it was Mayor de Blasio’s skit,” told Cosmopolitan magazine. “He has addressed it, and I will really defer to him because it is something that he’s already talked about.” |
| De Blasio took full responsibility, then blamed a nameless author: “I take full responsibility ... someone else wrote the script,” he said Wednesday morning. | De Blasio took full responsibility, then blamed a nameless author: “I take full responsibility ... someone else wrote the script,” he said Wednesday morning. |
| And tonight Sanders will host a rally in Washington Square park in Manhattan’s Greenwich Village, featuring Vampire Weekend, Spike Lee, Rosario Dawson, Tim Robbins and others. We’ll be liveblogging from the rally later. | And tonight Sanders will host a rally in Washington Square park in Manhattan’s Greenwich Village, featuring Vampire Weekend, Spike Lee, Rosario Dawson, Tim Robbins and others. We’ll be liveblogging from the rally later. |
| Ohio governor John Kasich is in Maryland today, Donald Trump has a rally scheduled in Pittsburgh, and Ted Cruz is in Erie, Pennsylvania. Bill Clinton is campaigning in Maryland, and Hillary will be in the Bronx; we’ll have reporters with the two of them. | Ohio governor John Kasich is in Maryland today, Donald Trump has a rally scheduled in Pittsburgh, and Ted Cruz is in Erie, Pennsylvania. Bill Clinton is campaigning in Maryland, and Hillary will be in the Bronx; we’ll have reporters with the two of them. |
| The NY Daily News reports it caught Trump’s new “convention manager”, Paul Manafort, following a Manhattan swingers’ club called DecadenceNYC on Twitter. Maybe he was just hoping to swing some delegates. Manafort no longer follows the account in question. | The NY Daily News reports it caught Trump’s new “convention manager”, Paul Manafort, following a Manhattan swingers’ club called DecadenceNYC on Twitter. Maybe he was just hoping to swing some delegates. Manafort no longer follows the account in question. |
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