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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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| Sanders snags transit union endorsement | |
| The New York Daily News has endorsed Hillary Clinton, while New York’s transit workers have endorsed Bernie Sanders. | |
| The Transport Workers Union Local 100 represents 42,000 workers in the New York region. “It is too late for the same old same old establishment politics,” Sanders said, in accepting the endorsement in an appearance at union headquarters in downtown Brooklyn. | |
| JUST IN: Bernie Sanders announces NY transit union endorsement https://t.co/dzkKwXIFW2 | |
| Neither Democratic candidate is a seasoned New York straphanger. Bernie Sanders asserted in a Daily News interview earlier this month that the subway takes tokens, which it hasn’t since 2003. A week later Clinton was filmed struggling to swipe a Metrocard at a subway turnstile. | |
| In endorsing Clinton, the Daily News said that she had realistic plans to achieve her goals while Sanders offered promises without specifics. | |
| Today's front page...Why our Editorial Board chooses @HillaryClinton over @BernieSanders https://t.co/CweRhvnEe0 pic.twitter.com/u68UZqBlKK | |
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| Clinton calls in to Hot97 | Clinton calls in to Hot97 |
| Hilly, Hillary, secretary or senator – any name goes, Hillary Clinton told the hosts of a hip-hop radio show in a phone interview Wednesday morning. | Hilly, Hillary, secretary or senator – any name goes, Hillary Clinton told the hosts of a hip-hop radio show in a phone interview Wednesday morning. |
| Clinton called into the Ebro in the Morning show on New York’s Hot97 for a friendly 15-minute interview that touched on the controversial legacy of the 1994 crime bill, rival Bernie Sanders’ record on guns and Clinton’s commitment to helping African American communities in New York and beyond. | Clinton called into the Ebro in the Morning show on New York’s Hot97 for a friendly 15-minute interview that touched on the controversial legacy of the 1994 crime bill, rival Bernie Sanders’ record on guns and Clinton’s commitment to helping African American communities in New York and beyond. |
| Sanders was interviewed on the show earlier this month. New York will hold Democratic and Republican primaries on 19 April. | Sanders was interviewed on the show earlier this month. New York will hold Democratic and Republican primaries on 19 April. |
| “How do we refer to you? Mrs Clinton, first lady, secretary Clinton, senator?” asked an Ebro co-host. | “How do we refer to you? Mrs Clinton, first lady, secretary Clinton, senator?” asked an Ebro co-host. |
| “I’ll answer to any of those,” Clinton replied. “You can throw in Hillary, too. But I loved being your senator for eight years, that was so much fun.” | “I’ll answer to any of those,” Clinton replied. “You can throw in Hillary, too. But I loved being your senator for eight years, that was so much fun.” |
| “So we could call you Hilly?” | “So we could call you Hilly?” |
| “Yeah, you know I had some friends growing up who did.” | “Yeah, you know I had some friends growing up who did.” |
| “A Hilly rock on any block!,” said a co-host, referring to the 2015 summer hit: | “A Hilly rock on any block!,” said a co-host, referring to the 2015 summer hit: |
| Clinton said Sanders had a “blind spot” on guns demonstrated by his votes against stripping gun manufacturers of liability protections in gun violence cases. Sanders has since introduced legislation to remove those protections. | Clinton said Sanders had a “blind spot” on guns demonstrated by his votes against stripping gun manufacturers of liability protections in gun violence cases. Sanders has since introduced legislation to remove those protections. |
| “I see his refusal to acknowledge the 33,000 people a year who are killed by guns as a real blind spot,” Clinton said. | “I see his refusal to acknowledge the 33,000 people a year who are killed by guns as a real blind spot,” Clinton said. |
| She partially defended the 1994 crime bill, blamed for steeply increasing the proportion of African Americans in prisons and jails on relatively low-level nonviolent drug offenses, as containing crucial gun control measures and protections for women. | She partially defended the 1994 crime bill, blamed for steeply increasing the proportion of African Americans in prisons and jails on relatively low-level nonviolent drug offenses, as containing crucial gun control measures and protections for women. |
| But Clinton said the law “had bad effects of taking too many people out of families and away from communities,” and she repeated an apology for applying the epithet “superpredators” at the time to some criminals the crime bill targeted. | But Clinton said the law “had bad effects of taking too many people out of families and away from communities,” and she repeated an apology for applying the epithet “superpredators” at the time to some criminals the crime bill targeted. |
| “It certainly makes me feel sad because I’ve spent my whole adult life... trying to protect young people,” she said. “I would never use that word again, it was used once.” | “It certainly makes me feel sad because I’ve spent my whole adult life... trying to protect young people,” she said. “I would never use that word again, it was used once.” |
| Clinton also defended Bill Clinton’s frustrated reaction last week to protesters in a Philadelphia crowd who repeatedly shouted him down and held signs attacking the crime bill. The former president raised his voice and wagged his fingers at the protesters. | Clinton also defended Bill Clinton’s frustrated reaction last week to protesters in a Philadelphia crowd who repeatedly shouted him down and held signs attacking the crime bill. The former president raised his voice and wagged his fingers at the protesters. |
| “I understand the frustration,” Clinton said. “When he took office in 1993, the statistics were devastating,” with 11m Americans affected by violent crime. “It was a horrible situation.” | “I understand the frustration,” Clinton said. “When he took office in 1993, the statistics were devastating,” with 11m Americans affected by violent crime. “It was a horrible situation.” |
| The show’s hosts challenged her to commit to helping improve public schools as president and taking other actions to support African American communities. | The show’s hosts challenged her to commit to helping improve public schools as president and taking other actions to support African American communities. |
| Clinton called “protecting kids” “the north star of my whole life.” | Clinton called “protecting kids” “the north star of my whole life.” |
| “My presidency will be about the struggling and the striving,” she said. “That’s who I am and that’s what I’ve done.” | “My presidency will be about the struggling and the striving,” she said. “That’s who I am and that’s what I’ve done.” |
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| Video – Dear America: this Donald Trump thing? It’s not all about you | 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. [UPDATE: Sanders’ announcement in fact unveiled the endorsement of the New York transit union, not Merkley.] | |
| 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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