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| Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders set for Brooklyn brawl – campaign live | Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders set for Brooklyn brawl – campaign live |
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| After a raucous appearance onstage in Washington Square Park with Spike Lee, Rosario Dawson and the band Vampire Weekend, Vermont senator and Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders continued his star turn with a late-night appearance on The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore. | |
| On the show, Sanders described himself as at home in the upcoming series of Northeastern primaries - a Brooklyn native, Sanders has represented Vermont in Congress for more than three decades - and said that the importance of Southern states in early Democratic primaries “distorts reality.” | |
| “Since we’ve been out of the South, we’ve been doing pretty well,” Sanders said, although “the day will come when progressives will win in Mississippi, Alabama and Louisiana.” | |
| The audience - and the host - laughed at the idea. | |
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| Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders has condemned remarks by a frequently foulmouthed campaign surrogate who used the phrase “corporate Democratic whore” during a massive rally in Washington Square Park last night. | |
| Oncologist and health care activist Paul Song used the term while criticizing Sanders opponent Hillary Clinton’s ties to insurance companies, telling the crowd of 27,000 people that “Medicare-for-all will never happen if we continue to elect corporate Democratic whores who are beholden to Big Pharma and the private insurance industry instead of us.” | |
| Dr. Song's comment was inappropriate and insensitive. There's no room for language like that in our political discourse. | |
| It was only one of numerous instances that Song used aggressive or scatalogical language during last night’s speech; he also said that the status quo “sucks” and that platitudes about the health care industry are “bullshit.” | |
| Song apologized on Twitter for using the term, saying that he was not calling Clinton a “whore” but was instead referring to Congress. | |
| I am very sorry for using the term "whore" to refer to some in congress who are beholden to corporations and not us. It was insensitive. | |
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| What to expect on the campaign trail today | What to expect on the campaign trail today |
| Scott Bixby | Scott Bixby |
| Good morning, and welcome to today’s edition of the Guardian’s politics live blog. | Good morning, and welcome to today’s edition of the Guardian’s politics live blog. |
| It’s debate day in Brooklyn, where former secretary of state and US senator from New York Hillary Clinton will face off with Vermont senator and Brooklyn native Bernie Sanders in what promises to be the biggest confrontation in the borough since the riot scene in Newsies. The much-rescheduled debate, airing live from the Brooklyn Navy Yard at 9pm ET on CNN, is Sanders’ last, best shot at making a move to win what has long been seen as a safe state for Clinton. | It’s debate day in Brooklyn, where former secretary of state and US senator from New York Hillary Clinton will face off with Vermont senator and Brooklyn native Bernie Sanders in what promises to be the biggest confrontation in the borough since the riot scene in Newsies. The much-rescheduled debate, airing live from the Brooklyn Navy Yard at 9pm ET on CNN, is Sanders’ last, best shot at making a move to win what has long been seen as a safe state for Clinton. |
| On the heels of a massive rally in Washington Square Park last night – our liveblog from the scene is worth the read – Sanders is entering the debate with an upswing in popularity that still leaves him behind Clinton, a New Yorker since she and her husband moved to Westchester County in 2001. Even a close second, while a major victory for a candidate who once found himself more than 30 points behind, would likely fail to change the dynamics of the race, raising the stakes of tonight’s engagement even higher. | On the heels of a massive rally in Washington Square Park last night – our liveblog from the scene is worth the read – Sanders is entering the debate with an upswing in popularity that still leaves him behind Clinton, a New Yorker since she and her husband moved to Westchester County in 2001. Even a close second, while a major victory for a candidate who once found himself more than 30 points behind, would likely fail to change the dynamics of the race, raising the stakes of tonight’s engagement even higher. |
| Afterwards, Sanders is set to cool his heels on a late-night flight to Rome, where he is to attend a conference at the Vatican with Pope Francis on Friday. | Afterwards, Sanders is set to cool his heels on a late-night flight to Rome, where he is to attend a conference at the Vatican with Pope Francis on Friday. |
| On the Republican side of the aisle, Ohio governor John Kasich will be holding a town hall meeting in Jericho, Long Island, at noon, and the New York State Republican Committee’s annual gala is set for tonight at the Grand Hyatt New York – the first building that billionaire frontrunner Donald Trump ever built in Manhattan. The real estate tycoon is expected to attend, as are protesters, who have become a fixture on the Trump campaign trail. | On the Republican side of the aisle, Ohio governor John Kasich will be holding a town hall meeting in Jericho, Long Island, at noon, and the New York State Republican Committee’s annual gala is set for tonight at the Grand Hyatt New York – the first building that billionaire frontrunner Donald Trump ever built in Manhattan. The real estate tycoon is expected to attend, as are protesters, who have become a fixture on the Trump campaign trail. |
| Down on the Hill, congressional leaders are set to join victims of gun violence and advocates for firearm reform at a press conference 10 am ET to counter the visit of the gun lobby’s National Shooting Sports Foundation to Washington. House speaker and absolutely-promises-not-to-be presidential candidate Paul Ryan will also hold his weekly press briefing at 11.30am ET. | Down on the Hill, congressional leaders are set to join victims of gun violence and advocates for firearm reform at a press conference 10 am ET to counter the visit of the gun lobby’s National Shooting Sports Foundation to Washington. House speaker and absolutely-promises-not-to-be presidential candidate Paul Ryan will also hold his weekly press briefing at 11.30am ET. |
| We’ve got a great team covering all of this today: Ed Pilkington, Lauren Gambino and Tom McCarthy will be on the scene in Brooklyn tonight with the sparring Democratic candidates; Megan Carpentier will join Kasich’s town hall in Jericho; Alan Yuhas and Jana Kasperkevic will be at the GOP gala tonight; and Sabrina Siddiqui will be with the Clinton campaign. | We’ve got a great team covering all of this today: Ed Pilkington, Lauren Gambino and Tom McCarthy will be on the scene in Brooklyn tonight with the sparring Democratic candidates; Megan Carpentier will join Kasich’s town hall in Jericho; Alan Yuhas and Jana Kasperkevic will be at the GOP gala tonight; and Sabrina Siddiqui will be with the Clinton campaign. |
| Let’s get the ball rolling ... | Let’s get the ball rolling ... |