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| John Kasich clings to hope with Philadelphia rally – campaign live | John Kasich clings to hope with Philadelphia rally – campaign live |
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| John Kasich to Pennsylvania voters: 'Citizen, govern thyself' | |
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| With a national debt clock ticking beside him, Ohio governor John Kasich told a crowd of roughly 500 students, employees and locals at Penn State’s Brandywine campus in remote Media, Pennsylvania, that if they have a problem, he’s not planning on fixing it. | |
| “You think I’m gonna fix your drug problem?” Kasich asked the crowd. “Come on folks. You wanna fix your drug problem, you fix it right here. Where do you fix it? You fix it in the schools.” | |
| “You unhappy with your schools? Fix ‘em!” Katich continued. “Why don’t you just do it - why don’t you just fix it? What are we waiting on?” | |
| “You worried about poverty? Welfare? That’s not a hard one to fix either, really,” Kasich told the crowd. (According to US census data, about 6.1% of families and 7.9% of the population of Media live below the poverty line, including 9.7% of those under age 18 and 11.2% of those age 65 or over.) | |
| “Why don’t we start fixing things? Why don’t we believe in ourselves?” | |
| The largely working-class crowd was muted for most of his speech, with the largest bout of applause reserved for a line that seemed to run counter to his narrative of community-based self sufficiency: “Your job, if you’re a public official, is to raise peoples’ lives. If you’re not doing that, then get out - plain and simple.” | |
| The Ohio governor highlighted his connection to Pennsylvania and its Rust Belt citizens, describing a hardscrabble childhood as the son of a coal miner in a town where “if the wind blew the wrong way, people found themselves out of work.” | |
| Pointing to a counter that ticked away the amount of American national debt, Kasich attempted to explain the connection between sovereign debt and the local economy in Media. | |
| “When this number goes up, the number of jobs for our graduates goes down. And when that number goes down, the number of job opportunities for our families goes up,” Kasich said. | |
| But despite the ticker and the opening monologue about local political change as the engine for economic growth, Kasich spent most of his time in Media attempting to distance himself both from his “radical” primary opponents and the Republican establishment. Describing the Republican Party as “my vehicle, and not my master,” Kasich told the chuckling audience that “the only person that tells me what to do is my wife.” | |
| “The anxieties are real, people feel really ripped off in many cases, and I think it;s being fed in a lot of cases by talk radio, and talk television,” Kasich said, of the reason that the Republican Party appears so divided in this election cycle.His opponents’ argument is “that they’re throwing all the pieces off the chess board so they can start the game over again.” | |
| “Anger sells. Strife sells,” Kasich said. “But that’s not where we wanna live, is it?” | |
| Kasich left after speaking and answering questions for roughly 45 minutes. When he began, the national debt clock was at $19,252,130,990,144,000 and change. When he left, the national debt clock had risen by more than $48 billion, to $19,252,179,093,543,000 and change. | |
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| John Kasich, apparently an action-movie buff, used the example of a James Bond chase scene to describe how the US can fight international terrorism. | John Kasich, apparently an action-movie buff, used the example of a James Bond chase scene to describe how the US can fight international terrorism. |
| In a town hall here at the Brandywine campus of Penn State in Media, Pennsylvania, the father of a 9/11 survivor asked Kasich whether he would use “all of America’s tools and power - military, economic, moral - to keep our country safe?” | In a town hall here at the Brandywine campus of Penn State in Media, Pennsylvania, the father of a 9/11 survivor asked Kasich whether he would use “all of America’s tools and power - military, economic, moral - to keep our country safe?” |
| First off, Kasich said, he would streamline the military and its attendant contractors. “We have more people working in bureaucratic functions than we have people actually serving in the military,” Kasich said. “The United States is gonna have to be involved in heaping the world to come together in two areas: intelligence gathering and policing.” | First off, Kasich said, he would streamline the military and its attendant contractors. “We have more people working in bureaucratic functions than we have people actually serving in the military,” Kasich said. “The United States is gonna have to be involved in heaping the world to come together in two areas: intelligence gathering and policing.” |
| Then, he made a somewhat tortured reference to “the helicopter scene” in Spectre, the most recent James Bond film, which Kasich had watched on the campaign jet the night before. “Like him, we need to pull out of this, have confidence in ourselves, and have leaders who don’t promise what they can’t deliver.” | Then, he made a somewhat tortured reference to “the helicopter scene” in Spectre, the most recent James Bond film, which Kasich had watched on the campaign jet the night before. “Like him, we need to pull out of this, have confidence in ourselves, and have leaders who don’t promise what they can’t deliver.” |
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| John Kasich takes the stage at Penn State | John Kasich takes the stage at Penn State |
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| Opening with a monologue about the importance of small communities in solving their own problems, the Ohio governor pointed to the example of Harriet Tubman, the newly minted face of the $20 bill. | Opening with a monologue about the importance of small communities in solving their own problems, the Ohio governor pointed to the example of Harriet Tubman, the newly minted face of the $20 bill. |
| “She wasn’t some big shot - she became a big shot because of what she did,” Kasich said. “She started a movement - she drove change from the bottom up. She saw something that she thought was just patently unfair. This lady just put one foot in front of the other… and just changed the world.” | “She wasn’t some big shot - she became a big shot because of what she did,” Kasich said. “She started a movement - she drove change from the bottom up. She saw something that she thought was just patently unfair. This lady just put one foot in front of the other… and just changed the world.” |
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| A trio of college students was mostly pleased that John Kasich had bothered to visit the far-flung campus at all. | A trio of college students was mostly pleased that John Kasich had bothered to visit the far-flung campus at all. |
| “Not many of the candidates come to a smaller satellite campus - they go to the main campus, or they go to Penn in Philly,” said Rob Hale, a two-tour veteran of Iraq and Afghanistan who studies business at Penn State. “If you take the time to come out to a smaller campus, it says something.” | “Not many of the candidates come to a smaller satellite campus - they go to the main campus, or they go to Penn in Philly,” said Rob Hale, a two-tour veteran of Iraq and Afghanistan who studies business at Penn State. “If you take the time to come out to a smaller campus, it says something.” |
| “It’s a rare opportunity to take advantage of a real candidate out here,” agreed his friend Vince Scrocca, also a business major. | “It’s a rare opportunity to take advantage of a real candidate out here,” agreed his friend Vince Scrocca, also a business major. |
| “I’m actually a Trump guy,” admitted Tom Clark, a business and finance major who sported a grey “Trump for President” T-shirt underneath his polar fleece. “I think they’re all pretty crooked.” | “I’m actually a Trump guy,” admitted Tom Clark, a business and finance major who sported a grey “Trump for President” T-shirt underneath his polar fleece. “I think they’re all pretty crooked.” |
| Hale, a former Marine who probably knew more about federal policy on opioids than most college students, told the Guardian that the issue that motivated him to hear Kasich speech was reform in the Department of Veteran Affairs and, conjointly, marijuana decriminalization. | Hale, a former Marine who probably knew more about federal policy on opioids than most college students, told the Guardian that the issue that motivated him to hear Kasich speech was reform in the Department of Veteran Affairs and, conjointly, marijuana decriminalization. |
| “[Twenty-four] states have legalized its use, at least medically, but on the federal level it’s still a schedule-one drug,” Hale said passionately. “A candidate needs to be forward-thinking enough to look into new solutions for our health care problems. You know, our debt is increasing a lot because of the War on Drugs.” | “[Twenty-four] states have legalized its use, at least medically, but on the federal level it’s still a schedule-one drug,” Hale said passionately. “A candidate needs to be forward-thinking enough to look into new solutions for our health care problems. You know, our debt is increasing a lot because of the War on Drugs.” |
| “I was in the Marine Corps, fighting with the British SAS, and so many vets are hopped up on opioids because the VA can’t put money or research into anything else,” Hale continued. “Twenty-two vets a day kill themselves, and I’m sure if you added opioid abuse to that number, it’d be higher.” | “I was in the Marine Corps, fighting with the British SAS, and so many vets are hopped up on opioids because the VA can’t put money or research into anything else,” Hale continued. “Twenty-two vets a day kill themselves, and I’m sure if you added opioid abuse to that number, it’d be higher.” |
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| I’m here at the Brandywine campus of Penn State in Media, Pennsylvania, where Ohio governor John Kasich is about to participate in a town hall event in front of this national debt ticker: | I’m here at the Brandywine campus of Penn State in Media, Pennsylvania, where Ohio governor John Kasich is about to participate in a town hall event in front of this national debt ticker: |
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| Ted Cruz is hunting hard for votes in Indiana, which holds its primary on 3 May: | Ted Cruz is hunting hard for votes in Indiana, which holds its primary on 3 May: |
| .@tedcruz stopped by Shapiro's #IN meet a few peeps and grab a Reuben #CruzToVictory #CruzCrew #Cruz2016 pic.twitter.com/XOgtKieLgT | .@tedcruz stopped by Shapiro's #IN meet a few peeps and grab a Reuben #CruzToVictory #CruzCrew #Cruz2016 pic.twitter.com/XOgtKieLgT |
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| The anti-Trump Our Principles Pac has released a memo throwing water on the idea that the Trump campaign has gained new momentum of some sort after the real estate mogul’s resounding win in New York this week. | The anti-Trump Our Principles Pac has released a memo throwing water on the idea that the Trump campaign has gained new momentum of some sort after the real estate mogul’s resounding win in New York this week. |
| “Despite Trump’s victory in New York on Tuesday night, he still has a nearly impossible path to secure the 1,237 delegates needed to win the nomination on the first ballot,” the memo argues. It continues: | “Despite Trump’s victory in New York on Tuesday night, he still has a nearly impossible path to secure the 1,237 delegates needed to win the nomination on the first ballot,” the memo argues. It continues: |
| Looking ahead to the 5 primaries on April 26, our planning assumes Trump can win nearly all of the bound delegates without improving his very slim chances. | Looking ahead to the 5 primaries on April 26, our planning assumes Trump can win nearly all of the bound delegates without improving his very slim chances. |
| Yesterday morning, the Trump campaign apparently released a memo claiming a road ahead that is, quite frankly, detached from reality. There is no plausible scenario by which Trump can secure 1,400 bound delegates prior to the start of the convention. In order to secure 1,400 delegates, he would have to win 82% of all remaining delegates, a task simply not possible for him or any candidate at this stage in the process. | Yesterday morning, the Trump campaign apparently released a memo claiming a road ahead that is, quite frankly, detached from reality. There is no plausible scenario by which Trump can secure 1,400 bound delegates prior to the start of the convention. In order to secure 1,400 delegates, he would have to win 82% of all remaining delegates, a task simply not possible for him or any candidate at this stage in the process. |
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| Scott Walker, Prince fan: | Scott Walker, Prince fan: |
| Dearly beloved. We are gathered here today. To get through this thing called life... pic.twitter.com/cwmZrN3C9N | Dearly beloved. We are gathered here today. To get through this thing called life... pic.twitter.com/cwmZrN3C9N |
| (h/t @lgamgam) | (h/t @lgamgam) |
| Related: Prince, one of America's music greats, dies aged 57 – tributes and reactions | Related: Prince, one of America's music greats, dies aged 57 – tributes and reactions |
| Colorado governor John Hickenlooper: Prince fan. | Colorado governor John Hickenlooper: Prince fan. |
| Purple mountains majesty.#RIP @prince pic.twitter.com/y1gk9Nq0o5 | Purple mountains majesty.#RIP @prince pic.twitter.com/y1gk9Nq0o5 |
| (h/t @bencjacobs) | (h/t @bencjacobs) |
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| Trump and Cruz argue over North Carolina transgender law | Trump and Cruz argue over North Carolina transgender law |
| Donald Trump would have no problem with Caitlyn Jenner using the women’s bathroom at Trump Tower, he said during a town hall event on NBC’s Today show. | Donald Trump would have no problem with Caitlyn Jenner using the women’s bathroom at Trump Tower, he said during a town hall event on NBC’s Today show. |
| Trump was asked his views on North Carolina’s controversial new law that requires transgender people to use bathrooms that match the sex listed on their birth certificates. | Trump was asked his views on North Carolina’s controversial new law that requires transgender people to use bathrooms that match the sex listed on their birth certificates. |
| Noting the backlash against the law, Trump said the state should “leave it the way it is right now”. | Noting the backlash against the law, Trump said the state should “leave it the way it is right now”. |
| “What they’re going through with all the business that’s leaving, all of the strife – and this is on both sides. Leave it the way it is,” Trump said, apparently referring to the number of businesses boycotting the state’s law. | “What they’re going through with all the business that’s leaving, all of the strife – and this is on both sides. Leave it the way it is,” Trump said, apparently referring to the number of businesses boycotting the state’s law. |
| Asked if he has any transgender people working for him, Trump said: “I really don’t know. I probably do. I really don’t know.” He said if transgender celebrity Caitlyn Jenner came to Trump Tower, she could use “whatever bathroom she wanted”. | Asked if he has any transgender people working for him, Trump said: “I really don’t know. I probably do. I really don’t know.” He said if transgender celebrity Caitlyn Jenner came to Trump Tower, she could use “whatever bathroom she wanted”. |
| Conservative firebrand Ted Cruz, who just today released an ad that portrays Trump as a liberal sympathizer, shot back on twitter. | Conservative firebrand Ted Cruz, who just today released an ad that portrays Trump as a liberal sympathizer, shot back on twitter. |
| Common sense: grown men shouldn't be in bathrooms w/ little girls. @realDonaldTrump told us he could be PC, but wow. https://t.co/WB93ATZYy4 | Common sense: grown men shouldn't be in bathrooms w/ little girls. @realDonaldTrump told us he could be PC, but wow. https://t.co/WB93ATZYy4 |
| Trump meanwhile wasn’t as jazzed at the news that abolitionist hero Harriet Tubman will replace the slaveholding seventh president, Andrew Jackson, on the front of the $20 bill. Trump said he would prefer that Tubman’s face grace the rare $2 bill. | Trump meanwhile wasn’t as jazzed at the news that abolitionist hero Harriet Tubman will replace the slaveholding seventh president, Andrew Jackson, on the front of the $20 bill. Trump said he would prefer that Tubman’s face grace the rare $2 bill. |
| “I think Harriet Tubman is fantastic,” Trump said. “I would love to leave Andrew Jackson and see if we can maybe come up with another denomination. Maybe we do a $2 bill.” | “I think Harriet Tubman is fantastic,” Trump said. “I would love to leave Andrew Jackson and see if we can maybe come up with another denomination. Maybe we do a $2 bill.” |
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| Politicians are reacting on Twitter to the reported death of pop god Prince: | Politicians are reacting on Twitter to the reported death of pop god Prince: |
| Heartbroken to hear Prince has died. Hope he's found his world of never ending happiness/You can always see the sun, day or night. #RIP | Heartbroken to hear Prince has died. Hope he's found his world of never ending happiness/You can always see the sun, day or night. #RIP |
| Related: Prince, one of America's music greats, dies aged 57 – tributes and reactions | Related: Prince, one of America's music greats, dies aged 57 – tributes and reactions |
| Today not only doves are crying. #RIPPrince #Prince | Today not only doves are crying. #RIPPrince #Prince |
| If were in the #Senate still, I'd commander the floor and filibuster the session by singing every #Prince song ever recorded. On a loop. | If were in the #Senate still, I'd commander the floor and filibuster the session by singing every #Prince song ever recorded. On a loop. |
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| New York has voted, but it’s never too late for Mark Ruffalo and Bernie Sanders to take a stroll through Brooklyn? | New York has voted, but it’s never too late for Mark Ruffalo and Bernie Sanders to take a stroll through Brooklyn? |
| .@MarkRuffalo and Bernie took a walk through Brooklyn, New York and talked about what it was like growing up there.https://t.co/sI83mUGFoa | .@MarkRuffalo and Bernie took a walk through Brooklyn, New York and talked about what it was like growing up there.https://t.co/sI83mUGFoa |
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| A man who identifies himself as an OB/GYN from neighboring Windsor stands up and praises Clinton for not being a robot. | A man who identifies himself as an OB/GYN from neighboring Windsor stands up and praises Clinton for not being a robot. |
| “I also want to say that you are very human,” the man says. “I don’t care what they say but you are very human.” | “I also want to say that you are very human,” the man says. “I don’t care what they say but you are very human.” |
| Clinton has a winsome reply: | Clinton has a winsome reply: |
| “Well, I hope somebody got that on film, doctor!” | “Well, I hope somebody got that on film, doctor!” |
| Then she says they have to wrap it up. | Then she says they have to wrap it up. |