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| Cruz-Fiorina 2016: Ted names Carly as running mate – campaign live | |
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| “Where we are right now, nobody is getting to 1,237 delegates,” Cruz told the cheering audience. “I’m not getting to 1,237 delegates, and Donald J. Trump is not getting to 1,237 delegates. And the Hoosier State is gonna have a powerful voice in making that clear!” | |
| “So why make this announcement now?” Cruz asked. “We must unite. And Carly is a vice presidential nominee who I believe is superbly skilled, superbly gifted at helping unite this party, unite this country so we stand united as one.” | |
| “Secondly, I make this announcement today so that you the voters,” Cruz continued, “will know what you will get. The voters deserve to know - you deserve to have a candidate who doesn’t change as the wind blows at any given moment. You deserve to know exactly where a candidate stands.” | |
| The decision to announce Fiorina as a running mate before he has even won half of the number of delegates he need to secure the nomination is “to give the American people a clear choice. Elections are about choices,” Cruz said. | |
| “Some in the media will say wouldn’t it be easier just to say throw up your hands and say surrender. Donald Trump has won some of the races, so we should step back and let him win them all. If we nominate a candidate who is a big government New York liberal, who is a Washington insider, who agrees with Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama on issues after issue after issue, and whose lobbyist campaign manager has told us that he is only playing a part, he is only playing a role, he is lying to us, then we as a Republican party will have failed profoundly.” | |
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| Carly Fiorina: 'Make no mistake: This is a fight now' | |
| “Ted Cruz is a constitutional conservative who has made enemies in both parties standing up to the bipartisan corruption in Washington,” Carly Fiorina said in a statement released by the Cruz campaign. | |
| “He has fought to change the system,” Fiorina continued. “He kept his word to the people of Texas, and I know, if elected, he will keep his word and bring back American jobs, defend our nation, and protect our constitutional freedoms.” | |
| “Make no mistake: this is a fight now. Ted and I can’t do this without your help. And this is about all of us. It’s about whether we want our kids to be able to get a good paying job when they get out of school. It’s about whether we want to turn our backs on religious liberty and our second amendment. It’s about whether we want to live in a nation that secures its borders and calls Islamic terrorism by its name. It is about whether we believe America must lead again in the world.” | |
| “This is why we fight. Join us. And let’s elect Ted Cruz the next president of the United States.” | |
| 9.32pm BST | |
| 21:32 | |
| Ted Cruz’s campaign has released the following statement regarding his selection of former Hewlett-Packard CEO Carly Fiorina as his subjunctive running mate: | |
| “In choosing the person I believe would honorably and faithfully serve in the office of the vice president – the person who under our constitution could ascend either temporarily or permanently to the presidency – there must be a higher criteria, and that criteria must be this: will that person keep the faith and trust of the American people?” Cruz said. | |
| “For all the enormously impressive qualities I saw in others whom I considered for the office of the vice presidency of the United States, I found a clear choice: One who has never been afraid to stand up to the insider status quo. Who knows the principles of the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution because this leader has lived them – a life dedicated to the dignity of work, of our right to pursue our wildest aspirations – and to help others do the same.” | |
| “And a leader who understands that power never has and never will come from the government – here in the United States it comes from the people. Who respects the people, who has worked alongside them, and who will serve them with an unbreakable purpose of protecting every one of their rights – and making sure that the America we hand to our kids and grandkids is better than the one before us today.” | |
| “For the 13 months of this race, there has been a proven, consistent, courageous fighter. A fighter who terrifies Hillary. And who will do the same to our enemies. And that’s why I am proud to announce Carly Fiorina as my Vice Presidential running mate.” | |
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| The Trump campaign is responding quickly: | |
| This is truly one of the greatest acts of desperation I have ever seen. #Cruz #GraspingatStraws | |
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| “Carly! Carly! Carly!” the audience chants. | |
| “Born in Texas - the first thing I liked about her - Cara Carleton Fiorina, known throughout the country simply by the name of Carly, is an extraordinary leader,” Cruz said. “She started working as a secretary at a small firm, and she climbed the corporate latter to become the CEO of the largest technology company in the world, and the first female CEO in history of a Fortune 20 company. A graduate of Stanford and MIT, Carly is brilliant and capable and hugely experienced with the hardscrabble world of being a woman professional in the business world that extracts a price.” | |
| “Over and over again Carly has shattered glass ceilings. But in addition to being a woman of extraordinary intelligence, she’s also a woman of deep principle,” Cruz continued. “She has studied the threats facing our national security serving as chairman of the CIA’s external advisory board.” | |
| 9.23pm BST | |
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| Ted Cruz picks Carly Fiorina as prospective running mate | |
| If I am nominated to be president of the United States, then I will run on the ticket with my vice presidential nominee, Carly Fiorina. | |
| 9.22pm BST | |
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| Ted Cruz lays out the necessary qualifications for a potential vice presidential candidate: “Knowledge,” “judgment” and “character.” | |
| “A’s hire A’s, and B’s hire C’s,” Cruz said, clearly taking aim at opponent Donald Trump’s presidential organization as staffed with people “who are not capable, who are not informed, who are not skilled, and who would never, ever, ever stand up to that leader, it tells you that that leader is not a leader.” | |
| “Everyone knows how to kiss up - everyone knows how to be nice to their boss,” Cruz said, “but how do they treat the clerk at the convenience store?” | |
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| “God bless the great state of Indiana!” | |
| Ted Cruz has mounted the stage in downtown Indiana, with “Ted! Ted! Ted!” chants echoing throughout the hall. | |
| “One of the most solemn choices you make is the choice of selecting a vice presidential candidate,” Cruz said. “This is a choice that you are telling the American people, this is an individual who I trust, and even more importantly, this is an individual you can trust to lead this county no matter what might happen.” | |
| 9.15pm BST | |
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| Ted Cruz begins event in Indianapolis | |
| The Texas senator’s “major announcement” leaked long ago, but will likely be made official during a campaign event in Indianapolis. | |
| Watch it here live: | |
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| Crowd as the Cruz-Fiorina ticket is announced pic.twitter.com/mtoq72QOPO | |
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| An anti-abortion group has praised Texas senator Ted Cruz’s reported choice of Carly Fiorina as a subjunctive nominee, calling her “the idea choice for a vice presidential candidate.” | An anti-abortion group has praised Texas senator Ted Cruz’s reported choice of Carly Fiorina as a subjunctive nominee, calling her “the idea choice for a vice presidential candidate.” |
| The Susan B. Anthony List, a non-profit which aims to elect anti-abortion women to public office, praised Fiorina as a potential vice presidential nominee who “will take Hillary Clinton head on,” according to Marjorie Dannenfelser, the group’s president. | The Susan B. Anthony List, a non-profit which aims to elect anti-abortion women to public office, praised Fiorina as a potential vice presidential nominee who “will take Hillary Clinton head on,” according to Marjorie Dannenfelser, the group’s president. |
| “Carly is ideally suited to challenge Hillary Clinton’s entire platform, especially issues related to women,” Dannenfelser said. “Hillary has claimed the ‘women’s advocate’ mantle, without offering any compelling fresh perspective. Carly on the other hand, has challenged and bested the entrenched feminist politicos who purport to advance women’s rights even as they advance the usurpation of the rights of children.” | “Carly is ideally suited to challenge Hillary Clinton’s entire platform, especially issues related to women,” Dannenfelser said. “Hillary has claimed the ‘women’s advocate’ mantle, without offering any compelling fresh perspective. Carly on the other hand, has challenged and bested the entrenched feminist politicos who purport to advance women’s rights even as they advance the usurpation of the rights of children.” |
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| Anagrams are fun: | Anagrams are fun: |
| TED CRUZ CARLY FIORINA = FAIRLY CURRENT ZODIAC https://t.co/aq05COuCnf | TED CRUZ CARLY FIORINA = FAIRLY CURRENT ZODIAC https://t.co/aq05COuCnf |
| 7.53pm BST | 7.53pm BST |
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| Trump on Fiorina pick: 'pure waste of time' | Trump on Fiorina pick: 'pure waste of time' |
| Trump tweets footage of Fiorina saying Cruz will “say anything to get elected”: | Trump tweets footage of Fiorina saying Cruz will “say anything to get elected”: |
| Agreed! pic.twitter.com/biyldP3CIw | Agreed! pic.twitter.com/biyldP3CIw |
| And the Trump camp disseminates a statement calling Cruz’s naming a running mate “a pure waste of time.” | And the Trump camp disseminates a statement calling Cruz’s naming a running mate “a pure waste of time.” |
| Here's a statement from Trump on the Cruz/Fiorina ticket: pic.twitter.com/wGBvP5DPUi | Here's a statement from Trump on the Cruz/Fiorina ticket: pic.twitter.com/wGBvP5DPUi |
| Updated | Updated |
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| 19:49 | 19:49 |
| Clinton’s official Twitter account is going after Trump for the “woman’s card” comments and related policies: | Clinton’s official Twitter account is going after Trump for the “woman’s card” comments and related policies: |
| Last night, the "#womancard." This morning, Trump said he "hasn't recovered" from Hillary's "shouting." Really? pic.twitter.com/wOXffrFuN2 | Last night, the "#womancard." This morning, Trump said he "hasn't recovered" from Hillary's "shouting." Really? pic.twitter.com/wOXffrFuN2 |
| Women still face too many barriers—a president shouldn't be part of the problem. Comments like Trump's set us back. | Women still face too many barriers—a president shouldn't be part of the problem. Comments like Trump's set us back. |
| So if fighting for women is playing the #WomanCard, well... pic.twitter.com/wUuidf8qoj | So if fighting for women is playing the #WomanCard, well... pic.twitter.com/wUuidf8qoj |
| Updated | Updated |
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| 51% of voters think system 'rigged' - poll | 51% of voters think system 'rigged' - poll |
| More than half of American voters believe that the system U.S. political parties use to pick their candidates for the White House is “rigged” and more than two-thirds want to see the process changed, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll. Reuters’ report continues: | More than half of American voters believe that the system U.S. political parties use to pick their candidates for the White House is “rigged” and more than two-thirds want to see the process changed, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll. Reuters’ report continues: |
| The results echo complaints from Republican front-runner Donald Trump and Democratic challenger Bernie Sanders that the system is stacked against them in favor of candidates with close ties to their parties – a critique that has triggered a nationwide debate over whether the process is fair. [...] | The results echo complaints from Republican front-runner Donald Trump and Democratic challenger Bernie Sanders that the system is stacked against them in favor of candidates with close ties to their parties – a critique that has triggered a nationwide debate over whether the process is fair. [...] |
| Some 51 percent of likely voters who responded to the April 21-26 online survey said they believed the primary system was “rigged” against some candidates. Some 71 percent of respondents said they would prefer to pick their party’s nominee with a direct vote, cutting out the use of delegates as intermediaries. | Some 51 percent of likely voters who responded to the April 21-26 online survey said they believed the primary system was “rigged” against some candidates. Some 71 percent of respondents said they would prefer to pick their party’s nominee with a direct vote, cutting out the use of delegates as intermediaries. |
| The results also showed 27 percent of likely voters did not understand how the primary process works and 44 percent did not understand why delegates were involved in the first place. The responses were about the same for Republicans and Democrats. | The results also showed 27 percent of likely voters did not understand how the primary process works and 44 percent did not understand why delegates were involved in the first place. The responses were about the same for Republicans and Democrats. |
| Only 27%? Read more here. | Only 27%? Read more here. |
| 7.17pm BST | 7.17pm BST |
| 19:17 | 19:17 |
| Ted Cruz is expected to unveil former business executive Carly Fiorina as his running mate on Wednesday, writes the Guardian’s Ben Jacobs: | Ted Cruz is expected to unveil former business executive Carly Fiorina as his running mate on Wednesday, writes the Guardian’s Ben Jacobs: |
| Speaking at a rally in downtown Indianapolis, the Texas senator will likely announce that he has tapped his former rival for the Republican nomination in an attempt to beat frontrunner Donald Trump. [...] | Speaking at a rally in downtown Indianapolis, the Texas senator will likely announce that he has tapped his former rival for the Republican nomination in an attempt to beat frontrunner Donald Trump. [...] |
| Fiorina has been an active surrogate for Cruz since endorsing him in early March. The former Hewlett Packard CEO has barnstormed across the country on behalf of the Texas senator since then. Cruz has often praised Fiorina on the stump and saying that the former CEO gives “Hillary Clinton nightmares. I can just picture Hillary thinking about Carly and tossing and turning and tossing and turning in her jail cell.” | Fiorina has been an active surrogate for Cruz since endorsing him in early March. The former Hewlett Packard CEO has barnstormed across the country on behalf of the Texas senator since then. Cruz has often praised Fiorina on the stump and saying that the former CEO gives “Hillary Clinton nightmares. I can just picture Hillary thinking about Carly and tossing and turning and tossing and turning in her jail cell.” |
| Although it was widely reported that the Cruz campaign was vetting potential vice-presidential candidates, and a Fiorina aide confirmed to the Guardian that she was participating in the vetting process, the announcement of a running mate by a candidate who still has yet to clinch the nomination is historic. The last candidate to do so was Ronald Reagan on the eve of the 1976 Republican national convention. Reagan tapped Pennsylvania senator Richard Schweiker in an unsuccessful attempt to oust the incumbent president, Gerald Ford. | Although it was widely reported that the Cruz campaign was vetting potential vice-presidential candidates, and a Fiorina aide confirmed to the Guardian that she was participating in the vetting process, the announcement of a running mate by a candidate who still has yet to clinch the nomination is historic. The last candidate to do so was Ronald Reagan on the eve of the 1976 Republican national convention. Reagan tapped Pennsylvania senator Richard Schweiker in an unsuccessful attempt to oust the incumbent president, Gerald Ford. |
| AP NEWSALERT: AP Source: Ted Cruz picks former technology executive Carly Fiorina as presidential running mate: https://t.co/UCUyzvPylj | AP NEWSALERT: AP Source: Ted Cruz picks former technology executive Carly Fiorina as presidential running mate: https://t.co/UCUyzvPylj |
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| 19:10 | 19:10 |
| Corker: Trump gave 'very good speech' | Corker: Trump gave 'very good speech' |
| Senator Bob Corker, chairman of the senate committee on foreign relations, releases a statement saying that “Donald Trump delivered a very good foreign policy speech”: | Senator Bob Corker, chairman of the senate committee on foreign relations, releases a statement saying that “Donald Trump delivered a very good foreign policy speech”: |
| Wednesday, April 27: The day the GOP officially entered the "acceptance" phase pic.twitter.com/vqC7AqwYsb | Wednesday, April 27: The day the GOP officially entered the "acceptance" phase pic.twitter.com/vqC7AqwYsb |
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| Senator Cory Gardner, Republican of Colorado, has endorsed Ted Cruz for president. | Senator Cory Gardner, Republican of Colorado, has endorsed Ted Cruz for president. |
| Gardner is a former Marco Rubio supporter and Colorado did not hold a presidential preference contest on the Republican side, opening the door for Cruz’s canny play at the state convention to snap up all the delegates. | Gardner is a former Marco Rubio supporter and Colorado did not hold a presidential preference contest on the Republican side, opening the door for Cruz’s canny play at the state convention to snap up all the delegates. |
| Maybe this is the major Cruz announcement pic.twitter.com/pZniahlFGA | Maybe this is the major Cruz announcement pic.twitter.com/pZniahlFGA |
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| Earlier we had trouble finding positive reactions on Twitter to Trump’s foreign policy speech. Helpfully he is RT’ing some incisive ones: | Earlier we had trouble finding positive reactions on Twitter to Trump’s foreign policy speech. Helpfully he is RT’ing some incisive ones: |
| Stunningly on point foreign policy speech by Donald Trump.He hit ALL the key issues that must be addressed to make America great again. | Stunningly on point foreign policy speech by Donald Trump.He hit ALL the key issues that must be addressed to make America great again. |
| Thank you! WE will MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN! https://t.co/aKxoD24IN9 | Thank you! WE will MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN! https://t.co/aKxoD24IN9 |
| #TrumpForeignPolicy God Bless you @realDonaldTrump! You speech= AMAZING! You are true couragoues leader! | #TrumpForeignPolicy God Bless you @realDonaldTrump! You speech= AMAZING! You are true couragoues leader! |
| Thank you! https://t.co/aYbOob1kiT | Thank you! https://t.co/aYbOob1kiT |
| ___update___ | ___update___ |
| GREATEST FOREIGN POLICY SPEECH SINCE WASHINGTON'S FAREWELL ADDRESS. | GREATEST FOREIGN POLICY SPEECH SINCE WASHINGTON'S FAREWELL ADDRESS. |
| Updated | Updated |
| at 6.47pm BST | at 6.47pm BST |