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| Indiana governor Mike Pence may endorse Ted Cruz – campaign live | Indiana governor Mike Pence may endorse Ted Cruz – campaign live |
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| Some very embarrassing scripted Twitter banter with the British Royal Family and the Obamas today - with the Queen even assisting in a *drops microphone* joke. | |
| First Michelle Obama tweeted this video: | |
| Hey, @KensingtonRoyal! Are you ready for @InvictusOrlando? Game on. pic.twitter.com/S34KrEv5Is | |
| Then cheeky Prince Harry tweeted a response video, complete with an appearance from his grandmother Queen Elizabeth II: | |
| Unfortunately for you @FLOTUS and @POTUS I wasn't alone when you sent me that video 😉 - H.https://t.co/sjfSQvkzb6 | |
| It’s all to raise awareness of the Invictus Games, a Paralympics style sporting event for veterans injured from wars. The first was in London in 2014 - Prince Harry, the younger cheeky redhead, is patron - while the next is in Orlando, Florida from May 8-12. | |
| But the video does show how much the Obamas love the Royals. | |
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| Now a possible vice-president, Carly Fiorina is out throwing punches in Indiana today. | Now a possible vice-president, Carly Fiorina is out throwing punches in Indiana today. |
| .@CarlyFiorina just went there on boxer @MikeTyson endorsing Trump: "I don't think I see a convicted rapist as a tough guy." | .@CarlyFiorina just went there on boxer @MikeTyson endorsing Trump: "I don't think I see a convicted rapist as a tough guy." |
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| Indiana Governor Mike Pence will make his Ted Cruz endorsement while speaking to conservative talkshow host Greg Garrison just after midday today, reports local publication The Indy Star. | Indiana Governor Mike Pence will make his Ted Cruz endorsement while speaking to conservative talkshow host Greg Garrison just after midday today, reports local publication The Indy Star. |
| > tune in @ 12:06pm to @GarrisonRadio on @93wibc - @GovPenceIN will be on w/ a significant announcement | > tune in @ 12:06pm to @GarrisonRadio on @93wibc - @GovPenceIN will be on w/ a significant announcement |
| Donald Trump, John Kasich and Cruz all met with Pence recently attempting to get his endorsement. A former Congressman, Pence became governor in 2013. | Donald Trump, John Kasich and Cruz all met with Pence recently attempting to get his endorsement. A former Congressman, Pence became governor in 2013. |
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| Indiana Governor Mike Pence will endorse Ted Cruz today, ahead of next Monday’s Republican primary, say reports. | Indiana Governor Mike Pence will endorse Ted Cruz today, ahead of next Monday’s Republican primary, say reports. |
| ABC News’ chief White House correspondent just tweeted it: | ABC News’ chief White House correspondent just tweeted it: |
| Mike Pence will endorse @tedcruz today, a source familiar with his plans tells me. | Mike Pence will endorse @tedcruz today, a source familiar with his plans tells me. |
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| As it becomes more likely that Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton will go head-to-head in the general election, The New York Times has an interesting piece today outlining how Trump is fighting for a battle of the sexes. Clinton’s war strategy is unveiled: | As it becomes more likely that Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton will go head-to-head in the general election, The New York Times has an interesting piece today outlining how Trump is fighting for a battle of the sexes. Clinton’s war strategy is unveiled: |
| On the debate stage, Mrs. Clinton will not respond in kind to personal attacks: No jokes about Mr. Trump’s hair or the size of his hands. When Mr. Trump’s comments dominate the news, her campaign plans to stick to its message, even if it means being momentarily eclipsed. And when Mr. Trump accuses Mrs. Clinton of playing the woman’s card, Mrs. Clinton will pivot to issues like equal pay for women, paid family and medical leave and raising the minimum wage. | On the debate stage, Mrs. Clinton will not respond in kind to personal attacks: No jokes about Mr. Trump’s hair or the size of his hands. When Mr. Trump’s comments dominate the news, her campaign plans to stick to its message, even if it means being momentarily eclipsed. And when Mr. Trump accuses Mrs. Clinton of playing the woman’s card, Mrs. Clinton will pivot to issues like equal pay for women, paid family and medical leave and raising the minimum wage. |
| Politico are also looking to the general election, polling both Republican and Democrat strategists in swing states, who say Clinton would crush Trump in November. | Politico are also looking to the general election, polling both Republican and Democrat strategists in swing states, who say Clinton would crush Trump in November. |
| “There is positively no way for Trump to win in Pennsylvania,” said a Republican from that state. | “There is positively no way for Trump to win in Pennsylvania,” said a Republican from that state. |
| “Trump cannot and will not carry Ohio,” a Republican from that state insisted. “He will do well in Appalachia and in the Mahoning Valley but he will get killed in the rest of the state. The danger for the GOP is losing Rob Portman which is a very real possibility under this match-up.” | “Trump cannot and will not carry Ohio,” a Republican from that state insisted. “He will do well in Appalachia and in the Mahoning Valley but he will get killed in the rest of the state. The danger for the GOP is losing Rob Portman which is a very real possibility under this match-up.” |
| Added a Florida Republican, who like all participants was granted anonymity in order to speak freely, “Trump is grinding the GOP to a stub. He couldn’t find enough xenophobic, angry white Floridians to beat Hillary in Florida if he tried.” | Added a Florida Republican, who like all participants was granted anonymity in order to speak freely, “Trump is grinding the GOP to a stub. He couldn’t find enough xenophobic, angry white Floridians to beat Hillary in Florida if he tried.” |
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| Paul Lewis | Paul Lewis |
| Paul Lewis in San Francisco and Nina Lakhani in Mexico City reveal that Trump and Cruz aides advised Guatemalan candidate vowing televised executions. | Paul Lewis in San Francisco and Nina Lakhani in Mexico City reveal that Trump and Cruz aides advised Guatemalan candidate vowing televised executions. |
| The two men hired by Donald Trump and Ted Cruz to spearhead their presidential campaigns in California are, for the moment, rivals in what could be the most important primary race of 2016. | The two men hired by Donald Trump and Ted Cruz to spearhead their presidential campaigns in California are, for the moment, rivals in what could be the most important primary race of 2016. |
| But four years ago, Tim Clark and Ron Nehring, who are running the California campaigns for Trump and Cruz respectively, worked as paid advisers to a campaign to elect a Guatemalan presidential candidate whose platform included a call for public executions. | But four years ago, Tim Clark and Ron Nehring, who are running the California campaigns for Trump and Cruz respectively, worked as paid advisers to a campaign to elect a Guatemalan presidential candidate whose platform included a call for public executions. |
| Clark and Nehring, the Guardian can reveal, spent six weeks in Guatemala in 2011 working as advisers to Manuel Baldízon, a rightwing populist and business tycoon who campaigned on the promise of broadcasting the executions of criminals on TV. | Clark and Nehring, the Guardian can reveal, spent six weeks in Guatemala in 2011 working as advisers to Manuel Baldízon, a rightwing populist and business tycoon who campaigned on the promise of broadcasting the executions of criminals on TV. |
| The pair of Republican political consultants, now at the helm of competing presidential campaigns in California, were paid to advise Baldízon by what Clark elliptically refers to as “business interests”. | The pair of Republican political consultants, now at the helm of competing presidential campaigns in California, were paid to advise Baldízon by what Clark elliptically refers to as “business interests”. |
| Clark confirmed the pair’s involvement in the Guatemalan campaign during a wide-ranging interview with the Guardian. | Clark confirmed the pair’s involvement in the Guatemalan campaign during a wide-ranging interview with the Guardian. |
| “Ron called and asked me to come down. He had the contact,” Clark said. “‘Hey Clark, I could use a little help down here. What do you think?’” | “Ron called and asked me to come down. He had the contact,” Clark said. “‘Hey Clark, I could use a little help down here. What do you think?’” |
| “We had bodyguards. We had translators. We drove around in a black SUV full of semi-automatic machine guns in the back.” | “We had bodyguards. We had translators. We drove around in a black SUV full of semi-automatic machine guns in the back.” |
| “It was interesting,” Clark said of the experience. “Glad I came out alive.” | “It was interesting,” Clark said of the experience. “Glad I came out alive.” |
| Read the rest of the article here. | Read the rest of the article here. |
| Related: Trump, Cruz aides advised Guatemalan candidate vowing televised executions | Related: Trump, Cruz aides advised Guatemalan candidate vowing televised executions |
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| Happy Friday and welcome to our live-wire coverage of the 2016 race for the White House. | Happy Friday and welcome to our live-wire coverage of the 2016 race for the White House. |
| Hundreds of anti-Trump protesters turned up at a Donald Trump rally last night in Orange County, California, where the angry crowd smashed a police car window, threw rocks and attempted to flip a police car. | Hundreds of anti-Trump protesters turned up at a Donald Trump rally last night in Orange County, California, where the angry crowd smashed a police car window, threw rocks and attempted to flip a police car. |
| Back window has been smashed out of a Costa Mesa police cruiser. Protester: "I think Donald Trump did it!" pic.twitter.com/FTj4JoiAdN | Back window has been smashed out of a Costa Mesa police cruiser. Protester: "I think Donald Trump did it!" pic.twitter.com/FTj4JoiAdN |
| Most of the crowd were young Latinos, protesting against Trump calling Mexican immigrants “rapists”, and his plans to build a wall between Mexico and return all undocumented migrants. | Most of the crowd were young Latinos, protesting against Trump calling Mexican immigrants “rapists”, and his plans to build a wall between Mexico and return all undocumented migrants. |
| Crowd tried to flip a cruiser a couple minutes ago, but police have moved in. pic.twitter.com/IHsB5hzc9q | Crowd tried to flip a cruiser a couple minutes ago, but police have moved in. pic.twitter.com/IHsB5hzc9q |
| Orange County police arrested around 20 protesters. | Orange County police arrested around 20 protesters. |
| As all the candidates start preparing for California and the battle for its crucial 172 delegates, there’s a GOP state convention south of San Francisco today, with Trump, Ted Cruz and John Kasich all appearing. The Guardian’s Maria La Ganga and Julia Carrie Wong will be there. It runs all weekend, kicking off today with a lunchtime Trump speech, followed by a Kasich dinner speech. | As all the candidates start preparing for California and the battle for its crucial 172 delegates, there’s a GOP state convention south of San Francisco today, with Trump, Ted Cruz and John Kasich all appearing. The Guardian’s Maria La Ganga and Julia Carrie Wong will be there. It runs all weekend, kicking off today with a lunchtime Trump speech, followed by a Kasich dinner speech. |
| The Cruz/Fiorina ticket is dominating tomorrow, with Cruz speaking at a lunch banquet and his new running mate Carly Fiorina the Saturday dinner keynote. Today Cruz has a “retail stop” with Fiorina in Anderson, Indiana, before he goes on to host a rally in Jeffersonville, Indiana. | The Cruz/Fiorina ticket is dominating tomorrow, with Cruz speaking at a lunch banquet and his new running mate Carly Fiorina the Saturday dinner keynote. Today Cruz has a “retail stop” with Fiorina in Anderson, Indiana, before he goes on to host a rally in Jeffersonville, Indiana. |
| Failed GOP candidate Jeb Bush finally spoke to the media in the first sit-down since his presidential run to hate on the man who repeatedly dubbed him a “low-energy candidate”. | Failed GOP candidate Jeb Bush finally spoke to the media in the first sit-down since his presidential run to hate on the man who repeatedly dubbed him a “low-energy candidate”. |
| “I don’t think he’s a serious person,” Bush told CNN reporter Jamie Gangel. “I don’t know which Donald Trump to believe, the one who read from a teleprompter a speech that was inside the lines or the one that wants to build a wall and make Mexico pay for it. Which Donald Trump is expressing is the one that’s expressing these views? There’s two of them. And I think we need a president with a steady hand.” | “I don’t think he’s a serious person,” Bush told CNN reporter Jamie Gangel. “I don’t know which Donald Trump to believe, the one who read from a teleprompter a speech that was inside the lines or the one that wants to build a wall and make Mexico pay for it. Which Donald Trump is expressing is the one that’s expressing these views? There’s two of them. And I think we need a president with a steady hand.” |
| So … if Trump gets the GOP nomination, will Bush vote for him? “I hope I won’t have to be faced with that dilemma,” he said. | So … if Trump gets the GOP nomination, will Bush vote for him? “I hope I won’t have to be faced with that dilemma,” he said. |
| But the Bush dynasty family member would not vote for Hillary Clinton? “No way,” he replied. | But the Bush dynasty family member would not vote for Hillary Clinton? “No way,” he replied. |
| Bush quietly came out in support of Cruz a month after he left the race, but hasn’t been out campaigning for him. | Bush quietly came out in support of Cruz a month after he left the race, but hasn’t been out campaigning for him. |
| It’s a relatively quiet Friday for the Democrats. Today Hillary Clinton has fundraisers in New York – while husband Bill fundraises for her in Florida – but no public events are planned. After a rally with 8,000 people in Oregon yesterday afternoon, Bernie Sanders seems to have no public events planned until a rally in Indiana on Sunday. | It’s a relatively quiet Friday for the Democrats. Today Hillary Clinton has fundraisers in New York – while husband Bill fundraises for her in Florida – but no public events are planned. After a rally with 8,000 people in Oregon yesterday afternoon, Bernie Sanders seems to have no public events planned until a rally in Indiana on Sunday. |