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| Trump polling over Cruz in Indiana as Sanders vows to fight – campaign live | Trump polling over Cruz in Indiana as Sanders vows to fight – campaign live |
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| Brooklyn-accented Vermont senator and Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders has been played by Seinfeld co-creator Larry David on Saturday Night Live for months, but for the first time, Sanders has been edited into the cast of the hit “show about nothing.” | |
| The supercut pastes Sanders’ head onto the body of George Costanza, the neurotic best friend of the eponymous Jerry Seinfeld character, whose jeremiads about the state of inequality are met with eyerolls and skepticism by the rest of the gang. | |
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| Will be interviewed on @seanhannity tonight at 10pmE. Enjoy! #INPrimary | |
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| Donald Trump has readily signaled his willingness to inject Bill Clinton’s sexual pecadillos into the 2016 presidential campaign, telling NBC in December that the former president might be likened to a sexual predator. | |
| “There certainly was a lot of abuse of women, you look at whether it’s Monica Lewinsky or Paula Jones, or any of them, and that certainly will be fair game,” Trump said at the time. | |
| But comments unearthed by the Daily Beast show that at the height of the national controversy over the then-president’s affair with a White House intern, Trump was singing a different tune: the ballad of a “victim” injured by a cast of “unattractive” women. | |
| “The whole thing, it’s just so unattractive,” Trump told Fox News host Neil Cavuto at the time. “Linda Tripp maybe one of the most unattractive human beings I’ve ever seen - not women, human beings. She’s just an unattractive person. This [Lucianne] Goldberg person, her agent or whatever she is, is just a terrible woman. You look at Paula Jones, I mean the whole cast of characters.” | |
| “It’s like it’s from Hell,” he continued. “It’s a terrible group of people.” | |
| Trump then went on, telling Cavuto that while he didn’t “necessarily agree with [Clinton’s] victims,” that Clinton was “really a victim himself. But he put himself in that position.” | |
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| The White House has faced tough questioning over comedian Larry Wilmore’s use of a taboo racial slur at its annual correspondents dinner. | The White House has faced tough questioning over comedian Larry Wilmore’s use of a taboo racial slur at its annual correspondents dinner. |
| Press secretary Josh Earnest was challenged repeatedly by April Ryan, an African American journalist and author of The Presidency in Black and White, who suggested that many people in the room were “appalled” by the N-word being uttered to the president’s face. Earnest said that Barack Obama appreciated “the spirit” of Wilmore’s remark. | Press secretary Josh Earnest was challenged repeatedly by April Ryan, an African American journalist and author of The Presidency in Black and White, who suggested that many people in the room were “appalled” by the N-word being uttered to the president’s face. Earnest said that Barack Obama appreciated “the spirit” of Wilmore’s remark. |
| Wilmore, who is African American, ended his after-dinner speech on Saturday by recognising the historical significance of America’s first black president, pounding his chest and telling Obama: “Words alone do me no justice. So, Mr President, if I’m going to keep it 100: yo, Barry, you did it, my nigga.” | Wilmore, who is African American, ended his after-dinner speech on Saturday by recognising the historical significance of America’s first black president, pounding his chest and telling Obama: “Words alone do me no justice. So, Mr President, if I’m going to keep it 100: yo, Barry, you did it, my nigga.” |
| The comment immediately divided people both in the room and beyond. Jonathan Capehart of the Washington Post blogged: “Never before has the n-word been used to address the president. At least, not in public and most definitely not to his face. That’s why Wilmore’s use of it was as shocking as it was disrespectful.” | The comment immediately divided people both in the room and beyond. Jonathan Capehart of the Washington Post blogged: “Never before has the n-word been used to address the president. At least, not in public and most definitely not to his face. That’s why Wilmore’s use of it was as shocking as it was disrespectful.” |
| At today’s daily press briefing at the White House, the issue was raised by Ryan, Washington bureau chief for American Urban Radio Networks. She described it as “a word that is one of the worst words, many people say, you could say to anyone”. | At today’s daily press briefing at the White House, the issue was raised by Ryan, Washington bureau chief for American Urban Radio Networks. She described it as “a word that is one of the worst words, many people say, you could say to anyone”. |
| Earnest did not address this directly but noted that following Obama’s act at the annual dinner is “one of the most difficult tasks in comedy”, since the president has shown himself “adept” at delivering one-liners and so expects comedians to go “right up to the line”. | Earnest did not address this directly but noted that following Obama’s act at the annual dinner is “one of the most difficult tasks in comedy”, since the president has shown himself “adept” at delivering one-liners and so expects comedians to go “right up to the line”. |
| But Ryan pressed further: “Many African Americans in that room – who included civil rights leaders, black comedians – were very appalled ... Black Republicans were upset, black Democrats were upset. People felt that not just throwing it at him, he threw it at them, and also, it diminished the office of the presidency and it diminished him. Did he cross the line?” | But Ryan pressed further: “Many African Americans in that room – who included civil rights leaders, black comedians – were very appalled ... Black Republicans were upset, black Democrats were upset. People felt that not just throwing it at him, he threw it at them, and also, it diminished the office of the presidency and it diminished him. Did he cross the line?” |
| Earnest responded: “April, what I would say is it’s not the first time that people on the Monday after the White House correspondents dinner have observed that the comedian on Saturday night crossed the line.” | Earnest responded: “April, what I would say is it’s not the first time that people on the Monday after the White House correspondents dinner have observed that the comedian on Saturday night crossed the line.” |
| Related: White House ducks questions on Larry Wilmore's use of N-word to greet Obama | Related: White House ducks questions on Larry Wilmore's use of N-word to greet Obama |
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| Ted Cruz’s hail Mary pass in picking a former California senate candidate as his potential running mate isn’t making the splash he was likely hoping for in the Golden State. | Ted Cruz’s hail Mary pass in picking a former California senate candidate as his potential running mate isn’t making the splash he was likely hoping for in the Golden State. |
| A new poll conducted by SurveyUSA shows that in California, billionaire Republican frontrunner is currently leading the Republican field with the support of 54% of registered Republican voters, while Cruz trails with 20%. Ohio governor John Kasich is currently at the bottom of the three-man dogpile with the support of a mere 16% of California Republicans. | A new poll conducted by SurveyUSA shows that in California, billionaire Republican frontrunner is currently leading the Republican field with the support of 54% of registered Republican voters, while Cruz trails with 20%. Ohio governor John Kasich is currently at the bottom of the three-man dogpile with the support of a mere 16% of California Republicans. |
| As for the Democrats, former secretary of state Hillary Clinton currently leads among registered Democrats with 57%, with Vermont senator Bernie Sanders nearly 20 points behind at 38%. | As for the Democrats, former secretary of state Hillary Clinton currently leads among registered Democrats with 57%, with Vermont senator Bernie Sanders nearly 20 points behind at 38%. |
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| At an event in Indiana, billionaire Republican frontrunner Donald Trump is making a bit of a hash over Carly Fiorina falling off a stage in the Hoosier State on Sunday. | At an event in Indiana, billionaire Republican frontrunner Donald Trump is making a bit of a hash over Carly Fiorina falling off a stage in the Hoosier State on Sunday. |
| “Carly’s perfectly nice - she fell off the stage the other day and Cruz didn’t do anything. Even I would have helped her!” Trump said. | “Carly’s perfectly nice - she fell off the stage the other day and Cruz didn’t do anything. Even I would have helped her!” Trump said. |
| “That was a weird deal.” | “That was a weird deal.” |
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| Democratic presidential frontrunner Hillary Clinton spoke to coal miners in Kentucky earlier today, and Kentucky senator Rand Paul is not happy about it: | Democratic presidential frontrunner Hillary Clinton spoke to coal miners in Kentucky earlier today, and Kentucky senator Rand Paul is not happy about it: |
| Hey @HillaryClinton I think it's just about time you apologize to everyone in Kentucky.https://t.co/iBvDx1Bto6 | Hey @HillaryClinton I think it's just about time you apologize to everyone in Kentucky.https://t.co/iBvDx1Bto6 |
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| Vermont senator and Democratic presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders is pushing the results of a recent poll out of Indiana that shows him within the margin of error of upsetting frontrunner Hillary Clinton’s lead in the race for tomorrow’s primary. | Vermont senator and Democratic presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders is pushing the results of a recent poll out of Indiana that shows him within the margin of error of upsetting frontrunner Hillary Clinton’s lead in the race for tomorrow’s primary. |
| “We intend to fight for every vote and delegate remaining, starting with tomorrow night’s primary in Indiana where recent polling shows us well with the margin of error,” a email from the campaign tells supporters, citing an NBC poll that shows Sanders trailing Clinton by four percentage points in the Hoosier State. | “We intend to fight for every vote and delegate remaining, starting with tomorrow night’s primary in Indiana where recent polling shows us well with the margin of error,” a email from the campaign tells supporters, citing an NBC poll that shows Sanders trailing Clinton by four percentage points in the Hoosier State. |
| Calling the race to win a majority of pledged delegates ahead of the convention “admittedly a tough hill to climb,” Sanders’ campaign tells supporters that “winning Indiana tomorrow night would not only cut into Secretary Clinton’s lead, but it would send a powerful message to the political establishment and corporate media who just want this race to end so they can get on with the ratings and fundraising bonanza that would be a Clinton v. Trump general election. | Calling the race to win a majority of pledged delegates ahead of the convention “admittedly a tough hill to climb,” Sanders’ campaign tells supporters that “winning Indiana tomorrow night would not only cut into Secretary Clinton’s lead, but it would send a powerful message to the political establishment and corporate media who just want this race to end so they can get on with the ratings and fundraising bonanza that would be a Clinton v. Trump general election. |
| After asking for donations to help this upset occur, Sanders’ campaign makes an interesting argument about its ability to keep Clinton from clinching a pledged-delegate majority (although, perhaps, not a highly accurate one): | After asking for donations to help this upset occur, Sanders’ campaign makes an interesting argument about its ability to keep Clinton from clinching a pledged-delegate majority (although, perhaps, not a highly accurate one): |
| Let’s be clear. It is virtually impossible for Secretary Clinton to win all of the pledged delegates she needs to capture the nomination without the help of superdelegates at the convention. That means every vote we receive, every delegate we win between now and July strengthens our hand as we get to a contested convention. | Let’s be clear. It is virtually impossible for Secretary Clinton to win all of the pledged delegates she needs to capture the nomination without the help of superdelegates at the convention. That means every vote we receive, every delegate we win between now and July strengthens our hand as we get to a contested convention. |
| We’ll see if this Rudy-like gumption pays off. | We’ll see if this Rudy-like gumption pays off. |
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| Trump fan to Cruz: 'Indiana don't want you' | Trump fan to Cruz: 'Indiana don't want you' |
| CBS News has captured footage of the standoff between Ted Cruz and a Trump supporter in Indiana. Cruz wades right in and tries to talk him out of his position, to jeers of “Lyin’ Ted!”. | CBS News has captured footage of the standoff between Ted Cruz and a Trump supporter in Indiana. Cruz wades right in and tries to talk him out of his position, to jeers of “Lyin’ Ted!”. |
| Update: here’s the footage: | Update: here’s the footage: |
| Democracy in action. Watch it here. More to come. | Democracy in action. Watch it here. More to come. |
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| Heidi Cruz unbothered by rumors husband is Zodiac Killer | Heidi Cruz unbothered by rumors husband is Zodiac Killer |
| Yahoo News’ Hunter Walker has asked Heidi Cruz to comment on comedian Larry Wilmore’s string of jokes at the White House correspondents’ dinner at her husband’s expense. Wilmore referred repeatedly to the good-times Internet habit of pretending that Ted Cruz is the Zodiac Killer, the mysterious and uncaptured serial murderer in California from the 1960s and 1970s. | Yahoo News’ Hunter Walker has asked Heidi Cruz to comment on comedian Larry Wilmore’s string of jokes at the White House correspondents’ dinner at her husband’s expense. Wilmore referred repeatedly to the good-times Internet habit of pretending that Ted Cruz is the Zodiac Killer, the mysterious and uncaptured serial murderer in California from the 1960s and 1970s. |
| “Well, I’ve been married to him for 15 years and I know pretty well who he is, so it doesn’t bother me at all. There’s a lot of garbage out there,” Heidi Cruz said. | “Well, I’ve been married to him for 15 years and I know pretty well who he is, so it doesn’t bother me at all. There’s a lot of garbage out there,” Heidi Cruz said. |
| But Cruz’s using a bleakly tinted filter to tweet a picture of himself and Indiana governor Mike Pence Monday with CNN anchor Dana Bash stoked the rumors anew: | |
| Great speaking with @DanaBashCNN alongside Gov. @mike_pence this afternoon! #ChooseCruz: https://t.co/uyE3WEApzo pic.twitter.com/tkbSinisnR | Great speaking with @DanaBashCNN alongside Gov. @mike_pence this afternoon! #ChooseCruz: https://t.co/uyE3WEApzo pic.twitter.com/tkbSinisnR |
| This filter is very Zodiac Killer to me https://t.co/fUn51FAGVI | This filter is very Zodiac Killer to me https://t.co/fUn51FAGVI |
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| Here a serious play at the game of lowering expectations, from the husband of a certain top Hillary Clinton aide: | Here a serious play at the game of lowering expectations, from the husband of a certain top Hillary Clinton aide: |
| I would not be at all surprised if Bernie wins Indiana. Many dems want to give a hat tip to him so long as HRC still wins. | I would not be at all surprised if Bernie wins Indiana. Many dems want to give a hat tip to him so long as HRC still wins. |
| There hasn’t been a lot of polling in the Indiana race. Averages appear to show Clinton up in the race by about 7 points. But she was supposedly ahead in Michigan, too. | There hasn’t been a lot of polling in the Indiana race. Averages appear to show Clinton up in the race by about 7 points. But she was supposedly ahead in Michigan, too. |
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| New Hampshire cancels move seen as curtailing Trump support | New Hampshire cancels move seen as curtailing Trump support |
| Ben Jacobs | Ben Jacobs |
| An attempt by the New Hampshire Republican party to limit Donald Trump’s influence in a potential contested convention was halted Monday, when the state chair canceled a controversial online vote for positions on crucial committees just minutes after the voting deadline, writes Guardian politics reporter Ben Jacobs: | An attempt by the New Hampshire Republican party to limit Donald Trump’s influence in a potential contested convention was halted Monday, when the state chair canceled a controversial online vote for positions on crucial committees just minutes after the voting deadline, writes Guardian politics reporter Ben Jacobs: |
| In an email obtained by the Guardian, party chair Jennifer Horn said that although all 23 of the state’s delegates to the Republican National Convention participated in the vote, she was canceling it “in the interest of full transparency”. Instead, she summoned a delegates-only meeting in Concord on Friday where those unable to attend could participate via conference call. | In an email obtained by the Guardian, party chair Jennifer Horn said that although all 23 of the state’s delegates to the Republican National Convention participated in the vote, she was canceling it “in the interest of full transparency”. Instead, she summoned a delegates-only meeting in Concord on Friday where those unable to attend could participate via conference call. |
| Initially, in an email sent out Saturday night, the state party’s executive director proposed a slate for the eight slots on convention committees reserved for New Hampshire delegates at the Republican gathering in Cleveland in July. The proposed slate included two supporters apiece of John Kasich, Jeb Bush and Ted Cruz and one supporter of Marco Rubio. The eighth slot was left vacant. | Initially, in an email sent out Saturday night, the state party’s executive director proposed a slate for the eight slots on convention committees reserved for New Hampshire delegates at the Republican gathering in Cleveland in July. The proposed slate included two supporters apiece of John Kasich, Jeb Bush and Ted Cruz and one supporter of Marco Rubio. The eighth slot was left vacant. |
| Trump won overwhelmingly in the Granite State’s February primary, with 35% of the vote. His nearest competitor, John Kasich, only received 15% in what was then the first primary in the country. Under New Hampshire’s relatively proportional rules, by which any candidate who gets more than 10% of the vote receives delegates, Trump was awarded 11 of the state’s 23 delegates. | Trump won overwhelmingly in the Granite State’s February primary, with 35% of the vote. His nearest competitor, John Kasich, only received 15% in what was then the first primary in the country. Under New Hampshire’s relatively proportional rules, by which any candidate who gets more than 10% of the vote receives delegates, Trump was awarded 11 of the state’s 23 delegates. |
| Since then, the well-organized Cruz campaign has picked up stray delegates in other states that Trump won, such as Louisiana, and swept local contests inWyoming and Colorado. | Since then, the well-organized Cruz campaign has picked up stray delegates in other states that Trump won, such as Louisiana, and swept local contests inWyoming and Colorado. |
| Read the full piece here: | Read the full piece here: |
| Related: New Hampshire halts controversial vote meant to limit Trump's delegate support | Related: New Hampshire halts controversial vote meant to limit Trump's delegate support |
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| The Trump campaign has announced that the candidate will speak at Trump Tower in Manhattan tomorrow, following the closure of the last polling stations in Indiana at 6pm central / 7pm eastern. | The Trump campaign has announced that the candidate will speak at Trump Tower in Manhattan tomorrow, following the closure of the last polling stations in Indiana at 6pm central / 7pm eastern. |
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| Ted Cruz is fighting for every last vote in Indiana. | Ted Cruz is fighting for every last vote in Indiana. |
| Cruz arguing with Trump supporters in Indiana: "Do the math!" "Ok, lyin' Ted!" "Where's your Goldman Sachs jacket?" pic.twitter.com/0NoI1yHlgk | Cruz arguing with Trump supporters in Indiana: "Do the math!" "Ok, lyin' Ted!" "Where's your Goldman Sachs jacket?" pic.twitter.com/0NoI1yHlgk |
| .@tedcruz has extended back-and-forth with Donald Trump supporters who are shouting "Lyin' Ted" in his face pic.twitter.com/AqPbpWJf5c | .@tedcruz has extended back-and-forth with Donald Trump supporters who are shouting "Lyin' Ted" in his face pic.twitter.com/AqPbpWJf5c |
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| Nominal Ted Cruz running mate Carly Fiorina slipped off a stage at a Cruz rally Monday, according to a Hollywood Reporter dispatch. There’s no report as yet of any injury, details to come. | Nominal Ted Cruz running mate Carly Fiorina slipped off a stage at a Cruz rally Monday, according to a Hollywood Reporter dispatch. There’s no report as yet of any injury, details to come. |
| Carly Fiorina falls off stage at Ted Cruz's Indiana event https://t.co/Hvve1xl6x0 pic.twitter.com/yAVcOTyhb9 | Carly Fiorina falls off stage at Ted Cruz's Indiana event https://t.co/Hvve1xl6x0 pic.twitter.com/yAVcOTyhb9 |
| Update: nothing apparently hurt. Video shows that Fiorina was quickly back on her feet: | Update: nothing apparently hurt. Video shows that Fiorina was quickly back on her feet: |
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| Clinton out-raises Sanders in April | Clinton out-raises Sanders in April |
| Hillary Clinton raised more money than Bernie Sanders last month for the first time in 2016, according to end-of-month totals released by the campaigns. | Hillary Clinton raised more money than Bernie Sanders last month for the first time in 2016, according to end-of-month totals released by the campaigns. |
| Clinton reported a $26m haul for April, while Sanders reportedly took in $25.8m – significantly down from his high-water-marks in February and March, when he took in $43.5m and $44m, respectively. | Clinton reported a $26m haul for April, while Sanders reportedly took in $25.8m – significantly down from his high-water-marks in February and March, when he took in $43.5m and $44m, respectively. |
| Sixty-five percent of Sanders’ fundraising in the cycle this far has come from small individual contributions, according to the campaign finance web site Open Secrets, compared with 19% for Clinton. Clinton has reported receipt of $133m in large individual contributions, versus $64m for Sanders. | Sixty-five percent of Sanders’ fundraising in the cycle this far has come from small individual contributions, according to the campaign finance web site Open Secrets, compared with 19% for Clinton. Clinton has reported receipt of $133m in large individual contributions, versus $64m for Sanders. |