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| Indiana primary: Republican voters could put Trump on brink of nomination – live | Indiana primary: Republican voters could put Trump on brink of nomination – live |
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| Donald Trump links Ted Cruz's father to the JFK assassination | |
| Billionaire Republican frontrunner Donald Trump has linked opponent Ted Cruz’s father to Lee Harvey Oswald, the man who assassinated John F. Kennedy. | |
| During a phoner with Fox New breakfast television show Fox & Friends, Trump mentioned a story in noted tabloid publication National Enquirer that claimed that Rafael Cruz, a pastor and father of the Texas senator, was with Oswald before he shot Kennedy from the sixth-floor window of a book depository in Dallas, Texas in 1963. The story was backed up by what the tabloid described as photos of Cruz handing out leaflets with Oswald months before the Kennedy assassination. | |
| “His father was with Lee Harvey Oswald prior to Oswald being shot. I mean, the whole thing is ridiculous,” Trump said. “Nobody even brings it up, they don’t even talk about that.” | |
| “What was he doing with Lee Harvey Oswald shortly before the death, before the shooting?” Trump asked, apparently rhetorically. | |
| The Cruz campaign has called Trump’s allegations “detached from reality.” | |
| .@tedcruz spox @catblackfrazier on Trump's Rafael Cruz comments: "detached from reality" pic.twitter.com/L42cw0UL6N | |
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| In an increasingly hostile election season in which many US Muslims have taken to the streets to rally against Donald Trump, Muslim Republican leaders have their work cut out for them to keep voters loyal. | |
| In this second episode of Who’s God’s Candidate?, BRIC-TV chief correspondent Brian Vines talks to Republican and Democratic Muslims alike and asks how their faith helps them determine their vote. | |
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| Texas senator Ted Cruz’s decision to name former Hewlett-Packard CEO Carly Fiorina as his subjunctive running mate hasn’t made the splash he was hoping for, according to a new poll. | |
| According to the survey of Republican voters from Morning Consult, 60% of Republican voters say that the addition of Fiorina to the ticket has “no impact” on their vote. A full 22% say that they’re actually less likely to vote for Cruz because of his decision to name a running mate before he’s even earned half the necessary delegates to win the Republican nomination. | |
| Only 18% told Morning Consult that the addition of Fiorina to the hypothetical ticket makes them “more likely” to cast ballots for the Texas senator. | |
| Part of the problem: A surprising number of voters have totally forgotten about the onetime presidential candidate. More than a third of Republicans said that they have either never heard of Fiorina or have no opinion, positive or negative, of her. Of those who do have an opinion, the majority view her negatively, with 39% viewing her as such and only 25% viewing her positively. | |
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| Indiana votes as Donald Trump eyes the Republican nomination | Indiana votes as Donald Trump eyes the Republican nomination |
| Good morning, and welcome to the Guardian’s politics liveblog, where today all eyes are trained on Indiana, whose voters hold the hopes and fears of pro- and anti-Trump Republicans in the balance. | Good morning, and welcome to the Guardian’s politics liveblog, where today all eyes are trained on Indiana, whose voters hold the hopes and fears of pro- and anti-Trump Republicans in the balance. |
| The Hoosier State, typically an also-voted primary state, has turned into Ted Cruz’s last, best hope of derailing the Trump Train – as well as presenting a tight contest between Democratic presidential frontrunner Hillary Clinton and Vermont senator Bernie Sanders, who are neck and neck in the most recent polling. With the second-richest delegate count remaining in both parties’ races, Indiana may be the kingmaker in the nominating contests. | The Hoosier State, typically an also-voted primary state, has turned into Ted Cruz’s last, best hope of derailing the Trump Train – as well as presenting a tight contest between Democratic presidential frontrunner Hillary Clinton and Vermont senator Bernie Sanders, who are neck and neck in the most recent polling. With the second-richest delegate count remaining in both parties’ races, Indiana may be the kingmaker in the nominating contests. |
| Here’s quick rundown of what’s set to happen today: | Here’s quick rundown of what’s set to happen today: |
| The Guardian’s Ben Jacobs is in Indiana today, and Ed Pilkington will be live at Trump Tower in midtown Manhattan tonight. | The Guardian’s Ben Jacobs is in Indiana today, and Ed Pilkington will be live at Trump Tower in midtown Manhattan tonight. |
| On to the race! | On to the race! |
| Updated | Updated |
| at 2.07pm BST | at 2.07pm BST |