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| John Kasich to suspend campaign, clearing way for Trump – politics live | John Kasich to suspend campaign, clearing way for Trump – politics live |
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| Republican revulsion at what primaries hath wrought | |
| In our blog coverage of the Indiana result last night, we rounded up Republican voices who said they would leave the party because of Trump or who said they would vote for Hillary Clinton or who at least said they would never vote for Trump. | |
| The flow of Republicans through the outdoor continues Wednesday – although they’ll have a lot of time to reconsider before November. | |
| But here’s a further roundup of Republicans (and ex-Republicans) making the hard call. | |
| Deputy press secretary under president George W Bush: | |
| A message for my fellow Republicans: If you back Trump you will not be trusted again | Fox News | https://t.co/BvmCU4KwQk | |
| US senator: | |
| The path to national recovery is getting longer--as both broken parties move closer to nominating fundamentally dishonest 2016 candidates. | |
| US senator: | |
| If we nominate Trump, we will get destroyed.......and we will deserve it. | |
| Top Mitt Romney strategist: | |
| More Republicans voted for non-Trump candidates than Trump, so I'm with the rest. https://t.co/YI9FP8c5LY | |
| Ricochet editor: | |
| Just asked the RNC to remove me from all their mailing lists because I'm leaving the party. That felt good. | |
| Right-wing talk show host: | |
| All we have to see, is that I don't belong to you. And you don't belong to me. Freedom pic.twitter.com/JBUtF8fsdZ | |
| Former top John McCain aide: | |
| the GOP is going to nominate for President a guy who reads the National Enquirer and thinks it's on the level. I'm with her. | |
| Current John McCain daughter: | |
| I hope history remembers those who gave up their conservative principles for the cult of personality and celebrity. And those who didn't. | |
| Top GOP messaging strategist: | |
| Just cancelled my plane and hotel reservations for Cleveland. | |
| RedState blog editor: | |
| I am no longer a Republican. | |
| Washington Free Beacon writer: | |
| pic.twitter.com/L0hQvfBSvS | |
| Washington Examiner managing editor: | |
| I have officially de-registered as a Republican. pic.twitter.com/DjRI21Oyvx | |
| RedState editor: | |
| A Republican Party without a sense of shame is a Republican Party I don’t want to be a part of. https://t.co/xZQzKyN1Xr | |
| On the opposite side are, | |
| for example, a former Republican presidential candidate, governor and host: | |
| The voters have spoken https://t.co/AXN0ULHhwY | |
| Donald Trump broke the code, owned the media, and inspired the masses. I will be all in to help him defeat Hillary Clinton and I call upon all fellow Republicans to unite in defeating Hillary and abandoning and repudiating the hapless “Never Trump” nonsense. | |
| And the senate majority leader: | |
| When asked whether McConnell will support Trump, spox points to these comments from @SenateMajLdr last week https://t.co/xMx0ss59PH | |
| McConnell freely admits he doesn’t know Trump well “but I’ve met him a few times in the past. He was always friendly and supportive. He’s called me a couple of times recently and we’ve had pleasant conversations.” | |
| The Profiles in Courage award here goes to New Hampshire senator Kelly Ayotte, who says she will “support” Trump but not “endorse” him. She’s up for reelection. | |
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| How far we’ve come: | How far we’ve come: |
| ❎Perry❎Walker❎Jindal❎Graham❎Pataki❎Huckabee❎Paul❎Santorum❎Fiorina❎Christie❎Gilmore❎Bush❎Carson❎Rubio❎Cruz❎Kasich✅Trump | ❎Perry❎Walker❎Jindal❎Graham❎Pataki❎Huckabee❎Paul❎Santorum❎Fiorina❎Christie❎Gilmore❎Bush❎Carson❎Rubio❎Cruz❎Kasich✅Trump |
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| Kasich to suspend campaign | Kasich to suspend campaign |
| Ben Jacobs | Ben Jacobs |
| A senior campaign source confirmed to the Guardian that Ohio governor John Kasich would be suspending his campaign on Wednesday afternoon. | A senior campaign source confirmed to the Guardian that Ohio governor John Kasich would be suspending his campaign on Wednesday afternoon. |
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| Trump to begin receiving classified briefings | Trump to begin receiving classified briefings |
| As the presumptive Republican nominee, Trump will gain access to state secrets, Time reports: | As the presumptive Republican nominee, Trump will gain access to state secrets, Time reports: |
| Later this year, Trump will begin receiving regular national security / intel briefings. After the convention GSA will sign transition MOU | Later this year, Trump will begin receiving regular national security / intel briefings. After the convention GSA will sign transition MOU |
| Those are references to the general services administration, which will sign a memorandum of understanding about a transition to a Trump administration, in the event that he should win. | Those are references to the general services administration, which will sign a memorandum of understanding about a transition to a Trump administration, in the event that he should win. |
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| The Ohio Democratic party has released a statement on Kasich’s reported decision to drop out of the presidential race. | The Ohio Democratic party has released a statement on Kasich’s reported decision to drop out of the presidential race. |
| The local Democrats aren’t happy about how the Republican governor, whose current second term is up in 2018, has been spending his 2016. | The local Democrats aren’t happy about how the Republican governor, whose current second term is up in 2018, has been spending his 2016. |
| “Since last March, Governor John Kasich has spent more than 200 days out of state, pursuing his presidential ambitions and ignoring the needs of the people of Ohio,” the statement reads. It goes on to correctly spell “gallivanting”: | “Since last March, Governor John Kasich has spent more than 200 days out of state, pursuing his presidential ambitions and ignoring the needs of the people of Ohio,” the statement reads. It goes on to correctly spell “gallivanting”: |
| ...It’s time that Ohio had a governor who was actually doing something about all of that, rather than gallivanting across the country. | ...It’s time that Ohio had a governor who was actually doing something about all of that, rather than gallivanting across the country. |
| In addition, we hope that the Kasich administration will provide a full accounting of the cost to Ohio taxpayers and Kasich’s campaign will reimburse the state for every single penny that his failed campaign cost the taxpayers of Ohio. | In addition, we hope that the Kasich administration will provide a full accounting of the cost to Ohio taxpayers and Kasich’s campaign will reimburse the state for every single penny that his failed campaign cost the taxpayers of Ohio. |
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| Donald Trump is not resting on his laurels – tomorrow he pops up in West Virginia, which with Nebraska votes this coming Tuesday: | Donald Trump is not resting on his laurels – tomorrow he pops up in West Virginia, which with Nebraska votes this coming Tuesday: |
| Join me in Charleston, WV - tomorrow! https://t.co/kv624y9UOm | Join me in Charleston, WV - tomorrow! https://t.co/kv624y9UOm |
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| Having some fun with the plan hatched by the Cruz and Kasich campaigns not so long ago to divide and conquer the states of Indiana, Oregon and New Mexico against Trump. The divide part, maybe; the conquer part, hardly: | Having some fun with the plan hatched by the Cruz and Kasich campaigns not so long ago to divide and conquer the states of Indiana, Oregon and New Mexico against Trump. The divide part, maybe; the conquer part, hardly: |
| BREAKING: New Kasich and Cruz alliance to cede New Mexico & Oregon to Trump. Will divide up which California CDs they both won't campaign in | BREAKING: New Kasich and Cruz alliance to cede New Mexico & Oregon to Trump. Will divide up which California CDs they both won't campaign in |
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| Kasich to suspend presidential bid – reports | Kasich to suspend presidential bid – reports |
| John Kasich will suspend his campaign for president, the Associated Press reports, after an earlier announcement that the governor had canceled events and was on his way home to Ohio. | John Kasich will suspend his campaign for president, the Associated Press reports, after an earlier announcement that the governor had canceled events and was on his way home to Ohio. |
| Kasich finishes with just 153 delegates – good for fourth place, after Trump, Cruz and Marco Rubio, who captured 171 delegates before dropping out in March. | Kasich finishes with just 153 delegates – good for fourth place, after Trump, Cruz and Marco Rubio, who captured 171 delegates before dropping out in March. |
| BREAKING: AP sources: Kasich to end his bid for White House; Trump to become presumptive GOP nominee for president. pic.twitter.com/1AUaQKs0rb | BREAKING: AP sources: Kasich to end his bid for White House; Trump to become presumptive GOP nominee for president. pic.twitter.com/1AUaQKs0rb |
| Related: John Kasich to make statement in Ohio amid speculation he will drop out | Related: John Kasich to make statement in Ohio amid speculation he will drop out |
| Updated | Updated |
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| Trump veep committee to include Carson | Trump veep committee to include Carson |
| Donald Trump will set up a committee “soon” to pick a running mate in advance of the July convention, and the committee will include retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson, Trump tells the New York Times: | Donald Trump will set up a committee “soon” to pick a running mate in advance of the July convention, and the committee will include retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson, Trump tells the New York Times: |
| “I’ll set up a committee, and that I will do soon,” Trump said. “I think on the committee I’ll have Dr Ben Carson and some other folks.” | “I’ll set up a committee, and that I will do soon,” Trump said. “I think on the committee I’ll have Dr Ben Carson and some other folks.” |
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| To think that for six days, she was a heartbeat, an election and about 700 delegates away from the presidency. | To think that for six days, she was a heartbeat, an election and about 700 delegates away from the presidency. |
| What a difference a day makes. Carly Fiorina at Indy Airport & no one cares. (Pic: Steve Handelsman) #Election2016 pic.twitter.com/dyurOy2gia | What a difference a day makes. Carly Fiorina at Indy Airport & no one cares. (Pic: Steve Handelsman) #Election2016 pic.twitter.com/dyurOy2gia |
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| “Donald Grump happens to have the most trash of any grouch in the world.” | “Donald Grump happens to have the most trash of any grouch in the world.” |
| Trump once inspired a full Sesame Street sketch - Donald Grump - belittling grouches and hoarding trash https://t.co/T5XV9U005a | Trump once inspired a full Sesame Street sketch - Donald Grump - belittling grouches and hoarding trash https://t.co/T5XV9U005a |
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| Trump would derail Paris climate deal, architects warn | Trump would derail Paris climate deal, architects warn |
| Fiona Harvey | Fiona Harvey |
| The election of Donald Trump would derail the landmark agreement on climate change reached in Paris last December, the architect of the accord has warned, writes the Guardian’s Fiona Harvey: | The election of Donald Trump would derail the landmark agreement on climate change reached in Paris last December, the architect of the accord has warned, writes the Guardian’s Fiona Harvey: |
| Trump is now virtually certain to be the Republican candidate for president and has said “I am not a great believer in manmade climate change”, leading to fears he would attempt to unpick the historic agreement if he became president. | Trump is now virtually certain to be the Republican candidate for president and has said “I am not a great believer in manmade climate change”, leading to fears he would attempt to unpick the historic agreement if he became president. |
| Without naming Trump, the former French foreign minister Laurent Fabius told an audience in London: “Think about the impact of the coming US presidential elections. If a climate change denier was to be elected, it would threaten dramatically global action against climate disruption.” | Without naming Trump, the former French foreign minister Laurent Fabius told an audience in London: “Think about the impact of the coming US presidential elections. If a climate change denier was to be elected, it would threaten dramatically global action against climate disruption.” |
| He said: “We must not think that everything is settled.” | He said: “We must not think that everything is settled.” |
| In response to a speech by Barack Obama at the opening of the Paris climate summit, Trump said: “I think one of the dumbest statements I’ve ever heard in politics, in the history of politics as I know it, which is pretty good, was Obama’s statement that our No 1 problem is global warming.” | In response to a speech by Barack Obama at the opening of the Paris climate summit, Trump said: “I think one of the dumbest statements I’ve ever heard in politics, in the history of politics as I know it, which is pretty good, was Obama’s statement that our No 1 problem is global warming.” |
| Read the full piece here: | Read the full piece here: |
| Related: Donald Trump's election would derail Paris climate deal, warns its architect | Related: Donald Trump's election would derail Paris climate deal, warns its architect |