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| Paul Ryan declines to endorse Trump as Republican nominee – campaign live | |
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| Speaker Paul Ryan declines to endorse Donald Trump: 'I'm just not ready to do that at this point' | |
| In a move that raises the civil war brewing in the Republican party to a new level, House speaker Paul Ryan has declined to endorse presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump at this time, telling CNN that “I’m not there right now.” | |
| “I’m just not ready to do that at this point,” Ryan told CNN’s Jake Tapper, in his first interview since Trump appeared to clinch the party’s presidential nomination following the suspension of his last remaining rivals’ campaigns. “Conservatives want to know: Does he share our values? There are lots of questions that conservatives are going to want answers to.” | |
| “At this point,” Ryan said, “I think he has to do more to unify this party.” | |
| “I’m familiar with the points you’re making,” Ryan said in response to a laundry list of episodes from the primary campaign - ranging from trump’s comments about women to his flirtation with connecting primary opponent Ted Cruz’s father with the assassination of John F. Kennedy. | |
| “I wanna see a verification that our conservative principles will be championed, will be run on, will be represented,” Ryan continued. But just as Trump needs to moderate his message, Ryan said, “there’s a bit of humility that each of us needs, particularly in Congress.” | |
| “He tapped into something in this country that is very powerful,” Ryan said of Trump, “but at the same time, now that we have the presumptive nominee who is going to be our standard-bearer,” who must espouse “the principles that not only built our party but built this country.” | |
| “Looking back on the primary campaign, there are instances and episodes that question that,” Ryan concluded, “but I hope we can get there.” | |
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| Ex-KKK leader: Donald Trump's victory will expose 'Jewish supremacists who control our country' | |
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| White nationalist and onetime candidate for US senate David Duke has hailed Donald Trump’s accession to the Republican presidential nomination as an “amazing victory,” calling Trump’s rise a chance for white supremacists to expose the “Jewish supremacists who control our country.” | |
| “The Trump campaign at a whole series of levels is a great opportunity for us to expose the people who really run the Republican Party, who run the Democratic Party, who run the political establishment and who are leading us all to disaster,” said Duke, a former grand wizard of the Ku Klux Klan, of the “Jewish extremists” who he accused of controlling American government on his radio show. | |
| First reported by RightWingWatch, Duke exhorted listeners to “make sure that Trump understands that we expect him to follow through on these things and we expect him to be our white knight, our advocate and our person.” | |
| Duke’s endorsement of Trump in February - and his subsequent declaration that the billionaire’s candidacy might rehabilitate the public image of Adolf Hitler - has highlighted Trump’s appeal among the so-called “alt-right,” an amorphous political movement whose proponents frequently espouse radical racialist views. | |
| Trump initially declined to condemn Duke after his endorsement, telling CNN that “I don’t know anything about David Duke; certainly I would disavow it if I thought there was something wrong.” | |
| Trump subsequently reversed course, tweeting a video in which he told press: “As I stated at the press conference on Friday regarding David Duke – I disavow.” Trump also did not condemn the Ku Klux Klan, as he was asked to during the interview. | |
| In an interview with CNN’s Wolf Blitzer yesterday, Trump also declined to send a message to supporters who had sent a torrent of antisemitic and threatening messages to journalist Julia Ioffe this week after her profile of Donald Trump’s wife, Melania, appeared in this month’s issue of GQ. | |
| “I don’t have a message to the fans – I’m not gonna talk about that,” the presumptive nominee said. | |
| All of this has only emboldened Trump’s white supremacist acolytes, Duke said in his radio show, before pushing his listeners to normalize Trump’s more extreme positions on immigration and national security. | |
| “This is a movement to take America back, and when we say ‘take America back,’ we know exactly what that means,” Duke said, “and I think everybody who says that knows what it means. And if we don’t keep putting that heat, if we don’t keep pushing the envelope over, we’ve got to be so far to the right ... for our people that Trump seems moderate so that he will have space to move to the right himself because we’ve got to start an evolutionary movement to the right.” | |
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| Trump: 'I love Hispanics' | Trump: 'I love Hispanics' |
| ...and taco bowls. Thumbs up. | ...and taco bowls. Thumbs up. |
| (What prevented this patronizing tweet from not deploying a “feliz”?) | (What prevented this patronizing tweet from not deploying a “feliz”?) |
| Happy #CincoDeMayo! The best taco bowls are made in Trump Tower Grill. I love Hispanics! https://t.co/ufoTeQd8yA pic.twitter.com/k01Mc6CuDI | Happy #CincoDeMayo! The best taco bowls are made in Trump Tower Grill. I love Hispanics! https://t.co/ufoTeQd8yA pic.twitter.com/k01Mc6CuDI |
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| Reid warns Democrats not to get 'overconfident' | Reid warns Democrats not to get 'overconfident' |
| Senate minority leader Harry Reid has he was concerned that Democrats are “over-confident” about their chances in 2016, Reuters reports: | Senate minority leader Harry Reid has he was concerned that Democrats are “over-confident” about their chances in 2016, Reuters reports: |
| Reid, in a conference call with reporters in both Washington and his home state of Nevada, said: “Am I concerned about it? Of course I am,” adding, “I think this race could be a debacle for the Republicans. But I’m not taking anything for granted. I’m not being over confident.” | Reid, in a conference call with reporters in both Washington and his home state of Nevada, said: “Am I concerned about it? Of course I am,” adding, “I think this race could be a debacle for the Republicans. But I’m not taking anything for granted. I’m not being over confident.” |
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| Andy Card, former chief of staff to George W Bush, said on MSNBC that he would “probably write in a name” if faced with a choice between Trump and Clinton for president. | Andy Card, former chief of staff to George W Bush, said on MSNBC that he would “probably write in a name” if faced with a choice between Trump and Clinton for president. |
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| Anguished Republicans began cycling through the five stages of grief on Thursday in the wake of what one leading voice of the establishment called Donald Trump’s “hostile takeover” of their party, write the Guardian’s Dan Roberts and Ben Jacobs. | Anguished Republicans began cycling through the five stages of grief on Thursday in the wake of what one leading voice of the establishment called Donald Trump’s “hostile takeover” of their party, write the Guardian’s Dan Roberts and Ben Jacobs. |
| Here’s a bit from the middle of the piece: | Here’s a bit from the middle of the piece: |
| Others in Congress appear ready for bargaining, a phase of seeking to regain control that psychologists describe as a normal reaction to feelings of helplessness after a loss. | Others in Congress appear ready for bargaining, a phase of seeking to regain control that psychologists describe as a normal reaction to feelings of helplessness after a loss. |
| “As the presumptive nominee, [Trump] now has the opportunity and the obligation to unite our party around our goals,” wrote the Senate majority leader, Mitch McConnell, in language that made clear his desire to make the best of a bad situation. | “As the presumptive nominee, [Trump] now has the opportunity and the obligation to unite our party around our goals,” wrote the Senate majority leader, Mitch McConnell, in language that made clear his desire to make the best of a bad situation. |
| But Trump has won landslide after landslide among Republican voters by positioning himself as the ultimate political outsider. There is little evidence he plans to tinker with a winning formula to make congressional leaders feel better. | But Trump has won landslide after landslide among Republican voters by positioning himself as the ultimate political outsider. There is little evidence he plans to tinker with a winning formula to make congressional leaders feel better. |
| Read the full piece here: | Read the full piece here: |
| Related: Republicans plunged into five stages of grief over Trump's unstoppable rise | Related: Republicans plunged into five stages of grief over Trump's unstoppable rise |
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| Here’s further from Guardian politics reporter Ben Jacobs on Bob Dole’s novel decision to attend his party’s national convention this year (see earlier): | Here’s further from Guardian politics reporter Ben Jacobs on Bob Dole’s novel decision to attend his party’s national convention this year (see earlier): |
| “Senator Dole is planning to briefly attend the convention in Cleveland,” a spokesperson told the Guardian. | “Senator Dole is planning to briefly attend the convention in Cleveland,” a spokesperson told the Guardian. |
| Despite his willingness to attend the convention, Dole did not commit to supporting the Republican nominee in November. “We’ll have to wait and see how the convention plays out,” said Dole’s spokesperson. | Despite his willingness to attend the convention, Dole did not commit to supporting the Republican nominee in November. “We’ll have to wait and see how the convention plays out,” said Dole’s spokesperson. |
| Dole, who was also the party’s vice presidential nominee in 1976 in addition to being its 1996 presidential nominee, spent over 30 years as a Republican elected official and served as both Senate Majority Leader and chair of the RNC. | Dole, who was also the party’s vice presidential nominee in 1976 in addition to being its 1996 presidential nominee, spent over 30 years as a Republican elected official and served as both Senate Majority Leader and chair of the RNC. |
| The announcement comes after all four other living former nominees George H.W. Bush, George W. Bush, John McCain and Mitt Romney have made clear that they will not attend the party’s convention in Cleveland. Both Bushes have said through spokesmen that they will not endorse in the election while McCain has said he will support the party’s nominee. Romney, who gave a blistering attack on Trump in March has yet to weigh in on whether he will support the party’s presumptive nominee. | The announcement comes after all four other living former nominees George H.W. Bush, George W. Bush, John McCain and Mitt Romney have made clear that they will not attend the party’s convention in Cleveland. Both Bushes have said through spokesmen that they will not endorse in the election while McCain has said he will support the party’s nominee. Romney, who gave a blistering attack on Trump in March has yet to weigh in on whether he will support the party’s presumptive nominee. |
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| Former Ron Paul aides convicted | Former Ron Paul aides convicted |
| Three former Ron Paul aides have been found guilty on charges of conspiracy, causing false campaign expenditure reports and engaging in a false statement schemes in a 2012 plan to pay an Iowa state senator $73,000 to switch to Paul from Representative Michele Bachmann before the caucuses. | Three former Ron Paul aides have been found guilty on charges of conspiracy, causing false campaign expenditure reports and engaging in a false statement schemes in a 2012 plan to pay an Iowa state senator $73,000 to switch to Paul from Representative Michele Bachmann before the caucuses. |
| Former Ron Paul campaign manager Jesse Benton, deputy campaign manager Dimitri Kesari and John Tate were convicted on the charges after a jury failed to reach a verdict in a 2015 trial on the same charges. | Former Ron Paul campaign manager Jesse Benton, deputy campaign manager Dimitri Kesari and John Tate were convicted on the charges after a jury failed to reach a verdict in a 2015 trial on the same charges. |
| Both Benton and Tate were advisers to Rand Paul, Ron’s son, during his recent presidential campaign. Benton is now involved with an outside political group supporting Donald Trump. | Both Benton and Tate were advisers to Rand Paul, Ron’s son, during his recent presidential campaign. Benton is now involved with an outside political group supporting Donald Trump. |
| The Guardian has asked Rand Paul’s team for comment. | The Guardian has asked Rand Paul’s team for comment. |
| The Des Moines Register was at the scene at the federal court for the southern district of Iowa: | The Des Moines Register was at the scene at the federal court for the southern district of Iowa: |
| Jurors have found former Ron Paul aides Jesse Benton, Dimitri Kesari and John Tate guilty on all counts in 2012 endorsement payment scandal. | Jurors have found former Ron Paul aides Jesse Benton, Dimitri Kesari and John Tate guilty on all counts in 2012 endorsement payment scandal. |
| In October, a jury found Benton not guilty of lying to FBI agents in 2014 but convicted Kesari on charges of causing a false record. Kesari was found not guilty of obstruction of justice. | In October, a jury found Benton not guilty of lying to FBI agents in 2014 but convicted Kesari on charges of causing a false record. Kesari was found not guilty of obstruction of justice. |
| Former Ron Paul campaign chair Jesse Benton leaves courthouse with wife (who is Paul's granddaughter). No comment. pic.twitter.com/TASi3nmYoM | Former Ron Paul campaign chair Jesse Benton leaves courthouse with wife (who is Paul's granddaughter). No comment. pic.twitter.com/TASi3nmYoM |
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| Dole to attend Republican convention | Dole to attend Republican convention |
| 1996 Republican presidential nominee Bob Dole will attend the national convention, the Guardian’s Ben Jacobs has learned – but Dole’s not all in for Trump quite yet: | 1996 Republican presidential nominee Bob Dole will attend the national convention, the Guardian’s Ben Jacobs has learned – but Dole’s not all in for Trump quite yet: |
| SCOOP: Bob Dole will attend RNC in July but WILL NOT commit to voting for the party's nominee in November | SCOOP: Bob Dole will attend RNC in July but WILL NOT commit to voting for the party's nominee in November |
| The convention is scheduled to adjourn on 21 July, the day before Dole’s 93rd birthday. | The convention is scheduled to adjourn on 21 July, the day before Dole’s 93rd birthday. |
| Despite the fact that Bob Dole is attending the RNC this year, he will not commit to voting for the Republican nominee in November. | Despite the fact that Bob Dole is attending the RNC this year, he will not commit to voting for the Republican nominee in November. |
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| Romney skipping Republican convention | Romney skipping Republican convention |
| In the largest blow to Donald Trump’s campaign since Mitt Romney attacked his “third-grade theatrics” in a speech in March, Mitt Romney has announced he will not be attending Trump’s coronation in Cleveland. | In the largest blow to Donald Trump’s campaign since Mitt Romney attacked his “third-grade theatrics” in a speech in March, Mitt Romney has announced he will not be attending Trump’s coronation in Cleveland. |
| Mitt Romney will skip Trump’s nominating convention in Cleveland https://t.co/zLIWFKv3OS | Mitt Romney will skip Trump’s nominating convention in Cleveland https://t.co/zLIWFKv3OS |
| John McCain, the 2008 Republican nominee, also has said he would skip the convention in order to work on his own re-election. We’re kidding about Romney’s absence hurting Trump, but it is remarkable that the two previous Republican nominees and two previous Republican presidents are keeping such a distance from the emergent nominee. | John McCain, the 2008 Republican nominee, also has said he would skip the convention in order to work on his own re-election. We’re kidding about Romney’s absence hurting Trump, but it is remarkable that the two previous Republican nominees and two previous Republican presidents are keeping such a distance from the emergent nominee. |
| Romney and McCain, George W. Bush and George H.W. Bush will all be represented at Trump’s convention by four empty chairs. | Romney and McCain, George W. Bush and George H.W. Bush will all be represented at Trump’s convention by four empty chairs. |
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| Master strategist Cruz no match for Trump's charisma | Master strategist Cruz no match for Trump's charisma |
| Ben Jacobs | Ben Jacobs |
| Ted Cruz did everything right in his campaign for the White House, writes Guardian politics reporter Ben Jacobs: | Ted Cruz did everything right in his campaign for the White House, writes Guardian politics reporter Ben Jacobs: |
| He built a happy campaign operation that achieved all of its ambitious goals. Cruz elbowed out candidate after candidate to consolidate support among social conservatives, Tea Partiers and libertarians in the Republican field. He raised considerable amounts of money to build a political apparatus unrivalled in the GOP field. | He built a happy campaign operation that achieved all of its ambitious goals. Cruz elbowed out candidate after candidate to consolidate support among social conservatives, Tea Partiers and libertarians in the Republican field. He raised considerable amounts of money to build a political apparatus unrivalled in the GOP field. |
| There was only one problem. Every successful move, every stratagem that took Cruz – who dropped out of the presidential race on Tuesday night after a disastrous loss in Indiana – from an ambitious Ivy Leaguer to one of the final three Republican candidates for the presidency prevented him from attaining the ultimate goal. | There was only one problem. Every successful move, every stratagem that took Cruz – who dropped out of the presidential race on Tuesday night after a disastrous loss in Indiana – from an ambitious Ivy Leaguer to one of the final three Republican candidates for the presidency prevented him from attaining the ultimate goal. |
| The Texas Republican was elected to the Senate in 2012 after winning a bitter primary as a Tea Party candidate. He was positioning himself for a White House bid almost from the get-go, travelling to Iowa for presidential cattle calls less than six months into taking office. In a legislative body that values tradition, Cruz’s undisguised ambition didn’t help him make friends. But what really alienated colleagues was his push to shut down the government in October 2013 in an attempt to defund Obamacare, the president’s signature healthcare reforms. The quixotic effort alienated almost all of his colleagues who were left calling him a “wacko bird” and viewed him as an amoral opportunist who would do anything for his own political gain. | The Texas Republican was elected to the Senate in 2012 after winning a bitter primary as a Tea Party candidate. He was positioning himself for a White House bid almost from the get-go, travelling to Iowa for presidential cattle calls less than six months into taking office. In a legislative body that values tradition, Cruz’s undisguised ambition didn’t help him make friends. But what really alienated colleagues was his push to shut down the government in October 2013 in an attempt to defund Obamacare, the president’s signature healthcare reforms. The quixotic effort alienated almost all of his colleagues who were left calling him a “wacko bird” and viewed him as an amoral opportunist who would do anything for his own political gain. |
| Cruz did nothing to alter his image when he became the first candidate for the White House in 2016 to announce his campaign, in an event at Liberty Universityin Virginia in March last year. He was then racing to beat competitors with stronger roots in Iowa – such as Rand Paul and Mike Huckabee – to be the first out of the starting gate. | Cruz did nothing to alter his image when he became the first candidate for the White House in 2016 to announce his campaign, in an event at Liberty Universityin Virginia in March last year. He was then racing to beat competitors with stronger roots in Iowa – such as Rand Paul and Mike Huckabee – to be the first out of the starting gate. |
| Cruz’s message that day was consistent with what the Texas senator would say every day on the campaign trail until the moment he withdrew from the race in Indianapolis on Tuesday. He told a crowd of college students: “I believe in the power of millions of courageous conservatives rising up to reignite the promise of America” and pledged to “reclaim the constitution”. | Cruz’s message that day was consistent with what the Texas senator would say every day on the campaign trail until the moment he withdrew from the race in Indianapolis on Tuesday. He told a crowd of college students: “I believe in the power of millions of courageous conservatives rising up to reignite the promise of America” and pledged to “reclaim the constitution”. |
| In fact, Cruz’s campaign was remarkable for its consistency. There was only one key issue on which Cruz changed his message significantly in the course of the campaign – Donald J Trump. | In fact, Cruz’s campaign was remarkable for its consistency. There was only one key issue on which Cruz changed his message significantly in the course of the campaign – Donald J Trump. |
| Read the full piece here: | Read the full piece here: |
| Related: Ted Cruz, the master strategist, was no match for Trump's cult of personality | Related: Ted Cruz, the master strategist, was no match for Trump's cult of personality |
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| Trump and his finance chair are both past Hillary Clinton donors. If Ted Cruz finds out about this there is going to be trouble. | Trump and his finance chair are both past Hillary Clinton donors. If Ted Cruz finds out about this there is going to be trouble. |
| One thing Trump and his new national finance director have in common: They've both donated to @HillaryClinton pic.twitter.com/d4RZtbpC62 | One thing Trump and his new national finance director have in common: They've both donated to @HillaryClinton pic.twitter.com/d4RZtbpC62 |
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| Boxers turn pre-fight smack talk to Trump | Boxers turn pre-fight smack talk to Trump |
| Saúl “Canelo” Álvarez takes on Amir Khan in Las Vegas on Saturday, and the pair teamed up in their pre-fight news conference to punch back at Donald Trump, reports Guardian sport: | Saúl “Canelo” Álvarez takes on Amir Khan in Las Vegas on Saturday, and the pair teamed up in their pre-fight news conference to punch back at Donald Trump, reports Guardian sport: |
| Trump, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, stoked tensions earlier this year when he condemned Mexican migrants as “rapists and criminals” before vowing to build a “great, great wall” to stop people coming across the border. Álvarez, the WBC middleweight champion, said that Trump’s words were unhelpful. | Trump, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, stoked tensions earlier this year when he condemned Mexican migrants as “rapists and criminals” before vowing to build a “great, great wall” to stop people coming across the border. Álvarez, the WBC middleweight champion, said that Trump’s words were unhelpful. |
| “I don’t really like getting into political issues but it hurts, it offends, I would like [Trump] to understand us,” said Álvarez. “When I’m out running, I see a lot of my countrymen working hard, they have not come here to rob and steal. We want to show him that we Mexicans come here to succeed and be victorious.” | “I don’t really like getting into political issues but it hurts, it offends, I would like [Trump] to understand us,” said Álvarez. “When I’m out running, I see a lot of my countrymen working hard, they have not come here to rob and steal. We want to show him that we Mexicans come here to succeed and be victorious.” |
| Trump has also called for a complete ban on Muslims entering the US, and Khan, a British Muslim, kept a straight face as long as he could before joking: “You never know – this could be the last fight for me and Canelo here. That’s if Donald Trump becomes president.” | Trump has also called for a complete ban on Muslims entering the US, and Khan, a British Muslim, kept a straight face as long as he could before joking: “You never know – this could be the last fight for me and Canelo here. That’s if Donald Trump becomes president.” |
| Oscar De La Hoya, whose company, Golden Boy, is promoting the event, announced that Trump would be attending the fight, but wouldn’t have ringside seats. | Oscar De La Hoya, whose company, Golden Boy, is promoting the event, announced that Trump would be attending the fight, but wouldn’t have ringside seats. |
| Related: Amir Khan and Canelo Álvarez team up against Donald Trump | Related: Amir Khan and Canelo Álvarez team up against Donald Trump |