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| Trump, Sanders and Clinton shift campaigns to California – politics live | Trump, Sanders and Clinton shift campaigns to California – politics live |
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| Sanders camp: Trump 'chickening out' of debate | |
| Bernie Sanders campaign manager Jeff Weaver told CNN that talks with the Donald Trump camp about a potential debate between the candidates have not progressed: | |
| There’s a little bit of foot-dragging now it seems on their side,” Weaver said. “It may be that, you know, there may be some chickening out or, you know, an unwillingness to stand on stage and really debate with Bernie Sanders because they know Bernie Sanders is going to do quite well in that debate, frankly.” | |
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| Trump video mocks doubters | |
| Having clinched the Republican presidential nomination, Donald Trump takes a moment to remember all the people who said it couldn’t be done: | |
| Trump’s right: what sort of ill-informed wretch would ever have doubted Trump’s chances of winning the Republican nomination? | |
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| Remember Trump Shuttle, Donald Trump’s short-lived airline? Neither do most people: Trump controlled the airline for only about two-and-a-half years, from 1989 to 1991, leaving it under a pile of debt. | |
| Luckily for everyone, the Boston Globe has reported a colorful history of the airline, from takeoff to, ha. There actually was one crash-landing before the company fell apart: a front landing gear once failed to deploy on a plane in Trump’s fleet (described by one source as “21 of some of the oldest, worst maintained 727s then flying”) but the pilot managed to bring it in softly and no one was hurt. | |
| Here’s the Globe’s Matt Viser on how Trump put his personal touch on his airline: | |
| On airplanes that were worth about $4 million each, Trump spent about $1 million apiece to redesign them. He wanted a T on the tail of the plane as big as possible. A giant TRUMP was painted on the side. | |
| The in-flight magazines featured Trump on the cover. The labels on the wetnaps had Trump Shuttle on them. New seat belt buckles were made of chrome, and he wanted all flight attendants to have necklaces with real pearls. (After warnings that would be too costly, they gave out fake strands.) | |
| Trump also designed new uniforms that, for the flight attendants, turned out to be impractical. | |
| “We had this pretty white blouse that showed a little cleavage,” said Catalano, the former flight attendant. “You can’t have that kind of a uniform. As a flight attendant, you’re bending down or picking things up. | |
| “Many of us put safety pins in the back to keep them closed,” she added. “They had to change the style after enough of us complained.” | |
| The idea for real marble sinks in the lavatories didn’t work either. Read the full piece here. | |
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| When does the law of diminishing returns apply to unearthing old clips of Donald Trump saying sexist things? Never? | When does the law of diminishing returns apply to unearthing old clips of Donald Trump saying sexist things? Never? |
| The Daily Show dug up a 1994 clip of Trump explaining why he didn't want his wife to work https://t.co/kt95rIVuOl pic.twitter.com/BOkzweWJCl | The Daily Show dug up a 1994 clip of Trump explaining why he didn't want his wife to work https://t.co/kt95rIVuOl pic.twitter.com/BOkzweWJCl |
| To watch for yourself, skip to the three-minute mark in the video on the Comedy Central site here. | To watch for yourself, skip to the three-minute mark in the video on the Comedy Central site here. |
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| The Clinton campaign has launched what it bills as the first in a series of mock-formal messages from “your possible next president” featuring Donald Trump saying things. The clip is intro’d and then abruptly outro’d by a brief clip of Hail to the Chief. | The Clinton campaign has launched what it bills as the first in a series of mock-formal messages from “your possible next president” featuring Donald Trump saying things. The clip is intro’d and then abruptly outro’d by a brief clip of Hail to the Chief. |
| In the first one Trump says that pregnancy “is certainly an inconvenience for a business.” | In the first one Trump says that pregnancy “is certainly an inconvenience for a business.” |
| NEW: We launched the first video in what will be an ongoing series today.WATCH: https://t.co/HcKrHTkE4m | NEW: We launched the first video in what will be an ongoing series today.WATCH: https://t.co/HcKrHTkE4m |
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| Sanders has eye on California | Sanders has eye on California |
| A once-robust seeming Hillary Clinton lead over rival Bernie Sanders in California, which will award 475 Democratic delegates in a 7 June primary, has been whittled to a toothpick, according to a Public Policy Institute of California poll released Wednesday. | A once-robust seeming Hillary Clinton lead over rival Bernie Sanders in California, which will award 475 Democratic delegates in a 7 June primary, has been whittled to a toothpick, according to a Public Policy Institute of California poll released Wednesday. |
| Clinton leads Sanders by only two points, 46-44, in the poll. The state will award its delegates proportionally. | Clinton leads Sanders by only two points, 46-44, in the poll. The state will award its delegates proportionally. |
| “We are going to win here in California!” Sanders said at a Santa Monica rally this week, described in a recommended Atlantic piece titled “This is how a revolution ends.” | “We are going to win here in California!” Sanders said at a Santa Monica rally this week, described in a recommended Atlantic piece titled “This is how a revolution ends.” |
| Clinton does not need to win California to maintain her delegate lead over Sanders, and, counting superdelegates, she may cross the threshold of 2,383 committed delegates needed to clinch the nomination before the California result is reported. Clinton currently sits at 2,309 delegates, including superdelegates (see below); Puerto Rico, where Clinton support runs deep, will award 60 delegates on 5 June; and polling stations in New Jersey, with 126 delegates to award, close on 7 June at 8pm ET – three hours before the polls close in California. | Clinton does not need to win California to maintain her delegate lead over Sanders, and, counting superdelegates, she may cross the threshold of 2,383 committed delegates needed to clinch the nomination before the California result is reported. Clinton currently sits at 2,309 delegates, including superdelegates (see below); Puerto Rico, where Clinton support runs deep, will award 60 delegates on 5 June; and polling stations in New Jersey, with 126 delegates to award, close on 7 June at 8pm ET – three hours before the polls close in California. |
| A loss in the country’s largest and most diverse state, however, would be a significant blow to the Clinton campaign, raising questions about her ability to mobilize Democrats for a general election fight against Donald Trump. | A loss in the country’s largest and most diverse state, however, would be a significant blow to the Clinton campaign, raising questions about her ability to mobilize Democrats for a general election fight against Donald Trump. |
| Both Sanders and Clinton have been adding California rally dates to their schedules in a race to the wire. Clinton is in Oakland today while Sanders is in San Pedro. Sanders will campaign tomorrow in Fresno. | Both Sanders and Clinton have been adding California rally dates to their schedules in a race to the wire. Clinton is in Oakland today while Sanders is in San Pedro. Sanders will campaign tomorrow in Fresno. |
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| Foster sister on Trump: 'wrong', 'irresponsible', 'cruel' | Foster sister on Trump: 'wrong', 'irresponsible', 'cruel' |
| Sheila Foster Anthony, sister of the late Vince Foster, who killed himself in 1993 after becoming Bill Clinton’s deputy White House counsel, has written an op-ed in the Washington Post decrying Donald Trump’s amplification of conspiracy theories attached to her brother’s death. | Sheila Foster Anthony, sister of the late Vince Foster, who killed himself in 1993 after becoming Bill Clinton’s deputy White House counsel, has written an op-ed in the Washington Post decrying Donald Trump’s amplification of conspiracy theories attached to her brother’s death. |
| “It is beyond contempt that a politician would use a family tragedy to further his candidacy, but such is the character of Donald Trump displayed in his recent comments to The Washington Post,” Anthony begins: | “It is beyond contempt that a politician would use a family tragedy to further his candidacy, but such is the character of Donald Trump displayed in his recent comments to The Washington Post,” Anthony begins: |
| In this interview, Trump cynically, crassly and recklessly insinuated that my brother, Vincent W. Foster Jr., may have been murdered because “he had intimate knowledge of what was going on” and that Hillary Clinton may have somehow played a role in Vince’s death. | In this interview, Trump cynically, crassly and recklessly insinuated that my brother, Vincent W. Foster Jr., may have been murdered because “he had intimate knowledge of what was going on” and that Hillary Clinton may have somehow played a role in Vince’s death. |
| How wrong. How irresponsible. How cruel. [...] | How wrong. How irresponsible. How cruel. [...] |
| Trump was canny enough to hedge — he’s not the one raising questions, he said, but others have. He noted that Vince “knew everything that was going on, and then all of a sudden he committed suicide.” The circumstances of Vince’s death, he observed, were “very fishy” and the theories about possible foul play “very serious.” | Trump was canny enough to hedge — he’s not the one raising questions, he said, but others have. He noted that Vince “knew everything that was going on, and then all of a sudden he committed suicide.” The circumstances of Vince’s death, he observed, were “very fishy” and the theories about possible foul play “very serious.” |
| This is scurrilous enough coming from right-wing political operatives who have peddled conspiracy theories about Vince’s death for more than two decades. How could this be coming from the presumptive Republican nominee for president? | This is scurrilous enough coming from right-wing political operatives who have peddled conspiracy theories about Vince’s death for more than two decades. How could this be coming from the presumptive Republican nominee for president? |
| Read the full piece here. | Read the full piece here. |
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| Cruz withholds Trump endorsement | Cruz withholds Trump endorsement |
| On the Paul Ryan / Marco Rubio spectrum – in which Ryan says he’s not ready to endorse Donald Trump and Rubio says he’ll release his delegates and support Trump at the national convention – former presidential candidate Ted Cruz seems to fall closer to Ryan. | On the Paul Ryan / Marco Rubio spectrum – in which Ryan says he’s not ready to endorse Donald Trump and Rubio says he’ll release his delegates and support Trump at the national convention – former presidential candidate Ted Cruz seems to fall closer to Ryan. |
| Cruz has repeatedly declined to back Trump in an interview Friday morning on Oklahoma radio, reports CNN’s Teddy Schleifer: | Cruz has repeatedly declined to back Trump in an interview Friday morning on Oklahoma radio, reports CNN’s Teddy Schleifer: |
| Cruz again declines to back Trump:Would "true conservative" endorse Trump?Cruz: "That's a decision every voter is going to have to make" | Cruz again declines to back Trump:Would "true conservative" endorse Trump?Cruz: "That's a decision every voter is going to have to make" |
| The Texas Tribune’s Patrick Svitek is listening, too: | The Texas Tribune’s Patrick Svitek is listening, too: |
| - Oklahoma radio host: It doesn't sound like Trump lives up to your standards.- @TedCruz: "I hope that he will." | - Oklahoma radio host: It doesn't sound like Trump lives up to your standards.- @TedCruz: "I hope that he will." |
| .@TedCruz reiterates: "I hope we have a nominee that will actually defend conservative principles." https://t.co/WgrNRVMs9y | .@TedCruz reiterates: "I hope we have a nominee that will actually defend conservative principles." https://t.co/WgrNRVMs9y |
| Cruz ended the race with 559 delegates. Releasing them to back Trump in a first round of voting at the Republican convention would allow for a show of party unity in the form of overwhelming majority backing for the nominee. On his own, Trump appears on track to capture less than 60% of the delegates at stake, depending on his performance on 7 June; Rubio’s 165 delegates could help push Trump closer to 70% in the first round of convention voting. | Cruz ended the race with 559 delegates. Releasing them to back Trump in a first round of voting at the Republican convention would allow for a show of party unity in the form of overwhelming majority backing for the nominee. On his own, Trump appears on track to capture less than 60% of the delegates at stake, depending on his performance on 7 June; Rubio’s 165 delegates could help push Trump closer to 70% in the first round of convention voting. |
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| Hello and welcome to our live-wire coverage of the 2016 race for the White House. Will House speaker Paul Ryan pay for his slowness to endorse presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump? Sarah Palin has warned that Ryan would get “Cantor’d”, meaning lose his primary race in Wisconsin’s first congressional district to a challenger, in this case Paul Nehlen (such a fate befell former House majority leader Eric Cantor in 2014). | Hello and welcome to our live-wire coverage of the 2016 race for the White House. Will House speaker Paul Ryan pay for his slowness to endorse presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump? Sarah Palin has warned that Ryan would get “Cantor’d”, meaning lose his primary race in Wisconsin’s first congressional district to a challenger, in this case Paul Nehlen (such a fate befell former House majority leader Eric Cantor in 2014). |
| A Free Beacon poll out this morning brings some good news for Ryan: he appears to be leading Nehlen by 73 points, 80%-7%. But the primary isn’t until August. | A Free Beacon poll out this morning brings some good news for Ryan: he appears to be leading Nehlen by 73 points, 80%-7%. But the primary isn’t until August. |
| Hillary Clinton has tamped down speculation that her rival for the Democratic presidential nomination, Bernie Sanders, might meet Donald Trump in a debate in advance of the 7 June California primary, saying “I don’t think it’s going to happen.” | Hillary Clinton has tamped down speculation that her rival for the Democratic presidential nomination, Bernie Sanders, might meet Donald Trump in a debate in advance of the 7 June California primary, saying “I don’t think it’s going to happen.” |
| “You know, I know they’ve gone back and forth on this, and they seem to be saying it’s some kind of joke. Trump doesn’t sound very serious,” Clinton said in a call-in interview on MSNBC. “But I can tell you, I look forward to debating Donald Trump in the general election. I can’t wait to get on that debate stage with him.” | “You know, I know they’ve gone back and forth on this, and they seem to be saying it’s some kind of joke. Trump doesn’t sound very serious,” Clinton said in a call-in interview on MSNBC. “But I can tell you, I look forward to debating Donald Trump in the general election. I can’t wait to get on that debate stage with him.” |
| Sanders and (a bit more elusively) Trump, meanwhile, seemed game, with Sanders tweeting “let’s do it in the biggest stadium possible”. Veteran boxing promoter Bob Arum offered on Thursday to promote the showdown. | Sanders and (a bit more elusively) Trump, meanwhile, seemed game, with Sanders tweeting “let’s do it in the biggest stadium possible”. Veteran boxing promoter Bob Arum offered on Thursday to promote the showdown. |
| Sanders appeared on Thursday night on late-night jokester Jimmy Kimmel’s show, where Trump agreed in principle to the debate the night before. Kimmel posed a question to Sanders he said was direct from Trump: given how mistreated Sanders has been by the Democratic party (Trump said), would he consider running as an independent? | Sanders appeared on Thursday night on late-night jokester Jimmy Kimmel’s show, where Trump agreed in principle to the debate the night before. Kimmel posed a question to Sanders he said was direct from Trump: given how mistreated Sanders has been by the Democratic party (Trump said), would he consider running as an independent? |
| “Well, I think there’s a little bit of self-service there from Donald Trump,” Sanders said. “You think he’s really worried about me?” | “Well, I think there’s a little bit of self-service there from Donald Trump,” Sanders said. “You think he’s really worried about me?” |
| Elsewhere, Barack Obama has made the first-ever visit to Hiroshima by a sitting president. He greeted survivors of the atomic bombing and called for an end to the nuclear era. “Amongst those nations like my own that own nuclear stockpiles,” he said, “We must have the courage to escape the logic of fear and pursue a world without them.” | Elsewhere, Barack Obama has made the first-ever visit to Hiroshima by a sitting president. He greeted survivors of the atomic bombing and called for an end to the nuclear era. “Amongst those nations like my own that own nuclear stockpiles,” he said, “We must have the courage to escape the logic of fear and pursue a world without them.” |
| Trump spoke on energy policy in Bismarck, North Dakota, on Thursday afternoon, promising to revivify the coal industry and repeal environmental regulations put in place by the Obama administration. “We’re going to cancel the Paris climate agreement,” he said. | Trump spoke on energy policy in Bismarck, North Dakota, on Thursday afternoon, promising to revivify the coal industry and repeal environmental regulations put in place by the Obama administration. “We’re going to cancel the Paris climate agreement,” he said. |
| Related: Trump's climate claims: experts analyze Republican's energy policy remarks | Related: Trump's climate claims: experts analyze Republican's energy policy remarks |
| Finally, in an interview with CNN’s Jake Tapper, Florida senator and former presidential candidate Marco Rubio backed away from possibly serving as his party’s vice-presidential nominee this cycle, although he left the door open on running for office again in the future. | Finally, in an interview with CNN’s Jake Tapper, Florida senator and former presidential candidate Marco Rubio backed away from possibly serving as his party’s vice-presidential nominee this cycle, although he left the door open on running for office again in the future. |
| “It’s a safe assumption,” Rubio said of his chances of seeking office, although he ruled out running for re-election to the senate in this cycle. “If there’s an opportunity to serve again in a way I feel passionate about it, I’ll certainly explore it.” | “It’s a safe assumption,” Rubio said of his chances of seeking office, although he ruled out running for re-election to the senate in this cycle. “If there’s an opportunity to serve again in a way I feel passionate about it, I’ll certainly explore it.” |
| Related: Marco Rubio willing to speak for Trump at Republican convention if asked | Related: Marco Rubio willing to speak for Trump at Republican convention if asked |
| Today Trump is campaigning in San Diego, where reporters Rory Carroll and Nicky Woolf will be on hand to bear witness. Sanders is also in California, appearing in San Pedro. | Today Trump is campaigning in San Diego, where reporters Rory Carroll and Nicky Woolf will be on hand to bear witness. Sanders is also in California, appearing in San Pedro. |
| Hillary Clinton will take a part in a discussion with community leaders in Oakland, while on the other side of the country, her husband is campaigning in Edison, New Jersey. | Hillary Clinton will take a part in a discussion with community leaders in Oakland, while on the other side of the country, her husband is campaigning in Edison, New Jersey. |
| Thank you for reading and please join us in the comments throughout the day ... | Thank you for reading and please join us in the comments throughout the day ... |
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