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| Clinton and Trump ready for general election showdown – campaign live | Clinton and Trump ready for general election showdown – campaign live |
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| Trump hits the money trail | |
| Donald Trump will attend “a high-priced fundraiser in Boston on Monday”, the Boston Herald reports. Tickets for the event, at Langham Hotel, will start at $2,700 per person. | |
| In addition to Boston, Trump plans at least five fundraisers in the coming weeks, according to the Associated Press: a June 16 event in Dallas, a June 17 lunch in San Antonio and a June 18 event in Houston. The following week, Trump and his Republican allies will raise money in his hometown of New York City. | |
| CBS confirms Trump to meet w/ donors tomorrow at Four Seasons in NY. Reince Priebus will be there. | |
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| Grassley invokes Sotomayor 'wise Latina' comment to defend Trump | |
| Senator Chuck Grassley, chairman of the judiciary committee, has not displayed much discomfort with Trump’s remarks about judge Gonzalo Curiel. “I would not say what Trump said,” Grassley said. | |
| But Grassley advanced his defense of Trump in an interview with the Des Moines Register, from his home state of Iowa, on Wednesday. Grassley equated Trump’s attack on Curiel’s “Mexican heritage” with an assertion by then-appeals court judge Sonia Sotomayor in a 2001 speech that “I would hope that a wise Latina woman with the richness of her experiences would more often than not reach a better conclusion than a white male who hasn’t lived that life.” Sotomayor has been a Supreme Court justice since 2009. | |
| Grassley said he had not heard “any criticism of that sort of comment by a justice of the Supreme Court”. | |
| . @ChuckGrassley: Donald Trump's remarks on Judge Curiel are equivalent to Justice Sotomayor's "wise Latina" comment pic.twitter.com/YgzAw3qxWY | |
| Poor analogy. Sotomayor was saying diversity can bring different perspective, not that a white man can't do the job. https://t.co/8RZbCpdJDT | |
| The Register is unhappy with Grassley for, most lately, declining to hold a hearing on the nomination of Merrick Garland to fill the Supreme Court vacancy. A DMR editorial today concludes: “when it comes to Donald Trump, there are invertebrates that have shown more spine than Sen. Charles Grassley.” | |
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| Majority of Americans found Trump's attack on judge racist – poll | Majority of Americans found Trump's attack on judge racist – poll |
| A YouGov poll finds that a 51% majority of Americans think Donald Trump’s comments about judge Gonzalo Curiel were racist. | A YouGov poll finds that a 51% majority of Americans think Donald Trump’s comments about judge Gonzalo Curiel were racist. |
| That includes 22% of Republicans: | That includes 22% of Republicans: |
| YouGov poll: Were Trump’s judge comments racist?ALL: 51% yes, 32% noGOP 22% yes, 65% nohttps://t.co/P3tmBbkrtS pic.twitter.com/5YKmUjQBTl | YouGov poll: Were Trump’s judge comments racist?ALL: 51% yes, 32% noGOP 22% yes, 65% nohttps://t.co/P3tmBbkrtS pic.twitter.com/5YKmUjQBTl |
| (h/t @bencjacobs) | (h/t @bencjacobs) |
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| Gingrich: Trump an 'absurd amateur' | Gingrich: Trump an 'absurd amateur' |
| After becoming an enthusiastic early boarder of the Trump train, former House speaker Newt Gingrich appears to be going through a period of disillusionment, following Trump’s controversial objections to a judge’s “Mexican heritage”. | After becoming an enthusiastic early boarder of the Trump train, former House speaker Newt Gingrich appears to be going through a period of disillusionment, following Trump’s controversial objections to a judge’s “Mexican heritage”. |
| At the weekend, Gingrich called Trump’s judge attack a “mistake” and “inexcusable”. Trump then hit back that Gingrich’s criticism was “inappropriate”. At which Gingrich, on Monday, reversed himself a bit, telling the Washington Post that Trump was “going to be fine as a candidate” and “He is learning very rapidly.” | At the weekend, Gingrich called Trump’s judge attack a “mistake” and “inexcusable”. Trump then hit back that Gingrich’s criticism was “inappropriate”. At which Gingrich, on Monday, reversed himself a bit, telling the Washington Post that Trump was “going to be fine as a candidate” and “He is learning very rapidly.” |
| Now Gingrich is back to “stupid” and “amateur”, Statnews reports: | Now Gingrich is back to “stupid” and “amateur”, Statnews reports: |
| .@newtgingrich: Trump “made a really stupid mistake last week, and it took him about 3 days to learn.” Calls Trump an “absurd amateur.” | .@newtgingrich: Trump “made a really stupid mistake last week, and it took him about 3 days to learn.” Calls Trump an “absurd amateur.” |
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| Biden on Sanders: 'give him time' | Biden on Sanders: 'give him time' |
| Vice President Joe Biden says it’s up to Bernie Sanders to decide when to end his campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination, AP reports: | Vice President Joe Biden says it’s up to Bernie Sanders to decide when to end his campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination, AP reports: |
| Asked Wednesday if it was time for the Vermont senator to halt his effort, Biden said: “Oh, let him make that decision. Give him time.” | Asked Wednesday if it was time for the Vermont senator to halt his effort, Biden said: “Oh, let him make that decision. Give him time.” |
| Asked how much time Sanders should have to make that decision, Biden said, “I’m being graceful.” | Asked how much time Sanders should have to make that decision, Biden said, “I’m being graceful.” |
| The AP is tracking Democrats on Capitol Hill who are calling explicitly for Sanders’ exit: | The AP is tracking Democrats on Capitol Hill who are calling explicitly for Sanders’ exit: |
| Sen. Bill Nelson of Florida said Wednesday that Sanders should “stand down.” Sen. Bob Casey of Pennsylvania said Democrats must “come together and unify.” Sen. Jeanne Shaheen of New Hampshire said Hillary Clinton’s nomination was historic and she would like to see Sanders wind down his candidacy sooner rather than later. | Sen. Bill Nelson of Florida said Wednesday that Sanders should “stand down.” Sen. Bob Casey of Pennsylvania said Democrats must “come together and unify.” Sen. Jeanne Shaheen of New Hampshire said Hillary Clinton’s nomination was historic and she would like to see Sanders wind down his candidacy sooner rather than later. |
| Update: congratulations for Clinton from Sanders’ sole endorser in the Senate: | Update: congratulations for Clinton from Sanders’ sole endorser in the Senate: |
| Sen. Jeff Merkley, a Sanders endorser, congratulates HRC for winning the nomination at the top of his remarks on toxic chemical reform bill | Sen. Jeff Merkley, a Sanders endorser, congratulates HRC for winning the nomination at the top of his remarks on toxic chemical reform bill |
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| The head of the largest conservative group in the US Congress, Representative Bill Flores of Texas, said he could not back Republican Donald Trump for president at this time, CNN reported (via Reuters): | The head of the largest conservative group in the US Congress, Representative Bill Flores of Texas, said he could not back Republican Donald Trump for president at this time, CNN reported (via Reuters): |
| Flores, the head of the Republican Study Committee in the House of Representatives, told CNN he was incredibly angry about comments that the presumptive Republican presidential nominee made about U.S. District Judge Gonzalo Curiel. | Flores, the head of the Republican Study Committee in the House of Representatives, told CNN he was incredibly angry about comments that the presumptive Republican presidential nominee made about U.S. District Judge Gonzalo Curiel. |
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| Video highlights from the candidates' rallies | Video highlights from the candidates' rallies |
| In case you didn’t spend your Tuesday night watching it on TV – here are video highlights from the Clinton, Trump and Sanders rallies: | In case you didn’t spend your Tuesday night watching it on TV – here are video highlights from the Clinton, Trump and Sanders rallies: |
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| Ryan to Republicans: 'time to be united' | Ryan to Republicans: 'time to be united' |
| Two days after leading a charge to call out Donald Trump’s remarks about a federal judge as “racist”, House speaker Paul Ryan has urged colleagues in a morning meeting to unite behind Trump, CNN reports. | Two days after leading a charge to call out Donald Trump’s remarks about a federal judge as “racist”, House speaker Paul Ryan has urged colleagues in a morning meeting to unite behind Trump, CNN reports. |
| “They heard the speaker make it pretty clear to them that it’s time to unite behind Donald Trump,” but “he did not specifically urge” lawmakers to unite behind Trump, CNN’s Manu Raju reports: | “They heard the speaker make it pretty clear to them that it’s time to unite behind Donald Trump,” but “he did not specifically urge” lawmakers to unite behind Trump, CNN’s Manu Raju reports: |
| Paul Ryan tells GOP in meeting: It is time to be united. @mkraju reports https://t.co/WIxHOtEITG | Paul Ryan tells GOP in meeting: It is time to be united. @mkraju reports https://t.co/WIxHOtEITG |
| Related: Paul Ryan's right: Donald Trump's comments are racism, pure and simple | Steven W Thrasher | Related: Paul Ryan's right: Donald Trump's comments are racism, pure and simple | Steven W Thrasher |
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| Trump on Jesus: 'somebody I can totally rely on in my own mind' | Trump on Jesus: 'somebody I can totally rely on in my own mind' |
| More from the Cal Thomas interview: | More from the Cal Thomas interview: |
| CT: Who do you say Jesus is? | CT: Who do you say Jesus is? |
| DT: Jesus to me is somebody I can think about for security and confidence. Somebody I can revere in terms of bravery and in terms of courage and, because I consider the Christian religion so important, somebody I can totally rely on in my own mind. | DT: Jesus to me is somebody I can think about for security and confidence. Somebody I can revere in terms of bravery and in terms of courage and, because I consider the Christian religion so important, somebody I can totally rely on in my own mind. |
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| Trump 'I don't care if a judge is Mexican or what' | Trump 'I don't care if a judge is Mexican or what' |
| Tribune content has published a new Donald Trump interview with columnist Cal Thomas, in which Trump comes out with many familiar lines, but also some new ones. | Tribune content has published a new Donald Trump interview with columnist Cal Thomas, in which Trump comes out with many familiar lines, but also some new ones. |
| Ask whether he plans “less talk about Mexicans,” Trump says that he never judged Gonzalo Curiel on his Mexican heritage per se, but that he has “been treated very unfairly”. | Ask whether he plans “less talk about Mexicans,” Trump says that he never judged Gonzalo Curiel on his Mexican heritage per se, but that he has “been treated very unfairly”. |
| Here’s a passage from the Q-and-A: | Here’s a passage from the Q-and-A: |
| CT: So there will be less talk about Mexicans and other things and more about issues? | CT: So there will be less talk about Mexicans and other things and more about issues? |
| DT: Yes, the reason I bring up the (Trump University) lawsuit, because it is a lawsuit I am going to win. … I have thousands of students who loved the school and I’ve been treated very unfairly in that lawsuit. I don’t care if a judge is Mexican or what. What I care about is to be treated fairly. And the only reason I spent time on it is when they ask me a question, instead of saying I have no comment and then winning the case two years from now, I’d rather bring up parts of the case. For instance, you possibly didn’t know I have many thousands of letters saying the course was great. And people have actually been successful after they took the course. It’s worth my while to explain this because people then say, ‘Wow, I never knew that.’ | DT: Yes, the reason I bring up the (Trump University) lawsuit, because it is a lawsuit I am going to win. … I have thousands of students who loved the school and I’ve been treated very unfairly in that lawsuit. I don’t care if a judge is Mexican or what. What I care about is to be treated fairly. And the only reason I spent time on it is when they ask me a question, instead of saying I have no comment and then winning the case two years from now, I’d rather bring up parts of the case. For instance, you possibly didn’t know I have many thousands of letters saying the course was great. And people have actually been successful after they took the course. It’s worth my while to explain this because people then say, ‘Wow, I never knew that.’ |
| Trump has been referring testily for weeks specifically to Curiel’s “Mexican heritage,” calling the judge “a hater of Donald Trump” who “happens to be, we believe, Mexican”. Trump began talking about Trump University a lot on 27 May at a rally in San Diego. You can watch the video beginning at 22m on CSPAN here. Trump said Curiel’s Mexican heritage presented an “absolute conflict” in an interview on 3 June. | Trump has been referring testily for weeks specifically to Curiel’s “Mexican heritage,” calling the judge “a hater of Donald Trump” who “happens to be, we believe, Mexican”. Trump began talking about Trump University a lot on 27 May at a rally in San Diego. You can watch the video beginning at 22m on CSPAN here. Trump said Curiel’s Mexican heritage presented an “absolute conflict” in an interview on 3 June. |
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| Clinton campaign launches 'Republicans against Trump' | Clinton campaign launches 'Republicans against Trump' |
| The Hillary Clinton campaign has launched a “Republicans against Trump” web site – republicansagainsttrump.org. | The Hillary Clinton campaign has launched a “Republicans against Trump” web site – republicansagainsttrump.org. |
| Both Trump and Clinton last night invited disillusioned voters from across the aisle to join their campaigns. But the Clinton campaign appears to be ahead of Trump at attempting to organize crossover voters. | Both Trump and Clinton last night invited disillusioned voters from across the aisle to join their campaigns. But the Clinton campaign appears to be ahead of Trump at attempting to organize crossover voters. |
| [Update: Clinton to appear on Fox News]: | [Update: Clinton to appear on Fox News]: |
| .@BretBaier: "We have Secretary @HillaryClinton on #SpecialReport tomorrow at 6 PM." #OReillyFactor | .@BretBaier: "We have Secretary @HillaryClinton on #SpecialReport tomorrow at 6 PM." #OReillyFactor |
| The new web site, flagged by Politico, asks voters for contact information and promises a bumper sticker. It comes with a “pledge”: | The new web site, flagged by Politico, asks voters for contact information and promises a bumper sticker. It comes with a “pledge”: |
| Donald Trump is not qualified to be president. He does not represent my beliefs as a Republican and, more importantly, my values as an American. He does not speak for me and I will not vote for him. | Donald Trump is not qualified to be president. He does not represent my beliefs as a Republican and, more importantly, my values as an American. He does not speak for me and I will not vote for him. |
| At bottom is the note “paid for by Hillary for America”. | At bottom is the note “paid for by Hillary for America”. |
| Last night in Brooklyn, Clinton said the election was “about millions of Americans coming together so take we are better than this”: | Last night in Brooklyn, Clinton said the election was “about millions of Americans coming together so take we are better than this”: |
| We won’t let this happen in America. And if you agree, whether you’re a Democrat, Republican, or Independent, I hope you will join us... | We won’t let this happen in America. And if you agree, whether you’re a Democrat, Republican, or Independent, I hope you will join us... |
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| Hewitt urges Republicans to dump Trump | Hewitt urges Republicans to dump Trump |
| Influential conservative radio host Hugh Hewitt has for the first time said that Republicans should avoid nominating Donald Trump as president, “because we’re going to get killed with this nominee”: | Influential conservative radio host Hugh Hewitt has for the first time said that Republicans should avoid nominating Donald Trump as president, “because we’re going to get killed with this nominee”: |
| “It’s like ignoring stage 4 cancer. You can’t do it. You gotta go attack it. And right now the Republican party is facing, the plane is heading toward the mountain, after the last 72 hours... | “It’s like ignoring stage 4 cancer. You can’t do it. You gotta go attack it. And right now the Republican party is facing, the plane is heading toward the mountain, after the last 72 hours... |
| “I think the party ought to change the nominee. Because we’re going to get killed with this nominee... they ought to get together and let the convention decide it. If Donald Trump pulls over a makeover in the next four to five weeks, great, they can keep him... But it’s awful and it ended bad last night.” | “I think the party ought to change the nominee. Because we’re going to get killed with this nominee... they ought to get together and let the convention decide it. If Donald Trump pulls over a makeover in the next four to five weeks, great, they can keep him... But it’s awful and it ended bad last night.” |
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| Jill Abramson | Jill Abramson |
| Hillary Clinton’s long fight to the nomination showed her “raw determination, perseverance and resilience, her singular qualities,” writes Jill Abramson for the Guardian, after stopping by Clinton’s victory rally at the Brooklyn Navy Yard: | Hillary Clinton’s long fight to the nomination showed her “raw determination, perseverance and resilience, her singular qualities,” writes Jill Abramson for the Guardian, after stopping by Clinton’s victory rally at the Brooklyn Navy Yard: |
| Mothers brought their daughters. One father, Matthew Gunn, brought his five-year-old, Madeleine, sporting a Hillary cap and T-shirt that was swimming on her. | Mothers brought their daughters. One father, Matthew Gunn, brought his five-year-old, Madeleine, sporting a Hillary cap and T-shirt that was swimming on her. |
| Crammed into a giant greenhouse in the Brooklyn Navy Yard (I almost stepped on Madeleine in the crush), they came to see history being made. | Crammed into a giant greenhouse in the Brooklyn Navy Yard (I almost stepped on Madeleine in the crush), they came to see history being made. |
| Eight years ago to the day, Hillary Clinton, in clearing the way for Barack Obama, talked in a moving concession speech about putting 18 million cracks in the hardest glass ceiling of all. She has crawled over broken glass in 2016 to reach the next rung, becoming the first female nominee of a major US political party. | Eight years ago to the day, Hillary Clinton, in clearing the way for Barack Obama, talked in a moving concession speech about putting 18 million cracks in the hardest glass ceiling of all. She has crawled over broken glass in 2016 to reach the next rung, becoming the first female nominee of a major US political party. |
| The slog to beat Bernie Sanders was longer and far more arduous than expected. But all those caucuses, debates and primaries showed Clinton’s raw determination, perseverance and resilience, her singular qualities. They have grown stronger with each step in her political evolution, from first lady to US senator, secretary of state and two-time presidential candidate. They are qualities even her detractors admire and fear. | The slog to beat Bernie Sanders was longer and far more arduous than expected. But all those caucuses, debates and primaries showed Clinton’s raw determination, perseverance and resilience, her singular qualities. They have grown stronger with each step in her political evolution, from first lady to US senator, secretary of state and two-time presidential candidate. They are qualities even her detractors admire and fear. |
| Read the full piece: | Read the full piece: |
| Related: Hillary Clinton puts history front and center on her big night | Jill Abramson | Related: Hillary Clinton puts history front and center on her big night | Jill Abramson |
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| Clinton on a two-woman ticket: 'maybe' | Clinton on a two-woman ticket: 'maybe' |
| In an interview with ABC News broadcast late Tuesday, Hillary Clinton told David Muir that “at some point” the country would be ready for a two-woman White House ticket – “maybe this time, maybe in the future”. | In an interview with ABC News broadcast late Tuesday, Hillary Clinton told David Muir that “at some point” the country would be ready for a two-woman White House ticket – “maybe this time, maybe in the future”. |
| The speculation was in response to a question about Massachusetts senator Elizabeth Warren. But Clinton pretty much declined to indulge veepstakes talk: | The speculation was in response to a question about Massachusetts senator Elizabeth Warren. But Clinton pretty much declined to indulge veepstakes talk: |
| CLINTON: Well, I’m not going to get into vice presidential choices but I have the highest regard for Senator Warren. | CLINTON: Well, I’m not going to get into vice presidential choices but I have the highest regard for Senator Warren. |
| MUIR: Let’s put the name aside though, do you think the country would be ready for two women? | MUIR: Let’s put the name aside though, do you think the country would be ready for two women? |
| CLINTON: I think at some point. Maybe this time, maybe in the future. But we’re going to be looking for the most qualified person to become president should something happen to me, if I’m fortunate enough to be the president. | CLINTON: I think at some point. Maybe this time, maybe in the future. But we’re going to be looking for the most qualified person to become president should something happen to me, if I’m fortunate enough to be the president. |
| MUIR: Is Bernie Sanders? Would he be a good vice president? | MUIR: Is Bernie Sanders? Would he be a good vice president? |
| CLINTON: We’re gonna be looking at everybody who has something to contribute. | CLINTON: We’re gonna be looking at everybody who has something to contribute. |
| MUIR: How short is the short list, Secretary? | MUIR: How short is the short list, Secretary? |
| CLINTON: Well we don’t have a short list yet. We’re just beginning to gather up information and think about this. | CLINTON: Well we don’t have a short list yet. We’re just beginning to gather up information and think about this. |
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| Clinton's California romp | Clinton's California romp |
| An extremely solid performance in congressional districts with high proportions of Latino voters drove Hillary Clinton to an unexpectedly strong performance Tuesday in California – unexpected, that is, if you place much faith in the polls: | An extremely solid performance in congressional districts with high proportions of Latino voters drove Hillary Clinton to an unexpectedly strong performance Tuesday in California – unexpected, that is, if you place much faith in the polls: |
| RCP avg of CA Dem polls on Tuesday: Clinton up by 2.0. Actual result: Clinton up by 13.0. https://t.co/Q3v6loFqiu | RCP avg of CA Dem polls on Tuesday: Clinton up by 2.0. Actual result: Clinton up by 13.0. https://t.co/Q3v6loFqiu |
| Moreover, Clinton's lead in CA CD's where Latinos make up 40%+ of eligible voters is larger than any public poll had her margin w/ Latinos. | Moreover, Clinton's lead in CA CD's where Latinos make up 40%+ of eligible voters is larger than any public poll had her margin w/ Latinos. |
| That healthy margin among Latinos, should it hold for Clinton in the general election, would serve her well in the swing state of Florida, in states in which Democrats are eager to extend recent victories (Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico) and in the potential pick-off state of Arizona. | That healthy margin among Latinos, should it hold for Clinton in the general election, would serve her well in the swing state of Florida, in states in which Democrats are eager to extend recent victories (Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico) and in the potential pick-off state of Arizona. |
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| Clinton manager: 'we just stuck together' | Clinton manager: 'we just stuck together' |
| Tremors of doubt and reports of a shakeup inside the Hillary Clinton campaign after Bernie Sanders’ whopping victory in the New Hampshire primary – and Clinton’s meager Iowa caucuses win – gave way to a sense of confidence after Clinton won five out of five of the “super Tuesday” contests on 15 March, including Florida and Ohio, campaign manager Robby Mook tells the AP: | Tremors of doubt and reports of a shakeup inside the Hillary Clinton campaign after Bernie Sanders’ whopping victory in the New Hampshire primary – and Clinton’s meager Iowa caucuses win – gave way to a sense of confidence after Clinton won five out of five of the “super Tuesday” contests on 15 March, including Florida and Ohio, campaign manager Robby Mook tells the AP: |
| “We just stuck together and hung together,” said Robby Mook, Clinton’s campaign manager and a target of early shakeup rumors. “That was a really galvanizing and important moment for the campaign.” | “We just stuck together and hung together,” said Robby Mook, Clinton’s campaign manager and a target of early shakeup rumors. “That was a really galvanizing and important moment for the campaign.” |
| Missouri senator Claire McCaskill tells AP the early moment of doubt was real, however: | Missouri senator Claire McCaskill tells AP the early moment of doubt was real, however: |
| “There was a moment when we were worried,” recalled Missouri Sen. Claire McCaskill, a Clinton backer. “We thought this will be really a test, can she withstand everyone talking in her ear?” | “There was a moment when we were worried,” recalled Missouri Sen. Claire McCaskill, a Clinton backer. “We thought this will be really a test, can she withstand everyone talking in her ear?” |
| The AP postmortem has some rich detail: | The AP postmortem has some rich detail: |
| Gone were the old Clinton hands, with their warring fiefdoms. Mook, a young operative known for inspiring fierce loyalty among his staff, prided himself on thriftiness. Aides were ordered to take cramped buses instead of the train between New York and Washington. Donors used to attending catered events sometimes found themselves on their own for meals at finance gatherings. When the staff traveled to Las Vegas for the first Democratic debate, they had to share rooms at Circus Circus, an aging hotel on the strip that ran $29 per night. | Gone were the old Clinton hands, with their warring fiefdoms. Mook, a young operative known for inspiring fierce loyalty among his staff, prided himself on thriftiness. Aides were ordered to take cramped buses instead of the train between New York and Washington. Donors used to attending catered events sometimes found themselves on their own for meals at finance gatherings. When the staff traveled to Las Vegas for the first Democratic debate, they had to share rooms at Circus Circus, an aging hotel on the strip that ran $29 per night. |
| “When that cost gets further reduced to $14.50 because you discover you’ll have a roommate, now that’s the sign of a madman,” Nick Merrill, Clinton’s traveling spokesman, joked about Mook. | “When that cost gets further reduced to $14.50 because you discover you’ll have a roommate, now that’s the sign of a madman,” Nick Merrill, Clinton’s traveling spokesman, joked about Mook. |
| Read the full piece here. | Read the full piece here. |
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| Democratic unity watch | Democratic unity watch |
| The Washington Post reports that Bernie Sanders’ sole Senate ally and a leader of congressional progressives are calling for unity this morning: | The Washington Post reports that Bernie Sanders’ sole Senate ally and a leader of congressional progressives are calling for unity this morning: |
| Two top Sanders backers -- Sen Merkley and Rep Grijalva -- tell me it's time to unite behind Hillary: https://t.co/PYGQAODSC0 | Two top Sanders backers -- Sen Merkley and Rep Grijalva -- tell me it's time to unite behind Hillary: https://t.co/PYGQAODSC0 |
| Once a candidate has won a majority of the pledged delegates and a majority of the popular vote, which Secretary Clinton has now done, we have our nominee,” Merkley told the Post’s Greg Sargent. “This is the moment when we need to start bringing parts of the party together so they can go into the convention with locked arms and go out of the convention unified into the general election.” | Once a candidate has won a majority of the pledged delegates and a majority of the popular vote, which Secretary Clinton has now done, we have our nominee,” Merkley told the Post’s Greg Sargent. “This is the moment when we need to start bringing parts of the party together so they can go into the convention with locked arms and go out of the convention unified into the general election.” |
| “He’s gonna do the right thing,” Grijalva told the Post, referring to Sanders. | “He’s gonna do the right thing,” Grijalva told the Post, referring to Sanders. |
| Tom Steyer, meanwhile, the billionaire hedge fund manager / environmental activist, has issued a statement endorsing Clinton, in significant reassurance that whatever may go wrong for her campaign and groups that would support it in the coming months, they won’t soon run out of money. | Tom Steyer, meanwhile, the billionaire hedge fund manager / environmental activist, has issued a statement endorsing Clinton, in significant reassurance that whatever may go wrong for her campaign and groups that would support it in the coming months, they won’t soon run out of money. |
| “Now is the time to defeat Donald Trump,” Steyer says: | “Now is the time to defeat Donald Trump,” Steyer says: |
| Tom Steyer endorses Hillary pic.twitter.com/0BOvOw12iz | Tom Steyer endorses Hillary pic.twitter.com/0BOvOw12iz |
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| Hello, and welcome to our live-wire coverage of the 2016 race for the White House. Hillary Clinton won big, Bernie Sanders stayed in, and Donald Trump played it straight in an effort to reassure Republicans – that’s last night in a nutshell, as the final states held their primaries. | Hello, and welcome to our live-wire coverage of the 2016 race for the White House. Hillary Clinton won big, Bernie Sanders stayed in, and Donald Trump played it straight in an effort to reassure Republicans – that’s last night in a nutshell, as the final states held their primaries. |
| Clinton claimed the mantle of presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, solidifying her likely status as the first woman in US history to be nominated by a major party for president. | Clinton claimed the mantle of presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, solidifying her likely status as the first woman in US history to be nominated by a major party for president. |
| Sanders said he would “take our fight to ... Philadelphia” for the party’s national convention, but he dropped mention of winning the nomination and he did not attack Clinton. Clinton was projected as winner in California early Wednesday, by a poll-busting 56-43 split with 94.4% reporting. Our comprehensive results page is here. | Sanders said he would “take our fight to ... Philadelphia” for the party’s national convention, but he dropped mention of winning the nomination and he did not attack Clinton. Clinton was projected as winner in California early Wednesday, by a poll-busting 56-43 split with 94.4% reporting. Our comprehensive results page is here. |
| In one of many signs that the Democratic nominating contest is winding down to a somewhat organized conclusion, Barack Obama called both Clinton and Sanders last night, congratulating Clinton and thanking Sanders for “energizing millions”. Sanders and Obama will meet, at the senator’s request, at the White House on Thursday. | In one of many signs that the Democratic nominating contest is winding down to a somewhat organized conclusion, Barack Obama called both Clinton and Sanders last night, congratulating Clinton and thanking Sanders for “energizing millions”. Sanders and Obama will meet, at the senator’s request, at the White House on Thursday. |
| Earlier Tuesday, a seemingly chastened Trump gave a scripted speech in which he sought to reassure party colleagues that his remarks in recent days, branded by many of those colleagues as racist, did not represent the candidate he was about to become. | Earlier Tuesday, a seemingly chastened Trump gave a scripted speech in which he sought to reassure party colleagues that his remarks in recent days, branded by many of those colleagues as racist, did not represent the candidate he was about to become. |
| “I understand the responsibility of carrying the mantle, and I will never ever let you down ... I will make you proud of our party and of the movement,” Trump said. | “I understand the responsibility of carrying the mantle, and I will never ever let you down ... I will make you proud of our party and of the movement,” Trump said. |
| Trump described a policy vision called America First and said he would soon, maybe Monday, deliver a speech describing what’s wrong with “the Clintons”. | Trump described a policy vision called America First and said he would soon, maybe Monday, deliver a speech describing what’s wrong with “the Clintons”. |
| Clinton did not wait to attack Trump. In a smiling victory speech in a joyous Brooklyn auditorium with the word “history” echoing in every corner, Clinton said Trump was “temperamentally unfit to be president” and “goes against everything we stand for”, and she said “make America great again” was code for “let’s take America backwards”. | Clinton did not wait to attack Trump. In a smiling victory speech in a joyous Brooklyn auditorium with the word “history” echoing in every corner, Clinton said Trump was “temperamentally unfit to be president” and “goes against everything we stand for”, and she said “make America great again” was code for “let’s take America backwards”. |
| Clinton’s delegate stash grew to 2,755, well over the 2,383 majority mark. That number includes the free-range superdelegates who Sanders seemed last night to have tacitly admitted were not on the verge of abandoning the presumptive nominee: | Clinton’s delegate stash grew to 2,755, well over the 2,383 majority mark. That number includes the free-range superdelegates who Sanders seemed last night to have tacitly admitted were not on the verge of abandoning the presumptive nominee: |
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| at 3.01pm BST | at 3.01pm BST |