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| Hillary Clinton gets endorsements from Obama, Biden and Elizabeth Warren – live | Hillary Clinton gets endorsements from Obama, Biden and Elizabeth Warren – live |
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| The Guardian’s Nicky Woolf has more on Elizabeth Warren’s endorsement of Hillary Clinton: | |
| Warren, a favorite of the progressive left who taught constitutional law at Harvard, has been floated by some as a possible running-mate for Clinton who could help bring the disaffected left - many of whom were excited by Bernie Sanders but ambivalent about Clinton – back into the fold. | |
| She has been especially fierce recently in her criticism of Donald Trump, attacking the presumptive Republican nominee in a searing series of speeches, setting herself up for a prominent and pugilistic role in the presidential election whether she is on the ticket or not. | |
| Earlier on Thursday, at a speech to the American Constitution Society in Washington DC, Warren hit out at Trump as “just a businessman who inherited a fortune and kept it rolling along by cheating people”. | |
| She described him as “a loud, nasty, thin-skinned fraud who … serves no one but himself,” and said his attacks on Gonzalo Curiel, the federal judge presiding over the Trump University suit, was “exactly what you would expect from somebody who is a thin-skinned racist bully”. | |
| Related: Elizabeth Warren endorses Hillary Clinton: 'I'm ready to jump in this fight' | |
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| Elizabeth Warren: 'Yes, I do' think I'm ready to serve as vice president | Elizabeth Warren: 'Yes, I do' think I'm ready to serve as vice president |
| Last question from Rachel Maddow: | Last question from Rachel Maddow: |
| “If you were asked to be Secretary Clinton’s running mate, do you believe you could do it?” Maddow asked, mentioning that former Pennsylvania governor and Clinton confidante Ed Rendell said that she is “not ready to be commander-in-chief.” | “If you were asked to be Secretary Clinton’s running mate, do you believe you could do it?” Maddow asked, mentioning that former Pennsylvania governor and Clinton confidante Ed Rendell said that she is “not ready to be commander-in-chief.” |
| Elizabeth Warren was, again, concise. | Elizabeth Warren was, again, concise. |
| “Yes, I do.” | “Yes, I do.” |
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| After her new segment was introduced by video of Massachusetts senator Elizabeth Warren calling Donald Trump a “wannabe tyrant,” Warren told Rachel Maddow that she sees the Democratic party’s contentious primary as healthy for the future of the party - and that’s why she held out from endorsing before it ended. | After her new segment was introduced by video of Massachusetts senator Elizabeth Warren calling Donald Trump a “wannabe tyrant,” Warren told Rachel Maddow that she sees the Democratic party’s contentious primary as healthy for the future of the party - and that’s why she held out from endorsing before it ended. |
| “I thought it was important for the primary to go forward and not to try to tilt it one way or the other,” Warren said. “I wanted to see Democrats out there talking about our core set of issues and let people around this country vote.” | “I thought it was important for the primary to go forward and not to try to tilt it one way or the other,” Warren said. “I wanted to see Democrats out there talking about our core set of issues and let people around this country vote.” |
| “The point is to get us engaged and get us engaged on that set of issues,” Warren continued. “It’s not just that two people got up and talked about something, it’s that lots of people got up and got engaged about it. It wasn’t a small conversation - it’s a huge conversation. It’s a conversation all over this country.” | “The point is to get us engaged and get us engaged on that set of issues,” Warren continued. “It’s not just that two people got up and talked about something, it’s that lots of people got up and got engaged about it. It wasn’t a small conversation - it’s a huge conversation. It’s a conversation all over this country.” |
| Warren also declared that, regardless of the nominee, “I’m gonna do everything I can to make sure that Donald Trump never gets within shouting distance of the White House.” | Warren also declared that, regardless of the nominee, “I’m gonna do everything I can to make sure that Donald Trump never gets within shouting distance of the White House.” |
| Asked about whether she had been asked about potentially serving as Clinton’s running mate, Warren was concise. | Asked about whether she had been asked about potentially serving as Clinton’s running mate, Warren was concise. |
| “Nope,” she told Maddow. | “Nope,” she told Maddow. |
| “I know there’s been a lot of speculation about this, but the truth is, I love the work I do,” Warren continued. “I can’t tell you how grateful I am to the people of Massachusetts who sent me in to wade into these fights. Now we’re about to wade into another big fight - a general election fight that pits a tough woman who’s willing to lead, against a small, insecure bully who thinks that he’s going to get his way by throwing tantrums and by giving people nasty nicknames.” | |
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| Over the last 25 years, Elizabeth Warren tells Rachel Maddow, “the right wing has thrown everything they possibly can” at Hillary Clinton, but that she is a strong enough nominee to persevere. | Over the last 25 years, Elizabeth Warren tells Rachel Maddow, “the right wing has thrown everything they possibly can” at Hillary Clinton, but that she is a strong enough nominee to persevere. |
| “She gets back in the fight,” Warren said. “You outta be willing to throw a punch. and there are a lot of things that people say about Hillary Clinton, but nobody says that she doesn’t know how to throw a punch.” | “She gets back in the fight,” Warren said. “You outta be willing to throw a punch. and there are a lot of things that people say about Hillary Clinton, but nobody says that she doesn’t know how to throw a punch.” |
| “I think that having a fighter in the lead - a female fighter in the lead - is exactly what this country needs.” | “I think that having a fighter in the lead - a female fighter in the lead - is exactly what this country needs.” |
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| On Rachel Maddow’s eponymous MSNBC show, Massachusetts senator Elizabeth Warren reiterated her endorsement of presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton, urging voters to “stop and take a look” at opponent Donald Trump’s racial invective. | On Rachel Maddow’s eponymous MSNBC show, Massachusetts senator Elizabeth Warren reiterated her endorsement of presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton, urging voters to “stop and take a look” at opponent Donald Trump’s racial invective. |
| Calling Trump “an insecure money-grubber who cares about nothing but himself,” Warren told Maddow that Trump “cannot be the man who leads the United States of America.” | Calling Trump “an insecure money-grubber who cares about nothing but himself,” Warren told Maddow that Trump “cannot be the man who leads the United States of America.” |
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| Elizabeth Warren endorses Hillary Clinton | Elizabeth Warren endorses Hillary Clinton |
| Elizabeth Warren joined a growing chorus of Democratic party leaders and officials in formally endorsing presumptive presidential nominee Hillary Clinton on Thursday evening, declaring herself “ready” to ensure that Clinton defeats her presumptive Republican rival in November. | Elizabeth Warren joined a growing chorus of Democratic party leaders and officials in formally endorsing presumptive presidential nominee Hillary Clinton on Thursday evening, declaring herself “ready” to ensure that Clinton defeats her presumptive Republican rival in November. |
| “I’m ready,” the Massachusetts senator told the Boston Globe. “I’m ready to jump in this fight and make sure that Hillary Clinton is the next president of the United States and be sure that Donald Trump gets nowhere near the White House.” | “I’m ready,” the Massachusetts senator told the Boston Globe. “I’m ready to jump in this fight and make sure that Hillary Clinton is the next president of the United States and be sure that Donald Trump gets nowhere near the White House.” |
| Behind perhaps President Barack Obama, who formally endorsed Clinton on Thursday afternoon, Warren’s call for the Democratic party to unify behind Clinton may be the most important endorsement the former secretary of state has received thus far. Warren, a burgeoning progressive icon in the senate, has pushed for the prosecution of bankers implicated in the Great Recession and strengthening protecting consumer financial protection laws, making her a hero to the kind of progressive voters who have flocked to Vermont senator Bernie Sanders’ presidential campaign. | Behind perhaps President Barack Obama, who formally endorsed Clinton on Thursday afternoon, Warren’s call for the Democratic party to unify behind Clinton may be the most important endorsement the former secretary of state has received thus far. Warren, a burgeoning progressive icon in the senate, has pushed for the prosecution of bankers implicated in the Great Recession and strengthening protecting consumer financial protection laws, making her a hero to the kind of progressive voters who have flocked to Vermont senator Bernie Sanders’ presidential campaign. |
| Warren has also taken on the role of anti-Trump attack dog in the campaign, labelling Trump a “thin-skinned, racist bully” only an hour before her endorsement. | Warren has also taken on the role of anti-Trump attack dog in the campaign, labelling Trump a “thin-skinned, racist bully” only an hour before her endorsement. |
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| Vice President Joe Biden endorses Hillary Clinton | Vice President Joe Biden endorses Hillary Clinton |
| Vice president Joe Biden has officially endorsed Hillary Clinton for the Democratic party’s presidential nomination, roughly six hours after President Barack Obama endorsed the former secretary of state’s bid for the White House | Vice president Joe Biden has officially endorsed Hillary Clinton for the Democratic party’s presidential nomination, roughly six hours after President Barack Obama endorsed the former secretary of state’s bid for the White House |
| Speaking at the American Constitution Society, Biden declared that with the supreme court hanging in the balance, the presidential election will be critical. And “whoever the next president is, and in my view, God willing, it’ll be Secretary Clinton.” | Speaking at the American Constitution Society, Biden declared that with the supreme court hanging in the balance, the presidential election will be critical. And “whoever the next president is, and in my view, God willing, it’ll be Secretary Clinton.” |
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| Massachusetts senator Elizabeth Warren, a darling of the progressive left, is about to join Rachel Maddow on her eponymous cable show on MSNBC for a one-on-one interview in which she will formally endorse presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton. | Massachusetts senator Elizabeth Warren, a darling of the progressive left, is about to join Rachel Maddow on her eponymous cable show on MSNBC for a one-on-one interview in which she will formally endorse presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton. |
| The endorsement will come after a blistering speech at the American Constitution Society in Washington, DC, in which the Massachusetts senator described presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump a “thin-skinned, racist bully.” | The endorsement will come after a blistering speech at the American Constitution Society in Washington, DC, in which the Massachusetts senator described presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump a “thin-skinned, racist bully.” |
| Warren’s approval will be the capstone of a day of whirlwind endorsements for the former secretary of state, including from President Barack Obama and former primary rival Martin O’Malley, the former governor of Maryland. | Warren’s approval will be the capstone of a day of whirlwind endorsements for the former secretary of state, including from President Barack Obama and former primary rival Martin O’Malley, the former governor of Maryland. |
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| Dan Roberts | Dan Roberts |
| Campaign aide tells me they still haven’t decided whether to go ahead with previously planned rally in DC next Monday as this one was added at the last minute, so this may very well be the last one. | Campaign aide tells me they still haven’t decided whether to go ahead with previously planned rally in DC next Monday as this one was added at the last minute, so this may very well be the last one. |
| "What seems radical today will seem mainstream tomorrow," Sanders tells DC crowd, who chant back "stay in the race!" pic.twitter.com/pcfBM5TeP4 | "What seems radical today will seem mainstream tomorrow," Sanders tells DC crowd, who chant back "stay in the race!" pic.twitter.com/pcfBM5TeP4 |
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| Meanwhile, across town, Massachusetts senator Elizabeth Warren is reading Donald Trump like an overdue library book: | Meanwhile, across town, Massachusetts senator Elizabeth Warren is reading Donald Trump like an overdue library book: |
| During a speech at the American Constitution Society, the soon-to-be Hillary Clinton endorser told the assembled crowd that Donald Trump is “a thin-skinned, racist bully.” | During a speech at the American Constitution Society, the soon-to-be Hillary Clinton endorser told the assembled crowd that Donald Trump is “a thin-skinned, racist bully.” |
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| Dispatch from the cable-sphere: | Dispatch from the cable-sphere: |
| Symbolic: Elizabeth Warren filling up the screen, speaking live, while Bernie's live event is in a box pic.twitter.com/cw4i99es3o | Symbolic: Elizabeth Warren filling up the screen, speaking live, while Bernie's live event is in a box pic.twitter.com/cw4i99es3o |
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| Bernie supporter remonstrates with heckler who is over-powering the unusually weak Sanders PA system with two tannoy pic.twitter.com/g88qls8jME | Bernie supporter remonstrates with heckler who is over-powering the unusually weak Sanders PA system with two tannoy pic.twitter.com/g88qls8jME |
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| “This campaign has received more individual campaign contributions than any American campaign in history,” Bernie Sanders tells the rapturous crowd. “We have received 8 million individual campaign contributions - anyone know the average campaign contribution?” | “This campaign has received more individual campaign contributions than any American campaign in history,” Bernie Sanders tells the rapturous crowd. “We have received 8 million individual campaign contributions - anyone know the average campaign contribution?” |
| “Twenty-seven dollars!” the crowd shouts, as Sanders nods. | “Twenty-seven dollars!” the crowd shouts, as Sanders nods. |
| “We have shown the world that you can run a winning national campaign without being dependent on Wall Street, drug companies or big corporate interests.” | “We have shown the world that you can run a winning national campaign without being dependent on Wall Street, drug companies or big corporate interests.” |
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| Sounding hoarse from months of campaigning, Bernie Sanders tells the assembled crowd of supporters in Southeast DC that over the course of his campaign, he has seen the best and worst things about America. | Sounding hoarse from months of campaigning, Bernie Sanders tells the assembled crowd of supporters in Southeast DC that over the course of his campaign, he has seen the best and worst things about America. |
| “I’ve been to Detroit, Michigan, where the public school system is on the verge of collapse. I’ve been to Baltimore, Maryland, where tens of thousands of people there are addicted to heroin and they cannot get the treatment that they need.” | “I’ve been to Detroit, Michigan, where the public school system is on the verge of collapse. I’ve been to Baltimore, Maryland, where tens of thousands of people there are addicted to heroin and they cannot get the treatment that they need.” |
| “This is the United States of America - we should not be living in a country where the very very rich get richer, and almost everybody else gets poorer!” he shouts, shifting gears. | “This is the United States of America - we should not be living in a country where the very very rich get richer, and almost everybody else gets poorer!” he shouts, shifting gears. |