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| Campaigner-in-chief: Obama endorses Clinton, will join her on the trail – live | Campaigner-in-chief: Obama endorses Clinton, will join her on the trail – live |
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| The fundraising emails have already begun. | |
| President Barack Obama only endorsed presumptive Democratic presidential nominee a few hours ago, but the leader of the free world is already sending out fundraising missives on the former secretary of state’s behalf. | |
| “I wanted you to be the first to know: Today, I’m proud to announce that I’m with Hillary,” Obama wrote in an email sent under the subject line “I’m with Hillary.” | |
| “I know how hard the job of president can be,” Obama continued, after an embedded video of his swiftly produced endorsement message released earlier today. “That’s why I know Hillary will be so good at it. I don’t think there’s ever been someone so qualified to hold this office. She’s got the courage, the compassion, and the heart to get the job done. (I say that as someone who had to debate her more than 20 times.) Even after our own hard-fought campaign in 2008, she agreed to serve our country as secretary of state.” | |
| “I’ve seen her judgment, toughness, and commitment to our values up close. And I’ve seen her determination to give every American a fair shot at opportunity, no matter how tough the fight - that’s what’s always driven her, and still does. I can’t wait to get out there and campaign for her.” | |
| After that, the president ends the email with standard fundraising links and boilerplate - and encourages the reader to “get to work.” | |
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| Trump's Hispanic employees reject his racism | |
| Amber Jamieson | |
| Donald Trump touts his own Mexican staffers as proof that he is not racist – but Hispanic employees at his own golf club say they are offended by his comments and support Hillary Clinton, reports the Guardian’s Amber Jamieson. | |
| “I’m Mexican and I don’t like how he speaks about Mexicans,” said one of his employees at the Trump National Golf Club in Westchester, shortly after the presumptive Republican nominee spoke on the night of the Tuesday primaries. The Guardian spoke with three workers who said that many Mexicans work at the golf club, in the restaurant and the grounds of the lush golf course. | |
| Although Trump didn’t bring up his usual lines about building a wall betweenMexico and the US on Tuesday night, he did speak about ensuring criminals did not enter the country as immigrants. | |
| “I’ve embraced the victims of illegal immigration … the moms and dad who’ve had to bury their own children because of people who shouldn’t have been in the country,” said Trump in a speech read off teleprompters, his family standing beside him. | |
| “Not everyone who is Mexican is like how he says – rapists, criminals,” said one frustrated Mexican staffer. | |
| “There are people who think that we take away work from them. But it’s not like that … you think that an American is going to come and do this work? No one, not one. It’s hard.” | |
| Related: Some of Trump's Hispanic employees reject his racism and support Clinton | |
| 8.14pm BST | 8.14pm BST |
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| O'Malley endorses Clinton | O'Malley endorses Clinton |
| Not to be outdone, former Maryland governor Martin O’Malley endorses former presidential rival Hillary Clinton. | Not to be outdone, former Maryland governor Martin O’Malley endorses former presidential rival Hillary Clinton. |
| The voters have spoken, it is time now to unite our Party. | The voters have spoken, it is time now to unite our Party. |
| For the future of the country we carry in our hearts, I am committing my energies to the election of Secretary Clinton as the next President of the United States. Democrats, Independents and Republicans alike must come together to confront the fascist threat to our democracy presented by Donald Trump. | For the future of the country we carry in our hearts, I am committing my energies to the election of Secretary Clinton as the next President of the United States. Democrats, Independents and Republicans alike must come together to confront the fascist threat to our democracy presented by Donald Trump. |
| 8.13pm BST | 8.13pm BST |
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| Hundreds allege Donald Trump doesn’t pay his bills | Hundreds allege Donald Trump doesn’t pay his bills |
| USA Today has published the results of an investigation that turned up “hundreds of people – carpenters, dishwashers, painters, even his own lawyers – who say Trump didn’t pay them for their work”: | USA Today has published the results of an investigation that turned up “hundreds of people – carpenters, dishwashers, painters, even his own lawyers – who say Trump didn’t pay them for their work”: |
| The family cabinetry business, founded in the 1940s by Edward’s father, finished its work in 1984 and submitted its final bill to the general contractor for theTrump Organization, the resort’s builder. | The family cabinetry business, founded in the 1940s by Edward’s father, finished its work in 1984 and submitted its final bill to the general contractor for theTrump Organization, the resort’s builder. |
| Edward’s son, Paul, who was the firm’s accountant, still remembers the amount of that bill more than 30 years later: $83,600. The reason: the money never came. “That began the demise of the Edward J. Friel Company… which has been around since my grandfather,” he said. | Edward’s son, Paul, who was the firm’s accountant, still remembers the amount of that bill more than 30 years later: $83,600. The reason: the money never came. “That began the demise of the Edward J. Friel Company… which has been around since my grandfather,” he said. |
| Read the full piece here. | Read the full piece here. |
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| RNC says endorsement shows Clinton offers Obama 'third term' | RNC says endorsement shows Clinton offers Obama 'third term' |
| The Republican National Committee has released a statement from chairman Reince Priebus on Barack Obama’s endorsement of Hillary Clinton: | The Republican National Committee has released a statement from chairman Reince Priebus on Barack Obama’s endorsement of Hillary Clinton: |
| This endorsement makes clear what Hillary Clinton has telegraphed this entire campaign – she is running to give President Obama’s failed polices a third term. President Obama has trampled the Constitution, buried our country in $9 trillion of crushing new debt, presided over the weakest economy in a generation, and with Clinton’s help, pursued a weak and dangerous foreign policy that has made us less safe. | This endorsement makes clear what Hillary Clinton has telegraphed this entire campaign – she is running to give President Obama’s failed polices a third term. President Obama has trampled the Constitution, buried our country in $9 trillion of crushing new debt, presided over the weakest economy in a generation, and with Clinton’s help, pursued a weak and dangerous foreign policy that has made us less safe. |
| As Obama’s secretary of state, Hillary Clinton put our national security at risk with her illicit email server, which she devised to skirt government transparency laws and obscure her unethical dealings as the nation’s top diplomat. Hillary Clinton is the first ever presidential candidate to be under an FBI investigation and her corrupt family foundation that has taken millions from foreign governments is an unprecedented conflict of interest. | As Obama’s secretary of state, Hillary Clinton put our national security at risk with her illicit email server, which she devised to skirt government transparency laws and obscure her unethical dealings as the nation’s top diplomat. Hillary Clinton is the first ever presidential candidate to be under an FBI investigation and her corrupt family foundation that has taken millions from foreign governments is an unprecedented conflict of interest. |
| I don’t think there’s been a candidate for this office more unethical and untrustworthy than Hillary Clinton.” | I don’t think there’s been a candidate for this office more unethical and untrustworthy than Hillary Clinton.” |
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| Clinton trolls Trump on Twitter | Clinton trolls Trump on Twitter |
| Breaking news, stop the presses etc: | Breaking news, stop the presses etc: |
| Delete your account. https://t.co/Oa92sncRQY | Delete your account. https://t.co/Oa92sncRQY |
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| Trump pans endorsement | Trump pans endorsement |
| On Twitter, of course: | On Twitter, of course: |
| Obama just endorsed Crooked Hillary. He wants four more years of Obama—but nobody else does! | Obama just endorsed Crooked Hillary. He wants four more years of Obama—but nobody else does! |
| The president is enjoying a period of healthy approval, actually – Gallup’s tracking poll has Obama’s approval rating at 53%, five points above his average for his entire term. | The president is enjoying a period of healthy approval, actually – Gallup’s tracking poll has Obama’s approval rating at 53%, five points above his average for his entire term. |
| Updated | Updated |
| at 7.29pm BST | at 7.29pm BST |
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| Clinton: Obama endorsement 'means so much' | Clinton: Obama endorsement 'means so much' |
| In an interview with Bloomberg politics, Hillary Clinton says the president’s endorsement “just means so much” and that they’re gone from being competitors to “true friends”: | In an interview with Bloomberg politics, Hillary Clinton says the president’s endorsement “just means so much” and that they’re gone from being competitors to “true friends”: |
| It just means so much to have a strong, substantive endorsement from the president. Obviously I value his opinion a great deal personally,” Clinton said. “It’s just such a treat because over the years of knowing each other, we’ve gone from fierce competitors to true friends. | It just means so much to have a strong, substantive endorsement from the president. Obviously I value his opinion a great deal personally,” Clinton said. “It’s just such a treat because over the years of knowing each other, we’ve gone from fierce competitors to true friends. |
| On campaigning with Obama in Wisconsin Wednesday, Clinton said, “I want to be out there with him”: | On campaigning with Obama in Wisconsin Wednesday, Clinton said, “I want to be out there with him”: |
| I want to be out there with him and have a chance to campaign with him,” she said. “The president has said he thought his job was to remind the American people what a serious responsibility the presidency was. We’re choosing a president and commander-in-chief and he’s uniquely able to talk to the American people about the knowledge, experience and temperament that the presidency requires.” | I want to be out there with him and have a chance to campaign with him,” she said. “The president has said he thought his job was to remind the American people what a serious responsibility the presidency was. We’re choosing a president and commander-in-chief and he’s uniquely able to talk to the American people about the knowledge, experience and temperament that the presidency requires.” |
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| For the conspiracy-minded among you... | For the conspiracy-minded among you... |
| Wonder why rush to publish a video recorded on Tues? Could it have anything to do with Obama's planned meeting with Loretta Lynch at 3.25pm? | Wonder why rush to publish a video recorded on Tues? Could it have anything to do with Obama's planned meeting with Loretta Lynch at 3.25pm? |
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| Once upon a time about eight years ago, Clinton thanking Obama for endorsing Clinton for president... whew. How far we’ve come(?). (Are we moving?) | Once upon a time about eight years ago, Clinton thanking Obama for endorsing Clinton for president... whew. How far we’ve come(?). (Are we moving?) |
| Thank you, @BarackObama! https://t.co/M9se0sWtso | Thank you, @BarackObama! https://t.co/M9se0sWtso |
| A happy ending. You might even say, a fairy tale. https://t.co/v0VZNANIGR | A happy ending. You might even say, a fairy tale. https://t.co/v0VZNANIGR |