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| Elizabeth Warren to meet with Hillary Clinton – campaign live | Elizabeth Warren to meet with Hillary Clinton – campaign live |
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| Hillary Clinton addresses Planned Parenthood Action Fund | |
| Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton has mounted the stage at a meeting of the Planned Parenthood Action Fund, the political arm of the eponymous women’s health organization. | |
| “She’s our friend, she’s a fighter, she’s our leader, and she’s going to be the next president of the United States,” Clinton is introduced by Planned Parenthood president Cecile Richards, as Fight Song plays over the speakers. | |
| “I have to say, pink never looked so good,” Clinton tells the pink-clad audience. | |
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| Dan Roberts in Washington and Mona Chalabi in New York | |
| Nearly six times as many Bernie Sanders supporters are prepared to shift their support to Hillary Clinton than vote for Donald Trump in November, according to an exclusive new poll which suggests Democrats are in a strong position to convert energy from their passionate primary contest into general election success. | |
| However, the research, conducted by SurveyUSA for the Guardian, also shows that if Sanders were to find a way of staying in the presidential race, it could hand the White House to Trump, who would beat Clinton by three percentage points in that scenario. | |
| Carried out the day after the California primary, the polling news comes amid residual pressure from some Sanders supporters for him to continue his struggle – either as an independent or perhaps by replacing Jill Stein, the Green party candidate, on that party’s ticket. | |
| But the survey of 1,408 registered voters reveals limited appetite for this option, which would split the progressive vote. Presented with a four-way choice of Trump, Clinton, Sanders and libertarian Gary Johnson, 35% would vote for the presumptive Republican nominee, versus 32% for Clinton, 18% for Sanders and 4% for Johnson. | |
| Yet when Sanders is removed from the equation and voters are offered the more expected lineup of Trump, Clinton, Stein and Johnson, it is the presumptive Democratic nominee who emerges on top with 39%, followed by Trump on 36%, Johnson at 6% and Stein on 4%. Only 5% of respondents told pollsters they would “stay at home and not vote” in this scenario. | |
| Related: Six times as many Sanders supporters would shift to Clinton over Trump – poll | |
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| Georgia senator David Perdue’s spokesperson has released a statement about the senator’s “prayer” for President Barack Obama, in which Perdue quoted Psalm 109:8, which reads “Let his days be few.” The unread line following Perdue’s quotation reads: “Let his children be fatherless, and his wife a widow.” | |
| Perdue spox: "He in no way wishes harm towards our president and everyone in the room understood that." | |
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| Bernie Sanders loses sole supporter in the senate | Bernie Sanders loses sole supporter in the senate |
| The sole supporter of Vermont senator Bernie Sanders’ presidential ambitions in the senate has officially changed his mind. | The sole supporter of Vermont senator Bernie Sanders’ presidential ambitions in the senate has officially changed his mind. |
| Oregon senator Jeff Merkley, the first - and only - senator to endorse Sanders, told CNN late this morning that he will back presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton in the general election. | Oregon senator Jeff Merkley, the first - and only - senator to endorse Sanders, told CNN late this morning that he will back presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton in the general election. |
| “Certainly, I’m going to be supporting our nominee, and our nominee is Secretary Clinton,” Merkely told CNN’s Kate Bolduan - but his true passion is behind putting Massachusetts senator Elizabeth Warren at Clinton’s side. | “Certainly, I’m going to be supporting our nominee, and our nominee is Secretary Clinton,” Merkely told CNN’s Kate Bolduan - but his true passion is behind putting Massachusetts senator Elizabeth Warren at Clinton’s side. |
| “Every progressive in America is hoping that the conversation in Secretary Clinton’s house is all about how Elizabeth Warren would be a wonderful vice president of the United States,” Merkley said. “It ties in so much to Bernie Sanders’ campaign. In his campaign, he fought for big ideas to take on big challenges.” | “Every progressive in America is hoping that the conversation in Secretary Clinton’s house is all about how Elizabeth Warren would be a wonderful vice president of the United States,” Merkley said. “It ties in so much to Bernie Sanders’ campaign. In his campaign, he fought for big ideas to take on big challenges.” |
| “I’m ready to say that Elizabeth Warren would make a great vice president.” | “I’m ready to say that Elizabeth Warren would make a great vice president.” |
| In April, Merkley told MSNBC that he was endorsing Sanders, who he said “has the boldest, most fierce vision on the biggest issues facing America and the world.” | In April, Merkley told MSNBC that he was endorsing Sanders, who he said “has the boldest, most fierce vision on the biggest issues facing America and the world.” |
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| In a fawning interview with Breitbart News, presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump said that he plans to address racial inequality by returning jobs from overseas. | In a fawning interview with Breitbart News, presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump said that he plans to address racial inequality by returning jobs from overseas. |
| “I plan to help Hispanics and African Americans because I’m going to bring jobs back to the country,” Trump said. | “I plan to help Hispanics and African Americans because I’m going to bring jobs back to the country,” Trump said. |
| His opponent, presumptive Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton, “doesn’t know how,” Trump said. “I’m going to rebuild the infrastructure of the country, she wouldn’t know where to start.” | His opponent, presumptive Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton, “doesn’t know how,” Trump said. “I’m going to rebuild the infrastructure of the country, she wouldn’t know where to start.” |
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| Last night, Vermont senator Bernie Sanders declared in what may end up being his penultimate campaign speech that “young people are catching on - they are the future of America, and they are damn determined to shape the future of America.” | Last night, Vermont senator Bernie Sanders declared in what may end up being his penultimate campaign speech that “young people are catching on - they are the future of America, and they are damn determined to shape the future of America.” |
| The presidential candidate’s popularity with college-aged voters is well documented - which makes the just-reported poaching of his head of campus organizing all the more surprising. According to Buzzfeed, Kunoor Ojha, Sanders’ national student organizing director, has jumped to rival Hillary Clinton’s team. Ojha is the first Sanders staffer to officially jump ship after the former secretary of state clinched the Democratic party’s nomination on Tuesday. | The presidential candidate’s popularity with college-aged voters is well documented - which makes the just-reported poaching of his head of campus organizing all the more surprising. According to Buzzfeed, Kunoor Ojha, Sanders’ national student organizing director, has jumped to rival Hillary Clinton’s team. Ojha is the first Sanders staffer to officially jump ship after the former secretary of state clinched the Democratic party’s nomination on Tuesday. |
| Ojha, who also served as Sanders’ New Hampshire campus director, will be serving in a similar role for Clinton, whose backing among young voters has been less fervent. | Ojha, who also served as Sanders’ New Hampshire campus director, will be serving in a similar role for Clinton, whose backing among young voters has been less fervent. |
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| Another colleague declares that Elizabeth Warren is ready to serve as Hillary Clinton’s vice president... | Another colleague declares that Elizabeth Warren is ready to serve as Hillary Clinton’s vice president... |
| Great speech on our justice system from @elizabethforma last evening. I've served w/ her & know she's absolutely qualified to be potus | Great speech on our justice system from @elizabethforma last evening. I've served w/ her & know she's absolutely qualified to be potus |
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| Donald Trump: Elizabeth Warren has a 'nasty mouth' | Donald Trump: Elizabeth Warren has a 'nasty mouth' |
| Donald Trump has responded to Elizabeth Warren’s criticisms: | Donald Trump has responded to Elizabeth Warren’s criticisms: |
| Pocahontas is at it again! Goofy Elizabeth Warren, one of the least productive U.S. Senators, has a nasty mouth. Hope she is V.P. choice. | Pocahontas is at it again! Goofy Elizabeth Warren, one of the least productive U.S. Senators, has a nasty mouth. Hope she is V.P. choice. |
| At a speech to the American Constitution Society in Washington DC last night, Warren hit out at Trump as “just a businessman who inherited a fortune and kept it rolling along by cheating people.” | At a speech to the American Constitution Society in Washington DC last night, 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.” | 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.” |
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| In an interview with Time Magazine, Donald Trump declared that his refusal to focus on policy is what his supporters want from their candidate. | In an interview with Time Magazine, Donald Trump declared that his refusal to focus on policy is what his supporters want from their candidate. |
| “My voters don’t care and the public doesn’t care,” Trump said. “They know you’re going to do a good job once you’re there.” | “My voters don’t care and the public doesn’t care,” Trump said. “They know you’re going to do a good job once you’re there.” |
| Trump also said that the massive disparity in the size of his campaign staff with that of presumptive Democratic presidential nominee - roughly six-to-one, according to Time - just makes his operation more streamlined. | Trump also said that the massive disparity in the size of his campaign staff with that of presumptive Democratic presidential nominee - roughly six-to-one, according to Time - just makes his operation more streamlined. |
| “We had 73 people. She had 873,” he said. “It’s called lean and mean.” | “We had 73 people. She had 873,” he said. “It’s called lean and mean.” |
| “Hillary’s campaign is crazy,” he continued. “I look at her staffing, and I mean she’s got the United States government there ... She’s got people that sit in cubicles writing policy all day. Nothing’s ever going to happen. It’s just a waste of paper.” | “Hillary’s campaign is crazy,” he continued. “I look at her staffing, and I mean she’s got the United States government there ... She’s got people that sit in cubicles writing policy all day. Nothing’s ever going to happen. It’s just a waste of paper.” |
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| Donald Trump has publicly refused to disavow his racialized criticism of the sitting federal judge presiding over the multi-state fraud suit against Trump University, but according to campaign surrogate Ben Carson, he’s more circumspect in private. | Donald Trump has publicly refused to disavow his racialized criticism of the sitting federal judge presiding over the multi-state fraud suit against Trump University, but according to campaign surrogate Ben Carson, he’s more circumspect in private. |
| “He fully recognizes that that was not the right thing to say,” Carson told Politico in an interview. “He was probably talking out loud rather than thinking. That’s not a good thing to do when everything you say is going to be analyzed.” | “He fully recognizes that that was not the right thing to say,” Carson told Politico in an interview. “He was probably talking out loud rather than thinking. That’s not a good thing to do when everything you say is going to be analyzed.” |
| At the apex of the criticism of his comments, in which Trump declared that judge Gonzalo Curiel’s Latino background meant that he could not preside over a case involving Trump without bias, Trump released a statement declaring that his criticism had been “misconstrued” and vowing to never address the matter again. | At the apex of the criticism of his comments, in which Trump declared that judge Gonzalo Curiel’s Latino background meant that he could not preside over a case involving Trump without bias, Trump released a statement declaring that his criticism had been “misconstrued” and vowing to never address the matter again. |
| “I do not intend to comment on this matter any further,” Trump said. | “I do not intend to comment on this matter any further,” Trump said. |
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| Speaking at the Faith and Freedom Conference in Washington, DC, this morning, Georgia senator David Perdue told attendees to pray for President Barack Obama: | Speaking at the Faith and Freedom Conference in Washington, DC, this morning, Georgia senator David Perdue told attendees to pray for President Barack Obama: |
| We should pray like Psalm 109:8 says: Let his days be few. | We should pray like Psalm 109:8 says: Let his days be few. |
| The next line in that particular Psalm: “Let his children be fatherless, and his wife a widow.” | The next line in that particular Psalm: “Let his children be fatherless, and his wife a widow.” |
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| Today in Campaign 2016 | Today in Campaign 2016 |
| Good morning! Welcome to the Guardian’s campaign liveblog. | Good morning! Welcome to the Guardian’s campaign liveblog. |
| With the general election campaign (almost) in full gear, the arc of this week’s political narrative has been the phoenix-like resurgence of presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton – if not from the ashes, at least from terrible polling numbers. With key endorsements from Barack Obama and Massachusetts senator Elizabeth Warren, Clinton appears to be well on her way to the kind of party unity that so distressed supporters who fretted it may never come. | With the general election campaign (almost) in full gear, the arc of this week’s political narrative has been the phoenix-like resurgence of presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton – if not from the ashes, at least from terrible polling numbers. With key endorsements from Barack Obama and Massachusetts senator Elizabeth Warren, Clinton appears to be well on her way to the kind of party unity that so distressed supporters who fretted it may never come. |
| Now, speculation about Clinton’s campaign moves from party unity to the top ticket – specifically, who Clinton will select as her running mate. While Warren told Rachel Maddow last night that she is “very happy” with her role in the Senate, the Washington Post reports that the two will meet privately this morning. | Now, speculation about Clinton’s campaign moves from party unity to the top ticket – specifically, who Clinton will select as her running mate. While Warren told Rachel Maddow last night that she is “very happy” with her role in the Senate, the Washington Post reports that the two will meet privately this morning. |
| Meanwhile, presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump – fresh from his trip to the burn ward – is dodging continued fallout from incendiary comments he made about a sitting federal judge. What kind of fallout? The kind where the senate majority leader says that Trump “doesn’t know a lot about the issues” and says he is open to withdrawing his endorsement. | Meanwhile, presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump – fresh from his trip to the burn ward – is dodging continued fallout from incendiary comments he made about a sitting federal judge. What kind of fallout? The kind where the senate majority leader says that Trump “doesn’t know a lot about the issues” and says he is open to withdrawing his endorsement. |
| Silver lining: | Silver lining: |
| Thank you Roseanne, very much appreciated. https://t.co/COXEJ1In8D | Thank you Roseanne, very much appreciated. https://t.co/COXEJ1In8D |
| So he’s got that going for him. Which is nice. | So he’s got that going for him. Which is nice. |
| Before we’re off to the races, here’s what we’re anticipating on the campaign trail today: | Before we’re off to the races, here’s what we’re anticipating on the campaign trail today: |
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