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Polls close in DC primary as 63% of women say 'Never Trump' in poll – live Hillary Clinton wins DC primary as 63% of women say 'Never Trump' in poll – live
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Clinton and Sanders arrive at Hilton
The Democratic candidates have both rolled into their DC meeting place. The primaries are over, and it’s time to talk.
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Trump: ‘Obama is angrier at me than he is at the shooter’ – video
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Clinton is flirting with the 80% mark in the Washington, DC, primary:
90% of precincts in from DC - Hillary Clinton leads Bernie Sanders 78-21 percent
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Just more 30 million people voted in each party’s nominating contest this year. It looks like that’s a record number of participants. Congratulations, everyone who participated!
An outside chance Democrats will surpass Republicans based on uncounted ballots in California, but don't think they'll quite get there.
Combined primary turnout will wind up being 61-62m votes, breaking the record of 58-59m in 2008. Crazy year, but at least people are voting.
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Clinton wins Washington DC primary
Shortly after polls close in Washington, DC, Hillary Clinton is projected as the winner of the district’s Democratic primary.
Clinton and Sanders were to meet after the close of polling stations at 8pm ET. We’ll wait to see what we might hear from them.
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Under votes are better than over votes?
Clinton’s lead here is representative of her lead so far in the District:
So far in DC's Ward 8, over 4% of voters didn't bother to cast a ballot for president in the Democratic primary pic.twitter.com/UqdVKib5FI
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Trump warns North Carolina crowd of immigrant threat
Ben Jacobs
In a rambunctious rally in Greensboro, North Carolina, Trump responded to criticism from President Obama earlier Tuesday, saying “Obama was more angry at me than he was at the [Orlando] shooter,” writes Guardian politics reporter Ben Jacobs:
Trump had implied a day earlier that Obama was somehow in league with terrorists. On Tuesday, Trump kept up the criticism, telling the Associated Press: “President Obama claims to know our enemy, and yet he continues to prioritize our enemy over our allies, and for that matter, the American people.”
The presumptive Republican nominee also spoke darkly about Muslim immigrants to the United States at his Greensboro rally, which followed a speech in New Hampshire on Monday in which he renewed a call for a Muslim ban.
“How does this type of immigration make our lives better?” Trump asked. He continued to allege that Syrian refugees were “sneaking into” American communities “without documentation”.
Trump also boasted about banning “the dishonest Washington Post” from his events. “I love it” he said of banning the well-respected and much-decorated journal. He added, “I’m so happy.” The Post is one of a number of media outlets that Trump has banned from his events. The list also includes Politico, Buzzfeed, Univision and the Des Moines Register.
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Clinton to meet with SandersClinton to meet with Sanders
A meeting between Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders is to begin soon at the Hilton hotel in Washington, DC, according to the campaigns’ guidance. Reporters are staking out the hotel.A meeting between Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders is to begin soon at the Hilton hotel in Washington, DC, according to the campaigns’ guidance. Reporters are staking out the hotel.
It’s unclear what level of information will issue from the meeting. Sanders has told supporters he will talk about the future of the campaign in a Thursday video conference. So he’s not expected to bow out tonight. It’s unclear what level of information will issue from the meeting. Sanders has told supporters he will talk about the future of the campaign in a Thursday video broadcast. So he’s not expected to bow out tonight.
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MSNBC’s Steve Kornacki has the results of past Democratic primaries in the District of Columbia. Clinton lost to Obama 24-75 in 2008.MSNBC’s Steve Kornacki has the results of past Democratic primaries in the District of Columbia. Clinton lost to Obama 24-75 in 2008.
More:1988Jackson 80%Dukakis 181984Jackson 67%Mondale 26%Hart 7%1980Kennedy 62%Carter 37%1976Carter 32%Fauntroy 30%Udall 21%More:1988Jackson 80%Dukakis 181984Jackson 67%Mondale 26%Hart 7%1980Kennedy 62%Carter 37%1976Carter 32%Fauntroy 30%Udall 21%
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Washington DC polls closeWashington DC polls close
That was it. No more presidential voting (not counting delegates at the conventions) (or early voters) (or absentee voters, etc.) till November!That was it. No more presidential voting (not counting delegates at the conventions) (or early voters) (or absentee voters, etc.) till November!
Primaries are over. pic.twitter.com/6uii59zMbOPrimaries are over. pic.twitter.com/6uii59zMbO
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The Washington DC results will be illustrated on our interactive results tracker – follow along here.The Washington DC results will be illustrated on our interactive results tracker – follow along here.
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Trump’s done. Ten minutes until Washington DC polls close.Trump’s done. Ten minutes until Washington DC polls close.
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Trump: 'Pocahontas' could be Clinton veep pickTrump: 'Pocahontas' could be Clinton veep pick
Trump says he thinks Senator Elizabeth Warren might be Hillary Clinton’s vice presidential pick. But he does not refer to her by name; he calls her “Pocahontas” in reference to her disputed Native American heritage.Trump says he thinks Senator Elizabeth Warren might be Hillary Clinton’s vice presidential pick. But he does not refer to her by name; he calls her “Pocahontas” in reference to her disputed Native American heritage.
Trump:Trump:
I think maybe it could be Pocahontas. I hope so. I hope it’s Pocahontas.I think maybe it could be Pocahontas. I hope so. I hope it’s Pocahontas.
They want me to apologize. But I did! Can you believe it, I apologized. I said, ‘I’d like to apologize to Pocahontas. It’s true. The great Pocahontas.They want me to apologize. But I did! Can you believe it, I apologized. I said, ‘I’d like to apologize to Pocahontas. It’s true. The great Pocahontas.
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Trump is re-telling the story of how he beat Marco Rubio and Jeb Bush for the Republican nomination. Like how Clinton always talks about beating Martin O’Malley and Jim Webb.Trump is re-telling the story of how he beat Marco Rubio and Jeb Bush for the Republican nomination. Like how Clinton always talks about beating Martin O’Malley and Jim Webb.
“I remember New Hampshire, I love New Hampshire. In fact just yesterday I was in New Hampshire. Gave a speech about” that “horrible, horrible” incident...“I remember New Hampshire, I love New Hampshire. In fact just yesterday I was in New Hampshire. Gave a speech about” that “horrible, horrible” incident...
Next Trump riffs about the heroin and opioids epidemic in New Hampshire. Now he’s talking about how great he was in the debates. Who’s going to begrudge him a little walk down memory lane, it’s his birthday!Next Trump riffs about the heroin and opioids epidemic in New Hampshire. Now he’s talking about how great he was in the debates. Who’s going to begrudge him a little walk down memory lane, it’s his birthday!
Trump is yet again revisiting the Republican primaries and complaining about Charles Krauthammer at length. #pivotTrump is yet again revisiting the Republican primaries and complaining about Charles Krauthammer at length. #pivot
The dishonest @washingtonpost lies about the size of Trump's crowd. Sad! https://t.co/BDuaIb6qPtThe dishonest @washingtonpost lies about the size of Trump's crowd. Sad! https://t.co/BDuaIb6qPt
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Trump is saying lyrics, as he has before, from Al Wilson’s The Snake. “Think of your border, think of people pouring in who you know are going to be trouble at some point”.
[A protester is taken out. “Get him out,” Trump says. “That’s right, go home to mommy. Bye”]
“Think about your border folks. .. We’re gonna protect our country”. Then he recites the lyrics in full, though he is interrupted by another protester and stops to join the crowd in a chant of USA! USA! USA!.
On her way to work one morningDown the path along side the lakeA tender hearted woman saw a poor half frozen snakeHis pretty colored skin had been all frosted with the dew“Oh well, “ she cried, “I’ll take you in and I’ll take care of you”“Take me in oh tender womanTake me in, for heaven’s sakeTake me in oh tender woman, “ sighed the snake
She wrapped him up all cozy in a curvature of silkAnd then laid him by the fireside with some honey and some milkNow she hurried home from work that night as soon as she arrivedShe found that pretty snake she’d taking in had been revived“Take me in, oh tender womanTake me in, for heaven’s sakeTake me in oh tender woman,“ sighed the broken snake
Now she clutched him to her bosom, “You’re so beautiful,” she cried“But if I hadn’t brought you in by now, my gosh you would have died”Now she stroked his pretty skin and then she kissed and held him tightBut instead of saying thank you, that snake gave her a vicious bite“Take me in, oh tender womanTake me in, for heaven’s sakeTake me in oh tender woman,” sighed that vicious snake
“I saved you, “ cried that woman“And you’ve bit me heavens, why?You know your bite is poisonous and now I’m going to die”“Oh shut up, silly woman,” said the reptile with a grin“You knew damn well I was a snake before you took me in”
Trump’s applauded for his recitation. “We know what we’re getting into, but we keep doing it, because we don’t learn,” Trump says.
Trump is reading The Snake which he describes as a parable about US and immigrants. Could also be about him and the GOP.
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Trump: 'we're no longer gonna be the stupid people'
Trump promises a relief from idiocy:
It’s America First. We’re no longer gonna be the stupid people. And we’re not the stupid people. But we’re led by the stupid people. And that’s gonna end.
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Dallas’ local CBS station reports that the cities of Irving and Grand Prairie, Texas, have declined to host Donald Trump rallies:
#EXCLUSIVE: 2 N. #Texas cities have rejected hosting @realDonaldTrump rallies. @thecityofirving & @gp_tx. @CBSDFW pic.twitter.com/nIu3fEg7RF
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Trump says he did not want to run for president
“We can’t continue to live this way...” Trump says. Then he reworks an old Ronald Reagan line:
If you think you feel safer now than you did eight years ago – I don’t think there’s anyone here in this room that feels that way.
Trump definitely still wants to build the border wall, he tells the crowd:
Don’t even think about it. We’re going to build that wall. Don’t even think about it.
Trump: And who is going to pay for it?
Crowd: Mexico!
Trump: Who?
Crowd: Mexico!
Trump: 100%
Trump then says he did not want to run for president:
I didn’t want to do this, folks, I’ll tell you. I don’t know about you, but it’s about 110 degrees up here. I didn’t want to do this. I would’ve been very happy if Obama were a great president... but you know what, he’s been one hell of a lousy president.
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Trump brags about shutting the Washington Post out of his events:
I said, why should I have people following me around, sitting up there like bigshots, and they write very untruthful stories.
So I did it with the Washington Post, I’m so happy... maybe they’re somewhere in the back, the back bleachers.
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Trump says that the United States has admitted many immigrants since 9/11 from countries that persecute gays and lesbians. Perhaps the US is providing asylum – he does not say.
He continues his attack on Clinton:
She’s no friend of women, and she’s no friend of LGBT Americans. No friend, believe me. And how can you be a friend when you take many many millions of dollars... when these countries are oppressive to LGBT, they’re oppressive to everybody.
And then women like Hillary better than Donald Trump? I don’t think so, I’ll be honest. I don’t think so.
Trump says Clinton wants to resettle hundreds of thousands of refugees – “people that we don’t know, people we don’t know anything about” - at a cost of hundreds of billions of dollars. He’s making up the numbers, it seems?
Trump again insists of Syrian refugees "we don't know who they are." They are actually subject to an intensive screening process.
In Greensboro, the entire crowd has stayed standing as Donald Trump talks about terrorism and the LGBT community. pic.twitter.com/8olIq2zkf4
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Trump: Obama 'was more angry at me than he was at the shooter'
Trump interrupts his statement on Orlando to attack Clinton.
Clinton “plays the women card more than any human being I’ve ever seen in my life. And frankly, I don’t even think women like her, from what I’ve seen,” he says.
Trump says Clinton takes money from countries “that kill gays”.
“Let’s call for Hillary and Bill Clinton to give back the $25m plus from the countries that we’re talking about,” Trump says. He’s presumably referring to a donation or donations to the Clinton Foundation.
Then Trump replies to the president’s speech today in which Obama said Trump’s proposed immigration ban violated American ideals.
“Political correctness” is “killing us,” Trump says:
I watched president Obama today, and he was more angry at me than he was at the shooter. And many people said that. One of the folks on television said, ‘boy has Trump gotten under his skin.’
That’s the kind of anger he should have for the shooter, and these killers, that shouldn’t be here.
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Trump says “we can’t be led by weak ineffective people”. He names Obama and Clinton, who are booed. Trump says that refugees from Syria “are being snuck into certain communities” without state governors knowing.
Trump has a prepared statement on the Orlando attack, which he seems not to want to read.
“I just wrote some of this down, but we gotta do it, because normally we talk about jobs,” he says.
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Trump is speaking in Greensboro. Here’s a live feed:
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Guardian politics reporter Ben Jacobs is monitoring the Trump rally for us tonight:
Pastor Mark Burns introducing Donald Trump in NC repeatedly insists that Hillary Clinton is a racist
We’ll serve up a live video feed shortly.