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| Clinton's VP list includes Elizabeth Warren, but not Sanders – campaign live | Clinton's VP list includes Elizabeth Warren, but not Sanders – campaign live |
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| Oprah Winfrey endorses Hillary Clinton | |
| Oprah Winfrey was innocently hanging out for a photo spray at the premiere of a new drama on the Oprah Winfrey Network, Greenleaf, on Wednesday, when a reporter with Entertainment Tonight asked her whether she supported Hillary Clinton for president. | |
| “I’m with her,” Winfrey replied. “It’s a seminal moment for women.” | |
| Winfrey said the country was ready for a woman president. | |
| “I really believe that is going to happen,” Winfrey said. “And this is the truth. America, it’s about time that we make that decision.” | |
| Oprah continued: | |
| What this says is, there is no ceiling, that ceiling just went boom, you know. It says anything is possible when you can be leader of the free world. | |
| Winfrey joining the Clinton camp is more of a snub of Donald Trump than it might otherwise be, because, when Trump was toying with the idea of running for president 17 years ago, Trump told Larry King that he would pick her as his running mate. The Daily Beast reports: | |
| “Do you have a vice presidential candidate in mind?” King asked. | |
| “Well, I really haven’t gotten there quite yet—I guess Oprah,” Trump said, smirking. “I love Oprah. Oprah would always be my first choice.” | |
| “Oprah?” King asked. | |
| “Oprah,” Trump said. “Your competitor. You know what? She really is a great woman, though, she is a terrific woman. She is somebody that’s very special.” | |
| “Would she be someone—kidding aside,” King said, “that you might think about?” | |
| Trump turned serious. “If she’d do it, she’d be fantastic,” he said. “She’s popular, she’s brilliant, she’s a wonderful woman. I mean, if she’d ever do it, I don’t know that she’d ever do it.” | |
| “What a ticket that would be,” King said. | |
| “That would be a pretty good ticket,” Trump said. | |
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| Donald Trump is fundraising on the anniversary of his campaign announcement. He has sent out an email to supporters that reads in part: | |
| Obama, the media, the political elite — everyone said we were destined to lose. | |
| But we won in a massive landslide, and we will keep winning until we Make America Great Again! | |
| Ben, on the anniversary of our movement, I’m asking you to make a contribution to help us win and Make America Great Again! | |
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| Here’s a mock Japanese commercial made by video artist Mike Diva about the rise of future world president Donald Trump: | Here’s a mock Japanese commercial made by video artist Mike Diva about the rise of future world president Donald Trump: |
| @Mikediva is this meant to make him look bad?? | @Mikediva is this meant to make him look bad?? |
| I dunno. i guess it depends on whether u think swastikas and trump literally blowing up the planet is bad https://t.co/YKXeI9jKl8 | I dunno. i guess it depends on whether u think swastikas and trump literally blowing up the planet is bad https://t.co/YKXeI9jKl8 |
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| Hello and welcome to our live-wire coverage of the 2016 race for the White House. Senator Bernie Sanders is not on the list of people being considered as a running mate for Hillary Clinton – but senator Elizabeth Warren is on there, according to unnamed people “familiar with the process” who spoke with the Wall Street Journal. | Hello and welcome to our live-wire coverage of the 2016 race for the White House. Senator Bernie Sanders is not on the list of people being considered as a running mate for Hillary Clinton – but senator Elizabeth Warren is on there, according to unnamed people “familiar with the process” who spoke with the Wall Street Journal. |
| Clinton’s search for a ticketmate is in its relatively early stages, the paper reported: | Clinton’s search for a ticketmate is in its relatively early stages, the paper reported: |
| Beyond the Massachusetts senator, other prospective candidates include Labor Secretary Tom Perez; Housing and Urban Development Secretary Julián Castro; Sens. Tim Kaine of Virginia, Sherrod Brown of Ohio and Cory Booker of New Jersey; Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti, and Reps. Xavier Becerra of California and Tim Ryan of Ohio, several Democrats said. | Beyond the Massachusetts senator, other prospective candidates include Labor Secretary Tom Perez; Housing and Urban Development Secretary Julián Castro; Sens. Tim Kaine of Virginia, Sherrod Brown of Ohio and Cory Booker of New Jersey; Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti, and Reps. Xavier Becerra of California and Tim Ryan of Ohio, several Democrats said. |
| Sanders has a call scheduled with supporters for Thursday evening, in which had been expected to announce the end of his campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination. On Wednesday, though, a Sanders spokesman said “he’s not ending it”. | Sanders has a call scheduled with supporters for Thursday evening, in which had been expected to announce the end of his campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination. On Wednesday, though, a Sanders spokesman said “he’s not ending it”. |
| Barack Obama travels to Orlando, Florida today for a memorial ceremony for the victims of last Sunday’s shooting. Donald Trump has a rally planned this evening in Dallas, Texas. | Barack Obama travels to Orlando, Florida today for a memorial ceremony for the victims of last Sunday’s shooting. Donald Trump has a rally planned this evening in Dallas, Texas. |
| Gun safety filibuster | Gun safety filibuster |
| Democratic senator Christopher Murray of Connecticut held the Senate floor – with assists from colleagues – for more than 14 hours last night in an effort to jump-start gun safety legislation. In yielding the floor at 2.11am, Murphy claimed victory, saying he had won commitments from Republican leaders that they would hold votes on amendments to expand background checks and ban gun sales to suspected terrorists. | Democratic senator Christopher Murray of Connecticut held the Senate floor – with assists from colleagues – for more than 14 hours last night in an effort to jump-start gun safety legislation. In yielding the floor at 2.11am, Murphy claimed victory, saying he had won commitments from Republican leaders that they would hold votes on amendments to expand background checks and ban gun sales to suspected terrorists. |
| Clinton up six points in new poll | Clinton up six points in new poll |
| A new CBS poll of registered voters released Thursday morning had Hillary Clinton ahead of Trump 43-37. It follows a Bloomberg/Selzer poll released earlier this week showing Clinton up by 12 points. The CBS poll was conducted on 9-13 June, including one full day after the Orlando attack. Respondents said by a margin of 50-43 that Clinton would do a better job of handling terrorism and national security. | A new CBS poll of registered voters released Thursday morning had Hillary Clinton ahead of Trump 43-37. It follows a Bloomberg/Selzer poll released earlier this week showing Clinton up by 12 points. The CBS poll was conducted on 9-13 June, including one full day after the Orlando attack. Respondents said by a margin of 50-43 that Clinton would do a better job of handling terrorism and national security. |
| Trump’s impressive unfavorability rating was on display in a third poll, conducted by the Washington Post /ABC News: | Trump’s impressive unfavorability rating was on display in a third poll, conducted by the Washington Post /ABC News: |
| Landslide pic.twitter.com/qVCcRftxqV | Landslide pic.twitter.com/qVCcRftxqV |
| Kasich on Trump: ‘It’s painful’ | Kasich on Trump: ‘It’s painful’ |
| “You know, it’s painful. It’s painful,” Ohio governor and former Republican presidential candidate John Kasich told MSNBC on Thursday, after being asked about a pledge he made last summer to support the eventual Republican nominee and whether he would do so now it looked almost certain to be Trump. “You know, people even get divorces, you know? I mean, sometimes, things come out that, look, I’m sorry that this has happened. But we’ll see where it ends up. I’m not making any final decision yet, but at this point, I just can’t do it.” | “You know, it’s painful. It’s painful,” Ohio governor and former Republican presidential candidate John Kasich told MSNBC on Thursday, after being asked about a pledge he made last summer to support the eventual Republican nominee and whether he would do so now it looked almost certain to be Trump. “You know, people even get divorces, you know? I mean, sometimes, things come out that, look, I’m sorry that this has happened. But we’ll see where it ends up. I’m not making any final decision yet, but at this point, I just can’t do it.” |
| Oprah endorses Clinton | Oprah endorses Clinton |
| Oprah Winfrey has endorsed Hillary Clinton. | |
| Early in his campaign | |
| In 1999, Trump had thrown Winfrey’s name out as a possible running mate. How far we’ve come. | |
| Thanks for reading and as always please join us in the comments. | Thanks for reading and as always please join us in the comments. |
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