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| Democrats in House of Representatives stage gun control sit-in for second day – live | Democrats in House of Representatives stage gun control sit-in for second day – live |
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| Pelosi and Ryan to hold news conferences | |
| House minority leader Nancy Pelosi is scheduled to hold a news conference in about an hour. Speaker Paul Ryan has a regular weekly news conference scheduled afterwards. | |
| Hello again.The sit-in continues. The chamber is cold. Sheila Jackson Lee is wrapped in a white blanket. Trump slouches toward Washington. | |
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| Rumsfeld endorses Trump: 'not a close call' | |
| Unapologetic Iraq war architect Donald Rumsfeld has endorsed his namesake presidential candidate, saying it was “not a close call”. | |
| “I’m a Republican, and there’s not any doubt in my mind how I’ll vote,” Rumsfeld told the Daily Mail. “I don’t believe Hillary Clinton is qualified to be President of the United States.” | |
| Rumsfeld was secretary of defense under president Ford and president George W Bush, who has said he will sit out the presidential race this year, although he has gotten involved in down-ballot races, campaigning on behalf of senator John McCain. | |
| Thank you to Donald Rumsfeld for the endorsement. Very much appreciated. Clinton's conduct has been "disqualifying." | |
| Didn't you give a speech yesterday on how the Iraq War was the biggest disaster ever? https://t.co/cupNu8a4Ba | |
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| Ryan calls sit-in 'a publicity stunt' | |
| House speaker Paul Ryan late Wednesday called the Democratic sit-in a “publicity stunt”. | |
| “This is nothing more than a publicity stunt,” Ryan told CNN (click through for video), observing that parallel legislation had already been defeated in the senate. | |
| “We are not going to take a citizen’s constitutional rights without due process, that was already defeated in the senate, and this is not the way to try to bring up legislation. | |
| “This isn’t trying to come up with a solution to a problem. This is about trying to get attention.” | |
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| Spencer Ackerman | |
| “Attorneys for people caught on the US’s sprawling terrorism watchlists are expressing concern that the latest tactic by gun control advocates is blessing the legitimacy of a process they say threatens civil rights,” writes Guardian US national security editor Spencer Ackerman: | |
| As Democrats staged a sit-in on the House floor on Wednesday demanding a vote to prevent people placed on FBI watchlists from purchasing firearms, lawyers and American Muslim rights groups feared the effort tacitly endorsed a system that they have for years argued lacks transparency and basic due process and disproportionately affects US Muslims. | |
| They fear that civil rights concerns over watchlisting are becoming a casualty of political expediency by gun control advocates in a debate supercharged by the massacre of 49 people at an LGBT nightclub in Orlando on 12 June. | |
| “It’s ridiculous, the notion that somehow the watchlists are a reliable measuring stick for who should be deprived of an ability to purchase weapons,” said Ramzi Kassem, a law professor at the City University of New York and director of its Clear clinic, some of whose clients were wrongly watchlisted. | |
| “The discussion on gun control vastly overstates the reliability of the watchlists. They lack transparency and any available process to get off the lists if people believe they’ve been wrongly listed,” Kassem said. | |
| Read the full piece here: | |
| Related: Gun control based on terror watchlists is a threat to civil rights, advocates say | |
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| Hello and welcome to our live-wire coverage of the 2016 race for the White House. We are taking an immediate detour from the campaign trail this Thursday morning to check in on an extraordinary and ongoing protest on Capitol Hill on behalf of gun control. | Hello and welcome to our live-wire coverage of the 2016 race for the White House. We are taking an immediate detour from the campaign trail this Thursday morning to check in on an extraordinary and ongoing protest on Capitol Hill on behalf of gun control. |
| Democrats in the House of Representatives, joined periodically by sympathetic Senate colleagues, have staged an overnight sit-in in the House chamber, occupying it continuously now for about 20 hours. Minority leader Nancy Pelosi returned to the floor at about 7am this morning to declare that the Democrats would keep up the effort until the House speaker, Paul Ryan, agreed to schedule a vote on legislation that would make people on no-fly and terror watch lists ineligible to buy guns, and other gun control legislation. | Democrats in the House of Representatives, joined periodically by sympathetic Senate colleagues, have staged an overnight sit-in in the House chamber, occupying it continuously now for about 20 hours. Minority leader Nancy Pelosi returned to the floor at about 7am this morning to declare that the Democrats would keep up the effort until the House speaker, Paul Ryan, agreed to schedule a vote on legislation that would make people on no-fly and terror watch lists ineligible to buy guns, and other gun control legislation. |
| The Republicans have indicated no intention of holding such a vote, accusing the Democrats of mounting a PR stunt. | The Republicans have indicated no intention of holding such a vote, accusing the Democrats of mounting a PR stunt. |
| The lawmakers inside the chamber were supported by protesters outside the chamber overnight: | The lawmakers inside the chamber were supported by protesters outside the chamber overnight: |
| 1:58 am | Protestors are still going strong. pic.twitter.com/2IQJ1Hx4ts | 1:58 am | Protestors are still going strong. pic.twitter.com/2IQJ1Hx4ts |
| Late last night, as Ryan attempted to restore “order” to the chamber, Democrats drowned him out with chants, sang the civil rights anthem We Shall Overcome and held up pictures of gun violence victims. Read our latest news story here: | Late last night, as Ryan attempted to restore “order” to the chamber, Democrats drowned him out with chants, sang the civil rights anthem We Shall Overcome and held up pictures of gun violence victims. Read our latest news story here: |
| Related: Democrats continue House sit-in demanding vote on gun control | Related: Democrats continue House sit-in demanding vote on gun control |
| The House is officially adjourned, as of 3.14am ET, until 5 July. The Democrats have a meeting planned for 10am. Other developments overnight included: | The House is officially adjourned, as of 3.14am ET, until 5 July. The Democrats have a meeting planned for 10am. Other developments overnight included: |
| Pelosi says Democrats "will not stop" until the "no fly, no buy" legislation is passed."We're not taking a break from this effort."Well. | Pelosi says Democrats "will not stop" until the "no fly, no buy" legislation is passed."We're not taking a break from this effort."Well. |
| For more detail about what happened overnight, read our continuous live coverage here: | For more detail about what happened overnight, read our continuous live coverage here: |
| Related: Democrats hold all-night sit-in to fight for gun control vote in House – campaign live | Related: Democrats hold all-night sit-in to fight for gun control vote in House – campaign live |
| Sanders to speak on future of campaign | Sanders to speak on future of campaign |
| In politics today, Bernie Sanders has a speech planned in New York City to address the future of his campaign, and Donald Trump departs later today for a two-day trip to Scotland. He arrives as the Brexit vote is completed and counted. He favors Brexit but has also advised, “I don’t think anybody should listen to me.” | In politics today, Bernie Sanders has a speech planned in New York City to address the future of his campaign, and Donald Trump departs later today for a two-day trip to Scotland. He arrives as the Brexit vote is completed and counted. He favors Brexit but has also advised, “I don’t think anybody should listen to me.” |
| Our live-blog coverage of the Brexit vote is here: | Our live-blog coverage of the Brexit vote is here: |
| Related: EU referendum polling day: last opinion poll shows four-point remain lead - live | Related: EU referendum polling day: last opinion poll shows four-point remain lead - live |
| Thanks for reading and please join us in the comments. | Thanks for reading and please join us in the comments. |
| Updated | Updated |
| at 1.29pm BST | at 1.29pm BST |