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Trump campaign reportedly vetting Chris Christie as running mate – politics live Trump campaign reportedly vetting Chris Christie as running mate – live
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Donald Trump, speaking at a shuttered factory in Manchester, New Hampshire, emphasizes the importance of walking away from a deal as a negotiating tactic, citing the Iranian nuclear agreement as an example of a situation where his school of negotiation is superior to that of Secretary of State John Kerry.
“He never walked - he lost every single point,” Trump says. “We shoulda said no way, we shoulda left the room, we shoulda said we’re doubling your sanctions, and they would have been back on the television saying ‘please come back!’”
9.07pm BST
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Donald Trump proposes 35% tariff on foreign-produced goods
“I want great deals for this country,” Donald Trump says in Manchester, New Hampshire. “Here’s my stance on trading: I wanna make great deals for the United States. Call it fair trade, call it free trade, call it whatever you want.”
“If companies leave… there’s going to be consequences,” Trump continues. “They’re not gonna make their air conditioners in Mexico, send ’em into the United States… and there’s no consequence. Well, now there’s a consequence. The consequence is now they’re going to pay a 35% tax.”
“We’re either going to keep ’em here, or they’re going to lose a hell of a lot of money,” Trump continues. “It’s very simple. They wanna go to another country, they gotta pay a tax to get their stuff back to this county.”
9.03pm BST
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Donald Trump, speaking at a former Osram Sylvania manufacturing plant in Manchester New Hampshire, ties manufacturing woes to trade deals “pushed through” by presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton.
“Hillary Clinton pushed through the trade deal with South Korea that killed another 100,000 jobs, and she pushed it through,” Trump says. “We protect them - we have 28,000 soldiers on the line between North and South. And what happens, what happens if there’s a war? We get involved.”
“They are an economic behemoth - and we protect them, and they don’t reimburse us for what it’s costing,” Trump says. (Military officials have protested the idea that returning soldiers to the US would be cheaper than keeping them abroad.)
“When you have large numbers of unemployed bc workers, incomes go down across the country - just across the entire country. It just affects so much and so many other people, so many other lives and so many other businesses,” Trump continues. “Our whole standard of living goes down - we have workers for 18 years, they haven’t received an increase.”
“It’s a much better system, the way it used to be,” Trump says, of domestic production of goods that cost the consumer more. “We’re better off if they’re not quite as cheap.”
8.56pm BST
20:56
At the former Osram Sylvania plant in Manchester, New Hampshire, Donald Trump recalls other closed manufacturing operations in the region while reading statistics and names from a sheet of paper on his lecture.
“People from Mexico took their jobs,” Trump says, of a closed Ethan Allen manufacturing plant. “Regional job losses have been fantastically poor, fantastically bad and disgraceful.”
“It’s just, it’s not very hard to explain, it’s not very hard to understand. What is very difficult is to figure out why people did this. Why? ... We have a $500 billion trade deficit with China, a massive trade deficit with Japan,” Trump says. “They send us millions of cars, we send them beef. You oughta take a look at a chart sometime, take a look at the difference between what we send them and what they send us.”
“That could be a Mexican plane up there - they could be getting ready to attack,” Trump says, responding to an overhead plane.
8.50pm BST
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Donald Trump mentions the heroin crisis facing states like New Hampshire, shocked that hard drugs could be a problem in a state with beautiful natural features.
“You look at these beautiful trees and these beautiful streams and these beautiful lakes? This is not heroin country,” Trump says.
Trump also promises the group that he will “take a few questions,” making this, as far as we can recall, Trump’s first town hall-style meeting since he became the Republican party’s presumptive presidential nominee.
8.47pm BST
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Donald Trump holds event in Manchester, New Hampshire
Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump is holding an event - initially reported as an address on trade, but currently postulated as a “town hall”-style event - in Manchester, New Hampshire:
The event, which is not open to the public, is sparsely attended.
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Donald Trump is running late to his campaign event in New Hampshire today, possibly because he is tweeting responses to an NBC News story that questions whether his campaign has filed the required documents to forgive the $50 million in loans he has personally provided to his presidential campaign:Donald Trump is running late to his campaign event in New Hampshire today, possibly because he is tweeting responses to an NBC News story that questions whether his campaign has filed the required documents to forgive the $50 million in loans he has personally provided to his presidential campaign:
The very dishonest @NBCNews refuses to accept the fact that I have forgiven my $50 million loan to my campaign. Done deal!The very dishonest @NBCNews refuses to accept the fact that I have forgiven my $50 million loan to my campaign. Done deal!
I have self funded my winning primary campaign with an approx. $50 million loan. I have totally terminated the loan!I have self funded my winning primary campaign with an approx. $50 million loan. I have totally terminated the loan!
The reason I put up approximately $50 million for my successful primary campaign is very simple, I want to MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!The reason I put up approximately $50 million for my successful primary campaign is very simple, I want to MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!
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Bernie Sanders gets additional extension for personal financial disclosureBernie Sanders gets additional extension for personal financial disclosure
Vermont senator and perpetual presidential candidate Bernie Sanders has been granted his second 45-day extension to file personal financial disclosure reports, putting the latest deadline for Sanders to file the forms well after the conclusion of next month’s Democratic National Convention.Vermont senator and perpetual presidential candidate Bernie Sanders has been granted his second 45-day extension to file personal financial disclosure reports, putting the latest deadline for Sanders to file the forms well after the conclusion of next month’s Democratic National Convention.
The request, filed with the Federal Election Commission today by the campaign’s legal counsel, cites Sanders’ “ current campaign schedule & officeholder duties” as the reason for the delay in filing the required report, which would provide limited detail of the senator’s assets and liabilities.The request, filed with the Federal Election Commission today by the campaign’s legal counsel, cites Sanders’ “ current campaign schedule & officeholder duties” as the reason for the delay in filing the required report, which would provide limited detail of the senator’s assets and liabilities.
The new deadline for filing the disclosure reports is now in the middle of August.The new deadline for filing the disclosure reports is now in the middle of August.
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Fired campaign manager Corey Lewandowski, assigned to chair the New Hampshire delegation to the Republican convention, is at the Trump event in New Hampshire. Semper fidelis.Fired campaign manager Corey Lewandowski, assigned to chair the New Hampshire delegation to the Republican convention, is at the Trump event in New Hampshire. Semper fidelis.
Corey Lewandowski is at Trump speechCorey Lewandowski is at Trump speech
Holding a boom box over his head https://t.co/OLStmD3A1iHolding a boom box over his head https://t.co/OLStmD3A1i
Spotted at Trump's New Hampshire event. fired former campaign manager Corey Lewandowski 👀👀👀 --> pic.twitter.com/RRxq0qwMcfSpotted at Trump's New Hampshire event. fired former campaign manager Corey Lewandowski 👀👀👀 --> pic.twitter.com/RRxq0qwMcf
How you can tell Corey Lewandowski is no longer working for Trump campaign: He shows up to speeches wearing shorts. https://t.co/iZyFXtIJ0MHow you can tell Corey Lewandowski is no longer working for Trump campaign: He shows up to speeches wearing shorts. https://t.co/iZyFXtIJ0M
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Ladies and gentlemen, we have a race.Ladies and gentlemen, we have a race.
If your only sources of information are the Drudge Report and Donald Trump’s Super Pac.If your only sources of information are the Drudge Report and Donald Trump’s Super Pac.
Trump super PAC fundraising off Drudge pic.twitter.com/XPVarDfhhhTrump super PAC fundraising off Drudge pic.twitter.com/XPVarDfhhh
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Biden to hit trail with ClintonBiden to hit trail with Clinton
Following an appearance Tuesday by president Barack Obama with Hillary Clinton in North Carolina, vice president Joe Biden will join Clinton Friday in his hometown of Scranton, Pennsylvania.Following an appearance Tuesday by president Barack Obama with Hillary Clinton in North Carolina, vice president Joe Biden will join Clinton Friday in his hometown of Scranton, Pennsylvania.
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7.52pm BST
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Anyone had enough Thursday poll numbers yet? But wait there’s more.
RABA Research, which gets a B- in FiveThirtyEight’s pollster ratings, gives Clinton a slight 41-38 lead in a new poll of voters in Ohio, which a Republican has never won the White House without winning.
Ohio voters supporter governor John Kasich’s decision not to endorse Trump by a margin of 48-39, the poll found.
7.52pm BST
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Trump: 'I’m running against two parties'
A last tidbit from Trump’s Mike Gallagher interview this morning. The candidate is talking about the difficulty he has had wringing endorsements out of some former rivals and other influential Republicans. “It’s almost – in some ways, like, I’m running against two parties,” Trump says. Again via CBS News’ Sopan Deb:
Trump to @radiotalkermike: "It’s almost – in some ways, like, I’m running against two parties." pic.twitter.com/U5V2BB7sy7
7.16pm BST
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Libertarian ad asks, 'you in?'
The Libertarian presidential ticket of former New Mexico governor Gary Johnson and former Massachusetts governor Bill Weld offers “a credible alternative to Clintrump” in a new video ad.
They talk about their records as governor – cutting taxes, building schools, balancing budgets, reducing unemployment – and their successes as Republicans in blue states.
“They think like America thinks,” the ad says, billing the pair as “two of the most successful governors working together for a better America.”
“The difference between the two of us and the other candidates running for president is that we’ve been there, and done that,” the pair takes turns saying.
The tag line: “What say, America, you in?”
(h/t: @bencjacobs)
In which @GovGaryJohnson and Bill Weld make their first pitch. Worth a watch. LOVE the portmanteau "Clintrump" https://t.co/Mni075W1Bu
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7.04pm BST
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The Donald Trump campaign has changed its plans for his Manchester, New Hampshire, event this afternoon. Instead of a speech about trade closed to the public, Trump will hold a town hall open to the public, the campaign now says:
Trump advance staffer says the event in Manchester, NH is going o be a town hall not a trade speech pic.twitter.com/BPeCcWXHg2
6.57pm BST
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More state polling, more iffy – no let’s just call it bad – news for Trump. This time it’s Loras College with Clinton up 14 points, 48-34, in Iowa. Trump’s unfavorability in the poll is 69%.
There’s actual election news, meanwhile, in Iowa, where the state supreme court has ruled against an an expansion of voting rights for convicted criminals, the Des Moines Register reports:
The 4-3 decision upholds what critics say is one of the harshest felon disenfranchisement laws in the nation, and means the state will not see a significant shift in voter eligibility ahead of the 2016 election.
6.38pm BST
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Bernie Sanders has received an additional 45-day extension on filing a personal financial disclosure report.
“There is good cause for this extension due to Senator Sanders’ current campaign schedule and officeholder duties,” his lawyer writes:
Lawyer for @BernieSanders cites "campaign schedule & officeholder duties" for Bernie not disclosing personal $ info pic.twitter.com/6PedXpKn7S
6.37pm BST
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Asked about the impromptu (?) Bill Clinton-Loretta Lynch meeting, White House press secretary Josh Earnest says Lynch’s work speaks for itself, the New York Times reports:
WH and @PressSec sounds pretty uncomfortable with Bill Clinton-Loretta Lynch meeting while declining to criticize it
White House won't say whether Loretta Lynch meeting with Bill Clinton was appropriate. But @PressSec says Lynch's record speaks for itself
Your opponent has: $1M in bank, no org, 70% unfave, bitterly split party. And your fmr potus husband has a visit w the ATTORNEY GENERAL.
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6.19pm BST
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Trump: 'Why am I not doing better in the polls?'
New state-level polling by Greenberg Quinlan Rosner research points up potential flaws in Donald Trump’s strategy to remake the electoral map by winning Rust Belt states including Michigan, Pennsylvania and Ohio.
Hillary Clinton leads Trump by 15 points in Michigan and nine points in Pennsylvania, the pollster finds:
GQR polls:MI: Clinton+15WI: Clinton+12FL: Clinton+11NC: Clinton+10PA: C+9OH: TieNH: TieNV: TieAZ: Trump+6https://t.co/6z2C9fVpgD
Trump’s plan to win New York state looks even worse in a new Siena College poll of Empire state voters. It gives Clinton a 23-point, 54-31 lead.
The GQR poll’s 11-point lead for Clinton in Florida marks the third time this month a survey has found Clinton ahead by double digits in the state, FiveThirtyEight’s Harry Enten points out:
Three polls this month in Florida give Clinton a double-digit lead. Obama never had any poll that gave him a double-digit lead in FL in 2012
People with local knowledge don’t quite believe all GQR’s numbers, however. Nevada journalism dean Jon Ralston thinks Clinton is up by “middle single digits” in the state, instead of tied with Trump, as GQR depicts:
@Timodc @jbarro NV data conflicts with at least three other polls I have seen. Very odd.
@Timodc @jbarro Hillary in middle single digits up statewide.
Trump, for his part, registered surprise Thursday morning that he was not doing better in the polls. Trump told radio interviewer Mike Gallagher, “I go to Ohio, we were there two days ago, and Pennsylvania and near Pittsburgh and we – I was in West Virginia, the crowds are massive.
And you know, I walked out of one and I said, ‘I don’t see how I’m not leading.’ You know, you see the kinds of crowds. We have thousands of people standing outside trying to get in... And I’m saying, you know, ‘Why am I not doing better in the polls?’
Trump tells @radiotalkermike that he is baffled that he is not leading in polls. (h/t to @BuzzFeedAndrew) pic.twitter.com/3PHeP1s4rx
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6.06pm BST
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Trump hires three new pollsters – report
The Donald Trump campaign is more than doubling its roster of pollsters, with three new hires who previously backed the Ted Cruz, Chris Christie and Rick Perry presidential campaigns, respectively, the New York Times reports:
Kellyanne Conway, a veteran pollster who has had a long working relationship with Mr. Trump, is among those joining the effort.[...] Mr. Trump’s team is also expected to bring on Adam Geller, who works with Gov. Chris Christie of New Jersey, and Michael Baselice, who was the pollster for former Gov. Rick Perry of Texas and for the state’s governor now, Greg Abbott.
Trump previously paid two pollsters.
6.02pm BST
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The Democratic national committee has denied a report that the party is looking into options for moving Hillary Clinton’s acceptance speech at the national convention in Philadelphia from the Wells Fargo Center (seats 19,500) to a larger venue.
The BillyPenn local media site exclusively reported that the Democrats were looking for a larger venue, quoting US Representative Bob Brady:
Philly Congressman Bob Brady said nothing has been finalized but “there’s talk about it.
“It’s a good idea by the way, too,” said Brady, who is honorary vice chair of the DNC. “It engages people and gets people involved.”
But a DNC press secretary told BillPenn, “This is absolutely incorrect. There is no talk of changing venue.”