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| Republican convention live: Trump rejects speech writer's resignation | Republican convention live: Trump rejects speech writer's resignation |
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| 8.19pm BST | |
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| Nigel M Smith | |
| The rock band Third Eye Blind antagonized a crowd of Republican National Convention attendees during a charity concert at Cleveland’s Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on Tuesday night. | |
| During the Musicians on Call fundraiser, held to aid in bringing live and recorded music to patients in healthcare facilities, the singer Stephan Jenkins continually blasted the GOP by condemning Republican ideology (according to Billboard, he said he “repudiates” what the party now stands for) – and making remarks such as: “Raise your hand if you believe in science.” Clips uploaded on to social media show Jenkins exclaiming to booing audience members: “You can boo all you want, but I’m the motherfucking artist up here.” | |
| The Musicians on Call event wasn’t officially affiliated with the RNC, but its sponsor, the Recording Industry Association of America, had emphasized in a press release that the gala was explicitly tied to the convention. | |
| The actions of the group, best known for their 1990s alt-rock hit Semi-Charmed Life, don’t come as a huge surprise: four years ago, Jenkins penned a commentary piece for Huffington Post titled Why We Aren’t Playing at the RNC, in which he explained why his band didn’t accept an invitation to perform at a private party during the 2012 Republican convention because “they are, in fact, a party dedicated to exclusion”. | |
| “The Republican party is on the wrong side of Lilly Ledbetter, fiscal responsibility, unions, civil rights, climate change, evolution, the Big Bang theory, stem cells, Medicare, and me, and that’s why we will let them be, in their government-funded event center, to sell their song and dance without me,” he wrote. | |
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| at 8.32pm BST | |
| 7.42pm BST | 7.42pm BST |
| 19:42 | 19:42 |
| Jill Harth, woman who sued Trump over alleged sexual assault, breaks silence | Jill Harth, woman who sued Trump over alleged sexual assault, breaks silence |
| Lucia Graves | Lucia Graves |
| A woman at the centre of sexual assault allegations against Donald Trump has spoken for the first time in detail about her personal experience with the billionaire tycoon who this week became the Republican nominee for president. | A woman at the centre of sexual assault allegations against Donald Trump has spoken for the first time in detail about her personal experience with the billionaire tycoon who this week became the Republican nominee for president. |
| Jill Harth, a makeup artist, has stayed quiet for almost 20 years about the way Trump pursued her, and – according to a lawsuit she instigated – cornered her and groped her in his daughter’s bedroom. | Jill Harth, a makeup artist, has stayed quiet for almost 20 years about the way Trump pursued her, and – according to a lawsuit she instigated – cornered her and groped her in his daughter’s bedroom. |
| After Trump mounted his campaign for the White House, details emerged of the 1997 complaint, in which Harth accused him of “attempted ‘rape’”. | After Trump mounted his campaign for the White House, details emerged of the 1997 complaint, in which Harth accused him of “attempted ‘rape’”. |
| She said she was quickly inundated with interview requests from major US television networks, but resolved not to speak about the events – until Trump publicly said in May that her claims were “meritless” and his daughter Ivanka gave an interview in which she said her father was “not a groper”. | She said she was quickly inundated with interview requests from major US television networks, but resolved not to speak about the events – until Trump publicly said in May that her claims were “meritless” and his daughter Ivanka gave an interview in which she said her father was “not a groper”. |
| Harth, who feels she has been publicly branded a liar and believes her business has suffered because of her association with the allegations, decided to speak out about her experience with Trump because she wants an apology. | Harth, who feels she has been publicly branded a liar and believes her business has suffered because of her association with the allegations, decided to speak out about her experience with Trump because she wants an apology. |
| In an hour-long interview at the Guardian’s New York office on Tuesday, Harth said she stands by her charges against Trump, which run from low-grade sexual harassment to an episode her lawyers described in the lawsuit as “attempted ‘rape.’” | In an hour-long interview at the Guardian’s New York office on Tuesday, Harth said she stands by her charges against Trump, which run from low-grade sexual harassment to an episode her lawyers described in the lawsuit as “attempted ‘rape.’” |
| She first met Trump in December 1992 at his offices in Trump Tower, where she and her then romantic partner, George Houraney, were making a business presentation. The couple wanted to recruit Trump to back their American Dream festival, in which Harth oversaw a pin-up competition known as American Dream Calendar Girls. Harth described that meeting as “the highlight of our career”. | She first met Trump in December 1992 at his offices in Trump Tower, where she and her then romantic partner, George Houraney, were making a business presentation. The couple wanted to recruit Trump to back their American Dream festival, in which Harth oversaw a pin-up competition known as American Dream Calendar Girls. Harth described that meeting as “the highlight of our career”. |
| But in other ways, it was something of a lowlight: Trump took an interest in Harth immediately and began subjecting her to a steady string of unwanted sexual advances, detailed by Harth in her complaint. | But in other ways, it was something of a lowlight: Trump took an interest in Harth immediately and began subjecting her to a steady string of unwanted sexual advances, detailed by Harth in her complaint. |
| There was the initial leering in that first December meeting in Trump Tower, and the inappropriate questions after her relationship status. It continued the next night over dinner at the Plaza Hotel’s Oak Room, where at a dinner with beauty pageant contestants she alleges he groped her under the table. | There was the initial leering in that first December meeting in Trump Tower, and the inappropriate questions after her relationship status. It continued the next night over dinner at the Plaza Hotel’s Oak Room, where at a dinner with beauty pageant contestants she alleges he groped her under the table. |
| It culminated in January 1993, when Harth and Houraney were visiting his Florida mansion, Mar-a-Lago, to finalize and then celebrate the beauty pageant deal with a party. | It culminated in January 1993, when Harth and Houraney were visiting his Florida mansion, Mar-a-Lago, to finalize and then celebrate the beauty pageant deal with a party. |
| After business concluded, Harth and Houraney were on tour of Mar-a-Lago along with a group of young pageant contestants – Trump wanted to “see the quality of the girls he was sponsoring”, Harth recalled – when he pulled her aside into one of the children’s bedrooms. | After business concluded, Harth and Houraney were on tour of Mar-a-Lago along with a group of young pageant contestants – Trump wanted to “see the quality of the girls he was sponsoring”, Harth recalled – when he pulled her aside into one of the children’s bedrooms. |
| “He pushed me up against the wall, and had his hands all over me and tried to get up my dress again,” Harth recalled, “and I had to physically say: ‘What are you doing? Stop it.’ It was a shocking thing to have him do this because he knew I was with George, he knew they were in the next room. And how could he be doing this when I’m there for business?” | “He pushed me up against the wall, and had his hands all over me and tried to get up my dress again,” Harth recalled, “and I had to physically say: ‘What are you doing? Stop it.’ It was a shocking thing to have him do this because he knew I was with George, he knew they were in the next room. And how could he be doing this when I’m there for business?” |
| Related: Jill Harth, woman who sued Trump over alleged sexual assault, breaks silence | Related: Jill Harth, woman who sued Trump over alleged sexual assault, breaks silence |
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| 7.26pm BST | 7.26pm BST |
| 19:26 | 19:26 |
| Donald Trump lands in Cleveland | Donald Trump lands in Cleveland |
| Ben Jacobs | |
| With the strains of the score to Air Force One playing in the background, as is his tradition, Donald Trump kept it short upon landing in Cleveland to be greeted by vice presidential nominee Mike Pence and his family. | With the strains of the score to Air Force One playing in the background, as is his tradition, Donald Trump kept it short upon landing in Cleveland to be greeted by vice presidential nominee Mike Pence and his family. |
| Trump arrived yet again in Cleveland with a great fanfare, landing in his trip in his Trump helicopter on a grassy field adjacent to the Cleveland Browns stadium. With a swarm of hundreds of journalists from across the world cataloguing the turn of every helicopter blade, Trump emerged from his chopper accompanied by press secretary Hope Hicks and his son-in-law Jared Kushner, whom sources tell the Guardian has been acting as a de facto campaign manager in recent weeks. | Trump arrived yet again in Cleveland with a great fanfare, landing in his trip in his Trump helicopter on a grassy field adjacent to the Cleveland Browns stadium. With a swarm of hundreds of journalists from across the world cataloguing the turn of every helicopter blade, Trump emerged from his chopper accompanied by press secretary Hope Hicks and his son-in-law Jared Kushner, whom sources tell the Guardian has been acting as a de facto campaign manager in recent weeks. |
| The Republican nominee was greeted by his running mate Mike Pence as well as four of Trump’s five children. His wife Melania, who has been subsumed in a plagiarism scandal over her speech to the convention on Monday, was absent. | The Republican nominee was greeted by his running mate Mike Pence as well as four of Trump’s five children. His wife Melania, who has been subsumed in a plagiarism scandal over her speech to the convention on Monday, was absent. |
| “We’re gonna win Ohio, we’re gonna make America great again,” Trump said. “I just want to introduce a man who has become a great friend of mine, a man who is going to make an unbelievable vice president of the United States, Mike Pence.” | “We’re gonna win Ohio, we’re gonna make America great again,” Trump said. “I just want to introduce a man who has become a great friend of mine, a man who is going to make an unbelievable vice president of the United States, Mike Pence.” |
| Pence, taking the microphone, told Trump that “it is such an honor to join your family to welcome you to Cleveland.” | Pence, taking the microphone, told Trump that “it is such an honor to join your family to welcome you to Cleveland.” |
| “I am convinced what begins in Cleveland will end in the White House! Thank you, God bless you, and welcome to Cleveland!” | “I am convinced what begins in Cleveland will end in the White House! Thank you, God bless you, and welcome to Cleveland!” |
| Afterward, Rep. Mark Sanford of South Carolina, who has yet to endorse Trump, was there to watch and observe. | |
| “I’ve never been to one of these rallies before,” said Sanford. “Arriving by helicopter with Air Force One blaring in the background is so at odds with my personal style in politics which is rather low key and anything I’ve ever known and observed about politics in the state that I’m from which is a bit less ostentatious in form. So I’m watching and learning.” | |
| Updated | Updated |
| at 8.11pm BST | |
| 7.20pm BST | 7.20pm BST |
| 19:20 | 19:20 |
| And now the Trumpcopter is doing repeat flybys pic.twitter.com/OKDEYuYXjc | And now the Trumpcopter is doing repeat flybys pic.twitter.com/OKDEYuYXjc |
| 7.17pm BST | 7.17pm BST |
| 19:17 | 19:17 |
| Ted Cruz: I cried after losing Indiana to Donald Trump | Ted Cruz: I cried after losing Indiana to Donald Trump |
| In remarks to his supporters in Cleveland as Donald Trump’s plane touched down across town, Texas senator Ted Cruz confessed to his now-lost delegates that he cried after losing the Indiana primary. | In remarks to his supporters in Cleveland as Donald Trump’s plane touched down across town, Texas senator Ted Cruz confessed to his now-lost delegates that he cried after losing the Indiana primary. |
| “I wasn’t gonna let those SOBs turn ‘Lyin’ Ted’ into ‘Cryin’ Ted,’” Cruz said, of the nickname bestowed upon him by Trump during the divisive Republican presidential primary. | “I wasn’t gonna let those SOBs turn ‘Lyin’ Ted’ into ‘Cryin’ Ted,’” Cruz said, of the nickname bestowed upon him by Trump during the divisive Republican presidential primary. |
| The anecdote is another nail in the coffin of the idea that Cruz, who has refused to endorse Trump after dropping out of the race on May 3, will throw his support behind the Republican nominee at tonight’s primetime speech at the Republican National Convention. | The anecdote is another nail in the coffin of the idea that Cruz, who has refused to endorse Trump after dropping out of the race on May 3, will throw his support behind the Republican nominee at tonight’s primetime speech at the Republican National Convention. |
| 7.05pm BST | 7.05pm BST |
| 19:05 | 19:05 |
| Stand by... | Stand by... |
| The Trump has landed pic.twitter.com/ER6dvEmEj4 | The Trump has landed pic.twitter.com/ER6dvEmEj4 |
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| 19:04 | 19:04 |
| A thought occurs! | A thought occurs! |
| Donald Trump fired Sinbad for mismanaging a Kodak store, won't fire a speechwriter who plagiarized the most public thing she's ever written. | Donald Trump fired Sinbad for mismanaging a Kodak store, won't fire a speechwriter who plagiarized the most public thing she's ever written. |
| 7.02pm BST | 7.02pm BST |
| 19:02 | 19:02 |
| Meet the Republican women backing Donald Trump | Meet the Republican women backing Donald Trump |
| According to an ABC News survey, 77% of female voters have an unfavourable view of Donald Trump. Women at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland, Ohio, explained to the Guardian why they support the party’s presidential candidate: | According to an ABC News survey, 77% of female voters have an unfavourable view of Donald Trump. Women at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland, Ohio, explained to the Guardian why they support the party’s presidential candidate: |
| 7.02pm BST | 7.02pm BST |
| 19:02 | 19:02 |
| Speaking to delegates who were originally loyal to his presidential campaign, Texas senator Ted Cruz thanks supporters in Cleveland for the “amazing journey” of his unsuccessful presidential campaign. | Speaking to delegates who were originally loyal to his presidential campaign, Texas senator Ted Cruz thanks supporters in Cleveland for the “amazing journey” of his unsuccessful presidential campaign. |
| “This afternoon is really for one very simple purpose, and it is to say thank you to each and every one of you - thank you from the very, very bottom of our hearts,” Cruz said, as his wife Heidi stood nearby. | “This afternoon is really for one very simple purpose, and it is to say thank you to each and every one of you - thank you from the very, very bottom of our hearts,” Cruz said, as his wife Heidi stood nearby. |
| “More than anything else, Heidi and I are filled with extraordinary grattitude and thankfullness,” Cruz continued. “We have been part of an amazing journey and it has been the privilege of our lifetimes to stand with each and everyone of you fighting for our country.” | “More than anything else, Heidi and I are filled with extraordinary grattitude and thankfullness,” Cruz continued. “We have been part of an amazing journey and it has been the privilege of our lifetimes to stand with each and everyone of you fighting for our country.” |
| “The men and women gathered here today, you are patriots, you love this country, you love our constitution, you love our freedom, you love our children and you believe in tomorrow! This campaign, I believe, was about a lot more than one campaign or one candidate - this was a movement, all across this country.” | “The men and women gathered here today, you are patriots, you love this country, you love our constitution, you love our freedom, you love our children and you believe in tomorrow! This campaign, I believe, was about a lot more than one campaign or one candidate - this was a movement, all across this country.” |
| Cruz did not endorse Donald Trump, his party’s presidential nominee, in the remarks, and is not expected to do so in his remarks to the Republican National Convention tonight. | Cruz did not endorse Donald Trump, his party’s presidential nominee, in the remarks, and is not expected to do so in his remarks to the Republican National Convention tonight. |
| 6.27pm BST | 6.27pm BST |
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| An interesting, depressing note from the New York Times: | An interesting, depressing note from the New York Times: |
| The employee, Meredith McIver, who has worked on some of Mr. Trump’s books, is the first person to publicly apologize for an error at any point during the Trump campaign. | The employee, Meredith McIver, who has worked on some of Mr. Trump’s books, is the first person to publicly apologize for an error at any point during the Trump campaign. |
| 6.22pm BST | 6.22pm BST |
| 18:22 | 18:22 |
| White House press secretary Josh Earnest, when asked about the Melania Trump plagiarism scandal, and parlayed questions about Michelle Obama’s feelings on her remarks being lifted by a first lady aspirant into hopes that Michelle Obama’s remarks will be favorably looked upon by all future first ladies. | White House press secretary Josh Earnest, when asked about the Melania Trump plagiarism scandal, and parlayed questions about Michelle Obama’s feelings on her remarks being lifted by a first lady aspirant into hopes that Michelle Obama’s remarks will be favorably looked upon by all future first ladies. |
| “Obviously, in 2008 Mrs. Obama spoke movingly in her own words about her life story, about her values, and she was warmly received by the crowd,” Earnest said. “She got strong reviews from pundits and I’m confident in the future, aspiring first ladies and potential first husbands would draw on the same kinds of sentiments to advocate for their spouse.” | “Obviously, in 2008 Mrs. Obama spoke movingly in her own words about her life story, about her values, and she was warmly received by the crowd,” Earnest said. “She got strong reviews from pundits and I’m confident in the future, aspiring first ladies and potential first husbands would draw on the same kinds of sentiments to advocate for their spouse.” |
| “Mrs. Obama is obviously quite proud of the speech she gave in 2008, and I’m confident that she’ll deliver another speech that’s equal to the test next week.” | “Mrs. Obama is obviously quite proud of the speech she gave in 2008, and I’m confident that she’ll deliver another speech that’s equal to the test next week.” |
| “I have not spoken to the president and first lady since that letter became public, so I’m not sure if they’re aware of it right now.” | “I have not spoken to the president and first lady since that letter became public, so I’m not sure if they’re aware of it right now.” |
| The election, and the women’s speeches, provides the American people, “an opportunity to compare the values and the messages in both,” parties, said Earnest. | The election, and the women’s speeches, provides the American people, “an opportunity to compare the values and the messages in both,” parties, said Earnest. |
| “The focus we’ve had has been on the substance of the speech and the fact that Mrs. Trump received such warm applause, and such a strong review of her speech, based on reflection of the same kinds of values that were included in Mrs. Obama’s speech. I think that’s a reflection that the country has a lot of common ground.” | “The focus we’ve had has been on the substance of the speech and the fact that Mrs. Trump received such warm applause, and such a strong review of her speech, based on reflection of the same kinds of values that were included in Mrs. Obama’s speech. I think that’s a reflection that the country has a lot of common ground.” |
| The warm reception to both speeches, Earnest said, “buttresses an argument [the president] has been making of late – that the country is not as divided as it might seem.” | The warm reception to both speeches, Earnest said, “buttresses an argument [the president] has been making of late – that the country is not as divided as it might seem.” |
| Updated | Updated |
| at 6.36pm BST | at 6.36pm BST |
| 6.18pm BST | 6.18pm BST |
| 18:18 | 18:18 |
| “All news is good news,” after all. | “All news is good news,” after all. |
| STATEMENT ON MELANIA SPEECHhttps://t.co/uzBOm21Pug | STATEMENT ON MELANIA SPEECHhttps://t.co/uzBOm21Pug |
| 6.14pm BST | 6.14pm BST |
| 18:14 | 18:14 |
| Compare and contrast Melania Trump’s remarks with those of Michelle Obama: | Compare and contrast Melania Trump’s remarks with those of Michelle Obama: |
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| 17:56 | 17:56 |
| As Melania Trump once said... | As Melania Trump once said... |
| It would not be a Trump contest without excitement and drama. | It would not be a Trump contest without excitement and drama. |