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| Reince Priebus reportedly threatened to dump Donald Trump – campaign live | Reince Priebus reportedly threatened to dump Donald Trump – campaign live |
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| All is not well at Trump Tower this week. | |
| There was all that second amendment business. Then there were all those swing state people deciding they were going to vote for Hillary Clinton. The ultimate indignity came on Wednesday, when some guy attempted to clamber up Trump’s extravagant erection. | |
| One can only imagine what is going through the mind of the notoriously sensitive 70-year-old builder. Hunkered down in his 89th floor penthouse, Melania looking on helplessly as Trump rocks back and forth on a gold chair, he has been in need of a boost.Happily, his campaign staff appear to have found a perfect way of cheering him up: by sending out a new Trump v Clinton survey. Exclusively to Trump supporters. | |
| The Trump campaign sent the Q&A outon Thursdaymorning. It appears to have been sent to people who signed up to receive Trump emails. | |
| “As an identified Trump supporter from your zip code, your input is missing from our Official Campaign Trump vs. Hillary approval poll,” the email says. A link sends the reader to the poll, which consists of two questions. | |
| “Will you vote for Donald Trump or Hillary Clinton this November?” and: “Which issue is most important to you?” | |
| Fingers crossed the results at least show Trump to be competitive. It would make Trump tower a much happier place. | |
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| Clinton campaign on Trump's Isis statement: Another example of Trump trash-talking US | |
| Hillary for America senior policy adviser Jake Sullivan has released a following statement in response to Donald Trump’s claim that President Barack Obama founded Isis: | |
| This is another example of Donald Trump trash-talking the United States. It goes without saying that this is a false claim from a presidential candidate with an aversion to the truth and an unprecedented lack of knowledge. What’s remarkable about Trump’s comments is that once again, he’s echoing the talking points of Putin and our adversaries to attack American leaders and American interests, while failing to offer any serious plans to confront terrorism or make this country more secure. | |
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| A former staffer for Donald Trump’s presidential campaign has filed a lawsuit claiming that its former North Carolina state director pulled a gun on him, and that senior campaign officials refused to act on the incident when he reported it. | |
| The lawsuit, filed by former staffer Vincent Bordini, named Trump’s campaign and former state director Earl Phillip, accusing them of assault, battery and intention infliction of emotional distress, as well as negligent infliction of emotional distress. The suit demands unspecified compensatory damages. | |
| According to the complaint, Phillip “produced a pistol, put his right index finger on the trigger, and drove the barrel into Vincent’s knee cap” during a car trip to check on volunteers in Greenville, South Carolina in February: | |
| Phillip pushed the barrel into Vincent’s knee. The barrel’s pressure crinkled Vincent’s blue jeans. Phillip ominously stared sidewise at Vincent while driving the Jeep down the road and the barrel into Vincent. Vincent froze. Phillip’s gun was loaded and the safety was off. A bump in the road would likely result in a bullet hole, and worse, in Vincent’s knee. | |
| Bordini’s suit said that he reported the incident to the campaign’s western North Carolina regional director, who said that the same thing had happened to him. Next, Bordini said, he informed the Trump campaign’s national field director, and later had a phone conversation with then-campaign manager Corey Lewandowski - neither of whom, Bordini said, did anything. | |
| Phillip left the campaign last week. | |
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| A new poll from Public Policy Polling shows Donald Trump leading Hillary Clinton in blood-red South Carolina by a mere two points, another indication that the Republican nominee’s campaign is in serious trouble. | A new poll from Public Policy Polling shows Donald Trump leading Hillary Clinton in blood-red South Carolina by a mere two points, another indication that the Republican nominee’s campaign is in serious trouble. |
| Trump leads Clinton 41% to 39%, with Libertarian candidate Gary Johnson pulling 5% and Green candidate Jill Stein at 2%. The lead, PPP postulates, is the result of Trump’s unpopularity within his own party as compared to Clinton’s: Clinton is currently supported by 84% of Democrats, compared to Trump, who is winning only 77% of Republicans. | Trump leads Clinton 41% to 39%, with Libertarian candidate Gary Johnson pulling 5% and Green candidate Jill Stein at 2%. The lead, PPP postulates, is the result of Trump’s unpopularity within his own party as compared to Clinton’s: Clinton is currently supported by 84% of Democrats, compared to Trump, who is winning only 77% of Republicans. |
| And that’s just this year: When looking at younger generations, the Palmetto State looks like a potential battleground in years to come, with Clinton leading Trump 41% to 36% among voters younger than 65. | And that’s just this year: When looking at younger generations, the Palmetto State looks like a potential battleground in years to come, with Clinton leading Trump 41% to 36% among voters younger than 65. |
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| Donald Trump speaks in Miami | Donald Trump speaks in Miami |
| Livestream: Donald Trump addresses to the National Association of Home Builders at the Fontainebleau in Miami, Florida: | Livestream: Donald Trump addresses to the National Association of Home Builders at the Fontainebleau in Miami, Florida: |
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| Video: Donald Trump accusing President Barack Obama of being “the founder of Isis” during a campaign rally in Florida last night. | Video: Donald Trump accusing President Barack Obama of being “the founder of Isis” during a campaign rally in Florida last night. |
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| Report: Hacking of Democratic organizations wider than initially thought | Report: Hacking of Democratic organizations wider than initially thought |
| The New York Times reports that the hacking of the Democratic National Committee’s email servers may have just been the tip of the iceberg, with more than 100 accounts of Democratic officials, politicians and groups potentially breached by what the FBI told the Times were likely Russian state actors. | The New York Times reports that the hacking of the Democratic National Committee’s email servers may have just been the tip of the iceberg, with more than 100 accounts of Democratic officials, politicians and groups potentially breached by what the FBI told the Times were likely Russian state actors. |
| Their biggest target: the personal email accounts of high-ups in Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign, as well as key Democratic organizations like the Democratic Governors’ Association. | Their biggest target: the personal email accounts of high-ups in Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign, as well as key Democratic organizations like the Democratic Governors’ Association. |
| The hacking of the Democratic National Committee already caused considerable headaches for the party, when former chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz announced her resignation on the eve of the party’s convention after a leak of internal DNC emails showed officials actively favoring Clinton during the presidential primary and plotting against rival Bernie Sanders. | The hacking of the Democratic National Committee already caused considerable headaches for the party, when former chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz announced her resignation on the eve of the party’s convention after a leak of internal DNC emails showed officials actively favoring Clinton during the presidential primary and plotting against rival Bernie Sanders. |
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| Hillary Clinton denounced Donald Trump’s suggestion that gun owners could stop her from appointing liberal supreme court justices, pointing to it as the latest evidence of behavior by him unbefitting of a presidential candidate, the Guardian’s Lauren Gambino and Ciara McCarthy report. | Hillary Clinton denounced Donald Trump’s suggestion that gun owners could stop her from appointing liberal supreme court justices, pointing to it as the latest evidence of behavior by him unbefitting of a presidential candidate, the Guardian’s Lauren Gambino and Ciara McCarthy report. |
| At a rally in Iowa on Wednesday, Clinton said the remark, which she called a “casual inciting of violence”, offered further proof that Trump does not have the temperament to be president. | At a rally in Iowa on Wednesday, Clinton said the remark, which she called a “casual inciting of violence”, offered further proof that Trump does not have the temperament to be president. |
| “Words matter, my friends,” Clinton said, drawing cheers from the crowd. “And if you are running to be president or if you are president of the United States, words can have tremendous consequences.” | “Words matter, my friends,” Clinton said, drawing cheers from the crowd. “And if you are running to be president or if you are president of the United States, words can have tremendous consequences.” |
| After a volatile week on the campaign trail, the Republican nominee hurled himself once again into the center of controversy, and the backlash has been swift and fierce from Democrats, gun control advocates, members of the media and even some Republicans. | After a volatile week on the campaign trail, the Republican nominee hurled himself once again into the center of controversy, and the backlash has been swift and fierce from Democrats, gun control advocates, members of the media and even some Republicans. |
| The remarks came during a rally in North Carolina on Tuesday, as Trump told a crowd that if Clinton is elected she would have the power to appoint liberal supreme court justices. | The remarks came during a rally in North Carolina on Tuesday, as Trump told a crowd that if Clinton is elected she would have the power to appoint liberal supreme court justices. |
| “If she gets to pick her judges, nothing you can do, folks,” Trump said. “Although the second amendment people, maybe there is, I don’t know. But I’ll tell you what, that will be a horrible day.” | “If she gets to pick her judges, nothing you can do, folks,” Trump said. “Although the second amendment people, maybe there is, I don’t know. But I’ll tell you what, that will be a horrible day.” |
| Related: Hillary Clinton: Trump hinting at assassination is a 'casual inciting of violence' | Related: Hillary Clinton: Trump hinting at assassination is a 'casual inciting of violence' |
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| Former first daughter: Trump's comments 'glib and horrifying' | Former first daughter: Trump's comments 'glib and horrifying' |
| Patti Davis, the daughter of late former president Ronald Reagan, lambasted Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump for his “glib and horrifying comment” that appeared to encourage second amendment activists to take matters into their owns hands if Hillary Clinton were elected president and began appointing federal judges. | Patti Davis, the daughter of late former president Ronald Reagan, lambasted Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump for his “glib and horrifying comment” that appeared to encourage second amendment activists to take matters into their owns hands if Hillary Clinton were elected president and began appointing federal judges. |
| Davis, whose father was almost assassinated by John Hinckley in 1981, called Trump’s remarks “horrifying,” and potentially inspirational for mentally unwell people with access to firearms. | Davis, whose father was almost assassinated by John Hinckley in 1981, called Trump’s remarks “horrifying,” and potentially inspirational for mentally unwell people with access to firearms. |
| “I am the daughter of a man who was shot by someone who got his inspiration from a movie, someone who believed if he killed the President the actress from that movie would notice him,” Davis said. “Your glib and horrifying comment about ‘Second Amendment people’ was heard around the world.” | “I am the daughter of a man who was shot by someone who got his inspiration from a movie, someone who believed if he killed the President the actress from that movie would notice him,” Davis said. “Your glib and horrifying comment about ‘Second Amendment people’ was heard around the world.” |
| Davis continued, drawing direct comparison between the erotomania that drove Hinckley to attempt to assassinate her father with the potential for Trump’s words to resonate with another would-be assassin: | Davis continued, drawing direct comparison between the erotomania that drove Hinckley to attempt to assassinate her father with the potential for Trump’s words to resonate with another would-be assassin: |
| It was heard by sane and decent people who shudder at your fondness for verbal violence. It was heard by your supporters, many of whom gleefully and angrily yell, ‘Lock her up!’ at your rallies. It was heard by the person sitting alone in a room, locked in his own dark fantasies, who sees unbridled violence as a way to make his mark in the world, and is just looking for ideas. Yes, Mr. Trump, words matter. But then you know that, which makes this all even more horrifying. | It was heard by sane and decent people who shudder at your fondness for verbal violence. It was heard by your supporters, many of whom gleefully and angrily yell, ‘Lock her up!’ at your rallies. It was heard by the person sitting alone in a room, locked in his own dark fantasies, who sees unbridled violence as a way to make his mark in the world, and is just looking for ideas. Yes, Mr. Trump, words matter. But then you know that, which makes this all even more horrifying. |
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| The best quotation from the Time piece on Trump’s campaign: | The best quotation from the Time piece on Trump’s campaign: |
| On other campaigns, we would have to scrounge for crumbs. Here, it’s a fire hose. He can set himself on fire at breakfast, kill a nun at lunch and waterboard a puppy in the afternoon. And that doesn’t even get us to prime time. | On other campaigns, we would have to scrounge for crumbs. Here, it’s a fire hose. He can set himself on fire at breakfast, kill a nun at lunch and waterboard a puppy in the afternoon. And that doesn’t even get us to prime time. |
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| Donald Trump’s assertion that he opposed the Iraq war before the 2003 invasion has long since been debunked, but an unearthed section from one of Trump’s many books shows that the real estate tycoon supported invading Iraq as early as 2000. | Donald Trump’s assertion that he opposed the Iraq war before the 2003 invasion has long since been debunked, but an unearthed section from one of Trump’s many books shows that the real estate tycoon supported invading Iraq as early as 2000. |
| “I’m no warmonger,” Trump wrote in his book The America We Deserve, published three years before the invasion of Iraq. “But the fact is, if we decide to strike against Iraq is necessary, it is madness not to carry the mission to its conclusion. When we don’t we have the worst of all worlds: Iraq remains a threat, and now has more incentive than ever to attack us.” | “I’m no warmonger,” Trump wrote in his book The America We Deserve, published three years before the invasion of Iraq. “But the fact is, if we decide to strike against Iraq is necessary, it is madness not to carry the mission to its conclusion. When we don’t we have the worst of all worlds: Iraq remains a threat, and now has more incentive than ever to attack us.” |
| “Am I being contradictory here, by presenting myself as a deal-maker and then recommending preemptive strikes?” Trump continued. “I don’t think so. There’s nothing really comparable to unleashing a squadron of bombers, but in the world of business sometimes you have to make quick, secret, decisive moves in order to gain a negotiating advantage.” | “Am I being contradictory here, by presenting myself as a deal-maker and then recommending preemptive strikes?” Trump continued. “I don’t think so. There’s nothing really comparable to unleashing a squadron of bombers, but in the world of business sometimes you have to make quick, secret, decisive moves in order to gain a negotiating advantage.” |
| Trump then compares preemptive strikes against Iraq to his battles against landmarking commissions. | Trump then compares preemptive strikes against Iraq to his battles against landmarking commissions. |
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| Donald Trump doubles down: Obama is 'the founder' of Isis | Donald Trump doubles down: Obama is 'the founder' of Isis |
| During a speech in Florida last night, Donald Trump declared that President Barack Obama is “the founder of Isis.” | During a speech in Florida last night, Donald Trump declared that President Barack Obama is “the founder of Isis.” |
| “In many respects, you know, they honor President Obama,” Trump said. “He’s the founder of ISIS. He’s the founder of ISIS. He’s the founder. He founded ISIS.” | “In many respects, you know, they honor President Obama,” Trump said. “He’s the founder of ISIS. He’s the founder of ISIS. He’s the founder. He founded ISIS.” |
| During a radio interview today with Hugh Hewitt, Trump doubled down on his remarks. Hewitt attempted to explain to Trump what his own remarks meant, telling the Republican presidential candidate: “I know what you meant - you meant that he created the vacuum, he lost the peace.” | During a radio interview today with Hugh Hewitt, Trump doubled down on his remarks. Hewitt attempted to explain to Trump what his own remarks meant, telling the Republican presidential candidate: “I know what you meant - you meant that he created the vacuum, he lost the peace.” |
| Trump had none of it. | Trump had none of it. |
| “No, I meant that he’s the founder of Isis, I do,” Trump said. “He was the most valuable player - I gave him the most valuable player award. I give her too, by the way.” | “No, I meant that he’s the founder of Isis, I do,” Trump said. “He was the most valuable player - I gave him the most valuable player award. I give her too, by the way.” |
| Hewitt disagreed, pointing out that Obama is “not sympathetic to them. He hates them - he’s trying to kill them.” | Hewitt disagreed, pointing out that Obama is “not sympathetic to them. He hates them - he’s trying to kill them.” |
| Trump soldiered on: “He was the founder, his - the way he got out of Iraq was the founding of Isis.” | Trump soldiered on: “He was the founder, his - the way he got out of Iraq was the founding of Isis.” |
| Hewitt asked Trump if he felt like he was making a tactical mistake in calling the leader of the free world, who has called Isis “a terrorist organization, pure and simple,” the founder of Isis. Trump did not. | Hewitt asked Trump if he felt like he was making a tactical mistake in calling the leader of the free world, who has called Isis “a terrorist organization, pure and simple,” the founder of Isis. Trump did not. |
| “No, it’s no mistake,” Trump said. “Everyone’s liking it. I think they’re liking it.” | “No, it’s no mistake,” Trump said. “Everyone’s liking it. I think they’re liking it.” |
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| Report: RNC threatened to abandon Trump | Report: RNC threatened to abandon Trump |
| Good morning, and welcome to the Guardian’s campaign liveblog. According to a blockbuster report from Time magazine – complete with an evocative cover – Republican National Committee chair Reince Priebus has told presidential nominee Donald Trump that if he doesn’t manage to right his listing campaign, the Republican party may abandon ship in favor of saving down-ballot Republicans. | Good morning, and welcome to the Guardian’s campaign liveblog. According to a blockbuster report from Time magazine – complete with an evocative cover – Republican National Committee chair Reince Priebus has told presidential nominee Donald Trump that if he doesn’t manage to right his listing campaign, the Republican party may abandon ship in favor of saving down-ballot Republicans. |
| Quoting two anonymous party officials familiar with the conversation, Time says Priebus bluntly told Trump that internal polling suggests that he is on track to lose the general election, big league, and that he’d have been better off taking a Mar-a-Lago vacation than hitting the trail after the Republican national convention in Cleveland. | Quoting two anonymous party officials familiar with the conversation, Time says Priebus bluntly told Trump that internal polling suggests that he is on track to lose the general election, big league, and that he’d have been better off taking a Mar-a-Lago vacation than hitting the trail after the Republican national convention in Cleveland. |
| Trump told Time he dismissed the story. | Trump told Time he dismissed the story. |
| “Reince Priebus is a terrific guy,” Trump said. “He never said that.” | “Reince Priebus is a terrific guy,” Trump said. “He never said that.” |
| Despite the continued fallout from his ill-advised feud with the family of an army captain killed in the line of duty, and lingering questions following remarks that implied that his supporters might take the second amendment into their own hands if Hillary Clinton wins the general election, Trump said that his campaign is going just fine. | Despite the continued fallout from his ill-advised feud with the family of an army captain killed in the line of duty, and lingering questions following remarks that implied that his supporters might take the second amendment into their own hands if Hillary Clinton wins the general election, Trump said that his campaign is going just fine. |
| “Well, I think we’re doing well,” Trump said. “We have tremendous crowds. We have the same level of enthusiasm that we’ve had, if not more. Some of the polls are down a little bit. We have some polls that are not down very much. But I think we’re moving along. I think we’re doing fine.” | “Well, I think we’re doing well,” Trump said. “We have tremendous crowds. We have the same level of enthusiasm that we’ve had, if not more. Some of the polls are down a little bit. We have some polls that are not down very much. But I think we’re moving along. I think we’re doing fine.” |
| Here’s the schedule for today’s campaigning: | Here’s the schedule for today’s campaigning: |
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