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| Hillary Clinton and Tim Kaine release tax returns – campaign live | Hillary Clinton and Tim Kaine release tax returns – campaign live |
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| 10.17pm BST | |
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| Corey Lewandowski joins the paid speech circuit | |
| Donald Trump’s ex-campaign manager, Corey Lewandowski, has signed to a speaker’s bureau as an insider who can reveal “behind the scenes” secrets from the campaign. | |
| The former campaign manager, who was charged with battery for allegedly grabbing a reporter, signed a confidentiality agreement as part of his employment with Trump, and it’s unknown what effect that will have on the content of his speeches, notes Politico, who first broke the news of Lewandowski’s new speech career. | |
| Lewandowski was fired from Team Trump in late June, and Donald Trump Jnr later accused Lewandowski of attempting to sabotage the campaign. He’s also getting work as a CNN commentator. | |
| His profile on the Leading Authorities website proclaims: | |
| What did the Trump and Sanders campaigns see that no one else saw? Why was no one able to predict Trump’s eventual nomination? What do businesses and associations need to know as we head into 2017? | |
| Audiences will appreciate Lewandowski’s insights into polling, demographics, historic rallies, and the energy that drove Trump to become the unexpected nominee, plus what all this means for future candidates and elections. | |
| If you’re interested in going behind the scenes of this year’s race, there is no one better positioned to discuss Trump’s runaway success than Corey Lewandowski. Whether paired with a Democratic colleague or by himself, audiences will enjoy getting an insider’s perspective on this unprecedented election. | |
| There’s no advertised price for a Lewandowski speech, although it’s probably less than the $250,000 per speech that Hillary Clinton received for speaking to Goldman Sachs. | |
| 9.43pm BST | 9.43pm BST |
| 21:43 | 21:43 |
| Here’s the view from the new Trump Orlando office, where you can see the Pulse nightclub memorial. | Here’s the view from the new Trump Orlando office, where you can see the Pulse nightclub memorial. |
| Pulse nightclub memorial site in Orlando reflected in the window of Trump's new field office. Photo by @mmcnarney. pic.twitter.com/LbRk2TdLE2 | Pulse nightclub memorial site in Orlando reflected in the window of Trump's new field office. Photo by @mmcnarney. pic.twitter.com/LbRk2TdLE2 |
| 9.23pm BST | 9.23pm BST |
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| Trump opens Orlando field office across from Pulse nightclub | Trump opens Orlando field office across from Pulse nightclub |
| Donald Trump will open a campaign office directly across the road from Pulse nightclub, the scene of the June Orlando shooting where 49 people, mainly gay Latinos and people of color were killed, reports Bloomberg. | Donald Trump will open a campaign office directly across the road from Pulse nightclub, the scene of the June Orlando shooting where 49 people, mainly gay Latinos and people of color were killed, reports Bloomberg. |
| Bloomberg describes the new office, one of 24 being open in coming weeks. Florida is a key swing state: | Bloomberg describes the new office, one of 24 being open in coming weeks. Florida is a key swing state: |
| The Orlando field office, which will officially open Monday, is tucked inside a tax preparer’s storefront, sandwiched between a tattoo parlor and a cell phone accessory shop. | The Orlando field office, which will officially open Monday, is tucked inside a tax preparer’s storefront, sandwiched between a tattoo parlor and a cell phone accessory shop. |
| It was unoccupied and locked Friday, but posters are taped to the front windows, chairs are neatly arranged, and packages of bottled water and snack chips, still wrapped in plastic, wait on a side table. | It was unoccupied and locked Friday, but posters are taped to the front windows, chairs are neatly arranged, and packages of bottled water and snack chips, still wrapped in plastic, wait on a side table. |
| From the front door, one can see the steady stream of mourners who still visit Pulse throughout the day and night. The dark building is surrounded by chain-link fence and a privacy screen that’s now covered with rainbow flags and homemade signs of sympathy and remembrance. Candles and flowers are arranged on the sidewalk. | From the front door, one can see the steady stream of mourners who still visit Pulse throughout the day and night. The dark building is surrounded by chain-link fence and a privacy screen that’s now covered with rainbow flags and homemade signs of sympathy and remembrance. Candles and flowers are arranged on the sidewalk. |
| The morning after the shooting, Trump tweeted that his thanks for being congratulated about Islamic terrorism (the shooter Omar Mateen was Muslim, but - as it came out in days after the shooting - also seemed to be struggling with his own sexuality). | The morning after the shooting, Trump tweeted that his thanks for being congratulated about Islamic terrorism (the shooter Omar Mateen was Muslim, but - as it came out in days after the shooting - also seemed to be struggling with his own sexuality). |
| Appreciate the congrats for being right on radical Islamic terrorism, I don't want congrats, I want toughness & vigilance. We must be smart! | Appreciate the congrats for being right on radical Islamic terrorism, I don't want congrats, I want toughness & vigilance. We must be smart! |
| Trump regularly references the Orlando shooting, which is the nation’s worst mass shooting in history, during his rally speeches, saying if more people had guns they would have been able to stop the shooter. | Trump regularly references the Orlando shooting, which is the nation’s worst mass shooting in history, during his rally speeches, saying if more people had guns they would have been able to stop the shooter. |
| “If some of those wonderful people had guns strapped right here, right to their waist or right to their ankle and this son of a bitch comes out and starts shooting and one of the people in that room happened to have [a gun] and goes ‘boom, boom.’ You know what, that would have been a beautiful, beautiful sight, folks,” he said in the days following the shooting. He later clarified that he meant for guards and security guards to be armed, not club goers. | “If some of those wonderful people had guns strapped right here, right to their waist or right to their ankle and this son of a bitch comes out and starts shooting and one of the people in that room happened to have [a gun] and goes ‘boom, boom.’ You know what, that would have been a beautiful, beautiful sight, folks,” he said in the days following the shooting. He later clarified that he meant for guards and security guards to be armed, not club goers. |
| 8.47pm BST | 8.47pm BST |
| 20:47 | 20:47 |
| One Trump supporter still appreciates “the lowest form of humanity”. | One Trump supporter still appreciates “the lowest form of humanity”. |
| This lady just came up to me and said "I still love CNN." pic.twitter.com/3uSqnkRFRf | This lady just came up to me and said "I still love CNN." pic.twitter.com/3uSqnkRFRf |
| 8.34pm BST | 8.34pm BST |
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| “We have to win Pennsylvania. I went to school here. My kids went to school here,” said Trump. | “We have to win Pennsylvania. I went to school here. My kids went to school here,” said Trump. |
| He talks more about winning, and needing to get the country winning again. He then thanks the crowd, and heads offstage to the tune of Rolling Stone’s Can’t Always Get What You Want, which has become a bit of signature tune for him as he leaves and seems like the most confusing campaign message song of all time. | He talks more about winning, and needing to get the country winning again. He then thanks the crowd, and heads offstage to the tune of Rolling Stone’s Can’t Always Get What You Want, which has become a bit of signature tune for him as he leaves and seems like the most confusing campaign message song of all time. |
| 8.25pm BST | 8.25pm BST |
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| Oh, those protesters from before were calling for Trump’s tax forms, on the same day that Hillary Clinton and Tim Kaine’s tax forms were released. | Oh, those protesters from before were calling for Trump’s tax forms, on the same day that Hillary Clinton and Tim Kaine’s tax forms were released. |
| Half-dozen protesters just popped up at @realDonaldTrump's event, holding signs that say "TAX FORMS." Same day Clinton released tax returns | Half-dozen protesters just popped up at @realDonaldTrump's event, holding signs that say "TAX FORMS." Same day Clinton released tax returns |
| 8.09pm BST | 8.09pm BST |
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| Trump was 'being sarcastic' over Obama ISIS comment: 'but not that sarcastic' | Trump was 'being sarcastic' over Obama ISIS comment: 'but not that sarcastic' |
| Trump references his ‘Obama is the founder of ISIS’ comments from this week, blaming the media for making it a story. | Trump references his ‘Obama is the founder of ISIS’ comments from this week, blaming the media for making it a story. |
| “Of course I was being sarcastic, they know it,” says Trump. Before adding shortly afterwards, he adds: “But not that sarcastic, to be honest with you.” | “Of course I was being sarcastic, they know it,” says Trump. Before adding shortly afterwards, he adds: “But not that sarcastic, to be honest with you.” |
| When Trump mentions “I said Obama was the founder of ISIS,” the audience cheers loudly. | When Trump mentions “I said Obama was the founder of ISIS,” the audience cheers loudly. |
| He then criticizes the “dishonest media people.” | He then criticizes the “dishonest media people.” |
| “They knew I was being sarcastic... These people are the lowest form of life, I’m telling you. The lowest. The lowest form of humanity. Not all of them, they have about 25% that are OK,” says Trump. | “They knew I was being sarcastic... These people are the lowest form of life, I’m telling you. The lowest. The lowest form of humanity. Not all of them, they have about 25% that are OK,” says Trump. |
| 8.05pm BST | 8.05pm BST |
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| “If I ever said I short circuited, it would be headlines all over the world. They would call for the death penalty,” says Trump to laughs, referencing Hillary Clinton’s ‘short-circuited’ over emails. | “If I ever said I short circuited, it would be headlines all over the world. They would call for the death penalty,” says Trump to laughs, referencing Hillary Clinton’s ‘short-circuited’ over emails. |
| “I’m not looking at notes, I’m not reading teleprompters. Not easy, not easy. And if I make one mistake, it’s like ‘oh he got a wrong date, headlines!’” | “I’m not looking at notes, I’m not reading teleprompters. Not easy, not easy. And if I make one mistake, it’s like ‘oh he got a wrong date, headlines!’” |
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| A man unfurled a Confederate flag with the word ‘Trump’ emblazoned on it at a Florida rally for the Republican candidate on Thursday. The man was soon approached by police officers who asked him to take it down. Later the flag was replaced with an American flag hanging in the same spot. | A man unfurled a Confederate flag with the word ‘Trump’ emblazoned on it at a Florida rally for the Republican candidate on Thursday. The man was soon approached by police officers who asked him to take it down. Later the flag was replaced with an American flag hanging in the same spot. |
| 7.47pm BST | 7.47pm BST |
| 19:47 | 19:47 |
| A protester appears, stopping the rally. Once they are taken away, Trump replies: | A protester appears, stopping the rally. Once they are taken away, Trump replies: |
| “The Bernie Sanders protesters were much much stronger, they had much more passion, I have to say.” | “The Bernie Sanders protesters were much much stronger, they had much more passion, I have to say.” |
| He says protesters are on the same side as him. | He says protesters are on the same side as him. |
| “You know it’s interesting, if I can speak to them for like five minutes: we want a strong military, we want to take care of our people, we good housing, we want good education... we’re all in it for the same thing,” says Trump. | “You know it’s interesting, if I can speak to them for like five minutes: we want a strong military, we want to take care of our people, we good housing, we want good education... we’re all in it for the same thing,” says Trump. |