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| Hillary Clinton: 'There is no new Donald Trump' – campaign live | |
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| Breitbart CEO calls Bannon 'a huge piece of manpower' | |
| Breitbart statement on Bannon joining campaign: pic.twitter.com/QY6RcY6jVI | |
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| Clinton: 'there is no new Donald Trump' | |
| Clinton alludes to the deckchair rearrangement on luxury liner Trump and says it does not matter: | |
| He can hire and fire whoever he wants from his campaign. They can make him read new words from a teleprompter. But he is still the same man who insults gold star families, mocks people with disabilities and thinks he knows more about Isis than our generals. There is no new Donald Trump – this is it. | |
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| This new swing-state poll of likely voters bears the same old good news for Clinton in Virginia and Colorado (note: Quinnipiac ran its survey from August 9-16, meaning before the bombshell news overnight that Trump had hired the Breitbart bigshot to run his campaign; unskew accordingly). | |
| New @QuinnipiacPoll release:CO: Clinton 49, Trump 39IA: Clinton 47, Trump 44VA: Clinton 50, Trump 38https://t.co/nfPXJdKcc5 | |
| Polling averages have Clinton up by seven in Colorado, two in Iowa and seven in Virginia. A Washington Post poll of Virginia released yesterday had Clinton up eight among likely voters. | |
| Friendly reminder without VA/CO Trump *must* win PA/FL/OH/NC to be POTUSNB: He cant win PANB2: POTUS race is over https://t.co/SaSOWQvx4g | |
| Awfully difficult to get Trump to 270 electoral votes when Clinton has big leads in states totaling 273 electoral votes. | |
| Clinton seems to be leading. Dems seem to be leading in IL, IN, NH, PA, & WI. Good enough for control of the Senate. | |
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| Newly minted campaign manager argues there are secret Trump voters not reflected in polls | Newly minted campaign manager argues there are secret Trump voters not reflected in polls |
| Lauren Gambino | Lauren Gambino |
| The Guardian’s Lauren Gambino with the pool of reporters tracking Donald Trump today in Manhattan. She spoke with Kellyanne Conway, the pollster promoted to campaign manager in the overnight Trump campaign shake-up. | The Guardian’s Lauren Gambino with the pool of reporters tracking Donald Trump today in Manhattan. She spoke with Kellyanne Conway, the pollster promoted to campaign manager in the overnight Trump campaign shake-up. |
| “Now we see a number of voters who are not coming clean about their support for Donald Trump,” Conway tells Lauren. And don’t call it a shake-up: | “Now we see a number of voters who are not coming clean about their support for Donald Trump,” Conway tells Lauren. And don’t call it a shake-up: |
| “This is an expansion at an incredibly busy time, the last 12-week homestretch for the campaign. We look at personnel as more as more. With Paul continuing as our chairman and Rick Gates as his deputy, Stephen Bannon and I have been added to what I would call the “core four” of that senior team and we’re going to divide responsibilities according to our best an highest uses.” | “This is an expansion at an incredibly busy time, the last 12-week homestretch for the campaign. We look at personnel as more as more. With Paul continuing as our chairman and Rick Gates as his deputy, Stephen Bannon and I have been added to what I would call the “core four” of that senior team and we’re going to divide responsibilities according to our best an highest uses.” |
| Q: How will she and Bannon work together? | Q: How will she and Bannon work together? |
| “Steve Bannon and I have tremendous respect for each other as colleagues and as friends and we also have the trust of Donald Trump the candidate. You first of all have the trust of the candidate and the latitude … We have different styles but we have one vision.” | “Steve Bannon and I have tremendous respect for each other as colleagues and as friends and we also have the trust of Donald Trump the candidate. You first of all have the trust of the candidate and the latitude … We have different styles but we have one vision.” |
| She said she expects to hit the campaign field and TV circuit while Bannon mans the HQ at Trump Tower. | She said she expects to hit the campaign field and TV circuit while Bannon mans the HQ at Trump Tower. |
| Q: Is the race over or just getting started? | Q: Is the race over or just getting started? |
| “Two or three things we’ve all learned about Donald Trump is No 1: Don’t underestimate him. No 2: You know he exceeds expectations and No 3: he also exceeds the metrics that are usually at play, meaning he over performed many of his polling averages in the primaries and the caucuses. But now we see a number of voters who are not coming clean about their support for Donald Trump. I can’t find a single hidden Hilary Clinton voter in the country. I’ve been looking for him or her. They all seem to be out, proudly saying that their voting for Hillary Clinton. | “Two or three things we’ve all learned about Donald Trump is No 1: Don’t underestimate him. No 2: You know he exceeds expectations and No 3: he also exceeds the metrics that are usually at play, meaning he over performed many of his polling averages in the primaries and the caucuses. But now we see a number of voters who are not coming clean about their support for Donald Trump. I can’t find a single hidden Hilary Clinton voter in the country. I’ve been looking for him or her. They all seem to be out, proudly saying that their voting for Hillary Clinton. |
| “In the case of Mr. Trump, the race isn’t over because August is not October let alone November.” | “In the case of Mr. Trump, the race isn’t over because August is not October let alone November.” |
| Q: How does Manafort fit in on the new team?: | Q: How does Manafort fit in on the new team?: |
| “We would hope and expect Paul continues to do many of things he’s been doing. He’s just been doing the job of three or four people. We’re there to help him in that regard and he’s there to help us.” | “We would hope and expect Paul continues to do many of things he’s been doing. He’s just been doing the job of three or four people. We’re there to help him in that regard and he’s there to help us.” |
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| Clinton has just taken the stage in Cleveland. Scroll back a couple blocks for the live video! | Clinton has just taken the stage in Cleveland. Scroll back a couple blocks for the live video! |
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| Trump: 'the Democratic party has failed the African American community' | Trump: 'the Democratic party has failed the African American community' |
| Just before appointing the head of a web site that traffics in racist conspiracy theories to run his campaign, Trump made a pitch, in a speech in Wisconsin last night, to African American voters. | Just before appointing the head of a web site that traffics in racist conspiracy theories to run his campaign, Trump made a pitch, in a speech in Wisconsin last night, to African American voters. |
| “It’s time to give the Democrats some competition for these votes,” Trump said: | “It’s time to give the Democrats some competition for these votes,” Trump said: |
| Here’s our news coverage of Trump’s speech: | Here’s our news coverage of Trump’s speech: |
| Related: Trump appeals to black voters in attempt to offset dismal polling | Related: Trump appeals to black voters in attempt to offset dismal polling |
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| Here’s that live video stream from Cleveland, where Hillary Clinton is scheduled to appear before long (actually she’s scheduled to appear right this minute but let’s be honest): | Here’s that live video stream from Cleveland, where Hillary Clinton is scheduled to appear before long (actually she’s scheduled to appear right this minute but let’s be honest): |
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| Who will stand to gainsay him? | Who will stand to gainsay him? |
| .@benshapiro on Trump on @CNN just now: "A turd tornado. It's like Sharknado, but with poop." | .@benshapiro on Trump on @CNN just now: "A turd tornado. It's like Sharknado, but with poop." |
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| Good news for Donald Trump in Indiana, which succumbed in 2008 to the charms of Barack Obama: a new Monmouth poll has the Republican candidate 11 points ahead of rival Hillary Clinton. Trump’s running mate, Mike Pence, is the current Indiana governor. | Good news for Donald Trump in Indiana, which succumbed in 2008 to the charms of Barack Obama: a new Monmouth poll has the Republican candidate 11 points ahead of rival Hillary Clinton. Trump’s running mate, Mike Pence, is the current Indiana governor. |
| The poll contains perhaps better news, though, for Democrats, for whom picking up the US senate seat being vacated by the retiring Republican Dan Coats is a crucial part of a plan to regain the senate majority. | The poll contains perhaps better news, though, for Democrats, for whom picking up the US senate seat being vacated by the retiring Republican Dan Coats is a crucial part of a plan to regain the senate majority. |
| Democrat Evan Bayh, a former Hoosier governor and senator, is seven points up on congressman Todd Young in the poll. There haven’t been enough polls to establish a meaningful average in the senate race. | Democrat Evan Bayh, a former Hoosier governor and senator, is seven points up on congressman Todd Young in the poll. There haven’t been enough polls to establish a meaningful average in the senate race. |
| A non-partisan poll from Monmouth has Bayh up 7 in Indiana. https://t.co/ae9axaEcek (Trump leads by 11.) | A non-partisan poll from Monmouth has Bayh up 7 in Indiana. https://t.co/ae9axaEcek (Trump leads by 11.) |
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| Hillary Clinton is scheduled to speak shortly at a rally in Cleveland, Ohio. We’ll have a live video stream for you when the time comes. Here’s a prelude: | Hillary Clinton is scheduled to speak shortly at a rally in Cleveland, Ohio. We’ll have a live video stream for you when the time comes. Here’s a prelude: |
| .@HillaryClinton meets two Cleveland students who show off robots they built. Yay women (and of color!) in STEM! pic.twitter.com/sQPUR6uOvl | .@HillaryClinton meets two Cleveland students who show off robots they built. Yay women (and of color!) in STEM! pic.twitter.com/sQPUR6uOvl |
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| Mook: 'we absolutely expect' deluge of 'wild' attacks after Bannon hire | Mook: 'we absolutely expect' deluge of 'wild' attacks after Bannon hire |
| Hillary Clinton campaign manager Robby Mook, in a conference call with reporters, has criticized Donald Trump’s hiring of Breitbart chief Steve Bannon to run his campaign. | Hillary Clinton campaign manager Robby Mook, in a conference call with reporters, has criticized Donald Trump’s hiring of Breitbart chief Steve Bannon to run his campaign. |
| “After several failed attempts to pivot into a more serious and presidential mode, Donald Trump has decided to double down on his most small, nasty and divisive instincts by turning his campaign over to someone who is best known for running a so-called news site [that traffics in] racist, anti-Muslim, anti-Semitic conspiracy theories...” Mook said. | “After several failed attempts to pivot into a more serious and presidential mode, Donald Trump has decided to double down on his most small, nasty and divisive instincts by turning his campaign over to someone who is best known for running a so-called news site [that traffics in] racist, anti-Muslim, anti-Semitic conspiracy theories...” Mook said. |
| “Not matter how much the establishment wants to clean Donald Trump up, get him on a teleprompter, he has officially won the fight to let Trump be Trump. He keeps telling us who he is, it’s time to believe him.” | “Not matter how much the establishment wants to clean Donald Trump up, get him on a teleprompter, he has officially won the fight to let Trump be Trump. He keeps telling us who he is, it’s time to believe him.” |
| Mook went on to say that the Breitbart organization had been known to defend white supremacists, had compared the work of Planned Parenthood to the Holocaust and had used anti-LGBT slurs. | Mook went on to say that the Breitbart organization had been known to defend white supremacists, had compared the work of Planned Parenthood to the Holocaust and had used anti-LGBT slurs. |
| Clinton’s campaign chief said that Trump’s alignment with the site was “unfortunately not a surprise” and that its “divisive, erratic and dangerous rhetoric simply represents who he is.” | Clinton’s campaign chief said that Trump’s alignment with the site was “unfortunately not a surprise” and that its “divisive, erratic and dangerous rhetoric simply represents who he is.” |
| “We should expect in the coming weeks to see more of what at the end of the day voters fear about Donald Trump: the hateful, erratic judgment and wild conspiracy theories,” Mook said. “We absolutely expect with this change for Donald Trump to double down on more hateful and divisive rhetoric, more conspiracy theories, more wild accusations.” | “We should expect in the coming weeks to see more of what at the end of the day voters fear about Donald Trump: the hateful, erratic judgment and wild conspiracy theories,” Mook said. “We absolutely expect with this change for Donald Trump to double down on more hateful and divisive rhetoric, more conspiracy theories, more wild accusations.” |
| Mook said a prospective new onslaught of hardball, Breitbart-style attacks by the Trump campaign on Clinton would not rattle the Democratic nominee. | Mook said a prospective new onslaught of hardball, Breitbart-style attacks by the Trump campaign on Clinton would not rattle the Democratic nominee. |
| “People like Bannon and Breitbart have been going after Hillary Clinton every single day and she’s still standing strong… the voters have always rejected it.” | “People like Bannon and Breitbart have been going after Hillary Clinton every single day and she’s still standing strong… the voters have always rejected it.” |
| Updated | Updated |
| at 5.58pm BST | at 5.58pm BST |
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| The whole electoral college handicapping game has all been a bit anticlimactic so far this year, with Clinton’s paths to victory shaping up as wide and well-paved. | The whole electoral college handicapping game has all been a bit anticlimactic so far this year, with Clinton’s paths to victory shaping up as wide and well-paved. |
| But what if Trump won every tossup state? Whoops – as the race currently stands, not even a swing-state sweep would deliver Trump victory, according to analysis by the nonpartisan Cook political report: | But what if Trump won every tossup state? Whoops – as the race currently stands, not even a swing-state sweep would deliver Trump victory, according to analysis by the nonpartisan Cook political report: |
| Trump could sweep our entire Toss Up column and still come short of 270. New ratings: https://t.co/dzi8TFZh7z pic.twitter.com/z27Oy7Zq0x | Trump could sweep our entire Toss Up column and still come short of 270. New ratings: https://t.co/dzi8TFZh7z pic.twitter.com/z27Oy7Zq0x |
| Holy Toast, Batman! https://t.co/9LJDRyCdf5 | Holy Toast, Batman! https://t.co/9LJDRyCdf5 |
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| Send Sabrina your questions | Send Sabrina your questions |
| Here’s a callout for questions for the Republicans’ Hispanic outreach director, who will join Sabrina Siddiqui for our next Politics for Humans podcast. | Here’s a callout for questions for the Republicans’ Hispanic outreach director, who will join Sabrina Siddiqui for our next Politics for Humans podcast. |
| Got questions for the RNC's director of Hispanic outreach? Shoot them my way for our next Politics for Humans podcast! | Got questions for the RNC's director of Hispanic outreach? Shoot them my way for our next Politics for Humans podcast! |
| Also send your questions for the White House on Obama's legacy on immigration and among the Hispanic population. https://t.co/I6r8fKY1CV | Also send your questions for the White House on Obama's legacy on immigration and among the Hispanic population. https://t.co/I6r8fKY1CV |
| Here are some questions people are suggesting! | Here are some questions people are suggesting! |
| @SabrinaSiddiqui does "director of Hispanic outreach" refer to the number of Hispanics you've successfully reached out to? | @SabrinaSiddiqui does "director of Hispanic outreach" refer to the number of Hispanics you've successfully reached out to? |
| @SabrinaSiddiqui just, "keep up the good work!" | @SabrinaSiddiqui just, "keep up the good work!" |
| @SabrinaSiddiqui so, umm, have you seen this stuff that Trump said about Hispanics? | @SabrinaSiddiqui so, umm, have you seen this stuff that Trump said about Hispanics? |
| Related: Politics for humans: a new podcast from Guardian US | Related: Politics for humans: a new podcast from Guardian US |
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| Hillary Clinton running mate Tim Kaine is about to speak in Cedar Rapids, Iowa: | Hillary Clinton running mate Tim Kaine is about to speak in Cedar Rapids, Iowa: |
| Cedar Rapids is ready to welcome Senator @timkaine! #ioWIN pic.twitter.com/tb56pzKlVB | Cedar Rapids is ready to welcome Senator @timkaine! #ioWIN pic.twitter.com/tb56pzKlVB |
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| What’s Breitbart? On the off chance there are any Guardian readers out there who don’t also faithfully read Breitbart, whose leader just took over the Trump campaign, let’s have a look at the site. | What’s Breitbart? On the off chance there are any Guardian readers out there who don’t also faithfully read Breitbart, whose leader just took over the Trump campaign, let’s have a look at the site. |
| Here’s the current landing page: | Here’s the current landing page: |
| Apart from the splashy coverage of the Bannon news, the top story there is “‘Never Trump’ Leader Kristol: Rename Breitbart ‘Right-Wing Intolerant Mean-Spirited News’. The story quotes Bill Kristol recalling that three months ago, Breitbart branded him a “renegade Jew”: | Apart from the splashy coverage of the Bannon news, the top story there is “‘Never Trump’ Leader Kristol: Rename Breitbart ‘Right-Wing Intolerant Mean-Spirited News’. The story quotes Bill Kristol recalling that three months ago, Breitbart branded him a “renegade Jew”: |
| And a lot of people – I’m not a big, you know, ‘Oh, it’s terrible anti-Semitism’ kind of guy, but that’s a little creepy. And the charges – why was I a ‘renegade Jew?’ Because I didn’t support Donald Trump. | And a lot of people – I’m not a big, you know, ‘Oh, it’s terrible anti-Semitism’ kind of guy, but that’s a little creepy. And the charges – why was I a ‘renegade Jew?’ Because I didn’t support Donald Trump. |
| The second story is the transcript of a CNN brawl from last night. The third story on the site accuses the Anti-defamation league of anti-semitism, for its criticism of Donald Trump. Here’s the top of that story: | The second story is the transcript of a CNN brawl from last night. The third story on the site accuses the Anti-defamation league of anti-semitism, for its criticism of Donald Trump. Here’s the top of that story: |
| The total transformation of the once hallowed Anti-Defamation League may now be complete. Established more than 100 years ago to fight Jew hatred at home and abroad, has the ADL now done a 180? Has its core mission changed from fighting anti-semitism to defending it? That’s the question clearly raised by the ADL’s instant condemnation of Donald Trump’s call Monday to ban anti-semites from entering the United States. | The total transformation of the once hallowed Anti-Defamation League may now be complete. Established more than 100 years ago to fight Jew hatred at home and abroad, has the ADL now done a 180? Has its core mission changed from fighting anti-semitism to defending it? That’s the question clearly raised by the ADL’s instant condemnation of Donald Trump’s call Monday to ban anti-semites from entering the United States. |
| Quality aside, being a Breitbart reader is like being a Marvel comics fan. A complex internal mythology, not easy to explain to non-fans. | Quality aside, being a Breitbart reader is like being a Marvel comics fan. A complex internal mythology, not easy to explain to non-fans. |
| And here’s a sample of top trending headlines on the site: | And here’s a sample of top trending headlines on the site: |
| Women Vote Trump Leader Amy Kremer: Clinton’s Medical Records Should Be Released | Women Vote Trump Leader Amy Kremer: Clinton’s Medical Records Should Be Released |
| Georgia to Implement Work Requirements for Food Stamp Recipients | Georgia to Implement Work Requirements for Food Stamp Recipients |
| Defeat Crooked Hillary PAC: Clinton Told Congress a ‘Flat-out, Bald-faced Lie’ | Defeat Crooked Hillary PAC: Clinton Told Congress a ‘Flat-out, Bald-faced Lie’ |
| Gunman Murders Mother in Front of Her Family Just Miles from Texas Border | Gunman Murders Mother in Front of Her Family Just Miles from Texas Border |
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| NB, Trump today is scheduled to receive his first classified national security briefing, his right as the Republican nominee. Accompanied by New Jersey governor Chris Christie and retired Lt Gen Michael Flynn, Trump is to meet with officials at a Manhattan FBI office. | NB, Trump today is scheduled to receive his first classified national security briefing, his right as the Republican nominee. Accompanied by New Jersey governor Chris Christie and retired Lt Gen Michael Flynn, Trump is to meet with officials at a Manhattan FBI office. |
| Cognoscenti advise that the briefing is likely to stick to basics and caution against alarm over what Trump might find out about, say, a clandestine US posture in former Soviet states, for example. | Cognoscenti advise that the briefing is likely to stick to basics and caution against alarm over what Trump might find out about, say, a clandestine US posture in former Soviet states, for example. |
| Steve Bannon potentially having inside knowledge of a classified briefing is insane. POTUS should postpone or cancel briefing of Trump. | Steve Bannon potentially having inside knowledge of a classified briefing is insane. POTUS should postpone or cancel briefing of Trump. |
| Andrew Breitbart once told me new Trump campaign chair, Bannon, is “the Leni Riefenstahl of the Tea Party movement" https://t.co/XR6mIOwQ97 | Andrew Breitbart once told me new Trump campaign chair, Bannon, is “the Leni Riefenstahl of the Tea Party movement" https://t.co/XR6mIOwQ97 |
| On to Victory. Thanks to everyone for your help and prayers. #MAGA. Donald J. Trump Announces Major Campaign Hires https://t.co/mURjp5piqW | On to Victory. Thanks to everyone for your help and prayers. #MAGA. Donald J. Trump Announces Major Campaign Hires https://t.co/mURjp5piqW |
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| Republican party spox calls Trump shakeup 'healthy' | Republican party spox calls Trump shakeup 'healthy' |
| While to many eyes the recruitment by Donald Trump of Breitbart capitano Steve Bannon to run his presidential campaign looks surely like a sharp internal convolution towards the nastiest version of Trumpism’s small cold core, the chief strategist of the Republican national committee has hailed the hiring as an expansion of the campaign and “a healthy thing’: | While to many eyes the recruitment by Donald Trump of Breitbart capitano Steve Bannon to run his presidential campaign looks surely like a sharp internal convolution towards the nastiest version of Trumpism’s small cold core, the chief strategist of the Republican national committee has hailed the hiring as an expansion of the campaign and “a healthy thing’: |
| “The campaign is expanding... obviously a healthy thing.” RNC's Sean Spicer to @washingtonpost | “The campaign is expanding... obviously a healthy thing.” RNC's Sean Spicer to @washingtonpost |
| Steve Bannon is a messaging machine & a brilliant guyNo one better to help #Trump fight the media weasels and talk directly to America | Steve Bannon is a messaging machine & a brilliant guyNo one better to help #Trump fight the media weasels and talk directly to America |
| Steve Bannon's fantasy of America doesn't exist. He sells to small share of white America. https://t.co/HByvDm9AC4 | Steve Bannon's fantasy of America doesn't exist. He sells to small share of white America. https://t.co/HByvDm9AC4 |
| Will the Republican rank-and-file, along with the party apparatus, remain with Trump if his campaign, as it appears it will, fully embraces the toxic mix of conspiracy, bigotry and anarchy with which the Breitbart site brims? | Will the Republican rank-and-file, along with the party apparatus, remain with Trump if his campaign, as it appears it will, fully embraces the toxic mix of conspiracy, bigotry and anarchy with which the Breitbart site brims? |
| Here’s our interactive tracker of current and former elected Republican officials and where they stand on Trump: | Here’s our interactive tracker of current and former elected Republican officials and where they stand on Trump: |
| Related: Who supports Donald Trump? The new Republican center of gravity | Related: Who supports Donald Trump? The new Republican center of gravity |
| Updated | Updated |
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| Trump's 'deeply un-American' stance on immigration prompts legal concerns | Trump's 'deeply un-American' stance on immigration prompts legal concerns |
| Lauren Gambino | Lauren Gambino |
| A quarter century after the end of the cold war, Donald Trump has proposed restoring ideological tests for immigrants, a move that legal experts say raises a tangle of practical and even constitutional concerns, writes the Guardian’s Lauren Gambino: | A quarter century after the end of the cold war, Donald Trump has proposed restoring ideological tests for immigrants, a move that legal experts say raises a tangle of practical and even constitutional concerns, writes the Guardian’s Lauren Gambino: |
| In a speech on Monday devoid of policy details or specifics, the Republican nominee called for the “extreme vetting” of immigrants, including a screening process to root out applicants who do not uphold “American values”. | In a speech on Monday devoid of policy details or specifics, the Republican nominee called for the “extreme vetting” of immigrants, including a screening process to root out applicants who do not uphold “American values”. |
| Laurence Tribe, a liberal constitutional law professor at Harvard University, said Trump’s proposal was “a nonstarter”. | Laurence Tribe, a liberal constitutional law professor at Harvard University, said Trump’s proposal was “a nonstarter”. |
| “The proposal ... is very deeply un-American, is probably unconstitutional, would almost certainly fail in Congress and is another example of Trump having no idea what he’s talking about,” he said. | “The proposal ... is very deeply un-American, is probably unconstitutional, would almost certainly fail in Congress and is another example of Trump having no idea what he’s talking about,” he said. |
| Restricting immigrants on the basis of ideology is anathema to American values, Tribe argues. Freedom of speech and religion are enshrined under the first amendment of the constitution and the enduring symbol of freedom is the Statue of Liberty welcoming weary immigrants to its shores. | Restricting immigrants on the basis of ideology is anathema to American values, Tribe argues. Freedom of speech and religion are enshrined under the first amendment of the constitution and the enduring symbol of freedom is the Statue of Liberty welcoming weary immigrants to its shores. |
| Read the full piece here: | Read the full piece here: |
| Related: Trump's 'deeply un-American' stance on immigration prompts legal concerns | Related: Trump's 'deeply un-American' stance on immigration prompts legal concerns |
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| Hello and welcome to our live-wire coverage of the 2016 race for the White House. | Hello and welcome to our live-wire coverage of the 2016 race for the White House. |
| Donald Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort may have violated a federal law requiring lobbyists to tell the justice department if they represent foreign entities, an AP investigation has revealed this morning. | Donald Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort may have violated a federal law requiring lobbyists to tell the justice department if they represent foreign entities, an AP investigation has revealed this morning. |
| Sources told AP that Manafort “helped a pro-Russian political party in Ukraine secretly route at least $2.2m to two prominent Washington lobbying firms,” and “the project was structured in ways that obscured the foreign party’s efforts to influence US policy.” | Sources told AP that Manafort “helped a pro-Russian political party in Ukraine secretly route at least $2.2m to two prominent Washington lobbying firms,” and “the project was structured in ways that obscured the foreign party’s efforts to influence US policy.” |
| A violation of the law is a felony and can result in up to five years in prison and a fine of up to $250,000. | A violation of the law is a felony and can result in up to five years in prison and a fine of up to $250,000. |
| Happily for Trump, in a move with truly auspicious timing, the Trump campaign overnight announced a management overhaul that appears to sideline Manafort by installing at the top of the campaign Steve Bannon, the guy who runs Breitbart. Pollster Kellyanne Conway was promoted in the shuffle. | Happily for Trump, in a move with truly auspicious timing, the Trump campaign overnight announced a management overhaul that appears to sideline Manafort by installing at the top of the campaign Steve Bannon, the guy who runs Breitbart. Pollster Kellyanne Conway was promoted in the shuffle. |
| Who’s Steve Bannon? A former investment banker who messed around in Hollywood for a while before making a documentary about Sarah Palin and taking over Breitbart, the hard-right media site dubbed a year ago as “Trump’s Pravda” by Republican soothsayer Rick Wilson. Here’s a good Bloomberg profile of Bannon and here is our news coverage of the campaign shakeup. | Who’s Steve Bannon? A former investment banker who messed around in Hollywood for a while before making a documentary about Sarah Palin and taking over Breitbart, the hard-right media site dubbed a year ago as “Trump’s Pravda” by Republican soothsayer Rick Wilson. Here’s a good Bloomberg profile of Bannon and here is our news coverage of the campaign shakeup. |
| In this full consummation of the Trump and Breitbart brands, could Trump finally have hit on the strategy that will help him win the middle? Let’s check what the critics are saying: | In this full consummation of the Trump and Breitbart brands, could Trump finally have hit on the strategy that will help him win the middle? Let’s check what the critics are saying: |
| New Trump campaign motto:"Let Trump be Trump and let Clinton be President"https://t.co/bh5risUdqu | New Trump campaign motto:"Let Trump be Trump and let Clinton be President"https://t.co/bh5risUdqu |
| Trump’s medicine for what ails him: a big hearty swig of hair of the dog … https://t.co/RLuUp8benj | Trump’s medicine for what ails him: a big hearty swig of hair of the dog … https://t.co/RLuUp8benj |
| It would be like a losing Bernie Sanders declaring himself in favor of collectivizing agriculture … https://t.co/rXEuA6pH0b | It would be like a losing Bernie Sanders declaring himself in favor of collectivizing agriculture … https://t.co/rXEuA6pH0b |
| Huge rallies. Gloves off. Brutal fights with Clinton. Heavy emphasis on nationalism and populism. That's the Bannon strategy. | Huge rallies. Gloves off. Brutal fights with Clinton. Heavy emphasis on nationalism and populism. That's the Bannon strategy. |
| Trump pivots 360 degrees. Innovative. https://t.co/PbLbMVehuL | Trump pivots 360 degrees. Innovative. https://t.co/PbLbMVehuL |
| Could not make this cycle up if you were dared to come up with the wildest version you could imagine. | Could not make this cycle up if you were dared to come up with the wildest version you could imagine. |
| Trump brings in a hack from Breitbart to run his campaign. Because Breitbart crap is just what American politics needs #Facepalm | Trump brings in a hack from Breitbart to run his campaign. Because Breitbart crap is just what American politics needs #Facepalm |
| Why can't they just run a real campaign? No policy shop, made up conspiracies, bottom feeding victimization, dangerous & reckless rhetoric. | Why can't they just run a real campaign? No policy shop, made up conspiracies, bottom feeding victimization, dangerous & reckless rhetoric. |
| This is more of a divot than a pivot. (Sorry if this has been used, I just woke up) | This is more of a divot than a pivot. (Sorry if this has been used, I just woke up) |
| Hang on so now the Fox News head and the Breitbart head are running the Trump campaign? | Hang on so now the Fox News head and the Breitbart head are running the Trump campaign? |
| On the campaign trail today, Hillary Clinton will appear at an event at John Marshall high school in Cleveland, Ohio, to talk about tax policy. | On the campaign trail today, Hillary Clinton will appear at an event at John Marshall high school in Cleveland, Ohio, to talk about tax policy. |
| In other news, a Bloomberg Politics/Morning Consult poll out this morning found support for Trump undergoing significant shrinkage with investors. People with money in the market favor Trump over Clinton 42-40, the poll found. In June the spread was 50-33 for Trump. | In other news, a Bloomberg Politics/Morning Consult poll out this morning found support for Trump undergoing significant shrinkage with investors. People with money in the market favor Trump over Clinton 42-40, the poll found. In June the spread was 50-33 for Trump. |
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| Updated | Updated |
| at 1.23pm BST | at 1.23pm BST |