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| Trump says he'll be known as 'Mr Brexit' despite poor poll showing – politics live | Trump says he'll be known as 'Mr Brexit' despite poor poll showing – politics live |
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| Which is more predictive of electoral success, crowd size or polling? A debate on the question broke out on Fox News. Dana Perino, one of George W Bush’s press secretaries, points out that in the very most recent presidential election, Republicans were saying the polls were wrong, but they weren’t. To say that her voice of reason falls on deaf ears fails to capture the mystification that crosses her face: | |
| Shorter @DanaPerino: That's not how any of this works... (h/t @KatieSimmons_17) pic.twitter.com/si8gk6yjRi | |
| 2.09pm BST | 2.09pm BST |
| 14:09 | 14:09 |
| 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 has announced on Twitter that he will soon be known as “MR. BREXIT!” It’s unclear what he means as he is not an EU member country. Here’s the tweet: | Donald Trump has announced on Twitter that he will soon be known as “MR. BREXIT!” It’s unclear what he means as he is not an EU member country. Here’s the tweet: |
| They will soon be calling me MR. BREXIT! | They will soon be calling me MR. BREXIT! |
| Trump may mean that, as the Brexit vote confounded late-stage polls seeming to show momentum in the direction of Remain, he will make fools of pollsters currently showing him losing by a lot everywhere. Which polls? You know the answer: all of them. (Seriously: all of them.) | Trump may mean that, as the Brexit vote confounded late-stage polls seeming to show momentum in the direction of Remain, he will make fools of pollsters currently showing him losing by a lot everywhere. Which polls? You know the answer: all of them. (Seriously: all of them.) |
| My god. This is the funniest video I've seen in a long time. pic.twitter.com/lcKskD8NKh | My god. This is the funniest video I've seen in a long time. pic.twitter.com/lcKskD8NKh |
| Explainer: Mr. Brexit was the endearingly oafish next-door neighbor in Mary Poppins, Trump's favorite movie. https://t.co/ErCCLU5hp4 | Explainer: Mr. Brexit was the endearingly oafish next-door neighbor in Mary Poppins, Trump's favorite movie. https://t.co/ErCCLU5hp4 |
| You misspelled Bullshit. And we've been calling you that for a while now. https://t.co/5G7eeE7Upa | You misspelled Bullshit. And we've been calling you that for a while now. https://t.co/5G7eeE7Upa |
| They will soon be calling me Dr. BREXIT. pic.twitter.com/R0FKk5flJQ | They will soon be calling me Dr. BREXIT. pic.twitter.com/R0FKk5flJQ |
| ‘Trump is a nut’ | ‘Trump is a nut’ |
| Classic @stuartpstevens on what Trump's hiring of Bannon means for Republicans (https://t.co/pW1BwXyHe9): pic.twitter.com/vyWaoW2kIi | Classic @stuartpstevens on what Trump's hiring of Bannon means for Republicans (https://t.co/pW1BwXyHe9): pic.twitter.com/vyWaoW2kIi |
| Hillary Clinton plans to meet today in New York with leading law enforcement officers from around the country, the Washington Post reports. | Hillary Clinton plans to meet today in New York with leading law enforcement officers from around the country, the Washington Post reports. |
| Thank you for reading and please join us in the comments. | Thank you for reading and please join us in the comments. |