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| Donald Trump now in favor of immigration reform – live | |
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| Donald Trump now in favor of immigration reform: 'We work with them' | |
| In comments that run counter to his previous stance on the signature issue of his presidential campaign, Donald Trump told Fox News host Sean Hannity that although undocumented immigrants living in the United States will get “no citizenship,” they will pay back taxes in exchange for possible legal status. | |
| “They’ll pay back taxes, they have to pay taxes, there’s no amnesty, as such, there’s no amnesty, but we work with them,” Trump said, in remarks set to air tonight on Hannity’s show. | |
| “Now, everybody agrees we get the bad ones out,” Trump said of his immigration policy, which heretofore has called for the construction of a 2,000-mile wall along the US southern border and a “deportation force” that would remove the estimated 11 million undocumented immigrants currently estimated to live in the country. | |
| “But when I go through and meet thousands and thousands of people on this subject,” he continued, “and they’ve said, ‘Mr. Trump, I love you, but to take a person who’s been here for 15 or 20 years and throw them and their family out, it’s so tough, Mr. Trump.’ I have it all the time! It’s a very, very hard thing.” | |
| The remarks are the strongest evidence yet that Trump is softening his previous stance on illegal immigration, after a meeting with Latino Republicans over the weekend led multiple outlets to report that Trump had vowed to move beyond his pledge to deport all undocumented immigrants from the country, as well as US citizens born to undocumented immigrants. | |
| But the Trump campaign threw cold water on those reports at the time. Steven Cheung, a spokesman for Trump, said on Saturday: “Trump said nothing today that he hasn’t said many times before, including in his convention speech – enforce our immigration laws, uphold the constitution and be fair and humane while putting American workers first.” | |
| Since fall of last year, Trump vowed to create a “deportation force” to eject undocumented migrants from the US, but campaign manager Kellyanne Conway, a new addition to the campaign after a leadership shakeup earlier this month, waffled on whether the candidate still embraced that idea on Sunday. | |
| “As the weeks unfold, as the weeks unfold, he will lay out the specifics of that plan that he would implement as president of the United States,” Conway told CNN. Asked about whether those specifics included a “deportation force,” Conway replied: “To be determined.” | |
| John Weaver, former senior strategist for the presidential campaign of Ohio governor John Kasich, told the Guardian’s Ben Jacobs that Trump’s newfound openness to legal status for undocumented immigrants reads highly familiar - despite Trump decrying the position as tantamount to amnesty during the Republican presidential primaries. | |
| “He has jack rabbit trailed his way to John Kasich’s correct view on immigration,” Weaver said. “But, alas it won’t last. It’s like George Wallace joining the editorial board of the New York Times. Not going to last.” | |
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| When asked to explain a comment he made last week expressing regret for previous statements, Donald Trump told WFLA that he did not want to get into specifics regarding any regrets he might have. | When asked to explain a comment he made last week expressing regret for previous statements, Donald Trump told WFLA that he did not want to get into specifics regarding any regrets he might have. |
| “I don’t want to talk about that,” Trump said. “I just think that every once in a while I could probably do, I could make statements maybe a little bit differently. A lot of people like my statements, frankly - a lot of people said, ‘oh, don’t even say that, we love your statements.’ I’m a very honest person. I’m an honorable person. But if I soften things up in terms of statements that would be okay.” | “I don’t want to talk about that,” Trump said. “I just think that every once in a while I could probably do, I could make statements maybe a little bit differently. A lot of people like my statements, frankly - a lot of people said, ‘oh, don’t even say that, we love your statements.’ I’m a very honest person. I’m an honorable person. But if I soften things up in terms of statements that would be okay.” |
| Any guesses, commenters? | Any guesses, commenters? |
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| Arizona senator Jeff Flake, on Donald Trump’s chances: | Arizona senator Jeff Flake, on Donald Trump’s chances: |
| One: I don’t think he can win if he continues to run this kind of campaign. And two: I don’t think he should win as he continues to campaign as he is, taking the kinds of positions he’s taking and the language he’s using. | One: I don’t think he can win if he continues to run this kind of campaign. And two: I don’t think he should win as he continues to campaign as he is, taking the kinds of positions he’s taking and the language he’s using. |
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| Video: Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump appeared at a rally in Tampa, Florida, and indicated his intent to put tariffs on Chinese products. | Video: Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump appeared at a rally in Tampa, Florida, and indicated his intent to put tariffs on Chinese products. |
| He also said that he would bring cases against China in the US and at the World Trade Organization. “We’re not playing games any more,” he told the crowd. | He also said that he would bring cases against China in the US and at the World Trade Organization. “We’re not playing games any more,” he told the crowd. |
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| Ben Jacobs | Ben Jacobs |
| Donald Trump reverted to form today. | Donald Trump reverted to form today. |
| After a week where the Republican nominee stuck tightly to a script and used teleprompters, Trump went back to his former freewheeling style at a rally in Tampa, Florida. Using his prepared remarks in the same way John Coltrane used the sheet music to My Favorite Things, the Republican nominee went on a number of memorable riffs. Voters learned that many of the Hollywood celebrities supporting Hillary Clinton “weren’t very hot any more,” that Trump’s much vaunted border wall would also have “protection for tunnels” and that in a succinct summation of his message “everything is bad.” | After a week where the Republican nominee stuck tightly to a script and used teleprompters, Trump went back to his former freewheeling style at a rally in Tampa, Florida. Using his prepared remarks in the same way John Coltrane used the sheet music to My Favorite Things, the Republican nominee went on a number of memorable riffs. Voters learned that many of the Hollywood celebrities supporting Hillary Clinton “weren’t very hot any more,” that Trump’s much vaunted border wall would also have “protection for tunnels” and that in a succinct summation of his message “everything is bad.” |
| With the hire of new campaign manager Kellyanne Conway last week, Trump had started to resemble a more traditional candidate. The teleprompters which he once disdained became a staple of rallies and the campaign’s press office would send out prepared remarks for every speech. It was a far cry from the “let Trump be Trump” philosophy which guided the nominee’s first campaign manager Corey Lewandowski and it was far more effective than efforts of replacement Paul Manafort to rein the outspoken real estate developer. Trump even expressed a statement of regret last week in North Carolina, the closest he has ever come to an apology for his multitude of controversial remarks in the course of his campaign. | With the hire of new campaign manager Kellyanne Conway last week, Trump had started to resemble a more traditional candidate. The teleprompters which he once disdained became a staple of rallies and the campaign’s press office would send out prepared remarks for every speech. It was a far cry from the “let Trump be Trump” philosophy which guided the nominee’s first campaign manager Corey Lewandowski and it was far more effective than efforts of replacement Paul Manafort to rein the outspoken real estate developer. Trump even expressed a statement of regret last week in North Carolina, the closest he has ever come to an apology for his multitude of controversial remarks in the course of his campaign. |
| However, Trump’s remarks Wednesday were classic unscripted statements from the candidate. He stoked controversy by hinting at unfounded rumors about Hillary Clinton’s health when he apparently misspoke that his Democratic rival was “premedicated” in lieu of saying “premeditated” as was in his prepared remarks. Trump dwelled on the phrase and suggested that he liked “premedicated” better. It was a return to form for the Republican nominee and one that was received to cheers from his supportive crowd. The question as Trump moves forward with yet another reinvented campaign team is whether this was a brief lapse in style or if it simply further evidence that no operative can tame the bombastic populist on the stump. | However, Trump’s remarks Wednesday were classic unscripted statements from the candidate. He stoked controversy by hinting at unfounded rumors about Hillary Clinton’s health when he apparently misspoke that his Democratic rival was “premedicated” in lieu of saying “premeditated” as was in his prepared remarks. Trump dwelled on the phrase and suggested that he liked “premedicated” better. It was a return to form for the Republican nominee and one that was received to cheers from his supportive crowd. The question as Trump moves forward with yet another reinvented campaign team is whether this was a brief lapse in style or if it simply further evidence that no operative can tame the bombastic populist on the stump. |
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| The director of Donald Trump’s Maryland and Northern Virginia campaigns has suggested that Hillary Clinton is severely ill and would not survive a year in office during a “Moms 4 Trump” event in Loudoun County, Virginia.John Jaggers, the Maryland and Northern Virginia state director for Trump’s campaign, continued the Republican campaign’s unfounded attack on Clinton’s health during a “Moms 4 Trump” rally in Loudoun County. | The director of Donald Trump’s Maryland and Northern Virginia campaigns has suggested that Hillary Clinton is severely ill and would not survive a year in office during a “Moms 4 Trump” event in Loudoun County, Virginia.John Jaggers, the Maryland and Northern Virginia state director for Trump’s campaign, continued the Republican campaign’s unfounded attack on Clinton’s health during a “Moms 4 Trump” rally in Loudoun County. |
| “How many of you would wear a wool coat in August?” John Jaggers asked the a crowd of Trump supporters at Salamander Resort in Middleburg, Virginia, according to the Loudoun Times-Mirror. “The woman who seeks to be the first female president of the United States wears a wool coat at every single thing. Have you ever stopped to wonder why? It’s a big deal, folks.” | “How many of you would wear a wool coat in August?” John Jaggers asked the a crowd of Trump supporters at Salamander Resort in Middleburg, Virginia, according to the Loudoun Times-Mirror. “The woman who seeks to be the first female president of the United States wears a wool coat at every single thing. Have you ever stopped to wonder why? It’s a big deal, folks.” |
| Jaggers continued on this theme, telling the audience that “this woman is very, very sick and they’re covering it up”. | Jaggers continued on this theme, telling the audience that “this woman is very, very sick and they’re covering it up”. |
| “You’re not so much talking about Hillary Clinton being president for eight years, you’re talking about Tim Kaine being president for eight years,” Jagger said. “Because that’s what we’re dealing with here.” | “You’re not so much talking about Hillary Clinton being president for eight years, you’re talking about Tim Kaine being president for eight years,” Jagger said. “Because that’s what we’re dealing with here.” |
| The Trump campaign - including the candidate himself - have made numerous references to online conspiracy theories that Clinton’s health is failing. Clinton has revealed four times as much medical documentation as Trump, whose only release regarding his own medical history was a one-page letter from his personal physician stating that he “will be the healthiest individual ever elected to the presidency”. | The Trump campaign - including the candidate himself - have made numerous references to online conspiracy theories that Clinton’s health is failing. Clinton has revealed four times as much medical documentation as Trump, whose only release regarding his own medical history was a one-page letter from his personal physician stating that he “will be the healthiest individual ever elected to the presidency”. |
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| David Smith | David Smith |
| A decade after its reputation was shredded by Hurricane Katrina, Barack Obama praised America’s federal disaster relief agency for embracing a “change of culture” as he surveyed recovery efforts following the latest natural disaster to hit Louisiana. | A decade after its reputation was shredded by Hurricane Katrina, Barack Obama praised America’s federal disaster relief agency for embracing a “change of culture” as he surveyed recovery efforts following the latest natural disaster to hit Louisiana. |
| In 2005 former president George W Bush told Michael Brown, head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (Fema), “Brownie, you’re doing a heck of a job”, in response to Katrina. Ten days later Fema had become shorthand for incompetence and Brown was forced to quit, a setback from which Bush’s standing never fully recovered. | In 2005 former president George W Bush told Michael Brown, head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (Fema), “Brownie, you’re doing a heck of a job”, in response to Katrina. Ten days later Fema had become shorthand for incompetence and Brown was forced to quit, a setback from which Bush’s standing never fully recovered. |
| On Tuesday Obama toured flood-ravaged southern Louisiana and singled out the current administrator of Fema, Craig Fugate, “as somebody who I can’t brag enough about, one of the best hires I made as president”, crediting him with professionalising the organisation and turning it around. | On Tuesday Obama toured flood-ravaged southern Louisiana and singled out the current administrator of Fema, Craig Fugate, “as somebody who I can’t brag enough about, one of the best hires I made as president”, crediting him with professionalising the organisation and turning it around. |
| The president also shrugged off political criticism over his own response to the tragedy, which struck while he was on holiday last week, killing at least 13 people in the region and displacing thousands. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump visited Baton Rouge last Friday, handing out water and diapers. | The president also shrugged off political criticism over his own response to the tragedy, which struck while he was on holiday last week, killing at least 13 people in the region and displacing thousands. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump visited Baton Rouge last Friday, handing out water and diapers. |
| “First of all, one of the benefits of being five months short of leaving here is I don’t worry too much about politics,” said Obama, wearing a checked shirt with rolled-up sleeves and an unbuttoned collar, standing in front of piles of waterlogged debris. “The second thing I have seen historically is that, when disasters strike, that’s probably one of the few times when Washington tends not to get political. | “First of all, one of the benefits of being five months short of leaving here is I don’t worry too much about politics,” said Obama, wearing a checked shirt with rolled-up sleeves and an unbuttoned collar, standing in front of piles of waterlogged debris. “The second thing I have seen historically is that, when disasters strike, that’s probably one of the few times when Washington tends not to get political. |
| “I guarantee you nobody on this block, none of those first responders, nobody gives a hoot whether you’re Democrat or Republican. What they care about is making sure they’re getting the drywall out and the carpet out, there’s not any mould building, they get some contractors in here and they start rebuilding as quick as possible. That’s what they care about. That’s what I care about.” | “I guarantee you nobody on this block, none of those first responders, nobody gives a hoot whether you’re Democrat or Republican. What they care about is making sure they’re getting the drywall out and the carpet out, there’s not any mould building, they get some contractors in here and they start rebuilding as quick as possible. That’s what they care about. That’s what I care about.” |
| The storm and its flooding have damaged an estimated 60,000 homes and forced thousands to seek temporary housing. More than 115,000 people have registered for federal disaster aid. Obama said federal support is at $127m so far. At least 40 state highways remained closed. | The storm and its flooding have damaged an estimated 60,000 homes and forced thousands to seek temporary housing. More than 115,000 people have registered for federal disaster aid. Obama said federal support is at $127m so far. At least 40 state highways remained closed. |
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| Video: At a private fundraiser on Sunday in Provincetown, Massachusetts, for Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, Cher praised Clinton while comparing Donald Trump to Stalin and Hitler. | Video: At a private fundraiser on Sunday in Provincetown, Massachusetts, for Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, Cher praised Clinton while comparing Donald Trump to Stalin and Hitler. |
| “Do you remember Fun With Dick and Jane? It’s like racist Fun With Dick and Jane! ‘We’re going to build walls!’ He doesn’t mean: ‘We’re going to make America great again.’ He means: ‘We’re going to make America straight and white.’” | “Do you remember Fun With Dick and Jane? It’s like racist Fun With Dick and Jane! ‘We’re going to build walls!’ He doesn’t mean: ‘We’re going to make America great again.’ He means: ‘We’re going to make America straight and white.’” |
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| A new CNN/ORC poll shows that Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump are down to the wire in North Carolina, a onetime red state that has become the site of an intense battle between the Democratic and Republican parties in recent elections. | A new CNN/ORC poll shows that Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump are down to the wire in North Carolina, a onetime red state that has become the site of an intense battle between the Democratic and Republican parties in recent elections. |
| Clinton leads Trump by a single point, 44% to his 43%, in North Carolina, within the poll’s margin of error, while Libertarian candidate Gary Johnson currently polls at 11%. (Green nominee Jill Stein failed to make the ballot in North Carolina.) | Clinton leads Trump by a single point, 44% to his 43%, in North Carolina, within the poll’s margin of error, while Libertarian candidate Gary Johnson currently polls at 11%. (Green nominee Jill Stein failed to make the ballot in North Carolina.) |
| Meanwhile, in blood-red Arizona, Trump only leads Clinton by five points, 43% to 38%, followed by Johnson at 12% and Stein at 4%. The state has not voted for a Democrat in two decades, but its large Latino population and Trump’s virulent stance on immigration has pushed the race closer than anticipated. | Meanwhile, in blood-red Arizona, Trump only leads Clinton by five points, 43% to 38%, followed by Johnson at 12% and Stein at 4%. The state has not voted for a Democrat in two decades, but its large Latino population and Trump’s virulent stance on immigration has pushed the race closer than anticipated. |
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| Republicans may attempt to kick David Duke out of the party | Republicans may attempt to kick David Duke out of the party |
| Louisiana Republicans are exploring the possibility of booting infamous white supremacist and former Ku Klux Klan grand wizard David Duke from the party, although their attempts will likely come too late to prevent him from running for the US senate seat he’s currently pursuing. | Louisiana Republicans are exploring the possibility of booting infamous white supremacist and former Ku Klux Klan grand wizard David Duke from the party, although their attempts will likely come too late to prevent him from running for the US senate seat he’s currently pursuing. |
| According to the Daily Beast, an upcoming meeting of party bigwigs in Louisiana this weekend will feature a measure that would ban former felons and individuals with connections to racist organizations from running for office as Republicans - which would mean two strikes against Duke, who was convicted of mail fraud in 2002 and whose connections with white nationalist organizations have been well documented. | According to the Daily Beast, an upcoming meeting of party bigwigs in Louisiana this weekend will feature a measure that would ban former felons and individuals with connections to racist organizations from running for office as Republicans - which would mean two strikes against Duke, who was convicted of mail fraud in 2002 and whose connections with white nationalist organizations have been well documented. |
| In July, Duke announced plans to run for a US senate seat from the Pelican State, declaring in a video that his belief in “respect for the rights and heritage of European Americans” and seeing in Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump a kindred spirit. | In July, Duke announced plans to run for a US senate seat from the Pelican State, declaring in a video that his belief in “respect for the rights and heritage of European Americans” and seeing in Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump a kindred spirit. |
| “I’m overjoyed to see Donald Trump and most Americans embrace most of the issues that I’ve championed for years” said Duke. “We must stop the massive immigration and ethnic cleansing of the people whose forefathers created America. I was the first major candidate in modern times to promote the term and policy of ‘America First’.” | “I’m overjoyed to see Donald Trump and most Americans embrace most of the issues that I’ve championed for years” said Duke. “We must stop the massive immigration and ethnic cleansing of the people whose forefathers created America. I was the first major candidate in modern times to promote the term and policy of ‘America First’.” |