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Clinton calls on EpiPen maker to reduce price after enormous increase – live
Clinton calls on EpiPen maker to reduce price after enormous increase – live
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Trump: The only thing that comes into our country is drugs
Explains why my iPhone fell apart into a pile of cocaine the other day. https://t.co/SzowlgBM4R
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Trump said polls show he is gaining ground with African American and Latino voters. That assertion is not buttressed by discernible reality, however.
Trump says I don't know if you've seen polls I'm improving w/ Latinos. He's not. https://t.co/0Z8VLP79wP
Clinton 73, Trump 22 w/ Latinos according to NBC News/Survey Monkey. Clinton +12, Trump -10 since May https://t.co/5ZhsMMGN7C via @julito77
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Trump to African American voters: 'what do you have to lose?'
Trump:
To the African American voter – great people – to the Hispanic voter, who have been absolutely treated terribly, I say, what do you have to lose? What? I will fix it. I will be able to make you, when you walk down the street in your inner city or wherever you are, you’re not going to be shot, your child isn’t gonna be shot.
I say to the African American parent, you have a right to walk down the street of your city without having yourself or your child shot. And that’s what’s happening right now. To the Hispanic parent, you have a right to walk outside without being shot. You have a right to a good education. You have a right to own your home. You have a right to have a good job. ...
I’m asking for the honor of your vote so that I can fight for you. That’s African American voters, that’s Hispanic voters, that’s every voter.
I will fight to give every Hispanic citizen in this country a much better future, a much better life, and they know it.
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Trump is talking about his ability to create jobs in the state of Florida.
“Hillary Clinton wants to pass more terrible trade deals,” he says. “We are going to stop the TPP, totally renegotiate Nafta... and protect every last American job. We’re going to protect your jobs. They’re not going to be disappearing from you any more.”
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Now Giuliani is booed, for saying something nice about Barack Obama. Giuliani says he disagrees with Obama policy but “I believe he’s an essentially honest man. [Boos] I do. I do. [More boos] OK, we can disagree.”
Now Giuliani is booed, for saying something nice about Barack Obama. Giuliani says he disagrees with Obama policy but “I believe he’s an essentially honest man. [Boos] I do. I do. [More boos] OK, we can disagree.”
His point is that he thinks Obama must regret making Clinton secretary of state because she is not honest, Giuliani says.
His point is that he thinks Obama must regret making Clinton secretary of state because she is not honest, Giuliani says.
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Giuliani says Clinton has “committed numerous federal felonies.”
Giuliani says Clinton has “committed numerous federal felonies.”
Do they think we’re stupid? Yes, yes they do! The Clintons have always thought we were stupid... Boy, what they were doing back in Arkansas? Whoa! Man.
Do they think we’re stupid? Yes, yes they do! The Clintons have always thought we were stupid... Boy, what they were doing back in Arkansas? Whoa! Man.
Rudy Giuliani says the Clinton Foundation scandal will be bigger than Watergate
Rudy Giuliani says the Clinton Foundation scandal will be bigger than Watergate
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As Giuliani continues, NBC News catches up briefly with the candidate:
As Giuliani continues, NBC News catches up briefly with the candidate:
Asked Trump just now about his new outreach efforts to minority voters. "I think we're doing really great with minority voters," he said.
Asked Trump just now about his new outreach efforts to minority voters. "I think we're doing really great with minority voters," he said.
As it began to pour, I then asked what specifically he was doing to reach out to minority voters. Trump said "absolutely, always."
As it began to pour, I then asked what specifically he was doing to reach out to minority voters. Trump said "absolutely, always."
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In fact Sessions will introduce Rudy Giuliani, the former New York City mayor who has been trafficking of late in Hillary Clinton illness conspiracy theories.
In fact Sessions will introduce Rudy Giuliani, the former New York City mayor who has been trafficking of late in Hillary Clinton illness conspiracy theories.
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Senator Jeff Sessions pops up at the Trump event. Appears he will be introducing the candidate. “This movement is dealing with a lot of issues,” he says. He means immigration, jobs, wages and trade. Issues like that. Live stream here.
Senator Jeff Sessions pops up at the Trump event. Appears he will be introducing the candidate. “This movement is dealing with a lot of issues,” he says. He means immigration, jobs, wages and trade. Issues like that. Live stream here.
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Here’s a new Clinton ad featuring a New England clothing manufacturer calling out Trump for manufacturing clothes that bear his brand outside the USA:
Here’s a new Clinton ad featuring a New England clothing manufacturer calling out Trump for manufacturing clothes that bear his brand outside the USA:
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Clinton calls on EpiPen maker to 'immediately reduce the price'
Clinton calls on EpiPen maker to 'immediately reduce the price'
The Clinton campaign has issued a statement on the exploding cost of EpiPens, which are used to ward off potentially fatal allergic reactions. A two-dose package cost less than $60 nine years ago; the cost is now closer to $400, AP reported.
The Clinton campaign has issued a statement on the exploding cost of EpiPens, which are used to ward off potentially fatal allergic reactions. A two-dose package cost less than $60 nine years ago; the cost is now closer to $400, AP reported.
The product – and the conduct of the drug company that sells it – came under focus after members of Congress began demanding answers from EpiPen maker Mylan about the cost rises.
The product – and the conduct of the drug company that sells it – came under focus after members of Congress began demanding answers from EpiPen maker Mylan about the cost rises.
Clinton calls the price spike “outrageous” in a statement:
Clinton calls the price spike “outrageous” in a statement:
“That’s outrageous -- and it’s just the latest troubling example of a company taking advantage of its consumers. I believe that our pharmaceutical and biotech industries can be an incredible source of American innovation, giving us revolutionary treatments for debilitating diseases. But it’s wrong when drug companies put profits ahead of patients, raising prices without justifying the value behind them.
“That’s outrageous -- and it’s just the latest troubling example of a company taking advantage of its consumers. I believe that our pharmaceutical and biotech industries can be an incredible source of American innovation, giving us revolutionary treatments for debilitating diseases. But it’s wrong when drug companies put profits ahead of patients, raising prices without justifying the value behind them.
“That’s why I’ve put forward a plan to address exorbitant drug price hikes like these. As part of my plan, I’ve made clear that pharmaceutical manufacturers should be required to explain significant price increases, and prove that any additional costs are linked to additional patient benefits and better value. Since there is no apparent justification in this case, I am calling on Mylan to immediately reduce the price of EpiPens.
“That’s why I’ve put forward a plan to address exorbitant drug price hikes like these. As part of my plan, I’ve made clear that pharmaceutical manufacturers should be required to explain significant price increases, and prove that any additional costs are linked to additional patient benefits and better value. Since there is no apparent justification in this case, I am calling on Mylan to immediately reduce the price of EpiPens.
“In addition, when it comes to treatments like delivering epinephrine that have been available for decades, my plan encourages the production of alternative products. That’s how we can harness the power of competition to keep drug prices at a level that all Americans can afford.”
“In addition, when it comes to treatments like delivering epinephrine that have been available for decades, my plan encourages the production of alternative products. That’s how we can harness the power of competition to keep drug prices at a level that all Americans can afford.”
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Meryl and Michelle
Meryl and Michelle
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We’re about to watch Donald Trump campaign in Tampa, Florida. Here’s a live video stream of the rally:
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A couple tight races in North Carolina, to believe a new Monmouth University poll, which has Hillary Clinton two points up on Donald Trump in the presidential race, and incumbent Republican senator Richard Burr two points up on challenger Deborah Ross in the US senate race.
HuffPost Pollster’s average has Clinton 1.4 points up on Trump in the state, which voted for Barack Obama in 2008 but mostly has voted Republican since Nixon.
BREAKING: North CarolinaPrez: HRC 44, DJT 42, GJ 7#NCSEN: Burr 45, Ross 43https://t.co/X34FlLsFKM
Average of polls post-convention in NC was +1.4 Clinton. Monmouth has her up 2. So that seems about right.
“In the contest for governor, Democratic Attorney General Roy Cooper holds a significant 52% to 43% lead over incumbent Pat McCrory,” according to Monmouth:
A key element in the governor’s [minus-one approval] rating is his support for House Bill 2 or HB2, the controversial law that prohibits local governments from allowing for transgender public restrooms.
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Donald Trump had very encouraging words for former Texas governor Rick Perry at a fundraiser last night, at the tacit expense of senator Ted Cruz.
Trump was asked about the possibility of Perry running to unseat Cruz in 2018, the Texas Tribune’s Patrick Svitek reports:
“I’ve been hearing a lot about that and I don’t know if he wants to do it, but boy, will he do well,” Trump said of Perry. “People love him in Texas, and he was one great governor.”
“I don’t know what he’s going to do but you are one popular guy all over, but in Texas in particular,” Trump said to Perry, who was in the room.
Is it possible that Trump remembers that Cruz declined to endorse him from the stage of the Republican national convention? Read the full Tribune piece here.
Here's Perry and Trump at his fundraiser last night in Austin, per a lawmaker who was there: https://t.co/l2sIkWENmY pic.twitter.com/LS6RVel7fA
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Trump campaign buys thousands of copies of Trump title
The Trump campaign bought thousands of copies of the candidate’s latest book at full sticker price, according to a new Daily Beast report on recent FEC filings:
On May 10, the Trump campaign paid Barnes & Noble $55,055, according to a filing with the Federal Election Commission. That amounts to more than 3,500 copies of the hardcover version of Crippled America: How to Make America Great Again, or just over 5,000 copies of the renamed paperback release, Great Again: How to Fix Our Crippled America. [...]
Paul Ryan (not that one), of the nonpartisan nonprofit Campaign Legal Center, said that Trump would have to forgo accepting royalties for sales on the book in order for the transaction to be legal, under Federal Election Committee rules.
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Clinton to receive intelligence briefing
Intelligence officials will brief Hillary Clinton this Saturday, NBC News reports:
BREAKING: @NBCNews confirms @HillaryClinton will get her first intelligence briefing as a nominee this Saturday near her New York home.
Trump received his first briefing as nominee a week ago. The briefings have been described as broad overviews and “vanilla” by a former CIA officer who has participated. Trump told reporters that day that he does “not so much” trust intelligence work “from the people that have been doing it for our country.”
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Farage to say Brexit 'proved' Trump victory 'can happen'
Dan Roberts
Farage previewed his speech in an interview with local radio station Super Talk Mississippi, in which he claimed Republicans could beat Hillary Clinton if they followed his example.
“I am going to say that I have been part of a political revolution in the UK. They all said it couldn’t happen – the media, the politicians, the businesses. We were wasting our time. We were whistling in the wind. We were going to lose and the EU was going to be here for ever. And you know what? With our well aimed stone, like David, we have hit that big Goliath and bumped him over.”
The former UKIP leader said he was invited to the state by governor Phil Bryant after meeting at the Republican national convention, but was planning to use the coincidence of his visit with the Trump rally to urge his supporters to fight harder.
“I am going to say to people in this country that the circumstances, the similarities, the parallels between the people who voted Brexit and the people who could beat Clinton in a few weeks time [sic] here in America are uncanny,” he added. “If they want things to change they have get up out of their chairs and go out and fight for it. It can happen. We’ve just proved it.”
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Here’s a tidbit we’d missed in the latest Clinton emails:
Huma Abedin is a hero and we should all recognize it. https://t.co/sL8W9c4ykx pic.twitter.com/KPt8H86kQ7
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Trump still determined to win New York – report
This seems representative of the kind of intelligent resource allotment, far-sighted strategizing and general grip on reality that the Trump campaign is known for.
The campaign’s new leadership has advised employees that the effort to make good on Trump’s promise to win his home state is “full steam ahead,” the New York Post reports:
The message Friday from Jim Murphy, Trump’s national political director and a veteran GOP strategist, came just minutes after the disclosure of the forced resignation of Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort, who had replaced also-ousted campaign manager Corey Lewandowski in June.
“Murphy said that Mr. Trump still wants an all-out, full-steam-ahead, top-speed effort in New York, he wants to win his home state, that nothing has changed as a result [of Manafort’s ouster] and that the resources will be made available,’’ said a source close to the Trump campaign.
Pollster estimate for NY President: Trump vs. Clinton: Clinton 51%, Trump 33% https://t.co/S6PglKLgCY
(h/t: @bencjacobs)
Update: some trolling from camp Clinton:
We welcome Donald Trump's further investment in New York. Why not Connecticut?https://t.co/ooZchfGcrp
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Farage to appear with Trump
Anti-EU British politician Nigel Farage is scheduled to appear with Donald Trump at a rally Wednesday, a week after the US presidential candidate branded himself Mr Brexit and tapped one of the leading American supporters of the Brexit to run his campaign.
Farage will appear with Trump to “tell the Brexit story,” Sky News reported. Trump is to appear at an evening rally in Jackson, Mississippi.
The appointment last week of Stephen Bannon, former chairman of the Breitbart web site, as “CEO” of Trump’s campaign has seen the example of the Brexit vote, which Breitbart enthusiastically advocated, rise to the fore in the Trump campaign narrative.
Trump hopes to ride to victory a populist wave of nationalist enthusiasm and identity politics comparable to the movement behind Britain’s June vote to leave the European Union. As leader at the time of the UK Independence party (Ukip), Farage was a key promoter of the Brexit.
In a further parallel with Brexit politics, the Trump campaign has argued in recent days that it enjoys support not reflected in the polls, from undercover voters who are shy about admitting their support for the controversial nominee.
They will soon be calling me MR. BREXIT!
Farage expressed “massive thanks” to Bannon and Breitbart for their favorable coverage of the Leave campaign.
“And can I just say a massive thanks to Breitbart, on both sides of the pond?” Farage told Bannon after the vote. “Because you guys have been fair with me, and given me a chance to make my arguments. I thank you guys very much indeed for that.”
Farage spoke at CPAC last year and made a cameo at the Republican national convention last month.
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Hello and welcome to our live-wire coverage of the 2016 race for the White House. Donald Trump son Eric Trump has said it would be “foolish” for the presidential candidate to release his tax returns. It was not clear why the Trump scion thinks that. Trump’s tax returns could hold central truths about who Trump is and how he operates. Trump’s campaign manager in April called on him to release his tax returns. Trump in 2012 called on Mitt Romney to release his tax returns. Every major presidential nominee from either party since 1976 released his tax returns. Hillary Clinton has released hers. Is it foolish for the public to demand that Trump release his tax returns? Or would it be foolish to elect Trump president without putting him through the kind of basic vetting banks perform for the average home loan?
"It would be foolish to do. I'm a big proponent of not doing it" - @EricTrump, on his father releasing tax returns.on @CNBC now
AP has more:
Eric Trump, said Wednesday on CNBC not much can be learned from tax returns. He said his father’s returns are massive and “you would have a bunch of people who know nothing about taxes” looking through them and making “assumptions on things they know nothing about.”
“Ignorance is disqualifying” – Eric Trump. Speaking of transparency, Clinton campaign manager Robby Mook is on TV again this morning defending his candidate from allegations of impropriety attached to meetings she took as secretary of state. “More than half the people outside the government who met with Hillary Clinton while she was secretary of state gave money — either personally or through companies or groups — to the Clinton Foundation,” the AP has reported.
Mook accuses the journalists of “cherry picking” – although when it’s half cherries, you can see how they’d end up picking some.
Clinton Campaign Mgr. Mook blasts AP report: To cherry-pick a very small number of meetings is pretty outrageous https://t.co/SlOyW6GF9a
Trump is scheduled today to host a rally in Jackson, Mississippi, an 80% African American city and capital of the state with the nation’s highest proportion of black residents, as AP has it: “It is unclear whether Trump will address black voters directly; so far, his appeal to them has been delivered before white audiences in mostly white cities.”
African American voters have been handling Trump with a mix of skepticism and horror – and that includes Republican voters, AP reports:
“Any minority who would vote for him is crazy, ought to have their head examined,” said Ike Jenkins, an 81-year-old retired business owner in the predominantly black suburb of East Cleveland.
Foluke Bennett, a 43-year-old from Philadelphia, went further, labeling the GOP standard-bearer’s remarks as “racist,” pointing, among other things, to his referencing African-Americans as “the blacks.”
But eight percent in this new NBC/Survey Monkey poll is the highest share of the African American vote for Trump we can remember seeing in any survey this cycle:
Latest poll shows Trump trails Clinton by 79 points among African-American voters #Decision2016 pic.twitter.com/DKgCGyKOVd
In case you missed it, Alabama senator Jeff Sessions, an immigration hard-liner, seemed to join Trump last night in the candidate’s dance away from earlier calls for a deportation force for undocumented migrants. At this rate Trump will be calling for a path to citizenship in time for the first debate:
Sessions was asked about Trump's "softening" immigration stance comments in his press pen gaggle. c/o @SopanDeb pic.twitter.com/jdOnxU4s9f
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