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| Clinton seizes on Trump tweets for day of campaigning in Florida – live | Clinton seizes on Trump tweets for day of campaigning in Florida – live |
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| Hacked audio recording: Hillary Clinton sees herself as 'center-left to center-right' | |
| According to a hacked recording of a conversation with campaign donors at a private event in February, according to the Intercept, Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton described herself as “center-left to the center-right” as far as how she fits on the political spectrum, a position that will likely not endear her to the liberal Bernie Sanders wing of the Democratic party ahead of the election. | |
| On the other side, there’s just a deep desire to believe that we can have free college, free healthcare, that what we’ve done hasn’t gone far enough, and that we just need to, you know, go as far as, you know, Scandinavia, whatever that means, and half the people don’t know what that means, but it’s something that they deeply feel. | |
| So as a friend of mine said the other day, I am occupying from the center-left to the center-right. And I don’t have much company there. Because it is difficult when you’re running to be president, and you understand how hard the job is - I don’t want to overpromise. I don’t want to tell people things that I know we cannot do. | |
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| "I'm spending $100 million." – Donald Trump, nearly doubling the amount of money he's personally spent on his presidential campaign | |
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| Donald Trump isn’t the only politician who’s gone on a tweetstorm today: | |
| Is this what keeps you up at night, @realDonaldTrump? Thinking of new & interesting ways to call women fat or ugly or sluts? | |
| You never tweet at 3am with ways to help students getting crushed by debt or seniors struggling on Social Security, @realDonaldTrump. | |
| You never tweet at 3am with ways to create new jobs for workers or hold Wall Street accountable, @realDonaldTrump. | |
| Nope, @realDonaldTrump: the only things that keep your mind racing at night are your next racist, sexist tweets & disgusting lies. | |
| A thin-skinned bully who thinks humiliating women at 3am qualifies him to be President does not understand America & is not fit to lead. | |
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| In a deposition released on Friday afternoon, Donald Trump acknowledged that his infamous statement that Mexico was deliberately sending rapists into the United States was planned in advance. | |
| In testifying in June in an ongoing court case, prompted when restaurateur Geoffrey Zakarian pulled out of a lease in Trump’s Washington hotel after the presidential candidate’s remarks caused a national furor, Trump insisted his comments were not ad-libbed. However, he made clear that they weren’t scripted and said that he did not anticipate any damage to his brand. | |
| In the aftermath of the comments, which came when Trump announced his candidacy on 16 June 2015, the real estate developer saw a number of former business partners pull out of commercial enterprises with him including Macy’s and Univision. In addition to Zakarian, chef José Andrés also pulled out of a planned restaurant project in the same hotel. | |
| The multi-hour deposition was released by a court order on Friday after a number of organizations, led by Buzzfeed, sued to have the video unsealed. Trump insisted that his comments should not be controversial because “I’ve been making this statement for many years. This is not just new.” He also insisted that he thought his candidacy would draw more Hispanic customers than otherwise, insisting: “I think you will get more business. I think you’ll get more business,” although he acknowledged “it’s always possible” that some might not patronize his hotel as a result. | |
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| Donald Trump campaigns in Novi, Michigan | |
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| Newt Gingrich compares Clinton's citing of former Miss Universe to Benghazi | Newt Gingrich compares Clinton's citing of former Miss Universe to Benghazi |
| Onetime presidential candidate and former House speaker Newt Gingrich compared Hillary Clinton’s citing of Donald Trump’s history of racist and misogynistic comments toward a Venezuelan pageant queen to Clinton’s handling of the terrorist attack in Benghazi, Libya, in 2012. | Onetime presidential candidate and former House speaker Newt Gingrich compared Hillary Clinton’s citing of Donald Trump’s history of racist and misogynistic comments toward a Venezuelan pageant queen to Clinton’s handling of the terrorist attack in Benghazi, Libya, in 2012. |
| “This is the new Benghazi lie,” Gingrich told Sean Hannity on his eponymous radio show, first reported by Buzzfeed News. | “This is the new Benghazi lie,” Gingrich told Sean Hannity on his eponymous radio show, first reported by Buzzfeed News. |
| “What Hillary tried to set up and what they apparently spent months preparing is an ambush as false as Benghazi,” Gingrich continued. “It was as false as her claim she was under fire in in Bosnia. It was as false as the lies she told on her emails. The elite media, which is Clinton, I mean, they totally identify with her, they took it hook, line and sinker.” | “What Hillary tried to set up and what they apparently spent months preparing is an ambush as false as Benghazi,” Gingrich continued. “It was as false as her claim she was under fire in in Bosnia. It was as false as the lies she told on her emails. The elite media, which is Clinton, I mean, they totally identify with her, they took it hook, line and sinker.” |
| During Monday night’s debate, Clinton made Trump’s past remarks about Machado a centerpiece of their first televised clash, citing the name-calling – in particular, Trump calling her “Miss Housekeeping” in reference to her Latina origins – as a prime example of her opponent’s demeaning views about women. | During Monday night’s debate, Clinton made Trump’s past remarks about Machado a centerpiece of their first televised clash, citing the name-calling – in particular, Trump calling her “Miss Housekeeping” in reference to her Latina origins – as a prime example of her opponent’s demeaning views about women. |
| “They clearly had set it up to be triggered at the debate,” Gingrich continued. “At the last minute, Hillary suddenly realizes she hasn’t gotten it in yet, so you have this total detour to make sure she has gotten the story planted so all that all the news media that are lined up - all of it’s embargoed, all of it’s sitting there waiting.” | “They clearly had set it up to be triggered at the debate,” Gingrich continued. “At the last minute, Hillary suddenly realizes she hasn’t gotten it in yet, so you have this total detour to make sure she has gotten the story planted so all that all the news media that are lined up - all of it’s embargoed, all of it’s sitting there waiting.” |
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| Hillary Clinton, on her travel plans: | Hillary Clinton, on her travel plans: |
| I’ll be here in Florida so much you’ll get sick of me. | I’ll be here in Florida so much you’ll get sick of me. |
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| Speaking in Coral Springs, Florida, Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton told the audience that Donald Trump’s late-night tweetstorm encouraging American voters to watch a nonexistent sex tape of a Venezuelan pageant queen with whom he has been engaged in a feud is evidence that he is “unhinged” and temperamentally unfit to serve as president. | Speaking in Coral Springs, Florida, Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton told the audience that Donald Trump’s late-night tweetstorm encouraging American voters to watch a nonexistent sex tape of a Venezuelan pageant queen with whom he has been engaged in a feud is evidence that he is “unhinged” and temperamentally unfit to serve as president. |
| “Who gets up at three o’clock in the morning to engage in a Twitter attack against the former Miss Universe?” Clinton asked incredulously. | “Who gets up at three o’clock in the morning to engage in a Twitter attack against the former Miss Universe?” Clinton asked incredulously. |
| “Why does he do things like that?” she continued. “I mean, his latest Twitter meltdown is unhinged, even for him. It proves, yet again, that he is temperamentally unfit to be president and commander in chief. I have said it before and I’ll say it again: a man who can be provoked by a tweet should not be anywhere near the nuclear codes.” | “Why does he do things like that?” she continued. “I mean, his latest Twitter meltdown is unhinged, even for him. It proves, yet again, that he is temperamentally unfit to be president and commander in chief. I have said it before and I’ll say it again: a man who can be provoked by a tweet should not be anywhere near the nuclear codes.” |
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| Hillary Clinton campaigns in Florida | Hillary Clinton campaigns in Florida |
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| If it’s an unnerving experience to have nine-time Grammy winner Mary J Blige close her eyes and sing directly to you about police violence from just a few feet away, Hillary Clinton didn’t show it. | If it’s an unnerving experience to have nine-time Grammy winner Mary J Blige close her eyes and sing directly to you about police violence from just a few feet away, Hillary Clinton didn’t show it. |
| Clinton is the first guest to appear on the hip-hop soul singer’s new show The 411 with Mary J Blige – a reference to her 1992 debut album – now streaming on Apple Music, and it’s definitely a little different from a typical presidential nominee interview. | Clinton is the first guest to appear on the hip-hop soul singer’s new show The 411 with Mary J Blige – a reference to her 1992 debut album – now streaming on Apple Music, and it’s definitely a little different from a typical presidential nominee interview. |
| “May I call you Hillary,” asked Blige, who had been calling her “Secretary Clinton” earlier in the interview. | “May I call you Hillary,” asked Blige, who had been calling her “Secretary Clinton” earlier in the interview. |
| “Yes, you may,” replied Clinton. | “Yes, you may,” replied Clinton. |
| “OK Hillary, I want to share something with you I haven’t shared with anyone,” declared Blige, announcing that she was going to sing her a song: Bruce Springsteen’s 41 Shots, written about Amadou Diallo in 1999, an unarmed black man who was killed by four NYPD officers. | “OK Hillary, I want to share something with you I haven’t shared with anyone,” declared Blige, announcing that she was going to sing her a song: Bruce Springsteen’s 41 Shots, written about Amadou Diallo in 1999, an unarmed black man who was killed by four NYPD officers. |
| “It means a lot to me just because of everything that’s taking place now,” said Blige, a reference to the recent high-profile examples of unarmed black men and women who have been killed by police. | “It means a lot to me just because of everything that’s taking place now,” said Blige, a reference to the recent high-profile examples of unarmed black men and women who have been killed by police. |
| “I just want to share it with you because believe that so many women, African American women, feel like this when they’re sending their children off to school in the morning,” Blige said. | “I just want to share it with you because believe that so many women, African American women, feel like this when they’re sending their children off to school in the morning,” Blige said. |
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| Yet another reliably conservative newspaper’s editorial board has endorsed Hillary Clinton for president, on the heels of a historic anti-endorsement against Donald Trump by USA Today. | Yet another reliably conservative newspaper’s editorial board has endorsed Hillary Clinton for president, on the heels of a historic anti-endorsement against Donald Trump by USA Today. |
| The San Diego Union-Tribune, which has not endorsed a Democrat for president in its entire 148-year history, wrote in an editorial released this afternoon that Clinton “has the better temperament to be president - and the experience, background and relationships with world leaders that we need in a president.” | The San Diego Union-Tribune, which has not endorsed a Democrat for president in its entire 148-year history, wrote in an editorial released this afternoon that Clinton “has the better temperament to be president - and the experience, background and relationships with world leaders that we need in a president.” |
| But the lion’s share of the editorial space is reserved to lambaste Trump, who the editorial board calls “vengeful, dishonest and impulsive” who could be the American Hugo Chávez: | But the lion’s share of the editorial space is reserved to lambaste Trump, who the editorial board calls “vengeful, dishonest and impulsive” who could be the American Hugo Chávez: |
| We could see an administration that reneges on its treaty commitments to dozens of nations, throwing the world into turmoil and increasing tensions in regions that historically have relied on the United States to be a stabilizing force. We could see an administration that ruins US trustworthiness in international finance by seeking to refinance terms with debt-holders, putting a singular economic power in the same basket as Greece. We could also see an administration that launches a trade war by abandoning Republican tradition and abrogating international trade deals, destroying a framework that has greatly enriched our nation and the world, even if its benefits haven’t been as well-distributed as one would hope. | We could see an administration that reneges on its treaty commitments to dozens of nations, throwing the world into turmoil and increasing tensions in regions that historically have relied on the United States to be a stabilizing force. We could see an administration that ruins US trustworthiness in international finance by seeking to refinance terms with debt-holders, putting a singular economic power in the same basket as Greece. We could also see an administration that launches a trade war by abandoning Republican tradition and abrogating international trade deals, destroying a framework that has greatly enriched our nation and the world, even if its benefits haven’t been as well-distributed as one would hope. |
| While acknowledging the “lack of enthusiasm” for Clinton among many voters, the paper’s editorial board wrote that the former secretary of state has displayed a capability for “diplomacy, collaboration, patience,” qualities it lauded in Mitt Romney when the paper endorsed his candidacy in 2012. | While acknowledging the “lack of enthusiasm” for Clinton among many voters, the paper’s editorial board wrote that the former secretary of state has displayed a capability for “diplomacy, collaboration, patience,” qualities it lauded in Mitt Romney when the paper endorsed his candidacy in 2012. |
| Trump, on the other hand, “is no Romney,” making Clinton “the safest candidate for voters to choose in a complex world.” | Trump, on the other hand, “is no Romney,” making Clinton “the safest candidate for voters to choose in a complex world.” |
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| Lin-Manuel Miranda makes one-song musical about Donald Trump | Lin-Manuel Miranda makes one-song musical about Donald Trump |
| Lin-Manuel Miranda, the Pulitzer-Tony-Emmy-Grammy-MacArthur Genius Grant-winning composer, star of the Broadway sensation Hamilton and also just a really nice guy, has composed a one-song musical about Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, inspired by a 272-word sentence Trump spoke at a rally in Sun City, South Carolina: | Lin-Manuel Miranda, the Pulitzer-Tony-Emmy-Grammy-MacArthur Genius Grant-winning composer, star of the Broadway sensation Hamilton and also just a really nice guy, has composed a one-song musical about Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, inspired by a 272-word sentence Trump spoke at a rally in Sun City, South Carolina: |
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| It’s 3am - do you know where your president is? | It’s 3am - do you know where your president is? |
| That’s the message of a July advertisement produced by pro-Hillary Clinton Super Pac Priorities USA Action, taking a nod from Clinton’s iconic “3 A.M.” advertisement in 2008 to criticize Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump as unprepared for and uninterested in serving as president. | That’s the message of a July advertisement produced by pro-Hillary Clinton Super Pac Priorities USA Action, taking a nod from Clinton’s iconic “3 A.M.” advertisement in 2008 to criticize Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump as unprepared for and uninterested in serving as president. |
| After Trump’s late-night tweetstorm in which he urged American voters to watch a nonexistent sex tape of a Venezuelan beauty queen who he has criticized for being overweight - a sentence we never thought we’d type and yet here we are - the advertisement has a new resonance. | After Trump’s late-night tweetstorm in which he urged American voters to watch a nonexistent sex tape of a Venezuelan beauty queen who he has criticized for being overweight - a sentence we never thought we’d type and yet here we are - the advertisement has a new resonance. |
| “The world is a dangerous place,” a narrator intones, as the camera pans over the White House at 3am. “At any hour, our president could be called on to act calmly, decisively, intelligently.” | “The world is a dangerous place,” a narrator intones, as the camera pans over the White House at 3am. “At any hour, our president could be called on to act calmly, decisively, intelligently.” |
| Inside the executive mansion, a red phone rings as a Trump sound-alike mocks his nemeses on social media. | Inside the executive mansion, a red phone rings as a Trump sound-alike mocks his nemeses on social media. |
| “How great is Twitter?” he says to himself. “Boom - just zinged another loser! Hit him with double exclamation, bam!” | “How great is Twitter?” he says to himself. “Boom - just zinged another loser! Hit him with double exclamation, bam!” |
| Trump continues mocking people on Twitter as the phone rings unanswered. | Trump continues mocking people on Twitter as the phone rings unanswered. |
| “Will someone get the damn phone?” the actor finally says. “How annoying. Who is calling me at 3am anyway? Total loser.” | “Will someone get the damn phone?” the actor finally says. “How annoying. Who is calling me at 3am anyway? Total loser.” |
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| Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump’s sole response to the barrage of criticism after a late-night tweetstorm in which he encouraged American voters to watch a (nonexistent) sex tape of a Venezuelan beauty queen who has criticized Trump for calling her “Miss Piggy” and “Miss Housekeeping”: | Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump’s sole response to the barrage of criticism after a late-night tweetstorm in which he encouraged American voters to watch a (nonexistent) sex tape of a Venezuelan beauty queen who has criticized Trump for calling her “Miss Piggy” and “Miss Housekeeping”: |
| For those few people knocking me for tweeting at three o'clock in the morning, at least you know I will be there, awake, to answer the call! | For those few people knocking me for tweeting at three o'clock in the morning, at least you know I will be there, awake, to answer the call! |
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| Trump: comments about Mexicans could not have been 'so bad' because after all he was nominated | Trump: comments about Mexicans could not have been 'so bad' because after all he was nominated |
| BuzzFeed has obtained surreal videos of Donald Trump’s deposition in June in a case in which he sued a restaurateur for pulling out of his Washington, DC, hotel project because of terrible things Trump had said about Mexicans. | BuzzFeed has obtained surreal videos of Donald Trump’s deposition in June in a case in which he sued a restaurateur for pulling out of his Washington, DC, hotel project because of terrible things Trump had said about Mexicans. |
| Trump sued companies connected with restaurateur Geoffrey Zakarian, who pulled out of Trump’s hotel citing Trump’s comments about Mexicans. Trump launched his presidential campaign by saying that Mexicans were rapists bringing guns and drugs to the United States. | Trump sued companies connected with restaurateur Geoffrey Zakarian, who pulled out of Trump’s hotel citing Trump’s comments about Mexicans. Trump launched his presidential campaign by saying that Mexicans were rapists bringing guns and drugs to the United States. |
| A second chef, Jose Andres, also pulled out of the hotel project. Trump is suing him too. | A second chef, Jose Andres, also pulled out of the hotel project. Trump is suing him too. |
| In his deposition, Trump implies the restaurateurs should not have been surprised by his comments because “I’ve been making this statement for many years.” | In his deposition, Trump implies the restaurateurs should not have been surprised by his comments because “I’ve been making this statement for many years.” |
| Trump also said his comments could not have been “so bad” because, after all, a major political party nominated him for president: | Trump also said his comments could not have been “so bad” because, after all, a major political party nominated him for president: |
| “I’m running for office. I obviously have credibility because I now as it turns out became the Republican nominee... so it’s not like, you know, like, uh I’ve said anything that could be so bad because if I said something that’s so bad they wouldn’t have had me go through all these people and win all of these primary races... | “I’m running for office. I obviously have credibility because I now as it turns out became the Republican nominee... so it’s not like, you know, like, uh I’ve said anything that could be so bad because if I said something that’s so bad they wouldn’t have had me go through all these people and win all of these primary races... |
| Trump said illegal immigration “is a very big topic in this country. And which is a topic that led to my nomination... so it’s not a very out there topic.” | Trump said illegal immigration “is a very big topic in this country. And which is a topic that led to my nomination... so it’s not a very out there topic.” |
| Trump is asked details of the campaign announcement speech. | Trump is asked details of the campaign announcement speech. |
| Q: Was it written? | Q: Was it written? |
| A: No | A: No |
| Q: Did you plan in advance what you were going to say? | Q: Did you plan in advance what you were going to say? |
| A: Yes | A: Yes |
| Q: Did you give any thought to [potential brand damage]? | Q: Did you give any thought to [potential brand damage]? |
| A: No, no I didn’t at all. | A: No, no I didn’t at all. |
| Complaining about losing The Apprentice, Trump also mentions that he thinks it is “unfair” that “I’m not allowed to do a show and run for office.” | Complaining about losing The Apprentice, Trump also mentions that he thinks it is “unfair” that “I’m not allowed to do a show and run for office.” |
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| Hillary Clinton called Alicia Machado, the former Miss Universe under attack from Trump, to express her support, the Clinton campaign said. Spokesman Nick Merrill said Clinton made the call en route to the airport to fly to her afternoon event in Coral Gables, Florida, and he paraphrased the conversation: | Hillary Clinton called Alicia Machado, the former Miss Universe under attack from Trump, to express her support, the Clinton campaign said. Spokesman Nick Merrill said Clinton made the call en route to the airport to fly to her afternoon event in Coral Gables, Florida, and he paraphrased the conversation: |
| On the trip here, they connected. Clinton started by thanking her for all she had done and the courage she has shown, particularly as this became elevated through a war of some pretty unpleasant words.” | On the trip here, they connected. Clinton started by thanking her for all she had done and the courage she has shown, particularly as this became elevated through a war of some pretty unpleasant words.” |
| Machado responded and said, ‘of course, I’ve supported you for a really long time, I’ll continue to support you.’ | Machado responded and said, ‘of course, I’ve supported you for a really long time, I’ll continue to support you.’ |
| The secretary thanked her, Machado then said, ‘I’m voting for the first time in this election, I look forward to voting for you and you are an inspiration to young women all across the country. And I look forward to you being president.’ | The secretary thanked her, Machado then said, ‘I’m voting for the first time in this election, I look forward to voting for you and you are an inspiration to young women all across the country. And I look forward to you being president.’ |
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| Where is everybody? Hello? Everybody? | Where is everybody? Hello? Everybody? |
| Lunch time at The DC Trump International Hotel. pic.twitter.com/BTOlqZ9mV9 | Lunch time at The DC Trump International Hotel. pic.twitter.com/BTOlqZ9mV9 |
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| The presidential look. | The presidential look. |
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| Trump: Ivanka made me promise not to date 'a girl younger than her' | Trump: Ivanka made me promise not to date 'a girl younger than her' |
| The New York Daily News has uncovered audio of a 1999 Donald Trump interview with Howard Stern in which Trump says, of his daughter Ivanka: | The New York Daily News has uncovered audio of a 1999 Donald Trump interview with Howard Stern in which Trump says, of his daughter Ivanka: |
| She made me promise or swear to her that I would never date a girl younger than her. So, as she grows older, the field is getting very limited. | She made me promise or swear to her that I would never date a girl younger than her. So, as she grows older, the field is getting very limited. |
| Separately, here is a Trump tweet from 2013: | Separately, here is a Trump tweet from 2013: |
| @rexrode_lisa "@realDonaldTrump you date girls young enough to be your daughter.That's perverted" Dated. No, that's talent. | @rexrode_lisa "@realDonaldTrump you date girls young enough to be your daughter.That's perverted" Dated. No, that's talent. |