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| Donald Trump's comments described sexual assault, White House says – live | Donald Trump's comments described sexual assault, White House says – live |
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| President Obama: 'Tweeting doesn’t qualify you' to serve as president | |
| “You don’t have to be a husband or a father to hear what we heard just a few days ago and say, ‘That’s not right,’” President Barack Obama says, of Donald Trump’s remarks about sexually assaulting women. “You just have to be a decent human being to say, ‘that’s not right.’ And if it makes you mad, you can do something about it!” | |
| “Nobody fully understands - including me - the jobs and demands of this job until you’ve sat behind this desk,” Obama continues. “The buck stops here! And so, like, tweeting doesn’t qualify you. Soundbites don’t qualify you. Insults certainly don’t qualify you. Nobody can fully know what it’s like to manage a global crisis, or know the feeling of sending a young person into war, but I tell you, nobody’s been closer to those decisions than Hillary.” | |
| “She knows what it means, she knows what it takes,” Obama continues. “She understands that the decisions you make in this job mean life or death, affect soldiers and veterans and workers who need a raise or a decent retirement. She understands that it counts for families that are trying to climb into the middle class, or stay in the middle class.” | |
| “No matter how daunting the odds, or how many times she gets knocked down, she doesn’t point fingers or throw blame, she doesn’t say the system is rigged, she doesn’t check her mic,” he says, tapping the microphone. “She is qualified to be president of the United States of America.” | |
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| President Barack Obama, woke AF: | |
| You don’t have to be a husband or a father to hear what we heard just a few days ago and say, ‘That’s not right.’ You just have to be a decent human being to say, ‘that’s not right.’ | |
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| Speaking at a raucous rally in Greensboro, North Carolina, President Barack Obama outlines the progressive victories of the past eight years of his administration - and points to the threat to that agenda posed by the election of Donald Trump. | |
| “I wanted to say thank you for all of the support you’ve given us over the years,” Obama says. “When we look back, eight years later, we fought back from the recession, our auto industry is setting new records, our businesses have turned job losses into 15 million new jobs... incomes are rising, poverty is falling, uninsured rate at an all-time low, across America you can marry whoever you love, brought our brave troops to our families, delivered justice to Osama bin Laden, shut down Iran’s nuclear weapons program, opened a new chapter with the people of Cuba... no wonder I’ve gone grey, ‘cause we’ve been busy! We’ve been busy!” | |
| “That’s why I’ve got all this grey hair! I’ve been busy!” Obama continues, the crowd eating it up. “But Michelle says I still look good.” | |
| “But I am telling you, Greensboro, all that press goes out the window if we don’t make the right choice just four weeks from today. The closer we get, the clearer the choice becomes,” Obama continues. “We’ve got a choice right now between somebody who is as qualified as anybody who has ever run for the White House, and somebody who has proven over and over again that he is unfit to represent this county.” | |
| “He doesn’t have the temperament or the knowledge or apparently the inclination to obtain the knowledge” to serve as president, Obama says, “and that was before we knew about his attitudes towards women!” | |
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| President Barack Obama campaigns for Hillary Clinton in Greensboro, North Carolina | |
| Watch it live here: | |
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| Former House speaker John Boehner has declared that while Donald Trump is “not a conservative, he’s barely a Republican,” he still plans to vote for him: | |
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| Reuters poll: Hillary Clinton leads Donald Trump by 8 points after tape, debate | |
| Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton’s lead over Republican rival Donald Trump has widened to 8 points among likely voters less than a month before Election Day, according to a new Reuters/Ipsos poll that shows one in five Republicans hold the opinion that Trump’s predatory remarks about sexually assaulting women disqualify him from holding office. | |
| The survey, which was conducted after news of Trump’s remarks to Access Hollywood in 2005 as well as after the second of three presidential debates between the two candidates, unhelpfully declines to include the specific percentages of likely voters supporting either candidate, other than stating that Clinton’s lead has extended from a 5-point lead the last time the survey was conducted. (Thanks, guys!) | |
| According to voters who watched at least part of the second presidential debate, 53% said that Clinton won, while only 32% saw Trump as the winner - surely information that Trump will take into account the next time he tweets that every poll taken after the debate showed him winning by massive margins. | |
| Despite winning the second debate in a landslide (every poll), it is hard to do well when Paul Ryan and others give zero support! | |
| According to the poll, 42% of American adults - and 19% of Republicans - find that Trump’s comments in 2005, in which he bragged about sexually assaulting women and being able to get away with it by virtue of his fame, believe that Trump’s remarks disqualify him from the presidency. | |
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| Hillary Clinton has wished her Jewish supporters an easy fast as Yom Kippur begins at sundown: | Hillary Clinton has wished her Jewish supporters an easy fast as Yom Kippur begins at sundown: |
| G’mar chatima tova to those celebrating #YomKippur. Wishing you a meaningful day and an easy fast. -H | G’mar chatima tova to those celebrating #YomKippur. Wishing you a meaningful day and an easy fast. -H |
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| Jake Tapper is about three more news cycles away from striking a panelist. | Jake Tapper is about three more news cycles away from striking a panelist. |
| Trump surrogate Boris Epshteyn smacked down by @JakeTapper after he says Gore talking about mosquitoes in Florida was boring #Zika pic.twitter.com/NenMQ4mU4S | Trump surrogate Boris Epshteyn smacked down by @JakeTapper after he says Gore talking about mosquitoes in Florida was boring #Zika pic.twitter.com/NenMQ4mU4S |
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| Report: Breitbart chief bragged 'I'm Trump's campaign manager' two months after campaign started | Report: Breitbart chief bragged 'I'm Trump's campaign manager' two months after campaign started |
| Breitbart News, the far-right website that has become a functional extension of Donald Trump’s presidential campaign, reportedly merged certain editorial operations with the Republican nominee’s presidential campaign a year before its executive chair joined the campaign as its CEO, according to a report from the Daily Beast. | Breitbart News, the far-right website that has become a functional extension of Donald Trump’s presidential campaign, reportedly merged certain editorial operations with the Republican nominee’s presidential campaign a year before its executive chair joined the campaign as its CEO, according to a report from the Daily Beast. |
| “I’m Trump’s campaign manager,” Steve Bannon, the current CEO of the Trump campaign and one of Trump’s closest advisors, wrote in an email sent on August 30, 2015 to a former writing partner. | “I’m Trump’s campaign manager,” Steve Bannon, the current CEO of the Trump campaign and one of Trump’s closest advisors, wrote in an email sent on August 30, 2015 to a former writing partner. |
| When asked if it was true, Bannon responded: “Don’t u ever read breitbart--its trump central.” | When asked if it was true, Bannon responded: “Don’t u ever read breitbart--its trump central.” |
| Bannon then lauded Trump as “a nationalist who embraces [Sen. Jeff Sessions’s] immigration plan” as the reason the site became “Trump central.” | Bannon then lauded Trump as “a nationalist who embraces [Sen. Jeff Sessions’s] immigration plan” as the reason the site became “Trump central.” |
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| Demand mounts for Trump Apprentice tapes that may hold 'far worse' | Demand mounts for Trump Apprentice tapes that may hold 'far worse' |
| Nigel M Smith | Nigel M Smith |
| The repercussions were swift following last Friday’s leak of the Access Hollywood tape, in which Donald Trump can be heard bragging about sexually assaulting women: House speaker Paul Ryan told fellow Republicans that he would no longer defend the party’s nominee, while hordes of party members distanced themselves from Trump’s comments with some – including Senator John McCain – even saying they could no longer vote for Trump. | The repercussions were swift following last Friday’s leak of the Access Hollywood tape, in which Donald Trump can be heard bragging about sexually assaulting women: House speaker Paul Ryan told fellow Republicans that he would no longer defend the party’s nominee, while hordes of party members distanced themselves from Trump’s comments with some – including Senator John McCain – even saying they could no longer vote for Trump. |
| Supposedly, things could get even worse for the Republican nominee. | Supposedly, things could get even worse for the Republican nominee. |
| Following the release of the footage by the Washington Post, Bill Pruitt, a producer on the first two seasons of The Apprentice, the NBC reality show Trump hosted from 2004-2015, tweeted that there are “far worse” behind-the-scenes tapes of Trump on the program. Emmy award-winning producer Chris Nee hasalleged that Trump says the n-word in the recordings. | Following the release of the footage by the Washington Post, Bill Pruitt, a producer on the first two seasons of The Apprentice, the NBC reality show Trump hosted from 2004-2015, tweeted that there are “far worse” behind-the-scenes tapes of Trump on the program. Emmy award-winning producer Chris Nee hasalleged that Trump says the n-word in the recordings. |
| As a producer on seasons 1 & 2 of #theapprentice I assure you: when it comes to the #trumptapes there are far worse. #justthebegininng | As a producer on seasons 1 & 2 of #theapprentice I assure you: when it comes to the #trumptapes there are far worse. #justthebegininng |
| In light of the allegations, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studios, which owns the rights to the show, and The Apprentice creator Mark Burnett are facing mounting pressure to make public the footage. But on Monday, MGM and Burnett said in a joint statement to the Guardian, that they do “not have the ability nor the right” to release the material, citing “various contractual and legal requirements”. | In light of the allegations, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studios, which owns the rights to the show, and The Apprentice creator Mark Burnett are facing mounting pressure to make public the footage. But on Monday, MGM and Burnett said in a joint statement to the Guardian, that they do “not have the ability nor the right” to release the material, citing “various contractual and legal requirements”. |
| MGM and Burnett also refuted allegations that staffers have been threatened with legal action for releasing the outtakes, stating that: “the recent claims that Mark Burnett has threatened anyone with litigation if they were to leak such material are completely and unequivocally false.” Burnett “has consistently supported Democratic campaigns”, the statement said. In past presidential cycles, he has been a prominent donor to Democratic candidates and the Democratic National Committee. | MGM and Burnett also refuted allegations that staffers have been threatened with legal action for releasing the outtakes, stating that: “the recent claims that Mark Burnett has threatened anyone with litigation if they were to leak such material are completely and unequivocally false.” Burnett “has consistently supported Democratic campaigns”, the statement said. In past presidential cycles, he has been a prominent donor to Democratic candidates and the Democratic National Committee. |
| But leaking The Apprentice tapes comes for an alleged asking price of $5.1m – needed to cover the potential penalty fee for breaking Burnett’s non-disclosure agreement. | But leaking The Apprentice tapes comes for an alleged asking price of $5.1m – needed to cover the potential penalty fee for breaking Burnett’s non-disclosure agreement. |
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| Hillary Clinton’s campaign is officially using Kate McKinnon’s portrayal of the candidate as part of its communications strategy: | Hillary Clinton’s campaign is officially using Kate McKinnon’s portrayal of the candidate as part of its communications strategy: |
| Here is our official response to the conduct of the Trump campaign over the past 48 hours: pic.twitter.com/evAviDI3nH | Here is our official response to the conduct of the Trump campaign over the past 48 hours: pic.twitter.com/evAviDI3nH |
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| Mike Huckabee: Donald Trump is like the guy who gets eaten by the shark in Jaws | Mike Huckabee: Donald Trump is like the guy who gets eaten by the shark in Jaws |
| The 2016 campaign has jumped the shark. Specifically, the shark from Jaws. | The 2016 campaign has jumped the shark. Specifically, the shark from Jaws. |
| In a conversation with Fox News host Megyn Kelly, former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee declared that Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump may be rough around the edges, but when the chips are down, he’s the person you can trust to save your life - not unlike Captain Quint in the film Jaws. | In a conversation with Fox News host Megyn Kelly, former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee declared that Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump may be rough around the edges, but when the chips are down, he’s the person you can trust to save your life - not unlike Captain Quint in the film Jaws. |
| And they wonder why Hollywood hates them pic.twitter.com/7YJxixbzVf | And they wonder why Hollywood hates them pic.twitter.com/7YJxixbzVf |
| “He’s like Captain Quint in the original movie Jaws,” said Huckabee. “He’s vulgar, he’s salty, he might even get drunk... But hold on here: he’s the guy who’s gonna save your butt and save your family. And so, at the end of the day, when he kills the shark, you’re happy about it.” | “He’s like Captain Quint in the original movie Jaws,” said Huckabee. “He’s vulgar, he’s salty, he might even get drunk... But hold on here: he’s the guy who’s gonna save your butt and save your family. And so, at the end of the day, when he kills the shark, you’re happy about it.” |
| Huckabee, who has long been a critic of American popular culture, continued with the analogy. “Now, Hillary is the shark,” Huckabee said. “She’s going to eat your boat, she’s gonna have open borders, immigration out the kazoo, and so the choice is, do you vote for Captain Quint, who’s gonna save your family, or do you vote for the shark? That’s the choice you get to make.” | Huckabee, who has long been a critic of American popular culture, continued with the analogy. “Now, Hillary is the shark,” Huckabee said. “She’s going to eat your boat, she’s gonna have open borders, immigration out the kazoo, and so the choice is, do you vote for Captain Quint, who’s gonna save your family, or do you vote for the shark? That’s the choice you get to make.” |
| Kelly, clearly a scholar of summer blockbusters, burst Huckabee’s bubble by reminding the former governor that Quint was devoured by the shark. | Kelly, clearly a scholar of summer blockbusters, burst Huckabee’s bubble by reminding the former governor that Quint was devoured by the shark. |
| “Now, governor, I hate to be the one to tell you this,” said Kelly. “Captain Quint got eaten by the shark.” | “Now, governor, I hate to be the one to tell you this,” said Kelly. “Captain Quint got eaten by the shark.” |
| “But he died saving the other people!” Huckabee protested, laughing. | “But he died saving the other people!” Huckabee protested, laughing. |
| “But he died!” Kelly said. “Went down in flames and the shark won as between the two of them!” | “But he died!” Kelly said. “Went down in flames and the shark won as between the two of them!” |
| Huckabee continued, despite the blow to his theory. | Huckabee continued, despite the blow to his theory. |
| “The shark didn’t win! The shark got blown up! Look, any analogy can fall apart, Megyn,” Huckabee said, laughing. “Come on, work with me!” | “The shark didn’t win! The shark got blown up! Look, any analogy can fall apart, Megyn,” Huckabee said, laughing. “Come on, work with me!” |
| Kelly rounded out the segment by singing Quint’s song from the film, Fairwell And Adieu to You Fair Spanish Ladies, because this campaign needs at least a little levity. | Kelly rounded out the segment by singing Quint’s song from the film, Fairwell And Adieu to You Fair Spanish Ladies, because this campaign needs at least a little levity. |
| Actor Richard Dreyfuss, who starred as Hooper, the dreamy oceonographer, in the film, backed up Kelly’s assertion on Twitter: | Actor Richard Dreyfuss, who starred as Hooper, the dreamy oceonographer, in the film, backed up Kelly’s assertion on Twitter: |
| Quint did not kill Jaws. https://t.co/jSSRmGE9hD | Quint did not kill Jaws. https://t.co/jSSRmGE9hD |
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| Al Gore: 'Take it from me - every single vote counts!' | Al Gore: 'Take it from me - every single vote counts!' |
| Former vice president Al Gore reminds the audience in Miami that he knows better than anyone the importance of a vote in Florida - and encourages them to not let that opportunity go to waste. | Former vice president Al Gore reminds the audience in Miami that he knows better than anyone the importance of a vote in Florida - and encourages them to not let that opportunity go to waste. |
| “The stakes in this election simply could not be higher,” Gore says. “Honestly, to those of you here and to those who can hear my voice by whatever means, this election really matters. The world is on the cusp of either building on the progress of solving the climate crisis, or stepping back, washing our hands of americas traditional role of a leader in the world... the choice is that clear. It’s that stark.” | “The stakes in this election simply could not be higher,” Gore says. “Honestly, to those of you here and to those who can hear my voice by whatever means, this election really matters. The world is on the cusp of either building on the progress of solving the climate crisis, or stepping back, washing our hands of americas traditional role of a leader in the world... the choice is that clear. It’s that stark.” |
| Pounding the lectern, Gore reminds the audience of his 500-odd vote loss in the 2000 presidential election that ended up delivering the presidency to Republican rival George W. Bush. | Pounding the lectern, Gore reminds the audience of his 500-odd vote loss in the 2000 presidential election that ended up delivering the presidency to Republican rival George W. Bush. |
| “Please take it from me - every single vote counts! Every single vote counts!” Gore shouts. “If you are not registered to vote, do so today! If you are on the fence about whether to vote, remember what is at stake in this election, and if you think your vote does not matter, take it from me: your vote can make all of the difference in this election! Vote early! And don’t let your friends sit this election out.” | “Please take it from me - every single vote counts! Every single vote counts!” Gore shouts. “If you are not registered to vote, do so today! If you are on the fence about whether to vote, remember what is at stake in this election, and if you think your vote does not matter, take it from me: your vote can make all of the difference in this election! Vote early! And don’t let your friends sit this election out.” |
| Returning to the main theme of the event - climate change, Gore lauds Hillary Clinton as a leader “who gets it, who cares about it, who’s internalized it, who’s passionate about it.” | Returning to the main theme of the event - climate change, Gore lauds Hillary Clinton as a leader “who gets it, who cares about it, who’s internalized it, who’s passionate about it.” |
| “That’s why I am here and that’s why I will vote for Hillary Clinton!” Gore says. “I know that my vote counts, I know that your vote counts, I hope you will consider carefully the future in making your decision this November.” | “That’s why I am here and that’s why I will vote for Hillary Clinton!” Gore says. “I know that my vote counts, I know that your vote counts, I hope you will consider carefully the future in making your decision this November.” |
| “Together, we have the opportunity to look back on this year as a time when our national finally chose to answer the alarm bells on the climate crisis, and went into action to solve it. I know that there are still some who doubt in their hearts that we as human beings and we as Americans have the ability to bring about such a big and important change... the will to change and build a brighter future is itself a reusable resource!” | “Together, we have the opportunity to look back on this year as a time when our national finally chose to answer the alarm bells on the climate crisis, and went into action to solve it. I know that there are still some who doubt in their hearts that we as human beings and we as Americans have the ability to bring about such a big and important change... the will to change and build a brighter future is itself a reusable resource!” |
| The last line of Gore’s speech is wildly popular - not least of all, with Clinton herself. | The last line of Gore’s speech is wildly popular - not least of all, with Clinton herself. |
| “That’s a great line - I love that!” Clinton shouts. | “That’s a great line - I love that!” Clinton shouts. |
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| Al Gore, speaking to a slightly listless crowd in Miami, is lauding Hillary Clinton as the candidate who will help turn the United States into a “renewable-energy superpower.” | Al Gore, speaking to a slightly listless crowd in Miami, is lauding Hillary Clinton as the candidate who will help turn the United States into a “renewable-energy superpower.” |
| “The Paris Agreement is a big deal,” Gore elaborates. “It is by far the biggest step forward the world has ever taken to solve the climate crisis. Every nation in the world, virtually... agreed to phase out these greenhouse-gas emissions and go to net-zero emissions in the second half of this century.” | “The Paris Agreement is a big deal,” Gore elaborates. “It is by far the biggest step forward the world has ever taken to solve the climate crisis. Every nation in the world, virtually... agreed to phase out these greenhouse-gas emissions and go to net-zero emissions in the second half of this century.” |
| “The question in this election,” Gore continues, “is which of these candidates is going to continue this progress. With Hillary Clinton we’ll build under the progress made by President Obama, and she will seize the opportunities.” | “The question in this election,” Gore continues, “is which of these candidates is going to continue this progress. With Hillary Clinton we’ll build under the progress made by President Obama, and she will seize the opportunities.” |
| “It’s already creating millions of jobs, and it continues to get cheaper and cheaper every single week - world records are being broken.” | “It’s already creating millions of jobs, and it continues to get cheaper and cheaper every single week - world records are being broken.” |
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| Al Gore, speaking in Miami, warns the audience that the warming of the Atlantic Ocean presents a clear and present danger to the state of Florida - and its residents. | Al Gore, speaking in Miami, warns the audience that the warming of the Atlantic Ocean presents a clear and present danger to the state of Florida - and its residents. |
| “Just in the last year, we have seen one-in-a-thousand-year downpours,” Gore says. “This is not normal - it is becoming the new normal, which is now a set of conditions that we have created with all of this man-made global warming pollution.” | “Just in the last year, we have seen one-in-a-thousand-year downpours,” Gore says. “This is not normal - it is becoming the new normal, which is now a set of conditions that we have created with all of this man-made global warming pollution.” |
| “Every vertical inch of sea-level rise means four-to-eight feet of water going inward” during storm surges and high tides, Gore continues. “Just yesterday, there were six more cases of Zika in Dade County... but the changing climate conditions change the places where these tropical diseases become endemic and put down roots!” | “Every vertical inch of sea-level rise means four-to-eight feet of water going inward” during storm surges and high tides, Gore continues. “Just yesterday, there were six more cases of Zika in Dade County... but the changing climate conditions change the places where these tropical diseases become endemic and put down roots!” |
| “These any many other consequences,” Gore continues, “are really wake-up calls for us. Mother Nature is giving us a very clear and powerful message: we cannot continue putting 110m tons of global-warming pollution into the atmosphere like it’s an open sewer. We’ve got to wake up.” | “These any many other consequences,” Gore continues, “are really wake-up calls for us. Mother Nature is giving us a very clear and powerful message: we cannot continue putting 110m tons of global-warming pollution into the atmosphere like it’s an open sewer. We’ve got to wake up.” |
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| Speaking to a raucous crowd of Hillary Clinton supporters in Miami after an extended speech on the issue of climate change, former vice president Al Gore tells the audience that “when it comes to the most urgent issue facing our country and the world, the choice in this election is extremely clea: HC will make solving the climate crisis a top national priority.” | Speaking to a raucous crowd of Hillary Clinton supporters in Miami after an extended speech on the issue of climate change, former vice president Al Gore tells the audience that “when it comes to the most urgent issue facing our country and the world, the choice in this election is extremely clea: HC will make solving the climate crisis a top national priority.” |
| “Her opponent, based upon the ideas that he has presented, will take us toward a climate catastrophe,” Gore says. “The climate crisis is and must be considered a top national priory, and a top global priority.” | “Her opponent, based upon the ideas that he has presented, will take us toward a climate catastrophe,” Gore says. “The climate crisis is and must be considered a top national priory, and a top global priority.” |
| “For those of you who are younger than 25, you might not remember the election of 2000, and what happened here in Florida and across the country,” Gore, who lost Florida and the election in 2000, tells the audience to scattered boos and chants of “YOU WON!” | “For those of you who are younger than 25, you might not remember the election of 2000, and what happened here in Florida and across the country,” Gore, who lost Florida and the election in 2000, tells the audience to scattered boos and chants of “YOU WON!” |
| “Here’s my point: I don’t want you to be in a position years from now where you welcome Hillary Clinton and say ‘actually, you did win, it just wasn’t close enough to make sure that all the votes were counted,” Gore says. “Elections have consequences! Your vote counts! Your vote has consequences!” | “Here’s my point: I don’t want you to be in a position years from now where you welcome Hillary Clinton and say ‘actually, you did win, it just wasn’t close enough to make sure that all the votes were counted,” Gore says. “Elections have consequences! Your vote counts! Your vote has consequences!” |