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| Trump says 'shackles taken off me' as backers defend genital grabbing talk – live | Trump says 'shackles taken off me' as backers defend genital grabbing talk – live |
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| How big is Clinton's lead? It depends on the poll. | |
| Mona Chalabi | |
| Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton now has an 11 percentage point lead over her Republican opponent Donald Trump, according to a poll released by PRRI and the Atlantic on Tuesday, writes Guardian US data editor Mona Chalabi: | |
| If that weren’t already reason enough for Trump supporters to worry, a poll from NBC and the Wall Street Journal released on Monday put Clinton’s lead at 14 percentage points. But why the difference in numbers? | |
| If you want to follow polls in the 28 remaining days before the US votes, I strongly recommend you ignore the date that the poll was published – and focus instead on the dates that the poll was conducted. That PRRI/Atlantic poll was based on landline and cellphone interviews that took place October 5-9 while the data for the NBC/WSJ poll was gathered October 8-9. | |
| Those dates are potentially significant given that on October 8, a 2005 recordingwas released of Trump saying that, thanks to his fame, he was able to grab women “by the pussy”. | |
| Read the full piece here: | |
| Here’s a comparison of Clinton’s current status in Real Clear Politics’ polling average versus the winners of presidential elections in 2004, 2008 and 2012: | |
| Oct 11, 2004: Bush +0.82008: Obama +7.62012: Obama +0.72016: Clinton +6.5(RCP) pic.twitter.com/KHZhlELiNW | |
| This is what happens when you're trailing in every key swing state, two high quality national polls have u down over 10, & 28 days left. | |
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| Rubio stands by Trump endorsement | |
| Sabrina Siddiqui | |
| Senator Marco Rubio, who looks good in his reelection bid in Florida, has announced that he is standing by his endorsement of Trump, saying that he disagrees with Trump “on many things, but I disagree with his opponent on virtually everything”: | |
| Marco Rubio statement standing by his endorsement of Donald Trump: pic.twitter.com/r34wIOas4f | |
| Update: Rubio’s challenger for the senate seat, Representative Patrick Murphy, hits back: | |
| Marco Rubio’s failure to stand up to Trump proves that he will never stand up for Florida in the U.S. Senate. #FLSen | |
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| Clinton is outrunning Trump on the ground by a lot | Clinton is outrunning Trump on the ground by a lot |
| Bill Clinton is about to appear at a get-out-the-vote event in Belle Glade, Florida. Here’s a live video stream: | Bill Clinton is about to appear at a get-out-the-vote event in Belle Glade, Florida. Here’s a live video stream: |
| Guess which campaign is doing a better job registering voters in Florida? | Guess which campaign is doing a better job registering voters in Florida? |
| Ground game asymmetry. In FL last month:-Rep party submitted 117 voter reg applications-Dem party submitted 6,920 https://t.co/wVBG3pvJHd | Ground game asymmetry. In FL last month:-Rep party submitted 117 voter reg applications-Dem party submitted 6,920 https://t.co/wVBG3pvJHd |
| And North Carolina: | |
| Cheering its registration push, Clinton camp notes this afternoon that in NC, African American #s up by 6% over '12, Hispanic #s by 50%. | |
| Here’s related reading from the New York Times: | Here’s related reading from the New York Times: |
| Hillary's strength in registering and recruiting voters early in FL and NC could make this election a done deal soon https://t.co/iKScWUNoOo | Hillary's strength in registering and recruiting voters early in FL and NC could make this election a done deal soon https://t.co/iKScWUNoOo |
| The first wave of data from states like Florida and North Carolina shows preliminary signs that Mrs. Clinton was building a slight edge even before the revelation that Donald J. Trump had bragged about sexual assaultroiled the race. | The first wave of data from states like Florida and North Carolina shows preliminary signs that Mrs. Clinton was building a slight edge even before the revelation that Donald J. Trump had bragged about sexual assaultroiled the race. |
| Democrats are requesting more absentee ballots in Florida than they were at this point in 2012, with increases of 50 percent in the heavily Hispanic areas around Miami and Orlando. In North Carolina, where Mitt Romney built enough of a lead in early voting four years ago to edge out a victory over President Obama, Democrats are requesting mail-in ballots in larger numbers than in 2012, while Republicans’ participation is declining. | Democrats are requesting more absentee ballots in Florida than they were at this point in 2012, with increases of 50 percent in the heavily Hispanic areas around Miami and Orlando. In North Carolina, where Mitt Romney built enough of a lead in early voting four years ago to edge out a victory over President Obama, Democrats are requesting mail-in ballots in larger numbers than in 2012, while Republicans’ participation is declining. |
| If Clinton’s ground game is as solid as it appears, and recent polling trendlines hold, and with a couple other caveats, it’s easy to imagine a map like this: | If Clinton’s ground game is as solid as it appears, and recent polling trendlines hold, and with a couple other caveats, it’s easy to imagine a map like this: |
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| Take our voter turnout quiz | |
| With voter registration deadlines falling today in numerous states, the Guardian interactive team has taken a look at voter turnout in each state. | With voter registration deadlines falling today in numerous states, the Guardian interactive team has taken a look at voter turnout in each state. |
| Can you guess/ do you know the rate of voter turnout in your state? Click through below. | Can you guess/ do you know the rate of voter turnout in your state? Click through below. |
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| Glenn Beck calls Clinton 'moral, ethical' choice | Glenn Beck calls Clinton 'moral, ethical' choice |
| Former Fox talker Glenn Beck, an erstwhile Ted Cruz friend who has ranted about Barack Obama being a racist and compared Al Gore to Hitler, has written on Facebook that Hillary Clinton is the “moral, ethical” choice in this election. | Former Fox talker Glenn Beck, an erstwhile Ted Cruz friend who has ranted about Barack Obama being a racist and compared Al Gore to Hitler, has written on Facebook that Hillary Clinton is the “moral, ethical” choice in this election. |
| “It is not acceptable to ask a moral, dignified man to cast his vote to help elect an immoral man who is absent decency or dignity,” Beck writes. “If the consequence of standing against Trump and for principles is indeed the election of Hillary Clinton, so be it. At least it is a moral, ethical choice. | “It is not acceptable to ask a moral, dignified man to cast his vote to help elect an immoral man who is absent decency or dignity,” Beck writes. “If the consequence of standing against Trump and for principles is indeed the election of Hillary Clinton, so be it. At least it is a moral, ethical choice. |
| If she is elected, the world does not end.... Once elected, Hillary can be fought... | If she is elected, the world does not end.... Once elected, Hillary can be fought... |
| The alternative does not offer a moral person the same opportunity. If one helps to elect an immoral man to the highest office, then one is merely validating his immorality, lewdness, and depravity. | The alternative does not offer a moral person the same opportunity. If one helps to elect an immoral man to the highest office, then one is merely validating his immorality, lewdness, and depravity. |
| Apparently they’re serving ice cream in Hell todayhttps://t.co/icBAtVqhBm | Apparently they’re serving ice cream in Hell todayhttps://t.co/icBAtVqhBm |
| (h/t: @bencjacobs) | (h/t: @bencjacobs) |
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| Trump ad attacks Clinton's health | Trump ad attacks Clinton's health |
| Both campaigns have released new ads out today. The Trump campaign argues that Clinton is not the right leader for these dangerous times, while the Clinton campaign uses people reading from her book “It takes a village” to appeal to Mormon voters to give her a look. | Both campaigns have released new ads out today. The Trump campaign argues that Clinton is not the right leader for these dangerous times, while the Clinton campaign uses people reading from her book “It takes a village” to appeal to Mormon voters to give her a look. |
| First the Trump ad. It adds a twist to the world-is-scary campaign video trope by mixing in video of Clinton stumbling getting into her van, coughing and being helped on a staircase. | First the Trump ad. It adds a twist to the world-is-scary campaign video trope by mixing in video of Clinton stumbling getting into her van, coughing and being helped on a staircase. |
| “Our next president faces daunting challenges in a dangerous world... Hillary Clinton failed every time as secretary of state,” the narrator says. “Hillary Clinton doesn’t have the fortitude, strength and stamina to lead in our world.” | “Our next president faces daunting challenges in a dangerous world... Hillary Clinton failed every time as secretary of state,” the narrator says. “Hillary Clinton doesn’t have the fortitude, strength and stamina to lead in our world.” |
| "She doesn’t quit. She doesn’t give up...She’s a fighter." -- Donald Trump TWO DAYS AGO https://t.co/8i7Vo8ML01 | "She doesn’t quit. She doesn’t give up...She’s a fighter." -- Donald Trump TWO DAYS AGO https://t.co/8i7Vo8ML01 |
| The Clinton campaign ad, “We are Mormons for Hillary,” could not frame a stronger contrast. It features sweeping shots of beautiful western landscapes and pictures kids flying kites, with a voiceover message about mutual reinforcement and the common good. | The Clinton campaign ad, “We are Mormons for Hillary,” could not frame a stronger contrast. It features sweeping shots of beautiful western landscapes and pictures kids flying kites, with a voiceover message about mutual reinforcement and the common good. |
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| Voter registration deadlines today | Voter registration deadlines today |
| Ohio governor John Kasich, who’s not #nevertrump but who’s never been for Trump, and who sat out his party’s national convention in his home state, is encouraging Ohio voters not to miss today’s registration deadline: | Ohio governor John Kasich, who’s not #nevertrump but who’s never been for Trump, and who sat out his party’s national convention in his home state, is encouraging Ohio voters not to miss today’s registration deadline: |
| Ohio's voter registration deadline is TODAY. Register or update your registration at https://t.co/WBMIHeVJf5 | Ohio's voter registration deadline is TODAY. Register or update your registration at https://t.co/WBMIHeVJf5 |
| Here are other states with voter registration deadlines today: | Here are other states with voter registration deadlines today: |
| Today’s the deadline to register to vote in OH, PA, MI, NM, TX, GA, IN, KY, LA, TN, SC and DC - https://t.co/gBL8EReh7T | Today’s the deadline to register to vote in OH, PA, MI, NM, TX, GA, IN, KY, LA, TN, SC and DC - https://t.co/gBL8EReh7T |
| You can visit iwillvote.com to check your registration status and get signed up. | You can visit iwillvote.com to check your registration status and get signed up. |
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| Trump or Dylan? | Trump or Dylan? |
| "I've been double-crossed now for the very last time and now I'm finally free"— who said it? | "I've been double-crossed now for the very last time and now I'm finally free"— who said it? |
| Tip for Trump: each of these lines is fewer than 140 characters: | Tip for Trump: each of these lines is fewer than 140 characters: |
| I kissed goodbye the howling beast on the borderline which separated you from me You’ll never know the hurt I suffered nor the pain I rise above And I’ll never know the same about you, your holiness or your kind of love And it makes me feel so sorry | I kissed goodbye the howling beast on the borderline which separated you from me You’ll never know the hurt I suffered nor the pain I rise above And I’ll never know the same about you, your holiness or your kind of love And it makes me feel so sorry |
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| A phone and a remote control. At least no football? | A phone and a remote control. At least no football? |
| Trump is at Trump Tower, per a person close to him. Watching TV, tweeting. With Bannon & others who encourage his anti-estab R sentiment... | Trump is at Trump Tower, per a person close to him. Watching TV, tweeting. With Bannon & others who encourage his anti-estab R sentiment... |
| Yes, Ms Rubin. Everyone is: | Yes, Ms Rubin. Everyone is: |
| @costareports Imagine it's the oval office. ahhhhhhhh!!!!!! | @costareports Imagine it's the oval office. ahhhhhhhh!!!!!! |
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| All eyes on Ryan, and his endorsement | All eyes on Ryan, and his endorsement |
| There has been no shortage this election cycle of stories about how Paul Ryan, the top elected Republican, might un-endorse Donald Trump. | There has been no shortage this election cycle of stories about how Paul Ryan, the top elected Republican, might un-endorse Donald Trump. |
| It’s now 11 October – 28 days out – and Trump is attacking Ryan highly publicly as “very weak and ineffective” and Trump appears to be trying to crush, Stephen Bannon-style, the rest of the Republican party which is essential to Ryan’s life work if anything is. | It’s now 11 October – 28 days out – and Trump is attacking Ryan highly publicly as “very weak and ineffective” and Trump appears to be trying to crush, Stephen Bannon-style, the rest of the Republican party which is essential to Ryan’s life work if anything is. |
| And here this morning Politico has another story, based on unnamed sources, about how Ryan may un-endorse Donald Trump: | And here this morning Politico has another story, based on unnamed sources, about how Ryan may un-endorse Donald Trump: |
| Paul Ryan may not be done yet. | Paul Ryan may not be done yet. |
| As thoroughly as the House speaker shocked the national political establishment Monday by saying he’s done with Donald Trump and it’s time to focus on his House majority, there’s a distinct possibility Ryan will go a step further and completely yank his endorsement, sources close to him told POLITICO. | As thoroughly as the House speaker shocked the national political establishment Monday by saying he’s done with Donald Trump and it’s time to focus on his House majority, there’s a distinct possibility Ryan will go a step further and completely yank his endorsement, sources close to him told POLITICO. |
| In fact, Ryan has personally been on the edge of pulling the plug but has held out because his decision is about more than just his personal feelings: It’s about saving his massive 60-seat majority. The Wisconsin Republican is in an excruciating spot: He feels torn between his own conscience and his obligations as the top Republican in the country, according to multiple sources in leadership familiar with the internal discussions. | In fact, Ryan has personally been on the edge of pulling the plug but has held out because his decision is about more than just his personal feelings: It’s about saving his massive 60-seat majority. The Wisconsin Republican is in an excruciating spot: He feels torn between his own conscience and his obligations as the top Republican in the country, according to multiple sources in leadership familiar with the internal discussions. |
| Not to mention, nearly everyone in House Republican leadership believes there are more embarrassing revelations about Trump to come before Nov. 8. | Not to mention, nearly everyone in House Republican leadership believes there are more embarrassing revelations about Trump to come before Nov. 8. |
| For now: | For now: |
| Ryan is still endorsing Trump. https://t.co/L30EZvUbm0 | Ryan is still endorsing Trump. https://t.co/L30EZvUbm0 |
| Some context: the person closest to Trump right now -- Bannon -- published this story about Ryan in July https://t.co/ktEjVbLV28 | Some context: the person closest to Trump right now -- Bannon -- published this story about Ryan in July https://t.co/ktEjVbLV28 |
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| Instead of embedding each new Trump tweet in its own block, we’ll do periodic roundups (if he keeps going). Here’s volume one, including his new tweet, for posterity: | Instead of embedding each new Trump tweet in its own block, we’ll do periodic roundups (if he keeps going). Here’s volume one, including his new tweet, for posterity: |
| Disloyal R's are far more difficult than Crooked Hillary. They come at you from all sides. They don’t know how to win - I will teach them! | Disloyal R's are far more difficult than Crooked Hillary. They come at you from all sides. They don’t know how to win - I will teach them! |
| With the exception of cheating Bernie out of the nom the Dems have always proven to be far more loyal to each other than the Republicans! | With the exception of cheating Bernie out of the nom the Dems have always proven to be far more loyal to each other than the Republicans! |
| It is so nice that the shackles have been taken off me and I can now fight for America the way I want to. | It is so nice that the shackles have been taken off me and I can now fight for America the way I want to. |
| THE PARTY DECIDES: Republicans won't pick Trump because no party could fuck up a nomination that badly.REPUBLICANS: Oh yeah? Just watch us. | THE PARTY DECIDES: Republicans won't pick Trump because no party could fuck up a nomination that badly.REPUBLICANS: Oh yeah? Just watch us. |
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| Maybe this is Trump’s strategy: get the headlines away from the debate his surrogates are pushing about whether unwanted genital-touching constitutes sexual assault. It’s a distraction technique? | Maybe this is Trump’s strategy: get the headlines away from the debate his surrogates are pushing about whether unwanted genital-touching constitutes sexual assault. It’s a distraction technique? |
| Just a thought about Trump's tweets this morning: A war with Washington and "establishment" is a better headline than the lewd tape | Just a thought about Trump's tweets this morning: A war with Washington and "establishment" is a better headline than the lewd tape |
| New fires has been how he has put out old fires his whole campaign (and career) -->https://t.co/SBS5wb0ZuX | New fires has been how he has put out old fires his whole campaign (and career) -->https://t.co/SBS5wb0ZuX |
| There’s another possible explanation for Trump’s erratic strategy: he is an erratic candidate. | There’s another possible explanation for Trump’s erratic strategy: he is an erratic candidate. |
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| Trump-GOP flame war escalates | Trump-GOP flame war escalates |
| What’s Trump’s game here? | What’s Trump’s game here? |
| With the exception of cheating Bernie out of the nom the Dems have always proven to be far more loyal to each other than the Republicans! | With the exception of cheating Bernie out of the nom the Dems have always proven to be far more loyal to each other than the Republicans! |
| Is he hoping that a spectacular split with elected Republicans will give him the votes he needs in ME-2 to tip the dominoes through New Hampshire and North Carolina which all, assuming he wins Mitt Romney’s states, would give him 272 electoral votes and the presidency (see this scenario, mapped)? | Is he hoping that a spectacular split with elected Republicans will give him the votes he needs in ME-2 to tip the dominoes through New Hampshire and North Carolina which all, assuming he wins Mitt Romney’s states, would give him 272 electoral votes and the presidency (see this scenario, mapped)? |
| Or is this more a look at shackles-off Trump, a Trump who does not need state parties and polls and least of all “underachieving” John King’s electoral map? | Or is this more a look at shackles-off Trump, a Trump who does not need state parties and polls and least of all “underachieving” John King’s electoral map? |
| While Trump is focused this morning on #winning by doing things his own way, his son Eric Trump is trying to make sure voters don’t miss registration deadlines. | While Trump is focused this morning on #winning by doing things his own way, his son Eric Trump is trying to make sure voters don’t miss registration deadlines. |
| Which is precisely the kind of thing that the national party infrastructure could help with. | Which is precisely the kind of thing that the national party infrastructure could help with. |
| 13 states have voter registration deadlines TODAY: FL, OH, PA, MI, GA, TX, NM, IN, LA, TN, AR, KY, SC.Register: https://t.co/9oSr60oP8H | 13 states have voter registration deadlines TODAY: FL, OH, PA, MI, GA, TX, NM, IN, LA, TN, AR, KY, SC.Register: https://t.co/9oSr60oP8H |
| There are indications, meanwhile, that for Republicans, the only reward for bailing on Trump now may be spiritual. Here’s Democratic pollster Nick Gourevitch: | There are indications, meanwhile, that for Republicans, the only reward for bailing on Trump now may be spiritual. Here’s Democratic pollster Nick Gourevitch: |
| Ooof pic.twitter.com/c70BViTOUc | Ooof pic.twitter.com/c70BViTOUc |
| This election is like a bad made-for-TV movie about a presidential nominee who goes nuts. The only question: is he is also a Russian agent? | This election is like a bad made-for-TV movie about a presidential nominee who goes nuts. The only question: is he is also a Russian agent? |
| Doesn’t sound that bad, for a made-for-TV movie? Maybe if it’s raining, and nothing else is on? | Doesn’t sound that bad, for a made-for-TV movie? Maybe if it’s raining, and nothing else is on? |
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| Speaking of Tipper Gore, who founded and led the anti-expression group showcased in the previous block’s video – former vice president Al Gore, from whom Tipper separated in 2010, is scheduled to campaign with Hillary Clinton in Miami, Florida, this afternoon. | Speaking of Tipper Gore, who founded and led the anti-expression group showcased in the previous block’s video – former vice president Al Gore, from whom Tipper separated in 2010, is scheduled to campaign with Hillary Clinton in Miami, Florida, this afternoon. |
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| This blog has not made it common practice to showcase the thinking of Katrina Pierson, the Trump surrogate whose controversial statements often seem to play out over in the corner while the campaign action is at midfield. | This blog has not made it common practice to showcase the thinking of Katrina Pierson, the Trump surrogate whose controversial statements often seem to play out over in the corner while the campaign action is at midfield. |
| However in this case, Pierson gives voice to an argument heard elsewhere in the last 24 hours from the mouths of other prominent Trump supporters: it’s hypocritical to find fault with Trump’s hot mic statement about grabbing genitalia without consent because, hip-hop. | However in this case, Pierson gives voice to an argument heard elsewhere in the last 24 hours from the mouths of other prominent Trump supporters: it’s hypocritical to find fault with Trump’s hot mic statement about grabbing genitalia without consent because, hip-hop. |
| Pierson: | Pierson: |
| But I do quite [sic] find it rich that we have Democrats and the left talking about rape culture, when they’re the ones backed fully by Hollywood. This rape culture is purported [sic] by none other than the entertainment industry, none other than hip-hop music, which you can hear on local radio stations. | But I do quite [sic] find it rich that we have Democrats and the left talking about rape culture, when they’re the ones backed fully by Hollywood. This rape culture is purported [sic] by none other than the entertainment industry, none other than hip-hop music, which you can hear on local radio stations. |
| Trump surrogates going all in on "but rap lyrics tho" defense pic.twitter.com/GNViErCcni | Trump surrogates going all in on "but rap lyrics tho" defense pic.twitter.com/GNViErCcni |
| The culture war on hip-hop is as old as rap and was preceded by fear of rock ‘n’ roll. Here’s the 1985 senate hearing with the Parent’s Musical Resource Center: | The culture war on hip-hop is as old as rap and was preceded by fear of rock ‘n’ roll. Here’s the 1985 senate hearing with the Parent’s Musical Resource Center: |
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| Where’s your Tuesday at? | Where’s your Tuesday at? |
| https://t.co/oU9SM3I18L pic.twitter.com/B9LaYYdWHE | https://t.co/oU9SM3I18L pic.twitter.com/B9LaYYdWHE |
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| Trump: 'the shackles have been taken off' | Trump: 'the shackles have been taken off' |
| Donald Trump tweets that “the shackles have been taken off.” | Donald Trump tweets that “the shackles have been taken off.” |
| He seems to mean that to this point, he had been toning it down out of deference to the guidance or demands of elected Republicans, but that’s over. | He seems to mean that to this point, he had been toning it down out of deference to the guidance or demands of elected Republicans, but that’s over. |
| It is so nice that the shackles have been taken off me and I can now fight for America the way I want to. | It is so nice that the shackles have been taken off me and I can now fight for America the way I want to. |
| Trump: Ryan ‘very weak and ineffective’ | Trump: Ryan ‘very weak and ineffective’ |
| This morning on Twitter, Trump has attacking House speaker Paul Ryan and by extension the Republican leadership and rank and file: | This morning on Twitter, Trump has attacking House speaker Paul Ryan and by extension the Republican leadership and rank and file: |
| Our very weak and ineffective leader, Paul Ryan, had a bad conference call where his members went wild at his disloyalty. | Our very weak and ineffective leader, Paul Ryan, had a bad conference call where his members went wild at his disloyalty. |
| At least three Republicans on Ryan’s conference call Tuesday were quoted as objecting to what they said was the leadership’s cowardice and defeatism. | At least three Republicans on Ryan’s conference call Tuesday were quoted as objecting to what they said was the leadership’s cowardice and defeatism. |
| Here’s what Ryan is up to this morning: | Here’s what Ryan is up to this morning: |
| 4 out of 10 families look to women as the sole breadwinners. @RepMcSally is leading a working group to find solutions to their challenges. pic.twitter.com/pxOIhGwmkR | 4 out of 10 families look to women as the sole breadwinners. @RepMcSally is leading a working group to find solutions to their challenges. pic.twitter.com/pxOIhGwmkR |
| Republicans who break with Donald Trump may face ballot box retribution, pollster Frank Luntz points out. (They may sense this.) | Republicans who break with Donald Trump may face ballot box retribution, pollster Frank Luntz points out. (They may sense this.) |
| 🚨 Warning to GOP candidates 🚨If you #DumpTrump, many of Trump's supporters will dump you. | 🚨 Warning to GOP candidates 🚨If you #DumpTrump, many of Trump's supporters will dump you. |
| A fellow who used to work for former Sen. Lugar, a moderate R, just stopped me to say, "I don't have a party any more." Sad. | A fellow who used to work for former Sen. Lugar, a moderate R, just stopped me to say, "I don't have a party any more." Sad. |
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| Hello and welcome to our live-wire coverage of the 2016 race for the White House. | Hello and welcome to our live-wire coverage of the 2016 race for the White House. |
| Republican officials have been tying themselves in tightening knots in an attempt to argue that touching women’s genitalia without consent, as described by Donald Trump, does not constitute sexual assault. | Republican officials have been tying themselves in tightening knots in an attempt to argue that touching women’s genitalia without consent, as described by Donald Trump, does not constitute sexual assault. |
| The communications director of the Republican national committee, Sean Spicer, appears to have lied point-blank to the Washington Post last night, denying a quote that had been attributed to him in which he dodged the sexual assault question by saying: “I’m not a lawyer.” | The communications director of the Republican national committee, Sean Spicer, appears to have lied point-blank to the Washington Post last night, denying a quote that had been attributed to him in which he dodged the sexual assault question by saying: “I’m not a lawyer.” |
| Confronted with a recording of his remarks, Spicer finally admitted saying it, and released this further statement: | Confronted with a recording of his remarks, Spicer finally admitted saying it, and released this further statement: |
| While I was asked question about a matter of law, it is never appropriate to touch anyone in an unwelcome manner. https://t.co/uSEaDC78aY | While I was asked question about a matter of law, it is never appropriate to touch anyone in an unwelcome manner. https://t.co/uSEaDC78aY |
| Spicer’s comments follow remarks by Trump campaign manager Kellyanne Conway, who admonished people on Monday to quit saying “sexual assault”: “That’s a very unfortunate phrase, and people really should stop using it,” Conway said. Alabama senator Jeff Sessions, meanwhile, told the conservative magazine the Weekly Standard that he wouldn’t characterize unwanted touching and kissing as sexual assault. “I think that’s a stretch,” he said. | Spicer’s comments follow remarks by Trump campaign manager Kellyanne Conway, who admonished people on Monday to quit saying “sexual assault”: “That’s a very unfortunate phrase, and people really should stop using it,” Conway said. Alabama senator Jeff Sessions, meanwhile, told the conservative magazine the Weekly Standard that he wouldn’t characterize unwanted touching and kissing as sexual assault. “I think that’s a stretch,” he said. |
| I think the GOP just had its Todd Akin "legitimate rape" moment of 2016.... https://t.co/QcQ7NSmZf5 | I think the GOP just had its Todd Akin "legitimate rape" moment of 2016.... https://t.co/QcQ7NSmZf5 |
| That's not fair to Todd Akin. No comparison. This much worse. https://t.co/3a9EYqkoKT | That's not fair to Todd Akin. No comparison. This much worse. https://t.co/3a9EYqkoKT |
| Read Molly Redden for more: | Read Molly Redden for more: |
| Trump starts day with swipe at Ryan | Trump starts day with swipe at Ryan |
| Trump seems to be feeling the sting of Republican party abandonment. House speaker Paul Ryan told members of Congress yesterday that he would no longer defend Trump and would not campaign for him: | Trump seems to be feeling the sting of Republican party abandonment. House speaker Paul Ryan told members of Congress yesterday that he would no longer defend Trump and would not campaign for him: |
| Desite winning the second debate in a landslide (every poll), it is hard to do well when Paul Ryan and others give zero support! | Desite winning the second debate in a landslide (every poll), it is hard to do well when Paul Ryan and others give zero support! |
| A greater liability for Trump than his loss of Ryan may be the continuous war he keeps up with three-dimensional reality. For example the “(every poll)” bit: | A greater liability for Trump than his loss of Ryan may be the continuous war he keeps up with three-dimensional reality. For example the “(every poll)” bit: |
| Politico poll too finds Hillary won the debate.Politico - Clinton 42 / Trump 28CNN - Clinton 57 / Trump 24YouGov - Clinton 47 / Trump 42 | Politico poll too finds Hillary won the debate.Politico - Clinton 42 / Trump 28CNN - Clinton 57 / Trump 24YouGov - Clinton 47 / Trump 42 |
| Trump marches on amid spiraling disaster | Trump marches on amid spiraling disaster |
| Trump hoists mini-him | Trump hoists mini-him |
| A crowd for Clinton | A crowd for Clinton |
| Clinton had a very large crowd at Ohio State University in Columbus last night: | Clinton had a very large crowd at Ohio State University in Columbus last night: |
| .@HillaryClinton on the campus of The Ohio State University. pic.twitter.com/gRpPGuZwDk | .@HillaryClinton on the campus of The Ohio State University. pic.twitter.com/gRpPGuZwDk |
| Trump surrogate quotes Beyoncé to defend ‘hot-mic’ moment | Trump surrogate quotes Beyoncé to defend ‘hot-mic’ moment |
| A Trump surrogate on CNN last night quoted Beyoncé’s Formation to make the point that – we’re not sure. But here’s what she said: | A Trump surrogate on CNN last night quoted Beyoncé’s Formation to make the point that – we’re not sure. But here’s what she said: |
| THIS. REALLY. JUST. HAPPENED. pic.twitter.com/LiTbQnMYrL | THIS. REALLY. JUST. HAPPENED. pic.twitter.com/LiTbQnMYrL |
| You be the judge: like Donald Trump on that bus or what? | You be the judge: like Donald Trump on that bus or what? |
| Thank you for reading and please join us in the comments. | Thank you for reading and please join us in the comments. |
| Updated | Updated |
| at 4.03pm BST | at 4.03pm BST |