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| Donald Trump tries to deflect attention to 'rigged election' – campaign live | Donald Trump tries to deflect attention to 'rigged election' – campaign live |
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| #ThanksBilly | |
| Over the weekend, Twitter took the opportunity to prematurely thank Billy Bush for donating his exit settlement to women’s charities. The Today anchor is currently negotiating the terms of his departure with NBC after his unflattering appearance in the recently published 2005 Access Hollywood video. | |
| On the hot mic recording, Bush giggles as Donald Trump boasts about groping and kissing women without their consent. Since the video’s release, several women have come forward with sexual misconduct and assault allegations against Trump that match his own description in the tape. The Republican nominee has vehemently denied each of the claims. | |
| Bush hasn’t actually said he will donate the money, but no matter. | |
| What a guy! #ThanksBilly pic.twitter.com/rsnUmmLUfU | |
| What a great save. Really the only decent thing to do. #ThanksBilly !! https://t.co/4eE0VHytFy | |
| Aaaand I've been had by a hoax. Damnit Gad. Damnit https://t.co/Es9ntmB2m0 | |
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| at 4.04pm BST | |
| 3.46pm BST | 3.46pm BST |
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| Journalists have devoted unknown hours of deep investigative research to expose the large-scale voter fraud phenomena Trump keeps warning us about. | Journalists have devoted unknown hours of deep investigative research to expose the large-scale voter fraud phenomena Trump keeps warning us about. |
| The conclusion: | The conclusion: |
| Is there evidence of large scale voter fraud?......No. | Is there evidence of large scale voter fraud?......No. |
| “Voter Fraud” is a dog whistle that means “brown people are voting” which makes it dumb to refute by pointing out actual fraud doesn’t exist | “Voter Fraud” is a dog whistle that means “brown people are voting” which makes it dumb to refute by pointing out actual fraud doesn’t exist |
| You are more likely to be groped/sexually assaulted by Trump then you are to be the victim of voter fraud. https://t.co/o8ezhpJrJV | You are more likely to be groped/sexually assaulted by Trump then you are to be the victim of voter fraud. https://t.co/o8ezhpJrJV |
| Talk about going full Breitbart. I debunk this in my 2012 book, #TheVotingWars. See also Minnite, Myth of Voter Fraud (1/2) https://t.co/NsYgyJBHpw | Talk about going full Breitbart. I debunk this in my 2012 book, #TheVotingWars. See also Minnite, Myth of Voter Fraud (1/2) https://t.co/NsYgyJBHpw |
| A comprehensive investigation of voter impersonation found 31 credible incidents out of one billion ballots cast https://t.co/oYLo60E8GF | A comprehensive investigation of voter impersonation found 31 credible incidents out of one billion ballots cast https://t.co/oYLo60E8GF |
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| Donald Trump has received little love from the land of milk and honey. But billionaire Pay Pal co-founder Peter Thiel stands out. | Donald Trump has received little love from the land of milk and honey. But billionaire Pay Pal co-founder Peter Thiel stands out. |
| The investor will donate $1.25m to Trump’s campaign, according to a report in The New York Times on Monday. The money will go to Super Pacs supporting the Republican nominee as well as the campaign directly. | The investor will donate $1.25m to Trump’s campaign, according to a report in The New York Times on Monday. The money will go to Super Pacs supporting the Republican nominee as well as the campaign directly. |
| The only prominent supporter of the Republican candidate in the high-tech community, Mr. Thiel is making his first donation in support of Mr. Trump’s election. He will give $1.25 million through a combination of super PAC donations and funds given directly to the campaign, a person close to the investor said on Saturday. | The only prominent supporter of the Republican candidate in the high-tech community, Mr. Thiel is making his first donation in support of Mr. Trump’s election. He will give $1.25 million through a combination of super PAC donations and funds given directly to the campaign, a person close to the investor said on Saturday. |
| The donation puts the billionaire investor high on a very short list of big Trump contributors. One of the biggest donors is Robert Mercer of the hedge fund Renaissance Technologies. He and his daughter Rebekah Mercer have given $15.5 million in support of the Republican candidate’s election, according to the Center for Responsive Politics. Geoffrey Palmer, a Los Angeles developer, has donated $2 million. | The donation puts the billionaire investor high on a very short list of big Trump contributors. One of the biggest donors is Robert Mercer of the hedge fund Renaissance Technologies. He and his daughter Rebekah Mercer have given $15.5 million in support of the Republican candidate’s election, according to the Center for Responsive Politics. Geoffrey Palmer, a Los Angeles developer, has donated $2 million. |
| Read the full NYT story here. | Read the full NYT story here. |
| Updated | Updated |
| at 3.47pm BST | at 3.47pm BST |
| 3.22pm BST | 3.22pm BST |
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| On (and off) the campaign trail: | On (and off) the campaign trail: |
| Hillary Clinton hunkered down in Chappaqua the weekend preparing for the third and final presidential debate in Las Vegas on Wednesday. She has no public events scheduled before the debate. | Hillary Clinton hunkered down in Chappaqua the weekend preparing for the third and final presidential debate in Las Vegas on Wednesday. She has no public events scheduled before the debate. |
| Her running mate Tim Kaine is also down for the day, though Bernie Sanders will campaign for Clinton at Colorado State University in Fort Collins. Chelsea Clinton will attend a glitzy, star-studded fundraiser-concert at New York City’s St James Theatre. Billy Crystal will host the show and performances promise something for everybody: Lin-Manuel Miranda, Neil Patrick Harris, Lena Dunham, Julia Roberts, Helen Mirren,Uzo Aduba, and many more. | Her running mate Tim Kaine is also down for the day, though Bernie Sanders will campaign for Clinton at Colorado State University in Fort Collins. Chelsea Clinton will attend a glitzy, star-studded fundraiser-concert at New York City’s St James Theatre. Billy Crystal will host the show and performances promise something for everybody: Lin-Manuel Miranda, Neil Patrick Harris, Lena Dunham, Julia Roberts, Helen Mirren,Uzo Aduba, and many more. |
| Donald Trump spent the weekend campaigning up and down the East Coast. He has a rally today in Green Bay, Wisconsin. His running mate, Mike Pence, will hold two events today in the battleground state in Ohio. | Donald Trump spent the weekend campaigning up and down the East Coast. He has a rally today in Green Bay, Wisconsin. His running mate, Mike Pence, will hold two events today in the battleground state in Ohio. |
| Updated | Updated |
| at 3.29pm BST | at 3.29pm BST |
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| This morning, Trump has again decried the electoral system, alleging “large scale voter fraud” without offering any evidence to support this claim. | This morning, Trump has again decried the electoral system, alleging “large scale voter fraud” without offering any evidence to support this claim. |
| Of course there is large scale voter fraud happening on and before election day. Why do Republican leaders deny what is going on? So naive! | Of course there is large scale voter fraud happening on and before election day. Why do Republican leaders deny what is going on? So naive! |
| The Republican nominee also re-tweeted a link from a contributor to Alex Jones’ Infowars website, which has been pulling for Trump this election. Jones is the shock jock and conspiracy theorist who thinks Hillary Clinton is a demon. | The Republican nominee also re-tweeted a link from a contributor to Alex Jones’ Infowars website, which has been pulling for Trump this election. Jones is the shock jock and conspiracy theorist who thinks Hillary Clinton is a demon. |
| "@PrisonPlanet: Trump accuser praised him in an email as recently as April! This is all yet another hoax. https://t.co/tcKzmIKpfS" Terrible | "@PrisonPlanet: Trump accuser praised him in an email as recently as April! This is all yet another hoax. https://t.co/tcKzmIKpfS" Terrible |
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| Hello, and welcome to our live-wire coverage of the 2016 race for the White House. Jared Kushner, Donald Trump’s son-in-law, has “informally approached one of the media industry’s top dealmakers about the prospect of setting up a Trump television network after the presidential election in November”, the Financial Times reported: | Hello, and welcome to our live-wire coverage of the 2016 race for the White House. Jared Kushner, Donald Trump’s son-in-law, has “informally approached one of the media industry’s top dealmakers about the prospect of setting up a Trump television network after the presidential election in November”, the Financial Times reported: |
| Mr Kushner – an increasingly influential figure in the billionaire’s presidential campaign – contacted Aryeh Bourkoff, the founder and chief executive of LionTree, a boutique investment bank, within the past couple of months, according to three people with knowledge of the matter. | Mr Kushner – an increasingly influential figure in the billionaire’s presidential campaign – contacted Aryeh Bourkoff, the founder and chief executive of LionTree, a boutique investment bank, within the past couple of months, according to three people with knowledge of the matter. |
| Their conversation was brief and has not progressed since, the people said. Mr Bourkoff and Mr Kushner both declined to comment. | Their conversation was brief and has not progressed since, the people said. Mr Bourkoff and Mr Kushner both declined to comment. |
| Presumably Trump does not plan on setting up a TV station if he wins the presidency (a presumption that may be foolish). | Presumably Trump does not plan on setting up a TV station if he wins the presidency (a presumption that may be foolish). |
| Trump: election ‘rigged’ ‘at polling places’ | Trump: election ‘rigged’ ‘at polling places’ |
| When the Republican nominee failed to win an Emmy for The Apprentice, it was rigged. China tried to rig the Olympics. The 2016 primaries were definitely rigged, even though Trump won. The 2012 presidential election? Also extremely rigged, in Trump’s telling: | When the Republican nominee failed to win an Emmy for The Apprentice, it was rigged. China tried to rig the Olympics. The 2016 primaries were definitely rigged, even though Trump won. The 2012 presidential election? Also extremely rigged, in Trump’s telling: |
| CORRECTED: This series of tweets from election night 2012 loom larger and larger in my mind. He's never renounced or tried to explain them. pic.twitter.com/IIpwUaWiLJ | CORRECTED: This series of tweets from election night 2012 loom larger and larger in my mind. He's never renounced or tried to explain them. pic.twitter.com/IIpwUaWiLJ |
| Trump is once again yelling about a rigged election, except this time he is the Republican nominee and the accusation seems a greater threat to undermine faith in free and fair elections: half of Trump supporters told AP/ORC pollsters earlier this month that they had little or no faith that their votes would be counted fairly. | Trump is once again yelling about a rigged election, except this time he is the Republican nominee and the accusation seems a greater threat to undermine faith in free and fair elections: half of Trump supporters told AP/ORC pollsters earlier this month that they had little or no faith that their votes would be counted fairly. |
| On Sunday, after Mike Pence and other surrogates went on TV to reassure the country that when he said “rigged” Trump was just talking about a media conspiracy, Trump clarified that no – he meant that local election officials, or someone, was rigging the election at the precinct level: | On Sunday, after Mike Pence and other surrogates went on TV to reassure the country that when he said “rigged” Trump was just talking about a media conspiracy, Trump clarified that no – he meant that local election officials, or someone, was rigging the election at the precinct level: |
| The election is absolutely being rigged by the dishonest and distorted media pushing Crooked Hillary - but also at many polling places - SAD | The election is absolutely being rigged by the dishonest and distorted media pushing Crooked Hillary - but also at many polling places - SAD |
| Of course there is large scale voter fraud happening on and before election day. Why do Republican leaders deny what is going on? So naive! | Of course there is large scale voter fraud happening on and before election day. Why do Republican leaders deny what is going on? So naive! |
| Rigging a presidential election would involve a conspiracy on par with the international banker-media-Clinton scheme against Trump that the candidate described last week. In short, presidential elections are transparent and decentralized and thus difficult to rig. The Twitter timeline of Ashby Law and the presidential historian Paul Brandus below are good places to start for more analysis along these lines: | Rigging a presidential election would involve a conspiracy on par with the international banker-media-Clinton scheme against Trump that the candidate described last week. In short, presidential elections are transparent and decentralized and thus difficult to rig. The Twitter timeline of Ashby Law and the presidential historian Paul Brandus below are good places to start for more analysis along these lines: |
| Regarding @realDonaldTrump and "election rigging" pic.twitter.com/jtBmKcyYbh | Regarding @realDonaldTrump and "election rigging" pic.twitter.com/jtBmKcyYbh |
| Warren: Trump ‘chicken’ for not releasing taxes | Warren: Trump ‘chicken’ for not releasing taxes |
| Democrats raise funds for burned GOP office in North Carolina | Democrats raise funds for burned GOP office in North Carolina |
| After a Republican office in liberal Orange County, North Carolina, was firebombed at the weekend, with no injuries, David Weinberger, a research fellow at Harvard Law School, and others set up a GoFundMe to rebuild. “Donations quickly poured in and the campaign’s $10,000 goal was surpassed within a couple hours,” Weinberger told the Huffington Post. “In total, organizers raised $13,167 from 552 donations before closing the fund.” | After a Republican office in liberal Orange County, North Carolina, was firebombed at the weekend, with no injuries, David Weinberger, a research fellow at Harvard Law School, and others set up a GoFundMe to rebuild. “Donations quickly poured in and the campaign’s $10,000 goal was surpassed within a couple hours,” Weinberger told the Huffington Post. “In total, organizers raised $13,167 from 552 donations before closing the fund.” |
| Animals representing Hillary Clinton and Dems in North Carolina just firebombed our office in Orange County because we are winning @NCGOP | Animals representing Hillary Clinton and Dems in North Carolina just firebombed our office in Orange County because we are winning @NCGOP |
| Clinton eyes Arizona | Clinton eyes Arizona |
| With the exception of Bill Clinton’s re-election, Arizona has not gone Democratic in a presidential election since Harry Truman. The Clinton campaign thinks it might this year, announcing Bernie Sanders early-vote rallies in Tucson and Flagstaff for Tuesday and a Chelsea Clinton event in Tempe on Wednesday. | With the exception of Bill Clinton’s re-election, Arizona has not gone Democratic in a presidential election since Harry Truman. The Clinton campaign thinks it might this year, announcing Bernie Sanders early-vote rallies in Tucson and Flagstaff for Tuesday and a Chelsea Clinton event in Tempe on Wednesday. |
| Stunning quote on the state of the race in Arizona. Arizona! https://t.co/4jFOjb8JAS pic.twitter.com/Cdkjn6fYaO | Stunning quote on the state of the race in Arizona. Arizona! https://t.co/4jFOjb8JAS pic.twitter.com/Cdkjn6fYaO |
| Beyoncé: ‘Doing nothing right now is not an option’ | Beyoncé: ‘Doing nothing right now is not an option’ |
| If you need motivation to vote, here's Beyoncé giving an impromptu word about #Election2016. pic.twitter.com/78AaQDWkc3 | If you need motivation to vote, here's Beyoncé giving an impromptu word about #Election2016. pic.twitter.com/78AaQDWkc3 |
| ICYMI, here’s the Saturday Night Live sketch that got under Trump’s skin: | ICYMI, here’s the Saturday Night Live sketch that got under Trump’s skin: |
| Thank you for reading and please join us in the comments. | Thank you for reading and please join us in the comments. |