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| Donald Trump booed at Alfred Smith charity dinner for calling Clinton 'corrupt' – live | Donald Trump booed at Alfred Smith charity dinner for calling Clinton 'corrupt' – live |
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| Today in Campaign 2016 | |
| To paraphrase Hillary Clinton, in under three weeks this will all be over. Feel better now? | |
| Some of today’s key news: | |
| Michelle Obama gives a speech and everyone loves it, it’s fantastic. My wife Melania gives the exact same speech and people get on her case. I don’t get it. | |
| This stuff is all relative. After listening to Hillary rattle on and on and on, I don’t think so badly of Rosie O’Donnell any more. In fact I’m actually starting to like Rosie a lot. | |
| Donald Trump really is as healthy as a horse – you know, the one Vladimir Putin rides around on. | |
| Donald looks at the Statue of Liberty and sees a four – maybe a five, if she loses the torch and tablet and changes her hair. | |
| Elsewhere | |
| The live blog is back tomorrow for more … whatever happens. | |
| Thanks for reading and for your comments. | |
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| An interesting observation from Associated Press: | |
| First lady Michelle Obama has emerged as perhaps the most effective Donald Trump critic in the Democrats’ lineup, and she’s done it without ever uttering two key words: Donald Trump. | |
| In her six campaign trail speeches for Hillary Clinton, the first lady has never said the Republican nominee’s name. She’s talked about “this candidate” and dedicated much of her time to a searing indictment of his words and positions. | |
| But throughout her buzzworthy takedowns, Trump remains the man who shall remain nameless. | |
| Check for yourself: | |
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| Bernie Sanders fans might be interested to learn that his brother, Larry Sanders, has scored a respectable fourth place in the Witney byelection in the UK. | |
| The byelection was prompted by the resignation of David Cameron – remember him? – and the Oxfordshire seat was held by the Conservative party. | |
| But fourth was a cheery enough result for Sanders and the Greens, who came fifth in last year’s general election in the constituency, and was enough for them to leapfrog the anti-EU Ukip. | |
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| It looks as if WikiLeaks didn’t enjoy the evening. | It looks as if WikiLeaks didn’t enjoy the evening. |
| That “rigged” line sounds familiar, though. | That “rigged” line sounds familiar, though. |
| There is no US election. There is power consolidation. Rigged primary, rigged media and rigged 'pied piper' candidate drive consolidation. | There is no US election. There is power consolidation. Rigged primary, rigged media and rigged 'pied piper' candidate drive consolidation. |
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| Sabrina Siddiqui | Sabrina Siddiqui |
| If Donald Trump’s campaign has been defined by going where no candidate has gone before, on Thursday the real estate mogul added a new feather to his cap: being roundly booed at a Catholic charity dinner. | If Donald Trump’s campaign has been defined by going where no candidate has gone before, on Thursday the real estate mogul added a new feather to his cap: being roundly booed at a Catholic charity dinner. |
| The Republican nominee encountered a chilly reception at the Alfred E. Smith dinner, an annual Catholic fundraiser in New York City, with Hillary Clinton also in attendance. Presidential candidates have long graced the white-tie affair and roasted themselves while throwing in a few jabs at their opponents. | The Republican nominee encountered a chilly reception at the Alfred E. Smith dinner, an annual Catholic fundraiser in New York City, with Hillary Clinton also in attendance. Presidential candidates have long graced the white-tie affair and roasted themselves while throwing in a few jabs at their opponents. |
| But after earning a few laughs, Trump’s remarks quickly devolved into a stinging indictment of Clinton that prompted jeers from the audience. | But after earning a few laughs, Trump’s remarks quickly devolved into a stinging indictment of Clinton that prompted jeers from the audience. |
| “Hillary believes it’s vital to deceive the people by having one public policy and a totally different policy in private,” Trump said, nodding to the emails of her campaign chairman John Podesta that were published by WikiLeaks. | “Hillary believes it’s vital to deceive the people by having one public policy and a totally different policy in private,” Trump said, nodding to the emails of her campaign chairman John Podesta that were published by WikiLeaks. |
| “That’s OK,” Trump responded to the audible boos that followed. “I don’t know who they’re angry at, Hillary, you or I?” | “That’s OK,” Trump responded to the audible boos that followed. “I don’t know who they’re angry at, Hillary, you or I?” |
| “You!” a voice cried out from the crowd. | “You!” a voice cried out from the crowd. |
| Trump pressed on, standing at a podium mere feet away from Cardinal Timothy Dolan, who served as the evening’s host: “For example, here she is tonight in public, pretending not to hate Catholics.” | Trump pressed on, standing at a podium mere feet away from Cardinal Timothy Dolan, who served as the evening’s host: “For example, here she is tonight in public, pretending not to hate Catholics.” |
| Trump did bring the house down with a rejoinder poking fun at his wife’s dabble with plagiarism during the Republican National Convention in July. | Trump did bring the house down with a rejoinder poking fun at his wife’s dabble with plagiarism during the Republican National Convention in July. |
| “Michelle Obama gives a speech and everyone loves it, it’s fantastic,” Trump said. “My wife Melania gives the exact same speech, and people get on her case. I don’t get it.” | “Michelle Obama gives a speech and everyone loves it, it’s fantastic,” Trump said. “My wife Melania gives the exact same speech, and people get on her case. I don’t get it.” |
| But the barbs he subsequently threw at Clinton, delivered as though the venue was a Trump campaign rally, fell flat. | But the barbs he subsequently threw at Clinton, delivered as though the venue was a Trump campaign rally, fell flat. |
| Clinton’s speech, albeit less bitter in its tone, was similarly crafted with a series of jokes not far removed from the attack lines she has employed against Trump on the stump. | Clinton’s speech, albeit less bitter in its tone, was similarly crafted with a series of jokes not far removed from the attack lines she has employed against Trump on the stump. |
| The Democratic nominee needled her opponent over his admiration for Russia, remarking of Trump’s refusal to disclose his health records: “Donald Trump really is as healthy as a horse – you know, the one Vladimir Putin rides around on.” | The Democratic nominee needled her opponent over his admiration for Russia, remarking of Trump’s refusal to disclose his health records: “Donald Trump really is as healthy as a horse – you know, the one Vladimir Putin rides around on.” |
| Of his inability to stick to teleprompters, Clinton quipped: “I’m sure it’s even harder when you’re translating from the original Russian.” | Of his inability to stick to teleprompters, Clinton quipped: “I’m sure it’s even harder when you’re translating from the original Russian.” |
| The former secretary of state also homed in on his behavior toward women. “Donald looks at the Statue of Liberty and sees a four, maybe a five, if she loses the torch and tablet and changes her hair. | The former secretary of state also homed in on his behavior toward women. “Donald looks at the Statue of Liberty and sees a four, maybe a five, if she loses the torch and tablet and changes her hair. |
| “You know what would be a good number for a woman? 45,” she added, in reference to the number marking the next president’s place in US history. | “You know what would be a good number for a woman? 45,” she added, in reference to the number marking the next president’s place in US history. |
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| Donald Trump’s staff is throwing him under the bus... | Donald Trump’s staff is throwing him under the bus... |
| So I have a senior Trump source claiming Trump wrote his Al Smith speech himself. 🤔 | So I have a senior Trump source claiming Trump wrote his Al Smith speech himself. 🤔 |
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| Donald Trump's full speech to the Alfred Smith Dinner | Donald Trump's full speech to the Alfred Smith Dinner |
| Watch and cringe: | Watch and cringe: |
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| Kellyanne Conway is taking Hillary Clinton’s jokes in stride: | Kellyanne Conway is taking Hillary Clinton’s jokes in stride: |
| A shout out from @HillaryClinton at #AlSmithDinner ... https://t.co/DgHcT5kkFG | A shout out from @HillaryClinton at #AlSmithDinner ... https://t.co/DgHcT5kkFG |
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| Donald Trump, the moment of the loudest boos: | Donald Trump, the moment of the loudest boos: |
| Here she is tonight, in public, pretending not to hate Catholics. | Here she is tonight, in public, pretending not to hate Catholics. |
| Here's video of Trump getting booed down during his set at the Al Smith Dinner pic.twitter.com/025zgItcfy | Here's video of Trump getting booed down during his set at the Al Smith Dinner pic.twitter.com/025zgItcfy |
| Updated | Updated |
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| YIKES. | YIKES. |
| I don't know why I'm watching this #AlSmithDinner ... but I'm so glad I caught this part. I flat out just died. 😂 pic.twitter.com/pfuiGrSKmN | I don't know why I'm watching this #AlSmithDinner ... but I'm so glad I caught this part. I flat out just died. 😂 pic.twitter.com/pfuiGrSKmN |
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| [flame emoji] | [flame emoji] |
| Hillary Clinton is going for the jugular:“Donald really is as healthy as a horse — you know, the one Vladimir Putin rides around on." | Hillary Clinton is going for the jugular:“Donald really is as healthy as a horse — you know, the one Vladimir Putin rides around on." |
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| Hillary Clinton, on history: | Hillary Clinton, on history: |
| We’ll either have the first woman president, or the first president who’s started a Twitter war with Cher. | We’ll either have the first woman president, or the first president who’s started a Twitter war with Cher. |
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| Hillary Clinton, on being prepared: | Hillary Clinton, on being prepared: |
| There is nothing like sharing a stage with Donald Trump. Donald wanted me drug-tested before last night’s debate - and look, I gotta tell you that Donald thought I used some sort of performance-enhancer. Now, actually, I did - it’s called preparation. | There is nothing like sharing a stage with Donald Trump. Donald wanted me drug-tested before last night’s debate - and look, I gotta tell you that Donald thought I used some sort of performance-enhancer. Now, actually, I did - it’s called preparation. |
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| Hillary Clinton, on the State of Liberty as an object of lust: | Hillary Clinton, on the State of Liberty as an object of lust: |
| Donald Trump looks at the Statue of Liberty and sees a four. Maybe a five, if she loses the torch and tablet and changes her hair. | Donald Trump looks at the Statue of Liberty and sees a four. Maybe a five, if she loses the torch and tablet and changes her hair. |
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| Hillary Clinton gets back at Donald Trump: | Hillary Clinton gets back at Donald Trump: |
| It’s amazing I’m up here after Donald - I didn’t think he’d be okay with a peaceful transition of power. And, Donald, after listening to your speech, I will also enjoy listening to Mike Pence deny that you ever gave it. | It’s amazing I’m up here after Donald - I didn’t think he’d be okay with a peaceful transition of power. And, Donald, after listening to your speech, I will also enjoy listening to Mike Pence deny that you ever gave it. |
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| Speaking at the Alfred Smith memorial dinner at the Waldorf Astoria in New York City, former secretary of state and Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton follows a deeply un-funny set by Donald Trump. | Speaking at the Alfred Smith memorial dinner at the Waldorf Astoria in New York City, former secretary of state and Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton follows a deeply un-funny set by Donald Trump. |
| “I took a break from my rigorous nap schedule to be here,” Clinton joked. “Usually I charge a lot for speeches like this, but for me, it was kind of ironic thinking about a fiery populist, Al Smith.” | “I took a break from my rigorous nap schedule to be here,” Clinton joked. “Usually I charge a lot for speeches like this, but for me, it was kind of ironic thinking about a fiery populist, Al Smith.” |
| “If he were here today and saw how much money we’ve raised for needy children, he’d be very proud. And if he saw this magnificent room full of plutocrats celebrating his legacy, he’d be very confused.” | “If he were here today and saw how much money we’ve raised for needy children, he’d be very proud. And if he saw this magnificent room full of plutocrats celebrating his legacy, he’d be very confused.” |
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| Hillary Clinton speaks at the Alfred Smith Memorial Dinner | Hillary Clinton speaks at the Alfred Smith Memorial Dinner |
| Watch it live here: | Watch it live here: |