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| Hillary Clinton calls Charleston killings 'act of racist terrorism' – live updates | Hillary Clinton calls Charleston killings 'act of racist terrorism' – live updates |
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| We’re going to wrap up our live coverage of Hillary Clinton’s appearance at a Missouri church. Here’s a summary of what happened: | We’re going to wrap up our live coverage of Hillary Clinton’s appearance at a Missouri church. Here’s a summary of what happened: |
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| Wags on Twitter point out that the story of the Confederate flag and the Clintons of Arkansas – and Gores of Tennessee – isn’t as clear cut as Clinton’s speech today may have made it sound. | Wags on Twitter point out that the story of the Confederate flag and the Clintons of Arkansas – and Gores of Tennessee – isn’t as clear cut as Clinton’s speech today may have made it sound. |
| Where are the Clinton's on #ConfederateFlag? All over it. http://t.co/CWVXJ6JjVv pic.twitter.com/aKvXhCRwF4 | Where are the Clinton's on #ConfederateFlag? All over it. http://t.co/CWVXJ6JjVv pic.twitter.com/aKvXhCRwF4 |
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| Clinton event wrapping. Watch it on Periscope, via Bloomberg: | Clinton event wrapping. Watch it on Periscope, via Bloomberg: |
| LIVE on #Periscope: Hillary Clinton wraps up after 90 minutes in a warm Florissant, MO, church https://t.co/plQccPv6uY | LIVE on #Periscope: Hillary Clinton wraps up after 90 minutes in a warm Florissant, MO, church https://t.co/plQccPv6uY |
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| Clinton is taking the Get-Out-the-Vote effort on Election Day 2016 so seriously that she is making it a key plank of her campaign, 18 months in advance. | Clinton is taking the Get-Out-the-Vote effort on Election Day 2016 so seriously that she is making it a key plank of her campaign, 18 months in advance. |
| “I don’t want to sound like a civics teacher 101 but this is how I feel,” Clinton says. “If people voted for people who represent them... that should be a given. But when people don’t vote because they get discouraged, that only discourages the lack of will. | “I don’t want to sound like a civics teacher 101 but this is how I feel,” Clinton says. “If people voted for people who represent them... that should be a given. But when people don’t vote because they get discouraged, that only discourages the lack of will. |
| “The hardest thing to do in a campaign is to convince people to vote,” she says. | “The hardest thing to do in a campaign is to convince people to vote,” she says. |
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| Final question now at the Clinton event. “America has tremendous capacity but it often lacks the will for change. Can you reflect on how we can form a better will for a better America?” | Final question now at the Clinton event. “America has tremendous capacity but it often lacks the will for change. Can you reflect on how we can form a better will for a better America?” |
| “That’s a profound and moving question” that we could talk about till Sunday, Clinton says. | “That’s a profound and moving question” that we could talk about till Sunday, Clinton says. |
| “We need to confront the deep-seated biases and prejudices that live within all of us,” she says. | “We need to confront the deep-seated biases and prejudices that live within all of us,” she says. |
| “That’s why I’m hoping that there will be a lot more conversations like this across the country.” | “That’s why I’m hoping that there will be a lot more conversations like this across the country.” |
| “If you don’t have the conversation, everybody just kind of acts like things are OK, and they’re not.” | “If you don’t have the conversation, everybody just kind of acts like things are OK, and they’re not.” |
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| Clinton calls for support for community activists standing up for policing reform and policing reform. | Clinton calls for support for community activists standing up for policing reform and policing reform. |
| “We have a moment of opportunity here,” Clinton says. “And shame on us if we don’t seize it. And support those who are on the front lines of change.” | “We have a moment of opportunity here,” Clinton says. “And shame on us if we don’t seize it. And support those who are on the front lines of change.” |
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| The Clinton event is hosting a bit of bland generalizing: | The Clinton event is hosting a bit of bland generalizing: |
| “I’m certainly picking up a theme from our panelists here, and that is that we need comprehensive approaches to these issues,” Clinton says. | “I’m certainly picking up a theme from our panelists here, and that is that we need comprehensive approaches to these issues,” Clinton says. |
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| Tiffany Anderson, head of Jennings Educational Training School, has spoken for seven minutes about her work shepherding students, to keep them in school and promote their success. Her school is 98% free lunch, she said, and has made leaps in accreditation as student performance improves. | Tiffany Anderson, head of Jennings Educational Training School, has spoken for seven minutes about her work shepherding students, to keep them in school and promote their success. Her school is 98% free lunch, she said, and has made leaps in accreditation as student performance improves. |
| She talks about serving “the whole child.” | She talks about serving “the whole child.” |
| “I think this moment truly tells you that you are not invisible,” she said. | “I think this moment truly tells you that you are not invisible,” she said. |
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| Dr Jason Q Purnell, professor of social work at Washington University, starts off the discussion with a remark about an 18-year gap in life expectancy between two areas – one black, one white – within 10 miles of one another in St Louis. | Dr Jason Q Purnell, professor of social work at Washington University, starts off the discussion with a remark about an 18-year gap in life expectancy between two areas – one black, one white – within 10 miles of one another in St Louis. |
| Life expectancy isn’t the only statistic that displays such disparity, he says. | Life expectancy isn’t the only statistic that displays such disparity, he says. |
| Here’s what the community meeting looks like: | Here’s what the community meeting looks like: |
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| Clinton wraps her speech by saying the example of the Bible study attendees at Emanuel AME was powerful. They welcomed a stranger to their Bible study, she says. | Clinton wraps her speech by saying the example of the Bible study attendees at Emanuel AME was powerful. They welcomed a stranger to their Bible study, she says. |
| “Let us be resolved to make sure they did not die in vain. Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good. | “Let us be resolved to make sure they did not die in vain. Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good. |
| “Thank you, and God bless you.” | “Thank you, and God bless you.” |
| Now it’s a question-and-answer, conversation session. | Now it’s a question-and-answer, conversation session. |
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| Clinton says she “leapt at the chance” to hear Martin Luther King speak as a college student, although, she says, she didn’t know any African-Americans until college: | Clinton says she “leapt at the chance” to hear Martin Luther King speak as a college student, although, she says, she didn’t know any African-Americans until college: |
| “I didn’t have a black friend, neighbor or classmate until I went to college,” Clinton says. “And I am lucky to have had so many since.” | “I didn’t have a black friend, neighbor or classmate until I went to college,” Clinton says. “And I am lucky to have had so many since.” |
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| Clinton repeats her call for automatic voter registration. 50m eligible people don’t vote, she says, and that needs fixing. | Clinton repeats her call for automatic voter registration. 50m eligible people don’t vote, she says, and that needs fixing. |
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| Clinton calls for 'common-sense gun reforms' | Clinton calls for 'common-sense gun reforms' |
| Another forceful speech from Clinton. She’s talking about grants for jobs programs. She has a line about police respecting the communities they serve. | Another forceful speech from Clinton. She’s talking about grants for jobs programs. She has a line about police respecting the communities they serve. |
| Then she calls for the reform of gun laws, to audible whoops of support: | Then she calls for the reform of gun laws, to audible whoops of support: |
| We need to come together for common-sense gun reforms that keep our communities safe. | We need to come together for common-sense gun reforms that keep our communities safe. |
| A “common-sense” measure to require universal background checks for gun purchases failed in the Senate after the Newtown shootings. | A “common-sense” measure to require universal background checks for gun purchases failed in the Senate after the Newtown shootings. |