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Sanders appears on MSNBC town hall amid chants of 'Bernie!' – campaign live | Sanders appears on MSNBC town hall amid chants of 'Bernie!' – campaign live |
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Bernie Sanders, on using air strikes: | |
No president has the ability, willy-nilly, to be dropping bombs or using drones anywhere he wants. | |
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“How you will address the issues around the collateral consequences of conviction?” a Pennsylvania voter asked Sanders. | |
“For a start, what I would propose, is when we have unemployment rates of minority kids of 40 or 50%, maybe it makes sense to invest in jobs and education for those kids instead of jails and incarceration,” Sanders says, echoing a frequent stump-speech line. | |
“We really need to re-think the war on drugs,” Sanders said. “I would take marijuana out of the Federal Controlled Substance Act.” | |
Chris Hayes, following up, asked Sanders about his vote for the 1994 crime bill that he has lambasted on the campaign trail. Sanders, protesting, points out that the bill also contained the Violence Against Women Act. | |
“It also had in it, as you know, the assault weapons ban,” Sanders said. “If I had voted against the bill, there’d be 30-second ad saying ‘Bernie Sanders didn’t vote against assault weapons.’” | |
“I wish I had a different piece of legislation!” Sanders said. “What we need to do now is address this very serious issue.” | |
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Bernie Sanders characterized a large component of the Republican voter base as “obstructionist” and beholden to “far-right” candidates like Donald Trump, which would preclude cooperation with Republicans in Congress. | |
“I think the Republican Party, as I mentioned, has moved very very far to the right,” Sanders said. “People who are active in the horrific Trump effort, the birther movement, people who are very hostile to immigrants. You see Trump talking about and referring to Mexicans as immigrants and rapists.” | |
“If I became president, I think that we’d run into that kind of obstructionism,” he concluded. | |
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Second question, from the daughter of undocumented immigrants: How will you ensure that after implementation, immigration reform will help immigrants not remain second-class citizens? | Second question, from the daughter of undocumented immigrants: How will you ensure that after implementation, immigration reform will help immigrants not remain second-class citizens? |
“If Congress does not do what it should do and pass that legislation, I will pick up where President Obama left office and use the executive powers of that office to make your parents safe in this county and not afraid.” | “If Congress does not do what it should do and pass that legislation, I will pick up where President Obama left office and use the executive powers of that office to make your parents safe in this county and not afraid.” |
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When pressed, Bernie Sanders says that he will help elect whomever it takes to keep Donald Trump or another Republican candidate from being elected president. | When pressed, Bernie Sanders says that he will help elect whomever it takes to keep Donald Trump or another Republican candidate from being elected president. |
“I will do everything in my power to make sure that no Republican gets into the White House in this election,” Sanders said. | “I will do everything in my power to make sure that no Republican gets into the White House in this election,” Sanders said. |
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First question from a student at the University of Pennsylvania: “Will you encourage your supporters to vote for Secretary Clinton?” | First question from a student at the University of Pennsylvania: “Will you encourage your supporters to vote for Secretary Clinton?” |
“We’re not a movement where I can snap my fingers and tell you what to do,” Sanders said. “It is incumbent upon her to tell millions of people who right now do not believe in establishment politics or establishment economics, who have serious misgivings about a candidate who has taken millions from Wall Street.” | “We’re not a movement where I can snap my fingers and tell you what to do,” Sanders said. “It is incumbent upon her to tell millions of people who right now do not believe in establishment politics or establishment economics, who have serious misgivings about a candidate who has taken millions from Wall Street.” |
“She has got to go out to you,” Sanders said. “It is incumbent upon Secretary Clinton to reach out, not only to my supporters, but all of the American people with an agenda that they believe will represent the middle class.” | “She has got to go out to you,” Sanders said. “It is incumbent upon Secretary Clinton to reach out, not only to my supporters, but all of the American people with an agenda that they believe will represent the middle class.” |
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Bernie Sanders disputes that comments he made recently regarding voting rates among low-income Americans, saying that it’s not controversial to say that “candidates taking huge amounts of money from the wealthy and the powerful” prevent the poor from participating in the “charade” of the political process. | Bernie Sanders disputes that comments he made recently regarding voting rates among low-income Americans, saying that it’s not controversial to say that “candidates taking huge amounts of money from the wealthy and the powerful” prevent the poor from participating in the “charade” of the political process. |
“Dispute it if you want with me: In the 2012 presidential election, 63% of the American people didn’t vote. Not a very vibrant democracy, in my mind.” | “Dispute it if you want with me: In the 2012 presidential election, 63% of the American people didn’t vote. Not a very vibrant democracy, in my mind.” |
“Low-income people are not voting in large numbers - I think that’s a tragedy,” Sanders continued. | “Low-income people are not voting in large numbers - I think that’s a tragedy,” Sanders continued. |
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Bernie Sanders makes appearance on MSNBC town hall | Bernie Sanders makes appearance on MSNBC town hall |
With fans and supporters chanting “Bernie! Bernie! Bernie!”, Vermont senator Bernie Sanders declined to answer the question of whether the person with the most delegates and votes should be the Democratic presidential nominee. | With fans and supporters chanting “Bernie! Bernie! Bernie!”, Vermont senator Bernie Sanders declined to answer the question of whether the person with the most delegates and votes should be the Democratic presidential nominee. |
“If we are behind in the pledge delegates, I think it’s very hard for us to win but we are going to make the case also... that we are the stronger campaign in taking on Donald Trump or any other Republican candidate,” Sanders said. | “If we are behind in the pledge delegates, I think it’s very hard for us to win but we are going to make the case also... that we are the stronger campaign in taking on Donald Trump or any other Republican candidate,” Sanders said. |
“And I think that most other Democrats out there wanna make sure that some right-wing Republican doesn’t become president of the United States.” | “And I think that most other Democrats out there wanna make sure that some right-wing Republican doesn’t become president of the United States.” |
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In roughly ten minutes, MSNBC will begin its two-hour special of back-to-back town hall meetings with the Democratic presidential candidates. On the eve of the so-called “Acela primaries,” it’s a big moment for Vermont senator Bernie Sanders and former secretary of state Hillary Clinton. We’ll be liveblogging the entire proceedings, so stay-tuned for up-to-the-second updates. | In roughly ten minutes, MSNBC will begin its two-hour special of back-to-back town hall meetings with the Democratic presidential candidates. On the eve of the so-called “Acela primaries,” it’s a big moment for Vermont senator Bernie Sanders and former secretary of state Hillary Clinton. We’ll be liveblogging the entire proceedings, so stay-tuned for up-to-the-second updates. |
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Girls star-slash-creator Lena Dunham has penned an editorial for Time in which she declares why she has chosen to support Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign - and why “it has nothing to do with her anatomy or ‘girl power’.” | Girls star-slash-creator Lena Dunham has penned an editorial for Time in which she declares why she has chosen to support Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign - and why “it has nothing to do with her anatomy or ‘girl power’.” |
“I want Hillary Clinton to be president,” Dunham writes. “I think she’d do a fantastic job, better than anyone else.” | “I want Hillary Clinton to be president,” Dunham writes. “I think she’d do a fantastic job, better than anyone else.” |
But, she cautions, she does not support the former secretary of state merely because of her gender - or, as Dunham puts it, “I have no plans to blindly follow my uterus to the nearest polling station.” | But, she cautions, she does not support the former secretary of state merely because of her gender - or, as Dunham puts it, “I have no plans to blindly follow my uterus to the nearest polling station.” |
Dunham ticks off various platforms, positions and causes that have influenced her decision, including reproductive choice, gun violence and “fighting for women,” which she calls Clinton’s “life’s work”: | Dunham ticks off various platforms, positions and causes that have influenced her decision, including reproductive choice, gun violence and “fighting for women,” which she calls Clinton’s “life’s work”: |
She fights for equal pay. She raises money for other women running for elected office. She stays current on pre-natal nutrition research (Though when the time comes for me to have my baby, just let me eat in peace, okay Hillary?) She flies to countries where women are routinely denied basic freedoms—from China to Yemen to the Democratic Republic of Congo—and puts their leaders on blast. She coined the phrase “women’s rights are human rights,” for goodness’ sake!” | She fights for equal pay. She raises money for other women running for elected office. She stays current on pre-natal nutrition research (Though when the time comes for me to have my baby, just let me eat in peace, okay Hillary?) She flies to countries where women are routinely denied basic freedoms—from China to Yemen to the Democratic Republic of Congo—and puts their leaders on blast. She coined the phrase “women’s rights are human rights,” for goodness’ sake!” |
After criticizing Vermont senator Bernie Sanders’ response to Donald Trump’s willingness to “punish” women who have abortions - Sanders characterized it as an “absurd” comment destined to become a “story of the week” - Dunham rallies would-be supporters of Clinton to gather behind the former secretary of state. | After criticizing Vermont senator Bernie Sanders’ response to Donald Trump’s willingness to “punish” women who have abortions - Sanders characterized it as an “absurd” comment destined to become a “story of the week” - Dunham rallies would-be supporters of Clinton to gather behind the former secretary of state. |
“So I’ll say it again: I’m with her,” Dunham concludes. “Not as some winsome nod to ‘girl power,’ but because I share her bone-deep belief that when women are strong, families are strong, and that makes our country strong.” | “So I’ll say it again: I’m with her,” Dunham concludes. “Not as some winsome nod to ‘girl power,’ but because I share her bone-deep belief that when women are strong, families are strong, and that makes our country strong.” |
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Donald Trump to sit down with Megyn Kelly in Fox News interview | Donald Trump to sit down with Megyn Kelly in Fox News interview |
Megyn Kelly, the Fox News anchor and the only person to come out of this campaign with better approval ratings than before, has officially landed an interview with billionaire Republican frontrunner Donald Trump. | Megyn Kelly, the Fox News anchor and the only person to come out of this campaign with better approval ratings than before, has officially landed an interview with billionaire Republican frontrunner Donald Trump. |
The highly anticipated sitdown caps off months of public feuding between the candidate and the newsreader, ignited last August when Kelly began the first primary debate of the cycle with an aggressive line of questioning regarding Trump’s statements about women. | The highly anticipated sitdown caps off months of public feuding between the candidate and the newsreader, ignited last August when Kelly began the first primary debate of the cycle with an aggressive line of questioning regarding Trump’s statements about women. |
“Mr Trump and I sat down together for a meeting earlier this month at my request,” Kelly said in a release sent out by the cable network. “He was gracious with his time and I asked him to consider an interview. I am happy to announce he has agreed, and I look forward to a fascinating exchange - our first sit-down interview together in nearly a year.” | “Mr Trump and I sat down together for a meeting earlier this month at my request,” Kelly said in a release sent out by the cable network. “He was gracious with his time and I asked him to consider an interview. I am happy to announce he has agreed, and I look forward to a fascinating exchange - our first sit-down interview together in nearly a year.” |
The anchor will explore “how events unfolded with Trump after the August debate as one of the most prominent voices covering the 2016 presidential campaign of the frontrunner,” the release states. “She will also examine Trump’s successful campaign for the White House to date and his role in one of the most historic presidential runs in modern times.” | The anchor will explore “how events unfolded with Trump after the August debate as one of the most prominent voices covering the 2016 presidential campaign of the frontrunner,” the release states. “She will also examine Trump’s successful campaign for the White House to date and his role in one of the most historic presidential runs in modern times.” |
The primetime interview will air on May 17, with portions of the interview airing on Kelly’s show the following day. | The primetime interview will air on May 17, with portions of the interview airing on Kelly’s show the following day. |
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Jeb Lund | Jeb Lund |
The most Cruz and Kasich’s plan can do is wreck the Republican party, writes the Guardian’s Jeb Lund. | The most Cruz and Kasich’s plan can do is wreck the Republican party, writes the Guardian’s Jeb Lund. |
The GOP reflexively blames Washington gridlock and electoral failure on co-opted candidates and the perversions of the political process thwarting the will of the people. Meanwhile, Donald Trump has spent the last two weeks successfully castigating the Republican delegate process as a rigged game. His opponents’ brightest idea was to jointly announce their plans to rig it even more. | The GOP reflexively blames Washington gridlock and electoral failure on co-opted candidates and the perversions of the political process thwarting the will of the people. Meanwhile, Donald Trump has spent the last two weeks successfully castigating the Republican delegate process as a rigged game. His opponents’ brightest idea was to jointly announce their plans to rig it even more. |
That is a kind of plan. Then again, so is burning down your house to collect the insurance money. | That is a kind of plan. Then again, so is burning down your house to collect the insurance money. |
Here’s the strategy: Cruz will focus on friendly territory in Indiana, while the “moderate” Kasich focuses on friendly territory in Oregon and New Mexico. How the rest of the states get divvied up is anyone’s guess, as is how much money Kasich will have on hand for the states he’s supposed to lure away from media-saturated Trumpism. | Here’s the strategy: Cruz will focus on friendly territory in Indiana, while the “moderate” Kasich focuses on friendly territory in Oregon and New Mexico. How the rest of the states get divvied up is anyone’s guess, as is how much money Kasich will have on hand for the states he’s supposed to lure away from media-saturated Trumpism. |
This is a political superhero team assembled out of a kill-priced remainder bin of bad ideas. There hasn’t been a sadder or less formidable duo since the Wonder Twins on the old Super Friends cartoon – two kids from another planet whose superpowers involved one turning into forms of water and the other turning into shapes of animals. | This is a political superhero team assembled out of a kill-priced remainder bin of bad ideas. There hasn’t been a sadder or less formidable duo since the Wonder Twins on the old Super Friends cartoon – two kids from another planet whose superpowers involved one turning into forms of water and the other turning into shapes of animals. |
Only in this case you have John Kasich, who takes the form of a perpetually peevish dad who looks like the only thing he wants to say at a podium is, Hey, kids, quit playin’ grab-ass and take a knee, before “moderately” suggesting we start the third world war in the Middle East. | Only in this case you have John Kasich, who takes the form of a perpetually peevish dad who looks like the only thing he wants to say at a podium is, Hey, kids, quit playin’ grab-ass and take a knee, before “moderately” suggesting we start the third world war in the Middle East. |
Related: Ted Cruz and John Kasich's plan to stop Trump is months too late – and hypocritical | Jeb Lund | Related: Ted Cruz and John Kasich's plan to stop Trump is months too late – and hypocritical | Jeb Lund |