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| Trump turns focus to general election after resounding Indiana win – live | Trump turns focus to general election after resounding Indiana win – live |
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| Warren blasts Trump for 'racism, sexism, xenophobia' | |
| Elizabeth Warren, the Massachusetts senator and progressive standard bearer, weighed in on the Indiana result last night, at some length and with some urgency of tone, on Twitter. | |
| “.@realDonaldTrump is now the leader of the @GOP. It’s real - he is one step away from the White House,” Warren began: | |
| Here’s what else is real: @realDonaldTrump has built his campaign on racism, sexism, and xenophobia. | |
| There's more enthusiasm for @realDonaldTrump among leaders of the KKK than leaders of the political party he now controls. | |
| .@realDonaldTrump incites supporters to violence, praises Putin, and is “cool with being called an authoritarian.” | |
| .@realDonaldTrump attacks vets like @SenJohnMcCain who were captured & puts our servicemembers at risk by cheerleading illegal torture. | |
| And @realDonaldTrump puts out out contradictory & nonsensical national security ideas one expert called “incoherent” & “truly bizarre.” | |
| What happens next will test the character for all of us – Republican, Democrat, and Independent. | |
| It will determine whether we move forward as one nation or splinter at the hands of one man’s narcissism and divisiveness. | |
| I'm going to fight my heart out to make sure @realDonaldTrump’s toxic stew of hatred & insecurity never reaches the White House. | |
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| Zero tossup states? What fun is that? | |
| (N.B.: The Democrats don’t yet have a nominee and the Republicans don’t even technically have a nominee, and it’s rash to the point of reckless to take general election opinion polls at face value so far in advance. So: which of the state characterizations below is shakiest?) | |
| Wow. There are ZERO toss up states right now according to UVa's Center for Politics. pic.twitter.com/oEqSJ3vUHS | |
| Update: for those who like maps, here’s another one, painting a much more favorable picture for the Republican nominee – giving him Nevada, Colorado, New Mexico, Iowa, Ohio, Virginia, North Carolina and New Hampshire – but he still loses: | |
| Republicans have a massive electoral map problem that has nothing to do with Donald Trump https://t.co/PXm060UjyW | |
| “Here’s the underlying math,” writes the Washington Posts’s Chris Cillizza: | |
| If Clinton wins the 19 states (and D.C.) that every Democratic nominee has won from 1992 to 2012, she has 242 electoral votes. Add Florida’s 29 and you get 271. Game over. | |
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| Here are a few tidbits from overnight not-to-be missed: | |
| Ted Cruz ends campaign by accidentally hitting, elbowing his wife in the face pic.twitter.com/epO1tzKgTT | |
| Tomorrow's front page:Dearly beloved, we are gathered here today to mourn the @GOP https://t.co/ywZB1bH1na pic.twitter.com/7RsKFIrSYk | |
| Donald Trump is the GOP's nominee — it's time for Cruz and Kasich to drop out https://t.co/Xqbm31wxxv pic.twitter.com/g31IZ562cX | |
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| Clinton leads Trump +26 among women - poll | |
| The new CNN/ORC polls showing Clinton up 54-41 on Trump in a general election matchup depicts significant weaknesses for Trump among women and nonwhite voters. The presumptive Republican nominee performs less well with both groups than did 2012 nominee Mitt Romney, who lost by 126 electoral votes. | |
| In new @CNN @realDonaldTrump even w/@HillaryClinton among men but she leads +26 among women. Trump +9 w/whites, less than 1/2 Romney advtg | |
| There was a bright spot for Trump in the poll: voters seem to trust him more at handling the economy, CNN reports: | |
| Clinton is also more trusted than Trump on many issues voters rank as critically important, with one big exception. By a 50% to 45% margin, voters say Trump would do a better job handling the economy than Clinton would. | |
| Clinton this morning continues to take the fight to Trump, even as the paint is still drying on her most recent loss to Democratic rival Bernie Sanders: | |
| "As he goes after women, as he goes after literally every group, I'm going to be their voice." —Hillary on Trumphttps://t.co/iNUo2EuTYO | |
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| British prime minister David Cameron still thinks Donald Trump’s proposed Muslim ban is “divisive, stupid and wrong.” | |
| No 10 says Cameron has 'no intention' of withdrawing his "stupid, wrong' comment re Trump's Muslim ban plan - https://t.co/8RsfAovtla | |
| Andrew writes: | |
| The prime minister has no intention of withdrawing his comments, which were made in response to comments that Donald Trump made calling for a ban on Muslims entering the US. That was the context for the PM’s comments. | |
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| Hello, and welcome to our live-wire coverage of the 2016 race for the White House. That race was dramatically streamlined Tuesday night as Donald Trump scored a big win in Indiana, causing Texas senator Ted Cruz to suspend his campaign and clearing Trump’s way to the Republican nomination. | Hello, and welcome to our live-wire coverage of the 2016 race for the White House. That race was dramatically streamlined Tuesday night as Donald Trump scored a big win in Indiana, causing Texas senator Ted Cruz to suspend his campaign and clearing Trump’s way to the Republican nomination. |
| “I don’t know if he likes me or doesn’t like me,” Trump said of Cruz in a victory speech. “But he is one hell of a competitor. He has an amazing future.” | “I don’t know if he likes me or doesn’t like me,” Trump said of Cruz in a victory speech. “But he is one hell of a competitor. He has an amazing future.” |
| Bernie Sanders scored an upset victory on the Democratic side, beating Hillary Clinton by five points and vowing to fight on despite trailing in the delegates race. | Bernie Sanders scored an upset victory on the Democratic side, beating Hillary Clinton by five points and vowing to fight on despite trailing in the delegates race. |
| “The Clinton campaign thinks this campaign is over,” Sanders said. “They’re wrong.” | “The Clinton campaign thinks this campaign is over,” Sanders said. “They’re wrong.” |
| Click here for an interactive map of Indiana results: | Click here for an interactive map of Indiana results: |
| Related: Indiana primary results: track the votes, county by county | Related: Indiana primary results: track the votes, county by county |
| The current delegate standings are at bottom. | The current delegate standings are at bottom. |
| The “presumptive” Republican nominee, in the words of party chair Reince Priebus, hit on a series of interesting topics in morning show appearances on Wednesday, including his potential vice-presidential pick, his general election funding model, and his assertion a day earlier that Cruz’s father was involved in the JFK assassination. | The “presumptive” Republican nominee, in the words of party chair Reince Priebus, hit on a series of interesting topics in morning show appearances on Wednesday, including his potential vice-presidential pick, his general election funding model, and his assertion a day earlier that Cruz’s father was involved in the JFK assassination. |
| Trump did not back down on the JFK conspiracy theory. | Trump did not back down on the JFK conspiracy theory. |
| “I don’t think anybody denied it,” he said. | “I don’t think anybody denied it,” he said. |
| On @GMA, @realDonaldTrump declines to apologize for claim about Cruz's father: "I don't think anybody denied it" https://t.co/UTU8TkCvSE | On @GMA, @realDonaldTrump declines to apologize for claim about Cruz's father: "I don't think anybody denied it" https://t.co/UTU8TkCvSE |
| As for his fundraising, Trump said he would make a decision over the next week, and that he did not want to sell real estate to self-fund his campaign. Should Clinton be the Democratic nominee, she is expected to have a war chest that is already being filled by large donors contributing to outside political groups as well as individual donors. Trump has criticized that model as currying corruption. | As for his fundraising, Trump said he would make a decision over the next week, and that he did not want to sell real estate to self-fund his campaign. Should Clinton be the Democratic nominee, she is expected to have a war chest that is already being filled by large donors contributing to outside political groups as well as individual donors. Trump has criticized that model as currying corruption. |
| And the running mate? Trump said he would “most likely” choose an elected official who would definitely, lest there be any doubt, be a Republican. | And the running mate? Trump said he would “most likely” choose an elected official who would definitely, lest there be any doubt, be a Republican. |
| NEW CNN/ORC National Poll:Clinton: 54Trump: 41https://t.co/WEKqPE0u58 | NEW CNN/ORC National Poll:Clinton: 54Trump: 41https://t.co/WEKqPE0u58 |
| Thank you as always for reading and please join us in the comments! | Thank you as always for reading and please join us in the comments! |
| Updated | Updated |
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