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| Trump says proposed ban on Muslims was 'only a suggestion' – as it happened | |
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| Today in Campaign 2016 | |
| Here’s a quick rundown of the biggest news from the campaign trail today: | |
| In every state that we have won ... we have had to take on the entire Democratic establishment. We’ve had to take on senators and governors and mayors and members of Congress. That’s what we have taken on, so please, do not moan to me about Hillary Clinton’s problems. | |
| – Bernie Sanders, about Clinton fighting a war on two fronts | |
| That’s all for tonight - tune in tomorrow for our coverage of the meeting between Ryan and Trump, and whatever fallout might result. | |
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| Another day, another Elizabeth Warren v. Donald Trump tweet-off: | Another day, another Elizabeth Warren v. Donald Trump tweet-off: |
| .@realDonaldTrump can’t talk about Wall St, college costs or min wage, so he spent all day belching insults. Pathetic. Really pathetic. | .@realDonaldTrump can’t talk about Wall St, college costs or min wage, so he spent all day belching insults. Pathetic. Really pathetic. |
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| It’s not every day that billionaire PayPal founder Peter Thiel ends up on a list with a white nationalist. But toss in a bounty hunter, a Tea Party couple from Wife Swap, a border vigilante and a University of California Berkeley undergraduate and you have the makings of Donald Trump’s California delegation to the Republican national convention. | It’s not every day that billionaire PayPal founder Peter Thiel ends up on a list with a white nationalist. But toss in a bounty hunter, a Tea Party couple from Wife Swap, a border vigilante and a University of California Berkeley undergraduate and you have the makings of Donald Trump’s California delegation to the Republican national convention. |
| Meet some of the cast of colorful characters who will travel to Cleveland this July to formally anoint Donald Trump as the presidential candidate of the Republican party. | Meet some of the cast of colorful characters who will travel to Cleveland this July to formally anoint Donald Trump as the presidential candidate of the Republican party. |
| The white nationalist | The white nationalist |
| William Daniel Johnson is a prominent white nationalist who once proposed a constitutional amendment calling for all Americans of non-European non-white descent to be immediately deported. The Southern Poverty Law Center, which maintains a list of hate groups, describes him acidly as an “uninspiring but determined white separatist”. | William Daniel Johnson is a prominent white nationalist who once proposed a constitutional amendment calling for all Americans of non-European non-white descent to be immediately deported. The Southern Poverty Law Center, which maintains a list of hate groups, describes him acidly as an “uninspiring but determined white separatist”. |
| The controversial ex-lawmaker | The controversial ex-lawmaker |
| Celeste Greig is a former president of California’s Republican Assembly who was ousted in 2013 after making comments about rape that led many to draw comparisons with Todd Akin, the disgraced former Missouri congressman. “The percentage of pregnancies due to rape is small because it’s an act of violence, because the body is traumatized,” Greig said, leading to condemnation from state and national Democratic politicians and, eventually, the delivery of a 28,000-signature petition demanding her resignation, to which Greig capitulated. Ironically, when she made the statement, she was criticizing Akin for the very comments that she immediately echoed. She now blogs about politics under the handle GreigReport. | Celeste Greig is a former president of California’s Republican Assembly who was ousted in 2013 after making comments about rape that led many to draw comparisons with Todd Akin, the disgraced former Missouri congressman. “The percentage of pregnancies due to rape is small because it’s an act of violence, because the body is traumatized,” Greig said, leading to condemnation from state and national Democratic politicians and, eventually, the delivery of a 28,000-signature petition demanding her resignation, to which Greig capitulated. Ironically, when she made the statement, she was criticizing Akin for the very comments that she immediately echoed. She now blogs about politics under the handle GreigReport. |
| The celebrity interviewer | The celebrity interviewer |
| Daphne Barak and Erbil Gunasti made their names as a celebrity interviewer and diplomatic press officer turned television producer, respectively, but the couple’s own foray into state politics ended up a little bit wet. Barak was charged with two misdemeanor counts of battery and public intoxication in October 2015, after a fracas at a forum for mayoral candidates in Palm Springs that included Gunasti as one of the candidates. The detective who investigated the case alleged that “Barak opened a water bottle and began pouring water on [another woman], who slapped at the bottle repeatedly and, at one point, struck Barak’s face”, according to the Palm Springs Desert Sun: “As the parties were leaving, Barak allegedly grabbed [another woman’s] cheeks with a ‘clawing’ grasp.” Barak pleaded not guilty, and according to her personal assistant the charges were dismissed. Gunasti did not win the mayoralty, but an interview he gave to the Desert Sun about his candidacy hints at his political affinity to Trump: “Power, money, celebrity – if you can bring all three in one place, you do wonders there.” | Daphne Barak and Erbil Gunasti made their names as a celebrity interviewer and diplomatic press officer turned television producer, respectively, but the couple’s own foray into state politics ended up a little bit wet. Barak was charged with two misdemeanor counts of battery and public intoxication in October 2015, after a fracas at a forum for mayoral candidates in Palm Springs that included Gunasti as one of the candidates. The detective who investigated the case alleged that “Barak opened a water bottle and began pouring water on [another woman], who slapped at the bottle repeatedly and, at one point, struck Barak’s face”, according to the Palm Springs Desert Sun: “As the parties were leaving, Barak allegedly grabbed [another woman’s] cheeks with a ‘clawing’ grasp.” Barak pleaded not guilty, and according to her personal assistant the charges were dismissed. Gunasti did not win the mayoralty, but an interview he gave to the Desert Sun about his candidacy hints at his political affinity to Trump: “Power, money, celebrity – if you can bring all three in one place, you do wonders there.” |
| Asked for comment about the couple’s selection as delegates, Barak’s personal assistant responded: “Daphne Barak’s lifestyle encompasses many well known names from North America and worldwide. Trump family is one of them. It is a relationship dating back two decades.” | Asked for comment about the couple’s selection as delegates, Barak’s personal assistant responded: “Daphne Barak’s lifestyle encompasses many well known names from North America and worldwide. Trump family is one of them. It is a relationship dating back two decades.” |
| Related: Reality stars and xenophobes: Trump's California delegates mirror their maker | Related: Reality stars and xenophobes: Trump's California delegates mirror their maker |
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| Donald Trump continues to hint about the composition of his vice presidential short list, telling Fox News tonight that both former Arizona governor Jan Brewer and Oklahoma governor Mary Fallin are likely to make the cut. | Donald Trump continues to hint about the composition of his vice presidential short list, telling Fox News tonight that both former Arizona governor Jan Brewer and Oklahoma governor Mary Fallin are likely to make the cut. |
| “Jan Brewer has been fantastic,” Trump said. “She has been so fantastic. You know I won so big, her territory, we won so big. And she is a fabulous woman. And I agree with you, the governor of Oklahoma - fabulous person.” | “Jan Brewer has been fantastic,” Trump said. “She has been so fantastic. You know I won so big, her territory, we won so big. And she is a fabulous woman. And I agree with you, the governor of Oklahoma - fabulous person.” |
| Saying that there were roughly five to seven people on the short list, Trump declined to confirm or deny that early endorser Chris Christie had also made the cut. “I don’t want to say ‘in there,’ but he’s helping me and he was an early endorsement and a very enthusiastic one and he’s a friend of mine and a very good guy and a talented guy and he’s helping us a lot,” Trump said. | Saying that there were roughly five to seven people on the short list, Trump declined to confirm or deny that early endorser Chris Christie had also made the cut. “I don’t want to say ‘in there,’ but he’s helping me and he was an early endorsement and a very enthusiastic one and he’s a friend of mine and a very good guy and a talented guy and he’s helping us a lot,” Trump said. |
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| Hillary Clinton: 'I will be a vocal champion for DC statehood' | Hillary Clinton: 'I will be a vocal champion for DC statehood' |
| In a strongly worded editorial in the Washington Informer on the expansion and protection of voter rights, former secretary of state Hillary Clinton declared that she will be a vocal proponent of giving the residents of the nation’s capital a voice in Congress. | In a strongly worded editorial in the Washington Informer on the expansion and protection of voter rights, former secretary of state Hillary Clinton declared that she will be a vocal proponent of giving the residents of the nation’s capital a voice in Congress. |
| “Enfranchisement isn’t solely a matter of individual rights,” Clinton wrote. “In the case of our nation’s capital, we have an entire populace that is routinely denied a voice in its own democracy.” | “Enfranchisement isn’t solely a matter of individual rights,” Clinton wrote. “In the case of our nation’s capital, we have an entire populace that is routinely denied a voice in its own democracy.” |
| “Washington, DC, is home to nearly 700,000 Americans – more than the entire population of several states,” Clinton continued. “Washingtonians serve in the military, serve on juries and pay taxes just like everyone else. And yet they don’t even have a vote in Congress.” | “Washington, DC, is home to nearly 700,000 Americans – more than the entire population of several states,” Clinton continued. “Washingtonians serve in the military, serve on juries and pay taxes just like everyone else. And yet they don’t even have a vote in Congress.” |
| (It’s true! The District of Columbia is a federal district under the jurisdiction of Congress, meaning that it has no elected representative or senators, as well as limited control over its own budget and laws. The statehood movement in Washington, DC has been stymied for complicated constitutional reasons - as well as naked political reason, since the heavily Democratic city would likely add two liberal senators to the US senate.) | (It’s true! The District of Columbia is a federal district under the jurisdiction of Congress, meaning that it has no elected representative or senators, as well as limited control over its own budget and laws. The statehood movement in Washington, DC has been stymied for complicated constitutional reasons - as well as naked political reason, since the heavily Democratic city would likely add two liberal senators to the US senate.) |
| “Lacking representatives with voting power, the District of Columbia is often neglected when it comes to federal appropriations,” Clinton pointed out. “Many of the District’s decisions are also at the mercy of right-wing ideologues in Congress, and as you can imagine, they don’t show very much of it. Everything from commonsense gun laws to providing women’s health care and efforts to cut down on drug abuse has been halted by Republicans, who claim the District is an exception to their long-held notion that communities ought to be able to govern themselves.” | “Lacking representatives with voting power, the District of Columbia is often neglected when it comes to federal appropriations,” Clinton pointed out. “Many of the District’s decisions are also at the mercy of right-wing ideologues in Congress, and as you can imagine, they don’t show very much of it. Everything from commonsense gun laws to providing women’s health care and efforts to cut down on drug abuse has been halted by Republicans, who claim the District is an exception to their long-held notion that communities ought to be able to govern themselves.” |
| “Solidarity is no longer enough,” Clinton concluded. “We need a solution. That’s why, as president, I will be a vocal champion for DC statehood. Washingtonians are Americans, too, and it’s time they had a say in their own status. “ | “Solidarity is no longer enough,” Clinton concluded. “We need a solution. That’s why, as president, I will be a vocal champion for DC statehood. Washingtonians are Americans, too, and it’s time they had a say in their own status. “ |
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| Every bold advancement of progress in the United States is met by a racist backlash, says the Guardian’s Steven Thrasher. So, he argues, it would make complete sense if Donald Trump became the next president. | Every bold advancement of progress in the United States is met by a racist backlash, says the Guardian’s Steven Thrasher. So, he argues, it would make complete sense if Donald Trump became the next president. |
| Until 2043, when America is mostly non-white, true political revolution will not come. | Until 2043, when America is mostly non-white, true political revolution will not come. |
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| Whoever said that there were no second acts in American public life (okay we know it was F. Scott Fitzgerald) wasn’t counting on life after the death of a major presidential campaign: Texas senator Ted Cruz, fresh off of his so-close-yet-so-far bid for the Republican nomination, has filed to run for reelection to his senate seat in 2018. | Whoever said that there were no second acts in American public life (okay we know it was F. Scott Fitzgerald) wasn’t counting on life after the death of a major presidential campaign: Texas senator Ted Cruz, fresh off of his so-close-yet-so-far bid for the Republican nomination, has filed to run for reelection to his senate seat in 2018. |
| “I will continue fighting for jobs, freedom and security in the Senate,” Cruz’s office said in a statement. “The conservative movement remains strong and vibrant.” | “I will continue fighting for jobs, freedom and security in the Senate,” Cruz’s office said in a statement. “The conservative movement remains strong and vibrant.” |
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| The chaos over Donald Trump’s California delegation to the national convention escalated today after a controversial, anti-Muslim pastor said he was standing down from the Republican presumptive nominee’s delegation to “take one for the team,” report the Guardian’s Julia Carrie Wong and Nicky Woolf. | The chaos over Donald Trump’s California delegation to the national convention escalated today after a controversial, anti-Muslim pastor said he was standing down from the Republican presumptive nominee’s delegation to “take one for the team,” report the Guardian’s Julia Carrie Wong and Nicky Woolf. |
| Pastor Guy St Onge, who proselytizes frequently on Youtube, told the Guardian he was no longer a delegate. Onge has in the past shared social media postings appearing to advocate the killing of Muslims and last year claimed: “Barack Hussein Obama and his tranny wife Michelle hates the U.S.A.!” | Pastor Guy St Onge, who proselytizes frequently on Youtube, told the Guardian he was no longer a delegate. Onge has in the past shared social media postings appearing to advocate the killing of Muslims and last year claimed: “Barack Hussein Obama and his tranny wife Michelle hates the U.S.A.!” |
| St Onge, who is listed on the California secretary of state’s official list as one of three delegates pledged to Trump from California’s 35th Congressional District, declined to say precisely when he stood down. The list was formally submitted by the Trump campaign on Monday night. | St Onge, who is listed on the California secretary of state’s official list as one of three delegates pledged to Trump from California’s 35th Congressional District, declined to say precisely when he stood down. The list was formally submitted by the Trump campaign on Monday night. |
| However St Onge informed the Guardian of his decision to relinquish his delegate spot hours after reporters contacted the Trump campaign asking for confirmation the controversial pastor was among a colorful list of delegates, some of whom have a controversial past. | However St Onge informed the Guardian of his decision to relinquish his delegate spot hours after reporters contacted the Trump campaign asking for confirmation the controversial pastor was among a colorful list of delegates, some of whom have a controversial past. |
| On Tuesday, the Trump campaign was forced to distance itself from another one of their delegates, self-avowed white nationalist William Daniel Johnson, who once called for a constitutional amendment which would revoke citizenship for all non-white Americans. | On Tuesday, the Trump campaign was forced to distance itself from another one of their delegates, self-avowed white nationalist William Daniel Johnson, who once called for a constitutional amendment which would revoke citizenship for all non-white Americans. |
| It is unclear if either St Onge or Johnson can be formally removed from Trump’s delegate list. California’s secretary of state said that the Trump campaign had attempted to send a revised delegate list on Tuesday, the day that news broke about Johnson’s inclusion. However, because they had missed the deadline the secretary of state decided the initial list must stand. | It is unclear if either St Onge or Johnson can be formally removed from Trump’s delegate list. California’s secretary of state said that the Trump campaign had attempted to send a revised delegate list on Tuesday, the day that news broke about Johnson’s inclusion. However, because they had missed the deadline the secretary of state decided the initial list must stand. |
| Related: Trump loses another delegate as anti-Muslim pastor 'takes one for the team' | Related: Trump loses another delegate as anti-Muslim pastor 'takes one for the team' |
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| North Carolina governor: Attorney general's Jim Crow comparison 'an insult' | North Carolina governor: Attorney general's Jim Crow comparison 'an insult' |
| Speaking on CNN, embattled North Carolina governor Pat McCrory defended his signing of a controversial law stripping LGBT North Carolinians of protections from discrimination and punishing transgender people who use bathrooms that comport with their gender identity, calling attorney general Loretta Lynch comparison of the law to Jim Crow-era segregation “an insult.” | Speaking on CNN, embattled North Carolina governor Pat McCrory defended his signing of a controversial law stripping LGBT North Carolinians of protections from discrimination and punishing transgender people who use bathrooms that comport with their gender identity, calling attorney general Loretta Lynch comparison of the law to Jim Crow-era segregation “an insult.” |
| “It’s an insult, and it’s a political statement instead of a legal statement,” McCrory said. “Whether a boy can go into girls restroom - to correlate that to the civil rights movement - is totally irresponsible for the chief legal officer of the United States of America.” | “It’s an insult, and it’s a political statement instead of a legal statement,” McCrory said. “Whether a boy can go into girls restroom - to correlate that to the civil rights movement - is totally irresponsible for the chief legal officer of the United States of America.” |
| The attorney general, in announcing a federal lawsuit against North Carolina for violating the rights of public school students in passing the law, had compared the bill to segregation laws that were also once on the books in the state. | The attorney general, in announcing a federal lawsuit against North Carolina for violating the rights of public school students in passing the law, had compared the bill to segregation laws that were also once on the books in the state. |
| “It was not so very long ago that states, including North Carolina, had signs above restrooms, water fountains and on public accommodations keeping people out based upon a distinction without a difference,” Lynch said on Monday. In the suit, Lynch described the North Carolina law as violating Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which bans discrimination on the basis of sex in the workplace. | “It was not so very long ago that states, including North Carolina, had signs above restrooms, water fountains and on public accommodations keeping people out based upon a distinction without a difference,” Lynch said on Monday. In the suit, Lynch described the North Carolina law as violating Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which bans discrimination on the basis of sex in the workplace. |
| According to McCrory, however, the suit is merely indicative of a left-wing conspiracy. “North Carolina has, for whatever reason, become the target of the left on this issue,” McCrory said. “To have the Justice Department come out with a massive interpretation of the Civil Rights Act for every employer is something that I think needs clarification from the federal courts.” | According to McCrory, however, the suit is merely indicative of a left-wing conspiracy. “North Carolina has, for whatever reason, become the target of the left on this issue,” McCrory said. “To have the Justice Department come out with a massive interpretation of the Civil Rights Act for every employer is something that I think needs clarification from the federal courts.” |
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| New Jersey governor and onetime presidential candidate Chris Christie is rolling his eyes at calls for Donald Trump, the presumptive Republican nominee to whom he has hitched his wagon, to release his tax returns, deriding calls from Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton “ironic.” | New Jersey governor and onetime presidential candidate Chris Christie is rolling his eyes at calls for Donald Trump, the presumptive Republican nominee to whom he has hitched his wagon, to release his tax returns, deriding calls from Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton “ironic.” |
| WATCH: @ChrisChristie on Trump's tax returns: "Ironic that Hillary Clinton is talking about transparency to anyone." https://t.co/r1oFOhFRFd | WATCH: @ChrisChristie on Trump's tax returns: "Ironic that Hillary Clinton is talking about transparency to anyone." https://t.co/r1oFOhFRFd |
| “I find it ironic that Hillary Clinton is talking about transparency to anyone, given that she had her own email server that she used constantly and had her colleagues in the State Department use in order to avoid FOIArequests and any transparency to the public,” Christie said at a speech in New Jersey today. | “I find it ironic that Hillary Clinton is talking about transparency to anyone, given that she had her own email server that she used constantly and had her colleagues in the State Department use in order to avoid FOIArequests and any transparency to the public,” Christie said at a speech in New Jersey today. |
| “So I hardly believe that Hillary Clinton is in any place to be giving a critique on transparency.” | “So I hardly believe that Hillary Clinton is in any place to be giving a critique on transparency.” |