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| Trump and Ryan: meeting was a 'very positive step' toward GOP unity – live | Trump and Ryan: meeting was a 'very positive step' toward GOP unity – live |
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| Minority leader Harry Reid said the meetings served as “the latest sign that the Republican leaders in both houses are marching lockstep with Donald Trump”, write the Guardian’s Sabrina Siddiqui and David Smith: | |
| The Nevada senator aimed his fire in particular at Senate majority leader Mitch McConnell, who threw his support behind Trump last week when it became all but certain that the real estate mogul had clinched the nomination. | |
| Harry Reid on Senate floor: Trump owes his candidacy to Mitch McConnell https://t.co/dhkVUSy4J3 | |
| “Donald Trump is everything that the Republican leader and his party could ever want in a nominee. His policy positions are identical to the Republican Party platform,” Reid said in remarks on the Senate floor. | |
| He then proceeded to tie the GOP to Trump’s inflammatory rhetoric toward immigrants and women, pointing out that Republicans in Congress have blocked action on immigration reform and policies such as equal pay for women and paid family leave. | |
| “Trump owes his candidacy to the Republican leader and to the policies that he’s led,” Reid said. “It was an obstructionist, anti-woman, anti-Latino, anti-Muslim, anti-middle class, anti-environment, and anti-Obama and anti-everything Republican Party of the last eight years that made Donald Trump a reality.” | |
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| Related: Ryan on meeting with Trump: 'It’s important we don’t fake unifying' | |
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| Video: Ryan calls Trump ‘warm and genuine’ | |
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| McConnell: Trump meeting 'constructive' | |
| Politico catches McConnell: | |
| McConnell back at Capitol, calls meeting "constructive" discussed "variety of issues" | |
| Trump meanwhile makes another stop – at his lawyer’s: | |
| Trump arrives at Jones Day, the law firm where campaign lawyer Don McGahn works. pic.twitter.com/ymukG53iNQ | |
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| Donald Trump has left the senators and is headed to the airport. | Donald Trump has left the senators and is headed to the airport. |
| We’re hoping to have statements from the meeting participants shortly. | We’re hoping to have statements from the meeting participants shortly. |
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| “My most important meeting of the day,” he says. Rich. | “My most important meeting of the day,” he says. Rich. |
| My most important meeting of the day. pic.twitter.com/pnhIRkLPq6 | My most important meeting of the day. pic.twitter.com/pnhIRkLPq6 |
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| A report that Donald Trump is considering Newt Gingrich as vice president prompts musing as to whether and how two noted non-monogamists could use Bill Clinton’s sex scandals against Hillary Clinton (Trump has called Hillary Clinton an “enabler” of Bill Clinton whom he called an “abuser”): | A report that Donald Trump is considering Newt Gingrich as vice president prompts musing as to whether and how two noted non-monogamists could use Bill Clinton’s sex scandals against Hillary Clinton (Trump has called Hillary Clinton an “enabler” of Bill Clinton whom he called an “abuser”): |
| The chutzpah index would explode if these guys tried to hang Bill’s dalliances around Hillary. https://t.co/Q2O38wc1Mq | The chutzpah index would explode if these guys tried to hang Bill’s dalliances around Hillary. https://t.co/Q2O38wc1Mq |
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| How are things going with Trump and the senators, meeting now at the National Republican senatorial committee? | How are things going with Trump and the senators, meeting now at the National Republican senatorial committee? |
| Will Mitch McConnell share Ryan’s stated reservations about endorsing Trump – or will the majority leader and the nominee engage in a faster-moving courtship? | Will Mitch McConnell share Ryan’s stated reservations about endorsing Trump – or will the majority leader and the nominee engage in a faster-moving courtship? |
| The scene outside the NRSC more than an hour into Trump's meeting with GOP senators. pic.twitter.com/jciN6XDiDI | The scene outside the NRSC more than an hour into Trump's meeting with GOP senators. pic.twitter.com/jciN6XDiDI |
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| What about those minor “policy disputes” (trade, immigration, taxes, entitlements, a religious test for migrants) that separate Donald Trump and Paul Ryan in spite of their agreement on “core principles” (beat Hillary Clinton)? | What about those minor “policy disputes” (trade, immigration, taxes, entitlements, a religious test for migrants) that separate Donald Trump and Paul Ryan in spite of their agreement on “core principles” (beat Hillary Clinton)? |
| Greg Sargent of the Washington Post has a suggestion: | Greg Sargent of the Washington Post has a suggestion: |
| To win over Paul Ryan, Trump simply needs to learn GOP-policy-speak, which should be a snap: https://t.co/jkFglCFT2c | To win over Paul Ryan, Trump simply needs to learn GOP-policy-speak, which should be a snap: https://t.co/jkFglCFT2c |
| 1) Stop saying "deportations" and instead say "enforce the law"2) Agree to "reform and strengthen" entitlements https://t.co/r2KsBWekub | 1) Stop saying "deportations" and instead say "enforce the law"2) Agree to "reform and strengthen" entitlements https://t.co/r2KsBWekub |
| Updated | Updated |
| at 5.08pm BST | at 5.08pm BST |
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| Reactions to Ryan: people are not scanning Ryan’s statement just then on Trump as a profile in courage, anyhow: | Reactions to Ryan: people are not scanning Ryan’s statement just then on Trump as a profile in courage, anyhow: |
| Ryan desperately wants to have his cake & eat it, too. Wants to back Trump w/out tarnishing reform conservatism. Will it work? Up to Trump. | Ryan desperately wants to have his cake & eat it, too. Wants to back Trump w/out tarnishing reform conservatism. Will it work? Up to Trump. |
| Ryan is a Trump guy now! Also, for the record, a policy guy; a budget guy; a Wisconsin guy; a hunting guy; a regular order guy! | Ryan is a Trump guy now! Also, for the record, a policy guy; a budget guy; a Wisconsin guy; a hunting guy; a regular order guy! |
| "Trump believes in limited government." Not a parody. | "Trump believes in limited government." Not a parody. |
| Irony: Ryan’s endorsement, having been “earned,” will do more to promote Trump than McConnell’s perfunctory insta-cave | Irony: Ryan’s endorsement, having been “earned,” will do more to promote Trump than McConnell’s perfunctory insta-cave |
| Trump & Ryan are those guys who can't stand each other who get handcuffed together, and have to spend the rest of the movie cooperating. | Trump & Ryan are those guys who can't stand each other who get handcuffed together, and have to spend the rest of the movie cooperating. |
| (Paul Ryan looks pensively out his office window, mutters to himself) "I must find out where the people are going so I can lead them." | (Paul Ryan looks pensively out his office window, mutters to himself) "I must find out where the people are going so I can lead them." |
| Yes, folks, Paul Ryan is going to endorse Donald Trump. Not today but he's going to endorse. | Yes, folks, Paul Ryan is going to endorse Donald Trump. Not today but he's going to endorse. |
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| As Paul Ryan in Washington talks about Donald Trump’s “very good personality,” Bernie Sanders in South Dakota ignores him and buys donuts. | As Paul Ryan in Washington talks about Donald Trump’s “very good personality,” Bernie Sanders in South Dakota ignores him and buys donuts. |
| As @BernieSanders picks out donuts at a South Dakota gas station, @SpeakerRyan's press conference plays behind him. pic.twitter.com/0weCr324S5 | As @BernieSanders picks out donuts at a South Dakota gas station, @SpeakerRyan's press conference plays behind him. pic.twitter.com/0weCr324S5 |
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| Ryan describes agreement with Trump on 'core principles' | Ryan describes agreement with Trump on 'core principles' |
| Ryan said he sounded Trump out on his views on abortion, “limited government”, “the constitution”, and “executive power” and he found broad agreement. | Ryan said he sounded Trump out on his views on abortion, “limited government”, “the constitution”, and “executive power” and he found broad agreement. |
| The conversation was “personal,” Ryan said, suggesting that he probed for Trump’s heartfelt views on issues such as opposing reproductive choice, a position to which Trump is a relatively recent arrival. | The conversation was “personal,” Ryan said, suggesting that he probed for Trump’s heartfelt views on issues such as opposing reproductive choice, a position to which Trump is a relatively recent arrival. |
| “We talked about life, the supreme court,” Ryan said. “I was very encouraged with what I heard from Donald Trump today. | “We talked about life, the supreme court,” Ryan said. “I was very encouraged with what I heard from Donald Trump today. |
| “We are planting the seed to get ourselves unified to bridge the gaps and differences,” he said. | “We are planting the seed to get ourselves unified to bridge the gaps and differences,” he said. |
| “It was our first meeting. I was very encouraged, but this is a process, it takes a little time. | “It was our first meeting. I was very encouraged, but this is a process, it takes a little time. |
| “There are policy disputes that we will have. There’s no two ways about it. But on core principles, those are the kinds of things that we discussed. | “There are policy disputes that we will have. There’s no two ways about it. But on core principles, those are the kinds of things that we discussed. |
| “In 45 minutes, you don’t litigate all of the issues and all of the processes and the principles.” | “In 45 minutes, you don’t litigate all of the issues and all of the processes and the principles.” |
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| Ryan on Trump's Muslim ban: 'I'm not interested in litigating the past' | Ryan on Trump's Muslim ban: 'I'm not interested in litigating the past' |
| Ryan is asked whether he can get behind Trump’s call for a ban on Muslim migrants and the deportation of undocumented migrants. | Ryan is asked whether he can get behind Trump’s call for a ban on Muslim migrants and the deportation of undocumented migrants. |
| Ryan downplays the importance of any differences the two may have on the issue. | Ryan downplays the importance of any differences the two may have on the issue. |
| “We will have policy disputes,” Ryan says. “I’m not interested in litigating the past. I’m interested in going forward.” | “We will have policy disputes,” Ryan says. “I’m not interested in litigating the past. I’m interested in going forward.” |
| “I represent a wing of the conservative party – he’s bringing a whole new wing. That’s a positive thing.” | “I represent a wing of the conservative party – he’s bringing a whole new wing. That’s a positive thing.” |
| Ryan says that the two shared a “positive vision based on core principles.” | Ryan says that the two shared a “positive vision based on core principles.” |
| The principles include that a Clinton presidency “would be a disaster.” | The principles include that a Clinton presidency “would be a disaster.” |
| When Ryan agrees with Trump that Obama guilty of overreach, it's a "core principle". Disagreement on Muslim ban is a "policy dispute" | When Ryan agrees with Trump that Obama guilty of overreach, it's a "core principle". Disagreement on Muslim ban is a "policy dispute" |
| Updated | Updated |
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| Ryan: 'happy to serve as chair' of convention | Ryan: 'happy to serve as chair' of convention |
| Ryan says that after meeting Trump he is happy to serve as chairman of the national convention if Trump wanted him to. | Ryan says that after meeting Trump he is happy to serve as chairman of the national convention if Trump wanted him to. |
| Earlier Ryan had said he was willing to step down in the role if Trump wanted. | Earlier Ryan had said he was willing to step down in the role if Trump wanted. |
| “I thought he was a very good personality. He was a very warm... gentleman. .. I actually had a very pleasant exchange with him.” | “I thought he was a very good personality. He was a very warm... gentleman. .. I actually had a very pleasant exchange with him.” |
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| Ryan: 'I was very encouraged' | Ryan: 'I was very encouraged' |
| Ryan says “it’s no secret that Donald Trump and I have had our differences, and we talked about those differences today” but “I was very encouraged” by the meeting. | Ryan says “it’s no secret that Donald Trump and I have had our differences, and we talked about those differences today” but “I was very encouraged” by the meeting. |
| “It’s very important that we don’t fake unifying... so that we are full strength in the fall,” he says. | “It’s very important that we don’t fake unifying... so that we are full strength in the fall,” he says. |
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| Paul Ryan is speaking. He’s talking about legislation to fight the opioid addiction epidemic. Expected to take questions about Trump. Watch live here: | Paul Ryan is speaking. He’s talking about legislation to fight the opioid addiction epidemic. Expected to take questions about Trump. Watch live here: |
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| Priebus: meeting 'went as well as I'd hoped' | Priebus: meeting 'went as well as I'd hoped' |
| Reince Priebus, the RNC chair, is talking with CNN about the Trump-Ryan meeting, which he said was “positive, it was give-and-take” and “it went as well as I’d hoped.” He said the two shared great chemistry. | Reince Priebus, the RNC chair, is talking with CNN about the Trump-Ryan meeting, which he said was “positive, it was give-and-take” and “it went as well as I’d hoped.” He said the two shared great chemistry. |
| CNN’s Dana Bash asked him whether he felt like a couple’s therapist. He said she wouldn’t have asked that if she’d been in the room because the participants did not feel like a couple in a spat. | CNN’s Dana Bash asked him whether he felt like a couple’s therapist. He said she wouldn’t have asked that if she’d been in the room because the participants did not feel like a couple in a spat. |
| Bash asked him whether a Paul Ryan endorsement of Donald Trump is in the offing. He said it was “a good first step.” | Bash asked him whether a Paul Ryan endorsement of Donald Trump is in the offing. He said it was “a good first step.” |