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| Majority of Americans disapprove of Trump's response to Orlando – live | |
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| Donald Trump is being introduced by Herman Cain, the restaurant entrepreneur and former GOP presidential candidate, at a rally in Atlanta, Georgia. | |
| Cain says Trump is not a racist. | |
| Herman Cain: "I know what a racist looks like when I see one. And Donald Trump is not a racist." | |
| Here’s a live video stream: | |
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| Here’s a powerful response by an Iraq war veteran to Donald Trump’s repeated suggestion, made most recently last night, that US soldiers stole money meant for Iraqi reconstruction and reparations payments: | |
| I rarely discuss politics on this platform, but yesterday, the Republican nominee for President said something that compels me to speak out. | |
| When I deployed to Iraq in 2009 I was made Non Commissioned Officer in Charge of Foreign Claims for the entirety of Western Baghdad. | |
| My job for a whole year was to assess damage to Iraqi citizen’s property, and person and compensate them monetarily. | |
| Or we killed someone in the line of fire, it was my job to make it right. | |
| The job was tough, almost impossible, but it was the just thing to do and helped build a bridge of trust between us and the citizenry. | |
| There was always more to do, and the stack of files and faces never dwindled. I got half a day off every two weeks. | |
| Every mission out into the city carried with it tremendous risk, but we had a job to do, and forcibly put that out of our minds. | |
| As a result, we instantly became a high value target for insurgents who wanted to relieve us of said cash at one of our weekly gatherings. | |
| “How about bringing baskets of money — millions and millions of dollars — and handing it out?” | |
| I am living well right now - some student loan debt aside - but not because I pocketed the hard-earned taxpayer money that I was entrusted. | |
| The idea that Trump would call out the integrity of those who answered the call of service and deployed to a war zone is repellant. | |
| Don’t believe him when he says he’s for Veterans. It's lip service entirely. | |
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| Republican lawmakers duck questions about Trump | |
| Ben Jacobs | |
| As Donald Trump persisted with his controversial and offensive comments on Tuesday, Republican elected officials on Capitol Hill continued to distance themselves from their party’s presumptive presidential nominee, writes Guardian politics reporter Ben Jacobs: | |
| One day after Trump made national headlines in a speech in which he reiterated his call for a Muslim ban, implied Muslim Americans knew in advance about terrorist attacks, and called on Barack Obama to resign in the wake of the attack on an Orlando LGBT nightclub, Republicans had one consistent reaction. As Senate majority leader Mitch McConnell told reporters: “I am not going to comment on the presidential candidate today.” | |
| Republican senators on Capitol Hill set a new record for “being late to meetings” or urgently holding their cellphones to their ears in order to avoid questions about Trump. | |
| Some of them even played coy. Senator Johnny Isakson of Georgia, who faces re-election this year, insisted that he hadn’t heard Trump’s speech on Monday. As Isakson told the Guardian: “I hate to comment on something I didn’t hear.” But the Republican did make clear his opposition to Trump’s Muslim ban, saying: “Banning immigrants coming into the country isn’t going to solve terrorism; banning guns is not going stop murder.” | |
| Others, however, were more willing to face the music. Senator Rob Portman of Ohio, who is also facing re-election this year, first required reporters to be more specific about which controversial Trump comment they were asking about. When the Muslim ban was specified, Portman insisted: “I don’t support a Muslim ban; it’s not practical and not consistent with the American standard of not having a religious test.” | |
| Read the full piece here: | |
| Related: GOP lawmakers keep their distance from Trump after Orlando shooting | |
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| Trump disapproval among Hispanics nears 90% | |
| Here’s a result from this morning’s Washington Post / ABC News poll that could spell trouble for Donald Trump’s electoral prospects in Arizona, Colorado, Virginia, Florida, Texas and elsewhere. | |
| In response to the question, “Overall, do you have a favorable or unfavorable impression of Donald Trump?” 89% of Hispanic respondents said they had an unfavorable impression – and 76% said “strongly unfavorable”. | |
| But Hispanic and Latino voters do not appear to uniquely dislike Trump among non-white voters. 88% of non-white voters overall told the survey they had an unfavorable view of the presumptive Republican nominee. | |
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| Majority of Americans disapprove of Trump response to Orlando attack – poll | Majority of Americans disapprove of Trump response to Orlando attack – poll |
| More than half of Americans (51%) disapprove of Donald Trump’s response to the 12 June attack on a gay nightclub in Orlando, while giving Barack Obama net positive ratings for his response and splitting on Hillary Clinton’s response, according to a CBS News poll published Wednesday morning: | More than half of Americans (51%) disapprove of Donald Trump’s response to the 12 June attack on a gay nightclub in Orlando, while giving Barack Obama net positive ratings for his response and splitting on Hillary Clinton’s response, according to a CBS News poll published Wednesday morning: |
| NEW CBS Poll: Approve/Disapprove of Orlando response —Obama: 44/34 (+10)Clinton: 36/34 (+2)Trump: 25/51 (-26)https://t.co/KoMR68IhN6 | NEW CBS Poll: Approve/Disapprove of Orlando response —Obama: 44/34 (+10)Clinton: 36/34 (+2)Trump: 25/51 (-26)https://t.co/KoMR68IhN6 |
| If the CBS poll is indicative of the national mood, the trend would contradict a correlation Trump has drawn between tragedy and his poll numbers. | If the CBS poll is indicative of the national mood, the trend would contradict a correlation Trump has drawn between tragedy and his poll numbers. |
| “Whenever there’s a tragedy, everything goes up, my numbers go way up because we have no strength in this country, we have weak, sad politicians,” he told CNN in December, a few weeks after coordinated terror attacks in Paris that killed 130. | “Whenever there’s a tragedy, everything goes up, my numbers go way up because we have no strength in this country, we have weak, sad politicians,” he told CNN in December, a few weeks after coordinated terror attacks in Paris that killed 130. |
| One lawmaker calls Trump Orlando response "tacky." Another says it's "unamerican." And these are Republicans. https://t.co/dJ7RmbN5kr | One lawmaker calls Trump Orlando response "tacky." Another says it's "unamerican." And these are Republicans. https://t.co/dJ7RmbN5kr |
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| Trump recapitulates claim of Obama-terrorist ties | Trump recapitulates claim of Obama-terrorist ties |
| Donald Trump has tweeted a link to a report by the anti-Obama media outfit Breitbart, claiming – insofar as Trump’s Twitter represents his thinking (we’re seeking comment from the Trump campaign) – that the report is evidence that Trump was “right” when he suggested that Barack Obama harbors some nefarious secret agenda when it comes to attacks such as Sunday’s attack on the Pulse nightclub in Orlando. | Donald Trump has tweeted a link to a report by the anti-Obama media outfit Breitbart, claiming – insofar as Trump’s Twitter represents his thinking (we’re seeking comment from the Trump campaign) – that the report is evidence that Trump was “right” when he suggested that Barack Obama harbors some nefarious secret agenda when it comes to attacks such as Sunday’s attack on the Pulse nightclub in Orlando. |
| For background on what Trump suggested, read our coverage. | For background on what Trump suggested, read our coverage. |
| Here’s Trump’s new tweet: | Here’s Trump’s new tweet: |
| An: Media fell all over themselves criticizing what DonaldTrump "may have insinuated about @POTUS." But he's right: https://t.co/bIIdYtvZYw | An: Media fell all over themselves criticizing what DonaldTrump "may have insinuated about @POTUS." But he's right: https://t.co/bIIdYtvZYw |
| The tweet is confounding on multiple levels. First, Trump had indignantly claimed that he had not made a sinister suggestion about the president and the Orlando shooting, to the extent that Trump attacked the Washington Post and revoked the paper’s media credentials for reporting that he had suggested that, which he now tweets he was right for saying. | The tweet is confounding on multiple levels. First, Trump had indignantly claimed that he had not made a sinister suggestion about the president and the Orlando shooting, to the extent that Trump attacked the Washington Post and revoked the paper’s media credentials for reporting that he had suggested that, which he now tweets he was right for saying. |
| The Trump camp on Monday night said that “I was referring to the fact that at times President Obama seems more in support of Muslims than Israel”. | The Trump camp on Monday night said that “I was referring to the fact that at times President Obama seems more in support of Muslims than Israel”. |
| Second, the Breitbart report does not support the claim that Trump earlier said he didn’t make but now appears to have taken ownership of. The Breitbart report is a faulty reading of an internal intelligence document from 2012 about the security situation in Syria. The document notes that “the West” is supporting the Syrian opposition. It also notes that al-Qaeda is part of the insurgency. Incorrectly conflating the opposition and the insurgency, the Breitbart report concludes that the Obama administration supports al-Qaeda in Syria. | Second, the Breitbart report does not support the claim that Trump earlier said he didn’t make but now appears to have taken ownership of. The Breitbart report is a faulty reading of an internal intelligence document from 2012 about the security situation in Syria. The document notes that “the West” is supporting the Syrian opposition. It also notes that al-Qaeda is part of the insurgency. Incorrectly conflating the opposition and the insurgency, the Breitbart report concludes that the Obama administration supports al-Qaeda in Syria. |
| Insofar as that may have been true or remain true, given the shifting lines of allegiance and fighter identities in the Syrian conflict and the fluctuation of the US role, the intellectual trail Trump followed from the faulty reading of the 2012 intelligence report on Syria to a conclusion about Obama and the Orlando massacre is obscure. | Insofar as that may have been true or remain true, given the shifting lines of allegiance and fighter identities in the Syrian conflict and the fluctuation of the US role, the intellectual trail Trump followed from the faulty reading of the 2012 intelligence report on Syria to a conclusion about Obama and the Orlando massacre is obscure. |
| *Trump suggests Obama played role in Orlando**WaPo writes it up**Trump revokes WaPo credentials**tweets this* https://t.co/wrNCETD0DH | *Trump suggests Obama played role in Orlando**WaPo writes it up**Trump revokes WaPo credentials**tweets this* https://t.co/wrNCETD0DH |
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| Trump claims he will take on NRA over access to guns for people on watchlists | Trump claims he will take on NRA over access to guns for people on watchlists |
| Donald Trump has tweeted that he will meet with the National Rifle Association about a practice the gun lobby has strongly opposed: banning people on terrorism watchlists or no-fly lists from buying guns. Presumptive Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton supports such a ban. “If you’re too dangerous to get on a plane, you’re too dangerous to buy a gun in America,” she said Monday. | Donald Trump has tweeted that he will meet with the National Rifle Association about a practice the gun lobby has strongly opposed: banning people on terrorism watchlists or no-fly lists from buying guns. Presumptive Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton supports such a ban. “If you’re too dangerous to get on a plane, you’re too dangerous to buy a gun in America,” she said Monday. |
| The NRA opposes such a ban, however, arguing that owing to the faultiness of the lists, a ban could deprive innocent Americans who end up on a list incorrectly of what the group describes as a constitutional right to freely purchase guns. The NRA opposed a senate initiative in the wake of the 13 November 2015 Paris terror attacks that would have tied terror watch lists and no-fly lists to gun purchases. | The NRA opposes such a ban, however, arguing that owing to the faultiness of the lists, a ban could deprive innocent Americans who end up on a list incorrectly of what the group describes as a constitutional right to freely purchase guns. The NRA opposed a senate initiative in the wake of the 13 November 2015 Paris terror attacks that would have tied terror watch lists and no-fly lists to gun purchases. |
| Is a Trump-NRA clash brewing? | Is a Trump-NRA clash brewing? |
| I will be meeting with the NRA, who has endorsed me, about not allowing people on the terrorist watch list, or the no fly list, to buy guns. | I will be meeting with the NRA, who has endorsed me, about not allowing people on the terrorist watch list, or the no fly list, to buy guns. |
| “According to a March analysis by the Government Accountability Office, people on the FBI’s consolidated Terrorist Watchlist successfully passed the background check required to purchase firearms more than 90 percent of the time, with more than 2,043 approvals between 2004 and 2014,” the AP reported. “The office is an investigative branch of Congress.” | “According to a March analysis by the Government Accountability Office, people on the FBI’s consolidated Terrorist Watchlist successfully passed the background check required to purchase firearms more than 90 percent of the time, with more than 2,043 approvals between 2004 and 2014,” the AP reported. “The office is an investigative branch of Congress.” |
| Jennifer Baker, director of public affairs for the group, said in November: “The NRA does not want terrorists or dangerous people to have firearms, any suggestion otherwise is offensive and wrong,” | Jennifer Baker, director of public affairs for the group, said in November: “The NRA does not want terrorists or dangerous people to have firearms, any suggestion otherwise is offensive and wrong,” |
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| Hello and welcome to our live-wire coverage of the 2016 race for the White House. “Negative views of Donald Trump have surged to their highest level of the 2016 campaign,” according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll. The poll, for which “large majorities of the interviews” were conducted before the Orlando mass shooting, found that 70% of respondents had an unfavorable view of Trump. | Hello and welcome to our live-wire coverage of the 2016 race for the White House. “Negative views of Donald Trump have surged to their highest level of the 2016 campaign,” according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll. The poll, for which “large majorities of the interviews” were conducted before the Orlando mass shooting, found that 70% of respondents had an unfavorable view of Trump. |
| The latest survey was released a day after a Bloomberg poll found Trump trailing Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton 37-49. The new poll, significantly, found that Trump had lost support among his supposed base voters – white voters without a college degree. Trump’s approval with that set “flipped from a plus-14 in May to slightly negative minus-7 in the latest survey”. He performed poorly with independents, too: | The latest survey was released a day after a Bloomberg poll found Trump trailing Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton 37-49. The new poll, significantly, found that Trump had lost support among his supposed base voters – white voters without a college degree. Trump’s approval with that set “flipped from a plus-14 in May to slightly negative minus-7 in the latest survey”. He performed poorly with independents, too: |
| Among independents, Trump’s net rating has shifted from from -19 last month to -38 in the latest survey, returning him to roughly the same standing as in April (-37). | Among independents, Trump’s net rating has shifted from from -19 last month to -38 in the latest survey, returning him to roughly the same standing as in April (-37). |
| Trump found some controversy Tuesday night when he suggested, at a rally in North Carolina, that US soldiers had stolen money meant for the reconstruction of Iraq. He has suggested the same previously, but late on Tuesday, Trump’s campaign tried to walk back his comments, saying the candidate was talking about Iraqi soldiers, which seems false. | Trump found some controversy Tuesday night when he suggested, at a rally in North Carolina, that US soldiers had stolen money meant for the reconstruction of Iraq. He has suggested the same previously, but late on Tuesday, Trump’s campaign tried to walk back his comments, saying the candidate was talking about Iraqi soldiers, which seems false. |
| Donald Trump, as depicted in today’s polls. pic.twitter.com/IVTYIDGKUk | Donald Trump, as depicted in today’s polls. pic.twitter.com/IVTYIDGKUk |
| Bernie Sanders met for more than an hour with Hillary Clinton on Tuesday night after the Washington DC primary, which Clinton won 79-21. The two camps issued nearly identical statements after the meeting, saying they “had a positive discussion about how best to bring more people into the political process and about the dangerous threat that Donald Trump poses to our nation”. | Bernie Sanders met for more than an hour with Hillary Clinton on Tuesday night after the Washington DC primary, which Clinton won 79-21. The two camps issued nearly identical statements after the meeting, saying they “had a positive discussion about how best to bring more people into the political process and about the dangerous threat that Donald Trump poses to our nation”. |
| Sanders’ statement continued: | Sanders’ statement continued: |
| The two discussed a variety of issues where they are seeking common ground: substantially raising the minimum wage; real campaign finance reform; making healthcare universal and accessible; making college affordable and reducing student debt. | The two discussed a variety of issues where they are seeking common ground: substantially raising the minimum wage; real campaign finance reform; making healthcare universal and accessible; making college affordable and reducing student debt. |
| Sanders and Clinton agreed to continue working to develop a progressive agenda that addresses the needs of working families and the middle class and adopting a progressive platform for the Democratic National Convention. | Sanders and Clinton agreed to continue working to develop a progressive agenda that addresses the needs of working families and the middle class and adopting a progressive platform for the Democratic National Convention. |
| Sanders plans to address supporters in a live video broadcast on Thursday night in which he has said he will address the future of his campaign. | Sanders plans to address supporters in a live video broadcast on Thursday night in which he has said he will address the future of his campaign. |