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Clinton: 'disgraceful' to have military families on food stamps
Clinton is talking about bad sewer systems on ships and related infrastructure. Then she talks about the need to support low-income military families:
... It’s just disgraceful that we do have junior enlisted who are eligible for food stamps... we had military families having to seek help from food pantries. And that is something that I think most Americans just don’t understand. So it is important that we just don’t talk the talk.”
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Trump’s done. Here’s a good summary:
Trump in ATL recap:-will welcome N Korean dictator-WH tent unsafe-Putin's nukes better than US-gays love Trump-a gun for every clubgoer
Also: - Belgium is a beautiful city- the U.S. probably won't exist much longer https://t.co/tzLz4t7leD
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Sanders 'not ending it'
An announcement by the Bernie Sanders campaign of a video broadcast with supporters Thursday to talk about the future of his campaign, combined with Sanders’ long meeting last night with Hillary Clinton, and the close of the primary season, and Clinton’s decisive victory, had stoked speculation that the senator was about to suspend his presidential campaign.
But Sanders spokesman Michael Briggs says that “he’s not ending it”, Reuters reports:
But spokesman Michael Briggs said on Wednesday the speech will focus on how Sanders’ supporters can keep the fight alive on priorities such as raising the minimum wage and reducing the influence of big money in politics.
“Tomorrow night, no, he’s not ending it,” Briggs said of the campaign. “We’re working our way through that, how to go forward on that front. This message to supporters is going to be a lot broader than that.”
“He knows how to count,” Briggs said.
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Switching to the Clinton event – her roundtable about military families and preparedness. Clinton says:
We have to do some after-action reviews... we’ve gotta be very honest about how challenging it is to do this. But I think you’re right, it’s time for us to take a strategic look at where we were and how we responded, in Iraq, in Afghanistan. ... we really do have to be both very committed and concerned on the ground... and we have to have the broader perspective, how do we make this work?
She asks a military families advocate to talk about challenges to helping military families.
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18:55
The Guardian’s Matthew Teague is at the Trump rally:
People at rally informing on each other for not being ‘real Trump supporters.’ Security to unfaithful: ‘Let’s go.‘ pic.twitter.com/iSsmB5aEWp
Trump in Atl: interesting. The Fox holds less than half his last venue in GA, but many empty seats in second level. pic.twitter.com/7lQvQWjwh8
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Trump mentions starting World War III:
If Japan gets attacked, we have to come to their aid, probably start World War III. If we get attacked, they don’t have to do anything. Watch it on Sony television.
Trump is now insisting he never said he wanted to get rid of NATO
Donald Trump: "There is nobody who understands the horror of nuclear more than me"
Donald Trump: "Ask the gays"
Donald Trump: "We are defending Japan. That's big stuff."
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Hillary Clinton is speaking at a roundtable in Virginia about military families and military readiness. Here’s a live video stream:
Hillary Clinton is speaking at a roundtable in Virginia about military families and military readiness. Here’s a live video stream:
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Wisconsin does not appear to be coming into play – not quickly, at least – for Trump (Wisconsin last went for the Republican in a presidential election in 1984):
Wisconsin does not appear to be coming into play – not quickly, at least – for Trump (Wisconsin last went for the Republican in a presidential election in 1984):
🚨 New @MULawPoll 🚨 Clinton 46, Trump 37 in WisconsinLittle change among LV since March, no noticeable impact from Orlando
🚨 New @MULawPoll 🚨 Clinton 46, Trump 37 in WisconsinLittle change among LV since March, no noticeable impact from Orlando
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Trump: 'we have to check respectfully the mosques'
Trump: 'we have to check respectfully the mosques'
Trump says law enforcement has to “check the mosques and other places”:
Trump says law enforcement has to “check the mosques and other places”:
We have to go, and we have to check respectfully the mosques, and other places. Because this is going to be a problem, if we don’t solve it, it is going to eat our lives...
We have to go, and we have to check respectfully the mosques, and other places. Because this is going to be a problem, if we don’t solve it, it is going to eat our lives...
There’s nothing wrong with being strong. There’s nothing wrong with being smart.
There’s nothing wrong with being strong. There’s nothing wrong with being smart.
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Saved seats for reporters shut out of the ongoing Trump event:
Saved seats for reporters shut out of the ongoing Trump event:
The Trump press corps is saving symbolic seats for the banned @Washingtonpost reporters today in Atlanta pic.twitter.com/cVeqm10BPt
The Trump press corps is saving symbolic seats for the banned @Washingtonpost reporters today in Atlanta pic.twitter.com/cVeqm10BPt
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Trump: if clubgoers 'had guns strapped', Orlando attack would have been less 'horrible'
If some of those great people that were in that club that night, had guns strapped to their waist or strapped to their ankle... you would have had a situation folks that would have been always horrible, but nothing like the carnage that we witnessed this weekend....
It’s going to continue to get worse until they respect us, folks.
6.12pm BST
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Trump proposes that the US establish safe zones “over there” – Syria, it seems – and “get the Gulf states to pay for it”. After Mexico pays for a border wall, perhaps. Zing.
Then he skips to refugees in the United States. “Whether they assimilate or not,” you make the judgment, “but assimilation has not been a positive factor”.
Trump says the LGBT community “is so much in favor of what I’ve been saying”. He recalls a phone call from a friend who praised Trump for opening a club in Florida that admitted anybody, and a gay patron wrote a praiseful letter.
“Over the past three days, people are realizing what’s going on”, Trump says.
Then Trump makes a pitch for inclusiveness, which succumbs immediately to a call for a ban on Muslim immigrants:
When I say make America great again, we have to say for everybody. We have to say for everybody. We have to.
Make America great again. Make America safe again. And have it include everybody. And we have to stop people from pouring into our country. We have to stop it. Until we find out what the hell is going on.
6.04pm BST
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Trump dismisses latest polls as 'phony'
Trump says he will talk about wages and the economy but first he will talk about the Orlando attack. He’s faulted Muslims as a group for failing to report potential domestic attacks, and he takes up a version of that criticism here:
We had an event, a horrible horrible event, this weekend in Orlando. ... Unthinkable... and when you listen to the stories of what took place... you say to yourself, how could this possibly be happening in the United States of AMerica?...
We have to have people report other people when they see things happening. And they’re not doing that.
A protester interrupts and the crowd chants “Trump Trump Trump”.
When Trump returns, there’s no more talk of Orlando – he’s talking about how he won the Republican primary race with a smaller staff and budget than Clinton. He fondly recalls winning Georgia in a landslide. Then he tells the story again of his victory in the New Hampshire primary.
Trump gave a similar speech last night in North Carolina. He enjoys talking about his primary victories.
Trump calls the most recent polling, which is extremely bad for him, “phony”:
“We’re doing very well. Watch what the end result is. And when you look at the phony poll numbers that I’m seeing – take a look at the poll numbers... I tell you, people are tired, they have to have strength. They have to have intelligence.”
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Trump has begun to speak in Atlanta. Here’s that live video stream again:
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With a poll indicating that a majority of Americans disapprove of Donald Trump’s response to the Orlando attack, the Hillary Clinton camp has produced a video seeking to capitalize on the favorability gap. The video highlights Trump’s response and related proposals for a ban on Muslim immigrants.
“What Donald Trump is saying is shameful,” the video begins:
Your @GOP presidential nominee responding to a terrorist attack with lies and conspiracy theories.https://t.co/TZJmXefmx4
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Majority of poll respondents consider Orlando attack both act of terrorism and hate crime
Mona Chalabi
The poll released this morning from CBS news is the first survey to shed light on whether Americans feel that presidential candidates have responded to the the mass shooting in Orlando appropriately, writes Guardian US data editor Mona Chalabi:
Trump fares far worse than Clinton on this measure - 51% of those surveyed disapproved of his response compared to 34% who disapproved of Clinton’s response. President Obama delivered an impassioned speech on Tuesday about the shooting which appeared to be well received - 44% said they approved of it, the highest net approval of any of the names put to respondents.
There were other interesting findings from this survey of 1,001 US adults which was conducted on June 13 and 14. But in what follows, keep in mind this was not a survey of registered or even likely voters and so this is not necessarily an indication of candidates’ approval ratings ahead of November’s election.
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It appears the Democratic filibuster for gun safety may last awhile:
Senate Dems are lining up for a late night on floor. Some senators are signing up for slots as late as 10:30 p.m. and beyond
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Democrats mount filibuster for gun safety
Democrats in the Senate have mounted an effort to hold the floor to “honor the victims of the Orlando attack & demand the Senate address gun violence,” in the words of Chris Murphy of Connecticut, who launched the filibuster.
I'm speaking on the Senate floor to honor the victims of the Orlando attack & demand the Senate address gun violence. #Enough
I am prepared to stand on the Senate floor and talk about the need to prevent gun violence for as long as I can. I've had #Enough
Murphy already has been joined by multiple colleagues in support of the effort, which rates, in the arcane rules that govern the Senate, as a true-blue, honest-to-goodness, bona fide, genuine filibuster, meaning that Senate business is on hold for as long as they can keep it up.
There is a small niche subculture of people who live to live-tweet a true filibuster. This is our time to shine.
Wait, is this actually a true filibuster? I haven't been able to tell yet https://t.co/lqJtd0Vmw8
Yes. Post-motion to proceed, on the bill and no time agreement. https://t.co/w11Da4pBnL
Filibuster pedants, here's the deal: Senate is on CJS approps bill. There is no cloture clock running. Murphy can speak indefinitely.
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Inside the Trump event, supporters are listening to the Rolling Stones. Outside, protesters are growing in number:
The crowd of anti-Trump protesters growing larger by the minute, across from Trump Rally, inside the FOX. @wsbtv pic.twitter.com/VrY34P66Eu
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Donald Trump appears to be having a chilling effect on enthusiasm for the Republican party, according to Democratic pollster Geoff Garin...
The @realDonaldTrump effect: at 30 points net negative, the ratings for the GOP haven't been this bad since Feb 2014 pic.twitter.com/KzEGPe6gp5
...while favorable opinion of the Democratic party is on the rise (though still underwater, as it has been since early 2013):
While @realDonaldTrump is driving up the GOP's negatives, feelings toward the Democratic Party are improving. pic.twitter.com/957T6fDP2X
