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| Clinton in Atlantic City: Christie follows Trump 'holding his coat' – politics live | Clinton in Atlantic City: Christie follows Trump 'holding his coat' – politics live |
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| Ernst: 'I'm focused on Iowa' | |
| Shortly after senator Bob Corker told a reporter he was withdrawing from consideration as Trump’s vice president, senator Joni Ernst of Iowa has indicated that she is not up for the job, either. | |
| “I made that very clear to him that I’m focused on Iowa,” Ernst told Politico of her meeting with Trump at the weekend: | |
| I feel that I have a lot more to do in the United States Senate. And Iowa is where my heart is. I’m just getting started here. I have a great partner with Chuck Grassley, we’ve been able to accomplish a lot. And I think that President Trump will need some great assistance in the United States Senate and I can provide that. | |
| Who’s left? Top names include former House speaker Newt Gingrich, senator Jeff Sessions and New Jersey governor Chris Christie. | |
| Update: | |
| Corker tells @mkraju he's withdrawing from Trump's VP consideration & adds: "His best running mate, by the way, would be Ivanka" | |
| It is my opinion that the entire Veepstakes process is very stupid and annoying. | |
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| at 6.59pm BST | |
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| Trump announced on 23 June that he would be forgiving about $50m in loans to his campaign. But he never filed the paperwork. So far, according to the FEC: | |
| Despite Trump's announced fundraising haul, FEC spox tells me that he's yet to file paperwork converting campaign loans to contributions | |
| 6.38pm BST | |
| 18:38 | |
| Trump camp announces big fundraising numbers | |
| The Trump campaign has announced that they raised more than $50m in June. | |
| Hilary Clinton reported that she raised nearly $70m in June: $40.5m for her campaign and $28m for the national committee and state parties. | |
| Trump reportedly raised about $26m for the campaign plus about $25m for national and state operations. | |
| Here’s the breakdown from a statement issued by Trump: | |
| The campaign’s newly established digital and small dollar operation rolled out fundraising emails which resulted in over $26 million dollars in donations for June ($19.9 million DJTFP efforts, and $6.6 million through TMAGA). This was made possible with over 400,000 supporters, with 94% of our supporters giving under $200. The first email solicitation, which contained an unprecedented $2 million match from Donald J. Trump, exceeded our goal, collecting over $3 million in contributions in one day. Donald J. Trump personally contributed $3.8 million to the campaign this month which brings total contributions to $55 million.[...] | |
| The campaign, in conjunction with the RNC, also hosted 22 fundraising events throughout the country for Trump Victory, with contributions exceeding $25 million (which includes the last week of May and June). The Campaign is committed to working with the RNC to support its important operations for the Republican Party. | |
| Earlier today Trump tweeted this: | |
| Raised a lot of money for the Republican Party. There will be a big gasp when the figures are announced in the morning. Lots of support! Win | |
| Update / note: | |
| Note that Romney raised combined $100m in same month four years ago. https://t.co/4CyinjpwWT | |
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| at 6.47pm BST | |
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| Lauren Gambino | |
| Hillary Clinton took the stage in Atlantic City under the shade of the now-closed Trump Plaza and Casino to make the case that the New York real estate developer would “bankrupt the country like he bankrupted his businesses” should he be elected in November, writes the Guardian’s Lauren Gambino in Atlantic City: | |
| The backdrop anchored Clinton’s speech and helped her hone the message: “What he did here in Atlantic City is exactly what he will do if he becomes president in November.” | |
| “It’s fair to ask, since he is applying for a job,” Clinton said, pausing for laughs, “What in the world happened here?” | |
| The Plaza, once the crown jewel of the seaside city’s boardwalk, now stands abandoned with sun-faded red drapes still hanging in the window and the outline of Trump’s name still evident on the side of the building. It is one of the three hotels and casinos Trump opened in Atlantic City. | |
| Clinton was introduced by Marty Rosenberg, the vice president of Atlantic Plate Glass Co, a New Jersey company contracted to work on the Trump Taj Mahal. Rosenberg said Trump owed the company nearly $1.5 million but it soon became clear that the developer would not be paying them for the work. Rosenberg helped organize a group of more than 100 contractors in negotiations with Trump over payments. | |
| Clinton closed by asking the crowd that sprawled down the boardwalk to share what they know about Trump’s business prowess. | |
| “It is the same scam over and over again,” Clinton said. “And make no mistake he’s not asking for forgiveness, he’s just hoping we forget.” | |
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| at 6.33pm BST | |
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| Clinton ignores questions about FBI findings | |
| Clinton shook hands after her Atlantic City remarks but ignored questions about the FBI’s determination that 110 emails receiving classified information were sent from or received by her private account which was vulnerable to hackers in a setup deemed “extremely reckless” by director Comey. | |
| Clinton took no questions while shaking hands with union members in front of the Trump Taj Mahal. https://t.co/odxCZtAY2N | |
| Multiple reporters tried to ask Clinton about the FBI announcement - a topic she has yet to comment on. No response. https://t.co/KWQKamZFkm | |
| 6.20pm BST | 6.20pm BST |
| 18:20 | 18:20 |
| Further reaction to the Clinton speech from team Trump: | Further reaction to the Clinton speech from team Trump: |
| Trump spox on CNN answering HRC charge he's only out for himself: "He believes in putting your oxygen mask on first before helping others" | Trump spox on CNN answering HRC charge he's only out for himself: "He believes in putting your oxygen mask on first before helping others" |
| Katrina Pierson brilliantly destroys talking point that Trump is only out for himself. Checkmate, liberals. https://t.co/FHWqCgI3cm | |
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| at 6.45pm BST | |
| 6.19pm BST | 6.19pm BST |
| 18:19 | 18:19 |
| Attorney general Loretta Lynch will testify before the House judiciary committee at 10am on 12 July – next Tuesday – the committee has announced: | Attorney general Loretta Lynch will testify before the House judiciary committee at 10am on 12 July – next Tuesday – the committee has announced: |
| AG Lynch to testify #HillaryClinton #OrlandoShooting #encryption #SanctuaryCities and more → https://t.co/plEfGcbTU6 pic.twitter.com/KlpdCe6mnH | AG Lynch to testify #HillaryClinton #OrlandoShooting #encryption #SanctuaryCities and more → https://t.co/plEfGcbTU6 pic.twitter.com/KlpdCe6mnH |
| Lynch’s trip to the Hill follows scheduled testimony Thursday by FBI director James Comey before the House oversight committee. | Lynch’s trip to the Hill follows scheduled testimony Thursday by FBI director James Comey before the House oversight committee. |
| 6.15pm BST | 6.15pm BST |
| 18:15 | 18:15 |
| Corker withdraws a potential Trump running mate | Corker withdraws a potential Trump running mate |
| Senator Bob Corker of Tennessee, the foreign relations chairman who appeared Tuesday at a campaign rally with Trump, has withdrawn from consideration to be Trump’s running mate, the Washington Post’s Robert Costa reports: | Senator Bob Corker of Tennessee, the foreign relations chairman who appeared Tuesday at a campaign rally with Trump, has withdrawn from consideration to be Trump’s running mate, the Washington Post’s Robert Costa reports: |
| “There are people far more suited for being a candidate for vice president and I think I’m far more suited for other types of things,” Corker said in an extensive phone interview where he repeatedly praised Trump and said he is eager to serve as an informal adviser to the candidate. | “There are people far more suited for being a candidate for vice president and I think I’m far more suited for other types of things,” Corker said in an extensive phone interview where he repeatedly praised Trump and said he is eager to serve as an informal adviser to the candidate. |
| Elsewhere in the Trump veepstakes, Iowa senator Joni Ernst has been awarded a prime-time Republican convention speaking slot, the New York Times reports. | Elsewhere in the Trump veepstakes, Iowa senator Joni Ernst has been awarded a prime-time Republican convention speaking slot, the New York Times reports. |
| Seems like that rules her out of being VP though https://t.co/HsGT5xSJ6b | Seems like that rules her out of being VP though https://t.co/HsGT5xSJ6b |
| Yet elsewhere in the veepstakes, senator Jeff Sessions of Alabama, the biggest Trump cheerleader in the chamber, is mum on whether he’s under consideration: | Yet elsewhere in the veepstakes, senator Jeff Sessions of Alabama, the biggest Trump cheerleader in the chamber, is mum on whether he’s under consideration: |
| Amid hot veep chatter on Hill, @SenatorSessions won't say whether he's being vetted, whether he has submitted docs to Trump campaign | Amid hot veep chatter on Hill, @SenatorSessions won't say whether he's being vetted, whether he has submitted docs to Trump campaign |
| 6.09pm BST | 6.09pm BST |
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| Trump on Atlantic City: bankruptcies ultimately saved jobs | Trump on Atlantic City: bankruptcies ultimately saved jobs |
| In a statement replying to Clinton’s speech, Trump says “many of our country’s elite business people” use bankruptcy law “(but nobody cares about).” | In a statement replying to Clinton’s speech, Trump says “many of our country’s elite business people” use bankruptcy law “(but nobody cares about).” |
| But Trump is not giving himself enough credit: “no major U.S. company has filed for Chapter 11 more than Trump’s casino empire in the last 30 years,” CNN found. | But Trump is not giving himself enough credit: “no major U.S. company has filed for Chapter 11 more than Trump’s casino empire in the last 30 years,” CNN found. |
| “It is an effective and commonly used practice in business to use bankruptcy proceedings to restructure a business and ultimately save jobs,” Trump. | “It is an effective and commonly used practice in business to use bankruptcy proceedings to restructure a business and ultimately save jobs,” Trump. |
| “Nobody understand the economy like I do,” he says. | “Nobody understand the economy like I do,” he says. |
| INBOX: Donald J. Trump Statement on Atlantic City Record pic.twitter.com/tm008uEKFA | INBOX: Donald J. Trump Statement on Atlantic City Record pic.twitter.com/tm008uEKFA |
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| 18:00 | 18:00 |
| Bush on Chilcot: 'whole world is better off without Saddam Hussein' | Bush on Chilcot: 'whole world is better off without Saddam Hussein' |
| The Guardian’s Ben Jacobs obtains a statement from George W Bush’s spokesman: | The Guardian’s Ben Jacobs obtains a statement from George W Bush’s spokesman: |
| Statement from George W. Bush's spokesman on Chilcot Inquiry pic.twitter.com/yG4cBRGxnC | Statement from George W. Bush's spokesman on Chilcot Inquiry pic.twitter.com/yG4cBRGxnC |
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| Walker endorses Trump – with measured enthusiasm | Walker endorses Trump – with measured enthusiasm |
| Wisconsin governor Scott Walker, who devoted his speech withdrawing from the presidential race to a call for others to do the same so that Donald Trump might be defeated, now has endorsed Donald Trump, though not by name: | Wisconsin governor Scott Walker, who devoted his speech withdrawing from the presidential race to a call for others to do the same so that Donald Trump might be defeated, now has endorsed Donald Trump, though not by name: |
| Last August, I said I'd support the GOP nominee. It's now clear who the RNC delegates will vote to nominate. And he is better than she is. | Last August, I said I'd support the GOP nominee. It's now clear who the RNC delegates will vote to nominate. And he is better than she is. |
| The ol' "I support a candidate I won't name out loud via indirect syllogism" endorsement https://t.co/KHJN62LcDC | The ol' "I support a candidate I won't name out loud via indirect syllogism" endorsement https://t.co/KHJN62LcDC |
| 5.50pm BST | 5.50pm BST |
| 17:50 | 17:50 |
| Clinton says Trump “got rich by destroying other people in the process.” | Clinton says Trump “got rich by destroying other people in the process.” |
| Let’s just make sure we don’t put a person like this with his empty promises... in a position to destroy our lives.... we can’t let him roll the dice with our children’s futures. | Let’s just make sure we don’t put a person like this with his empty promises... in a position to destroy our lives.... we can’t let him roll the dice with our children’s futures. |
| We are stronger together, she says. And she’s out. | We are stronger together, she says. And she’s out. |
| 5.46pm BST | 5.46pm BST |
| 17:46 | 17:46 |
| Clinton: Trump runs 'same scam over and over' | Clinton: Trump runs 'same scam over and over' |
| “I want you to understand what he did here in Atlantic City,” Clinton continues, consider what he will do as president: | “I want you to understand what he did here in Atlantic City,” Clinton continues, consider what he will do as president: |
| Step 1: give a huge tax cut to millionaires like him | Step 1: give a huge tax cut to millionaires like him |
| Step 2: add trillions to our national debt | Step 2: add trillions to our national debt |
| Step 3: he suggested we could default on our debt | Step 3: he suggested we could default on our debt |
| Clinton says, “it is the same scam over and over again... and make no mistake, he’s not asking for forgiveness, he’s just hoping we forget. | Clinton says, “it is the same scam over and over again... and make no mistake, he’s not asking for forgiveness, he’s just hoping we forget. |
| The people he’s asking to vote for him now are the same people he’s been exploiting for years. | The people he’s asking to vote for him now are the same people he’s been exploiting for years. |
| THis seems to be his one move. He makes over-the-top promises, and says if people trust him... he’ll make them wildly successful. THen everything falls apart, people gets hurt, and Donald gets paid. | THis seems to be his one move. He makes over-the-top promises, and says if people trust him... he’ll make them wildly successful. THen everything falls apart, people gets hurt, and Donald gets paid. |
| Those promises he’s making at his rallies, they’re the same promises he made to his customers at Trump University. | Those promises he’s making at his rallies, they’re the same promises he made to his customers at Trump University. |
| Clinton continues: | Clinton continues: |
| Remember what he promised I’m going to do for the country what I did for my business? Well we should believe him and make sure he never has the chance to bankrupt America the way he bankrupted his businesses. | Remember what he promised I’m going to do for the country what I did for my business? Well we should believe him and make sure he never has the chance to bankrupt America the way he bankrupted his businesses. |
| I just want you to take all this information and tell everybody you can. ... | I just want you to take all this information and tell everybody you can. ... |
| Trump furniture is made in Turkey... Trump suits were made in Mexico... Trump lamps were made in China... if he wants to make America great again, maybe he should start by actually making things in America again. | Trump furniture is made in Turkey... Trump suits were made in Mexico... Trump lamps were made in China... if he wants to make America great again, maybe he should start by actually making things in America again. |
| That last line is new: | That last line is new: |
| Clinton: "If he wants to make America great again he should start by actually making some things in America" | Clinton: "If he wants to make America great again he should start by actually making some things in America" |
| Updated | Updated |
| at 5.53pm BST | at 5.53pm BST |