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| Democratic convention live: Biden says Trump 'has no clue what makes America great' | Democratic convention live: Biden says Trump 'has no clue what makes America great' |
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| We have an advance copy of Tim Kaine’s remarks and they’re three full pages, when most speeches have been running one page or less. | |
| Get comfortable, America. You’re about to meet Tim Kaine. | |
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| Scott announces Tim Kaine, and everyone claps for Tim Kaine, but it turns out they’re just clapping for a video, because no essential points are entrusted simply to speakers anymore, because the way people intake information is by watching TV. It’s a tribute video to Tim Kaine. “They still live in the same house they moved into 24 years ago.” Stuff like that. “Virginia was named the best state in the country to raise a child.” | |
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| Instead of more Kravitz we’re going to watch that Fight Song video we saw last night again. | |
| Now here’s Rep Bobby Scott from Virginia. He’s not on the speaker’s list. But he’s here to introduce the running mate. | |
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| Adam Gabbatt | |
| Wikileaks released its latest disclosures on Wednesday – 29 voicemails mined from the emails it leaked over the weekend, writes Adam Gabbatt: | |
| But whereas the Democratic National Committee emails rocked the Democratic party, revealing bias against Bernie Sanders and forcing DNC chair Debbie Wasserman-Schultz to quit, the voicemails are much, much, much less interesting. | |
| The voicemail with the most potential to be juicy is from the film producer husband of a Democratic operative. But there is no juice. The film producer leaves a message saying he and his wife could speak to the recipient later that day. | |
| The voicemails appear to have been sent as audio files to recipients’ email addresses, which is likely how they were obtained by Wikileaks. | |
| Three of the messages relate to a reception for ambassadors at the White House. But there is nothing scandalous. The messages are essentially RSVPs. | |
| Four of the leaked voicemails are from the same female voter. The woman, who identifies herself as a Democratic party member, leaves a series of angry messages regarding the party apparently being too soft with Bernie Sanders. | |
| The Vermont senator is “getting way too much influence” in the party, she says. “I don’t understand it. You guys are losing me,” she warns. | |
| Many of the other voicemails are very short – people leaving a phone number and requesting a callback. | |
| Among the longer messages is an invite to a parents’ meeting at a school. | |
| “All parents are invited Friday morning at 8.50am,” the message leaver says. “We’ll be discussing ways to help students navigating change. Specifically around change to our buildings.” | |
| The woman leaving the voicemail mentions the name of a school in Washington DC, before urging parents to attend the meeting. | |
| “There’s also free babysitting available,” she says. | |
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| Kravitz starts out with a slow jam version of Let Love Rule. The crowd seems into it. But all anybody does at concerts anymore is stand there and film it on their iPhone so they can not watch it later. Kravitz plays his guitar a bit and someone in the band knows their way around the saxophone. | |
| How can Hillary Clinton keep us safe from ISIS if she can't keep us safe from Lenny Kravitz? | |
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| “Please welcome Lenny Kravitz.” | |
| The crowd complies. Wow that’s a lot of backup singers. | |
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| 02:50 | |
| Here’s the Daily News front page tomorrow: | |
| Tomorrow's front page...LOCK HIM UP: Comrade Trump's treasonous call for Russia to hack Hil https://t.co/AUh6gjw24v pic.twitter.com/WJfvGPRNdU | |
| 2.49am BST | |
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| The Twitterati liked the Biden speech: | |
| Very gripping: @VP criticizing @realDonaldTrump, like all Dems have, but w/ a very serious tone instead of usual mocking.#DemsinPhilly | |
| Biden prosecuted the case against Trump and closed with optimism. I would say literally, in honor of the VP. | |
| Joe Scranton's on FIRE! Donald Trump. Has. Not. A. Clue. About the Middle Class! #DemsInPhilly #DemConvention pic.twitter.com/N6GiDycwyV | |
| That was a really, really, really good speech. Close if not the equal of the Michelle O speech. Really remarkable. | |
| This is the Trump speech that only Joe Biden could give, and it feels long overdue: "This guy doesn’t have a clue about the middle class!!!" | |
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| Bloomberg aks independents to back Clinton | |
| No matter what you might think of Clinton, Bloomberg says, she understands that “this is not reality TV - this is reality!” | |
| The presidency is the most powerful office on earth, he says. “And so I say to my fellow Independents: your vote matters now. Your vote will determine the future... | |
| Tonight, as an Independent, I am asking you to join with me – not out of party loyalty, but out of love of country... | |
| Together, let’s elect a sane, competent person with international experience.. let’s elect Hillary Clinton! | |
| Bloomberg is just wildly applauded. What a scene. | |
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| Bloomberg: 'I'm a New Yorker, and I know a con when I see one' | |
| More from Bloomberg: | |
| I’m a New Yorker, and I know a con when I see one! Trump says he’ll punish manufacturere sthat move to exico or China, but the clothers he sells are made overseas in low-wage factories. ... | |
| Truth be told, the richest thing about Donald Trump is his hypocrisy. He wants you to believe that we can solve our biggest problems by deporting Mexicans and shutting out Muslims... | |
| I understand the appeal of a businessman president. But Trump’s business plan is a disaster in the making.... | |
| The bottom line is: Trump is a risky, reckless and radical choice. And we can’t afford to make that choice!... | |
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| Bloomberg: Trump a 'dangerous demagogue' | |
| Bloomberg says whatever his disagreements with Clinton may be, “we must unite around the candidate who can defeat a dangerous demagogue.” | |
| He continues: | |
| I believe we need a president who is a problem-solver, not a bomb thrower... | |
| Most of us who have our names on the door know that we are only as good as our word, but not Donald Trump. | |
| Throughout his career, Trump has left behind a well-documented record of bankruptcies, thousands of lawsuits, angry shareholders and contractors who feel cheated, and disillusioned customers who feel ripped off. Trump says he wants to run the nations like he’s run his business. God help us. | |
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| Bloomberg: 'imperative' to elect Clinton | |
| Here now is Bloomberg. We have a copy of his prepared remarks here. He thanks the crowd for welcoming an outsider – “I am not here as a member of any party.” | |
| “I am here for one reason. To explain why I believe that it is imperative that we elect Hillary Clinton the next president.” | |
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| Here now is Atlanta mayor Kasim Reed. After him, in case you need to plan around an impossible-to-delay-because-it’s-already-been-awhile transfer of laundry to the dryer, it’s Michael Bloomberg, Lenny Kravitz and Tim Kaine. Then Obama. | |
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| Biden: 'Come on. We're America' | Biden: 'Come on. We're America' |
| Biden is hot now. “Americans have never ever ever let this country down,” he says, by electing someone who sows fear. | Biden is hot now. “Americans have never ever ever let this country down,” he says, by electing someone who sows fear. |
| We do not scare easily. We never bow, we never bend,... no, we endure, we overcome, and we always move forward. | We do not scare easily. We never bow, we never bend,... no, we endure, we overcome, and we always move forward. |
| He says he has “absolute conviction” that the 21st century is going to be the American century. | He says he has “absolute conviction” that the 21st century is going to be the American century. |
| “We are America. Second to none. And we own the finish line. Don’t forget it. | “We are America. Second to none. And we own the finish line. Don’t forget it. |
| ‘Protect our troops. Come on. We’re America.” | ‘Protect our troops. Come on. We’re America.” |
| Biden steps away from the lectern as every hand in the hall, it seems, flies up with its Joe sign, and Biden might as well pump his fist, for how well that went, although he does not. | Biden steps away from the lectern as every hand in the hall, it seems, flies up with its Joe sign, and Biden might as well pump his fist, for how well that went, although he does not. |
| Jill Biden comes out to retrieve him. They make a tour of the stage. Biden stops to blow the crowd a kiss. And there he goes, he’s out. | Jill Biden comes out to retrieve him. They make a tour of the stage. Biden stops to blow the crowd a kiss. And there he goes, he’s out. |
| Bet that moment looked good on TV. | Bet that moment looked good on TV. |
| 2.24am BST | 2.24am BST |
| 02:24 | 02:24 |
| Biden says that the country had never considered a candidate with so little knowledge as Trump, who stokes fear and “has no plan whatsoever to make us safer.” | Biden says that the country had never considered a candidate with so little knowledge as Trump, who stokes fear and “has no plan whatsoever to make us safer.” |
| Biden says Trump “seeks to sow division in America for his own gain.” | Biden says Trump “seeks to sow division in America for his own gain.” |
| “We simply cannot let that happen as Americans. Period.” | “We simply cannot let that happen as Americans. Period.” |
| Meanwhile, the Guardian’s Ben Jacobs captured this footage today in Biden’s hometown of Scranton: | Meanwhile, the Guardian’s Ben Jacobs captured this footage today in Biden’s hometown of Scranton: |
| Chants of "lock her up" in Scranton pic.twitter.com/mX135Sdg66 | Chants of "lock her up" in Scranton pic.twitter.com/mX135Sdg66 |
| 2.22am BST | 2.22am BST |
| 02:22 | 02:22 |
| Biden: notion of Trump middle-class sympathy 'malarkey' | Biden: notion of Trump middle-class sympathy 'malarkey' |
| Biden attacks Trump: | Biden attacks Trump: |
| His cynicism is unbounded. His lack of empathy and compassion can be summed up in the phrase he made famous: you’re fired. | His cynicism is unbounded. His lack of empathy and compassion can be summed up in the phrase he made famous: you’re fired. |
| Think about that. Think about that. ... How can there be pleasure..? | Think about that. Think about that. ... How can there be pleasure..? |
| He’s trying to tell us he cares about the middle class/ Give me a break. That’s a bunch of malarkey! | He’s trying to tell us he cares about the middle class/ Give me a break. That’s a bunch of malarkey! |
| That sets off an immense cheer. | That sets off an immense cheer. |
| Biden: | Biden: |
| Whatever he thinks, and I mean this from the bottom of my heart.. I know why we’re strong.. why we are united.. it’s because there’s always been a growing middle class. This guy doesn’t have a clue about the middle class. Not a clue. | Whatever he thinks, and I mean this from the bottom of my heart.. I know why we’re strong.. why we are united.. it’s because there’s always been a growing middle class. This guy doesn’t have a clue about the middle class. Not a clue. |
| “He has no clue about what makes America great. Actually he has no clue, period. | “He has no clue about what makes America great. Actually he has no clue, period. |
| The crowd chants: | The crowd chants: |
| Not a clue! | Not a clue! |
| Not a clue! | Not a clue! |