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| Clinton accuses Trump of making 'hate movement mainstream' – campaign live | Clinton accuses Trump of making 'hate movement mainstream' – campaign live |
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| Reporters were briefly allowed into the Trump minority outreach event this morning. Trump bragged about his polls and said “the numbers are going up with the African American community rapidly.” It’s unclear what numbers Trump was referring to. | |
| A list of attendees is below, including members of the Republican Leadership Initiative, a project of the Republican National Committee that hopes to engage millennial and minority Republicans. | |
| The pool report sets the scene of the meeting: | |
| Mr. Trump was seated at the middle of a square table, surrounded by members of his campaign, the Republican National Committee and the RLI. To his right was Dr. Ben Carson, to his left was Pierry Benjamin, the New York State Director for the Republican Leadership Initiative. | |
| “We’re up 15, 15 to 20, and that’s in over one week. So a lot of good things have been happening. Tremendous things are happening, and Lynne you’ve been so amazing,” Trump said, nodding across the table to Lynne Patton. | |
| The candidate then turned his attention to the press lined up across from him. | |
| “How was it last night? Good right? Wasn’t it great? Amazing people last night. Brexit was something, right?” | |
| Reuters Steve Holland asked the candidate to explain what they’ve been talking about at the table. | |
| “We’re just talking about the fact that we have great relationships and the numbers are going up with the African American community rapidly. I’ve always had great relationships with the African American community, and now, I’ve made it such a focal point.” | |
| Here’s a list of attendees: | |
| From the Trump campaign: Kellyanne Conway, Stephen K. Bannon, Jason Miller, Lynne Patton, Katrina Pierson, Pastor Mark Burns, Dr. Ben Carson | |
| From the GOP: Ashley Bell, Sean Spicer, Chris Young, Elliot Echols, Sarah Nelson, Helen Aguirre | |
| With RLI: Pierry Benjamin, Alexa Cardena, Gregory Kirsopp, Patricia Bober, Oz Sultan, Ronald Eith, Michele Adolphe, Marilyn Miller, Alfred Liz, Samsus Saintloth, Konstantinos Poulidis, Jaime Ulloa, Kimberly Morella | |
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| Clinton releases video featuring white supremacists for Trump | |
| Clinton’s scheduled to speak in Nevada on this topic at noon local time. The video also features Stephen Bannon, name-checks Breitbart and warns, “if Trump wins, they could be running the country.” | |
| There's a reason the most hateful fringe of the right wing is supporting Donald Trump.https://t.co/AqB3DM2m0N | |
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| Donald Trump has held a meeting inside his namesake tower this morning with African American and Hispanic activists, as part of his ongoing efforts at minority outreach. Ben Carson was there. | |
| Trump talked about his views on illegal immigration, according to CBS News’ Sopan Deb, saying he was “very strong” on the issue. Then he encouraged the media not to fool the media: | |
| Trump on immigration at this morning's roundtable: "Don’t let the media fool the media." pic.twitter.com/vuic85isfv | |
| If the media does end up fooling the media about where Trump stands on immigration, the media might be forgiven for it (?), as Trump has been something of a moving target on the topic. | |
| Incorrect descriptions of this:- "pivot"- "softening"- "moderating"Correct descriptions of this:- 180- total reversal- flip flop | |
| It's something unpredictable / but in the end it's right / I hope you had the time of your life pic.twitter.com/aUDDn8gfJM | |
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| What is the alt-right? | What is the alt-right? |
| In her Nevada speech today attacking Donald Trump for taking a “hate movement mainstream,” Hillary Clinton is expected to describe Trump campaign connections to the “alt-right,” the online fever swamp of bigotry and nastiness. | In her Nevada speech today attacking Donald Trump for taking a “hate movement mainstream,” Hillary Clinton is expected to describe Trump campaign connections to the “alt-right,” the online fever swamp of bigotry and nastiness. |
| Asked about Trump’s alt-right connections on CBS This Morning Thursday, Trump campaign manager Kellyanne Conway pleaded ignorance, much as Trump once said he was not familiar with David Duke. | Asked about Trump’s alt-right connections on CBS This Morning Thursday, Trump campaign manager Kellyanne Conway pleaded ignorance, much as Trump once said he was not familiar with David Duke. |
| “I am not that familiar with [the alt-right] to be frank with you,” Conway said. “I’ve read about it but I think that we all start cherry picking headlines from a website and is Hillary Clinton running against a website?” | “I am not that familiar with [the alt-right] to be frank with you,” Conway said. “I’ve read about it but I think that we all start cherry picking headlines from a website and is Hillary Clinton running against a website?” |
| Conway went on to deny that the Trump campaign is a platform for the alt-right, which mixes murkily in corners of the Breitbart web site run by Trump campaign CEO Stephen Bannon: | Conway went on to deny that the Trump campaign is a platform for the alt-right, which mixes murkily in corners of the Breitbart web site run by Trump campaign CEO Stephen Bannon: |
| No, not at all, we’ve never even discussed it internally. It certainly isn’t part of our strategy meetings, it’s nothing that Mr. Trump says out on stump.” | No, not at all, we’ve never even discussed it internally. It certainly isn’t part of our strategy meetings, it’s nothing that Mr. Trump says out on stump.” |
| What is the alt-right, exactly? “It is new, difficult to pin down, and hard to understand,” writes Jason Wilson for the Guardian. “But it’s important to try to get a handle on who is involved, what they believe, and what their possible influence might be on the immediate future of rightwing politics”: | What is the alt-right, exactly? “It is new, difficult to pin down, and hard to understand,” writes Jason Wilson for the Guardian. “But it’s important to try to get a handle on who is involved, what they believe, and what their possible influence might be on the immediate future of rightwing politics”: |
| The alt- (or alternative) right has surged as a (so far) mainly online movement, occupying positions beyond the pale of many conservatives. It has no centralised organisation or official ideology – it has been described as “scattered and ideologically diffuse”. | The alt- (or alternative) right has surged as a (so far) mainly online movement, occupying positions beyond the pale of many conservatives. It has no centralised organisation or official ideology – it has been described as “scattered and ideologically diffuse”. |
| The alt-right has been involved in fleeting street protests, but its online activities are well-organised and relentless. It recruits by opposing progressive ideas about gender, sexuality, and especially race and immigration. Adherents congregate on message boards like 4chan and 8chan, comment on websites like the Right Stuffand American Renaissance, and lurk on Twitter, where they taunt progressives (or “shitlibs”) and mainstream conservatives (“cuckservatives”). | The alt-right has been involved in fleeting street protests, but its online activities are well-organised and relentless. It recruits by opposing progressive ideas about gender, sexuality, and especially race and immigration. Adherents congregate on message boards like 4chan and 8chan, comment on websites like the Right Stuffand American Renaissance, and lurk on Twitter, where they taunt progressives (or “shitlibs”) and mainstream conservatives (“cuckservatives”). |
| NBC News asked watchdogs, Republicans and journalists to define it: | NBC News asked watchdogs, Republicans and journalists to define it: |
| Ahead of HRC's "Alt Right" speech, we asked GOPers/conservatives/journalists to define term: https://t.co/UDpvzoslfQ pic.twitter.com/ucVCa49FyQ | Ahead of HRC's "Alt Right" speech, we asked GOPers/conservatives/journalists to define term: https://t.co/UDpvzoslfQ pic.twitter.com/ucVCa49FyQ |
| Update: Here’s a video produced by members of the white supremacist American Renaissance group (read further from the Southern Poverty Law Center) that is informative about the alt-right, or a corner of it, its world view and some of its heroes. Be warned that the video is racist propaganda. Also be warned that the video is an elaborate cover of the 1989 Billy Joel hit We Didn’t Start the Fire. | Update: Here’s a video produced by members of the white supremacist American Renaissance group (read further from the Southern Poverty Law Center) that is informative about the alt-right, or a corner of it, its world view and some of its heroes. Be warned that the video is racist propaganda. Also be warned that the video is an elaborate cover of the 1989 Billy Joel hit We Didn’t Start the Fire. |
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| As part of his recent appearance on Fox News non-journalist Sean Hannity’s show (Hannity, faced with accusations of pro-Trump bias, has insisted he is not a journalist), Trump invited the crowd to applaud to decide the fate of undocumented migrants in the USA (“the good ones”; the bad ones are to be summarily expelled): | As part of his recent appearance on Fox News non-journalist Sean Hannity’s show (Hannity, faced with accusations of pro-Trump bias, has insisted he is not a journalist), Trump invited the crowd to applaud to decide the fate of undocumented migrants in the USA (“the good ones”; the bad ones are to be summarily expelled): |
| Gross video of Trump POLLING AUDIENCE about whether he should ruin millions of lives by mass deporting immigrants https://t.co/qpsrYDfyDY | Gross video of Trump POLLING AUDIENCE about whether he should ruin millions of lives by mass deporting immigrants https://t.co/qpsrYDfyDY |
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| Hello and welcome to our live-wire coverage of the 2016 race for the White House. Donald Trump – who insisted that Barack Obama was born in Africa; whose family firm was hit with a federal civil rights suit in 1973 for refusing to rent to “coloreds” (the Trump firm term); and whose campaign has galvanized white nationalists – called Hillary Clinton a bigot in a speech on Wednesday night. | Hello and welcome to our live-wire coverage of the 2016 race for the White House. Donald Trump – who insisted that Barack Obama was born in Africa; whose family firm was hit with a federal civil rights suit in 1973 for refusing to rent to “coloreds” (the Trump firm term); and whose campaign has galvanized white nationalists – called Hillary Clinton a bigot in a speech on Wednesday night. |
| “Hillary Clinton is a bigot!” Trump said in Jackson, Mississippi, after being introduced by former Ukip leader Nigel Farage. “Who sees people of color only as votes, not as human beings worthy of a better future.” | “Hillary Clinton is a bigot!” Trump said in Jackson, Mississippi, after being introduced by former Ukip leader Nigel Farage. “Who sees people of color only as votes, not as human beings worthy of a better future.” |
| Trump has been trying his hand at minority outreach in stump speeches over the last week. | Trump has been trying his hand at minority outreach in stump speeches over the last week. |
| Clinton, who is scheduled to give a speech today in Reno, Nevada, on what she says is Trump’s campaign strategy of embracing racism and racial tension, hit back sharply in a late-night phone interview on CNN. | Clinton, who is scheduled to give a speech today in Reno, Nevada, on what she says is Trump’s campaign strategy of embracing racism and racial tension, hit back sharply in a late-night phone interview on CNN. |
| “[Trump] is taking a hate movement mainstream,” Clinton said. “He’s brought it into his campaign. He is bringing it to our communities and our country.” | “[Trump] is taking a hate movement mainstream,” Clinton said. “He’s brought it into his campaign. He is bringing it to our communities and our country.” |
| Clinton: "He is taking a hate movement mainstream." pic.twitter.com/Ayn8YC6lrb | Clinton: "He is taking a hate movement mainstream." pic.twitter.com/Ayn8YC6lrb |
| Farage, meanwhile, in his Mississippi adventure, told the crowd they can still win: “You can beat the pollsters, you can beat the commentators, you can beat Washington, and you’ll do it by doing what we did for Brexit in Britain,” he said. He also told people to get their “walking boots” on, which we don’t have in America and definitely not in Mississippi. | Farage, meanwhile, in his Mississippi adventure, told the crowd they can still win: “You can beat the pollsters, you can beat the commentators, you can beat Washington, and you’ll do it by doing what we did for Brexit in Britain,” he said. He also told people to get their “walking boots” on, which we don’t have in America and definitely not in Mississippi. |
| Trump has also reversed his trademark immigration stance. He has gone, for now, it seems, from supporting mass deportations to advocating a path to legal status for undocumented migrants, the centerpiece of immigration reform plans crafted by mainstream Republicans. | Trump has also reversed his trademark immigration stance. He has gone, for now, it seems, from supporting mass deportations to advocating a path to legal status for undocumented migrants, the centerpiece of immigration reform plans crafted by mainstream Republicans. |
| “They’ll pay back taxes, they have to pay taxes, there’s no amnesty, as such, there’s no amnesty, but we work with them,” Trump said, in pretaped remarks to Fox host Sean Hannity. | “They’ll pay back taxes, they have to pay taxes, there’s no amnesty, as such, there’s no amnesty, but we work with them,” Trump said, in pretaped remarks to Fox host Sean Hannity. |
| Trump appears to be losing rightist provocateur Ann Coulter, who was so excited about the candidate’s original immigration policy she wrote a book about it: | Trump appears to be losing rightist provocateur Ann Coulter, who was so excited about the candidate’s original immigration policy she wrote a book about it: |
| Well, if it's "hard," then nevermind. Trump: "... to take a person who's been here for 15 or 20 years ....It's a very, very hard thing." | Well, if it's "hard," then nevermind. Trump: "... to take a person who's been here for 15 or 20 years ....It's a very, very hard thing." |
| Also in her CNN interview last night, Clinton gave a new answer about her use of private email while secretary of state: | Also in her CNN interview last night, Clinton gave a new answer about her use of private email while secretary of state: |
| This Clinton apology's to @CNN on emails is possibly the cleanest, most succinct answer she's given on emails. pic.twitter.com/PLttjwXixM | This Clinton apology's to @CNN on emails is possibly the cleanest, most succinct answer she's given on emails. pic.twitter.com/PLttjwXixM |
| Thanks for reading and please join us in the comments. | Thanks for reading and please join us in the comments. |
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