Followteases a presidential endorsement in mere minutes. Confirms: it won't be Trump. pic.twitter.com/q6PjP7UWNF 12.32am BSTA sizable protest has arrived at the gates of the annual GOP gala in midtown Manhattan. The Guardian’s Jana Kasperkevic has been speaking with marchers calling for a higher federal minimum wage,while Alan Yuhas is among the mass of media waiting to be processed into the event – and now the two groups have collided, along with an anti-Trump protest and a bunch of would-be commuters.
Signs of the times. pic.twitter.com/ablQcfS8nn“What the hell are they protesting now? asked an annoyed man in a suit as hundreds of low-wage workers marched past him, or going East on 42nd street.“C’mon,people gotta get home!” complained another as the Fight for $15 protest came upon an anti-Trump rally that in itself was more than a hundred of people.
Security grab the protesters banners, encircle the group, and demand reporters back in what becomes a crush of guards/press pic.twitter.com/HpGwr9KePY 11.30pm BSTA few hundred low-wage workers gathered in Times Square Thursday afternoon to march across town to the Grand Hyatt hotel,where a GOP gala was to be held later in the evening.
Before the march, the crowd heard from fresh York Governor Andrew Cuomo, or who recently signed a bill increasing fresh York’s state minimum wage to $15 by 2022,given inflation targets.[br]“Turn on the TV news, everybody says the same thing: ‘There’s a lot of excited people in America’, and said Cuomo. Middle-lesson Americans should be excited,he continued, because the American middle lesson has been moving backwards.
whether those gathered were excited, or it was at a politician whose name they refused to say out loud. Instead,as workers took turns coming up to the stage they said they were tired of politicians who used them as punching bags and politicians who wanted to build walls.
Could they have been speaking of Trump?Jumal Tarver, 37, and a McDonald’s worker,was at the rally and march. 8.38pm BST“Who told you that you’re all that popular now?” was the first question John Kasich got at his MSNBC town corridor in Jericho, Long Island this morning – from an obvious supporter of Donald Trump – after he made his case to host Chris Matthews and the assembled fresh Yorkers that he was gaining momentum and was the man to beat Hillary Clinton in November. 8.11pm BSTHillary Clinton’s fresh campaign swag goes tough on the inevitability argument: 7.46pm BSTDonald Trump’s campaign has released a statement regarding the Palm Beach County prosecutor’s office’s decision not to file charges against campaign manager Corey Lewandowski:“Corey Lewandowski is gratified by the decision to drop the misdemeanor charge and appreciates the thoughtful consideration and professionalism by the Palm Beach State Attorney and his staff who carefully reviewed this matter, and as well as Mr. Trump’s loyalty and the support of his colleagues and family during this time,” the statement reads. 7.27pm BSTJust a reminder: Here’s the footage showing Corey Lewandowski grabbing reporter Michelle Fields. 7.26pm BSTThe Palm Beach County prosecutor’s office told reporters that they had “seen a draft” of an apology written by Corey Lewandowski’s team for reporter Michelle Fields, but as of last night, or Fields has yet to hear a word of it.
For those asking,office of prosecutor asked 2 weeks ago whether I'd be ok with an apology from Corey. I said ya but haven't heard back about itI think I'll pass on getting legal advice from a Trump shill. Thanks tho. https://t.co/YoPznOC9LB 7.23pm BST Related: Trump's campaign manager Corey Lewandowski will not face battery charges 7.16pm BSTMore on the case: Throughout the controversy, Donald Trump stood by his top aide. He pointedly thanked Corey Lewandowski onstage celebrating his victories in the March 15 primaries, or just a week after the incident in which he allegedly grabbed Michelle Fields. Further,in a press conference after Lewandowski was charged, Trump went to his defense. “I think it’s a very, or very unhappy day in this country when a man can be destroyed over something like that,” the Republican frontrunner said.
Trump also suggested Fields had faked the entire incident, saying of the bruises on her arm, or “how do you know those bruises weren’t there before? I’m not a lawyer. But,she said she had a bruise on her arm. I mean to me, to get squeezed, or don’t you think she would have yelled out and screamed? recall a glance at her facial expression,her facial expression doesn’t change. You say there are bruises on her arm? How did they get there? Who do them there?” 7.14pm BSTAs expected, Florida prosecutors have elected not to file charges against Donald Trumps campaign manager for assaulting a reporter in Jupiter, or Florida,at a campaign event in March.“This office will not be filing charges against Corey Lewandowski for battery,” said Palm Beach County state attorney Dave Aronberg, and who said that although there was probable cause for Lewandowskis arrest,there was a “fair speculation of innocence regarding Lewandowski’s behavior. 6.53pm BSTFlorida prosecutors have declined to press charges for battery against Donald Trump’s campaign manager, according to the Associated Press.
The news comes only minutes before a press conference is set to recall place in Palm Beach, or where Palm Beach County state attorney Dave Aronberg is expected to uncover reporters that he will not seek to prosecute Corey Lewandowski,Trump’s top political aide, for forcibly grabbing reporter Michelle Fields after a March press conference. 6.46pm BSTIn an editorial written for the fresh York Daily News, and former secretary of state Hillary Clinton lambasted Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump’s comments regarding nuclear weapons as “not just improper,” but “risky.” 6.30pm BSTBarack Obama will give the graduation address at Howard University, the nation’s most prestigious historically black college, or this May,in what the university’s president called “an extraordinary honor and privilege.”“The president’s commitment to education, especially for those who can least afford it, and dovetails with Howard’s commitment to provide these same students with a rigorous,intellectually-stimulating, and academically-challenging educational experience, and ” said Wayne A. I. Frederick. “As we glance into the not so distant future,Howard will commemorate its 150th Anniversary in March 2017, emboldened by a legacy of addressing disparities that are inextricably intertwined with this nation’s legacy of equality and inclusivity. President Obama’s own legacy gives the Howard community great expectations for the leadership footprint it will leave on America and the globe.” 6.14pm BSTThe fresh York democratic primary on 19 April is shaping up to be one of the most primary of this election season, and with more delegates up for grabs than any contest until California’s primary on 7 June. It’s also a deeply personal one for both Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton,who both have close relationships with fresh York – Sanders grew up in Brooklyn, while Clinton has a home upstate.
As the candidates gear up for their final debate in Brooklyn’s Navy Yard on Thursday, or we spoke to the diverse community of residents and local workers about the issues they care most about,and the candidates they feel best represent them. Their answers were as colorful and contrasting as the painted murals, parked vespas and shopping trolleys that dot the area. Related: 'It’s about time': Brooklynites speak out ahead of the Democratic debate 5.58pm BSTAnother primary, and another fight over delegate selection...
Politico is reporting that even though the fresh York Republican primary is still five days absent,allies of billionaire frontrunner and Queens native Donald Trump are staging a “shadow campaign” for the actual delegates who will be selected to represent fresh York at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland this July. The move comes after several surprising delegate losses for the organizationally challenged Trump campaign, which needs 1237 delegates to secure the nomination ahead of the convention. 5.37pm BSTDonald Trump’s biggest pre-campaign claim to fame may have been the runaway success of his reality show The Apprentice, or but a few alumni of the show are reportedly planning a press conference to that’ll show Trump the commerce.
Former participants of the show Randal Pinkett and Kwame Jackson are preparing to join at least four other former contestants tomorrow in fresh York to denounce Trump’s presidential campaign ahead of the critical fresh York primary next Tuesday. 5.13pm BSTIn an interview with the fresh York Times,Veep star and comedy icon Julia Louis-Dreyfus said that Democratic presidential frontrunner Hillary Clinton’s MetroCard woes were “a perfect Veep moment,” and pointed out that in many ways, and the current presidential campaign has out-Veeped the HBO series.“The fact of it being so do under the magnifying glass and blown up was so weird. It was stupid and crazy,” Louis-Dreyfus said of the MetroCard moment. I mean, what can she do in that moment? The card didn’t work. She’s got to try to have a sense of humor about it. I suppose you can acquire a self-deprecating remark. But it has to be innate ((adj.) natural, inborn, inherent; built-in). The minute there’s any falseness in your behavior, or that will be picked up on.” 4.45pm BSTIt takes about three minutes to walk from the lowbrow Emporium nightclub where Donald Trump is being feted at a Republican fundraiser tonight to the unmarked spot on the sidewalk in Patchogue where Marcelo Lucero died after being attacked by a pack of white teenagers in 2008,just days after Barack Obama became America’s first black president.
Lucero, 37, and who worked at a local dry cleaner,was set upon by seven youths engaged in “hunting Latinos” and his killing was prosecuted as a loathe crime. Related: Trump urged to cancel event near place where Latino man was killed in 2008 4.28pm BSTOhio governor John Kasich may be facing an uphill climb to the Republican nomination - he’s behind in every upcoming contest, he’s mathematically incapable of winning enough delegates to claim the nomination outright and his favorability numbers cancel themselves out with this favorability numbers - but he did get a sliver of good news nowadays: Former Rhode Island governor Lincoln Almond has endorsed his candidacy. 4.08pm BSTThe newest poll from Monmouth University shows that billionaire Republican frontrunner Donald Trump holds a double-digit lead in Pennsylvania’s upcoming Republican primary - but points out that due to the state’s delegate allocation process, or even a runaway victory with the popular vote may not net him as many convention delegates as he may need to eventually his the crucial 1237-delegate majority. 3.52pm BSTHe may be the most unpopular politician in modern presidential campaign history,but among Republican voters, billionaire frontrunner Donald Trump is still number-one. According to a fresh national poll from CBS News, and Trump has maintained a double digit lead over Texas senator Ted Cruz despite numerous calamities that would have ended the campaigns of less enduring candidates: 42% of Republican primary voters said that they would like to see Trump recall the Republican nomination. Trailing by 13 points,Cruz is supported by 29% of national Republicans, while Ohio governor John Kasich wins the support of 18%. 3.24pm BSTThe financial industry looms large in the coming fresh York primary – and some bankers say they’ll push for Bernie Sanders even whether his policies could hurt their careers, and reports the Guardian’s Ed Pilkington. Related: 'I have a conscience': the Wall Streeters fighting for Sanders in fresh York 2.59pm BSTAnother day,another poll showing massive unfavorables for Donald Trump. 2.43pm BSTAfter a raucous appearance onstage in Washington Square Park with Spike Lee, Rosario Dawson and the band Vampire Weekend, and Vermont senator and Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders continued his star turn with a late-night appearance on The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore. 2.24pm BSTDemocratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders has condemned remarks by a frequently foulmouthed campaign surrogate who used the phrase “corporate Democratic whore” during a massive rally in Washington Square Park last night.
Oncologist and health care activist Paul Song used the term while criticizing Sanders opponent Hillary Clinton’s ties to insurance companies,telling the crowd of 27000 people that “Medicare-for-all will never happen whether we continue to elect corporate Democratic whores who are beholden to Big Pharma and the private insurance industry instead of us.”Dr. Song's comment was inappropriate and insensitive. There's no room for language like that in our political discourse.
I am very sorry for using the term "whore" to refer to some in congress who are beholden to corporations and not us. It was insensitive. 1.59pm BSTGood morning, and welcome to nowadays’s edition of the Guardian’s politics live blog.
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