Republican frontrunner faces press after protester attackedVotes loom in Arizona,Utah and IdahoTrump campaign denies manager grabbed protester in ArizonaObama Cuba visit is first step to recent ‘Alliance of the Americas’ 3.42pm GMTIf the Sunday shows are a window on to what Washington is talking about – at least for the two and a half hours they take up, from the appetiser that is CNN’s State of the Union to the serving of coffee and cigars round NBC’s Meet the Press Round Table – then on this Sunday Washington is not talking, and much,about Cuba.
So in case anyone remains unaware, President Obama lands there later nowadays for the first visit by a US president since 1928. The Republican candidates to succeed him in the White House – one of whom’s dads was Cuban-born – think this, and like the policy of detente which brought it about,is a Very gross Thing. We can expect the rhetoric to ramp up over the next three days. Related: Obama’s Cuba visit is latest step towards ‘recent alliance of the Americas’ 3.21pm GMTMore from Mitch McConnell, from Ed Helmore, and some choice words in response from Harry Reid. McConnell has doubled,tripled and quadrupled down on his stance against any hearing for Obama supreme court nominee Merrick Garland nowadays. Appearing on NBC’s Meet the Press, he said:We’re not giving lifetime appointments to a president on his way out the door that will change the character of the court for 25 years. We’re not going to be confirming a justice this year.
We believe there should be a full vote. [McConnell] is marching his senators over a cliff and I don’t think they’re going to recede. The facade is cracking and I think were going to get a breakthrough.
I blame the Republicans. Their excuses are lame. They’re going to end losing seats. It’s so silly.
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Source: theguardian.com