1. Sanders' Nevada nightmare
After Democratic party officials in Nevada ruled dozens of Bernie Sanders’ state delegates ineligible Saturday, Sanders supporters called in death threats to party chair Roberta Lange.
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“I think people like you should be hung in a public execution,” one caller said. “You fucking stupid bitch! What the hell are you doing? You’re a fucking corrupt bitch!” said another.
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Hillary Clinton won the state caucuses in February by a 53%-47% margin, but the Sanders camp hoped to claw back some delegates with an organized showing at Saturday’s convention.
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In a defiant statement, Sanders condemned “any and all forms of violence” but accused the Democratic leadership of using “its power to prevent a fair and transparent process from taking place”.
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Democratic party leaders denied wrongdoing. The raw emotion of the exchange dashed hopes for a smooth conclusion to primary season and raised the specter of chaos at the party’s national convention.
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2. Clinton hopes to avoid double loss
Sanders seemed poised to win delegates the old-fashioned way, in Oregon’s primary on Tuesday night, while Clinton hoped to eke victory in Kentucky – and avoid an embarrassing double loss.
Can Clinton convince in the age of the goldfish?
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3. Trump: I was misquoted!
A new ad attacking Donald Trump by an outside political group places Trump’s words about women in the mouths of women actors. The last line: “You can tell them to go BLANK themselves.”
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The ad sparked an early-morning Twitter rant from Trump: “Crooked Hillary Clinton put out an ad where I am misquoted on women. Can’t believe she would misrepresent the facts! My hit was on China.”
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The pathetic new hit ad against me misrepresents the final line. "You can tell them to go BLANK themselves" - was about China, NOT WOMEN!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 17, 2016
4. JK Rowling defends Trump’s right to be 'bigot'
... and another thing:
Melania Trump: My husband is 'not Hitler' https://t.co/bEeVd64ugY if you're explaining you're ROFLMAOLOLOLOLOLLOL
— Oliver Willis (@owillis) May 17, 2016
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