1. Trump talks Tubman …
Donald Trump weighed in on the news that abolitionist hero Harriet Tubman will replace slaveowner and seventh president Andrew Jackson on the $20 bill. “Pure political correctness.”
Women and activists make the bills
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I would love to leave Andrew Jackson and see if we can maybe come up with another denomination, maybe we can do the $2 bill or we do another bill. I don’t like seeing it.
– Trump to NBC News
2. … and transgender rights
The Republican frontrunner sided with Democrats and Caitlyn Jenner against a North Carolina law that requires transgender people use restrooms in conflict with their gender identities.
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3. Ted Cruz dissents …
The Texas senator took issue with his rival’s call to leave people alone in bathrooms. “He thought that men should be able to go into the girls’ bathrooms if they want to,” he said. “That’s not conservative.”
Donald, you will be mathematically eliminated on June 7. Should everyone drop out & forfeit to Hillary? #LetsDebate https://t.co/ent65kWhyO
— Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) April 21, 2016
4. … and hires actors
New Ted Cruz web video features actresses playing Hillary Clinton and Huma Abedin worried about Cruz nomination https://t.co/Aj6P4JoThI
— Jennifer Epstein (@jeneps) April 21, 2016
5. Clinton nudges Sanders
Democratic frontrunner Hillary Clinton made an unsubtle hint to her opponent, Bernie Sanders, by recalling her own support for Barack Obama after her defeat to him in 2008.
Summary
At least 40% of my supporters said, ‘oh, they weren’t going to support Senator Obama.’ So I had to get to work … because what [we] had in common was much greater than our differences.
– Hillary Clinton
6. Republicans reconsider rules
Officials debated in Florida whether to rewrite rules for the party’s convention, with campaign aides there to lobby and Republican officials in fear of Trump’s wrath for “rigged” elections.
Summary
“We shouldn’t change the rules of the game in the middle of the game,” one argued, while another asked: “Is this the convention where you want to try out for the first time the nominating rules?”
What a contested convention looks like
… and another thing.
Dearly beloved. We are gathered here today. To get through this thing called life... pic.twitter.com/cwmZrN3C9N
— Scott Walker (@ScottWalker) April 21, 2016
