1. Sanders on labor front lines
Bernie Sanders joined communications workers striking for a new contract with Verizon and was greeted like a conquering hero. “Thank you for what you’re doing,” he said.
Sanders: strike demonstrates 'dignity'
Summary
It was a good day for Sanders in New York. He picked up the endorsement of the transit union and his first one from a Senate colleague, Jeff Merkley of Oregon.
2. Trump backers target Colorado officials
After summarily losing the delegates race in Colorado to Ted Cruz, Donald Trump called the game “rigged”. Then his supporters began calling in death threats to Republican officials.
Summary
Death threats over running a caucus instead of a primary because it is the law here and over the fact that one candidate had a better strategy and a much bigger team on the field. Three thousand phone calls with many being the trashiest stuff you can imagine … Shame on the people who think somehow that it is right to threaten me and my family over not liking the outcome of an election.
– Colorado GOP chair Steve House
This could get nasty: an AP poll found 58% of GOP voters think the candidate with the most delegates in June should be the nominee, even if he doesn’t have a clear majority.
Readers’ view: system is rigged
That’s not how the party feels
Nomination process known for a year + beyond. It's the responsibility of the campaigns to understand it. Complaints now? Give us all a break
— Reince Priebus (@Reince) April 13, 2016
3. The Cruz dildo case
As solicitor general of Texas, it emerges, Ted Cruz defended a state law prohibiting the sale of sex toys such as dildos. Cruz’s team filed a brief in the case challenging the right to masturbate.
Cruz defended dildo criminalization
Summary
There is no substantive-due-process right to stimulate one’s genitals for non-medical purposes unrelated to procreation or outside of an interpersonal relationship.
– Brief from Ted Cruz legal team
The former roommate weighs in
Ted Cruz thinks people don't have a right to "stimulate their genitals." I was his college roommate. This would be a new belief of his.
— Craig Mazin (@clmazin) April 13, 2016
4. McCain: 'I am at a loss'
None of this is going to turn out well for the Republican party. I am at a loss. OK? I do not know what’s going to happen. I just don’t see that a lot of it’s going to turn out well. Because there are too many divisions within our party.
– Senator John McCain
... and another thing:
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— New York Daily News (@NYDailyNews) April 13, 2016
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