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Hillary Clinton talks teamwork in wake of Orlando tragedy

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Hillary Clinton on Monday said the Orlando nightclub massacre called for “statesmanship, not partisanship.” The presumptive Democratic presidential nominee spoke onĀ MSNBCā€™s ā€œMorning Joeā€ program. “This is a moment for Republicans, Democrats and Independents to work together as one team,” she said, according to a rush transcript. “The American team.” “I think that our fellow American citizens expect that ā€¦ I remember we all came together as one nation after 9/11 and we should recapture that spirit,” she added. A gunman…

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Todd Wilcox blasts David Jolly on calling for lobbying ban – even though he said it nearly a year ago

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Since declaring his candidacy for Ā his first run for CongressĀ inĀ late 2013,Ā David JollyĀ has to had to hear from his critics that he’s a creature of the Washington Establishment. Jolly spent 11 years working with CongressmanĀ Bill Young, the last six as his general counsel. In 2007 he left join theĀ Washington, D.C. firm Van Scoyoc Associates as a lobbyist,Ā and in 2011, he left Van Scoyoc to open his own firm, Three Bridges Advisors. NowĀ he’s running as a WashingtonĀ reformer in a bid for the…

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Bernie Sanders says no plans yet to meet the pope

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The Latest on the 2016 presidential campaign (all times local): 10:05 a.m. Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders says he would “very much like to” meet Pope Francis when he travels to the Vatican next week but he has not received an official invitation from the Catholic leader. It’s “not yet clear,” Sanders told journalists in New York Friday, saying this pope is someone he has “enormous respect for in terms of the mental consciousness that he’s raising.” Sanders’ campaign released…

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Mitch Perry Report Report for 3.11.16 – So why didn’t Rick Scott condemn Trump’s remark on Islam?

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Rick Scott sought to clarify his earlier refusal to condemn Donald Trump‘s comment that “Islam hates us” yesterday afternoon. “There are people that love this country. Thereā€™s people that donā€™t love this country. What we do know, and itā€™s no surprise,Ā is that radical Muslims donā€™t like our country,ā€ Scott told reporters before last night’s GOP debate in Miami. It wasn’t much of a cleanup over his earlier performance on MSNBC’s Morning Joe. That’s when his refusal to condemn Trump’s comment…

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Jeb Bush says Marco Rubio’s record of accomplishments “is slim”

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Jeb Bush is looking to capitalize on a flub by a Marco Rubio supporter. In an interview on MSNBCā€™s Morning Joe on Friday, the former Republican governor said Rubio has accomplished little during his time in the Senate. The interview came just one day after Rick Santorum was unable to list one of Rubioā€™s accomplishments. ā€œHis record of accomplishment is slim,ā€ said Bush. ā€œHe was the Speaker of the (Florida) House, and he did a fine job there. But every…

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New Jeb Bush ad uses Rick Santorum’s stumble to take a shot at Marco Rubio

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Jeb Bush is jumping on Rick Santorumā€™s inability to name an accomplishment of Marco Rubio, using the footage of in a new television advertisement. As first reported by CNN, the 60-second spot will start running in New Hampshire on Saturday. The advertisement features clips from an interview with Santorum on MSNBCā€™s Morning Joe on Thursday. During the interview, Santorum struggles to name something Rubio had done during his first term in the Senate. After showing about 30 seconds of Santorum…

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Jeb Bush says Donald Trump ‘doesn’t have a plan’

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Republican presidential candidate and former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush says front-runnerĀ Donald Trump didn’t come off as a strong leader on national security issues during Tuesday night’s debate. Bush appeared via satellite linkĀ on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” program on Wednesday morning. The candidates participated in the fifth GOP debate, hosted by CNN, in Las Vegas. “We got to talk about substantive issues, about the future of our country and how we can keep our country safe and secure, and it was a…

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