Welcome to Breitbart News’s daily live updates of the 2016 horse race.
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All times eastern.
Saturday, 3:26 AM
Glenn Beck equates Donald Trump to a wife beater over his comments about Megyn Kelly, as well as comparing him to Vladimir Putin and intimating Trump would murder critical reporters if he were president:
An open letter to Donald Trump.Donald,I read your string of really sad and sick tweets against Megyn Kelly. First…
Posted by Glenn Beck on Saturday, March 19, 2016
12:40 Protesters clash with police outside Trump’s rally in Salt Lake City.
Multiple Units were/are still responding due to protesters throwing rocks/ trying to breach the containment area.
— SLCScanner (@SLCScanner) March 19, 2016
.@pdoocy on Utah protests at Trump rally: "Things are pretty combustible…there are pockets that seem like…they're teetering on the edge"
— Fox News (@FoxNews) March 19, 2016
NEW VIDEO: anti trump protesters and police getting rough with each other in Salt Lake City. Sorry it's shaky pic.twitter.com/cgFwyF8zce
— Peter Doocy (@pdoocy) March 19, 2016
BREAKING: ugly scene as trump protesters tear down security tent. Officers forcefully pushed back pic.twitter.com/VLEebqVUZA
— Peter Doocy (@pdoocy) March 19, 2016
Protesters now yelling "shut it down". Just heard police officer just on radio say "we need more people down here right by the entrance"
— Peter Doocy (@pdoocy) March 19, 2016
Police moving in to separate the Trump protesters and the Trump supporters pic.twitter.com/tfRefmIZga
— Peter Doocy (@pdoocy) March 19, 2016
Protesters gather outside Trump rally in Utah. @Boris_Sanchez is on the ground with more: https://t.co/u52Ea97Ny8 https://t.co/a3Qr6IlIi7
— CNN Tonight (@CNNTonight) March 19, 2016
Protest scene outside Trump venue in SLC, Utah pic.twitter.com/VRtK512rbJ
— Katherine Faulders (@KFaulders) March 19, 2016
7:55: Trump urges boycott of Megyn Kelly’s show:
Everybody should boycott the @megynkelly show. Never worth watching. Always a hit on Trump! She is sick, & the most overrated person on tv.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 18, 2016
Fox blasts Trump for “sick obsession” with Kelly.
7:15: Trump’s Senior Policy Adviser says Trump will bring back jobs from China and Japan
Miller to @cvpayne: "We're going to bring those jobs back from China and Japan." pic.twitter.com/EOjx1mUCF6
— FOX Business (@FoxBusiness) March 18, 2016
6:03: Sanders rallying in Utah:
A @BernieSanders rally in Salt Lake City, Utah. pic.twitter.com/Vh94SikYLs
— Danny Freeman (@DannyEFreeman) March 18, 2016
6:00: Cruz on Romney endorsement:
.@HallieJackson asks Cruz why not full-fledged endorsmnt from Romney. Cruz says backing of votes "pretty darn good." pic.twitter.com/RiiiEPFBPe
— Vaughn Hillyard (@VaughnHillyard) March 18, 2016
Cruz: "i very much appreicated Governor Romney's kind tweet today."
— Teddy Schleifer (@teddyschleifer) March 18, 2016
Ted Cruz at the Arizona-Mexico border: "Governor Romney explicitly observed that a vote for John Kasich only helps Donald Trump."
— Teddy Schleifer (@teddyschleifer) March 18, 2016
5:52: Cruz in Arizona:
Cruz on Obama claim that border is secure: "I invite him to move the White House down to the southern border — let's see how secure it is."
— Teddy Schleifer (@teddyschleifer) March 18, 2016
Cruz at border: "The people smuggling illegal aliens into America — they are not good-hearted social workers with beards and Birkenstocks."
— Teddy Schleifer (@teddyschleifer) March 18, 2016
Cruz in S. AZ: "The bulk of the lunch I spoke very little…just listened…about the volume of traffic everyday." pic.twitter.com/7A6SsqSnB7
— Vaughn Hillyard (@VaughnHillyard) March 18, 2016
Cruz on coyotes: "They are hardened, viscous, violent criminals who far too often abandon" women and children.
— Vaughn Hillyard (@VaughnHillyard) March 18, 2016
5:50: Team Kasich ripping Romney:
https://twitter.com/MattSDavid/status/710944299173548032
5:47: Kasich accuses Romney of representing the “old establishment.”
.@JohnKasich reacts to @MittRomney's announcement that he was supporting @tedcruz. pic.twitter.com/EMst8DaAQY
— FOX Business (@FoxBusiness) March 18, 2016
5:45: Cruz inviting fundraisers to Vegas event:
According to CNN, “Current fundraisers must collect $100,000 this quarter to attend, but people new to Cruz’s team only need $50,000, according to the invitation.”
5:30: Cruz on the border in Arizona:
.@tedcruz on the border in #AZ #CruzToVictory #CruzCrew #Cruz2016 #ChooseCruz pic.twitter.com/Pmtyo5EVT4
— bruce redden (@brucereddenjr) March 18, 2016
5:25: CNN will host a five-candidate forum on Monday. The candidates will not be together on stage in the three-hour event and will be interviewed separately.
5:15: Kasich: ‘Under no circumstances’ Will I Be Trump’s Running Mate:
.@JohnKasich on @hardball tonight. "No chance" that he would go on the ticket with @realDonaldTrump. "Under no circumstances."
— Chris Matthews (@HardballChris) March 18, 2016
4:25: Trump ripping Romney:
https://twitter.com/realdonaldtrump/status/710924525890764800
Failed Presidential Candidate Mitt Romney was campaigning with John Kasich & Marco Rubio, and now he is endorsing Ted Cruz. 1/2
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 18, 2016
Failed presidential candidate Mitt Romney, the man who "choked" and let us all down, is now endorsing Lyin' Ted Cruz. This is good for me!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 18, 2016
4:20: Romney says a vote for Kasich is a vote for Trump:
I like Governor John Kasich. I have campaigned with him. He has a solid record as governor. I would have voted for him in Ohio. But a vote for Governor Kasich in future contests makes it extremely likely that Trumpism would prevail.
4:18: Romney says “Trumpism” is associated with “racism, misogyny, bigotry, xenophobia, vulgarity and, most recently, threats and violence.”
Today, there is a contest between Trumpism and Republicanism. Through the calculated statements of its leader, Trumpism has become associated with racism, misogyny, bigotry, xenophobia, vulgarity and, most recently, threats and violence. I am repulsed by each and every one of these.
4:07: Trump again slams Club for Growth:
Club for Growth letter- trying to extort $1,000,000.00 from me. Remember, I said- NO! pic.twitter.com/suIfdiMg0Q
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 18, 2016
3:50: Romney wants chaos, says he will vote for Cruz this weekend in Utah. He campaigned for Kasich last week in Ohio.
This week, in the Utah nominating caucus, I will vote for Senator Ted Cruz. https://t.co/e2lAkWrt4l
— Mitt Romney (@MittRomney) March 18, 2016
3:45: White House: Trump Wasn’t Speaking ‘Metaphorically’ about Riots, but Obama was re: “war zone” comment:
Earnest clarifies that president was speaking metaphorically when he called SCOTUS nomination process a 'war zone' #whew
— Cheryl Bolen (@cherylbolen) March 18, 2016
"When Donald Trump promises to host riots, he's not speaking metaphorically." — @PressSec Josh Earnest, speaking ominously.
— Gregory Korte (@gregorykorte) March 18, 2016
3:30: Sanders threatening Sheriff Joe?
Sanders threatening me? Sanders said "If I'm elected Pres of US I Will have power and Watch Out, Joe". I'm not concrnd, Sndrs won't be Pres.
— Sheriff Joe Arpaio (@RealSheriffJoe) March 18, 2016
3:25: Sanders walks out on reporter when questioned about Sheriff Joe Arpaio:
WATCH: @BernieSanders walks out on political reporter @brahmresnik https://t.co/t6JJn9qDfU pic.twitter.com/m9EC3jshWQ
— Rebekah L. Sanders (@RebekahLSanders) March 18, 2016
3:15: Utah Governor Upset Clinton Didn’t Visit Utah:
Utah governor blasts Clinton for not visiting the state before caucuses: https://t.co/CypwFdb8JI pic.twitter.com/pS7bzsIqCs
— The Hill (@thehill) March 18, 2016
3:10: Rapper T.I. compares Trump to a mafia leader re: offering to pay legal fees of supporters who punch agitators and doesn’t want Trump supporters to buy his album.
3:07: Trump blasts Graham and Erickson, who he says got “fired like a dog.”
.@EWErickson got fired like a dog from RedState
and now he is the one leading opposition against me.— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 18, 2016
Senator @LindseyGrahamSC made horrible statements about @SenTedCruz – and then he endorsed him. No wonder nobody trusts politicians!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 18, 2016
2:35: New line from Sanders on Clinton/Trump:
New jab from @BernieSanders — On Donald Trump (and Clinton) "He is not my good friend… in fact I never even went to one of his weddings"
— MaryAlice Parks (@maryaliceparks) March 18, 2016
2:25: Looks like the anti-Trump movement is profitable ($63 million since New Hampshire win) for those in the GOP establishment and the conservative industrial complex:
Broadcast advertising dollars aimed at toppling GOP presidential front-runner Donald Trump has soared 900 percent since his first primary victory in New Hampshire – a total of more than $63 million — according to an ABC News analysis of CMAG/Kantar Media data.
2:15: Arizona Republic endorses Kasich, asks voters to reject Trump.
If newspaper endorsements determined the nominee, @JohnKasich would be a front runner…he gets another: AZ Republic
— Kelly O'Donnell (@KellyO) March 18, 2016
2:10: Simpsons writer says episode predicting Trump presidency was “warning to America.”
'Simpsons' writer says Trump presidency prediction “a warning to America”https://t.co/isVPTrpt3n
— TIME (@TIME) March 18, 2016
2:00: Sanders makes first visit ever to Idaho:
.@BernieSanders makes his first campaign stop (and visit ever he says) to Idaho. pic.twitter.com/g5nQEqcJxh
— Danny Freeman (@DannyEFreeman) March 18, 2016
1:55: Paul Ryan met with anti-Trump donors.
House Speaker Paul Ryan met Thursday night at a pricey French restaurant here with some of the party’s biggest donors to assess a political landscape dominated by one vexing question: what to do about Donald Trump.
The dinner was a highlight of a secretive two-day conclave, convened under heavy security by a donor group headed by New York hedge-fund manager Paul Singer, that is being viewed as a pivotal moment for the big-money effort to block Trump from the Republican presidential nomination.
1:45: Secret Service investigating whether Anonymous hacked Trump:
JUST IN: Secret Service investigating reports that Anonymous hacked Donald Trump https://t.co/tGm2DCwuRD pic.twitter.com/jTi8lNJB0V
— The Hill (@thehill) March 18, 2016
1:40: Iowa GOP Chair on those clamoring for a brokered convention: They are having a “difficult time accepting loss… Politics is about being good losers and good winners.”
#IAGOP chair: brokered convention “mostly the talk O ple…having a difficult time accepting a loss” #IApolitics #IACaucus
— O. Kay Henderson (@okayhenderson) March 18, 2016
1:29: Where to watch your fav candidates this weekend:
Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump to rally in Tucson; Ted Cruz to tour border https://t.co/yvvkJwWSBB pic.twitter.com/g1D7JsZjZ2
— Arizona Daily Star (@TucsonStar) March 18, 2016
1:15: Candidate needs to be legit.
Cruz surrogate @DanPatrick, a delegate, issues statement promising to fight any effort to anoint an "illegitimate candidate" in Cleveland.
— Patrick Svitek (@PatrickSvitek) March 18, 2016
1:00: Rasmussen: All three candidates got a boost from Rubio’s exit.
Support for all three of the remaining Republican candidates has grown with the narrowing of the field, but Donald Trump still holds a double-digit lead over both his rivals for the GOP presidential nomination.
The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey of Likely Republican Primary Voters finds Trump with 43% support to Senator Ted Cruz’s 28% and Ohio Governor John Kasich’s 21%. Just five percent (5%) of GOP voters like some other candidate, and three percent (3%) remain undecided. (To see survey question wording, click here.)
In our last survey of the Republican field just after the February 20 South Carolina Primary and Jeb Bush’s departure from the race, Florida Senator Marco Rubio and Dr. Ben Carson were still in the running. At that time, it was Trump 36%, Rubio 21%, Cruz 17%, Kasich 12% and Carson with eight percent (8%) GOP support.
12:44: Lindsey Graham still a Twitter punching bag for DJT.
Lyin' Ted Cruz lost all five races on Tuesday-and he was just given the jinx – a Lindsey Graham endorsement. Also backed Jeb. Lindsey got 0!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 18, 2016
12:39: David Brooks gets Biblical in his new op-ed “No, Not Trump, Not Ever”:
History is a long record of men like him temporarily rising, stretching back to biblical times. Psalm 73 describes them: “Therefore pride is their necklace; they clothe themselves with violence. … They scoff, and speak with malice; with arrogance they threaten oppression. Their mouths lay claim to heaven, and their tongues take possession of the earth. Therefore their people turn to them and drink up waters in abundance.”
And yet their success is fragile: “Surely you place them on slippery ground; you cast them down to ruin. How suddenly they are destroyed.”
The psalmist reminds us that the proper thing to do in the face of demagogy is to go the other way — to make an extra effort to put on decency, graciousness, patience and humility, to seek a purity of heart that is stable and everlasting.
12:33: Left-wing media sure spending a lot of resources to spread David Duke’s message:
Former KKK Grand Wizard David Duke thinks Donald Trump is 'rehabilitating' Hitler's image: https://t.co/GZbKz2GRGy pic.twitter.com/aIIocFSux3
— Charles Pulliam-Moore (@CharlesPulliam) March 18, 2016
12:28: Nate Silver: Dems have nothing to worry about with their lackluster turnout.
Primary turnout not a good general election predictor. Maybe even a contrarian indicator (high turnout = bad sign). https://t.co/Wnalwren48
— Nate Silver (@NateSilver538) March 18, 2016
12:24: Glenn Beck employee doesn’t believe Cruz has a path to 1,237.
@Evilpa @tedcruz you believe he will win 85% of the remaining delegates? Otherwise, it goes to the convention
— Buck Sexton (@BuckSexton) March 18, 2016
12:20: Now Kasich is the bad guy to everybody but Kasich:
.@tedcruz: "We still have a direct path to 1,237 delegates."
— Patrick Svitek (@PatrickSvitek) March 18, 2016
.@tedcruz: In Utah, "the reality is straightforward: A vote for John Kasich is a vote for Donald Trump."
— Patrick Svitek (@PatrickSvitek) March 18, 2016
.@TedCruz: If Kasich keeps me below 50 percent in Utah, "the effect of John Kasich will be giving Donald Trump 20 more delegates."
— Patrick Svitek (@PatrickSvitek) March 18, 2016
12:16: Cruz optimistic for Utah win:
Ted Cruz says he has a "significant lead" in Utah. "Utah will have a national voice and a national megaphone on Tuesday."
— Teddy Schleifer (@teddyschleifer) March 18, 2016
.@tedcruz says the "overwhelming majority" of @marcorubio's supporters have joined his campaign.
— Patrick Svitek (@PatrickSvitek) March 18, 2016
12:12: AP wire on threat sent to Eric Trump:
NEW YORK (AP) — Police and the FBI are investigating a threatening letter sent to the Manhattan apartment of Donald Trump’s son Eric that contained a white powder, two law enforcement officials said Friday.
Preliminary tests on the substance in the envelope sent to Eric Trump’s apartment Thursday indicated it was not hazardous, according to the officials, who were not authorized to disclose details of the threat and spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity.
The handwritten letter was postmarked March 5 from Boston and referenced Donald Trump’s presidential bid.
The letter said: “If your father does not drop out of the race, the next envelope won’t be a fake.” It was signed “X,” according to one of the law enforcement officials, who had seen the letter.
In a statement, the New York Police Department confirmed that it had responded to a Trump building overlooking Central Park to investigate a suspicious letter received by a tenant but didn’t name the recipient.
Eric Trump, 32, is one of five children of businessman and Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump. He has been campaigning for his father.
Donald Trump’s representatives did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
11:55: Data point.
Strange but true: Gwen Stefani is older than Ted Cruz: https://t.co/xcBFn1j0dv pic.twitter.com/xlmlXYVCpY
— The Daily Dot (@dailydot) March 18, 2016
11:53: FINALLY, the more famous half of LMFAO (who infamously feuded with Mitt Romney) weighs in on Trump:
LMFAO's @Redfoo on Donald Trump: "I think he's a smart dude" https://t.co/yt4cQVJyez pic.twitter.com/FkrtrW4ARh
— Fuse (@fusetv) March 18, 2016
11:17: Presented without comment.
Andrew Breitbart on Donald Trump… WATCH –>https://t.co/ZAoGxJBbGA
— Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) March 18, 2016
Ted Cruz Campaign Circulates Video Of Andrew Breitbart Saying Trump ‘Not A Conservative’ https://t.co/14cTID1EQk pic.twitter.com/ydYdMGdCeG
— The Daily Caller (@DailyCaller) March 18, 2016
10:58: A local news report that blew up last night: Utah will allow ONLINE voting in its caucuses. The report makes no mention of efforts to protect against voter fraud.
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