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#EndorseThis: Elizabeth Warren Calls Trump “A Small, Insecure Money-Grubber”

#EndorseThis: Elizabeth Warren Calls Trump “A Small, Insecure Money-Grubber”

This morning, Sen. Elizabeth Warren appeared on the campaign trail with Hillary Clinton for the first time, saying she had “a good heart” and repeating the campaign’s slogan that Clinton “fights for us.” While introducing Clinton to a cheering crowd in Cincinnati, the progressive Massachusetts senator repeatedly drew contrasts between the former secretary of state and Donald Trump.

“Donald Trump says he’ll make America great again… It’s stamped right on the front of his goofy hat,” Warren said, drawing laughs from the crowd and referring to the Republican candidate’s recent replacement of the term “Pocahontas” with “goofy” in his Twitter battles with her. “You want to see goofy? Look at him in that hat. But when Donald Trump says ‘great,’ I ask: ‘Great for who?’”

Warren dove into an eight-minute tirade against Trump, characterizing him as a selfish, conniving hustler and ally of the Wall Street uber-wealthy. “What kind of a man roots for people to lose their jobs, to lose their homes, to lose their life savings?” Warren asked. “I’ll tell you what kind of a man: a small, insecure money-grubber who fights for no one but himself.”

The Clinton campaign has been looking intently at Warren as a potential vice presidential pick, after the senator endorsed her on June 9, the same day as President Obama and Vice President Biden. The following day, Clinton and Warren had a private meeting in Washington, D.C., and later that month Warren appeared at Clinton’s campaign headquarters in Brooklyn. Today, ABC News’s Cecilia Vega reported that Warren was being formally vetted for the vice presidential position. If she were picked, it would mark one more attempt to attract former Bernie Sanders supporters to Clinton’s campaign.

“Donald Trump believes poor, sad little Wall Street bankers need to be free to defraud anyone they want,” Warren said, echoing another progressive rallying cry. “Hillary Clinton believes that we need strong rules to prevent another financial crisis.”

 

Image source: Twitter/CBS News

Trump Cancels Ohio Rally, Security At Venue Cited: Media

Trump Cancels Ohio Rally, Security At Venue Cited: Media

(Reuters) – U.S. Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump has canceled an Ohio rally because of security issues at the venue, the Cincinnati.com news website reported on Saturday.

Eric Deters, a local spokesman for Trump’s campaign, said the candidate’s secret service security detail could not complete its preparation work in time to hold the event at the Duke Energy Convention Center in Cincinnati, the website said.

Ohio is among five states holding primary elections on Tuesday. A Trump rally in Chicago was called off on Friday after scuffles between Trump supporters and protesters.

Photo: Demonstrators celebrate after Republican U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump cancelled his rally at the University of Illinois at Chicago March 11, 2016. REUTERS/Kamil Krzaczynski

Late Night Roundup: A Game Of ‘Larry Libs’

Late Night Roundup: A Game Of ‘Larry Libs’

Jon Stewart examined how Republicans have tried to reach out to groups like Latinos and women – only to see Donald Trump come along as “the living embodiment of everything Republicans were trying to exorcise from their party.”

Jon also pointed out how Trump has upended the political system: “This Trump guy is a rich, crazy, egotistical monster — people like him are supposed to buy the candidates, not be them!”

Larry Wilmore expressed his total frustration with the high-profile killing of Samuel DuBose by a University of Cincinnati police officer — who was acting off-campus, and who has now been charged with murder — and that these stories have turned into a cruel game of Mad Libs: “And if it feels like The Nightly Show is getting a little repetitive, I totally agree. I mean, at this point my writing staff just has to fill in the names.”

Larry and The Nightly Show contributor Mike Yard also discovered the hard way that the jurisdiction of police officers encompasses “pretty much any place you see a black guy.”

Judge Sets $1 Million Bond For Ohio Officer Charged In Murder

Judge Sets $1 Million Bond For Ohio Officer Charged In Murder

By Steve Bittenbender

CINCINNATI (Reuters) – A judge on Thursday set a bond of $1 million for a former University of Cincinnati campus police officer charged with the murder of an unarmed black man he had stopped for a missing license plate.

Ray Tensing, 25, pleaded not guilty at the arraignment before Hamilton County Court of Common Pleas Judge Megan Shanahan in Cincinnati. After she set bail, some people in the courtroom began applauding; she ordered them to stop.

The next court date was set for August 19.

Tensing was indicted on Wednesday on murder and voluntary manslaughter charges in the July 19 death of Samuel DuBose, 43, who was shot in the head during a traffic stop. Tensing, who turned himself in and spent the night in jail in isolation, appeared in court in gray, striped prison clothes.

The incident was the latest in a series of fatal police confrontations in the United States that have raised questions about law enforcement’s use of force against minorities.

In announcing the indictment on Wednesday, Hamilton County Prosecutor Joseph Deters said Tensing was not dragged by DuBose’s car as the officer had claimed to justify the shooting.

Deters also said he was investigating a second officer who backed Tensing’s version of the traffic stop.

Deters’ office on Thursday released videos from body cameras worn by two university police officers who witnessed the shooting. The videos show the immediate aftermath of the shooting.

On the video from the body camera worn by Tensing’s fellow officer, Phillip Kidd, Tensing repeatedly says he was dragged by DuBose’s car and that he got his arm stuck in the car. Kidd is heard saying, “Yeah, I saw that.”

A few minutes later, an officer from Cincinnati’s city police force asks Kidd whether he saw Tensing being dragged, and Kidd responds, “Yes.” In the official incident report on DuBose’s shooting, officer Kidd was quoted as saying he saw Tensing being dragged.

Kidd could not immediately be reached and it was not known whether he has legal representation. The Fraternal Order of Police in Cincinnati did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the content of the videos.

Tensing’s body-camera video was released on Wednesday and showed the traffic stop and the shooting. After failing to provide a driver’s license at Tensing’s request, DuBose tried to prevent Tensing from opening the car door as the officer ordered him to remove his seat belt.

The car started slowly rolling forward as Tensing reached in and yelled for him to stop. The officer pulled his gun and fired once, killing DuBose.

Tensing was fired by university police on Wednesday. If convicted, he faces a maximum penalty of life in prison.

His attorney, Stew Mathews, told reporters that Tensing had feared for his life during the altercation with DuBose, so he drew his weapon. He said it was possible Tensing’s family could raise the 10 percent of the bond needed to release him from custody.

“He’s feeling like he’s been run over by a train,” Mathews said.

Terina Allen, the victim’s sister, said the video evidence from Tensing proved that DuBose was a peaceful man.

“Sam would have never did to that police officer what that police officer did to Sam,” Allen said.

(Additional reporting by Fiona Ortiz and Mary Wisniewski in Chicago; Editing by Jonathan Oatis)

Photo: Terina Allen, the sister of Samuel Dubose, speaks to the press outside of the Hamilton County Courthouse in Cincinnati, Ohio, July 30, 2015. (REUTERS/William Philpott)