May 03, 2016 - First Draft. Political News, Now.

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Amy Chozick</span> </address> </div> <div class="shareTools sharetools theme-classic sharetools-story" data-shares="facebook|Share,twitter|Tweet" data-url="https://www.nytimes.com/politics/first-draft/2016/05/03/hillary-clinton-denounces-unusual-protester-donald-blankenship-convicted-mine-executive/" data-title="Hillary Clinton Denounces Unusual Protester: Donald Blankenship, Convicted Mine Executive" data-description="Donald L. Blankenship, the Massey Energy executive sentenced to a year in prison after a deadly explosion for conspiring to violate federal mine safety standards, had protested outside a Clinton event in West Virginia."></div> </div> </div> <h3 itemprop="headline" class="entry-title"><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/politics/first-draft/2016/05/03/hillary-clinton-denounces-unusual-protester-donald-blankenship-convicted-mine-executive/" rel="bookmark" class="entry-title-link " title="Permanent link to Hillary Clinton Denounces Unusual Protester: Donald Blankenship, Convicted Mine Executive">Hillary Clinton Denounces Unusual Protester: Donald Blankenship, Convicted Mine Executive</a></h3> <div class="hide-on-viewport-medium byline"> <time class="dateline " datetime="2016-05-03T21:01:47+00:00" itemprop="datePublished">5:01 <span class="seg">pm ET</span></time> <span class="visually-hidden updated">5:01 <span class="seg">pm ET</span></span> <div class="name name-with-headshot" data-author="By Amy Chozick" style="background-image: url('https://static01.nyt.com/images/2014/09/22/us/politics/Amy-Chozick/First-Draft-avatars-slide-G3US-thumbLarge.png');"> <span class="author vcard" itemprop="author creator" itemtype="//schema.org/Person"> By <address class="vcard first-byline" itemscope="" itemprop="author creator" itemtype="//schema.org/Person" itemid="Amy Chozick"> <span class="fn" itemprop="name">Amy Chozick</span> </address> </span> </div> <div class="shareTools sharetools theme-classic sharetools-story" data-shares="facebook|Share,twitter|Tweet" data-url="https://www.nytimes.com/politics/first-draft/2016/05/03/hillary-clinton-denounces-unusual-protester-donald-blankenship-convicted-mine-executive/" data-title="Hillary Clinton Denounces Unusual Protester: Donald Blankenship, Convicted Mine Executive" data-description="Donald L. Blankenship, the Massey Energy executive sentenced to a year in prison after a deadly explosion for conspiring to violate federal mine safety standards, had protested outside a Clinton event in West Virginia."></div> </div> <div class="w592"> <figure class="media photo promo" itemprop="associatedMedia" itemscope="" itemid="https://static01.nyt.com/images/2016/05/03/us/03firstdraft-clinton1/03firstdraft-clinton1-tmagArticle.jpg" itemtype="//schema.org/ImageObject" role="group"><span class="visually-hidden">Photo</span> <div class="image"><img itemprop="url" itemid="https://static01.nyt.com/images/2016/05/03/us/03firstdraft-clinton1/03firstdraft-clinton1-tmagArticle.jpg" src="https://static01.nyt.com/images/2016/05/03/us/03firstdraft-clinton1/03firstdraft-clinton1-tmagArticle.jpg" id="100000004381493" width="592" height="394" alt="Protesters lined the streets during Hillary Clinton’s visit to the Williamson Health and Wellness Center in Williamson, W.Va., on Tuesday."> <meta itemprop="height" content="394"> <meta itemprop="width" content="592"> </div> <figcaption class="caption" itemprop="description"><span class="caption-text">Protesters lined the streets during Hillary Clinton’s visit to the Williamson Health and Wellness Center in Williamson, W.Va., on Tuesday.</span><span class="credit" itemprop="copyrightHolder"><span class="visually-hidden">Credit</span> Ty Wright for The New York Times</span> </figcaption> </figure> </div> <p class="story-body-text" itemprop="articleBody"> ATHENS, Ohio — Hillary Clinton typically ignores protesters who confront her on the campaign trail, but she fired back at one high-profile rabble-rouser who had stood outside her West Virginia event on Monday. </p> <p class="story-body-text" itemprop="articleBody">“I heard Mr. Blankenship was outside my event yesterday protesting me,” Mrs. Clinton said on Tuesday, referring to Donald L. Blankenship, the former chairman and chief executive of the Massey Energy Company. Mr. Blankenship, one of the wealthiest men in Appalachia, was <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/07/us/donald-blankenship-sentenced-to-a-year-in-prison-in-mine-safety-case.html">sentenced in April to a year in prison</a> for conspiring to violate federal mine safety standards after an explosion killed 29 men in 2010.</p> <p class="story-body-text" itemprop="articleBody">Mr. Blankenship, who is set begin his sentence within months, had stood in solidarity on Monday with the anti-Clinton protesters in Williamson, W.Va., many of whom appeared to be coal workers and held signs supporting the Republican front-runner, Donald J. Trump. They chanted “Go home, Hillary!” and “Bring back our jobs!” as the former of secretary of state walked into a health and wellness center in Williamson, in Mingo County, an area of West Virginia particularly hard hit by the downturn in coal jobs.</p> <p class="story-body-text" itemprop="articleBody">“If Donald Trump wants the support of someone like that, he can have it,” Mrs. Clinton, the Democratic front-runner, said at a rally here on Tuesday, pointing to legislation she supported that would put into effect additional workplace safety measures and attempt to hold executives accountable.</p> <p class="story-body-text" itemprop="articleBody">She said Mr. Blankenship “had neglected workers’ safety for years” before the <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/07/us/donald-blankenship-sentenced-to-a-year-in-prison-in-mine-safety-case.html">2010 explosion at Massey’s Upper Big Branch mine</a>, which killed “29 brave men” in the deadliest accident in American coal mining in four decades.</p> <p class="story-body-text" itemprop="articleBody">Earlier on Tuesday, Mrs. Clinton’s West Virginia state director, Talley Sergent, said Mr. Blankenship had demonstrated “blatant disregard for our miners and their safety.”</p> <p class="story-body-text" itemprop="articleBody">In a statement Tuesday, Mr. Blankenship said Mrs. Clinton “should understand that as a lifetime member of coal country and a proud West Virginian, I am interested in any suggestions she has to address the problems coal miners and coal communities face today.” But, he added, “it is disappointing that she is choosing to promote her political campaign by demonizing me.”</p> <p class="story-body-text" itemprop="articleBody">Mr. Blankenship, a Republican donor who rose from a working-class childhood in Appalachia to lead the nation’s sixth-largest coal company, continues to have deep ties in West Virginia, which holds its Democratic primary on May 10.</p> <p class="story-body-text" itemprop="articleBody">In April, a Federal District Court sentenced Mr. Blankenship for his connection to the Upper Big Branch explosion. He was not accused of directly causing the incident and has emerged as a lightning rod in a legal case that the news media called “<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/21/business/energy-environment/the-people-v-the-coal-baron.html">The People v. the Coal Baron</a>.” Mr. Blankenship’s verdict was the first time such a high-ranking energy executive was convicted of involvement in a mining safety violation.</p> <p class="story-body-text" itemprop="articleBody">Mrs. Clinton endured a hostile greeting when she campaigned Monday in Mingo County, a center of white working-class voters drawn to Mr. Trump’s brand of populism.</p> <p class="story-body-text" itemprop="articleBody">Her two-day bus tour of Appalachia turned into an apology tour of sorts for comments she made in March to CNN that if elected, she would “put a lot of coal miners and coal companies out of business.” Republicans skewered Mrs. Clinton for the remark, made in the context of creating new clean energy jobs in depressed parts of the country, and she spent much of her time here explaining the remark and laying out her plan to help coal country.</p> <p class="story-body-text" itemprop="articleBody">“To put it plainly, I misspoke,” Mrs. Clinton said at the final event of her two-day Appalachia tour on Tuesday. “One reason I took this trip is to say it directly to the people it affected.”<br> </p> <div class="w480"> <p style="margin:0;"><em>Find out what you need to know about the <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/us/elections/election-2016.html">2016 presidential race</a> today, and get politics news updates via <a href="https://www.facebook.com/nytpolitics">Facebook</a>, <a href="https://www.twitter.com/nytpolitics">Twitter</a> and <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/newsletters/politics/">the First Draft newsletter</a>.</em></p> </div> <p></p> <div class="hide-on-viewport-medium sharetools-footer"> <div class="shareTools sharetools theme-classic sharetools-story" data-shares="facebook|Share,twitter|Tweet" data-url="https://www.nytimes.com/politics/first-draft/2016/05/03/hillary-clinton-denounces-unusual-protester-donald-blankenship-convicted-mine-executive/" data-title="Hillary Clinton Denounces Unusual Protester: Donald Blankenship, Convicted Mine Executive" data-description="Donald L. Blankenship, the Massey Energy executive sentenced to a year in prison after a deadly explosion for conspiring to violate federal mine safety standards, had protested outside a Clinton event in West Virginia."></div> </div> <div class="clear"></div> </div> </article> <article class="entry hentry post-39797 post type-post status-publish category-uncategorized tag-advertising-and-marketing tag-argentina tag-copa-america-soccer tag-immigration-and-emigration tag-latin-america tag-presidential-election-of-2016 tag-soccer tag-trump-donald-j per-trump-donald-j des-advertising-and-marketing des-copa-america-soccer des-immigration-and-emigration des-presidential-election-of-2016 des-soccer geo-argentina geo-latin-america news_keywords-argentina news_keywords-soccer" id="post-39797"> <div class="entry-content"> <div class="inline-module-container show-on-viewport-medium"> <div class="inlineModule byline"> <time class="dateline " datetime="2016-05-03T17:45:51+00:00" itemprop="datePublished">1:45 <span class="seg">pm ET</span></time> <span class="visually-hidden updated">1:45 <span class="seg">pm ET</span></span> <div class="name name-with-headshot" data-author="By Nick Corasaniti" style="background-image: url('https://static01.nyt.com/images/2014/09/22/us/politics/Nick-Corasaniti/First-Draft-avatars-slide-RPAV-thumbLarge.png');"> <address class="author vcard" itemprop="author creator" itemtype="//schema.org/Person"> <span class="fn">By Nick Corasaniti</span> </address> </div> <div class="shareTools sharetools theme-classic sharetools-story" data-shares="facebook|Share,twitter|Tweet" data-url="https://www.nytimes.com/politics/first-draft/2016/05/03/argentinian-sports-station-uses-donald-trump-to-advertise-soccer-tournament/" data-title="Argentinian Sports Station Uses Donald Trump to Advertise Soccer Tournament" data-description="Donald J. Trump's comments on illegal immigration, which have drawn criticism and cost his businesses endorsement deals, are now being used to fire up Latin American soccer fans. "></div> </div> </div> <h3 itemprop="headline" class="entry-title"><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/politics/first-draft/2016/05/03/argentinian-sports-station-uses-donald-trump-to-advertise-soccer-tournament/" rel="bookmark" class="entry-title-link " title="Permanent link to Argentinian Sports Station Uses Donald Trump to Advertise Soccer Tournament">Argentinian Sports Station Uses Donald Trump to Advertise Soccer Tournament</a></h3> <div class="hide-on-viewport-medium byline"> <time class="dateline " datetime="2016-05-03T17:45:51+00:00" itemprop="datePublished">1:45 <span class="seg">pm ET</span></time> <span class="visually-hidden updated">1:45 <span class="seg">pm ET</span></span> <div class="name name-with-headshot" data-author="By Nick Corasaniti" style="background-image: url('https://static01.nyt.com/images/2014/09/22/us/politics/Nick-Corasaniti/First-Draft-avatars-slide-RPAV-thumbLarge.png');"> <span class="author vcard" itemprop="author creator" itemtype="//schema.org/Person"> By <address class="vcard first-byline" itemscope="" itemprop="author creator" itemtype="//schema.org/Person" itemid="Nick Corasaniti"> <span class="fn" itemprop="name">Nick Corasaniti</span> </address> </span> </div> <div class="shareTools sharetools theme-classic sharetools-story" data-shares="facebook|Share,twitter|Tweet" data-url="https://www.nytimes.com/politics/first-draft/2016/05/03/argentinian-sports-station-uses-donald-trump-to-advertise-soccer-tournament/" data-title="Argentinian Sports Station Uses Donald Trump to Advertise Soccer Tournament" data-description="Donald J. Trump's comments on illegal immigration, which have drawn criticism and cost his businesses endorsement deals, are now being used to fire up Latin American soccer fans. "></div> </div> <p class="story-body-text" itemprop="articleBody">Donald J. Trump’s comments on illegal immigration, which have drawn criticism and cost his businesses endorsement deals, are now being used to fire up Latin American soccer fans. </p> <p class="story-body-text" itemprop="articleBody">In a digital ad released on Monday, TyC Sports, an Argentinian sports station, spliced together Mr. Trump’s controversial statements with highlights of the country’s soccer team to hype the upcoming Copa America tournament, which will be held for the first time in the United States. </p> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="500"> <p lang="es" dir="ltr">La verdad, lo mejor que pueden hacer es no dejarnos entrar. Viví la <a href="https://www.twitter.com/hashtag/CopaAm%C3%A9ricaEnTyC?src=hash">#CopaAméricaEnTyC</a><a href="https://t.co/Rd7MZc90o3">https://t.co/Rd7MZc90o3</a></p> <p class="story-body-text" itemprop="articleBody">— TyC Sports (@TyCSports) <a href="https://www.twitter.com/TyCSports/status/727138268240695296">May 2, 2016</a></p> </blockquote> <p class="story-body-text" itemprop="articleBody"> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> </p> <p class="story-body-text" itemprop="articleBody">“We’re having people coming in through the border that are not people we want,” Mr. Trump says, as the Argentinian national team deplanes clad in suits and carrying duffel bags. </p> <p class="story-body-text" itemprop="articleBody">The streets fill with fans clad in the white and sky blue — La Albiceleste — of Argentina while Mr. Trump worries about the “hundreds of thousands” coming in through the border. </p> <p class="story-body-text" itemprop="articleBody">As Angel di Maria, a forward on the team, rips a blistering near post goal, Mr. Trump describes “these people” as “killers.” </p> <p class="story-body-text" itemprop="articleBody">A glaring Lionel Messi, who, at 5 feet 7 inches, is considered one of the world’s best players, looks off into the distance as Mr. Trump says: “These are not the sweet little people that you’d think, O.K.?” </p> <p class="story-body-text" itemprop="articleBody">An angelic chorus builds and the highlights reel through, Mr. Trump’s worry continues to grow, before the ad cuts to black, and proclaims, through a translation: The truth is, the best they can do is not let us in.</p> <p class="story-body-text" itemprop="articleBody">The Copa America tournament, which will be played in cities across the United States, kicks off June 3rd with a match between the United States and Colombia. Argentina plays on June 6th. </p> <div class="hide-on-viewport-medium sharetools-footer"> <div class="shareTools sharetools theme-classic sharetools-story" data-shares="facebook|Share,twitter|Tweet" data-url="https://www.nytimes.com/politics/first-draft/2016/05/03/argentinian-sports-station-uses-donald-trump-to-advertise-soccer-tournament/" data-title="Argentinian Sports Station Uses Donald Trump to Advertise Soccer Tournament" data-description="Donald J. Trump's comments on illegal immigration, which have drawn criticism and cost his businesses endorsement deals, are now being used to fire up Latin American soccer fans. "></div> </div> <div class="clear"></div> </div> </article> <article class="entry hentry post-39793 post type-post status-publish category-uncategorized tag-cruz-ted tag-fox-news-channel tag-indiana tag-national-enquirer tag-presidential-election-of-2016 tag-trump-donald-j per-cruz-ted per-trump-donald-j des-presidential-election-of-2016 org-fox-news-channel org-national-enquirer geo-indiana news_keywords-indiana" id="post-39793"> <div class="entry-content"> <div class="inline-module-container show-on-viewport-medium"> <div class="inlineModule byline"> <time class="dateline " datetime="2016-05-03T17:35:27+00:00" itemprop="datePublished">1:35 <span class="seg">pm ET</span></time> <span class="visually-hidden updated">1:35 <span class="seg">pm ET</span></span> <div class="name name-with-headshot" data-author="By Matt Flegenheimer" style="background-image: url('https://static01.nyt.com/images/2015/10/26/us/FDheadshot-flegenheimer/FDheadshot-flegenheimer-thumbStandard.jpg');"> <address class="author vcard" itemprop="author creator" itemtype="//schema.org/Person"> <span class="fn">By Matt Flegenheimer</span> </address> </div> <div class="shareTools sharetools theme-classic sharetools-story" data-shares="facebook|Share,twitter|Tweet" data-url="https://www.nytimes.com/politics/first-draft/2016/05/03/ted-cruz-unburdens-himself-what-i-really-think-of-donald-trump/" data-title="Ted Cruz Unburdens Himself: ‘What I Really Think of Donald Trump’" data-description="Mr. Cruz, who for much of the Republican primary season praised Mr. Trump as a force for good, unburdened himself as never before in a searing, personal barrage hours before the Indiana primary."></div> </div> </div> <h3 itemprop="headline" class="entry-title"><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/politics/first-draft/2016/05/03/ted-cruz-unburdens-himself-what-i-really-think-of-donald-trump/" rel="bookmark" class="entry-title-link " title="Permanent link to Ted Cruz Unburdens Himself: ‘What I Really Think of Donald Trump’">Ted Cruz Unburdens Himself: ‘What I Really Think of Donald Trump’</a></h3> <div class="hide-on-viewport-medium byline"> <time class="dateline " datetime="2016-05-03T17:35:27+00:00" itemprop="datePublished">1:35 <span class="seg">pm ET</span></time> <span class="visually-hidden updated">1:35 <span class="seg">pm ET</span></span> <div class="name name-with-headshot" data-author="By Matt Flegenheimer" style="background-image: url('https://static01.nyt.com/images/2015/10/26/us/FDheadshot-flegenheimer/FDheadshot-flegenheimer-thumbStandard.jpg');"> <span class="author vcard" itemprop="author creator" itemtype="//schema.org/Person"> By <address class="vcard first-byline" itemscope="" itemprop="author creator" itemtype="//schema.org/Person" itemid="Matt Flegenheimer"> <span class="fn" itemprop="name">Matt Flegenheimer</span> </address> </span> </div> <div class="shareTools sharetools theme-classic sharetools-story" data-shares="facebook|Share,twitter|Tweet" data-url="https://www.nytimes.com/politics/first-draft/2016/05/03/ted-cruz-unburdens-himself-what-i-really-think-of-donald-trump/" data-title="Ted Cruz Unburdens Himself: ‘What I Really Think of Donald Trump’" data-description="Mr. Cruz, who for much of the Republican primary season praised Mr. Trump as a force for good, unburdened himself as never before in a searing, personal barrage hours before the Indiana primary."></div> </div> <div class="w592"> <figure class="promo media video blog-video " data-videoid="100000004381460" data-media-action="modal" data-autoplay="" data-embedded="true" aria-label="media" role="group"> <span class="visually-hidden">Video</span> <figcaption class="caption"> <h4 class="headline">Cruz Responds to Trump’s Paternal Dig</h4> <div class="caption-video"> <div class="summary-credit"> <p class="summary">The Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz did not try to hide his contempt for his rival, Donald J. Trump, after Mr. Trump’s comments attacking his father.</p> <span class="credit video-credit" itemprop="copyrightHolder"> By CBS, VIA RETUERS on <span class="visually-hidden">Publish Date </span>May 3, 2016. </span> <span class="credit photo-credit" itemprop="copyrightHolder"> </span> </div> <div class="sharetools-video-container"> <div id="sharetools-video-tools-100000004381460" class="sharetools sharetools-video-tools"> <ul> <li class="sharetool embed-sharetool"> <a href="javascript:;" data-share="embed" data-modal-title=""> <i class="icon sprite-icon"></i> <span class="sharetool-text ">embed</span> </a> </li> </ul> </div> <div id="sharetools-video-inline-100000004381460" class="sharetools sharetools-video-inline" data-shares="facebook|,twitter|" data-url="https://www.nytimes.com/video/us/politics/100000004381460/cruz-responds-to-trumps-paternal-dig.html?action=click&contentCollection=us&module=blog-video&region=caption&pgtype=article" data-title="Cruz Responds to Trump’s Paternal Dig" data-description="The Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz did not try to hide his contempt for his rival, Donald J. Trump, after Mr. Trump’s comments attacking his father." data-content-type="video"> </div> </div> </div> </figcaption> </figure> </div> <p class="story-body-text" itemprop="articleBody">INDIANAPOLIS — Senator Ted Cruz, who for months last year embraced Donald J. Trump as a force for good in the Republican presidential race, unburdened himself as never before on Tuesday in a searing, personal barrage hours before the Indiana primary.</p> <p class="story-body-text" itemprop="articleBody">“I’m going to do something I haven’t done for the entire campaign,” he told reporters in Evansville, Ind. “I’m going to tell you what I really think of Donald Trump.”</p> <p class="story-body-text" itemprop="articleBody">Mr. Trump is a “pathological liar,” he said — an “utterly amoral” man and a “narcissist at a level I don’t think this country has ever seen.”</p> <p class="story-body-text" itemprop="articleBody">He attacked Mr. Trump’s history of adultery, his penchant for conspiracy theories and his past disparaging Twitter posts about Heidi Cruz, Mr. Cruz’s wife.</p> <p class="story-body-text" itemprop="articleBody">“Apparently she’s not pretty enough for Donald Trump,” Mr. Cruz said, with Mrs. Cruz smiling beside him. “I may be biased, but I think if he’s making that allegation he’s also legally blind.”</p> <p class="story-body-text" itemprop="articleBody">In a statement, Mr. Trump called Mr. Cruz “a desperate candidate trying to save his failing campaign” and growing “more and more unhinged” amid a string of primary losses.</p> <p class="story-body-text" itemprop="articleBody">Though Mr. Cruz has long attacked Mr. Trump as a disingenuous conservative and unsteady leader — particularly as he has strained to catch Mr. Trump in the Indiana polls and rescue a flagging presidential bid — his performance on Tuesday was different.</p> <p class="story-body-text" itemprop="articleBody">Hours earlier, <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/politics/first-draft/2016/05/03/donald-trump-ted-cruz-father-jfk/">Mr. Trump had said in a Fox News interview</a> that Mr. Cruz’s father Rafael had associated with Lee Harvey Oswald not long before the assassination of John F. Kennedy. He cited a story from the National Enquirer, which the Cruz campaign has called error-filled.</p> <p class="story-body-text" itemprop="articleBody">“I guess I should go ahead and admit, yes, my dad killed J.F.K.,” Mr. Cruz said dryly. “He is secretly Elvis and Jimmy Hoffa is buried in his backyard.”</p> <p class="story-body-text" itemprop="articleBody">Repeatedly, he pleaded with voters in Indiana to think carefully about their choices, at times calling to mind the final campaign days of Senator Marco Rubio of Florida, who railed against Mr. Trump with uncommon purpose as his prospects waned.</p> <p class="story-body-text" itemprop="articleBody">He noted that the office of the president “affects our culture,” setting an example for children.</p> <p class="story-body-text" itemprop="articleBody">“Listen, Donald Trump is a serial philanderer and he boasts about it,” Mr. Cruz said, directly raising Mr. Trump’s marital history for the first time. “I want everyone to think about your teenage kids. The president of the United States talks about how great it is to commit adultery. How proud he is. <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/02/16/draft-dodger-trump-said-sleeping-around-was-my-personal-vietnam.html">Describes his battles with venereal disease as his own personal Vietnam</a>.”</p> <p class="story-body-text" itemprop="articleBody">He went on to accuse the news media of enabling Mr. Trump, singling out Rupert Murdoch and Roger Ailes of Fox News for transforming the network into “the Donald Trump network, 24/7.”</p> <p class="story-body-text" itemprop="articleBody">The most surreal turn came perhaps near the end, when Mr. Cruz, a movie buff, reached for an analogy to cinema.</p> <p class="story-body-text" itemprop="articleBody">“If anyone has seen the movie ‘Back to the Future 2,’” he began, “<a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/10/21/how-back-to-the-future-predicted-trump.html">the screenwriter says</a> that he based the character Biff Tannen on Donald Trump, a caricature of a braggadocious arrogant buffoon.”</p> <p class="story-body-text" itemprop="articleBody">“We are looking, potentially,” he added sternly, “at the Biff Tannen presidency.”</p> <p class="story-body-text" itemprop="articleBody">Despite public vows to remain in the race regardless of Tuesday’s outcome, Mr. Cruz again implored Indiana voters to help.</p> <p class="story-body-text" itemprop="articleBody">“If Indiana does not act,” he said, “this country could well plunge into the abyss.”</p> <p class="story-body-text" itemprop="articleBody">As he neared the end of his remarks, in his final scheduled appearance before the vote, Mr. Cruz was asked if he could still support Mr. Trump as the Republican nominee.</p> <p class="story-body-text" itemprop="articleBody">For weeks, he has wavered, after initially pledging to support any eventual nominee. At last, it seemed possible that he would make his opposition unequivocal.</p> <p class="story-body-text" itemprop="articleBody">He declined to answer.</p> <div class="hide-on-viewport-medium sharetools-footer"> <div class="shareTools sharetools theme-classic sharetools-story" data-shares="facebook|Share,twitter|Tweet" data-url="https://www.nytimes.com/politics/first-draft/2016/05/03/ted-cruz-unburdens-himself-what-i-really-think-of-donald-trump/" data-title="Ted Cruz Unburdens Himself: ‘What I Really Think of Donald Trump’" data-description="Mr. Cruz, who for much of the Republican primary season praised Mr. Trump as a force for good, unburdened himself as never before in a searing, personal barrage hours before the Indiana primary."></div> </div> <div class="clear"></div> </div> </article> <article class="entry hentry post-39758 post type-post status-publish category-uncategorized tag-cruz-ted tag-fiorina-carleton-s tag-indiana tag-presidential-election-of-2016 tag-republican-party tag-social-media tag-trump-donald-j tag-twitter per-cruz-ted per-fiorina-carleton-s per-trump-donald-j des-presidential-election-of-2016 des-social-media org-republican-party org-twitter geo-indiana news_keywords-indiana news_keywords-twitter" id="post-39758"> <div class="entry-content"> <div class="inline-module-container show-on-viewport-medium"> <div class="inlineModule byline"> <time class="dateline " datetime="2016-05-03T17:34:23+00:00" itemprop="datePublished">1:34 <span class="seg">pm ET</span></time> <span class="visually-hidden updated">1:34 <span class="seg">pm ET</span></span> <div class="name name-with-headshot" data-author="By Nick Corasaniti" style="background-image: url('https://static01.nyt.com/images/2014/09/22/us/politics/Nick-Corasaniti/First-Draft-avatars-slide-RPAV-thumbLarge.png');"> <address class="author vcard" itemprop="author creator" itemtype="//schema.org/Person"> <span class="fn">By Nick Corasaniti</span> </address> </div> <div class="shareTools sharetools theme-classic sharetools-story" data-shares="facebook|Share,twitter|Tweet" data-url="https://www.nytimes.com/politics/first-draft/2016/05/03/donald-trump-master-of-promotion-now-pays-twitter-to-do-it-for-him-too/" data-title="Donald Trump, Master of Promotion, Now Pays Twitter to Do It For Him, Too" data-description="Donald J. Trump's campaign is paying to target certain posts on Twitter to audiences in Indiana, which is holding its primary on Tuesday."></div> </div> </div> <h3 itemprop="headline" class="entry-title"><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/politics/first-draft/2016/05/03/donald-trump-master-of-promotion-now-pays-twitter-to-do-it-for-him-too/" rel="bookmark" class="entry-title-link " title="Permanent link to Donald Trump, Master of Promotion, Now Pays Twitter to Do It For Him, Too">Donald Trump, Master of Promotion, Now Pays Twitter to Do It For Him, Too</a></h3> <div class="hide-on-viewport-medium byline"> <time class="dateline " datetime="2016-05-03T17:34:23+00:00" itemprop="datePublished">1:34 <span class="seg">pm ET</span></time> <span class="visually-hidden updated">1:34 <span class="seg">pm ET</span></span> <div class="name name-with-headshot" data-author="By Nick Corasaniti" style="background-image: url('https://static01.nyt.com/images/2014/09/22/us/politics/Nick-Corasaniti/First-Draft-avatars-slide-RPAV-thumbLarge.png');"> <span class="author vcard" itemprop="author creator" itemtype="//schema.org/Person"> By <address class="vcard first-byline" itemscope="" itemprop="author creator" itemtype="//schema.org/Person" itemid="Nick Corasaniti"> <span class="fn" itemprop="name">Nick Corasaniti</span> </address> </span> </div> <div class="shareTools sharetools theme-classic sharetools-story" data-shares="facebook|Share,twitter|Tweet" data-url="https://www.nytimes.com/politics/first-draft/2016/05/03/donald-trump-master-of-promotion-now-pays-twitter-to-do-it-for-him-too/" data-title="Donald Trump, Master of Promotion, Now Pays Twitter to Do It For Him, Too" data-description="Donald J. Trump's campaign is paying to target certain posts on Twitter to audiences in Indiana, which is holding its primary on Tuesday."></div> </div> <p class="story-body-text" itemprop="articleBody"><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/06/us/politics/donald-trump-twitter-use-campaign-2016.html">Donald J. Trump</a> is perhaps <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/06/us/politics/donald-trump-twitter-use-campaign-2016.html">the most prolific user</a> of Twitter in political history. But as he tries to put a stranglehold on the Republican nomination with a victory Tuesday in Indiana, he is putting up some of his own money to increase his reach on Twitter.</p> <p class="story-body-text" itemprop="articleBody">Or, to put that in a more 140-character-friendly way: Mr. Trump is paying to promote some of his posts on Twitter.</p> <p class="story-body-text" itemprop="articleBody">Mr. Trump’s campaign has joined Twitter’s regional ad targeting, having four of his posts appear in the feeds of selected Twitter users in Indiana, regardless of whether they are followers of the candidate. </p> <p class="story-body-text" itemprop="articleBody">In a sign of growing technical sophistication within the Trump campaign, the Twitter posts are being aimed at particular audiences within the state. For example, a post with a video featuring the endorsement of Bobby Knight, theformer <a href="https://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/organizations/i/indiana_university/index.html?inline=nyt-org" class="tickerized" title="More articles about Indiana University">Indiana University</a> basketball coach, was targeted at basketball fans as identified by Twitter.</p> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="500"> <p lang="en" dir="ltr">Heading to rally with Bobby now! See you soon!<a href="https://t.co/dWSSOEctZn">pic.twitter.com/dWSSOEctZn</a></p> <p class="story-body-text" itemprop="articleBody">— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href="https://www.twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/725722027173249024">April 28, 2016</a></p> </blockquote> <p class="story-body-text" itemprop="articleBody"> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> </p> <p class="story-body-text" itemprop="articleBody">Mr. Trump also spent money to promote what might be his favorite Twitter activity, needling his opponents, as he did in one post that included a video of Carly Fiorina criticizing Senator Ted Cruz as just “any other politician.” The post was aimed at fans of Mr. Cruz and of his new running mate, Ms. Fiorina.</p> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="500"> <p lang="en" dir="ltr">Agreed! <a href="https://t.co/biyldP3CIw">pic.twitter.com/biyldP3CIw</a></p> <p class="story-body-text" itemprop="articleBody">— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href="https://www.twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/725396879723384832">April 27, 2016</a></p> </blockquote> <p class="story-body-text" itemprop="articleBody"> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> </p> <p class="story-body-text" itemprop="articleBody">Those two posts, along with two others being promoted regularly in the state, have lifted Mr. Trump’s already extensive social media reach, earning him more than a half million views for those two videos in the last few days alone, according to data provided by Twitter.</p> <p class="story-body-text" itemprop="articleBody">Mr. Cruz is opting for a slightly different targeting strategy. With a Twitter voice less pronounced than his rival’s, Mr. Cruz is letting others do the talking for him. Rather than promoting his own posts on Twitter, his campaign is paying to promote endorsement posts from Gov. Mike Pence of Indiana and Gov. Scott Walker of Wisconsin.</p> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="500"> <p lang="en" dir="ltr">My vote goes to <a href="https://www.twitter.com/tedcruz">@tedcruz</a> because he's a conservative who will protect our constitutional liberties. <a href="https://t.co/nQI6H15cPT">https://t.co/nQI6H15cPT</a></p> <p class="story-body-text" itemprop="articleBody">— Mike Pence (@mike_pence) <a href="https://www.twitter.com/mike_pence/status/727124339913531393">May 2, 2016</a></p> </blockquote> <p class="story-body-text" itemprop="articleBody"> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> </p> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="500"> <p lang="en" dir="ltr">Wrote a message to Indiana voters about why I support <a href="https://www.twitter.com/tedcruz">@TedCruz</a> for president. <a href="https://t.co/zEbJoR4vfN">https://t.co/zEbJoR4vfN</a> <a href="https://t.co/zkt7qcr1op">pic.twitter.com/zkt7qcr1op</a></p> <p class="story-body-text" itemprop="articleBody">— Scott Walker (@ScottWalker) <a href="https://www.twitter.com/ScottWalker/status/726417376690872320">April 30, 2016</a></p> </blockquote> <p class="story-body-text" itemprop="articleBody"> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> </p> <div class="hide-on-viewport-medium sharetools-footer"> <div class="shareTools sharetools theme-classic sharetools-story" data-shares="facebook|Share,twitter|Tweet" data-url="https://www.nytimes.com/politics/first-draft/2016/05/03/donald-trump-master-of-promotion-now-pays-twitter-to-do-it-for-him-too/" data-title="Donald Trump, Master of Promotion, Now Pays Twitter to Do It For Him, Too" data-description="Donald J. Trump's campaign is paying to target certain posts on Twitter to audiences in Indiana, which is holding its primary on Tuesday."></div> </div> <div class="clear"></div> </div> </article> <article class="entry hentry post-39756 post type-post status-publish category-uncategorized tag-assassinations-and-attempted-assassinations tag-cruz-rafael-1939 tag-cruz-ted tag-kennedy-john-fitzgerald tag-louisiana tag-national-enquirer tag-oswald-lee-harvey tag-presidential-election-of-2016 tag-trump-donald-j tag-united-states-politics-and-government per-cruz-rafael-1939 per-cruz-ted per-kennedy-john-fitzgerald per-oswald-lee-harvey per-trump-donald-j des-assassinations-and-attempted-assassinations des-presidential-election-of-2016 des-united-states-politics-and-government org-national-enquirer geo-louisiana news_keywords-louisiana" id="post-39756"> <div class="entry-content"> <div class="inline-module-container show-on-viewport-medium"> <div class="inlineModule byline"> <time class="dateline " datetime="2016-05-03T14:50:06+00:00" itemprop="datePublished">10:50 <span class="seg">am ET</span></time> <span class="visually-hidden updated">10:50 <span class="seg">am ET</span></span> <div class="name" data-author="By Maggie Haberman"> <address class="author vcard" itemprop="author creator" itemtype="//schema.org/Person"> <span class="fn">By Maggie Haberman</span> </address> </div> <div class="shareTools sharetools theme-classic sharetools-story" data-shares="facebook|Share,twitter|Tweet" data-url="https://www.nytimes.com/politics/first-draft/2016/05/03/donald-trump-ted-cruz-father-jfk/" data-title="Donald Trump Accuses Ted Cruz’s Father of Associating With Kennedy Assassin" data-description="Donald J. Trump accused Senator Ted Cruz's father of being with Lee Harvey Oswald not long before he assassinated President Kennedy. "></div> </div> </div> <h3 itemprop="headline" class="entry-title"><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/politics/first-draft/2016/05/03/donald-trump-ted-cruz-father-jfk/" rel="bookmark" class="entry-title-link " title="Permanent link to Donald Trump Accuses Ted Cruz’s Father of Associating With Kennedy Assassin">Donald Trump Accuses Ted Cruz’s Father of Associating With Kennedy Assassin</a></h3> <div class="hide-on-viewport-medium byline"> <time class="dateline " datetime="2016-05-03T14:50:06+00:00" itemprop="datePublished">10:50 <span class="seg">am ET</span></time> <span class="visually-hidden updated">10:50 <span class="seg">am ET</span></span> <div class="name" data-author="By Maggie Haberman"> <span class="author vcard" itemprop="author creator" itemtype="//schema.org/Person"> By <address class="vcard first-byline" itemscope="" itemprop="author creator" itemtype="//schema.org/Person" itemid="Maggie Haberman"> <span class="fn" itemprop="name">Maggie Haberman</span> </address> </span> </div> <div class="shareTools sharetools theme-classic sharetools-story" data-shares="facebook|Share,twitter|Tweet" data-url="https://www.nytimes.com/politics/first-draft/2016/05/03/donald-trump-ted-cruz-father-jfk/" data-title="Donald Trump Accuses Ted Cruz’s Father of Associating With Kennedy Assassin" data-description="Donald J. Trump accused Senator Ted Cruz's father of being with Lee Harvey Oswald not long before he assassinated President Kennedy. "></div> </div> <div class="w592"> <figure class="media photo promo" itemprop="associatedMedia" itemscope="" itemid="https://static01.nyt.com/images/2016/05/03/us/03firstdraft-trump1/03firstdraft-trump1-tmagArticle.jpg" itemtype="//schema.org/ImageObject" role="group"><span class="visually-hidden">Photo</span> <div class="image"><img itemprop="url" itemid="https://static01.nyt.com/images/2016/05/03/us/03firstdraft-trump1/03firstdraft-trump1-tmagArticle.jpg" src="https://static01.nyt.com/images/2016/05/03/us/03firstdraft-trump1/03firstdraft-trump1-tmagArticle.jpg" id="100000004380960" width="592" height="395" alt="Donald J. Trump spoke at the Palladium at the Center for the Performing Arts in Carmel, Ind., on Monday."> <meta itemprop="height" content="395"> <meta itemprop="width" content="592"> </div> <figcaption class="caption" itemprop="description"><span class="caption-text">Donald J. Trump spoke at the Palladium at the Center for the Performing Arts in Carmel, Ind., on Monday.</span><span class="credit" itemprop="copyrightHolder"><span class="visually-hidden">Credit</span> Eric Thayer for The New York Times</span> </figcaption> </figure> </div> <p class="story-body-text" itemprop="articleBody">Donald J. Trump, <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/01/us/politics/donald-trump-conspiracy-theories.html">who has repeatedly dabbled in conspiracy theories</a> during his time on the campaign trail, accused Senator Ted Cruz’s father of associating with Lee Harvey Oswald not long before Oswald assassinated President John F. Kennedy.</p> <p class="story-body-text" itemprop="articleBody">Mr. Trump’s comments, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-ar39-E1Dk">in a Fox News interview</a>, came in the wake of an <a href="https://www.nationalenquirer.com/celebrity/ted-cruz-scandal-father-jfk-assassination/">article</a> in The National Enquirer claiming to have definitive photographic evidence that Rafael Cruz was with Oswald distributing leaflets supporting the Cuban dictator Fidel Castro in Louisiana in 1963.</p> <div class="w592 youtube-video-container"> <div class="youtube-video" data-youtube-id="d-ar39-E1Dk" data-start="235"> <div class="thumb"><img src="https://img.youtube.com/vi/d-ar39-E1Dk/0.jpg"> <div class="playButton"> <div class="arrow"></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <p class="story-body-text" itemprop="articleBody">Mr. Trump’s comments also came on the day of the Indiana primary, where the Republican front-runner can effectively close out any chance for Mr. Cruz to deny him the presidential nomination.</p> <p class="story-body-text" itemprop="articleBody">In the interview, Mr. Trump was asked to respond to the elder Mr. Cruz’s invocations of God as he urged evangelical voters to support his son, suggesting the alternative could mean the “destruction of America.”</p> <p class="story-body-text" itemprop="articleBody">“I think it’s a disgrace that he’s allowed to do it. I think it’s a disgrace that he’s allowed to say it,” Mr. Trump said, before adding, “And, you know, his father was with Lee Harvey Oswald prior to Oswald’s being — you know, shot. I mean, the whole thing is ridiculous. What is this, right, prior to his being shot, and nobody brings it up. They don’t even talk about that. That was reported and nobody talks about it. But I think it’s horrible.”</p> <p class="story-body-text" itemprop="articleBody">He went on, “What was he doing with Lee Harvey Oswald shortly before the death, before the shooting? It’s horrible.”</p> <p class="story-body-text" itemprop="articleBody">Catherine Frazier, a spokeswoman for Mr. Cruz, said in an emailed statement, “The false, cheap, meaningless comments Trump makes almost daily indicates his desperation to get attention and willingness to say anything to do so. We are campaigning on jobs, freedom, and security while Trump campaigns on false tabloid garbage.”</p> <p class="story-body-text" itemprop="articleBody">A spokeswoman for Mr. Trump did not respond to requests for comment. </p> <p class="story-body-text" itemprop="articleBody">The Cruz campaign has called The Enquirer report error-filled and has questioned the supermarket tabloid’s approach to the 2016 race, which it has seen as pro-Trump.</p> <p class="story-body-text" itemprop="articleBody">Invoking such a report about a political rival would have been seen as touching the equivalent of a third rail of a subway in any other election cycle. But Mr. Trump has frequently embraced or promoted hypotheticals or partially formed theories, saying that he was simply quoting what someone else said.</p> <p class="story-body-text" itemprop="articleBody">A day before the Cruz remarks, Mr. Trump made a public display in Indiana of dining with the controversial author Ed Klein, whose books about President Obama and Hillary Clinton have been denounced by critics as containing scenes and dialogue manufactured from whole cloth.</p> <p class="story-body-text" itemprop="articleBody">Mr. Klein, through a former spokesman, declined to be interviewed.</p> <div class="w592"> <figure class="promo media video blog-video " data-videoid="100000004236529" data-media-action="modal" data-autoplay="" data-embedded="true" aria-label="media" role="group"> <span class="visually-hidden">Video</span> <figcaption class="caption"> <h4 class="headline">Donald Trump’s Conspiracy Theories</h4> <div class="caption-video"> <div class="summary-credit"> <p class="summary">From hinting that Justice Antonin Scalia may have been murdered to suggesting that George W. Bush knew the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks were coming, Donald J. Trump has shared many outrageous conspiracy theories.</p> <span class="credit video-credit" itemprop="copyrightHolder"> By MICHAEL LESTER on <span class="visually-hidden">Publish Date </span>February 29, 2016. </span> <span class="credit photo-credit" itemprop="copyrightHolder"> Photo by Cooper Neill for The New York Times. </span> </div> <div class="sharetools-video-container"> <div id="sharetools-video-tools-100000004236529" class="sharetools sharetools-video-tools"> <ul> <li class="sharetool embed-sharetool"> <a href="javascript:;" data-share="embed" data-modal-title=""> <i class="icon sprite-icon"></i> <span class="sharetool-text ">embed</span> </a> </li> </ul> </div> <div id="sharetools-video-inline-100000004236529" class="sharetools sharetools-video-inline" data-shares="facebook|,twitter|" data-url="https://www.nytimes.com/video/us/politics/100000004236529/donald-trumps-conspiracy-theories.html?action=click&contentCollection=us&module=blog-video&region=caption&pgtype=article" data-title="Donald Trump’s Conspiracy Theories" data-description="From hinting that Justice Antonin Scalia may have been murdered to suggesting that George W. Bush knew the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks were coming, Donald J. Trump has shared many outrageous conspiracy theories." data-content-type="video"> </div> </div> </div> </figcaption> </figure> </div> <div class="w480"> <p style="margin:0;"><em>Find out what you need to know about the <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/us/elections/election-2016.html">2016 presidential race</a> today, and get politics news updates via <a href="https://www.facebook.com/nytpolitics">Facebook</a>, <a href="https://www.twitter.com/nytpolitics">Twitter</a> and <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/newsletters/politics/">the First Draft newsletter</a>.</em></p> </div> <div class="hide-on-viewport-medium sharetools-footer"> <div class="shareTools sharetools theme-classic sharetools-story" data-shares="facebook|Share,twitter|Tweet" data-url="https://www.nytimes.com/politics/first-draft/2016/05/03/donald-trump-ted-cruz-father-jfk/" data-title="Donald Trump Accuses Ted Cruz’s Father of Associating With Kennedy Assassin" data-description="Donald J. Trump accused Senator Ted Cruz's father of being with Lee Harvey Oswald not long before he assassinated President Kennedy. "></div> </div> <div class="clear"></div> </div> </article> <div class="first-draft-ad"> </div> <article class="entry hentry post-39706 post type-post status-publish category-uncategorized" id="post-39706"> <div class="entry-content"> <div class="inline-module-container show-on-viewport-medium"> <div class="inlineModule byline"> <time class="dateline " datetime="2016-05-03T11:00:37+00:00" itemprop="datePublished">7:00 <span class="seg">am ET</span></time> <span class="visually-hidden updated">7:00 <span class="seg">am ET</span></span> <div class="name" data-author="By Maggie Haberman"> <address class="author vcard" itemprop="author creator" itemtype="//schema.org/Person"> <span class="fn">By Maggie Haberman</span> </address> </div> <div class="shareTools sharetools theme-classic sharetools-story" data-shares="facebook|Share,twitter|Tweet" data-url="https://www.nytimes.com/politics/first-draft/2016/05/03/alternate-paths-might-end-in-indiana/" data-title="Alternate Paths Might End in Indiana" data-description="For Donald J. Trump’s aspirations to become the Republican Party’s presidential nominee, Tuesday night’s results in Indiana could be, finally, the end of the beginning. "></div> </div> </div> <h3 itemprop="headline" class="entry-title"><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/politics/first-draft/2016/05/03/alternate-paths-might-end-in-indiana/" rel="bookmark" class="entry-title-link " title="Permanent link to Alternate Paths Might End in Indiana">Alternate Paths Might End in Indiana</a></h3> <div class="hide-on-viewport-medium byline"> <time class="dateline " datetime="2016-05-03T11:00:37+00:00" itemprop="datePublished">7:00 <span class="seg">am ET</span></time> <span class="visually-hidden updated">7:00 <span class="seg">am ET</span></span> <div class="name" data-author="By Maggie Haberman"> <span class="author vcard" itemprop="author creator" itemtype="//schema.org/Person"> By <address class="vcard first-byline" itemscope="" itemprop="author creator" itemtype="//schema.org/Person" itemid="Maggie Haberman"> <span class="fn" itemprop="name">Maggie Haberman</span> </address> </span> </div> <div class="shareTools sharetools theme-classic sharetools-story" data-shares="facebook|Share,twitter|Tweet" data-url="https://www.nytimes.com/politics/first-draft/2016/05/03/alternate-paths-might-end-in-indiana/" data-title="Alternate Paths Might End in Indiana" data-description="For Donald J. Trump’s aspirations to become the Republican Party’s presidential nominee, Tuesday night’s results in Indiana could be, finally, the end of the beginning. "></div> </div> <div class="w592"> <figure class="media photo promo" itemprop="associatedMedia" itemscope="" itemid="https://static01.nyt.com/images/2016/05/02/us/02firstdraftnl-indiana/02firstdraftnl-indiana-tmagArticle.jpg" itemtype="//schema.org/ImageObject" role="group"><span class="visually-hidden">Photo</span> <div class="image"><img itemprop="url" itemid="https://static01.nyt.com/images/2016/05/02/us/02firstdraftnl-indiana/02firstdraftnl-indiana-tmagArticle.jpg" src="https://static01.nyt.com/images/2016/05/02/us/02firstdraftnl-indiana/02firstdraftnl-indiana-tmagArticle.jpg" id="100000004379790" width="592" height="395" alt="Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont speaking at a rally in Fort Wayne, Ind., on Monday."> <meta itemprop="height" content="395"> <meta itemprop="width" content="592"> </div> <figcaption class="caption" itemprop="description"><span class="caption-text">Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont speaking at a rally in Fort Wayne, Ind., on Monday.</span><span class="credit" itemprop="copyrightHolder"><span class="visually-hidden">Credit</span> Sam Hodgson for The New York Times</span> </figcaption> </figure> </div> <p class="story-body-text" itemprop="articleBody">For Donald J. Trump’s aspirations to become the Republican Party’s presidential nominee, Tuesday night’s results in Indiana could be, finally, the end of the beginning. </p> <p class="story-body-text" itemprop="articleBody">Nearly three months after Mr. Trump won the primaries in New Hampshire and South Carolina, if he wins on Tuesday night, he could effectively lock in a path toward achieving the 1,237 delegates needed to clinch the nomination by the beginning of June. </p> <p class="story-body-text" itemprop="articleBody">Mr. Trump’s main remaining rival, Senator Ted Cruz of Texas, has described Indiana as a crucial state. He has maintained that there is still a path forward even with a loss, as most public polls suggest is likely, and he has vowed to keep going until California votes on June 7. But even Mr. Cruz’s allies acknowledge that a loss would effectively obliterate any remaining path.</p> <p class="story-body-text" itemprop="articleBody">The anti-Trump forces, which once roared loudly, appear to be petering out. For the most part, groups opposed to Mr. Trump did not start buying television airtime to run ads against him in the relatively cheap Indiana markets until the last two weeks, giving him room to make a push with voters at a string of rallies in the last few days. </p> <p class="story-body-text" itemprop="articleBody">A win in a state with a more conservative electorate, whose governor endorsed Mr. Cruz, would allow Mr. Trump to look toward the convention and leave his mark as planning gets underway now, and for the general election. </p> <p class="story-body-text" itemprop="articleBody">As for the Democrats, Hillary Clinton and Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont appear to be in a closer contest. Mr. Sanders, despite laying off hundreds of campaign workers and facing a substantial delegate gap, might feel emboldened by a win. Still, Mr. Sanders’s path is also essentially gone, short of a vast amount of support from the superdelegates whose backing he once frowned on.</p> <div class="w480"> <p style="margin:0;"><em>Find out what you need to know about the <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/us/elections/election-2016.html">2016 presidential race</a> today, and get politics news updates via <a href="https://www.facebook.com/nytpolitics">Facebook</a>, <a href="https://www.twitter.com/nytpolitics">Twitter</a> and <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/newsletters/politics/">the First Draft newsletter</a>.</em></p> </div> <div class="hide-on-viewport-medium sharetools-footer"> <div class="shareTools sharetools theme-classic sharetools-story" data-shares="facebook|Share,twitter|Tweet" data-url="https://www.nytimes.com/politics/first-draft/2016/05/03/alternate-paths-might-end-in-indiana/" data-title="Alternate Paths Might End in Indiana" data-description="For Donald J. Trump’s aspirations to become the Republican Party’s presidential nominee, Tuesday night’s results in Indiana could be, finally, the end of the beginning. "></div> </div> <div class="clear"></div> </div> </article> <article class="entry hentry post-39708 post type-post status-publish category-uncategorized tag-boehner-john-a tag-house-of-representatives tag-obama-barack tag-video-recordings-downloads-and-streaming per-boehner-john-a per-obama-barack des-video-recordings-downloads-and-streaming org-house-of-representatives" id="post-39708"> <div class="entry-content"> <div class="inline-module-container show-on-viewport-medium"> <div class="inlineModule byline"> <time class="dateline " datetime="2016-05-03T10:00:51+00:00" itemprop="datePublished">6:00 <span class="seg">am ET</span></time> <span class="visually-hidden updated">6:00 <span class="seg">am ET</span></span> <div class="name name-with-headshot" data-author="By Michael D. Shear" style="background-image: url('https://static01.nyt.com/images/2014/09/22/us/politics/Michael-D-Shear/First-Draft-avatars-slide-UKPX-thumbLarge.png');"> <address class="author vcard" itemprop="author creator" itemtype="//schema.org/Person"> <span class="fn">By Michael D. Shear</span> </address> </div> <div class="shareTools sharetools theme-classic sharetools-story" data-shares="facebook|Share,twitter|Tweet" data-url="https://www.nytimes.com/politics/first-draft/2016/05/03/john-boehner-was-enthusiastic-about-obama-video-white-house-says/" data-title="John Boehner Was ‘Enthusiastic’ About Obama Video, White House Says" data-description="White House officials said on Monday that Mr. Boehner was a good sport when they called to see if he would help produce a comedic video for the White House Correspondents' Association dinner."></div> </div> </div> <h3 itemprop="headline" class="entry-title"><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/politics/first-draft/2016/05/03/john-boehner-was-enthusiastic-about-obama-video-white-house-says/" rel="bookmark" class="entry-title-link " title="Permanent link to John Boehner Was ‘Enthusiastic’ About Obama Video, White House Says">John Boehner Was ‘Enthusiastic’ About Obama Video, White House Says</a></h3> <div class="hide-on-viewport-medium byline"> <time class="dateline " datetime="2016-05-03T10:00:51+00:00" itemprop="datePublished">6:00 <span class="seg">am ET</span></time> <span class="visually-hidden updated">6:00 <span class="seg">am ET</span></span> <div class="name name-with-headshot" data-author="By Michael D. Shear" style="background-image: url('https://static01.nyt.com/images/2014/09/22/us/politics/Michael-D-Shear/First-Draft-avatars-slide-UKPX-thumbLarge.png');"> <span class="author vcard" itemprop="author creator" itemtype="//schema.org/Person"> By <address class="vcard first-byline" itemscope="" itemprop="author creator" itemtype="//schema.org/Person" itemid="Michael D. Shear"> <span class="fn" itemprop="name">Michael D. Shear</span> </address> </span> </div> <div class="shareTools sharetools theme-classic sharetools-story" data-shares="facebook|Share,twitter|Tweet" data-url="https://www.nytimes.com/politics/first-draft/2016/05/03/john-boehner-was-enthusiastic-about-obama-video-white-house-says/" data-title="John Boehner Was ‘Enthusiastic’ About Obama Video, White House Says" data-description="White House officials said on Monday that Mr. Boehner was a good sport when they called to see if he would help produce a comedic video for the White House Correspondents' Association dinner."></div> </div> <div class="w592"> <figure class="media photo promo" itemprop="associatedMedia" itemscope="" itemid="https://static01.nyt.com/images/2016/05/02/us/02firstdraftnl-video/02firstdraftnl-video-tmagArticle.jpg" itemtype="//schema.org/ImageObject" role="group"><span class="visually-hidden">Photo</span> <div class="image"><img itemprop="url" itemid="https://static01.nyt.com/images/2016/05/02/us/02firstdraftnl-video/02firstdraftnl-video-tmagArticle.jpg" src="https://static01.nyt.com/images/2016/05/02/us/02firstdraftnl-video/02firstdraftnl-video-tmagArticle.jpg" id="100000004379856" width="592" height="395" alt="A screenshot of President Obama and John A. Boehner, the former House speaker, from “Couch Commander,” a comedic video played at the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner on Saturday."> <meta itemprop="height" content="395"> <meta itemprop="width" content="592"> </div> <figcaption class="caption" itemprop="description"><span class="caption-text">A screenshot of President Obama and John A. Boehner, the former House speaker, from “Couch Commander,” a comedic video played at the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner on Saturday.</span> <span class="credit" itemprop="copyrightHolder"><span class="visually-hidden">Credit</span> </span> </figcaption> </figure> </div> <p class="story-body-text" itemprop="articleBody">It was the most unexpected cameo of <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/01/us/politics/obama-needles-clinton-and-gop-field-at-correspondents-dinner.html">the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner</a> on Saturday: There, <a href="https://www.twitter.com/WhiteHouse/status/726603674181578752">in the video</a> with President Obama, was none other than John A. Boehner, the former House speaker. </p> <p class="story-body-text" itemprop="articleBody">On Monday, White House officials said that Mr. Boehner was a good sport when they called to see if he would join in the comedic tradition of producing a presidential video for the gala dinner.</p> <p class="story-body-text" itemprop="articleBody">“As was evident from the finished product, he was an enthusiastic participant in the production,” Josh Earnest, the White House press secretary, told reporters.</p> <p class="story-body-text" itemprop="articleBody">Filming took place on Friday, just a day before the dinner, and gave the president and his one-time legislative adversary plenty of time to hang out. Mr. Earnest said there was no separate, formal meeting, but he did not deny that they might have talked about current events.</p> <p class="story-body-text" itemprop="articleBody">The two men spent time together just a day after Mr. Boehner’s comments about Senator Ted Cruz of Texas — “Lucifer in the flesh” — <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/politics/first-draft/2016/04/28/john-boehner-ted-cruz/?_r=0">were reported</a>. Mr. Earnest said, “There was not a detailed discussion of those comments, no.”</p> <p class="story-body-text" itemprop="articleBody">But it’s clear they had a good time just from watching the video, especially the part where Mr. Boehner offers Mr. Obama a cigarette and the president’s eyes widen longingly.</p> <p class="story-body-text" itemprop="articleBody">“Look, Speaker Boehner has a well-known and very good sense of humor,” Mr. Earnest said. “He made, I think, a very positive contribution to our comedic efforts in the film.”</p> <p class="story-body-text" itemprop="articleBody">In <a href="https://www.twitter.com/SpeakerBoehner/status/726801048086700032">a post on Twitter</a> on Monday, Mr. Boehner said he had a good time filming the video with the president and noted that the “cigarette gag was president’s idea! 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