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Thursday 14 January 2016

Governor, House leader offer new Republican answer to Trump

South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley speaks to the crowd at the Kemp Forum in Columbia, S.C. Two Wednesday that her com- Haley provide an impor-
fresh faces in the Republican Party, Haley House Speaker Paul Ryan are offering messages of ments were partly aimed tant contrast, particularly
openness and diversity that could answer the GOP establishment’s increasingly desperate search at Trump, telling NBC tele- with independent voters,
for an antidote to the loud pronouncements of presidential front-runner Donald Trump. vision’s “Today Show”: “Mr. to show what the Repub-
Trump has definitely con- lican Party is really about,
(AP Photo/Sean Rayford) tributed to what I think is and it’s not about Donald
just irresponsible talk.” Trump,” said Brian Walsh, a
ERICA WERNER the party establishment’s Indian immigrants who has Ryan, the Republican be- Republican strategist. “The
AP Congressional Corre- increasingly desperate been mentioned as a pos- ginning his third month as key, though, is continuing
spondent search for an antidote to sible vice presidential nomi- speaker of the House, has to shine a light on leaders
WASHINGTON (AP) — Two the loud pronouncements nee, called for welcoming been pledging to offer a like the two of them, and
fresh faces in the Republi- of presidential front-runner legal immigrants to the bold agenda that will po- that will depend in part on
can Party — House Speaker Donald Trump. country as long as they’re sition the party as a posi- who we nominate.”
Paul Ryan and South Caro- Delivering the Republi- properly vetted, and for re- tive alternative to Obama Whether Haley or Ryan
lina Gov. Nikki Haley — are can rebuttal to President sisting the temptation “to and the Democrats. Last can do anything to side-
offering messages of diver- Barack Obama’s State of follow the siren call of the weekend he helped con- line Trump or Cruz remains
sity and openness to immi- the Union address Tuesday angriest voices.” vene an anti-poverty sum- to be seen. That’s not their
grants that could answer night, Haley, a daughter of She acknowledged mit with some of the party’s explicit goal, and Haley, in
presidential candidates — particular, drew a backlash
Trump was absent — where from some conservatives
he pressed for “a safety net for her State of the Union
that is designed to help get rebuttal.
people out of poverty.” And at the Capitol, Haley’s
Such rhetoric from two comments on immigration
young and charismatic of- were being interpreted by
ficeholders cheers estab- House conservatives in-
lishment Republicans who cluding Rep. Steve King, a
fear that the rise of Trump Cruz supporter, as a call for
and of Texas Sen. Ted Cruz unlimited legal immigration
— with their frequent strong into the country, something
words on immigrants in the they reject.
country illegally — could “I keep trying to remember
ruin the party for years, when a principled conser-
eliminating any chance of vative has been given the
winning the White House if opportunity to provide that
either is the nominee and rebuttal,” King told report-
turning off swing voters, mi- ers, adding that Haley’s
norities and women. comments would indicate
“Speaker Ryan and Gov. she’s not one.q

1st black US attorney general endorses Clinton for president

BILL BARROW top law enforcement ap- 27 primary and potentially one of the initial four states checks on certain gun pur-
Associated Press pointee for more than five in other Southern primaries to vote where black vot- chases, but he has argued
CHARLESTON, South Caro- years, said Clinton “is the that follow in March. ers anchor the Democratic that rural communities, like
lina (AP) — Hillary Clinton candidate that we need Holder said the former sec- Party base of support. Polls those he represents in Ver-
has secured an endorse- in the White House” to con- retary of state “has bold in overwhelmingly white mont, rightfully view gun
ment from the nation’s first tinue “the progress of Presi- plans to address police Iowa and New Hampshire restrictions more skeptically
black attorney general as dent Obama.” brutality, fight for common show Sanders either lead- than many urban residents,
she works to maintain an The country’s former top sense reforms to our gun ing or nearly deadlocked including many African-
advantage among Afri- lawyer will campaign for laws.” with Clinton. Clinton has Americans. Gun violence
can-American voters in her Clinton in an upcoming He did not name fellow emphasized her support is particularly important to
quest for the Democratic swing to South Carolina. Democratic candidate for tougher gun laws, try- black voters in South Caro-
presidential nomination. African-American voters Sen. Bernie Sanders, in- ing to paint Sanders as an lina. In June, a white gun-
The Clinton campaign an- favor Clinton by a wide stead focusing on Repub- ally of gun manufacturers man entered a historically
nounced Eric Holder’s sup- margin according to pref- licans he said would “tear based on some of his pre- black church in Charleston
port in a statement to The erence polls, and they will down our progress on civil vious votes in the Senate. and killed the minister and
Associated Press. likely make up a majority rights, health care and Sanders supports Obama’s eight others, drawing a na-
Holder, who served as of the Democratic elector- curbing gun violence.” recent executive action tional outcry.q
President Barack Obama’s ate in South Carolina’s Feb. South Carolina is the only to expand background