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May 19, 2016
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Welcome to the CNN Politics Nightcap and good Thursday evening from Washington. Hillary Clinton was as harsh as she's ever been about both Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders. Meanwhile, Trump's new campaign chairman, Paul Manafort, was mending Republican fences at the Capitol Hill Club. Your bartender is Eric Bradner (http://www.cnn.com/profiles/eric-bradner?cid=nl_pol_071915_profile?sr=nl_pol_072215_bradner) . The tip jar: [email-masked] (mailto:[email-masked]) .

** Clinton: Trump is 'not qualified' for White House
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Hillary Clinton on Thursday labeled Republican rival Donald Trump "divisive and dangerous" and "unmoored," saying his recent behavior shows he's not qualified to be president. She made the comments in an interview with CNN's Chris Cuomo (http://www.cnn.com/2016/05/19/politics/hillary-clinton-on-egyptair-shines-a-very-bright-light-on-threat-of-terror/index.html) . "I know how hard this job is, and I know that we need steadiness as well as strength and smarts in it, and I have concluded he is not qualified to be president of the United States," Clinton said.

'Not qualified' was new. Clinton hadn't been willing to go that far before. Consider her dodge with CNN's Jake Tapper in late April when asked whether Trump was unqualified: "Well, the voters will have to decide. I'm going to lay out my qualifications to be president."

** Clinton's tough message for Sanders
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Hillary Clinton also didn't mince words about Bernie Sanders' fate, in her Cuomo interview. "I will be the nominee for my party, Chris. That is already done, in effect. There's no way that I won't be," she said.

Her message: Be like me in 2008. She told Sanders to observe what she did for Barack Obama after their hard-fought battle. "I did my part, but so did Sen. Obama," she said. "We went to Unity, New Hampshire, together, appeared together, spoke together and made it absolutely obvious that I was supporting him, that he was grateful for that support."

What to do with Sanders -- or, at least, get his supporters on board with Clinton's candidacy? Former Labor Secretary Robert Reich (a big Sanders backer) has an idea, per CNN's Edward Meagher (http://www.cnn.com/2016/05/19/politics/hillary-clinton-bernie-sanders-2016-2008/index.html) : "I personally think Elizabeth Warren would make a wonderful vice president."

The so far low-tech Trump operation is a unique challenge for Clinton's data-driven operation,writes Politico's Darren Samuelsohn (http://www.politico.com/story/2016/05/clintons-tech-team-stumbles-toward-trump-223347) .

** Manafort: Trump's Capitol Hill whisperer
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The day Paul Manafort was elevated to the role (http://www.cnn.com/2016/05/19/politics/paul-manafort-donald-trump-campaign-chairman/index.html) of Donald Trump's campaign chairman, the longtime Republican aide was working Capitol Hill hard (http://www.cnn.com/2016/05/19/politics/paul-manafort-donald-trump-paul-ryan-policy/index.html) . His morning started with a huddle with nine leaders of the hardline House Freedom Caucus, and then a meeting with a group of pro-Trump House members. Next up: An off-the-record lunch with Senate Republican chiefs of staff and meetings with some of Trump's detractors, including Utah Sen. Mike Lee, a former Ted Cruz supporter.

The job: Coax party unity out of an unruly bunch of lawmakers. He assured House conservatives that Trump "did not plan on changing any of the planks of the platform," said Tennessee Rep. Scott DesJarlais. And he insisted Trump's list of 11 potential Supreme Court justices won't be scrapped if he's in the White House. "I was pretty assured by our conversation today," said Rep. Raul Labrador of Idaho. For his part, Manafort told reporters the gaping policy differences between Trump and House Speaker Paul Ryan are just "semantics."

But is Manafort really "in" with Trump? The must-read New York Times Magazine piece by Robert Draper (http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/22/magazine/donald-trump-primary-win.html) includes a scene in which Trump tells Manafort: “Don’t tell me how to (expletive) do P.R.”
Buzzing

Arizona Sen. John McCain is getting in the party unity spirit (https://twitter.com/AliABCNews/status/733410276813373440) .

Last Call

** The end of 'The Boys on the Bus'
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The 2016 campaign has marked the sudden end of "The Boys on the Bus (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Boys_on_the_Bus) " era. Instead: Tons of great female reporters. Vogue's Irina Aleksander profiles the shift (http://www.vogue.com/13436451/campaign-reporting-politics-female-journalists/) , which is particularly reflected in Hillary Clinton's nearly all-female traveling press corps. Has it helped with the candidate? Says BuzzFeed's Ruby Cramer: “I wake up and think about her every day. She wakes up and thinks about me probably, like, never.” And Politico's Annie Karni: “I think she hates us.”

Some oddball reads today:

Trump's black vs. white idea: BuzzFeed's McKay Coppins reports (https://www.buzzfeed.com/mckaycoppins/donald-trump-wanted-a-white-versus-black-season-of-the-appre?utm_term=.dtoLpAMZLw#.kewjJ3yYjX) that Donald Trump once wanted to "pit black contestants against white ones in the televised battle for boardroom supremacy" on "The Apprentice."

How not to tell a joke: Republican state Rep. Kenny Harvard of Louisiana "filed what's known around the Capitol as a 'joke amendment' that would have required strip club dancers to be no older than 28 and no heavier than 160 pounds," per The New Orleans Times-Picayune's Kevin Litten (http://www.nola.com/politics/index.ssf/2016/05/house_strippers_age_21_legisla.html) .

** House chaos over LGBT proposal's defeat
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From CNN's Deirdre Walsh (http://www.cnn.com/2016/05/19/politics/house-democrats-republicans-lgbt-proposal/index.html) : House Democrats and Republicans confronted each other after a Democratic proposal to ban taxpayer money for federal contractors who discriminate against LGBT workers was defeated minutes after it appeared to have the votes to pass. The chaotic scene -- accompanied by angry chants of "shame, shame, shame" -- included one Democrat facing off with the second-highest-ranking House Republican, accusations of foul play and a series of insults being traded openly on the House floor.
Straight Up

** "I want to go up to every single one of them and apologize. I want to go up to every single one of them and tell them how grateful I am that they are in this country and apologize on behalf of the Republican Party for Donald Trump."
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**
-- Former Sen. Bob Bennett, on his deathbed, about Muslims working at George Washington University Hospital, in a story told by his family to The Daily Beast's Tim Mak (http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/05/18/dying-gop-senator-apologizes-to-muslims-for-donald-trump.html) .
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Closing Time

Former House Speaker Dennis Hastert's 15-month prison sentence starts (http://www.cnn.com/2016/05/19/politics/denny-hastert-june-22-jail/index.html) June 22. ... A group of 25 Republican senators is lobbying the Obama administration to stay out of transgender bathroom (http://www.cnn.com/2016/05/19/politics/republican-senators-transgender-bathroom-guidelines/index.html) issues. ... Jesse Jackson wants Bernie Sanders to make sure his supporters know the only options in November aren't "stay home or support Trump (http://www.cnn.com/2016/05/19/politics/jesse-jackson-bernie-sanders-unity/index.html) ."
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