The Latest: Booker doesn't link Trump rhetoric to massacre
The Latest on the Democratic contenders for president (all times Eastern):
5:45 p.m.
New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker is criticizing President Donald Trump's "bigoted, sexist rhetoric" as "dangerous," but declined to fault him Saturday in the New Zealand mosque massacre.
Booker said Trump's rhetoric and the fact that he "can't even condemn Nazis" is dangerous, but said he's "not connecting it to any incidents." He made the comments to reporters after a campaign stop in Ottumwa, Iowa,
Booker said "there are white supremacist groups and right-wing groups that use his rhetoric as license for what they do. They talk about him being on their side. And that's unacceptable."
He said if elected president, he would instruct his Justice Department to investigate hate groups and "unequivocally denounce" hatred.
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4:15 p.m.
Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar says as president she would put forward a major infrastructure program that would help address flooding that is hitting parts of the Midwest.
The Democratic presidential candidate is campaigning in Iowa on Saturday in two riverfront communities, Waterloo and Dubuque, where flooding is expected soon.
She met with officials Friday in Minnesota to discuss preparations for what could be record flooding due to this year's heavy snowfall. That will also affect parts of Iowa.
President Donald Trump has pledged a "significant" infrastructure plan but has so far not advanced one. A big obstacle has been how to fund such a proposal.
Klobuchar told a crowd in Dubuque that the U.S. hasn't been investing like it should in infrastructure. She says one option to fund a plan would be raising the corporate tax rate, which was cut in Trump's 2017 tax bill.
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4 p.m.
Presidential candidate Beto...