Ted Cruz's only event tomorrow is his rally in Knightstown, Indiana at 7 pm, to be held in the gym from Hoosiers.
Original Tweet:
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Rally with Ted Cruz
Tuesday, April 26
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Hoosier Gym
355 North Washington
Knightstown, IN 46148

From: Sorbie, Sean
Sent: Monday, April 25, 2016 8:59 AM
To: Comm_D
Subject: Event: Cruz to stay in Indiana Tomorrow

Patrick Svitek @PatrickSvitek
20m20 minutes ago
Austin, TX
Per local report, @TedCruz
will be in Indiana for his fourth straight day tomorrow, when the northeast states vote:

Breaking news: Presidential candidate Ted Cruz will hold a rally at the Hoosier Gym Tuesday at 11am. Stay tuned for more.
355 N Washington St, Knightstown, IN 46148
Best,
Sean Sorbie
Tracking Coordinator
Democratic National Committee
Office: (202) 488-5004
Cell: (727)458-8583
[SigDems]


We need to discuss. I don't political handling this with state party.
We need to check the logistics in the room. No mics in the audience, mags, etc.
Is the banquet open press. It really shouldn't be.
We need you to meet with DWS.  Check with Garret.
- TP


yep, just sent!
On May 18, 2016, at 1:42 PM, Banfill, Ryan
> wrote:
Do we have the Andrea Mitchell piggyback info, yet?
Sent from my iPhone
Pablo Manriquez
Democratic National Committee
Phone: 202.572.5488
Email: pablo@dnc.org
web: democrats.org
Twitter: @Pablo_DNC


Hey Luis - for future, that's my personal cell phone so if you could stick with email that would be great. No worries on this one. Such fun!  :-)
Sent from my iPhone
On May 17, 2016, at 5:26 PM, Miranda, Luis
> wrote:
Hi Yamiche, I'm connecting you here with April who runs our convention communications team and can speak generally to security. However, as I said when we spoke on background, we won't respond specifically to any particular claim or suggestion at this point. April's number is 610-505-0382.
Luis Miranda, Communications Director
Democratic National Committee
202-863-8148 - MirandaL@dnc.org
- @MiraLuisDC


Bumping this, luis?
From: Geller, Eddie
Sent: Tuesday, May 03, 2016 3:38 PM
To: Video-Vetting_d
Subject: For Approval: GOP doesn’t appreciate teachers
Hi everyone,
Attached is a script for a video Comms requested about how the GOP doesn’t appreciate teachers — let us know if you have any flags and thank you!


Buckley
From: Nordyke, Hannah
Sent: Friday, May 20, 2016 9:33 PM
To: Freundlich, Christina; Comm_D
Subject: RE: Video request: Rachel Maddow now
ASDC
From: Freundlich, Christina
Sent: Friday, May 20, 2016 9:12 PM
To: Comm_D
Subject: Re: Video request: Rachel Maddow now
Buckley is on now
On Fri, May 20, 2016 at 6:09 PM -0700, "Freundlich, Christina"
> wrote:
Discussing the ASDC meeting and Nevada


Did the “Fembot arrested for having really bad hair” headline give it away?
[SigDems]
Luis Miranda, Communications Director
Democratic National Committee
202-863-8148 – MirandaL@dnc.org
- @MiraLuisDC
From: Walker, Eric
Sent: Tuesday, May 03, 2016 5:26 PM
To: Freundlich, Christina; Walsh, Tom; Paustenbach, Mark; Miranda, Luis
Subject: RE: Trump Praises National Enquirer’s Standard of Journalism
So I think that’s actually a fake cover….
From: Freundlich, Christina
Sent: Tuesday, May 03, 2016 5:21 PM
To: Walsh, Tom; Walker, Eric; Paustenbach, Mark; Miranda, Luis
Subject: Trump Praises National Enquirer’s Standard of Journalism
Trump Praises National Enquirer’s Standard of Journalism
After spending years of taking every opportunity to bash the freedom of the press, Donald Trump today on Sean Hannity Radio spoke highly of his favorite outlet, the National Enquirer.
LISTEN
TRUMP: And then in the meantime, as you know, there was a picture a few weeks ago, it was all over the place, that Lee Harvey Oswald and his father a few months before…
HANNITY: Was that verified before….I saw something on the internet
TRUMP: It was a picture put in…and they wouldn’t put it in if they couldn’t be sued, that I can tell you. They are very big professionals. It was put in, and by the way, Ted Cruz I don’t think denied it at the news conference. They don’t do things unless they can be verified.
So if that is the case…


Mark Paustenbach
National Press Secretary &
Deputy Communications Director
Democratic National Committee
202.863.8148
paustenbachm@dnc.org
Begin forwarded message:
From: "Price, Jenna"
>
Date: May 9, 2016 at 9:36:36 AM EDT
To: "Paustenbach, Mark"
>
Subject: RE: Use this
Are we good with this version to send?
For Immediate Release
May 9, 2016
Contact – DNC Press 202-863-8148
DNC Chair Statement on Republican Senator Admitting Senate Republicans Should do Their Job on Supreme Court
WASHINGTON - DNC Chair Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz issued the following statement on Senator Jeff Flake's comments on Meet the Press yesterday that if Republicans lose the presidential election they "ought to approve [Chief Judge Garland] quickly:"
"Senator Flake's comments yesterday are a reminder that Republicans are playing political games with the Supreme Court. Chief Judge Garland is the most qualified nominee to immediately serve on the Supreme Court with more federal judicial experience than any other nominee in history, he should get a fair hearing and a vote. That the GOP has nominated a reckless and dangerous candidate in Donald Trump who lacks the temperament and judgment to serve -- much less appoint a Supreme Court justice -- should be enough for Republicans in the Senate to do their job now, not recklessly leave a Supreme Court seat unfilled until November."
###
From: Paustenbach, Mark
Sent: Monday, May 09, 2016 9:36 AM
To: Price, Jenna
Subject: Use this
Mark Paustenbach
National Press Secretary &
Deputy Communications Director
Democratic National Committee
202.863.8148
paustenbachm@dnc.org
Begin forwarded message:
From: "Banfill, Ryan"
>
Date: May 8, 2016 at 4:58:45 PM EDT
To: "Lykins, Tyler"
>
Cc: "Miranda, Luis"
>, "Manriquez, Pablo"
>, "Crystal, Andy"
>, Comm_D
>, RR2
>
Subject: Re: Jeff Flake on SCOTUS
Just revise by adding the chair's "not recklessly" close to the statement and it is good to send.
See below:
.... enough for Republicans in the Senate to do their job now, not recklessly leave a Supreme Court seat unfilled until November."
Sent from my iPhone
On May 8, 2016, at 4:47 PM, Lykins, Tyler
> wrote:
I think she might have looked at the first version, here is the version we sent back with research edits in green.
Thanks in advance.
DNC Statement on Republican Senator Admitting Senate Republicans Should do Their Job on Supreme Court
WASHINGTON - DNC Chair Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz issued the following statement on Senator Jeff Flake's comments on Meet the Press today that if Republicans lose the presidential election they "ought to approve [Chief Judge Garland] quickly:"
"Senator Flake's comments today are a reminder that Republicans are playing political games with the Supreme Court. Chief Judge Garland is the most qualified nominee to immediately serve on the Supreme Court with more federal judicial experpience than any other nominee in history, America’s history and as the Constitution requires, he should get a fair hearing and a vote. That the GOP has nominated a reckless and dangerous candidate in Donald Trump who lacks the temperament and judgment to serve -- much less appoint a Supreme Court justice -- should be enough for Republicans in the Senate to do their job now, not wait till November."
From: "Banfill, Ryan"
>
Date: Sun, 8 May 2016 16:25:49 -0400
To: "Miranda, Luis"
>
Cc: "Manriquez, Pablo"
>, "Crystal, Andy"
>, Comm_D
>, RR2
>
Subject: Re: Jeff Flake on SCOTUS
Here it is with the Chair's changes.
DNC Statement on Republican Senator Admitting Senate Republicans Should do Their Job on Supreme Court
WASHINGTON - DNC Chair Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz issued the following statement on Senator Jeff Flake's comments on Meet the Press today that if Republicans lose the presidential election they "ought to approve [Judge Garland] quickly:"
"Senator Flake's comments today are a reminder that Republicans are playing political games with the Supreme Court. Judge Garland is the most qualified nominee in America's history and as the Constitution requires, he should get a fair hearing and a vote. That the GOP has nominated a reckless and dangerous candidate in Donald Trump who lacks the temperament and judgment to serve -- much less appoint a Supreme Court Justice -- should be enough for Republicans in the Senate to do their job now, not recklessly leave a Supreme Court seat unfilled until November."
###
Sent from my BlackBerry 10 smartphone.
From: Banfill, Ryan
Sent: Sunday, May 8, 2016 3:54 PM
To: Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Subject: Fwd: Jeff Flake on SCOTUS
See below for approval.
Sent from my iPhone
Begin forwarded message:
From: "Manriquez, Pablo"
>
Date: May 8, 2016 at 2:47:31 PM EDT
To: "Miranda, Luis"
>
Cc: "Crystal, Andy"
>, Comm_D
>, RR2
>, "Banfill, Ryan"
>
Subject: Re: Jeff Flake on SCOTUS
Adding Ryan from Chair’s team to make sure she gets this ASAP. Thanks!
On May 8, 2016, at 2:26 PM, Miranda, Luis
> wrote:
Let's hit this. Plus RR2
DNC Statement on Republican Senator Admitting Senate Republicans Should do Their Job on Supreme Court
WASHINGTON - DNC Chair Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz issued the following statement on Senator Jeff Flake's comments on Meet the Press today that if Republicans lose the presidential election they "ought to approve [Judge Garland] quickly:"
"Senator Flake's comments today are a reminder that Republicans are playing political games with the Supreme Court. Judge Garland is the most qualified nominee in America's history and as the Constitution requires, he should get a fair hearing and a vote. That the GOP has nominated a reckless and dangerous candidate in Donald Trump who lacks the temperament and judgment to serve -- much less appoint a Supreme Court Justice -- should be enough for republicans in the Senate to do their job now, not wait till November."
###
Sent via the Samsung GALAXY S®4, an AT&T 4G LTE smartphone
-------- Original message --------
From: "Crystal, Andy"
>
Date: 05/08/2016 2:13 PM (GMT-05:00)
To: Comm_D
>
Subject: Jeff Flake on SCOTUS
[Image removed by sender.]
daveweigel (@daveweigel
)
5/8/16, 11:13 AM
Jeff Flake on Garland (on MTP), just straight giving the game away: "If we lose the election then we ought to approve him quickly."
Download
the Twitter app
Sent from my iPhone
Pablo Manriquez
Democratic National Committee
Phone: 202.572.5488
Email: pablo@dnc.org
web: democrats.org
Twitter: @Pablo_DNC
Sent from my iPhone
On May 8, 2016, at 4:24 PM, Miranda, Luis
> wrote:
It's so late let's get her to sign off and we'll use in the AM
Sent via the Samsung GALAXY S®4, an AT&T 4G LTE smartphone
-------- Original message --------
From: "Banfill, Ryan"
>
Date: 05/08/2016 3:55 PM (GMT-05:00)
To: "Manriquez, Pablo"
>
Cc: "Miranda, Luis"
>, "Crystal, Andy"
>, Comm_D
>, RR2
>
Subject: Re: Jeff Flake on SCOTUS
I've been at the beach, celebrating Mother's Day and had no signal. Just sent to Chair who is also off the grid.
Ryan
Sent from my iPhone
On May 8, 2016, at 2:47 PM, Manriquez, Pablo
> wrote:
Adding Ryan from Chair’s team to make sure she gets this ASAP. Thanks!
On May 8, 2016, at 2:26 PM, Miranda, Luis
> wrote:
Let's hit this. Plus RR2
DNC Statement on Republican Senator Admitting Senate Republicans Should do Their Job on Supreme Court
WASHINGTON - DNC Chair Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz issued the following statement on Senator Jeff Flake's comments on Meet the Press today that if Republicans lose the presidential election they "ought to approve [Judge Garland] quickly:"
"Senator Flake's comments today are a reminder that Republicans are playing political games with the Supreme Court. Judge Garland is the most qualified nominee in America's history and as the Constitution requires, he should get a fair hearing and a vote. That the GOP has nominated a reckless and dangerous candidate in Donald Trump who lacks the temperament and judgment to serve -- much less appoint a Supreme Court Justice -- should be enough for republicans in the Senate to do their job now, not wait till November."
###
Sent via the Samsung GALAXY S®4, an AT&T 4G LTE smartphone
-------- Original message --------
From: "Crystal, Andy"
>
Date: 05/08/2016 2:13 PM (GMT-05:00)
To: Comm_D
>
Subject: Jeff Flake on SCOTUS
[Image removed by sender.]
daveweigel (@daveweigel
)
5/8/16, 11:13 AM
Jeff Flake on Garland (on MTP), just straight giving the game away: "If we lose the election then we ought to approve him quickly."
Download
the Twitter app
Sent from my iPhone
Pablo Manriquez
Democratic National Committee
Phone: 202.572.5488
Email: pablo@dnc.org
web: democrats.org
Twitter: @Pablo_DNC


From: Hillary for America Press
Sent: Wednesday, May 11, 2016 12:35 PM
To: Hillary for America Press
Subject: The Trump Tax Plan -- By the Billionaire, For the Billionaires
[Inline image 1]
The Trump Tax Plan -- By the Billionaire, For the Billionaires
Tax plan Trump called “tremendous” and “inspiring” will add $34 trillion to the debt, at the expense of working families, seniors, and economy
The trillions in tax cuts for millionaires, billionaires and corporations laid out in Donald Trump’s tax plan would be an enormous boon for the top one percent of earners, made at the expense of working families, seniors and the health of our economy.
Trump extensively praised the plan when he released it, calling it “inspiring,” “tremendous” and saying it would lead to an “amazing” tax code. Now, after a little pressure, he says he’s going to revisit his tax plan. But his risky and regressive tax proposal
is laid out on his website, in black and white, and has been available since last year for anyone to see.
Trump’s plan would increase the national debt by $34 trillion and cut millionaires’ taxes to the lowest level in modern history as a share of their incomes, while one analysis found middle class families could lose more than $2,000 a year with all the cuts needed to pay for it.
Read the fact sheet below for the details of Trump’s tax plan:
FACT SHEET: Trump’s Risky and Regressive Tax Plan Slashes Taxes for Millionaires and Corporations
Donald Trump wants to run the American economy like the companies he drove in and out of bankruptcy: running up debt by the billions, and running it into the ground. His tax plan
would slash tax rates for millionaires, billionaires, and the largest corporations – adding $34 trillion to our national debt over 20 years
according to independent, non-partisan experts. His plan would provide a tax cut of $1.3 million per year
for multimillionaires in the top 0.1%, giving them a raise of $100,000 per month, and shower $3 trillion
on millionaires and billionaires over the next 10 years. And ordinary families would be left holding the bag, with the top 0.1% of taxpayers getting more relief than the bottom 60% combined.
Trump’s proposal is a plan for the billionaires, by the billionaire. Despite his attempt at a general election “makeover,” his tax plan shows how unreliable and unready Trump is to manage the largest economy in the world, and make sure the tax code is not rigged for the wealthy and big corporations:
*   Trump’s tax plan would be great for Trump – slashing taxes for millionaires by $3 trillion, and giving multi-millionaires a raise of $100,000 per month: Trump and his tax plan are a perfect example of a rigged system that showers millionaires and billionaires with tax breaks they do not need. His plan would
give $3 trillion over 10 years or more than 35% of its tax breaks to millionaires, enough money to ensure Medicare and Social Security’s solvency for the next 75 years, repair our ailing infrastructure, or raise every person now living in poverty up to the poverty line. Trump would
give multi-millionaires in the top 0.1% like himself a raise of $1.3 million a year, or $100,000 a month.
*   Trump is right to call himself the “king of debt,” because his tax plan would add $34 trillion to the debt over the next two decades: The independent, non-partisan Tax Policy Center analyzed Trump’s tax plan and found
: “Including interest costs, the proposal would add $11.2 trillion to the national debt by 2026 and $34.1 trillion by 2036 . . . . Assuming the tax cuts are not offset by spending cuts, the national debt would rise by an estimated 39 percent of GDP in 2026 and by nearly 80 percent of GDP by 2036.” Americans worried about whether he is prepared to lead our economy should take him seriously when he says
, “I am the king of debt. I do love debt. I love debt and I love playing with it.”
*   Trump’s tax plan provides more than $3 trillion in tax breaks for corporations – and slashes tax rates on hedge funds and Wall Street money managers by one-third: Trump’s tax plan slashes corporate tax rates, cutting
taxes for corporations by more than $3 trillion over 10 years. Additionally, despite claims to the contrary, the plan gives an even bigger tax break to hedge funds and Wall Street money managers that today benefit from the “carried interest” loophole, which can allow them to pay lower rates than middle-class families. That is because the plan lowers tax rates on their kind of business - as the Tax Policy Center describes
, “carried interest would be taxed at a much lower rate than under current law…because the entities that earn carried interest income are organized as partnerships…Under the Trump plan, that income would be taxed at a top rate of 15 percent, a reduction of more than one-third.”
*   Trump’s tax breaks for millionaires would leave working families holding the bag: Under Trump’s plan, the top 0.1% of taxpayers, the wealthiest 1 out of every 1,000, earning multiple millions of dollars a year on average, would get more tax relief than the bottom 60% of taxpayers combined. One analysis
found that the net effect of Trump’s enormous tax cuts for the wealthiest and the spending cuts that could be needed to pay for them would leave working families far worse off: a middle class family would lose, not gain, more than $2,000.
Trump’s tax plan and irresponsible statements clearly demonstrate the risk a Trump presidency would bring to working families. Hillary Clinton, on the other hand, will bring America together to expand and strengthen Social Security and Medicare, rein in risk on Wall Street, close special tax breaks for the wealthiest and largest corporations, and create good-paying jobs with rising incomes for middle-class families. She believes that instead of showering tax cuts on the most fortunate and leaving ordinary Americans to fend for themselves, we need to break down barriers and build an economy where we can grow together.
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She wants to know the status. Any updates?
On May 2, 2016, at 6:29 PM, Miranda, Luis
> wrote:
Unfortunately not. Have reached out again.
Luis Miranda, Communications Director
Democratic National Committee
202-863-8148 – MirandaL@dnc.org
- @MiraLuisDC
From: Bonosky, Garret
Sent: Monday, May 02, 2016 6:05 PM
To: Miranda, Luis; Paustenbach, Mark; Manriquez, Pablo; Kate Houghton
Subject: Jimmy Kimmel
Any update on this?
Garret Bonosky
Deputy Director
Office of the Chair
Democratic National Committee


I'd like to blast this instead of us doing a round-up/statement. Great explainer, including how trump's language is dog whistling
From: Helmstetter, TJ
Sent: Tuesday, May 17, 2016 12:29 PM
To: Comm_D
Subject: Vox: trumps's trans position is incoherent

Donald Trump's position on transgender rights is incoherent, not "nuanced"
The Washington Post picked an interesting word
to describe Donald Trump's new position on legal protections for transgender people: "nuanced."
A better word, however, might be "incoherent."
Trans people are "a very, very small portion of the population, but as I said, you have to protect everybody, including small portions of the population," Trump told the Post. But he added that it should be left to the states, most of which he said would "make the right decisions." So he would rescind the Obama administration's guidelines
telling federally funded schools to respect the rights of trans people, including their right to use a bathroom that aligns with their gender identity.
In other words, Trump thinks trans people should be protected by the law, but he wants to take away the only federal policy clearly doing just that in public schools. Pressed on this incoherent position, he invoked the old mantra of "states' rights."
As a concept, leaving something to the states makes sense if there's something local and state governments can do better than the federal government, or if it would be too burdensome or unwieldy for the federal government to get involved. A good example of that: fire departments. There's really no reason to think a federal fire department would be particularly more effective in a big city or county than a local one. (Obviously, some exceptions may apply with wildfires and in sparsely populated or low-income areas.)
Discrimination in schools is not one of those issues. The history and current experience make that very clear.
States have and still are failing at prohibiting discrimination
We have seen how this plays out already - in the 1960s, when the federal government had to step in to force schools to stop discriminating against black people. It's one of the big reasons the Civil Rights Act passed in the first place.
Similarly, the federal government passed Title IX in the 1970s after it became clear that states were failing to ensure equal opportunities for women in schools.
Now the country is seeing the same kind of failure with trans people. For one, most states do not have explicit anti-discrimination protections for trans people in the workplace, housing, education, or public accommodations (hotels, restaurants, and other places that serve the public). So it's not explicitly illegal under most states' laws to fire, evict, or refuse service to someone entirely because she's trans.
In fact, some states are actively discriminating against trans people. That's what North Carolina did when it passed a law
that banned local nondiscrimination ordinances that include sexual orientation and gender identity, and banned trans people from using the bathroom that aligns with their gender identity in schools and government buildings.
Some people might wonder why denying trans people access to the bathroom for their gender identity is discrimination. It's simple: Forcing trans people to use the bathroom that doesn't align with their gender identity acts as a reminder that, as far as society has come on some LGBTQ issues, it's still not completely willing to accept trans people and their identities - even if trans people pose no danger to anyone else
. So to trans people, this is just another slight by society. And it's a slight most states allow - and that North Carolina explicitly embraced.
This is why the Obama administration got involved. If the country believes that anti-LGBTQ discrimination should be illegal (and majorities do in every state
), but states aren't stopping that discrimination from happening, it makes sense for the federal government - which has historically done this when states fail - to intervene, especially in schools the federal government funds. That's exactly what happened.
Trump's position sounds more like a dodge
[Donald Trump in West Virginia.]Mark Lyons/Getty ImagesDonald Trump in West Virginia.
Given this history and Trump's position, it's odd that Trump would say this issue should be left to the states.
It does, however, make sense if you see it as a dodge. After all, "states' rights" has long been the mantra of national-level politicians who want to stay out of touchy issues when they know where the country or their party is going. For example, Hillary Clinton said in 2006 that same-sex marriage should be left up to the states
. And John McCain said the same of same-sex marriage
in 2008.
Trump seems to be in a similar position. He says he wants to protect trans people. But he probably realizes that some members of the Republican Party, particularly religious conservatives, wouldn't appreciate that position. So "states' rights" it is.
TJ Helmstetter
Deputy Director of Regional and Specialty Media
Democratic National Committee
202.863.8022 - desk
973.464.9224 - cell
HelmstetterT@DNC.org


This is something he should get asked about given the things states have done thus far:
“He repeatedly said transgender people should be protected under the law and said he believed most states would ‘make the right decisions.’”
From: Freundlich, Christina
Sent: Monday, May 16, 2016 5:48 PM
To: Comm_D
Subject: WaPo: Trump: Rescind Obama’s transgender directives, but ‘protect everybody’
Trump: Rescind Obama’s transgender directives, but ‘protect everybody’
By Philip Rucker and Robert Costa May 16 at 5:37 PM
NEW YORK -- Donald Trump vowed Monday that if elected president he would rescind the Obama administration's new directives aimed at protecting transgender people against discrimination in schools and health-care coverage.
But even as Trump accused the administration of federal overreach and argued that such matters should be addressed by the states, the Republican Party's presumptive nominee also sounded a more compassionate tone and offered a more nuanced outlook than many of his party's elected leaders.
Trump said in an interview with The Washington Post that the government must act "to protect all people" and that he was eager to learn more about the movement for transgender rights.
"It is a very, very small portion of the population, but as I said, you have to protect everybody, including small portions of the population," Trump said during the interview at his 26th-floor office at Trump Tower here in Manhattan.
Last Friday, the Obama administration both directed public schools nationwide to allow transgender students to use the bathroom of their choice and prohibited health insurance providers from denying coverage and services based on gender identity to transgender Americans.
The landmark directives sparked an immediate backlash from conservatives, who called them a violation of states' rights, as did Trump. Some prominent Republican leaders suggested the new rules would endanger innocent children. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R), who threatened to sue, said Obama was trying to "bully Texas schools into allowing men to have open access to girls in bathrooms."
But Trump, in a lengthy discussion on the issue Monday, spoke in a markedly different manner. He repeatedly said transgender people should be protected under the law and said he believed most states would "make the right decisions."
Asked if he thought the issue had been overblown, Trump said, "I don't think so, because you've got to protect all people, even though it's a tiny percentage of 1 percent. I think from that standpoint, [states] should come up with a policy that’s going to work for everybody and protect people."
Obama sees transgender rights as a modern civil rights issue, but Trump offered a different characterization: "I think it's a people thing."
"I think we have to help people," Trump said. "I don’t view it as civil rights or not civil rights. I think it’s something where we have to help people -- and hopefully the states will make the right decisions.”
Asked whether he has had any personal exposure to transgender people, perhaps as an employer or through social settings, Trump said he did not.
“I have not had any exposure to it at all," Trump said. He added, "Now, I may not know about it, but I do not think I have any exposure to it from the standpoint of knowing people."
But Trump said he wants to learn more about the transgender experience in America.
"It's actually a very interesting subject to me," Trump said. "It's certainly an issue that's getting a lot of play and it's an issue that I'm studying very closely."


Agree. This segment will be very narrowly focused on creating awareness of how voters are getting screwed over by Republicans, how Democrats are fighting back, and how minority voters will shape the 2016 election.
…like slow-pitching the Bambino. Pratt should be able to knock this one out of the park.
On May 9, 2016, at 4:02 PM, Jefferson, Deshundra
> wrote:
Maggie is a big enough D for both of them ;-)
It’s a long interview but I think that he would be fine.
From: Manriquez, Pablo
Sent: Monday, May 09, 2016 2:48 PM
To: Walker, Eric
Cc: Miranda, Luis; Paustenbach, Mark; Price, Jenna; Jefferson, Deshundra
Subject: Re: Request - PRATT//SIRIUS XM//MAGGIE LINTON//1 or 3 JUNE
Up to you. Deshundra/Jenna/Pablo just talked to show’s host. They can of course correct me if I’m wrong but my instinct is that Maggie Linton and Pratt Wiley are cut from the same Big D Democrat stock.
On May 9, 2016, at 2:45 PM, Walker, Eric
> wrote:
Not in the habit of doing 30 min interviews. Lots of opportunity for a slip, and then it becomes “DNC official says X” and it’s an issue
From: Manriquez, Pablo
Sent: Monday, May 09, 2016 2:43 PM
To: Miranda, Luis; Paustenbach, Mark; Walker, Eric
Cc: Price, Jenna; Jefferson, Deshundra
Subject: Request - PRATT//SIRIUS XM//MAGGIE LINTON//1 or 3 JUNE
WHO:                         Pratt Wiley and Maggie Linton
WHAT:                      30 minute live radio interview on SIRIUS XM’s “Urban” channel show “The Maggie Linton Show” to discuss the state of voter expansion in the 2016 race.
WHEN:                      There are available hit times of which we can chose one. They are 1 June (11a, 11:30a ET), 3 June  (11a, 11:30a ET).
WHERE:                    SIRUS XM DC Bureau
Pablo Manriquez
Democratic National Committee
Phone: 202.572.5488
Email: pablo@dnc.org
web: democrats.org
Twitter: @Pablo_DNC
Pablo Manriquez
Democratic National Committee
Phone: 202.572.5488
Email: pablo@dnc.org
web: democrats.org
Twitter: @Pablo_DNC
Pablo Manriquez
Democratic National Committee
Phone: 202.572.5488
Email: pablo@dnc.org
web: democrats.org
Twitter: @Pablo_DNC


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Might have been se cupp
On Apr 26, 2016, at 10:06 PM, Deutsch-Feldman, Ezra
> wrote:
Checked CNN but didn’t see Ingraham. She is a Fox news contributor so I don’t think she is on CNN tonight.
Ezra
From: Corinne Matti
Sent: Tuesday, April 26, 2016 9:54 PM
To: Comm_D
Subject: video request: CNN laura ingram now
just bashing the hell out of trump. about 3-4 mins ago


Additional notes
Anthony Scaramucci on Fox News
Public financing?
-       Obama didn't take it in 2008
-       Under $200 million
-       "It is not enough money, not enough rocket fuel to get you to the presidency."
Only need $500 million?
-       Trump's stated goal in $1 billion.
-       Only needs $500 million because he has universal name recognition
-       Just needs money for ground operation, etc
Tax Returns breaking with tradition?
-       Billionaire running is an "unusual circumstance"
-       First entrepreneur to go straight into White House
-       First since Eisenhower with no political experience
-          Returns are "super complicated"
What doesn't he want people to see?
-          Complicated returns, under audit
-          Doesn't want to open them up to opposition research poking holes
-          Wants to focus instead on creating middle-class jobs
-          Non-material issue to the campaign
-          Optional. Clearly not a legal issue, because IRS would do something
From: Bhatnagar, Akshai
Sent: Wednesday, May 11, 2016 2:28 PM
To: Sarge, Matthew; Comm_D
Cc: DJTspeaks@hillaryclinton.com
Subject: RE: Video Request: Scaramucci on Fox News
Watch here
From: Sarge, Matthew
Sent: Wednesday, May 11, 2016 2:22 PM
To: Comm_D
Cc: DJTspeaks@hillaryclinton.com
Subject: RE: Video Request: Scaramucci on Fox News
Scaramucci on Fox News
Says Trump will need less money than traditional candidates
First entrepreneur to go straight into White House
Tax Returns?
-          Too complicated
-          Doesn't want to open them up to opposition research poking holes
-          Wants to focus instead on creating middle-class jobs
-          Non-material issue to the campaign
-          Optional. Clearly not a legal issue, because IRS would do something
From: Sarge, Matthew
Sent: Wednesday, May 11, 2016 2:19 PM
To: Comm_D
Subject: Video Request: Scaramucci on Fox News
Talking Trump finance operation


Tonight, 9pm hour ET
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On May 2, 2016, at 4:46 PM, Miranda, Luis
> wrote:
Here are bullets to review with DWS for Bloomberg:
·         The suggestion there’s anything unusual about our joint victory funds has no basis in the law or reality, as recognized by numerous independent experts that have looked at this.
·         We signed on to similar agreements with both campaigns and encourage both to identify opportunities to support the national and state Democratic parties now so that we can continue to build the infrastructure to help elect Democrats up and down the ballot in November.
·         That’s what these funds are about, building the infrastructure for the general election.
If follow up…
·         We’ve had similar funds with our campaigns in 2004, 2008 and 2012. And the money DOES in fact help state parties. The funds help strengthen, for example, our national voter file and communications, research and digital support for state parties and down ballot candidates, including training. This is helping the Party right NOW to build the infrastructure we need for the general election.
·         And the fact is Politico got it wrong. Their claim that state parties only get to keep 1 percent of all the money being raised is false. Many millions have been raised for state parties that just haven’t been distributed to them yet (nor anywhere else including the DNC) because it’s money for the general election, and coordinated campaigns are just now starting to be built at state parties.
o   Of course not all of the money intended for state parties has been distributed yet. Again, the coordinated campaigns for the general election are just now starting to be built at the state parties.
If asked…
But the money is being earmarked, or the Clinton campaign is benefitting from state party fundraising, isn’t it?
·         No. Let’s be clear, neither the DNC nor state parties are subsidizing fundraising through these committees for either campaign. For whatever each campaign raises under the agreement that then goes to their campaign, that campaign pays a directly proportional amount for the cost of that fundraising.
·         And the money we’re raising isn’t earmarked for either campaign, it’s going to build infrastructure, and eventually more and more will be sent to state parties to fund the coordinated campaigns that are now beginning to be built in the states.
Luis Miranda, Communications Director
Democratic National Committee
202-863-8148 – MirandaL@dnc.org
- @MiraLuisDC


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Sent: Tuesday, April 26, 2016 6:24 PM
To: Hillary for America Press
Subject: Hillary Clinton Statement on Chobani Founder and CEO Hamdi Ulukaya Offering Employees Ownership Stake

Hillary Clinton Statement on Chobani Founder and CEO Hamdi Ulukaya Offering Employees Ownership Stake
Following news that Chobani founder and CEO Hamdi Ulukaya would be giving his 2,000 employees an ownership stake in the company, Hillary Clinton issued the following statement:
"When Hamdi Ulukaya founded Chobani in upstate New York more than a decade ago, he knew that to build a strong company, he needed a strong workforce. That’s why from the beginning, he paid his employees salaries above minimum wage and offered health and retirement benefits, and hired hundreds of refugees who came to America, as he did, looking for a brighter future.  And he got results, building a happy, loyal, productive workforce—along with a company worth billions. Today, he took things one step further, giving his employees a stake in the ongoing growth and prosperity of the company. These are New York values at their best—and it’s the way business should work, with both executives and employees able to enjoy the rewards of their hard work and dedication.  We need to encourage more companies to see their workers as assets to be invested in, not costs to be cut. That’s why I’ve proposed a new tax credit to encourage more companies to share profits with the employees who make those profits possible in the first place."
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and blasted from Sanders campaign
From: Michael Briggs
Sent: Monday, May 02, 2016 8:54 AM
To: Brinster, Jeremy
Subject: ICYMI: Clinton fundraising leaves little for state parties
Politico: Clinton fundraising leaves little for state parties
By Kenneth P. Vogel and Isaac Arnsdorf
05/02/16
In the days before Hillary Clinton launched an unprecedented big-money fundraising vehicle with state parties last summer, she vowed “to rebuild our party from the ground up,” proclaiming “when our state parties are strong, we win. That’s what will happen."
But less than 1 percent of the $61 million raised by that effort has stayed in the state parties’ coffers, according to a POLITICO analysis of the latest Federal Election Commission filings.
The venture, the Hillary Victory Fund, is a so-called joint fundraising committee comprised of Clinton’s presidential campaign, the Democratic National Committee and 32 state party committees. The set-up allows Clinton to solicit checks of $350,000 or more from her super-rich supporters at extravagant fundraisers including a dinner at George Clooney’s house and at a concert at Radio City Music Hall featuring Katy Perry and Elton John.
The victory fund has transferred $3.8 million to the state parties, but almost all of that cash ($3.3 million, or 88 percent) was quickly transferred to the DNC, usually within a day or two, by the Clinton staffer who controls the committee, POLITICO’s analysis of the FEC records found.
By contrast, the victory fund has transferred $15.4 million to Clinton’s campaign and $5.7 million to the DNC, which will work closely with Clinton’s campaign if and when she becomes the party’s nominee. And most of the $23.3 million spent directly by the victory fund has gone towards expenses that appear to have directly benefited Clinton’s campaign, including $2.8 million for “salary and overhead” and $8.6 million for web advertising that mostly looks indistinguishable from Clinton campaign ads and that has helped Clinton build a network of small donors who will be critical in a general election expected to cost each side well in excess of $1 billion.
The arrangement has sparked concerns among campaign finance watchdogs and allies of Clinton’s Democratic rival Bernie Sanders. They see it as a circumvention of campaign contribution limits by a national party apparatus intent on doing whatever it takes to help Clinton defeat Sanders during the party’s primary, and then win the White House.
But it is perhaps more notable that the arrangement has prompted concerns among some participating state party officials and their allies. They grumble privately that Clinton is merely using them to subsidize her own operation, while her allies overstate her support for their parties and knock Sanders for not doing enough to help the party. “It’s a one-sided benefit,” said an official with one participating state party. The official, like those with several other state parties, declined to talk about the arrangement on the record for fear of drawing the ire of the DNC and the Clinton campaign.
In fact, the DNC, which has pushed back aggressively on charges that it is boosting Clinton at the expense of other Democrats, has advised state party officials on how to answer media inquiries about the arrangement, multiple sources familiar with the interactions told POLITICO.
“The DNC has given us some guidance on what they’re saying, but it’s not clear what we should be saying,” said the official. “I don’t think anyone wants to get crosswise with the national party because we do need their resources. But everyone who entered into these agreements was doing it because they were asked to, not because there are immediately clear benefits.”
Some fundraisers who work for state parties predict that the arrangement could actually hurt participating state parties. They worry that participating states that aren’t presidential battlegrounds and lack competitive Senate races could see very little return investment from the DNC or Clinton’s campaign, and are essentially acting as money laundering conduits for them. And for party committees in contested states, there’s another risk: they might find themselves unable to accept cash from rich donors whose checks to the victory fund counted towards their $10,000 donation limit to the state party in question — even if that party never got to spend the cash because it was transferred to the DNC.
Sources working with the Hillary Victory Fund said the committee is sensitive to these concerns, and that state parties were asked to submit names of donors they wanted to save for themselves.
Clinton’s campaign and the DNC argue that all Democratic politicians and state parties — even those that aren’t enrolled in the victory fund — will benefit from its fundraising. That’s because the cash will go towards enhancing national voter data, and research and communications efforts that all state parties are entitled to.
And Josh Schwerin, a spokesman for Clinton’s campaign, suggested that a handful of key state parties last month received another $700,000 in transfers from the victory fund, and enjoyed other benefits from it that will be detailed in subsequent FEC reports. (The latest reports only cover through the end of March.)
“About $4.5 million has already been transferred to state parties and there is an additional $9 million on hand that will be distributed over the coming months as state parties ramp up for the general election,” he said in an email. He added that in April “money raised through the HVF has started to be used to fund Democratic coordinated campaigns across the country, which will help strengthen the party and elect Democrats up and down the ballot.”
But Schwerin did not respond to follow-up questions about how much of the $700,000 in victory fund transfers to the state parties was subsequently transferred to the DNC. DNC spokesman Mark Paustenbach pointed out that the national party committee “offered to engage in the same joint fundraising efforts with all the major presidential candidates early in the cycle and we welcome the efforts of the candidates to help raise money for the DNC and state parties now to ensure we can build out the infrastructure to win in November.”
Sanders' campaign late last year signed a joint fundraising agreement with the DNC, but the committee has been largely inactive. Instead, after Sanders was chided by Clinton allies for not helping down-ballot Democrats, he sent out appeals to his vaunted email list that helped raise hundreds of thousands of dollars for a trio of progressive House candidates, who got to keep all the cash.
The Hillary Victory Fund, by contrast, allows the Clinton campaign to maintain tight control over the cash it raises and spends. The fund represents by far the most ambitious use to date of a joint fundraising committee — and arguably one the most ambitious hard-dollar fundraising efforts in modern presidential politics. Until 2014, the most an individual could have given to such a committee was $123,200. But in April of that year, the Supreme Court, in a case called McCutcheon vs. FEC, struck down aggregate limits on total giving to federal campaigns, allowing maximum donations to as many different committees as a donor wanted.
That paved the way for massive joint fundraising committees which could accept ever-larger checks based on how the number and type of committees that agreed to participate. In the case of the Hillary Victory Fund, the maximum donation in 2016 is $356,100, based on maximum donations of $2,700 to Hillary for America for the primary election, $33,400 to the DNC and $10,000 to the federal accounts of each of the 32 state parties.
After POLITICO revealed that the victory fund was asking for couples to donate or raise a whopping $353,400 in order to sit at a table with Clinton, George Clooney and his wife, attorney Amal Clooney, at a fundraiser last month in San Francisco, Clooney admitted that was "an obscene amount of money." But he justified it by saying "the overwhelming amount of the money that we're raising, is not going to Hillary to run for president, it's going to the down-ticket."
According to the agreements signed by the participating committees, which were obtained by POLITICO, the money is required to be distributed, at least initially, based on a formula set forth in joint fundraising agreements signed by the participants. The first $2,700 goes to Clinton campaign, the next $33,400 goes to the DNC, and any remaining funds are to be distributed among the state parties.
But what happens to the cash after that initial distribution is left almost entirely to the discretion of the Clinton campaign. Its chief operating officer Beth Jones is the treasurer of the victory fund. And FEC filings show that within a day of most transfers from the victory fund to the state parties, identical sums were transferred from the state party accounts to the DNC, which Sanders’ supporters have accused of functioning as an adjunct of the Clinton campaign.
For example, the Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party received $43,500 from the victory fund on Nov. 2, only to transfer the same amount to the DNC that same day. The pattern repeated itself after the Minnesota party received transfers from the victory fund of $20,600 on Dec. 1 (the party sent the same amount to the DNC the next day) and $150,000 on Jan. 4 (it transferred the same amount to the DNC that day).
That means that Minnesota’s net gain from its participation in the victory fund was precisely $0 through the end of March. Meanwhile, the DNC pocketed an extra $214,100 in cash routed through Minnesota — much of which the DNC wouldn’t have been able to accept directly, since it came from donors who had mostly had already maxed out to the national party committee.
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton delivers the keynote to the Eagle Academy Foundation annual fundraising breakfast in Gotham Hall on April 29.
A similar pattern transpired with most of the participating state parties. As of March 31, only eight state parties (most of which were in battleground states such as Colorado, Florida, Nevada, New Hampshire and Virginia) had received more from the victory fund than was transferred from their accounts to the DNC.
But even if state parties aren’t getting to keep the victory fund cash, they benefit from money spent to enhance the DNC’s data, research and design services, said Jeremy Kennedy, the executive director of the Maine Democratic State Committee, which is a victory fund participant.
“In my opinion, strengthening the state parties strengthens the DNC and vice versa,” Kennedy said. “I’d be the first one to tell you if I felt differently.” His party received $59,800 from the victory fund, but transferred that exact amount to the DNC, though Kennedy said he hopes that money will find its way back to benefit the party in Maine.
While state party officials were made aware that Clinton's campaign would control the movement of the funds between participating committees, one operative who has relationships with multiple state parties said that some of their officials have complained that they weren't notified of the transfers into and out of their accounts until after the fact. That's despite their stipulations in the banking documents that their affirmative consent was required before such transfers could be made from their accounts. But the operative said that the state party officials are reluctant to complain to the DNC about the arrangement out of fear of financial retribution.
“Particularly the parties in states that are not competitive, they worry that the DNC won’t let them keep any of the money, but the historical reality is that they wouldn’t have gotten the money anyway,” the operative said.
Asked about whether the victory fund has taken steps to keep the state parties apprised of the transfers, Schwerin said, “We work closely with all parties involved and all transfers occur in accordance with the joint fundraising agreements.”
Amalgamated Bank — the union-run bank that handles the accounts for the victory fund, as well as Clinton’s campaign and the DNC — did not directly address the complaints about money being transferred without consent of the state party committees.
“We do not comment on the account activity of any customers other than to say that all clients enjoy the highest standards of security protocols and safeguards to ensure only listed account owners or their designated agents are able to execute transactions of any kind and, of course, always in full compliance of all banking laws,” said bank spokesman Loren Riegelhaupt.
Another area in which critics contend the Hillary Victory Fund appears to be pushing the bounds of joint fundraising is in its online advertising campaign, which has included many ads urging readers to “Stop Trump” or to support Clinton.
While joint fundraising committees are allowed to pay for ads as part of their fundraising efforts, they are forbidden from funding campaign advertising urging voters to vote for or against specific candidates. Those types of ads qualify as electioneering expenses that are supposed to be paid for directly by the campaign or by party committees.
Schwerin said the “Stop Trump” ads aren’t urging readers to vote against Trump. “All of HVF's activities, including online ads, are for fundraising purposes,” he said. Most of the victory funds ads were executed by the same firm that does advertising for Clinton’s campaign, Bully Pulpit Interactive, which has been paid $8.6 million by the Hillary Victory Fund for online advertising, and $9.2 million by Hillary for America for online advertising and media buys.
Those victory fund ads, as well as a direct mail campaign funded by the same committee, “appear to benefit only [the Clinton campaign] by generating low-dollar contributions that flow only to HFA, rather than to the DNC or any of the participating state party committees,” charged Sanders’ campaign lawyer in an open letter sent to the DNC in April. It alleged that the victory fund was essentially a pass-through to allow Clinton to benefit from contributions that far exceed the amount that her campaign could legally accept.
In a news release accompanying the letter, Sanders campaign manager Jeff Weaver argued “it is unprecedented for the DNC to allow a joint committee to be exploited to the benefit of one candidate in the midst of a contested nominating contest.”
Clinton’s campaign manager Robby Mook called the letter a “shameful” and “irresponsible” fundraising ploy, and urged Sanders to “think about what he can do to help the party he is seeking to lead.”
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Trump Part One
From: Dillon, Lauren
Sent: Sunday, May 08, 2016 9:48 AM
To: Comm_D
Subject: RE: ABC This Week
Gary Johnson interview
Said he thought he would take as much from Clinton as he would from Trump.
Glad he is being added to the polls.
Legalizing marijuana would make the world a better place.
Safer alternative to other substances.
The war on drugs has taken a huge human toll.
Who would he choose between Hillary or Trump?
-he'd always vote libertarian.
From: Dillon, Lauren
Sent: Sunday, May 08, 2016 9:38 AM
To: Comm_D
Subject: ABC This Week
I missed the beginning of the Trump interview but came in when he was arguing that his tax plan will be negotiated and not look like what he put out. He claimed it would be a boon for the middle class and raise his taxes. We could/maybe should do a hit on  this. Sounded like he didn't know his own plan.
On a Fox panel one of the commentators (Kim something?) hit Trump for changing his mind on his tax plan this week.
He was asked about his flip flop on the minimum wage and he said he was open to changing it but he really wanted to bring jobs where people could earn more.
He was asked how he could keep Carrier and other companies here when the products for the Trump Collection aren't made in the US. He said that the items for his collection aren't made here and didn't think it was hypocritical....
There is probably more from this interview so someone should take a second look.


Today @JohnCornyn & I urged @POTUS to grant @GovAbbott's request for Major Disaster Declaration in Southeast Texas
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From: "Sarge, Matthew"
>
Date: Wednesday, May 11, 2016 at 7:56 PM
To: Comm_D
>
Subject: Video Request: Carson on Greta
Just finished
No flags
Talking about call with Paul Ryan and Trump VP vetting


Lol
Former critic plans 'Lobbyists for Trump' fundraiser
Washington Examiner - Gabby Morrongiello
A top Washington lobbyist who previously called Donald Trump "a joke," now plans to host a fundraiser for the Republican presidential front-runner in early June.
Jack Burkman of J.M. Burkman and Associates will host government relations professionals and other lobbyists in the D.C. suburb of Arlington, Va. on June 10 as part of his "Lobbyists for Trump" effort.
According to an advisory released Monday, Burkman intends to raise $200 million over the next six months for the leading GOP candidate to use should he make it to the general election.
Burkman's effort to fundraise for the New York billionaire comes seven months after the D.C. lobbyist took out a full-page ad in the Los Angeles Daily News criticizing Trump and the other Republican presidential hopefuls at the time for not taking a firm stance against same-sex marriage.
"Donald Trump: You have no moral compass. You've been pro-choice, pro-life, pro-choice and now pro-life again," Burkman wrote in the ad.
He added, "You'd believe anything that would get you elected. You're a joke."
Burkman did not return the Washington Examiner's request for comment.


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From: Wei, Shu-Yen
Sent: Friday, May 13, 2016 10:14 AM
To: Comm_D
Subject: Video Request: Jeffrey Lord on CNN
On now. Trying to defend Trump for not releasing his tax returns, actually tried to say that George Washington didn't release his taxes
__________
Shu-Yen Wei
Northeast Press Secretary
AAPI & Women's Media
Democratic National Committee
207-512-0005
weis@dnc.org


I thought they wanted one from the seniors council chair
On Apr 28, 2016, at 5:17 PM, Garcia, Walter
> wrote:
Yes. Did it last year, and the Chair of the DNC’s Senior Council asked for one this year as well.
From: Miranda, Luis
Sent: Thursday, April 28, 2016 5:16 PM
To: Garcia, Walter
Cc: Paustenbach, Mark; Walker, Eric
Subject: RE: FOR COMMS APPROVAL: Statement on Older Americans Month
Have we EVER done this before?
Luis Miranda, Communications Director
Democratic National Committee
202-863-8148 – MirandaL@dnc.org
- @MiraLuisDC
From: Garcia, Walter
Sent: Thursday, April 28, 2016 5:06 PM
To: Miranda, Luis
Cc: Paustenbach, Mark; Walker, Eric
Subject: FOR COMMS APPROVAL: Statement on Older Americans Month
As the newly designated Seniors press lead, below you’ll find a statement for your approval. Older Americans Month starts on Sunday.
For Immediate Release
May 1, 2016
Contact – DNC Press 202-863-8148
DNC Chair Wasserman Schultz’s Statement on Older Americans Month
Washington, DC – In recognition of Older Americans Month, which begins today, DNC Chair Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz issued the following statement:
“Simply put, seniors are an incredibly important part of our country, and that’s precisely why the Democratic Party has always stood with them. From passing Medicare and Medicaid to passing the Older Americans Act of 1965, our Party has a long and extensive history of advocating for the protections and retirement security that seniors deserve. And so, in my capacity as a member of Congress who represents many South Florida retired and older Americans, I have been proud to carry on that tradition by fighting for seniors’ health and economic security day after day. Let there be no doubt: at a time when far too many of my Republican counterparts want to slash critical programs that seniors depend on, the Democratic Party will continue to be a champion for older Americans not just during the month of May, but every month of the year.”
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Walter Garcia
Western Regional Press Secretary
Democratic National Committee (DNC)
Email: GarciaW@dnc.org
Twitter: @WalterGarcia231


Story in link has screenshots of the tweets. This is not the first reporter to get anti-Semitic threats after covering Trump. When asked about it previously Trump had “no message” for his supporters sending Ioffe death threats and Melania claimed the reporter “provoked” it
New York Times staffer tweets out op-ed critical of Trump, faces anti-Semitic avalanche
Washington Post – Erik Wemple
Last night, Jonathan Weisman tweeted out an opinion piece from The Post by Robert Kagan: “This is how fascism comes to America.” Via Trump, that is. “This is how fascism comes to America, not with jackboots and salutes (although there have been salutes, and a whiff of violence) but with a television huckster, a phony billionaire, a textbook egomaniac ‘tapping into’ popular resentments and insecurities, and with an entire national political party — out of ambition or blind party loyalty, or simply out of fear — falling into line behind him,” writes Kagan.
A deputy Washington editor at the Times, Weisman included a portion of that sentence in his tweet — along with another tweet on a related topic — and let it fly. Hatred responded.
The Southern Poverty Law Center, among many other Twitter observers, took note of Weisman’s efforts to highlight this scourge:
On Twitter and other social-media platforms, it can be difficult to determine who supports whom. Yes, several of the people making anti-Semitic statements had references to the presumptive GOP nominee in their Twitter IDs and photos, though those references could mean anything. What has been clear for some time is that criticizing Trump while being Jewish is a hazardous online activity. On Daily Wire, Ben Shapiro, a prominent conservative commentator, documented the anti-Semitic backlash that followed his own opinionating about Trump. And cited more from where that came:
It’s not just me, of course. Jake Tapper of CNN now says he’s received anti-Semitic tweets “all day.” My friend Bethany Mandel, another orthodox Jew who opposes Trump, just bought herself a gun out of fear of unhinged Trump supporters. John Podhoretz of Commentary says he receives tweets consistently from “literally neo-Nazi White supremacists, all anonymous…I don’t think I can attribute being a supporter of Trump to being a validator or an expresser of these opinions, but something was let loose by him.” Noah Rothman of Commentary tweets, “It never ends. Blocking doesn’t help either. They have lists, on which I seem to find myself.”
Shapiro Wednesday offered a further exploration at National Review under the headline, “Trump’s Anti-Semitic Supporters.” He writes: “I’ve experienced more pure, unadulterated anti-Semitism since coming out against Trump’s candidacy than at any other time in my political career. Trump supporters have threatened me and other Jews who hold my viewpoint. They’ve blown up my e-mail inbox with anti-Semitic conspiracy theories. They greeted the birth of my second child by calling for me, my wife, and two children to be thrown into a gas chamber.”
As this blog reported, journalist Julia Ioffe filed a police report after receiving anti-Semitic threats stemming from the backlash against her story in GQ about Melania Trump. “The Trumps have a record of kind of whistling their followers into action,” Ioffe said at the time.


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From: Brinster, Jeremy
Sent: Monday, April 25, 2016 10:05 PM
To: Comm_D
Subject: RE: Video Request: HRC MSNBC town hall
*         Sanders has put his mark on the Dem Party, it may be more populist / progressive overall
o   I think we've had a very spirited contest, we share a lot of the same goals
*         Sanders says you should make platform concessions on Wall St in exchange for his supporters
o   let's look at where we are, I have 2.7M more votes, big lead in pledged delegates
*         are you going to do anything different to win over Sanders supporters from what you're doing now
o   let's look at 08. that race was similar but so much closer
o   when I withdrew, I didn't put down conditions, I said I am supporting Sen Obama, because no matter our differences, they pale in comparison to our differences with Republicans.
o   I spent an enormous amount of time convincing my supporters to support him, and the vast majority did.
*         if you are ahead in June-
o   I AM AHEAD IN THE VOTE RACHEL
o   what Sanders and his supporters are saying doesn't add up, I have way more support than Sanders does
o   we're going to work together, but I am ahead, and let's start from that premise when we talk about what happens next
*         should Sanders drop out June 7
o   that's up to him. I didn't want to hurt Obama in 08 by not withdrawing
*         Koch said you may be better president than Trump or Cruz, I know you don't want his endorsement, do you have a plan to lobby for GOP votes?
o   their primary isn't over yet
o   I really am not looking for endorsements from people who deny climate change, have views Koch brothers have
o   I will let Republicans work that out
o   I will be talking to the American people about what I think we need to do now
*         what kind of role might there be for Sanders in HRC administration?
o   I can't say that yet, too early
o   I am already raising money for Dems down ballot, campaigning for them, you can count on me forming a vital Dem party
o   we need a better pipeline for raising Dems up the ladder
*         how will you change the Dem Party?
o   I think we have good examples from most recent Dem presidents
o   some raise questions about how much they've done, but I had a front row seat, saw how much they got accomplished when they had a Dem Congress
o   they pushed through a lot of changes with Dem congress
o   Dems didn't show up in midterm elections
o   I want to be absolutely clear that we have to support a Dem president, show up to elect Dems in Congress and in states
o   we see what Republican governors are doing on choice, voting rights, LGBT rights
*         as a black woman lawyer, I face discrimination, how would you address systemic racism?
o   you are absolutely right, still in employment, healthcare, education, justice system
o   first, we have to talk about it more. as a white person, I have to talk about it more, say we are not a post-racial society
o   it's not only wrong but holding us back-we want a productive society
o   we have to enforce civil rights law, use bully pulpit to speak out, speak up to organizations
o   I chaired commission on women in profession as a young lawyer, because there's a lot of sexism too.
o   one of great powers of POTUS is to be convenor-in-chief
*         min wage
o   support fight for 15, getting to 12 would be major accomplishment
o   real difference is with Republicans who don't want to raise wage
*         points of differentiation to expect from Obama?
o   doesn't get credit he deserves, esp in saving our economy
o   get government out of business of making money off student loans
o   build on ACA
*         gun control
o   important to take back Dem Senate
o   Dems have decided they will be led by Chuck Schumer, he's a champion of it
o   you have to start early, fight every day
o   hold members of Congress accountable in midterm
o   we're going to take on gun lobby and addressing gun violence culture
o   too many young people are turning to guns to settle disputes and resentments
*         equal pay
o   [lily ledbetter]
*         50% women in cabinet?
o   they are 50% of our country, cabinet is going to look like our country
o   that's a yes
*         family detention
o   I oppose it, want path to citizenship
*         unions
o   incentives to bring companies back to America
o   companies that take any taxpayer money have to pay it back before they move overseas
o   committed to making sure unfair trade practices don't cost us jobs
*         [stream cut out]
From: Brinster, Jeremy
Sent: Monday, April 25, 2016 9:03 PM
To: Comm_D
Subject: Video Request: HRC MSNBC town hall


Hi everyone! Cut is on fileshare below, let me know how it’s looking and thank you:

From: Rebecca Christopher
>
Date: Tuesday, May 17, 2016 at 3:37 PM
To: Video-Vetting_d
>
Cc: "Manriquez, Pablo"
>, "Bhatnagar, Akshai"
>
Subject: New video: Spanish-language video on Trump campaign violence
Hi everyone,
Attached is the script for a cut of Spanish-language commentary on violence inspired by Donald Trump’s campaign. This is (I believe) going straight to Reuters for a specific article.
I believe Luis has already signed off, but if anyone from comms or research has any questions please let me know! Thank you.


Small edits.
From: Miranda, Luis
Sent: Monday, May 16, 2016 5:18 PM
To: Freundlich, Christina; RR2
Subject: RE: draft -- SL: "Mr. Trump took to Twitter Sunday to deny he has mistreated women.”
Edits.
From: Freundlich, Christina
Sent: Monday, May 16, 2016 5:14 PM
To: RR2
Subject: FW: draft -- SL: "Mr. Trump took to Twitter Sunday to deny he has mistreated women.”
Mark / Luis, can you please flag this for Brooklyn?
This is ready for research
SL: When Trump takes to it Twitter to talk about women
Today, the Wall Street Journal reported
that “Mr. Trump took to Twitter on Sunday to deny he has mistreated women.”
Oh really? Perhaps he’s forgetting some of his most offensive tweets:
On Megyn Kelly….
Or Arianna Huffington….
Or that time he called her a dog….
Or attacking a woman because of the way she looks…..
Or that time he harassed Heidi Cruz
, or called Megyn Kelly a bimbo
…
So there’s not much Trump can denying that Trump can do here. He has had a long, persistent record of hatred and mistreatment of insulting and denigrating women, and he has his own words in these tweets show he has neither the temperament or judgment to serve. to prove it.
Because of his disgusting and sexist attacks on women, Donald Trump is unfit to be president.


[SigDems]
Luis Miranda, Communications Director
Democratic National Committee
202-863-8148 - MirandaL@dnc.org
- @MiraLuisDC
From: Polson, Jonathan
Sent: Friday, April 29, 2016 8:43 AM
To: Manriquez, Pablo
Cc: Comm_D
Subject: RE: Video Request: Luis on CNN
DNC clips here:
I added the tags: "DNC" "Luis Miranda" "RNC" and "Sean Spicer" and made the video public, which should help it be seen more than unlisted. Let me know if you'd like anything else changed.
From: Manriquez, Pablo
Sent: Friday, April 29, 2016 8:18 AM
To: Polson, Jonathan
Cc: Comm_D
Subject: Re: Video Request: Luis on CNN
Thank you sir! Pls upload to YouTube DNCclips Unlisted
Title: DNC's Luis Miranda Debates RNC's Sean Spicer on New Day
Questions: Forgive my ignorance but How can we optimize visibility to this? Can we add tags or maybe a transcript to the description?
Sent from my iPhone
On Apr 29, 2016, at 7:57 AM, Polson, Jonathan
> wrote:
Watch here
-----Original Message-----
From: Manriquez, Pablo
Sent: Friday, April 29, 2016 7:31 AM
To: Comm_D
Subject: Video Request: Luis on CNN
momentarily
Sent from my iPhone


Just hit:
From: Stewart Boss
Sent: Tuesday, May 17, 2016 10:23 AM
To: Stewart Boss
Subject: NV Dems Release Formal Complaint Detailing Disturbing Convention Tactics
For Immediate Release
May 17, 2016
Contact: Stewart Boss, sboss@nvdems.com
NV Dems Release Formal Complaint
Detailing Disturbing Convention Tactics
Las Vegas, NV – On Monday afternoon, the Nevada State Democratic Party sent a formal complaint
to the Democratic National Committee’s Rules and Bylaws Committee regarding the conduct of Senator Bernie Sanders’ supporters and representatives from his campaign at the party’s 2016 State Convention in Las Vegas on Saturday, May 14. The four-page letter explains in detail how Sanders supporters and campaign staff actively incited disruption and violence after failing to organize their supporters and being outnumbered
at the State Convention by Hillary Clinton’s delegates.
Read the letter below from the Nevada State Democratic Party’s General Counsel:
Monday, May 16, 2016
Mr. Jim Roosevelt and Ms. Lorraine Miller
Co-Chairs, Rules and Bylaws Committee
Democratic National Committee
430 South Capitol Street Southeast
Washington, DC 20003
To the Co-Chairs and Members of the DNC Rules and Bylaws Committee:
By this letter, the Nevada State Democratic Party (“NSDP”) hereby lodges a formal complaint regarding the conduct of supporters of Senator Bernie Sanders at the recent State Convention held in Las Vegas, Nevada on Saturday, May 14, 2016, as well as the conduct of representatives of Senator Sanders’ presidential campaign (the “Sanders Campaign”).
We believe, unfortunately, that the tactics and behavior on display here in Nevada are harbingers of things to come as Democrats gather in Philadelphia in July for our National Convention. We write to alert you to what we perceive as the Sanders Campaign’s penchant for extra-parliamentary behavior—indeed, actual violence—in place of democratic conduct in a convention setting, and furthermore what we can only describe as their encouragement of, and complicity in, a very dangerous atmosphere that ended in chaos and physical threats to fellow Democrats. Indeed, the threats to the Chair of the Nevada State Democratic Party are ongoing at time of this writing, as Sanders activists have posted her cell phone and home address online, and have bombarded her with threats to her life and the safety of her family. We have attached some examples of this conduct, which is not merely offensive but obviously criminal in nature. We can provide audio of threatening phone calls made directly to the Chair, which now number in the hundreds.
The explosive situation arose in large part because a portion of the community of Sanders delegates arrived at the Nevada Democratic State Convention believing itself to be a vanguard intent upon sparking a street-fight rather than attending an orderly political party process. Surprised and outraged at the idea of being out-organized and thus outnumbered in the convention hall by Clinton delegates, a portion of the Sanders delegation rushed the dais immediately upon the opening of the convention and halted the progress of any convention business for much of the day. Indeed, every point during which Sanders delegates did not agree with any aspect of the proceedings saw them press up against the dais and scream obscenities and threats at the Chair, First Vice Chair, and any other speaker. In fact, event security provided by the Paris Las Vegas Hotel & Casino took it upon themselves to increase the security perimeter around the dais so the convention could simply move forward with its routine business in relative safety. In other words, the hour-to-hour business of Nevada Democrats was necessarily conducted in an atmosphere of impending eruption of physical threats and intimidation for more than 12 hours. Scuffles, screams from bullhorns, and profane insults marked nearly the entirety of the event. Numerous medical emergencies among delegates pressed up against the dais had to be attended to throughout the day.
To the great embarrassment and revulsion of the vast majority of attendees, Sanders delegates crowded the dais and shouted down universally-respected U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer of California, who had arrived as a guest of the party to deliver a keynote address in support of former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.
The Sanders Campaign spent its time either ignoring or profiting from the chaos it did much to create and nothing to diminish or mitigate. It was clear to the NSDP that part of the approach by the Sanders Campaign was to employ these easily-incensed delegates as shock troops to sway the convention proceedings. At the very least, these delegates became a way for the Sanders Campaign to seek the advantage of disruption at any particular moment while trying to disavow any responsibility for their actions even as it was ongoing. At no time did any Sanders representative make anything more than token gestures towards peace in the hall, and at the times of most intense crisis offered little more than shrugs and smirks.
The most egregious instance of the Sanders Campaign inciting disruption—and yes, violence—came as the State Convention’s Credentials Committee completed its work. Adam Gillette, part of National Delegate Operations Team for the official Sanders Campaign, drafted and arranged for a member of that committee to attempt to deliver an incendiary, inaccurate, and wholly unauthorized “minority report” charging that the Credentials Committee had fraudulently denied 64 Sanders delegates their eligibility. The final delegate count had provided the Clinton Campaign with a 33 delegate advantage in the hall; one can imagine the rage occasioned by this inflammatory charge, tossed into the tinderbox of a tense convention hall. Not only did this discredit the work of the Credentials Committee—which featured five Sanders delegates and five Clinton delegates and a Sanders co-chair, and who worked all day under extremely trying conditions to be fair and diligent in their duties—it called into question the entirety of the proceedings because it indicated to an irrational minority that the proceedings had been rigged against them. Forcing their way onto the dais to deliver this paranoid fantasy of fraud and delegate theft was clearly intended to throw the proceedings into disarray. It succeeded. From that moment on, there was little hope for any peace or mutual understanding and respect between Sanders delegates and the NSDP; the mantra became simply that the convention had been stolen from the Sanders Campaign.
Never mind that six of the 64 potential Sanders delegates referenced had been seated after investigation, or that most of the remaining 58 potential delegates had been disqualified—appropriately, and by a panel evenly split between the campaigns—for not being registered Democratic voters in Nevada. Never mind that the same Credentials Committee had disqualified Clinton delegates for various reasons as well. Never mind, further, that just eight of those 64 potential Sanders delegates even attempted to register for the State Convention. All that mattered was the creation of a narrative of fraud and dispossession, which the Sanders Campaign fomented intentionally for its own political gain. This was an unconscionable act by an official Sanders Campaign representative, with full knowledge of its likely impact on the convention.
Alerted by event security at approximately 10 p.m. that the situation had reached a point where public safety could no longer be assured and that the proceedings had to be concluded in very short order, the NSDP worked diligently to conclude the business of the day and adjourn the State Convention as quickly as possible.
On Sunday, May 15, 2016, a group of Sanders activists attended “protests” at the NSDP’s headquarters office in Las Vegas to criminally deface the building with graffiti. Las Vegas police were notified and called to the scene.
The people who fostered, encouraged, and gained from the unsettling scenes at the Nevada State Democratic Convention bring dishonor and discredit to our state and national parties. Having seen up close the lack of conscience or concern for the ramifications of their actions—indeed, the glee with which they engaged in such destructive behavior—we expect similar tactics at the National Convention in July. We therefore formally complain to the DNC regarding these unfortunate events, and warn the body that the goal of many of these individuals, sanctioned or encouraged by the Sanders Campaign, is not party-building but something more sinister and unproductive. Their tactics speak for themselves, and have no place in our political process as Democrats.
Thank you very much for your attention to this matter.
Yours sincerely,
/s/ Bradley S. Schrager
Bradley S. Schrager, Esq.
General Counsel
Nevada State Democratic Party
###


TED CRUZ
Posts "#ChooseCruz In Indiana
" ad.
JOHN KASICH
Tweets that he leads all swing states
.
DONALD TRUMP
Calls Ted Cruz a "desperate candidate.
"
Posts "Indiana - Vote Donald Trump Today
" video.


Watch here
From: Bennett, Eric
Sent: Thursday, April 28, 2016 5:53 PM
To: Comm_D
Subject: RE: Video Request: Cruz in South Bend, IN
There are few choices more solemn than choosing your vice presidential nominee. You have to look at judgment, knowledge and character.
Touts Fiorina’s record, rising from secretary to CEO. Said she has spent  her life shattering glass ceilings. Adds that she understands that threats that face the country.
Cruz: VP should be able to hold back the urges of an irresponsible teenager.
You want someone who is honest who will stand up and tell the truth and knows that they believe.
Carly is an exceptional leader who we can trust. Carly terrifies Hillary Clinton. I can picture HRC thinking about Carly tossing and turning in her jail cell.
Talks about his tenure on Norte Dame’s Commission on Catholic Education in the Hispanic Community. Goes on to talk about the importance of school choice.
Donald Trump came out in support of Obama and Hillary Clinton of allowing grown men to use the little girls bathroom.
If Donald Trump dresses as Hillary Clinton, he still can’t use the little girls restroom.
People ask, why I named Carly early. Cites Carly as a uniter. Also notes that he wants to present a clear contrast.
Goes on to talk about issues Donald Trump and Hillary agree on—cites raises taxes, Obamacare individual mandate, support for Planned Parenthood
Hits Trump for donating to Hillary.
--
This election will come down to jobs, freedom and security.
Cruz: lift the boot of the necks of small business.
Cruz: If I am elected president, we will repeal every word of Obamacare. We will pass health insurance that’s personal, portable and affordable. We will pass a simple flat tax so that every American can fill out our taxes on a postcard. After we do that, we should abolish the IRS.
Cruz: we’re going to rein in the EPA, federal agencies that have descended like locusts killing jobs all across the country.
We’re going stop amnesty, secure the border. We’re going to end sanctuary cities, welfare benefits for those here illegally. Goes on to say that will bring back manufacturing jobs from China and Mexico..
We're going to see manufacturing jobs coming back
Next important thing at stake is freedom. Says two branches hang in the balance in this election. Goes on to talk about different rights at stake if another liberal Supreme Court justice is appointed. Guns rights, religious liberty, sovereignty and school choice
Hits Trump for suggesting he would compromise religious liberty and second amendment rights to keep and bear arms. Adds that he’s been supporting left wing Democratic politicians for 40 years.
Cruz: I give you my solemn commitment that every justice I appoint will be a principled constitutionalist that will protect the Bill of Rights. I will not compromise your religious liberty or right to keep and bear arms.
Cruz hits Trump for saying he would be neutral between Israel and the Palestinians. Adds that he will stand unapologetically with Israel.
Talks about how readiness and morale in the military has plummeted. Goes on to talk about how he will rebuild the military by repealing Obamacare, adopting a flat tax and stopping amnesty.
Cruz: no longer will our military be governed by political correctness. Criticizes President Obama for not saying radical Islamic terrorism.
Cruz: We will defeat radical Islamic terrorism. To the jihadist, your day of reckoning is coming. Speaks out against the rules of engagement that he says is tying the hands of our military men and women.
Cruz: If military force is needed we should use overwhelming force, kill the enemy and get the heck out.
We started with 17 candidates, young dynamic candidates. Democratic field consist of a wild-eyed socialist with views that are dangerous for America and the world and Bernie Sanders.
Cruz: We’re seeing Republicans coming together and uniting behind this campaign. 60-75% of Republicans recognize that nominating Donald Trump would be a train wreck.
Touts the fact that 5 of 17 presidential candidates have endorsed his campaign.
Closes by asking for support
From: Haxo, Chris
Sent: Thursday, April 28, 2016 5:19 PM
To: Bennett, Eric; Research_D
Subject: RE: Video Request: Cruz in South Bend, IN
Fiorina
·         Policies matter, conservative principles matter
·         You know what can happen when conservative policy is put in place
·         I want to tell you about Ted Cruz the man
·         Daughters understand that Cruz has to work
·         I voted for Ted before endorsing him
·         It wasn’t an easy decision, I had just suspended my own campaign, but I decided it was too important to vote for myself
·         I got to know Ted seeing him campaign on the bus, and I’ve never seen him get rattled or lose his temper
·         I’ve never seen him waiver
·         Ted isn’t dull, he’s a lot of fun
o    We were watching final four, Ted was betting
o    I’ve had a coke, a beer with ted
·         I know where jobs come from, small business
·         We need a conservative in the oval office.
·         What you are is gods gift to you and what you make of your self is your gift to god
·         Secretary to CEO is only possible because of the constitution
·         Founders founded the nation on the principle of life liberty and the pursuit of happiness
·         Right comes from god cannot be taken away by man or government
·         The constitution is still relevant
o    Power/money is too concentration
·         When you challenge the system you’re going to make some enemies
o    Boehner and DT are texting and golfing buddies
o    People image trump will challenge the system
o    You know someone by the pattern of their life, Trump’s pattern is the same as Clinton
o    Trump and HRC are the system
o    A vote for Kasich is a vote for trump
o    TC/CF v. DT/HRC--> different sides of same coin
·         The nature of our nation is at stake
·         Proud & honored to fight with cruz, this is our fight
·         We must take our country back!
From: Bennett, Eric
Sent: Thursday, April 28, 2016 4:44 PM
To: Research_D
Subject: RE: Video Request: Cruz in South Bend, IN
Here:
From: Bennett, Eric
Sent: Thursday, April 28, 2016 4:35 PM
To: Research_D
Subject: Video Request: Cruz in South Bend, IN
TED CRUZ: 04/28/2016, 4:30 PM: Rally Century Center 120 S St Joseph St, South Bend, IN
[wsbt.com
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This email is intended to provide a brief summary of key Political Department priorities, including recent news and principal travel.  It includes the following components:
*   Recent News
*   Polls
*   Upcoming Principal & Staff Travel
*   Upcoming Political Events
*   Upcoming State Party Events
*   Election Clips
RECENT NEWS\
*         Another big name has surfaced in the tsunami of Flint, Michigan water lawsuits: the NAACP
,  which is suing several state officials and two engineering firms, alleging they poisoned a city with toxic drinking water by failing to detect that something was wrong, pretending a problem didn't exist and ignoring numerous red flags.
*         Lower-than-expected growth in tax revenue
will force Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder and lawmakers to enact a new state budget with less spending than initially proposed, but the dip should not lead to cuts below current funding levels, the state budget director said Tuesday.
*         Vice President Joe Biden
was at Jeni's Splendid Ice Cream headquarters in Columbus, Ohio yesterday, to announce changes that will allow more workers to qualify for overtime pay.
*         Wisconsin's highest court on Wednesday preserved the state Superintendent Tony Evers' authority over public schools
, ruling against Gov. Scott Walker and a 2011 law he signed that requires state agencies to seek approval from the governor before creating new administrative rules to carry out policies, regulations and laws.
POLLS
*         NJ - Presidential - Democratic Primary - +14 Clinton (Quinnipiac, 5/19)
*         NJ - Presidential - Trump (R) vs. Clinton (D) - +7 Clinton (Quinnipiac, 5/19)
*         NJ - Presidential - Trump (R) vs. Sanders (D) - +12 Sanders (Quinnipiac, 5/19)
*         NH - Presidential - Trump (R) vs. Clinton (D) - +2 Clinton (WBUR/MassINC, 5/18)
*         NH - Presidential - Trump (R) vs. Sanders (D) - +16 Sanders (WBUR/MassINC, 5/18)
*         US - Presidential - Trump (R) vs. Clinton (D) - +3 Trump (FOX News, 5/19)
*         US - Presidential - Trump (R) vs. Clinton (D) - +5 Trump (Rasmussen, 5/19)
*         US - Presidential - Trump (R) vs. Sanders (D) - +4 Sanders (FOX News, 5/19)
*         US - President Obama Job Approval - +7 Approve (CBS News/NY Times, 5/19)
*         US - President Obama Job Approval - +1 Disapprove (FOX News, 5/18)
*         US - President Obama Job Approval - +5 Approve (Gallup, 5/18)
*         US - President Obama Job Approval - +1 Disapprove (Rasmussen, 5/18)
*         US - Congressional Job Approval - +63 Disapprove (CBS News/NY Times, 5/19)
*         US - Direction of Country - +33 Wrong Track (CBS News/NY Times, 5/19)
Upcoming PRINCIPAL AND Staff Travel
THURSDAY
PRINCIPALS
None Scheduled
CEO/POLITICAL/CONSTITUENCY STAFF
None Scheduled
FRIDAY
PRINCIPALS
DWS - Philadelphia, PA
CEO/POLITICAL/CONSTITUENCY STAFF
None Scheduled
SATURDAY
PRINCIPALS
VPOTUS - West Point, NY
DWS - Philadelphia, PA & Orlando, FL
CEO/POLITICAL/CONSTITUENCY STAFF
None Scheduled
SUNDAY
PRINCIPALS
None Scheduled
CEO/POLITICAL/CONSTITUENCY STAFF
None Scheduled
Upcoming political events
*   5/24/2016 - Washington Republican Primary
*   6/4/2016 - Virgin Islands Democratic Caucus
*   6/5/2016 - Puerto Rico Democratic Primary
*   6/7/2016 - California, Montana, New Jersey, New Mexico, South Dakota Primaries and North Dakota Democratic Caucus
*   6/14/2016 - DC Democratic Primary
Upcoming state party events
*         5/19/2016 - Indiana Democratic Party - VAN Webinar
*         5/20/2016 - Mississippi Democratic Party - JJ Hamer Dinner
*         5/21/2016 - Mississippi Democratic Party - State Convention
*         5/21/2016 - Maryland Democratic Party - State Central Committee Meeting
*         5/21/2016 - Michigan Democratic Party - Congressional District Conventions
*         5/21/2016 - Kentucky Democratic Party - County/Legislative District Caucuses
*         5/21/2016 - Delaware Democratic Party - Presidential Preference Pre-Primary Caucus
*         5/21/2016 - North Carolina Democratic Party - District Conventions
*         5/21/2016 - Washington Democratic Party - Congressional District Caucuses
*         5/21/2016 - Missouri Democratic Party - Jackson County Truman Days
*         5/22/2016 - Vermont Democratic Party - State Convention
*         5/22/2016 - 5/23/2016 - New York Democratic Party - State Convention
*         5/23/2016 - Delaware Democratic Party - Sussex County Executive Committee Meeting
*         5/24/2016 - Tennessee Democratic Party - Women's Event
*         5/25/2016 - Alaska Democratic Party - State Central Committee Meeting
*         5/26/2016 - Indiana Democratic Party - VAN Webinar
*         5/28/2016 - 5/29/2016 - Hawaii Democratic Party - State Convention
*         5/28/2016 - Wyoming Democratic Party - State Convention
*         5/28/2016 - Wyoming Democratic Party - Nellie Tayloe Ross Diner
ELECTION CLIPS
2016 - Presidential
Democratic Party Candidates
Hillary Clinton
WSB-TV poll: Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton in a statistical tie in Georgia
Here's the reason that Republicans are so worried about having Donald Trump as their presidential nominee: In Georgia, Democrat Hillary Clinton is in a statistical tie with Trump, according to a Landmark Communications/Rosetta Stone poll conducted for Channel 2 Action News. Trump leads Clinton overall, 42.3 percent to 41.4 percent - well within the 4.1 margin of error. Clinton leads Trump among independents, and the undecided Republican voters are nearly double those in the Democratic column. And the gender split is on full display: Trump leads among men, Clinton among women. FYI, Landmark and Rosetta Stone are considered Republican-oriented firms
Bernie Sanders
How Bernie Sanders has changed the Democratic Party
The math is against Bernie Sanders in his fight for the White House. But the Vermont senator is poised to leave behind a durable legacy: A generation of liberal voters enthralled by his populist message -- and a Democratic Party whose ideological center has shifted left during the 2016 election. The effort now is to make sure things stay that way. Sanders has vowed to take his campaign to the Democratic convention, but he's also signaled that his effort is now more of a movement than a competitive political machine. He's slashed staff and slowed down his breakneck pace of campaigning.
Republican Party Candidates
Donald Trump
Donald Trump: Hillary Clinton 'enabler' attack justified
Donald Trump said Monday he called Hillary Clinton an "enabler" of her husband's infidelity as "retribution" for her playing the "woman's card" against him. "It's only retribution for what she said. She is playing the woman's card to the hilt," Trump told CNN's Chris Cuomo in a testy exchange on "New Day." "She is going, I watched over the weekend, everything is about 'woman' and 'Donald Trump raised his voice.' And you know it's all nonsense. You know what? Women understand it better than anybody."
Trump accused Clinton at a recent campaign stop of attacking the women who accused Bill Clinton of harassing them.
Thanks,
Colby Moore
Executive Assistant to the National Political Director
Democratic National Committee
O: (202) 488-5044
C: (704) 430-7163
MooreC@dnc.org
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