Okay. If you have capacity to throw some hits together if we see them, that would be great!
Thanks
From: Freundlich, Christina
Sent: Tuesday, April 26, 2016 9:57 PM
To: Paustenbach, Mark; Dillon, Lauren
Cc: Walker, Eric; Miranda, Luis
Subject: Re: tonight/tomorrow
Early bird catches the worm! 🐛
On Tue, Apr 26, 2016 at 6:52 PM -0700, "Paustenbach, Mark"
> wrote:
No more paper tonight.
I'll be in at 5:30am for the chair's Fox and CNN hits.
Mark Paustenbach
National Press Secretary &
Deputy Communications Director
Democratic National Committee
202.863.8148
paustenbachm@dnc.org
On Apr 26, 2016, at 9:50 PM, Dillon, Lauren
> wrote:
What else do we need to release tonight? Are we doing TPs?
There will be researchers here at 7:30 AM monitoring interviews. Do you plan to have comms folks here?


One fix. Senator is a title that stays with you. Secretary does not, so we really should be referring to her as Senator Clinton.

[SigDems]
Luis Miranda, Communications Director
Democratic National Committee
202-863-8148 - MirandaL@dnc.org
- @MiraLuisDC
From: Crystal, Andy
Sent: Tuesday, May 03, 2016 9:08 PM
To: Miranda, Luis; RR2
Cc: Banfill, Ryan; Paustenbach, Mark; Walker, Eric; Walsh, Tom
Subject: RE: FOR REVIEW: Post-Indiana Primary Talking Points
looks good, couple eds
________________________________
From: Miranda, Luis
Sent: Tuesday, May 03, 2016 8:48 PM
To: RR2
Cc: Banfill, Ryan; Paustenbach, Mark; Walker, Eric; Walsh, Tom
Subject: FOR REVIEW: Post-Indiana Primary Talking Points
Post-Indiana Primary Talking Points
May 3, 2016
Topline Message:
*         The results of the primaries in Indiana are the culmination of a disastrous week for the Republican Party.
*         With Ted Cruz's capitulation, the GOP's problems now extend far beyond their convention.
*         Donald Trump simply doesn't have the judgment or temperament to be President, and the American people know it.
*         In Indiana, like in other primaries over the past few weeks, the vast majority of Democratic primary voters said our primary had energized them, and majorities would support either one of our strong candidates. A majority of Republicans, on the other hand, conceded that their primary has been divisive and 53% said they feel betrayed by the Republican Party.
*         The next President of the United States will be nominated at our Democratic convention in Philadelphia.
Republicans Had Their Worst Week Ever
*         In just seven days, Republicans saw their former House Speaker call one of their candidates 'Lucifer in the flesh,' watched a desperate, mathematically-eliminated campaign announce a Vice Presidential pick and get ridiculed for it, and then kicked off the Indiana primaries with accusations that Ted Cruz's father was tied to Lee Harvey Oswald. That last allegation was made by Dangerous Donald Trump based on a tabloid story he saw in the National Enquirer.
*         Now the GOP is stuck with the tabloid-touting reality TV star as their presumptive nominee, a divisive candidate whose ugly campaign rhetoric is tied to dangerous proposals that would drag America backwards and make our country less safe.
*         More than 7 out of 10 Democrats are energized by our primary. Last week, in Connecticut and Pennsylvania respectively, 67% and 71% of Democrats reported feeling energized by our primary. Today in Indiana it was three-quarters of Democratic voters who said our primary has energized our party, and a majority of Democrats who voted today expressed support for either one of our candidates.
*         In Indiana, exit polls showed that 53 percent of Republican primary voters say they feel betrayed by the Republican Party. A majority of Republicans concede that their primary has been divisive, and easily a third of Republicans would prefer to stay home or support an alternative candidate than vote for Trump in November.
*         And the Republican Party is less popular than it's been in more than two decades.
A Crisis of Their Own Making
*         For years, GOP leaders have pushed a cynical and feckless political strategy that exploits unfounded fears of immigrants, minorities, the poor, the LGBT community and more, all for political gain.
*         They have sold hardworking Americans the empty promise of trickle-down prosperity, while strangling America's middle class with backwards economic policies that only enrich those already at the top.
*         Donald Trump's impending nomination after Tuesday's results is the ultimate, sad culmination of the success of that strategy. Trump is the modern Republican Party.
*         While the Republican establishment comes to terms with their nominee, even some of them are acknowledging Trump is dangerous and lacks the judgment to be Commander in Chief.
o   Former Secretary of Defense Robert Gates on Sunday said that he's troubled by the fact that Donald Trump doesn't listen to anyone, and raised serious questions about Trump on foreign policy. Between his contradictions and threatening our most important alliances, Donald Trump would put our country on a dangerous path.
Democrats United
*         Democrats will emerge united from our primary and our convention.
*         Both Senator Secretary Clinton and Senator Sanders have been clear they'll work hard in November to ensure we don't let a Republican like Trump drag our country backward.
We've cautioned our candidates to maintain a tone that helps us build toward the general election, recognizing that as we funnel down the home stretch of any campaign the intensity level will rise.
*         Ultimately, Secretary Clinton and Senator Sanders are drawing sharp differences with one another, but their differences remain focused on how to best move America forward.
*         Because the Party's platform is a statement of our values, the DNC is committed to an open, inclusive and representative process. Both of our campaigns will be represented on the Platform Drafting Committee, and just as we did in 2008 and 2012, the public will have opportunities to participate.
*         Democrats know that we're stronger when more voices are heard, and when we stand together to move our country forward, we'll see that in Philadelphia at our convention.
Dangerous Donald Trump is Reckless, Lacks the Temperament and Judgment to Serve
*         The Economy: Trump's unfounded predictions
of recession and warnings against investing in the stock market are reckless, and economists have already predicted his policies could start an international trade war and cause a global recession.
*         Foreign Policy: Trump's threat to pull back from our most important military alliances
in NATO sends a dangerous message, which is particularly troubling in light of his past praise of Russian President Vladimir Putin.
*         Nuclear Proliferation: Trump has refused to say he wouldn't use nuclear weapons on European territory, then suggested South Korea
and Japan should either develop nuclear weapons or pay the United States for protection against North Korea.
*         On abortion: Trump has taken multiple positions on abortion - from a dangerous and offensive call to punish women who get an abortion, to saying he would allow states to restrict women's rights, to saying abortion laws are set but he would eliminate them with judicial appointments.
The GOP's Problem with Women Voters
*         All of the Republican candidates have made it clear that the GOP doesn't stand with women.
*         Donald Trump is viewed unfavorably by 7 out of 10 women after an ugly primary in which he has regularly made offensive comments and shown a deep disrespect for women.
*         John Kasich said that he wants to see Roe v. Wade repealed
, and when asked what kind of punishment that would lead to, he evaded the question by saying that it should be left to the states.
*         Ted Cruz said that even if a woman has been brutally raped, she should be forced to carry the pregnancy caused by her attacker to term.
*         In the past, the Republican candidates have opposed ensuring equal pay, family leave, and voted against the Violence Against Women Act.
*         Last month we marked Equal Pay Day, the day in 2016 when women's earnings have caught up with men's earnings from 2015. On average we women earn 79 cents to their dollar, and it's worse for women of color. All of the Republican presidential candidates would stand against protections that ensure greater equality in the workplace.
*         John Kasich has consistently belittled women and said that we don't need workplace protections, just a 'change of heart' among major employers.
*         Ted Cruz voted against the Paycheck Fairness Act three times and ridiculed the legislation as a 'show vote.'
*         Donald Trump stated that women would have pay equity if they did 'as good a job' as men.
Advantage, Democrats
*         Democrats are winning where it matters.
*         Senator Clinton has earned more votes, well over XX 12 million - and far ahead of Donald Trump - while Senator Sanders has  earned more than XX 9 million votes (well ahead of Ted Cruz and John Kasich), while also garnering more than seven million individual campaign contributions from low dollar donors.
*         If there is an enthusiasm gap, it clearly favors Democrats.
[SigDems]
Luis Miranda, Communications Director
Democratic National Committee
202-863-8148 - MirandaL@dnc.org
- @MiraLuisDC


Q1 - HRC clear path ---
*   Very proud of both of our candidates, discussions on the campaign trail
What I have cautioned is that we need to make sure that the rhetoric
Q2 - But Sanders continues -- Sanders: "One of the differences...opposed every one of these disastrous trade agrreements"
Faker running for president of the United States...
pointed differences pales in comparison
Q3 -- Deal with your own party
Focused on achieving
Q4 -- You make it sound like there's been no crriticism...
Getting perrsonal --- Regardless of the inensity
Good getting personal
Q5 - Hillary poll numbers
New York exit polls --- energized voters...
Q6 - Voter edge in turnout.
Q7 - FBI investigation
Could go past convention in July.
Q8 -- email server...
Good ending on real issues but missed opportunity.


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Today in the fight for a full and functioning Supreme Court: Senate leadership reaches milestone of obstruction in nomination process, former Oklahoma Senator Tom Coburn says that Garland deserves a vote out of committee, while Senate Republicans continue to extend their judicial obstructionism to include lower court nominees.
Senator Grassley Reaches Milestone in Supreme Court Obstructionism
According to a release by Americans United for Change, today marks the 42nd day Judge Merrick Garland was nominated by the President to replace Justice Scalia. On average
, U.S. Supreme Court nominees are called before the Senate Judiciary Committee for a hearing inside of 42 days.
Brad Woodhouse, President, Americans United for Change: "Never before has the Senate shut down the entire nomination process around a Supreme Court vacancy because it was an election year. Grassley would have us believe that Presidents aren't elected for four year terms, but three years and a couple months.  While Senator Grassley clumsily defends his position that the last election didn't matter, the fact is
a third of all U.S. presidents appointed a Supreme Court justice during an election year. The longer there is a vacancy in the Supreme Court under Republican intransigence, the more dysfunction and uncertainty it invites for businesses and citizens alike."
Former GOP Senator: Senate Judiciary Committee should do its job and vote on Chief Judge Merrick Garland.
Today, former Oklahoma Senator Tom Coburn said the Senate Judiciary Committee should meet with Chief Judge Garland and vote on whether to send his nomination to the full Senate. The New York Times
reports:
"Despite once being among the most conservative members of the Senate, Mr. Coburn took pride in his ability to work with Democrats. He made it clear Wednesday that he believed Republicans were motivated by politics in refusing to consider Mr. Obama's pick to replace the conservative-leaning Justice Antonin Scalia, who died in February."
Sen. Coburn (R-OK): ""If I was running things, I'd have had a vote and vote him down...The presidents have a right to have their nominees considered. And if it had been a Republican president, I'm sure they'd have been considering him."
Senate Republican leadership continues to block votes on judicial nominations - despite support from fellow Republicans
The Knoxville News Sentinel
reports:
"U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and other Senate Democrats called for a vote on 11 noncontroversial nominees, including some who have been waiting for more than a year. Schumer charged the GOP has unnecessarily delayed the votes and has brought the judicial confirmation process to a standstill. Twenty nominees, including [Edward] Stanton, already have won the approval of the Senate Judiciary Committee and are awaiting a final vote on the Senate floor. 'We are urging our colleagues to do their jobs,' Schumer said from the Senate floor. But Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., and Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, objected to giving the nominees a vote, thwarting the Democrats' efforts."
President Ronald Reagan understood the importance of a full and functioning Supreme Court.
In a letter to the editor in the Abilene Reporter-News
:
John Compere, Baird, Texas: "Republican President Ronald Reagan nominated Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy and a Democratic majority Senate confirmed him during the 1988 presidential election year. Reagan told the American people filling the vacancy expeditiously was important because we must " ... fulfill our constitutional obligation of restoring the United States Supreme Court to full strength." This is an inconvenient historical truth for Republicans."
University of Chicago law student reflects on President Obama's visit
After President Obama visited the University of Chicago Law School to speak about the Supreme Court vacancy, first-year law student Luke Sperduto penned a post on Medium
:
Luke Sperduto: "Obama the Professor acknowledged that while politics has always played a role in judicial decision-making, the judiciary has now fallen victim to broader trends towards partisan gridlock...Asked about the vision that guides his judicial nominations, the President praised judges who follow the law even when they disagree with it. ... Democracy can be frustrating, the President acknowledged, and our actions will always have consequences beyond our control."
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What are specialty media lists?
Sent from my iPhone
> On Apr 28, 2016, at 4:34 PM, Jefferson, Deshundra
wrote:
>
> As per our meeting, please share your speciality media lists with the group.
>
>
> Sent from my iPhone


Segment on Nevada. Thx
--
Walter Garcia
Western Regional Press Secretary
Democratic National Committee (DNC)
Email: GarciaW@dnc.org
Twitter: @WalterGarcia231
[SigDems]


Research feels like we shouldn't necessarily double down on this, since it gets into defense of HRC and it dredges up talk about Lewinsky that HFA probably doesn't want to continue to focus on.
From: Jefferson, Deshundra
Sent: Friday, April 29, 2016 4:16 PM
To: RR2
Subject: FW: FDP Statement On Bob Sutton's Refusal to Resign
This is ready for research.
From: Jefferson, Deshundra
Sent: Friday, April 29, 2016 3:31 PM
To: Miranda, Luis
Cc: Walker, Eric; Paustenbach, Mark
Subject: FW: FDP Statement On Bob Sutton's Refusal to Resign
Spoke with Kate and Max about this. Can I send to research so that we can blast to our list as well?
From: Florida Democratic Party
Sent: Friday, April 29, 2016 3:27 PM
To: Florida Democratic Party
Subject: FDP Statement On Bob Sutton's Refusal to Resign
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
April 29, 2016
CONTACT:
Max Steele
(850) 222-3411
press@fladems.com
FDP Statement On Bob Sutton's Refusal to Resign
Tallahassee, FL - Today, Florida Democratic Party Executive Director Scott Arceneaux released the following statement regarding Broward GOP Chairman Bob Sutton's feeble apology for making vile, sexist
comments and his refusal to do the right thing and resign immediately:
"Bob Sutton's half-hearted apology does not absolve him of taking full responsibility for his actions. Sadly, his comments were only the latest in a series of misogynistic, degrading remarks that he's made about women. Surely everyone can agree that this is not the type of example a public school teacher should be setting.
"At this point an apology won't cut it. It's time for Sutton to resign. The Republican Party of Florida and the Republican National Committee share in the blame for tolerating this type of embarrassing behavior. Sutton can't help himself and the Party of Trump is willing to enable him. This just shows that the Republican Party remains all talk and no action when it comes to reaching out to women and minorities."
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Today on the Internet
The Digital Team continues to put out content against Donald Trump, and have posted outside news articles today to help frame that message. Take a look:
Content to Share
Twitter
RT @TheDemocrats:
Today in the Washington Post: "This is how fascism comes to America." wapo.st/1XC3BTh
pic.twitter.com/2ntp7uLnJy
RT @TheDemocrats:
Trump’s businesses have been involved in at least 100 lawsuits & disputes related to taxes: usat.ly/1sBurPW
pic.twitter.com/aDhT6uBYbi
RT @DWSTweets
: Read VP Biden's moving note to his 12-year-old self on America's march toward a more perfect union: cbsn.ws/1WE3h7H
RT @DNCWomen
: Are you a woman or know a woman? Listen up: Donald Trump is a misogynist, plain and simple. pic.twitter.com/Ilz6Dulacl
RT @lgbt_dems
: House Republicans abused the rules today to ensure anti-#LGBT discrimination. We can’t afford a Republican Congress: politi.co/1TJmuxQ
Facebook
Democratic Party
: There's no one left to stop Trump but us:
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#BadIdeaIn5Words
Morley Safer
#MakeACelebBoring
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Duke
Facebook
Justin Trudeau
: Canadian Prime Minister Apologizes for Physical Contact With Parliament Members
Netflix
: Company Launches Tool That Allows Users to Check Internet Download Speed in Real Time
Joe Maddon
: Chicago Cubs Manager Wears Pink 'If You Think You Look Hot, Wear It' T-Shirt
Harry Styles
: Photo Shows One Direction Singer With Shorter Hair
Google
Jalen Ramsey
, Jacksonville Jaguars first round draft pick, suffers small meniscus tear in right knee
NBA: Golden State
level Western Conference final
Performing an abortion could soon be a felony in Oklahoma
Kanye West
leaves Ellen DeGeneres speechless: 'I'm sorry for the realness'
Until tomorrow,
Julie
Digital Assistant
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I'll folo up
From: Paustenbach, Mark
Sent: Tuesday, May 03, 2016 4:18 PM
To: Miranda, Luis; Walker, Eric
Subject: Fwd: Request for comment re: Sheldon Silver
Mark Paustenbach
National Press Secretary &
Deputy Communications Director
Democratic National Committee
202.863.8148
paustenbachm@dnc.org
Begin forwarded message:
From: Gabby Morrongiello
>
Date: May 3, 2016 at 4:06:11 PM EDT
To: "Paustenbach, Mark"
>
Subject: Request for comment re: Sheldon Silver
Hi Mark,
Seeing reports that Sheldon Silver was sentenced to 12 years in federal prison today. It is my understanding that he is still a DNC member and thus entitled to his superdelegate slot. I wanted to reach out for comment.
Thanks,
Gabby Morrongiello
--
Political Reporter
The Washington Examiner
707.266.8249 | @gabriellahope_


“Or whoever.”
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From: Sarge, Matthew
Sent: Monday, May 09, 2016 11:05 AM
To: Comm_D
Subject: Trump Announces Governor Chris Christie Will Serve as Transition Team Chairman
inbox: Donald J. Trump Announces Governor Chris Christie Will Serve as Transition Team Chairman
Original Tweet:


That's not how it works, please call Rachel for explanation.
________________________________
From: Manriquez, Pablo
Sent: Sunday, May 08, 2016 12:34 PM
To: Regional Press
Subject: Password Needed for dncpress@dnc.org
Does anyone have it handy? Thank you!
Pablo Manriquez
Democratic National Committee
Phone: 202.572.5488
Email: pablo@dnc.org
web: democrats.org
Twitter: @Pablo_DNC


May 17, 2016
Talking Points – With NDAA, House GOP Leads American Families Down “Another Road to Nowhere”
Republicans’ Defense Authorization: “Another Road to Nowhere”
Democrats firmly believe in a strong national defense.  In a time of growing threats and turmoil abroad, we know we must have a defense budget that meets the challenges of our time, provides long-term certainty to our military, and strengthens the security of American families.
But instead of giving our military and our budget certainty, Republicans are once again asking Congress to vote for a blatant, dangerous and irresponsible budget gimmick.
·         This year, the Republicans taking $18 billion from the Overseas Contingency Operations (OCO) account means that funding for our combat troops will end on April 30, 2017 – a dangerous step.
·         Furthermore, the Republicans are taking this $18 billion and using it for items not requested by the Administration.
Just as when House Republicans tried and failed to do a somewhat similar budget gimmick last year, Defense Secretary Ash Carter has made clear that this Republican budget gimmick is a “road to nowhere” and drastically undermines national security.  As Secretary Carter testified
on April 27:
Republicans’ approach is “another road to nowhere,” “deeply troubling and flawed for several reasons.  It’s gambling with warfighting money at a time of war – proposing to cut off our troops’ funding in places like Afghanistan, Iraq and Syria in the middle of the year.”
That’s why the Administration has issued a veto threat
against the bill:
“H.R. 4909 fails to provide our troops the resources they need to keep our Nation safe… By gambling with warfighting funds, the bill risks the safety of our men and women fighting to keep America safe, undercuts stable planning and efficient use of taxpayer dollars, dispirits troops and their families, baffles our allies, and emboldens our enemies.”
The Republican gimmick before the House is both bad budgeting and harmful to military planning; perpetuating uncertainty and instability in the defense budget and damaging the military’s ability to plan and prepare for the future.  It’s dishonest and dangerous.
Republicans are breaking the Bipartisan Budget Act less than six months after it was signed into law.  Instead of resorting to blatant and reckless budgetary stunts, House Republicans should join with Democrats to fully support our men and women in uniform and protect our national security.
Do Your Job, House Republicans
For months, House Republicans have blocked action on President Obama’s urgent request for an emergency supplemental to confront the rapid spread of the Zika virus.
Now, with more than 1,200 Americans – including more than 110 pregnant women – already with confirmed cases of Zika, House Republicans are telling American communities desperate for help to make do with less than a third of what America’s top public health officials say is needed to protect America’s families.  As Dr. Anthony Fauci, Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases at the National Institutes of Health, said
:
“If we don't get the money that the president has asked for, the $1.9 billion, that is going to have a very serious negative impact on our ability to get the job done.”
The growing threat of Zika demands passage of the President’s full $1.9 billion supplemental now, not a woefully inadequate proposal tied to an appropriations bill that is six months away from the President’s desk.
Democrats are sending a clear message to the Republican Congress: do your job to keep the American people safe, and don’t shortchange the resources needed to confront this very serious threat.
Every day, we learn more and more about the danger Zika represents to expectant mothers.  But House Republicans’ response is to obstruct the strong, smart action Americans need, and to make American communities wait months for an entirely inadequate Republican response:
·         The House GOP has voted twice to block emergency resources to protect American communities from Zika;
·         Now, Republicans are pushing a bill with a funding level less than one-third of the amount of the President’s emergency request that further depletes the ability of the U.S. to respond to the ongoing global threat of Ebola.
Republicans’ radical and dangerous refusal to address the threat of Zika in a serious way could have tragic consequences for families across America.
Again and again, Republicans have given lip-service to helping families and communities in crisis – but they have relentlessly obstructed real action and the resources needed to make a difference:
·         Zika – Republicans voted twice to block meaningful emergency funding to address Zika;
·         Opioids – Republicans voted twice last week to block the $600 million in fully paid-for vital new resources to address the opioid epidemic that kills 78 Americans every day.
·         Flint – Republicans are blocking any action to help the thousands of children facing lifelong damage from drinking poisoned water.
Furthermore, instead of coming together with Democrats to pass a budget resolution that will create jobs and grow the paychecks of hard-working American families, Republicans have decided not to pass a budget at all.
Today, Republicans moved to begin bringing appropriations bills to the floor without having enacted a budget, the final admission that Speaker Ryan has given up on trying to pass the Ryan Road-to-Ruin Budget proposal.  Here’s what was too weak to satisfy the radical forces that have seized control of the Republican Party; a budget that would:
·         End the Medicare guarantee for seniors;
·         Make $6.5 trillion in cuts – the sharpest cuts ever proposed by the House Budget Committee;
·         Devastate investments in good-paying jobs, education, and American infrastructure;
·         Repeal the Affordable Care Act and dismantle the affordable health care of 20 million Americans.
Hard-working families deserve a Congress that protects their safety and invests in their future.  Democrats will continue to press for action to keep American communities safe, and we will continue to make a simple appeal to House Republicans: do your job.
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From tomorrow’s show:
"I'm going to go out and I'm going to get millions of people from the Democrats," Trump said. "I'm going to get Bernie [Sanders] people to vote, because they like me on trade."
Donald Trump Doesn’t Think Republican Party ‘Has to be Unified’
ABC News --- Nicki Rossoll
Donald Trump says he thinks he can win the general election, even if the Republican Party does not unify to support his candidacy.
"Does it have to be unified? I'm very different than everybody else, perhaps, that's ever run for office. I actually don't think so," Trump told George Stephanopoulos in an interview that will air Sunday on ABC News' "This Week."
A growing list of Republicans have come out and said they will not vote for their party's presumptive presidential nominee in November, including former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham, and the Republican Party's 2012 presidential nominee, Mitt Romney. But none of that is rattling Trump.
"I think it would be better if it were unified, I think it would be -- there would be something good about it. But I don't think it actually has to be unified in the traditional sense," Trump said.
Trump added that he thinks he'll appeal to voters across the aisle, and gain the support of Democrats to win the general election.
"I'm going to go out and I'm going to get millions of people from the Democrats," Trump said. "I'm going to get Bernie [Sanders] people to vote, because they like me on trade."
Tune in to ABC's "This Week" and visit ABCNews.go.com on Sunday for more from Chief Anchor George Stephanopoulos’ interview with Donald Trump.


From: Preston Maddock
Sent: Thursday, May 05, 2016 3:28 PM
To: Wei, Shu-Yen
Subject: It Wasn't Just A Bad Dream: Trump Questions Still Loom For Toomey
Pat Toomey’s campaign has gone dark after Donald Trump sewed up the GOP presidential nomination on Tuesday. Numerous media inquiries into Toomey’s reaction have been ignored
, despite his long-standing pledge
to support whomever becomes the nominee
. Now his campaign is trying to create some ambiguous distance between himself and Trump. “Pat Toomey has made it very clear that he disagrees with Donald Trump in several areas,” his spokesman said in a statement today.
That’s news to anyone who’s been following this race. What are the “several areas” where Pat Toomey “has made it very clear that he disagrees with Trump”? And if Toomey so strongly opposes parts of Trump’s candidacy, why does he continue to support him
for President?
When he comes out of his Trump-induced witness protection, we look forward to Toomey clarifying this for Pennsylvania voters. He can start with the unanswered questions below...
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Preston Maddock
>
Date: Wed, May 4, 2016 at 12:28 PM
Subject: Tremendous Questions For The Trump-Toomey Ticket
[ReTrumplican.gif]
As RNC Chairman Reince Priebus said last night
, it’s over, Donald Trump is the presumptive Republican presidential nominee. After months of evasive answers on Trump’s candidacy -- even calling the association between the two “outrageous
” as recently as last week (even though Toomey has pledged to support the nominee
) -- it’s time that Pat Toomey answer some important questions about his party’s standard-bearer. Here are what Pennsylvanians deserve to know about the Trump-Toomey ticket over the next six months:
·         Does Toomey think Donald Trump is qualified to nominate the next Supreme Court Justice
?
·         Does Toomey agree with Trump that women running for office, like Katie McGinty, are playing the “woman card
”?
·         How does Toomey square his support of Trump with the presidential nominee’s belief that “wages are too high
” in America?
·         Does Toomey think there should be “punishment
” for women seeking abortions?
·         Will he support Trump’s plan to round-up and forcibly deport
11 million undocumented workers?
·         When Trump calls for police to patrol Muslim neighborhoods
, does Toomey agree with that proposal?
·         Does Toomey think we should build a border wall with Mexico
and that Mexico will pay for it?
·         Doesn’t Trump’s praise of geopolitical adversaries like Vladimir Putin
disqualify him to be Commander in Chief?
·         Torture and targeting civilians violate international laws. Does Toomey agree with Trump on supporting tactics like waterboarding
and killing civilians
in war zones?
Bonus campaign questions:
·         Will Toomey campaign with Trump over the next six months?
·         Will he accept Trump’s offer
to help with fundraising?
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-----Original Message-----
From: Dillon, Lauren
Sent: Tuesday, May 17, 2016 7:11 AM
To: Comm_D
Subject: Video request: NPR on the VA issues
started around 7:08 am


Good here. Thanks.
Sent from my iPhone
On May 21, 2016, at 8:19 AM, Patrice Taylor
> wrote:
Sure! Works for me.
On May 21, 2016, at 7:44 AM, Miranda, Luis
> wrote:
Yes, I can jump on then
Sent via the Samsung GALAXY S(r)4, an AT&T 4G LTE smartphone
-------- Original message --------
From: Leah Daughtry
>
Date: 05/21/2016 07:19 (GMT-05:00)
To: April Mellody
>, Patrice Taylor
>, Tracie Pough
>, "Miranda, Luis"
>
Cc: Sarah Guy
>
Subject: This afternoon
Good morning,
Tracie suggested that we all get on the phone this afternoon. Would 3pm edt work?


Roger, just sent you a calendar invite for 1pm tomorrow. Thanks!
On May 10, 2016, at 8:06 PM, Sanchez, Jennifer
> wrote:
Hi Pablo –
Please let me know when you have time to meet to discuss the surrogate database and getting the talkers list into the database.
I’ve been trying to connect with someone since Luis and I met April 26.
I know we all have a lot going on but this is a priority for Amy.
Please let me know when you are available.
I can be available Wednesday, 12-2P or 4-6P; Thursday, 1:30-6P.
Thank you in advance.
Jenn
From: Walker, Eric
Sent: Tuesday, May 10, 2016 7:21 PM
To: Sanchez, Jennifer
Subject: Surrogate operation
Hey Jenn – I can’t take the surrogate piece onto my plate right now.
Per Luis – Pablo will handle for comms. Since he does booking already, it’s a natural fit to do surrogate piece.
Thanks
Eric Walker
walkere@dnc.org
732-991-1489
@ericmwalker
Pablo Manriquez
Democratic National Committee
Phone: 202.572.5488
Email: pablo@dnc.org
web: democrats.org
Twitter: @Pablo_DNC


From Arizona to North Carolina, Republicans have been following the same playbook in order to tilt elections in their favor. Republican-controlled state legislatures across the country are passing restrictive voting laws, claiming they fight voter fraud, while making it harder for groups that tend to vote Democratic - women, minorities, and students - to cast their ballots.
Even former Senator Jim DeMint, who now leads the ultra-conservative Heritage Foundation, recently admitted that
voter ID laws help elect "more conservative candidates." And even if that weren't the case, these laws are clearly a solution in search of a problem. Voter impersonation - the type of fraud that photo IDs are supposed to eliminate - is effectively non-existent. A comprehensive investigation of voter impersonation found only
31 credible incidents out of one billion ballots cast from 2000 through 2014.
The New York Times took a closer look at the impact of voter ID laws on critical races. The overall take-away: recent academic research suggests that these laws "restrict turnout and disproportionately affect voting by minorities." Here's an excerpt from the article:
Stricter Rules for Voter IDs Reshape Races
The New York Times // Michael Wines and Manny Fernandez
Since their inception a decade ago, voter identification laws have been the focus of fierce political and social debate. Proponents, largely Republican, argue that the regulations are essential tools to combat election fraud, while critics contend that they are mainly intended to suppress turnout of Democratic-leaning constituencies like minorities and students.
As the general election nears - in which new or strengthened voter ID laws will be in place in Texas and 14 other states for the first time in a presidential election - recent academic research indicates that the requirements restrict turnout and disproportionately affect voting by minorities. The laws are also, as in the case of Mr. Gallego, reshaping how many campaigns are run - with candidates not only spending time to secure votes, but also time to ensure those votes can be cast.
Thirty-three states now have ID laws, at least 17 of them - including Texas - requiring not just written proof of identity, but requiring or requesting a photograph as well.
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From: Stewart Boss
Sent: Friday, May 13, 2016 3:37 PM
To: Stewart Boss
Subject: NV Dems Statement on Dismissed Lawsuit
For Immediate Release
May 13, 2016
Contact: Stewart Boss, sboss@nvdems.com
NV Dems Statement on Dismissed Lawsuit
Las Vegas, NV – Today, Eighth Judicial District Court Judge Ronald J. Israel dismissed
a lawsuit against the Nevada State Democratic Party disputing internal party election procedures. In response to this decision, the State Party released the following statement:
“This frivolous lawsuit was an unnecessary distraction from our shared goals as Democrats, and we’re pleased the court dismissed it today. In his decision, the judge disputed essentially every argument from the plaintiffs, denied their request for a preliminary injunction, and agreed that the State Party had not done anything wrong in setting rules and deadlines for our internal elections. The judge determined that the State Party’s procedures, notice, and nominations processes were entirely fair and appropriate. As we said all along, this lawsuit was purely political and in no way based in state law.
“Now that this issue has been resolved, we look forward to moving forward and coming together to have a smooth, efficiently-run State Convention this weekend. We are an inclusive, big-tent party, and we are glad to have supporters of both Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders running for our Executive Committee. We must unite as Democrats so we can focus our energy and attention on keeping a dangerous, racist, misogynistic billionaire like Donald Trump out of the White House.”
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[npi]                                                                                [ndn]
Friends,
In this new piece released this morning, Simon discusses how Democrats can take what should be a good year and turn it into a great one.
Why the Map Is So Dangerous for Republicans This Year
Last week, I surveyed the early landscape
for the fall elections and found that it is a year of opportunity for Democrats.  This week we drill down on one piece of this story – 2016’s electoral map.
One of the great lessons of the Obama and Clinton Presidencies is that it is not enough just to win a Presidential election; to move their agenda from promise to law, a President must also create a governing coalition that remains in power over time.  For Hillary Clinton, the success of her Presidency may depend in part on whether she can also produce a Democratic majority in the Senate, and potentially the House, next year. And given that we’ve now seen the party in power suffer enormous losses in three consecutive mid-term elections, it suggests that the Democratic Party must not just be focused on winning the Presidency this year but winning as many Senate and House seats as possible to help prevent Clinton’s governing coalition from being just a two year aberration.
The good news for the Democrats is that Senate and House seats they have to win in 2016 have a remarkable and one time overlap with their Presidential targets.  Using the Cook Report rankings
as a guide, here is a rough breakdown of how 2016 looks (Democrats need to pick up 7 Senate seats and 30 House seats to gain a majority):
Presidential/Senate targets (9) – CO, FL, IA, NH, MI, NV, OH, PA, WI
Presidential only (1) – VA
Expanded Presidential/Senate targets (3) – AZ, GA, NC
Senate target, non Presidential (1) – IL
House targets in expanded Presidential/Senate battleground (20) – AZ (2), CO (1), FL (5), IL (1), IA (2), MI (2), NH (1), NV (2), PA (1), VA (2), WI (1)
House targets in CA/NY (10) – CA (4), NY (6)
Other House targets (7) – ME (1), MN (2), NE (1), NJ (1), TX (1), UT (1)
What this breakdown suggests by competing in just 14 states (AZ, CO, FL, GA, IA, IL, MI, NC, NH, NV, OH, PA, VA, WI), Democrats will be able to hit all their Presidential and Senate targets and more than half of their House targets.  Adding California and New York will bring it to 30 of 37 House targets.  By historical standards, this is a remarkably concentrated and efficient map.  It means: a strong showing at the Presidential level will have disproportionate impact on Congressional races (coattails on steroids); it is an enormous opportunity for Democrats through their digitally enhanced coordinated campaigns to gain efficiencies that will allow more time/spending on expanding the map to states like AZ, GA and NC; the Clinton campaign’s success at raising high dollar monies and the Sanders success at low dollar fundraising suggests the Democrats will have enough money to contemplate a more expansive effort if the Clinton Sanders rapprochement is successful; and it means that the national campaign committee with the hardest job – the DCCC (House campaigns) – will be able to throw far more of its resources into those seven races outside the national footprint.
Given the innate advantage Democrats have at the electoral college level, and the debilitating early demographic and political challenges of the Trump experience (not sure it is a campaign yet), one could understand how the Clinton campaign and national party would play it safe, stay focused on the core 10 states needed to win the Presidency, and feel understandably that electing the first woman President was a big enough job for any Presidential campaign.  But the map and circumstances of this year suggest a more aggressive, and yes, perhaps more risky approach.
What would that look like exactly?  It means making it explicit that the national campaign map is now 16 not just 10 states (the 14 above plus portions of CA and NY).  It means running paid advertising and establishing coordinated campaigns in all 16 targeted states, including a national strategy to win over Millennials led by Sanders campaign veterans;  deploying the candidate/VP and Bidens, Obamas, Sanders and Bill Clinton to these states;  and it means letting the broader Democratic community know about this strategy to give them something incredibly powerful to fight for – ideological control of Washington – and not just something to fight against – Trump.
I have no doubt that this “man on the moon” kind of approach would produce an enormous outpouring of financial support at all levels for the party, and broader citizen engagement/activism in these critical elections.  Its audaciousness and ambition itself will be a tonic to the risk adverse culture of Washington that so many Americans would have grown weary of, and will signal the nation that the Democratic Party and its new leader mean business.
At a practical level, the Democrats can pull it off.  A Clinton Sanders deal would mean sufficient resources. We have an unusually rich and popular surrogate pool that will need to be deployed in creative ways for Democrats to gain advantage from this structural opportunity.  The controversial DNC Clinton joint fundraising committee has meant the operational mechanisms for managing all this have been in place already for some time.  The Clinton campaign is being run by folks like Robbie Mook who come from the Party, understand how the Senate and House campaign committees work, making this kind of cooperative arrangement possible.  And the far more sophisticated data driven tactics of a post Obama Democratic Party means the upside of a truly coordinated campaign are far greater than in the past – much more can be gained with better technology and targeting.
Given the unusual map of 2016 and the Democratic Party’s enormous operational/technological advantages, this is a particularly bad year for the Republicans to offer a deeply unpopular, unsophisticated and just crappy candidate.  The question for the Democrats now is will they seize the opening they now have and turn what is likely to be a good year into a great one.
If you want to talk to Simon about this piece, or anything else, just let us know.
Best,
Chris
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From: Palermo, Rachel
Sent: Thursday, May 19, 2016 1:30 PM
To: Miranda, Luis; Freundlich, Christina
Subject: For approval when we have the Bob Gates video
Donald Trump's recklessness would diminish our standing in the world and make our nation less safe. Trump is divisive and dangerous, and he lacks the temperament to be president.
But Donald Trump is no accident-his harmful foreign policy rhetoric comes straight from the out-of-touch GOP playbook. This morning on MSNBC, former Defense Secretary Robert Gates, a Republican who has served presidents of both parties, questioned Donald Trump's temperament, and highlighted that Republicans have only offered "uninformed bluster and threats" when it comes to our national security.
Gates also expressed concern that Donald Trump's divisive rhetoric has already harmed our relationships with our allies around the world:
WATCH [SCREENSHOT]
"I think [people overseas] are especially apprehensive about the unpredictability and the threats of Mr. Trump and some of the things he's said, from having Japan and South Korea have nuclear weapons to breaking off the relationship with China. . . these are all of serious concern. And the problem, the worry is that even before the election, countries begin to take steps to offset these dangers or these perceived shifts in U.S. policy in ways that put greater distance between ourselves and them in terms of cooperation in the future."
Even as a candidate, Trump has damaged America's relationships across the globe. In the White House, he would undeniably make our nation less safe. We can't afford to have Donald Trump as Commander in Chief.
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[DNC]
Rachel Palermo
Democratic National Committee
PalermoR@dnc.org
202-863-8041


Works for luis
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[DNC]
Rachel Palermo
Democratic National Committee
PalermoR@dnc.org
202-863-8041
From: Bonosky, Garret
Sent: Thursday, May 12, 2016 11:44 AM
To: Anita Dunn (adunn@skdknick.com); Hilary Rosen (HRosen@skdknick.com); Miranda, Luis; Banfill, Ryan
Cc: Dacey, Amy; Tracie Pough; Herries, Rebecca; Philippa Martinez-Berrier; Guerra, Liana; Palermo, Rachel
Subject: MTG. REQUEST: DNC Comms Strategy - 5/19 @ 3:30pm EST-4:30pm EST
Hi Everyone - The Chairwoman and Amy Dacey would like to meet with you to discuss the DNC Comms Strategy. Are you available to meet on 5/19 at 3:30pm EST-4:30pm EST at the DNC? Thank you.
Garret Bonosky
Deputy Director, Office of the Chair
Democratic National Committee


Can we pull the rest of the show please? Will take a look to see if there is anything notable
Christina Freundlich
DNC Deputy National Press Secretary
314-302-0602


Watch here
From: "Hendricks, Lauren"
>
Date: Wednesday, May 4, 2016 at 11:09 AM
To: Comm_D
>
Subject: Video Request: Spicer on CNN
Sean Spicer @seanspicer
Coming up I'll talk with @KateBolduan
@JohnBerman
on @CNN
@ThisHour
abt @GOP
race #GoldStandard
Just tweeted. Thank you!
Lauren Hendricks


reupping
From: Freundlich, Christina
Sent: Thursday, April 28, 2016 1:48 PM
To: Walker, Eric; Walsh, Tom; Paustenbach, Mark; Miranda, Luis
Subject: RE: draft --- Senate Judiciary Clock Is Ticking
Updated
From: Freundlich, Christina
Sent: Thursday, April 28, 2016 12:02 PM
To: Walker, Eric; Walsh, Tom; Paustenbach, Mark; Miranda, Luis
Subject: draft --- Senate Judiciary Clock Is Ticking
SL: Senate Judiciary Clock Is Ticking
It's been 43 days of Republican obstruction since President Obama nominated Chief Judge Garland to the Supreme Court, meaning that we have passed the average amount of time it takes the Senate Judiciary Committee to hold a hearing on a nominee to the Supreme Court - and the Senate Republicans are still holding out for Donald Trump.
The Constitution is clear: it's the President's job to nominate Supreme Court justices, and it's the Senate's job to give the nominee a fair consideration with a hearing and vote. Not in our modern political system has it taken this long to fulfill a Supreme Court vacancy, let alone refuse to give the nominee a fair hearing a vote.
And yet, some Republican lawmakers are still refusing to acknowledge Trump
as the standard baron for the Republican party and the one they are waiting for to nominate a Supreme Court justice.
Republicans have chosen to play politics rather than do their jobs and fulfill the most basic constitutional requirements. Americans couldn't be clearer: stop the obstruction and do your job.


Does she have any availability tonight? If so, what are the blocks?
Are we confirmed on 4-5pm avail tomorrow?
Sent from my iPhone


Thx!
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Walter Garcia
Western Regional Press Secretary
Democratic National Committee (DNC)
Email: GarciaW@dnc.org
Twitter: @WalterGarcia231
[SigDems]


Just so henry can listen back through. Not for broader distribution
Sent from my iPhone
On May 3, 2016, at 7:49 PM, Dillon, Lauren
> wrote:
What are we doing with the youtube?
From: Manriquez, Pablo
Sent: Tuesday, May 03, 2016 7:24 PM
To: Comm_D
Subject: Video Request: Tonight's Radio Hits
WHAT:                       HENRY MUNOZ ON FOX NEWS RADIO**
WHEN:                       Tuesday, 3 MAY at 7:35PM EST
WHAT:                       ERIC WALKER ON CBS NEWS
WHEN:                       Tuesday, 3 MAY, 7:44PM EST
WHAT:                       JOHN ZODY ON FOX NEWS RADIO
WHEN:                       Tuesday, 3 May at 8:25PM EST
**Pls try to turn around Henry’s hit ASAP so we can go through it with him. For Henry’s hit, DNC Clips unlisted — Title: Henry Munoz Discusses Indiana Primary on Fox News Radio
Pablo Manriquez
Democratic National Committee
Phone: 202.572.5488
Email: pablo@dnc.org
web: democrats.org
Twitter: @Pablo_DNC


Wanted to re-up for this morning.
Sent from my iPhone
On May 10, 2016, at 6:23 PM, Jefferson, Deshundra
> wrote:
Dejuana Thompson, Moderator
Hello everyone and thank you for joining us. My name is Dejuana Thompson , the Deputy Director of Community Engagement at the DNC. Community Engagement works to promote advocacy among various progressive political leaders and activists across the country. We work closely with key leadership of the DNC, state parties, external partners, and allies to ensure seamless integration into the larger DNC strategy and engage, inform, and mobilize specific constituencies.
I am proud to welcome the DNC Chair Representative Debbie Wasserman Schultz, the Chair of the DNC’s Women’s Caucus Lottie Shackleford, and Pratt Wiley the National Director of Voter Expansion at the DNC, to this call.
I would like to remind everyone that this call is strictly off-the-record, and is closed to the press.
With that, it is my pleasure to turn this call over to the DNC Chair Congresswoman Wasserman Schultz.
DNC Chair Representative Wasserman Schultz
Thank you Marilyn. I also want to thank everyone on this call for joining us today.
The right to vote is our most fundamental right, and the right by which all of our other rights are secured. No one should ever take for granted their right to vote, nor should anyone seek to take that right away.
But the GOP seems to believe their path to victory lies in restricting access to the ballot box, and Republican-led state legislatures are leading the charge in key battleground states across the country.
We see that most clearly in North Carolina, where the so-called Voter Information Verification Act, reversed a generation of electoral progress. Passed in the wake a Supreme Court ruling that invalidated a key provision of the Voting Rights Act, the bill eliminated same-day voter registration, rolled back early voting by a full week, and imposed new photo ID requirements for voters. This purely partisan law was passed without any support from Democrats because its intent was clear from the very beginning – to systematically limit access to the polls in order to sway elections.
It is deeply disturbing that as our nation moves forward, one of the country’s major political parties is attempting to drag us backward. We should not have to re-litigate yesterday’s battles or continue a fight we have previously won.
Yet this is playing out all across the country.
From North Carolina to Wisconsin to Arizona, we’ve seen a number of states pass anti-voter laws designed to limit access to the polls. Whether it’s implementing restrictive photo ID laws, rolling back early voting, eliminating same-day registration, or changing polling locations without notifying voters, these types of tactics make it harder to vote.
When we limit the ways that people can vote, we are hurting the low-wage workers with two jobs, the recently married woman who hasn’t changed her name on her driver’s license, the single mother who goes to work early each morning and picks up her children late at night, and the widower without a car who relies on his grown children to get to the polls. And as you may have noticed, these types of laws disproportionately impact women, minorities, students, the elderly, and low-income people.
We’re going to discuss how these laws hurt women voters in particular. And by the way – we’ve outnumbered male voters in every national election since 1964. In 2012, approximately 10 million more women voted than men, contributing to the largest gender gap in history. President Barack Obama won 56 percent of the women’s vote in the last election and women voters made the difference in several high-profile races, helping Democrats retain control of the Senate that year. So it’s easy to see why the GOP is taking aim at women voters – we’re a key part of the Democratic constituency and we vote in large numbers.
Women face a number of “silent” obstacles on Election Day that I alluded to earlier.
Rolling back or restricting early voting hurts makes voting more difficult for those with limited flexibility in their schedules. Women have comprised 60 percent of early voters in 2012.
Women are more likely than men to change their name due to marriage or divorce. However, some voter ID laws require voters’ government issued identification to exactly match their name at their local polling place. So if you haven’t had time to go to the DMV for a new license, then you’re penalized at the polls.
And some states now require documented proof of citizenship, such as a birth certificate or passport, just to register to vote. If citizens don’t provide sufficient evidence, then they are not allowed to vote in state and local elections. It is estimated that 32 million eligible women voters may lack proof of citizenship that matches their current legal name.
I cannot emphasize this enough – women are an important voting block that the Republican Party has largely alienated. We cannot allow them to continue to silence our voices.
With that, I would like to turn the call over to my dear friend, the Chair of the DNC’s Women’s Caucus, Lottie Shackleford.
Women’s Caucus Chair Lottie Shackelford
Thank you Debbie.
I started my career in politics back in 1978, and I have witnessed many “firsts.” I was also the first women elected Mayor of Little Rock, Arkansas, and I have tried to open the doors of opportunity for other women.
Women must – we can and we must – amplify our voices and values at the ballot box. To echo Debbie, women have outnumbered male voters in every national election since 1964. Our voices are powerful when we go to the polls.
Let me take a moment to talk about this year’s race. Donald Trump is dangerous, and he lacks the judgment and the temperament to be president.
I wouldn’t want him to take a tour of the White House, let alone live there. He has a long history of denigrating women, and the vile, sexist comments he’s made on the campaign trail are beneath the dignity of the office he seeks.
Trump would take away a woman’s right to make her own healthcare choices. He has said that women who had abortions should be punished – but not the doctors that performed them. He’s even opposed exceptions for health of the mother because he thought women would use a cold as an excuse to have an abortion.
Trump said that ensuring equal pay for women should just be left up to “the marketplace,” and once suggested family leave policies should actually be scaled back. He’s also called pregnancy was “an inconvenience for a business.” Trump even complained that when he employed mothers, they were not giving him “100 percent.”
This is about our mothers, our sisters, our daughters, and ourselves. That’s who he’s referring to. He’s talking about us. And we must hold him accountable.
Our vote is our voice. Let’s use it this fall. And let’s register and encourage others to vote. Here’s what I am asking you to do:
Know the Law. In order to successfully vote, you need to know the rules of the road. Make sure you check with your local board of elections.
Engage Your Community. Women are most likely to register to vote if someone they know and trust asks them to vote and engages them in a discussion about the issues. Keep in touch with the people you registered through email, events, town hall meetings, candidate forums, et cetera. Invite them to attend registration or other events that will engage them more deeply in the political process.
Register to vote, plan to vote, and then vote. Ensure you ask the three most important questions: 1) Are they registered to vote 2) Have they voted? 3) What is their plan on or before Election Day to vote?
There’s too much at stake this election. We can’t look back, and ask ourselves what more could we have done. We need to go out there and do it!
I would now like to turn this call over to Pratt Wiley, the DNC’s National Director of Voter Expansion.
Pratt Wiley, National Director of Voter Expansion
Democrats believe that we solve our nation’s problems with more democracy, not less. The Democratic National Committee’s Voter Expansion Project reflects our commitment to ensuring every eligible citizen is able to register, every registered voter is able to vote, and every vote is accurately counted.
But the opposite seems to be true for the Republican Party. Republicans have been following the same playbook – in North Carolina, Arizona, Wisconsin, Ohio, Florida and beyond – to tilt elections in their favor. Republican-controlled state legislatures across the country are passing restrictive voting laws that make it harder for women, minorities, and students to vote. These groups are not only the Democrat’s core constituency – they are also the majority of Americans.
Voter impersonation – the type of conduct that photo IDs are supposed to eliminate – is virtually non-existent. A comprehensive study found only 31 instances of voter impersonation in over 1 billion votes casts – that’s twice as rare as a shark attack. These facts, however, are not stopping the GOP from seeking a solution to a problem that just doesn’t exist.
Former Senator Jim DeMint, who now leads the ultra-conservative Heritage Foundation, recently admitted that voter ID laws help elect “more conservative candidates.”
In April, students at the Marquette University polling station faced two hour wait times to vote. Many still stood in line well after the polls official closed and the race was called. At the same time, a Republican Wisconsin Congressman bragged to reporters that the state’s restrictive photo ID law would help the GOP defeat Democrats in the fall.
In Texas, Senator Ted Cruz filed an amicus brief in support of Texas’ restrictive photo ID law. Cruz wears his opposition to voting rights as a badge of honor. In 2012, he voiced his opposition to a key provision of the landmark Voting Rights Act of 1965. He also led the fight as Texas Solicitor General to limit voter registration efforts in communities of color, vigorously defending a discriminatory law against a civil rights lawsuit.
And we all remember just four years ago when the Pennsylvania Republican House Leader announced that the state’s restrictive photo ID law was ‘gonna allow Governor Romney to win the State of Pennsylvania.’
It’s not hard to see that this is a part of a cynical political ploy to boast the Republican’s electoral success this fall.
While Democrats have gone to court in Arizona to reverse the culture of discrimination and disenfranchisement, Republicans are going to court to defend laws designed to decrease voter turnout – because that is their only path to victory.
As mentioned by our distinguished speakers, the DNC and Democrats across the nation will not waver in defending the right to vote – the most fundamental of all of our rights.
Again, I want to thank everyone for joining us and I would now like to open the call to questions.
Deshundra Jefferson, Southern Regional Communications Director
Democratic National Committee
JeffersonD@dnc.org
| (202) 863-8112


Sorry to bother — does this script look good? Thank you all!
From: Rebecca Christopher
>
Date: Friday, May 6, 2016 at 3:59 PM
To: Video-Vetting_d
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Subject: New video: Trump isn't trying to bring people together
Hi everyone,
Attached is a script for a new video we’d like to use to mop up some more taco bowl engagement, and demonstrate the Trump actually isn’t trying.
Let me know if you have any flags and thank you!


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Also, reporters seem to be thrilled to be at the Convention lmfaooooo
[   Steve Sebelius (@SteveSebelius
)
5/14/16, 6:40 PM
Damn it! Still 2 uncommitted delegates, triggers another 30-minute "realignment" period. Thanks a lot, people! Make up your minds!!
On May 14, 2016, at 6:51 PM, Garcia, Walter
> wrote:
FYI, asked the NV Dems Comms Director for a read-out of how the Convention is going, and he passed this message along:
The passing of the rules and initial credentials report was extremely contentious this morning as expected, but things have chilled out now. We have the Sanders folks admitting that they lost fair and square, not because we "rigged" anything. Clinton likely to win the state convention with a slim margin and we'll send a release with final delegate numbers.
From: Walter Garcia
>
Date: Saturday, May 14, 2016 at 7:51 AM
To: Comm_D
>
Subject: Fwd: Reid & Sanders Statements on NV Dems State Convention
In advance of today's Dem Convention in NV.
Begin forwarded message:
From: Press NVDems
>
Date: May 14, 2016 at 12:18:21 AM EDT
To: Press NVDems
>
Subject: Reid & Sanders Statements on NV Dems State Convention
For Immediate Release
May 13, 2016
Contact: Kristen Orthman, 617-721-8938
Reid Statement on NV Dems State Convention
Washington, D.C. - Nevada Senator Harry Reid released the following statement after Senator Bernie Sanders called for a respectful and constructive Nevada State Democratic Party Convention on Saturday. Senator Sanders’ statement is below Senator Reid’s:
“I talked to my friend Senator Sanders today. I so admire him for what he has done during his campaign to move our country forward. We share the goal of ensuring Donald Trump never steps foot in the Oval Office and Democrats make gains up and down the ballot in November. I hope Senator Sanders’ supporters heed his call for an orderly and respectful Nevada State Democratic Party Convention. The success of Nevada Democrats up and down the ballot in November depends on it.”
Senator Sanders’ statement:
[Inline image 1]
Sanders Statement on Nevada Democratic Party Convention
May 13, 2016
Contact: Michael Briggs (802) 233-8653
BISMARCK, N.D. – U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders on Friday issued the following statement ahead of Saturday’s Nevada Democratic Party convention:
“I want to thank my supporters in Nevada. Together, we are creating transformational change in America through honest and dignified discussion of the issues facing our citizens. We share a commitment to electing progressive Democrats up-and-down the ballot in Nevada and across the country and are committed to soundly defeating Donald Trump and the right-wing Republican agenda. Working together respectfully and constructively on Saturday at the Nevada Democratic convention will move us closer to those essential goals.”
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“It’s very encouraging when someone of the prominence of the Republican presumptive nominee says some of the same things we’ve been saying for years,” Mr. Taylor said. “Who needs Muslims? Who needs Mexicans? Once you ask those questions, you think, ‘Who needs Haitians?’ Mr. Trump is reacting in an almost visceral way to the idea of whites becoming a minority.”
From: Kane, Michael
Sent: Tuesday, May 17, 2016 7:41 PM
To: Comm_D
Subject: WSJ: White Nationalists See Advancement Through Donald Trump’s Candidacy
White Nationalists See Advancement Through Donald Trump’s Candidacy
Beth Reinhard
Wall Street Journal
May 17th, 2016
White nationalists are hailing Donald Trump
’s elevation to presumptive Republican presidential nominee, while also trying to boost their own political profiles and activity.
Although Mr. Trump has spurned these extreme groups’ support, the level of interest within them for the White House candidate rivals that for segregationist George Wallace, who won five states in the 1968 election, and for conservative Republican Pat Buchanan, who denounced multiculturalism in the 1990s.
Mr. Trump is being heralded by these groups for his proposals to bar Muslim immigrants, deport millions of people living illegally in the U.S., and build a wall along the southern border.
“White men in America and across the planet are partying like it’s 1999 following Trump’s decisive victory over the evil enemies of our race,” wrote Holocaust denier Andrew Anglin, who calls Mr. Trump “the Glorious Leader” on his Daily Stormer website, after the candidate all but sewed up the GOP nomination
on May 3.
While his policy prescriptions proved popular with GOP primary voters, Mr. Trump is now the presumptive nominee of a party that has struggled in recent presidential elections to expand its appeal beyond white voters. At the same time, his hard-line immigration policy and high profile are big lures for extreme groups seeking to elevate their status and views.
Campaign spokeswoman Hope Hicks said Mr. Trump “has disavowed and will continue to disavow the support of any such groups associated with a message of hate.”
The businessman isn’t the only candidate who has attracted white supremacists.
Ku Klux Klan leader  Will Quigg of California, who last year backed Mr. Trump on Twitter, told the Telegraph newspaper in March that he wants Democrat Hillary Clinton
to win. The Clinton campaign rejected that support.
Last year, Texas Sen. Ted Cruz
brushed off donations to his presidential campaign from Earl Holt III, leader of a white supremacist group that authorities allege was cited as an inspiration by Dylann Roof, the man charged with killing nine people at a historically black church in Charleston, S.C., in June 2015. The campaign said it refunded $2,300 to Mr. Holt and sent $2,700 as a donation to a fund set up for the families of the church-shooting victims.
It also isn’t the first time the KKK tried to align with a nominee in the modern era. Klan leaders in 1984 tried to throw their support publicly to President Ronald Reagan, who rebuffed their overtures.
Mr. Trump earlier this year drew criticism for his hesitation to disavow the support of David Duke
, a former KKK leader and former state representative from Louisiana. But earlier this month, after Mr. Duke described Mr. Trump’s success as overcoming “these Jewish supremacists who control our country,” Mr. Trump said, “Anti-Semitism has no place in our society, which needs to be united not divided.”
He also returned a $250 contribution in February from white nationalist leader William Johnson, whom the campaign listed among its California GOP convention delegates before striking him from the list last week.
Mr. Trump’s rejections have failed to deter support from leaders of what civil-rights groups label “right-wing hate groups.”
These groups’ websites, radio shows and podcasts are filled with praise for Mr. Trump’s views on immigration, appeals to vote for him and calls to volunteer for his campaign. Some white nationalist leaders have boasted online about attending his rallies, either as supporters or as journalists, and say the traffic on their websites is increasing since the rise of Mr. Trump.
“Trump’s candidacy has absolutely electrified the radical right,” said Mark Potok, a senior fellow at the Southern Poverty Law Center, a civil-rights organization that tracks extremist groups.
People who identify as white nationalists, white-rights advocates or race realists say that even if Mr. Trump’s views don’t exactly line up with their own, they appreciate his willingness to speak his mind, regardless of the backlash.
“The main reason white nationalists support Donald Trump is that he is the real deal,” said Mr. Johnson, the rejected California delegate. “I speak from the heart and so does he.”
Attendance at this coming weekend’s annual conference hosted by American Renaissance, which publishes a website on topics including eugenics and alleged IQ differences between races, is expected to double to 300 people, said editor Jared Taylor, in part because of Mr. Trump’s success.
“Donald Trump says what millions of Americans have thought for years—and is much too popular to be silenced,” reads a notice about the event near Nashville, Tenn., that is described as a “celebration of our world brotherhood of Europeans.’’
Mr. Taylor did a robocall earlier this year before the primaries in Iowa and New Hampshire in which he said: “We don’t need Muslims. We need smart, well-educated white people who will assimilate to our culture. Vote Trump.” The call was funded by an outside group and not approved by the Trump campaign.
Exit polls show large majorities of Republican primary and caucus voters agree with Mr. Trump’s plan to ban Muslim immigrants, at least temporarily. Mr. Trump has said the ban is necessary to prevent terrorist attacks because the process of screening immigrants is inadequate.
“It’s very encouraging when someone of the prominence of the Republican presumptive nominee says some of the same things we’ve been saying for years,” Mr. Taylor said. “Who needs Muslims? Who needs Mexicans? Once you ask those questions, you think, ‘Who needs Haitians?’ Mr. Trump is reacting in an almost visceral way to the idea of whites becoming a minority.”
Mr. Trump’s allies say he can’t control who backs him, and he is wary of drawing more attention to their rhetoric, said the Rev. Darrell Scott, a black pastor in Cleveland and the chief executive of the National Diversity Coalition for Trump, a multiracial, multiethnic group of supporters.
“I don’t think he wants to make an issue of white supremacists,” Mr. Scott said. “Any radical element of society that says they like Trump gets the opportunity for media coverage, and he doesn’t want to magnify that.”
Civil-rights groups say Mr. Trump, despite his disavowals, has sent signals to people who hold racist views. His posture toward immigrants also has been repudiated by many leaders in his own party.
“White supremacists and white nationalists have been marginalized in our political discourse, but Trump’s campaign is bringing them out of the woodwork and making it easier for them say certain things,” said Peter Montgomery, senior fellow at the People for the American Way, a liberal group.
In his campaign announcement speech in June 2015, Mr. Trump said some Mexican immigrants are rapists and drug dealers. He said he would consider shutting down mosques to prevent terrorist attacks, and he backed a “deportation force” such as the one used by the Eisenhower administration to round up illegal Mexican immigrants and send them back across the border.
With millions of followers on Twitter, Mr. Trump has retweeted encouragement from white supremacists, as well as faulty crime statistics that suggest the vast majority of murders of white people are committed by blacks. Earlier this month, he told NBC News that Germany is “crime-riddled” because of Muslim immigrants. Mr. Trump didn’t offer evidence to back up these claims. According to the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the vast majority of murders of white people are committed by other white people. German newspapers have reported that government statistics show the increase in migrants hasn’t been accompanied by a proportionate increase in crime.
In February, the Anti-Defamation League sent a list of 11 “racist individuals and extremists groups” to all of the Democrats and Republicans running for president, urging them to steer clear. All of those on the list had expressed support for Mr. Trump.
“We’ve seen him use blistering attacks against his opponents but we haven’t seen him use the same level of force and clarity against these racists and anti-Semites,” said Jonathan Greenblatt, the ADL’s national director. “As the GOP nominee he absolutely needs to do more.”


WHO: DWS
WHAT: Press Conference Call on Trump's Tax and Economic Plans - Ahead of Trump's meeting on Thursday with Congressional Republicans, the call would be a discussion on the fact Trump has not flip-flopped on taxes. Trump has only said that the final proposal may change during negotiations. But, his plan has stayed the same and is still more reckless (new 15 percent rate on corporate taxes) than the tax plans proposed by Paul Ryan and Congressional Republicans (new 25 percent rate on corporate taxes). And, if negotiations did occur, it would only take us back to where Ryan already is (25 percent). Trump is not breaking with Republican orthodoxy on taxes or any other issue where he expects his plans to be altered. Would include comments on how Democrats are already fighting Ryan in the House on the GOP's dangerous proposals.
WHEN: 1:30PM, Wednesday, May 10 (Prep/briefing begins at 1PM or 1:15PM)
Staff: Luis, Mark
Briefing: Luis
Contact:


And please send me a copy right away.
Thanks!
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This is the video Chris sent over (SCOTUS question asked around 37:25)

Q: "Can you with a straight face tell us why there shouldn't be a Senate vote now on the Supreme Court nominee the President sent up?"
A: "No, very difficult for me to do that."
Towards the end of his answer he also says "I have concerns about what this leads to down the road" - seemingly referring to how this would set a horrible precedent for future nominees.


Tonight's Tick Tock
9:50 PM - 10:15 PM timing to be confirmed - DNC COMMS - LIVE TV INTERVIEW, FOX NEWS "ELECTION SPECIAL" -- DNC Studio
THE FOX ELECTION SPECIAL GOES OFF THE AIR AT 10 PM. WE ARE TRYING TO PUT DWS ON BEFORE CNN. WAITING FOR FOX
10:00 PM - 10:08 PM timing to be confirmed - DNC COMMS - LIVE TV INTERVIEW, CNN "ELECTION SPECIAL" -- DNC Studio
10:10 PM - 10:16 PM timing to be confirmed - DNC COMMS - LIVE TV INTERVIEW. MSNBC "ELECTION SPECIAL" -- DNC Studio
10:30 PM - 10:45 PM RYAN/MARK OR LUIS TO WALK DWS HOME
From: Banfill, Ryan
Sent: Tuesday, May 17, 2016 4:52 PM
To: House Anna Stolitzka
Cc: Bonosky, Garret; Kate Houghton; Geoff Burgan
Subject: RE: Comms Tick Tock Tonight
9:50 PM - 10:15 PM timing to be confirmed - DNC COMMS - LIVE TV INTERVIEW, FOX NEWS "ELECTION SPECIAL" -- DNC Studio
THE FOX ELECTION SPECIAL GOES OFF THE AIR AT 10 PM. WE ARE TRYING TO PUT DWS ON BEFORE CNN. WAITING FOR FOX
10:00 PM - 10:08 PM timing to be confirmed - DNC COMMS - LIVE TV INTERVIEW, CNN "ELECTION SPECIAL" -- DNC Studio
10:10 PM - 10:16 PM timing to be confirmed - DNC COMMS - LIVE TV INTERVIEW. MSNBC "ELECTION SPECIAL" -- DNC Studio
10:30 PM - 10:45 PM RYAN/MARK OR LUIS TO WALK DWS HOME
From: Stolitzka, Anna
Sent: Tuesday, May 17, 2016 4:31 PM
To: Banfill, Ryan
Cc: Bonosky, Garret; Kate Houghton; Geoff Burgan
Subject: Comms Tick Tock Tonight
Ryan - please let me know when you confirm the exact times for these hits. After the hits, please walk DWS home tonight.
10:00 PM - 10:15 PM timing to be confirmed - DNC COMMS - LIVE TV INTERVIEW, CNN "ELECTION SPECIAL" -- DNC Studio
10:00 PM - 10:15 PM timing to be confirmed - DNC COMMS - LIVE TV INTERVIEW, FOX NEWS "ELECTION SPECIAL" -- DNC Studio
10:00 PM - 10:15 PM timing to be confirmed - DNC COMMS - LIVE TV INTERVIEW. MSNBC "ELECTION SPECIAL" -- DNC Studio
10:30 PM - 10:45 PM RYAN TO WALK DWS HOME
Anna Stolitzka | Scheduler
Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (FL-23)
1114 Longworth HOB  I  Washington, DC
t: 202.225.7931
l  f: 202.226.2052
www.wassermanschultz.house.gov/scheduling


On economy.
[SigDems]
Luis Miranda, Communications Director
Democratic National Committee
202-863-8148 - MirandaL@dnc.org
- @MiraLuisDC
From: Miranda, Luis
Sent: Monday, May 09, 2016 6:07 PM
To: Comm_D
Subject: VIDEO REQUEST: MSNBC Halperin and Heileman
Good exchange now on how business leaders are worried about Trump and could see Hillary as stability.
[SigDems]
Luis Miranda, Communications Director
Democratic National Committee
202-863-8148 - MirandaL@dnc.org
- @MiraLuisDC


Today in the fight for a full and functioning Supreme Court: Republicans are hoping that Trump, the most divisive candidate in history, will win the election and appoint justices that will implement his radical agenda for the country, young leaders join Members of Congress to tell Senators to #DoYourJob and a new report details the impact that a split Supreme Court will have on jurisdictions across the country.
Tomorrow, the People For the American Way Foundation (PFAWF) and the Constitutional Accountability Center (CAC) will release the new report, "Material Harm to Our System of Justice: The Consequences of an Eight-Member Supreme Court." Sen. Amy Klobuchar, Elliot Mincberg, and  Elizabeth Wydra will hold a press call to discuss the new report. To RSVP or to request an embargoed copy, please email media@pfaw.org
.
Donald Trump Wants to Use the Supreme Court to Implement His Dangerous Agenda.
While we have a real, highly-qualified consensus nominee that Republicans refuse to act on, Trump has put forward a hypothetical group of extreme judges who would do real harm to Americans by banning abortion, turning back progress against discrimination, and imposing Trump's radical agenda on the country.
With only eight justices, the Supreme Court has been unable to reach decisions on important issues like women's access to contraception and is set to accept the fewest number of new cases in 70 years, delaying or denying justice to millions in the process. Just like they shut down the government, now Republicans are shutting down the Supreme Court in the hopes of allowing Donald Trump to appoint justices who will impose his radical and divisive agenda on America.
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Young Leaders Join Members of Congress to tell Senators: #DoYourJob.
Today, national youth-led and youth-serving organizations released an open letter to U.S. Senators calling for fair consideration for President Obama's Supreme Court nominee, Merrick Garland. You can read the full letter and release HERE
.
Sen. Cory Booker: "It's energizing to see so many young leaders at the front of the growing chorus of voices urging Senate leaders to do their job and provide a fair process for the consideration of Chief Judge Merrick Garland. The decisions made at the Supreme Court don't just impact us today, they impact generations to come."
Sen. Al Franken: "It's been more than three months now since a vacancy opened on the U.S. Supreme Court, and during that time, we've seen a whole lot of partisan bickering, obstructionism, and political maneuvering. But you know what we haven't seen: Senate Republicans doing their job as outlined by the Constitution."
Rep. Ruben Gallego: "As a member of Congress who was elected to do my job, I take my constitutional duty seriously... It's time for the Senate to do their jobs and give Judge Garland a fair hearing and a timely vote."
Rep. Linda Sánchez: "This Supreme Court vacancy is critically important for all Americans, but especially for Latinos living in the United States.  We are an especially young community with more than 14 million millennials. So our message is simple: The President has done his job, now it is time for Republican Senators to do their job."
Oscar Conejo, Hanover, New Hampshire: "As an undocumented student, I know just how critical the decisions are that they make on important issues that affect me and my family, from education to immigration and so much more."
Consuelo Hernandez, Tucson, Arizona: "I'm here today because I'm tired of conservatives in the Senate choosing politics over precedent and chaos over constitutional duty... By choosing not to give Chief Judge Merrick Garland the fair and timely consideration afforded past nominees, conservatives are abandoning their constitutional duties and turning their backs on the constituents like me who put them in office."
Max Levy, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: "Even though we don't always agree, we work hard to foster productive dialogue on our campus. Right now, some Senators are saying we shouldn't even hold a hearing for President Obama's Supreme Court nominee, and that's just plain wrong. Dialogue is healthy for democracy. I know that's true on my  campus, and it's true for the Senate."
Mary Marston, Concord, North Carolina: "Young people now make up the largest voting bloc in America and many are just becoming politically active. It is critical that our elected officials follow through on their constitutional commitments to keep young people engaged in the democratic process."
Zach Wahls, Iowa City, Iowa: "I see the marriage between my moms-the possibility of their marriage-as our legal system keeping up its end of the American promise to a fair hearing and due process...We got a fair hearing, and we need to make sure that America can get a fair hearing, too."
Mapping a Divided Court: An eight-member Supreme Court means a legal patchwork across the country.
Today, the Alliance for Justice
released a memo highlighting how a deadlocked Supreme Court could mean that laws will be applied differently in different parts of the country.
"But with only eight justices, the Supreme Court can find itself deadlocked in a four-four tie. By rule, a tie vote affirms the lower court that heard the case before it was appealed to the Supreme Court...a tie leaves the disputed legal question unresolved, as if the Court never heard the case at all. That means that people who live in circuits that have yet to decide the issue don't know what the law is, and elsewhere the same law has different meanings based solely on geography...But whether the Court formally deadlocks or agrees to decide nothing, the result is the same: A nationwide patchwork of inconsistent and uncertain law, including constitutional rights that wax and wane just by crossing state lines."
The Supreme Court cannot do its job with only eight members.
Slate
's Dahlia Lithwick looks at how an ongoing vacancy prevents the Supreme Court from doing its job, despite the justices trying to prove otherwise.
"The undisputed fact behind the surprising per curiam order in Zubik-the lead case in a challenge to the Affordable Care Act's mandate that religious nonprofits cover contraception for women workers-is that the court is struggling....The Supreme Court is not currently doing its job. It has accepted fewer cases for next term than it [has] granted in 70 years because it can't resolve them
. A massive public unions financing case
resulted in a tie in March. A death penalty appeal deadlocked on Thursday
."
A look ahead at a sampling of activity by our grassroots allies and Democratic Senators:
FRIDAY 5/20/2016
Event: Press call on new report detailing consequences of eight-member Supreme Court with Senator Amy Klobuchar
Time: 9:30AM EST
Host: People For the American Way Foundation & Constitutional Accountability Center
Key briefers/speakers: Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN); Elliot Minceberg, People For the American Way Foundation; Elizabeth Wydra, Constitutional Accountability Center
RSVP: To RSVP or to request an embargoed copy of the report, please email media@pfaw.org
.
###


Couple eds below, thanks
From: Garcia, Walter
Sent: Wednesday, May 18, 2016 11:13 AM
To: RR2
Subject: RE: FOR RESEARCH APPROVAL: Script for today's call
Also, the section where I wrote "ADD ANYTHING ELSE HERE THAT YOU'D LIKE" is for the Gallego folks. Thx research!
From: Garcia, Walter
Sent: Wednesday, May 18, 2016 11:12 AM
To: RR2
Subject: FOR RESEARCH APPROVAL: Script for today's call
Has Comms Approval!
DNC Person
Hi everyone. Thanks for taking the time to jump on this call. My name is _______ and I'm the _______.
This week is National Infrastructure Week, and as the speakers on today's call will make clear be making clear, our nation is in the midst of a worsening infrastructure crisis, yet Republicans in Congress have refused to act to ensure safety on our roads and bridges.
This isn't leadership, and Texans deserve much, much better.
Representative Eddie Bernice Johnson will be speaking first, then Representative Pete Gallego, and finally Deputy Executive Director at the Texas Democratic Party Manny Garcia will wrap it up.
At the end, we will have time to answer some questions.
So let's get started. Representative Johnson?
Representative Eddie Bernie Johnson
Good afternoon everyone, and thanks for taking the time to be a part of this press call.
I've been a proud member of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee ever since I was sworn into office in January 1993, so as you can probably imagine, National Infrastructure Week means a great deal to me.
That's why I've consistently advocated for and supported bills that would create millions of jobs and give Americans what they deserve: a modern, 21st century transportation network.
Simply put, I fully understand that infrastructure is fundamental to both our economy and our daily lives. Think about it: every day we use bridges, roads, and airports to get around; every day we use the internet to connect with the world; and every day we use products that were created in factories and arrived safely to the stores we bought them in.
Both our Democratic presidential candidates get it, too. Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders have proposed detailed infrastructure plans, and they've been campaigning throughout the country, talking about how we need to make investments quickly, or risk paying the consequences and having America become less competitive.
In spite of this, Republicans in Congress have refused to act to ensure safety on our roads and bridges. Time and again, they have obstructed legislation that would put tax dollars into invest in infrastructure, all while being more than willing to give huge tax breaks to the rich.
This has huge implications for my home state of Texas because 16%
of our bridges have been deemed functionally obsolete and 15%
of our major roads are in poor condition; and because Texas has reported $33.9 billion
in drinking water infrastructure needs over the next 20 years. And so, infrastructure spending isn't some sort of game for Texans; it's a serious need.
Republicans have had their way obstructing new investments in infrastructure for years. We need to elect leaders up and down the ballot who understand our prosperity can only grow when we have the infrastructure to support it.
On a final note, I'd like to briefly talk about Donald Trump. It probably doesn't come as much of a surprise, but he has yet to offer a substantive plan on infrastructure. Instead, he's been offending pretty much every group imaginable - women, Latinos, Muslims. You name a group, and he's probably offended them.
Clearly, he shouldn't step foot in the White House....
Now, I'll go ahead and turn it over to Rep. Pete Gallego.
Representative Pete Gallego
Thanks for that, Representative Johnson, and for all the great work you're doing on behalf of Texans.
Folks, there's no other way to put it: infrastructure spending should not fall victim to partisan political games. Investing in roads, bridges, railroads, and airports is fundamental to our economy, and thus, is something that we should all be able to agree on.
But as Representative Johnson mentioned, Republicans just don't seem to get it, and my opponent is a clear example of that. Time and again, he's voted against the interests of people in the 23rd District on this important issue. For instance:
*         He has voted for
an amendment to bar funding on the Amtrak route with the highest loss per rider, New Orleans To Los Angeles, despite it passing through the 23rd District.
*         He has voted for
a short-term highway transportation bill that could reduce the amount of funding that Texas receives for transit programs receives by $78.9 million.
*         And he has voted against increasing funding for Del Rio airport, despite saying that it should be increased. In other words, there's a clear disconnect between how he votes and what he says. [just want to see the backup for this before the call]
*         [ADD ANYTHING ELSE HERE THAT YOU'D LIKE]
Lastly, I'd like to re-iterate that Donald Trump doesn't have a plan when it comes to infrastructure. All he's said is that he wants to build "a great wall" with Mexico to keep out rapists and other criminals who are apparently making their way over in droves. Seriously. And just as quick a reminder to everyone, my opponent has dodged questions on whether he'd endorse Trump
. That should be a no-brainer.
In short, we should be building bridges, not walls.
And now, I'll turn it over to Manny Garcia, the Deputy Executive Director at the Texas Democratic Party.
Texas Democratic Party
Thanks, Representative Gallego.
At the Texas Democratic Party, we know just how much is at stake there is in this upcoming election, and that's precisely why we're making sure to hold Republicans accountable on issue after issue. Infrastructure spending is no exception.
For years, Republicans at every level of government have largely succeeded in obstructing legislation that would invest in put tax dollars into infrastructure, usually justifying their obstruction by calling those projects wasteful government spending.
In 2011, Republicans blocked a plan to spend $60 billion on infrastructure as part of president Obama's American Jobs Act. In 2012, House Republicans introduced a five-year transportation bill that was strongly opposed by safety and environmental advocates. And in 2015, Senate Republicans defeated an amendment that would have allocated $478 billion in infrastructure investments.
This directly impacts the people of the great state of Texas. Because of Republican obstruction, our roads and bridges aren't getting fixed, and folks are having to experience longer and longer commute times, among other things.
That's completely unacceptable.
For us at the Texas Democratic Party, this makes clear that we need to elect Democrats, not Republicans, and so, we're going to continue working to make that happen.
Thanks all.
--
Walter Garcia
Western Regional Press Secretary
Democratic National Committee (DNC)
Email: GarciaW@dnc.org
Twitter: @WalterGarcia231
[SigDems]


Thanks to Jenna for compiling
Week Ahead Notes 5.20.16
SATURDAY- May 21
*         New Mexico GOP state convention state party press call- Walter coordinating
MONDAY- May 23
*         New Mexico state party press conference hitting Trump before visit on Tuesday- Walter coordinating. Looking into Bill Richardson as surrogate as well.
WEDNESDAY- May 25
*         25th anniversary of fair minimum wage act, also anniversary of last time we raised minimum wage (2007)
o   Messaging packet for state parties in progress
*         Trump Los Angeles fundraiser state party press call- Walter coordinating (combine with SD call)
THURSDAY- May 26
*         Trump keynote speech at Williston Basin Petroleum Conference
o   Energy hit/ messaging TBD - Christina handling
*         Trump Montana rally state party protest/ press call TBD - Walter coordinating
*         Trump San Diego rally state party press call- Walter coordinating (combine with LA call)
FRIDAY- May 27
*         President Obama Hiroshima trip
o   Should keep an eye on visit/ prepare messaging
Eric Walker
walkere@dnc.org
732-991-1489
@ericmwalker


Oh right, sorry read that too fast. Luis / mark? What do you think? I like to move forward with this idea.
From: Dillon, Lauren
Sent: Tuesday, May 10, 2016 4:26 PM
To: Freundlich, Christina; Walker, Eric; Paustenbach, Mark; Miranda, Luis
Subject: RE: Endorsement Videos
I don't think that would be possible. They don't have tickets to start the videos yet.
From: Freundlich, Christina
Sent: Tuesday, May 10, 2016 4:25 PM
To: Dillon, Lauren; Walker, Eric; Paustenbach, Mark; Miranda, Luis
Subject: RE: Endorsement Videos
I think tonight / tomorrow would be the best time to release, considering that Cruz and Rubio are both back doing media today.
From: Dillon, Lauren
Sent: Tuesday, May 10, 2016 4:13 PM
To: Walker, Eric; Freundlich, Christina; Paustenbach, Mark; Miranda, Luis
Subject: Endorsement Videos
Digital hasn't gotten tickets for videos of Cruz and Rubio trashing Trump when they endorse him (which Rubio basically just did). Are these things you all intend to do/use?


Cruz notes:
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From: Haxo, Chris
Sent: Tuesday, May 03, 2016 8:34 PM
To: Bennett, Eric; Comm_D
Subject: RE: Video Request: Cruz election night speech
Fiorina. not that it matters anymore but the last bit was new.
*   Fell in love with the people of Indiana
*   you people are warriors
*   only in this nation that so many people are given the opportunity to realized their god given gifts
*   Founders of the constitution focused on life liberty and the pursuit of happiness
*   It has been my pleasure to fight alongside ted cruz
*   Ted favors substance over sloganeering and real policy solutions over hand waving
________________________________
From: Bennett, Eric
Sent: Tuesday, May 03, 2016 8:04 PM
To: Comm_D
Subject: RE: Video Request: Cruz election night speech
+comms. Obviously will be on all networks.
From: Bennett, Eric
Sent: Tuesday, May 03, 2016 7:26 PM
To: Research_D
Subject: Video Request: Cruz election night speech
Will be here:


Not necessarily. If Mika just doesn't like her, I'm not sure it's worth either of their time. I've lowered her expectations, but don't know. If you think Mika is set in stone I'm happy to kill it.
Sent via the Samsung GALAXY S®4, an AT&T 4G LTE smartphone
-------- Original message --------
From: "Todd, Chuck D (NBCUniversal)"
Date: 05/18/2016 20:51 (GMT-05:00)
To: "Miranda, Luis"
Subject: Re: Following up...
Between us, You think the call is a good idea?
Chuck Todd
NBC News
@chucktodd
On May 18, 2016, at 8:08 PM, Miranda, Luis
> wrote:
Hey Chuck, per our conversation earlier today, I’d appreciate it if you passed along the following to the Morning Joe team. I understand Joe and Mika will say whatever they’re going to say in terms of opinion, but at a minimum they should consider the facts on some of the key allegations they’re making.
The DNC Chair has repeatedly said on the air and otherwise that it’s not her job to tell either candidate to get out and has never called for anyone to get out of the race. She has talked in very positive terms
about both of our candidates
and the substantive campaigns they’ve run
. As for the stuff that Joe and Mika tried to rehash this morning about debates, the fact is our debates earned far better ratings
overall this year than they did in past cycles. And as NBC knows all too well, when we were able to get both campaigns to agree, we added four.
The rules in place for this election have been pretty much the same for several cycles. In fact, the major change from 2008 – when Obama beat Clinton --- is that there are actually LESS unpledged “super” delegates, now down to 15% from 20% prior to the change. No one wrote or rewrote any rules to help or hurt any specific candidate, these are the Party rules.
The single biggest factor determining the nominee (85%) is the participation of voters in primaries and caucuses. You can see a post we did here that lays out the facts on Super Delegates
. It also debunks the false myths about Iowa.
The DNC’s delegate selection rules for this primary were set before any of these candidates declared, and are consistent with the rules in place for several cycles – including 2008 when Barack Obama defeated Hillary Clinton.
There’s just no evidence that the process has been rigged. It certainly wasn’t rigged in Nevada this weekend, which was not a DNC event but a state party one. But don’t take it from us, here’s what Jon Ralston wrote:

And here’s what Politifact said:
Let me know if there’s anything else I can provide. Thanks, -Luis.
Luis Miranda, Communications Director
Democratic National Committee
202-863-8148 – MirandaL@dnc.org
- @MiraLuisDC