Hi Cate, the Chair would like this shortened and turned into Medium post.
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-------- Original message --------
From: "Walsh, Tom"
Date: 05/20/2016 13:18 (GMT-05:00)
To: Kate Houghton
Cc: "Bonosky, Garret"
, Debbie Wasserman Schultz
, "Miranda, Luis"
, "Guerra, Liana"
, Tracie Pough
, "Banfill, Ryan"
, Anita Dunn
, Hilary Rosen
Subject: Edits attached
From: Kate Houghton
Sent: Friday, May 20, 2016 1:14 PM
To: Walsh, Tom
Cc: Bonosky, Garret; Debbie Wasserman Schultz; Miranda, Luis; Guerra, Liana; Tracie Pough; Banfill, Ryan; Anita Dunn; Hilary Rosen
Subject: Re: Notes for 5.20.16 DWS ASDC Speech tp edits - 1-Annotated
Ready to print.
On May 20, 2016, at 12:59 PM, Walsh, Tom
> wrote:
Got it – working on it
From: Bonosky, Garret
Sent: Friday, May 20, 2016 12:59 PM
To: Debbie Wasserman Schultz; Miranda, Luis; Walsh, Tom
Cc: Guerra, Liana; Tracie Pough; Banfill, Ryan; Kate Houghton; Anita Dunn; Hilary Rosen
Subject: RE: Notes for 5.20.16 DWS ASDC Speech tp edits - 1-Annotated
Attached are:
1.     ‘DWS ASDC Speech – START WITH THIS’ --> use this as your base document to edit
2.     ‘DWS ASDC Speech tp edits’ PDF --> these are the Chairwoman’s edits --> Tom make these first
3.     ‘DWS ASDC Speech – SKD edits’ --> Tom these are the edits that Anita and Hilary sent over; make these last
Tom --> after making the edits please reply all and send on this thread.
Kate --> please print in Philadelphia (2 copies) and we will do speech prep when we arrive.
From: Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Sent: Friday, May 20, 2016 12:48 PM
To: Miranda, Luis; Bonosky, Garret; Walsh, Tom
Cc: Guerra, Liana; Tracie Pough; Banfill, Ryan; Kate Houghton; Anita Dunn; Hilary Rosen
Subject: Re: Notes for 5.20.16 DWS ASDC Speech tp edits - 1-Annotated
Yes, we are.
Sent from my BlackBerry 10 smartphone.
From: Miranda, Luis
Sent: Friday, May 20, 2016 12:38 PM
To: Bonosky, Garret; Walsh, Tom
Cc: Guerra, Liana; Debbie Wasserman Schultz; Tracie Pough; Banfill, Ryan; Kate Houghton; Anita Dunn; Hilary Rosen
Subject: RE: Notes for 5.20.16 DWS ASDC Speech tp edits - 1-Annotated
Biggest thing for me is that we should drop the paragraph on the Egypt Air crash entirely.
________________________________
From: Bonosky, Garret
Sent: Friday, May 20, 2016 12:34 PM
To: Walsh, Tom
Cc: Guerra, Liana; Debbie Wasserman Schultz; Tracie Pough; Banfill, Ryan; Kate Houghton; Miranda, Luis; Anita Dunn; Hilary Rosen
Subject: Re: Notes for 5.20.16 DWS ASDC Speech tp edits - 1-Annotated
Tom - Also have additional changes Anita sent; I will send over shortly, make the chairwoman's changes now and then make the Anita edits I send shortly.
Garret Bonosky
Deputy Director
Office of the Chair
Democratic National Committee
On May 20, 2016, at 12:26 PM, Walsh, Tom
> wrote:
Thanks, working on it
-----Original Message-----
From: Guerra, Liana
Sent: Friday, May 20, 2016 12:25 PM
To: Bonosky, Garret; Debbie Wasserman Schultz; Tracie Pough; Banfill, Ryan; Kate Houghton; Walsh, Tom; Miranda, Luis
Cc: Anita Dunn; Hilary Rosen
Subject: RE: Notes for 5.20.16 DWS ASDC Speech tp edits - 1-Annotated
Attached is the word doc
-----Original Message-----
From: Bonosky, Garret
Sent: Friday, May 20, 2016 12:24 PM
To: Debbie Wasserman Schultz; Tracie Pough; Banfill, Ryan; Kate Houghton; Walsh, Tom; Miranda, Luis
Cc: Anita Dunn; Hilary Rosen; Guerra, Liana
Subject: RE: Notes for 5.20.16 DWS ASDC Speech tp edits - 1-Annotated
Looping in Liana who has the most recent edited word document.
Liana will send to Tom; Tom will edit (with the notes from document attached to this email) and then will send to Kate who will print on the ground on Philadelphia
-----Original Message-----
From: hrtsleeve@gmail.com
Sent: Friday, May 20, 2016 12:07 PM
To: Bonosky, Garret; Tracie Pough; Banfill, Ryan; Kate Houghton; Walsh, Tom; Miranda, Luis
Cc: Anita Dunn; Hilary Rosen
Subject: Notes for 5.20.16 DWS ASDC Speech tp edits - 1-Annotated
Here is revised draft with my edits. Tom, Luis and Ryan, I want to review with you why the speech had to be dramatically edited so we are on the same page going forward. Thanks for everyone's help.
Annotation Summary for: 5.20.16 DWS ASDC Speech tp edits - 1-Annotated
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Marked up using iAnnotate PDF on my iPad


William Johnson
From: Bennett, Eric
Sent: Wednesday, May 11, 2016 4:09 PM
To: Comm_D
Cc: DJTspeaks@hillaryclinton.com
Subject: Video Request: William Johnson on CNN
With Jake Tapper. Happening now


Loretta Lynch on CNN
From: Polson, Jonathan
Sent: Monday, May 09, 2016 1:52 PM
To: Corinne Matti; Comm_D
Subject: RE: video request: NC HB2 pressers
McCrory presser
-----Original Message-----
From: Corinne Matti
Sent: Monday, May 09, 2016 1:17 PM
To: Comm_D
Subject: video request: NC HB2 pressers
McCrory presser on HB 2 on abc go now.
Justice department presser on NC HB2 at 3:30pm via CNN


FYI…
From: Erin Bilbray
Sent: Tuesday, May 17, 2016 6:14 PM
To: Rawlings-Blake, Stephanie
Subject: Re: STATEMENT FROM THE CHAIR ON NEVADA
I hope you will take the time to look at the videos. There was no violence.
There was anger, frustration and lots of swear words.   It was a horribly run convention.
It is inexcusable that there were death threats made following the convention.   A police report should be filed.
But I repeat, there was no violence.  I was there until the bitter end.
Sent from my iPhone
On May 17, 2016, at 2:33 PM, Rawlings-Blake, Stephanie
> wrote:
Dear DNC Member,
Below please find a statement from DNC Chair Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz on the Nevada Democratic Party Letter regarding the behavior among some participants around the state party convention this past weekend.
Best,
Stephanie
––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake
Secretary
Democratic National Committee
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
For Immediate Release
May 17, 2016
Contact: DNC Press – 202-863-8148
DNC Statement on Nevada Democratic Party Letter
WASHINGTON – DNC Chair Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz today issued the following statement on a letter from the Nevada Democratic Party regarding threatening and violent behavior among some participants around their state party convention this weekend:
“We are deeply concerned about the troubling details laid out in the letter from the Nevada Democratic Party. We will be reaching out to the leadership of both of our campaigns to ask them to stand with the Democratic Party in denouncing and taking steps to prevent the type of behavior on display over the weekend in Las Vegas. Our democracy is undermined any time threats, intimidation, physical violence or damage to property are present. If there are legitimate concerns, they must be addressed in an orderly, civil and peaceful manner.
“The rules governing the Democratic Party delegate selection process have been in place for decades and the specific procedures for this cycle were agreed upon in 2014. In Nevada on Saturday, the state party’s credentials committee was made up of an equal number of members representing both campaigns. That’s a testament to our party’s fundamental belief in being inclusive, open to the public, and transparent. The process for nominating a Democratic Presidential candidate is not something taken lightly, it is a four-year endeavor that is closely scrutinized and determined in public forums, just as it has been in past election cycles. There is no excuse for what happened in Nevada, and it is incumbent upon all of us in positions of leadership to speak out.”
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Bill, the guidance I've gotten is that it would be best for Fox to secure a DNC sanction and then approach the other campaigns with that.  There is not a formal process, so I would recommend you send a letter to DNC Chair formally outlining your proposal and suggesting a partnership.  Luis and I can help you navigate the process from there.
From: Sammon, Bill
Sent: Wednesday, May 11, 2016 9:16 PM
To: Erik Smith
Cc: Miranda, Luis; Jessica Borchert
Subject: Re: Connecting you...
If Fox were to send letters of invitation to the two candidates for a final debate in California, can we say that the DNC is amenable to Fox hosting it? Thank you.
On May 4, 2016, at 8:00 AM, Erik Smith
> wrote:
I'm happy to talk anytime. Let me know a good time for you.
On May 3, 2016, at 10:01 PM, Sammon, Bill
> wrote:
Folks:
Given Bernie's victory tonight, should we move forward with talks for a debate in Simi Valley in late May? A Democratic debate on Fox, with Megyn et al, would draw an enormous audience and drive voter interest through the roof. Would love your thoughts.
Best,
Bill
On Apr 26, 2016, at 5:48 PM, Sammon, Bill
> wrote:
Thanks, Luis. Erik, that sounds great. Let's talk tomorrow. 202-302-0964. Best...Bill
On Apr 26, 2016, at 5:32 PM, Erik Smith
> wrote:
Thanks Luis.  Bill good to reconnect.  We used to talk a while back when I was Gephardt's flack.
We'll know a lot more about where we are tomorrow since both campaigns have suspended talks until after the primary.
From: Miranda, Luis
Sent: Tuesday, April 26, 2016 5:26 PM
To: Sammon, Bill; Erik Smith
Subject: Connecting you...
Hi Erik, I'm connecting you here with Bill Sammon who is the Vice President of News and Washington Managing Editor for Fox News Channel. As you know Fox recently hosted Senators Clinton and Sanders for a Town Hall. Bill and his team led that effort, and they are interested in being considered for the possible additional May debate. I had a good conversation with Bill yesterday and laid out the process, so I wanted to make sure he's in touch with you directly.
Thanks, - Luis.
Luis Miranda, Communications Director
Democratic National Committee
202-863-8148 - MirandaL@dnc.org
- @MiraLuisDC
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Comms Approval Team,
Can you please take a quick look and approve this media advisory for tomorrow's press call? Want to get it over to research, and then to Senator's ppl for approval.
Thx!
For Planning Purposes
April 26, 2016
Contact: DNC Press - 202-863-8148
*MEDIA ADVISORY*
TOMORROW, April 26th at 4:15 PM ET/1:15 PM PT: Democrats Host Press Call To Hold Republican Presidential Candidates Accountable Ahead of the California GOP Convention
Tomorrow, United States Senator Barbara Boxer, House Democratic Caucus Chairman Xavier Becerra, and DNC Communications Director Luis Miranda will be hosting a press call ahead of the California GOP Convention taking place this weekend, where the three remaining Republican presidential candidates are scheduled to speak. The fact of the matter is that Donald Trump, Ted Cruz, and John Kasich are all completely out-of-touch with Californians. They oppose increasing the minimum wage, guaranteeing paid sick leave for workers, reforming our country's broken immigration system, a woman's right to choose, and they want to repeal the Affordable Care Act, which has allowed more than 4 million Californians to gain quality, affordable health care coverage they previously didn't have. Simply put, we cannot afford to give any one of them the keys to the White House.
WHO: United States Senator Barbara Boxer, House Democratic Caucus Chairman Xavier Becerra, and DNC Communications Director Luis Miranda
WHAT: Press call
WHEN: WEDNESDAY, April 26th, at 4:15 PM ET/1:15 AM PT
RSVP: Please email Jenna Price, PriceJ@dnc.org
for dial-in information
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Walter Garcia
Western Regional Press Secretary
Democratic National Committee (DNC)
Email: GarciaW@dnc.org
Twitter: @WalterGarcia231
[SigDems]


Hit time has been moved up 10 mins to 4:20PM (see below). Arrival time for makeup at 4PM EST.  Luis gets full segment. I guess we're not providing topics to Tapper. Bad move if we want to be taken seriously. Just a thought. Also, Rachel offered to staff Luis which might be fun.
WHO: Luis & Jake Tapper
WHAT: 1-on-1 interview on state of the race, face to face in studio.
WHEN: 4:20-4:25
WHERE: CNN DC Bureau
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I have to get a new debit card from the bank and meet photog doing our DNC Latina shoot at the press club. Will be in by 10:30!
No TV hits scheduled for today. Lots
for tomorrow and Weds. Will roundup opportunities when I get in.
Sent from my iPhone


Just hung up with Pablo, he's switching it with Fox
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-------- Original message --------
From: "Banfill, Ryan"
Date: 05/13/2016 8:21 AM (GMT-05:00)
To: "Miranda, Luis"
, "Paustenbach, Mark"
, "Manriquez, Pablo"
Subject: Re: Logistics Briefing - DWS on FOX News
Just want to make sure the last message was received. The hit has to come from DNC due to votes.
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On May 13, 2016, at 8:05 AM, Miranda, Luis
> wrote:
Pablo, please get on same page with Ryan
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-------- Original message --------
From: "Paustenbach, Mark"
>
Date: 05/13/2016 8:04 AM (GMT-05:00)
To: "Banfill, Ryan"
>
Cc: "Manriquez, Pablo"
>, "Miranda, Luis"
>
Subject: Re: Logistics Briefing - DWS on FOX News
Pablo's logistics briefing below has the hit taking place at Fox.
Mark Paustenbach
National Press Secretary &
Deputy Communications Director
Democratic National Committee
202.863.8148
paustenbachm@dnc.org
On May 13, 2016, at 8:03 AM, Banfill, Ryan
> wrote:
DWS approved this morning.
Sent from my iPhone
On May 13, 2016, at 6:21 AM, Manriquez, Pablo
> wrote:
TV - FOX NEWS
WHO: DWS and Bill Hemmer
WHAT: Live one on one interview discussing state of the race and the Ryan/Trump meeting yesterday on Capitol Hill.
WHEN: Today, 13 May, 9:45AM ET
Where: Fox News, 400 North Capitol Studio in DC
Length: 6 minutes
Makeup: Yes
Staff: Ryan Banfill
Briefing:
Contact: Julie Talarico, 202 412 6825
DWS Approval - Date/Source: NEEDED
Pablo Manriquez
Democratic National Committee
Phone: 202.572.5488
Email: pablo@dnc.org
web: democrats.org
Twitter: @Pablo_DNC


Correction spicer
From: Freundlich, Christina
Sent: Wednesday, May 04, 2016 10:46 AM
To: Comm_D
Subject: Video REquest: Reince on MSNBC now
Christina Freundlich
DNC Deputy National Press Secretary
314-302-0602


Roger, New Day checking. Meanwhile, who can we give Bartiromo? I feel like she and DWS are developing good TV chemistry. But if we want to hold off this week, that’s fine. They’ve been great to work with so far.
On Apr 25, 2016, at 11:28 AM, Paustenbach, Mark
> wrote:
New Day is better.
Mark Paustenbach
National Press Secretary &
Deputy Communications Director
Democratic National Committee
W: 202.863.8148
paustenbachm@dnc.org
From: Manriquez, Pablo
Sent: Monday, April 25, 2016 11:27 AM
To: Miranda, Luis
Cc: Paustenbach, Mark; Walker, Eric
Subject: Re: Request - DWS//BARTIROMO//WEDS Morning
Checking with New Day, though we could do both on Wednesday. Or should I pitch DWS on Bartiromo for Thurs/Fri?
On Apr 25, 2016, at 11:23 AM, Miranda, Luis
> wrote:
Do we have any option of having her on CNN New Day on Wednesday? I would prioritize that.
Luis Miranda, Communications Director
Democratic National Committee
202-863-8148 – MirandaL@dnc.org
- @MiraLuisDC
From: Manriquez, Pablo
Sent: Monday, April 25, 2016 11:22 AM
To: Miranda, Luis; Paustenbach, Mark; Walker, Eric
Subject: Request - DWS//BARTIROMO//WEDS Morning
WHO: DWS and Maria Bartiromo
WHAT: One on one live interview to recap Super Tuesday for “Mornings with Maria” on Fox Business.
WHEN: 8 o’clock hour AM EST on Wednesday, 27 April
WHERE: At our convenience.
Pablo Manriquez
Democratic National Committee
Phone: 202.572.5488
Email: pablo@dnc.org
web: democrats.org
Twitter: @Pablo_DNC
Pablo Manriquez
Democratic National Committee
Phone: 202.572.5488
Email: pablo@dnc.org
web: democrats.org
Twitter: @Pablo_DNC
Pablo Manriquez
Democratic National Committee
Phone: 202.572.5488
Email: pablo@dnc.org
web: democrats.org
Twitter: @Pablo_DNC


Hi John, Amy forwarded me your email. Here's our basic primer on Trump:
Dangerous Donald Trump Lacks the Judgment or Temperament to be President
Donald Trump's recklessness would hurt our economy, diminish our standing in the world, and make our communities less safe. Trump is dangerous, and he lacks the judgment or temperament to be president.
His impending nomination is a reminder that for years the Republican Party has elevated extreme voices, using divisive campaigns that sought to exploit unfounded fears for political gain. And just like Republicans in Washington have done for years, Dangerous Donald is only looking out for himself. His plans would benefit those at the very top and would drag our country back to where we were when the last Republican president left office losing 800,000 jobs a month. The American people can't afford to let him bully his way into the Oval Office.
Dangerous Donald Trump has already damaged America's relationships across the globe. His record of denigrating women has only gotten worse throughout this campaign, at the same time that his divisive rhetoric has made our communities less safe. And his business record is riddled with embarrassing failures that make it clear the American people can't afford to let him get anywhere near the White House.
National Security: Even as a candidate, Dangerous Donald has damaged America's relationships across the globe. In the White House, he would undeniably make America less safe.
*         Donald Trump has no foreign policy experience and rather than seeking the advice of well-respected experts, Trump relies on his own misinformed ideas and in his own words, on his "good brain."
*         Trump has falsely claimed that he knows "more about ISIS than the generals" and recommended that the U.S. military commit international war crimes.
*         Trump's threat to pull back from our most important military alliances
like NATO, pull aid from our allies like Israel, and his gushing praise for dictators would put our country on a dangerous path.
*         Trump has refused to rule out using nuclear weapons on European territory, and wants to allow countries that don't currently have nuclear weapons to get them, reversing long-held goals of international nuclear disarmament.
Wrong on Women: Dangerous Donald has a decades-long record of denigrating women and promoting misogyny. His policies would make it harder for women to make their own choices when it comes to their healthcare or their career.
*         Trump once said you had to  treat women "like s**t" and has spent decades doing so himself by calling women names - "fat pig," "slob," or "bimbo" - and saying a man needs a woman to support him at home rather than always be "griping and bitching."
*         Trump would take away a woman's right to make her own healthcare choices and has said women who had abortions should be punished - but not the doctors that performed them - and opposed exceptions for health of the mother because he thought women would use a cold as an excuse to have an abortion.
*         Trump thinks ensuring equal pay for women should just be left up to "the marketplace" and once suggested family leave policies should actually be scaled back and noted pregnancy was "an inconvenience for a business." Trump complained that when he employed mothers, they were not giving him "100 percent."
Divisive and Dangerous: Dangerous Donald exploited racial anxieties and cultural fears in the pursuit of getting elected - to the point where his rallies have sparked violence against people of color, protestors, and the media.
*         Trump spouts hateful and dangerous lies about Muslims and called to surveil mosques, to ban Muslims from entering the country and to create a database of all Muslims in America - including U.S. citizens - and could not answer when pressed on how this would be any different from Nazi Germany.
*         Trump called Mexican immigrants "rapists" and criminals and said they brought disease into the country, said you needed to check if Native Americans were "real Indians," and claimed that a "well-educated black has a tremendous advantage" - but apparently not an advantage in finding housing in Trump properties, because in the 1970s, the Trump Organization was sued for discriminating against Blacks and Puerto Ricans.
*         Trump has been endorsed by former  KKK leader David Duke, and his candidacy has been used as a recruiting tool for the white supremacist movement, which is no surprise since Trump refused to disavow David Duke and the KKK four times in one interview.
*         Trump has fostered violence against protestors at his rallies, suggesting that a Black Lives Matter protester maybe "should have been roughed up," promising to pay the legal fees if someone would "knock the hell" out of a protester and reminiscing about the old days when a protester would be "carried off on a stretcher."
*         Trump repeatedly threatened the First Amendment by calling to "open up" libel laws so he could sue reporters whenever they printed a story he did not like, made it a practice of banning media outlets he did not like from covering his rallies, and thought "closing" parts of the Internet was a rational strategy to combat ISIS.
Bad at Business, Bad for the Economy: Though he plays the part of a wealthy and successful businessman, Dangerous Donald's real life record is riddled with embarrassing failures and cheap schemes designed to turn a quick buck at the expense of everyday Americans.
*         Despite his tough talk on trade deals and the loss of American jobs, Donald Trump manufactured his clothing line in countries he rails against, like China and Mexico.
*         Dangerous Donald owes everything to the tens of millions of dollars in loans and bailouts he received from his family.
*         Dangerous Donald's businesses have repeatedly gone bankrupt, leaving investors, contractors and small businesses holding the bag for his disastrous business decisions.
*         During one of his business bankruptcies, his personal finances were at the mercy of banks who put him on an "allowance" of $400,000 per month.
*         His Trump "University" fleeced thousands of Americans simply looking to get ahead.
*         Trump's unfounded predictions
of recession under President Obama and warnings against investing in the stock market are reckless.
*         Economists have actually predicted Trump's policies could start an international trade war and even destabilize the global economy
.
*         Trump's tax plan would overwhelmingly benefit the rich while costing the country $9.5 trillion to implement -- more than any other Republican plan proposed. It also violates his pledge not to increase the national debt.
*         Trump actually said at one of the Republican Party's debates that "wages are too high" and opposed raising the minimum wage
*         Trump wants to repeal the Affordable Care Act, which would jeopardize health care for 20 million Americans who've been able to get coverage under Obamacare.
Republicans couldn't unite against him and failed to stand up to him during their primary because they were playing to the same extreme base of their party. Democrats will be united and hold Donald Trump accountable every day until November 8th.
[SigDems]
Luis Miranda, Communications Director
Democratic National Committee
202-863-8148 - MirandaL@dnc.org
- @MiraLuisDC
On 5/5/16, 10:45 AM, "John Ost, Political"
> wrote:
>At request of DNC, RW is doing some press today re: Trump. We've been
>working with TJ.  Question: who can we connect with to get more
>background/research re: Trump?   We want to shift gears and spend more
>time educating our members
>
>Hope all is well.
>
>Sent from my iPhone
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From: Hillary for America Press
Sent: Monday, May 16, 2016 1:46 PM
To: Hillary for America Press
Subject: Risky, Divisive & Unpredictable: Republicans Continue to Reject A Potential Trump Presidency

Risky, Divisive & Unpredictable: Republicans Continue to Reject A Potential Trump Presidency
Another day, another Republican rejects Donald Trump's unpredictable, risky and divisive candidacy. What else is new? Donald Trump has for years proven himself to be a loose cannon whose hateful language and dangerous policies will do serious harm to working families and put America’s security at risk, and Republicans are continuing to acknowledge that a President Trump would be too big a risk.
Read the growing list
of Republicans unwilling to support a President Donald Trump and fresh condemnations of Trump:
Rep. Tim Huelskamp [R-KS]
: "And it's not just -- it's not just me, but I think there are millions of soccer moms, football dads, baseball dads across America, and they're trying to raise their children in a tough culture.  And here they have a presidential candidate who is demeaning the women, he's vulgar, he's crass, I don't know where they're going to go. […] Again, I have a nine-year-old and he can't even listen to the guy on television.  How will he bridge that gap?"
Speaker Paul Ryan [R-WI]
: "U.S. House Speaker Paul Ryan of Janesville remained unwilling Saturday to say if he would endorse Trump."
AP: Donald who? Wisconsin Republicans avoid talking Trump
: "Mixed feelings about presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump were on full display Saturday at the Wisconsin GOP convention, with Gov. Scott Walker and other officeholders not even speaking his name."
Robert Gates, Former U.S. Secretary of Defense
: "Well, I have some real issues with things he said about national security policy and some concerns. I think there are some contradictions. You can't have a trade war with China and then turn around and ask them to help you on North Korea. I have no idea what his policy would be in terms of dealing with ISIS. I worry a little bit about his admiration for Vladimir Putin."
Rep. Tom Cole [R-OK]
: "Over the course of the campaign, he's already said some things that he ought to regret. And I think he will regret politically…"
Conservative columnist George Will
: "The interesting thing is the mating dance between Donald Trump and Paul Ryan. In a statement issued after their meeting, but I’ll bet dollars to doughnuts written before the meeting, they refer to our few differences, they spoke of our many important areas of common ground and urged Republicans to unite around our shared principles, to which one response is name one, one shared principle."
Even Trump's supporters have some concerns:
Rep. Peter King [R-NY]
: "I still have real questions with him as far as national security. I don't think his Asian policy is coherent, because, again, if he does want to get in a trade war with China, he has to explain how that coincides with him wanting to use China against North Korea. If he wants to have leverage over China, how can he be talking about taking troops out of Japan and Korea?"
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Thanks, but I think we are still waiting on language for introducing Senator Casey, correct?
From: Walsh, Tom
Sent: Thursday, May 05, 2016 11:18 AM
To: Lykins, Tyler; RR2; Kroll, Amy
Cc: Guerra, Liana; Miranda, Luis; Paustenbach, Mark; Walker, Eric; Kate Houghton; Banfill, Ryan
Subject: RE: For research: DWS Remarks for DNCC Exec Committee Reception
Thanks. Amy, this is good for DWS formatting/upload
From: Lykins, Tyler
Sent: Thursday, May 05, 2016 11:16 AM
To: Walsh, Tom; RR2
Cc: Kroll, Amy; Guerra, Liana; Miranda, Luis; Paustenbach, Mark; Walker, Eric; Kate Houghton; Banfill, Ryan
Subject: RE: For research: DWS Remarks for DNCC Exec Committee Reception
Looks good
From: Walsh, Tom
Sent: Thursday, May 05, 2016 11:02 AM
To: RR2
Cc: Kroll, Amy; Guerra, Liana; Miranda, Luis; Paustenbach, Mark; Walker, Eric; Kate Houghton; Banfill, Ryan
Subject: For research: DWS Remarks for DNCC Exec Committee Reception
DNC Chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz
DNC State of the Union Reception
5.5.16 Kimmel Center - 6 p.m.
6 min remarks
Intro
Thank you Governor Rendell! We're so lucky to have a true Pennsylvania legend serving so graciously as the Philadelphia Host Committee Chair.
Let me start by thanking everyone on the Executive Committee, all our community leaders and members of the Host Committee for your tireless work and commitment to our Party.
I know you lead busy lives, but we can't pull off a successful convention without you.
Let me also thank our CEO, the unparalleled Reverend, Leah Daughtry for her tireless work. We are so fortunate to have a lifelong Democrat of Leah's passion and expertise steering the ship;
And of course I need to thank the honorable Mayor Jim Kenney, as well as all the wonderful people of Philadelphia who he represents.
We are enormously grateful that you're hosting and warmly welcoming all the Democrats bringing their enthusiasm, energy, and passion as we arrive in greater and greater numbers over the next few months.
And I know Mayor Kenney appreciates all the commerce we'll be bringing with us as conference goers visit Philly's great restaurants, hotels and small businesses.
Gearing up
We're just 80 days away from our Convention, and we've been making all the right moves to ensure we'll be one hundred percent prepared at kickoff time.
We are on time, on budget and ready to run a beautiful convention.
But as proud as I am of what we're doing, I have to mention how proud I am of who is doing it.
Each day, as our numbers grow, we're making sure that our diversity does too.
As Democrats, we believe our diversity is our great strength.
That shows in the ranks of the DNC, where last year thirty-six percent of our employees were people of color. And we've awarded at least 35 percent of our contracts to companies owned by women, veterans, minorities, people with disabilities and members of the LGBT community.
And when the nation looks at our convention, they'll see a portrait of America.
Our Party Affairs and Delegate Selection team has worked tirelessly to ensure that every state party has an accessible and inclusive process for anyone to run to become a delegate. Whether it's a school teacher in Orlando, a plumber in Cleveland, or a high school student in Denver, our convention delegates will reflect the diversity our Party.
Dangerous Donald
But before anyone casts a vote to nominate the next Democratic president of the United States, let me give you a little update from the DNC.
Today, and every day until Election Day, we are laser focused on take down holding Dangerous Donald Trump accountable - and winning seats up and down the ballot in every race across the country.
With every other candidate out of the race, Trump is the Republican Party.
We are not going to let anyone forget hold him accountable for everything he has said and everything he has done. And we are going to hold the GOP accountable for everything they're doing -- to obstruct, divide, and drag our country backwards.
The facts are simple:
Dangerous Donald is unfit to be president. He only looks out for himself. He lacks the temperament and judgment to be commander in chief. And every aspect of his presidency would harm our country and damage our standing in the world.
Even as a candidate, Dangerous Donald has damaged America's relationships across the globe. In the White House, he would undeniably make America less safe.
He has no foreign policy experience - but don't worry about that - he said he'll rely on his "good brain," instead of listening to experts. Dangerous.
He has a decades-long record of denigrating women. Seven out of ten women disapprove of his candidacy.
He exploits racial anxieties and cultural fears to the point where his rallies have sparked violence against people of color, protestors, and the media. And recent reports found that bullying at schools is on the rise as a result of his hateful rhetoric. He's making our communities less safe and he hasn't even gotten into office.
And while he tries to paint a picture of his wealth and business success, his record is riddled with embarrassing failures and cheap schemes that are designed to turn a quick a buck at the expense of his workers or everyday Americans.
I'll spare you all the details, but trust me - that's the short version of what the American people are going to be hearing about Dangerous Donald over the coming months.
You know, there's a reason why we saw Republicans across the country this week tweeting photos of their burning voter registration cards this week.
Advantage, Democrats
Well, we have a message for anyone disillusioned and disaffected by this year's unprecedentedly nasty and divisive Republican primary - we have a message for anyone disgusted by Donald: You have a home in the Democratic Party.
We have the best candidates, the best ideas, and a fantastic record of social and economic progress under President Obama to run on - 73 consecutive months of private sector job growth and 20 million Americans who have health insurance who didn't before.
In poll after poll, Democratic voters are reporting that our primary and our candidates have energized our party.
In Nevada, voter registration among Democrats is beating Republicans two-to-one.
So no matter what challenges lie ahead in the planning and execution of our convention, let me just say, clearly and unequivocally - I am really, really glad we are not planning the Republican convention.
And I am absolutely optimistic about the future of the Democratic Party.
Conclusion
Finally, I'll just say, this convention is about so much more than the spectacle of big political speeches under red-white-and-blue balloons and confetti, although I think we might have some of that in store...
This is about the direction of our nation.
This is about the power of the people to come together and choose the best leader for the job.
And no matter which of our candidates they choose, they'll be fighting every day for all Americans.
We're fighting to level the playing field, raise wages, ensure equal pay, end discrimination, expand voting rights, make our country and our communities more secure and fighting to give hardworking Americans everywhere a fair shot.
When it comes time to nominate our choices for President and Vice President, with your help, we will unify, fight together as Democrats.
And friends, when the convention ends, we will go roaring into the general election with all the passion, grit and energy it takes to elect Democrats from the top of the ticket down.
So thank you for all your work, thank you for your commitment to our party, and enjoy the rest of the evening. Thank you.


NEGATIVE-REPUBLICANS
Where Republican Dreams Die?
NEW YORK TIMES // FRANK BRUNI
Ohio and Florida. Florida and Ohio. What a pair of election-year divas, always preening for the pundits. Enough. There are other comely swing states on the stage. Let’s gawk at North Carolina. If Donald Trump drags down Republicans across the board, this is one of the places where they’ll flail. Its Republican governor, nearing the end of a tumultuous first term, is in trouble. One of the state’s two Republican senators is facing a tougher re-election battle than was predicted just months ago. Democrats are circling. Make that drooling. Although purple, North Carolina turned deceptively red over the last few years, and Republican lawmakers have behaved with a potentially suicidal swagger. In the process they’ve managed to enrage corporate America, exposing a newly profound tension in the G.O.P. between its business-minded wing and the religious right. Some of the most interesting crosswinds of American politics blow through this state. In 2008 it voted for Barack Obama — by a margin of just .32 percent. Enthusiasm for him helped to propel Democratic women to the Senate and the governor’s office. Both are gone now, replaced by Republican men, and Mitt Romney won the state narrowly in 2012. But the more sweeping change has been in the state legislature, where an overwhelming Republican majority took hold and hurtled forward (or, rather, backward).
Donald Trump: Stonewaller, shape-shifter, liar
WALL STREET JOURNAL // RUTH MARCUS
The past few weeks have offered Americans a chilling glimpse of three faces of Donald Trump: the stonewaller, the shape-shifter and the liar. Trump the stonewaller has been on display in his refusal to release his tax returns. “It’s none of your business,” Trump flatly told ABC News’s George Stephanopoulos when asked about his effective tax rate. Stephanopoulos: “Yes or no, do you believe voters have a right to see your tax returns before they make a final decision?” Trump: “I don’t think they do. But I do say this, I will really gladly give them.” Sure, he’d be happy to — except that he isn’t. And it is our business. Voters are entitled to know this information about a candidate for president, a person who would help steer the nation’s finances. For decades, presidential candidates have routinely made this material available. It is astonishing that Trump believes he is exempt from this norm — that a pending audit makes his returns less important to see, not more, or that he is not obliged to find some other way of providing the information, such as returns from earlier years or summary data for the years still under review.
Donald Trump faces June deposition in restaurant lawsuit
POLITICO // JOSH GERSTEIN
Expected Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump appears likely to be forced off the campaign trail in June to be deposed under oath in at least one of two lawsuits he filed after prominent chefs backed away from plans to open restaurants at the luxury Trump International Hotel under development in Washington. A D.C. Superior Court judge approved a plan Tuesday to briefly extend court deadlines to allow Trump to give testimony June 16 in the case Trump's development company filed against a firm set up by restaurateur Geoffrey Zakarian to open a dining establishment called "The National." The lawsuits against Zakarian's company and another created by chef Jose Andres were filed last August after the chefs said anti-immigrant remarks by Trump on the campaign trail made the planned restaurants unviable.


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Please see the agenda below for the Senior Staff Meeting scheduled on May 17, 2016 at 10:00 a.m. ET. Please note that this meeting will take place in the Training Room.
Thank you and please let me know if you have any further questions.
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*   SCOTUS Update
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*   Department Updates
*   Operations Updates
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In the mix in the Republican nomination battle: Marco Rubio’s 171 delegates
By Ed O'Keefe and Karen Tumulty April 28 at 11:43 AM
As Sen. Ted Cruz was addressing the Indiana Republican Party’s spring dinner last Thursday night, his father was on a secret mission to Puerto Rico.
Rafael Cruz, a pastor who is one of his son’s most popular surrogates, was meeting privately at a home in Dorado with some of the island’s 23 Republican convention delegates — all of whom are still bound to a candidate who got out of the race more than a month ago.
That’s Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.). His presidential campaign may be over, but his potential to keep the GOP nomination from going to Donald Trump lives on.
That’s because Rubio — berated on the campaign trail by Trump as “Little Marco” — still has scores of convention delegates who are required to vote for him on the first ballot, and who could go anywhere on the second and beyond.
Rubio suspended his bid more than a month ago, on the night that he lost his home state of Florida to Trump.
But — in part at the request of Cruz’s campaign — he has done what he can to hang onto the 171 delegates that he won in 21 states and territories. That is more than Ohio Gov. John Kasich has, even now.
Rubio sent letters to state parties noting that his decision to suspend his campaign should not be interpreted as a release of his delegates. Whether they remain bound to him, however, varies according to the rules of individual states, how they are interpreted by party officials, and the inclinations of GOP leaders in those states.
The best estimates now suggest that Rubio can count on at least 50 delegate votes on the first ballot and may have to relinquish somewhere between 30 and 40. The remainder — as many as 81 — are somewhere in limbo.
Rubio’s delegates could be crucial, should Trump fall short of the 1,237 delegates that he needs to take the nomination on the first ballot.
They also give him leverage, although those close to Rubio says that he is not sure what he would do with it.
“It’s about keeping doors open — to step through and do what, who knows?” said one adviser, who asked for anonymity because the topic is a sensitive one.
Rubio declined a request for an interview.
He has insisted that he has no interest in being someone else’s pick for vice president, or in putting his name back in the presidential mix, should the convention reach a deadlock.
Asked by Univision in a weekend interview about his plans for his delegates, Rubio said in Spanish: “What I want to see at the convention is for the party to name someone as a candidate who is conservative and who can win. That, and if my delegates can have a role, can play a role in reaching that goal, we’re probably open to that, but we haven’t reached that point yet.”
“I really don’t have secret or comprehensive plans about what I’m going to do at the convention,” the Florida senator added. “We’re just keeping those options open in order to be able to contribute in a positive way to the party naming a candidate who is conservative and can win.”
Meanwhile, his delegates have their own ideas about how they might use their clout.
Puerto Rico’s, for instance, plan to vote on the first ballot for Rubio, as their rules require, but say their support in later ones would hinge on one issue: statehood for their island.
“Whoever wants our vote needs to pay attention to our particular issues, as well as our struggle for equality as U.S. citizens. If that’s not taken into consideration, we could care less what the polls say,” said San Juan attorney Elias Sanchez, a delegate who also co-chaired Rubio’s Puerto Rico campaign.
Rubio endorsed statehood, but of the remaining field, only Kasich has. Cruz and Trump have said they support the “right of self-determination,” which the delegates say is not enough.
That’s why last week’s meeting with Rafael Cruz was appreciated, delegates said, but didn’t seal the deal for the senator from Texas. Ultimately, they plan to vote as a bloc for their second choice, whomever that turns out to be.
In Arkansas, other considerations are in play, as state Republicans prepare to gather next month to pick their 40 delegates — including nine who will vote for Rubio on the first ballot.
Bart Hester, an Arkansas state senator, said that he and others who backed the Florida senator would like to see his delegate slots filled by seasoned state leaders — ideally the governor, lieutenant governor and GOP lawmakers.
“If we go to a brokered convention, emotions are going to be high. There’s going to be a lot of alternatives,” Hester said. “It’s about being a good steward, to make sure we got people there that have a history of making good decisions and being level-headed people. It’s best for all Republicans involved.”
Rubio himself does not appear to be exerting much pressure.
In Minnesota, the only state that Rubio won, the senator “hasn’t been prescriptive with us at all,” said Jeff Johnson, a Hennepin County commissioner who chaired Rubio’s campaign and now backs Cruz.
Virginia GOP Chairman John Whitbeck said, “We haven’t heard anything other than that letter” from Rubio asking to retain his delegates.
Even without a request from Rubio, Virginia’s rules require it to cast 16 of its 49 votes for Rubio on the first ballot. The same holds true in Minnesota, where Rubio won 17 delegates, and Tennessee, where he won nine. And Kansas, where he won six.
But after that, Whitbeck said, “this is all new territory for all of us.”
In D.C., Rubio won 10 delegates but already one of his supporters has announced her plans for later ballots.
Rina Shah Bharara, who was chosen to vote for Rubio, told Fox News this month that she will vote for Democrat Hillary Clinton if Trump wins the GOP nomination. As if that wasn’t awkward enough, the local party is investigating reports that Bharara isn’t even a District resident.
Bharara didn’t return requests for comment. But her situation means that party leaders likely won’t be able to decide what to do about Rubio’s delegates until at least June.
By then, Trump is likely to be the presumptive nominee — or in a spot where Rubio’s delegates could keep the prize just beyond his grasp.


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hahhaahahahahahahah
From: Walker, Eric
Sent: Wednesday, April 27, 2016 4:02 PM
To: Jakubiec, Matthew; Video-Vetting_d
Subject: RE: Trump Foreign Policy Reel
Still distracting. I feel like I'm on Sprockets
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Let's lose the music. Thanks
From: Jakubiec, Matthew
Sent: Wednesday, April 27, 2016 4:01 PM
To: Walker, Eric; Video-Vetting_d
Subject: RE: Trump Foreign Policy Reel
Here's a draft with some sound fixes:

From: Walker, Eric
Sent: Wednesday, April 27, 2016 3:47 PM
To: Jakubiec, Matthew; Video-Vetting_d
Subject: RE: Trump Foreign Policy Reel
I like the clips but I find the music distracting. Can we cut that or at least lower it in the mix?
From: Jakubiec, Matthew
Sent: Wednesday, April 27, 2016 3:46 PM
To: Video-Vetting_d
Subject: Trump Foreign Policy Reel
Here's a short reel of some of today's reactions of Trump's speech and other foreign policy commentary, let us know your thoughts:


Conference call with +1 (215) 398-5252, Patrice Taylor
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The Supreme Court today denied a request suspending the enforcement of Texas' Photo ID law.  The court did recognize the time constraints related to the case and said that if the 5th Circuit has not acted by July 20, 2016, the aggrieved party may go back to the Supreme Court seeking relief.
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OFF THE RECORD, You didn’t get this from me. They didn’t send it to us before planting the story. We’re operating in good faith.

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From: Meckler, Laura
Sent: Friday, May 06, 2016 11:23 AM
To: Miranda, Luis; Paustenbach, Mark
Subject: can you send me the letter Sanders sent the DNC?
re: platform, rules, etc.
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Chris Christie
Raised: $27,269.24
Spent: $50,788.20
COH: $130,786.17
Remaining Debt: $383,517.79
The RNC and NRSC both paid to rent his lists. I'm going to check to see if they did the same for the other drop outs or if this was a favor to help him pay off his debt
From: Miller, Lindsey
Sent: Friday, May 20, 2016 4:54 PM
To: Comm_D
Subject: RE: May Fundraising Numbers
Great America PAC (backing Trump)
Raised: $513,605.98
Spent: $131,635.45
COH: $65,236.32
Debts/loans: $300,000.00
Itemized: $48,415.00
Unitemized: $412,743.93
Independent Expenditures: $105,765.00
From: Miller, Lindsey
Sent: Friday, May 20, 2016 4:45 PM
To: Comm_D
Subject: RE: May Fundraising Numbers
RNC Convention Fund
Raised: $811,939.27 (all transfer from RNC)
Spent: $816,313.98
COH: $898,517.95
Companies providing goods in exchange for publicity
AT&T
Cisco
Delta
Google
LG Electronics
Microsoft
From: Miller, Lindsey
Sent: Friday, May 20, 2016 4:14 PM
To: Comm_D
Subject: RE: May Fundraising Numbers
Bernie 2016 (also not loaded on FEC yet)
Raised: $26,938,507
Spent: $38,602,749
COH: $5,796,719
From: Miller, Lindsey
Sent: Friday, May 20, 2016 3:46 PM
To: Comm_D
Subject: May Fundraising Numbers
Hillary for America (not loaded on FEC yet)
Raised: $25,050,449
Spent: $23,864,888
COH: $30,156,932
Debt: $612,248


Not for sharing before it airs obviously but Palin is asked about Paul Ryan distancing himself from Trump and said he is trying to prep to run in 2020 and he is going to lose like Eric Cantor and she endorses his primary opponent.
She also disagrees with Trump on changing the abortion piece of the platform.
When asked about being Trump's VP she says she's the most vetted person in America and she doesn't know that he would want to choose her but if she can help she will.


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JENNIFER GODDARD NAMED EDITOR IN CHIEF, CBS WATCH! MAGAZINE
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NEW YORK, N.Y. – May 9, 2016 – Jennifer Goddard has been named Editor in Chief of Watch!, the official magazine of CBS, it was announced today by Gil Schwartz, Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Communications Officer of CBS Corporation. She will work in partnership with Watch! publisher Michael Rizzi and report to Schwartz, as well as to Dana McClintock, Executive Vice President of Communications, CBS Corporation.
“I couldn’t be more pleased to name Jennifer to this important role,” said Schwartz. “Over the years, she has been an integral player as Watch! has grown from a simple concept to a profitable and compelling expression of the CBS brand. I look forward to the contributions she will make as we move the magazine to the next level.”
“I congratulate Jennifer on her new leadership role at Watch! magazine,” said Rizzi. “I have worked with Jennifer for the past 10 years – right from the onset of our very first few issues – and I am now looking forward to working alongside her as we continually advance this incredible CBS property within the print and digital universe. Jennifer’s new role will give us the unique opportunity to align our editorial and sales departments, which will afford incredible new opportunities for our advertisers to connect with our dedicated audience. Her hard work and determination have and will continue to help us achieve success during the days, months and years ahead.”
Now celebrating its 10-year anniversary, Watch! is the official magazine of CBS and offers a rare, glamorous window into the lives of television’s biggest stars. With sumptuous photography, exotic settings, first class editorial and top tier talents, Watch! has steadily become one of the industry’s most elegant, sophisticated publications, effortlessly blending the worlds of celebrity, culture, fashion, travel and beauty in a magazine that reaches one million readers across the country. In addition, the magazine’s digital properties present readers with pathways to enhance their experience with the publication. Timely, behind-the-scenes interviews and photo galleries bring the reader closer to their favorite characters and their favorite shows. The digital version of Watch! can be found at www.cbs.com/shows/watch_magazine/
as well as on a variety of platforms, including Apple News; the bi-monthly magazine is sold on newsstands at Barnes & Noble, Hudson News, Target and Walmart.
In her new role, Goddard replaces Jeremy Murphy, who has left the company. Goddard was part of the original team who helped launch Watch! 10 years ago, serving first as a writer and later as deputy editor of news and entertainment. She most recently led the magazine’s day-to-day operations as its Managing Editor, a position she has held since 2008.
Prior to that, Goddard worked in non-profit organizations focused on youth development, public service and anti-poverty initiatives. She served as a curriculum designer for Bank Street College’s partnership with the Corporation for National and Community Service to develop and deliver training to AmeriCorps VISTA supervisors. Before that, Goddard was a consultant at Girl Scouts of the USA and created curriculum design for national grant-funded projects in financial literacy, self-esteem and advocacy for girls ages 4-17. She has done grant writing work for Children of Promise, a non-profit organization in Brooklyn that provides critical after-school programs for children whose parents are incarcerated. She also served as a consultant to the New York City Department of Education’s Talent Office, helping to launch initiatives like the Teacher Data Toolkit.
Goddard earned her Master’s degree in English from Florida Atlantic University. She lives in Brooklyn, NY, with her husband and son.
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Great job team trump
Trump Says He Knows Nothing About Mike Tyson’s Rape Trial — A Topic He Knows A Lot About
Buzzfeed // Andrew K
Donald Trump, who repeatedly advocated for Mike Tyson during the boxer’s 1992 rape trial in Indiana, said on Monday that he knows nothing about it.
“Do you still think Mike Tyson got a raw deal when he endorsed you?” Trump was asked.
“I don’t know anything about it. I know he endorsed me. I heard he endorsed me,” Trump stated. “I don’t know anything about his trial. I really don’t.”
Trump, a longtime friend of Tyson, opined at length about the trial on television, in newspapers, and in magazines.
Trump has claimed Tyson was “railroaded” in the case and on several occasions offered criticism of Tyson’s defense attorney. Trump said in 1992 that Tyson could pay the victim with money from a fight to avoid serving time in prison. Trump also called into question whether the victim had been raped at all.
Ted Cruz and Carly Fiorina have criticized Trump numerous times this week for touting the endorsement of Tyson in Indiana, the state where Tyson was convicted in 1992.


Chicago is desperate for action
BY JESSE JACKSONMay 10, 2016
Chicago, America’s third largest city, is plagued by violence and poverty, made worse by racial and class divisions. A poll just released by the Kaiser Foundation and the New York Times depicts a city that is losing faith in its basic public institutions from the police to the mayor’s office. The vast majority think the city is on the wrong track, with the greatest unity found in their unfavorable opinion about the job Mayor Rahm Emanuel is doing.
Chicago has nearly equal numbers of black, Hispanic and white residents, but they live largely in separate sides of town and in separate realities. African-Americans and Latinos are far unhappier with basic aspects of their neighborhoods, from parks to public schools. Crime and violence is the biggest issue for all Chicagoans, but while 41 percent of blacks think their neighborhoods are not safe or not too safe, only 17 percent of whites share their fears. In the wake of the Laquan McDonald shooting — where a teenager was shot 16 times and killed by a white Chicago policeman, Chicagoans believe the police are biased, unaccountable and badly in need of reform.
On the poverty-ridden south and west sides of town, parents fear for the young. Among African-Americans, overwhelming majorities worry that it is likely or very likely that a young person in their neighborhood will end up in a gang (75 percent), abuse alcohol or drugs (83 percent), got to jail (81 percent) or be a victim of violence (86 percent). These are measures of despair.
The Kaiser/NYT poll only documents what we already knew. It details the “whereas.” Any statement of action begins with the whereas — whereas this is true, and this is true — detailing the conditions that demand action.
What is missing in Chicago isn’t evidence of the whereas, it is the plan for the “therefore.” Whereas these conditions are unjust and unsustainable, therefore we will take the following actions. On police reform, Chicago is beginning to see the first stirrings of reform, although nothing close to the comprehensive reforms demanded by the mayor’s own independent commission.
But on violence, crime, jobs, housing, public schools, parks, trash removal, violence and drugs, there is no plan for action, no “therefore” to address the wretched whereas. In Chicago, 60 percent of whites think their neighborhood is a good or excellent place to raise children. Seventy percent of blacks think their neighborhood is only fair or poor (nearly half — 44 percent — say poor). More than two-thirds would rather live somewhere else.
Blacks and Latinos in Chicago believe that the mayor does not care about people like them. While a majority of whites believe he cares, nearly two-thirds of black think he does not. The lack of action is assumed to express a lack of concern.
Look across the country at our major cities: Chicago is not alone. The problems of racial isolation, entrenched poverty, bad schools and lousy services, dangerous streets, guns and drugs plague many of our cities. The “therefore” ought to be a national initiative, driving state and local activity, on jobs and urban development. But Washington is dysfunctional, with even minor reforms held hostage by the obstructionist Congress. President Obama has chosen not to put this high on his priorities. And the rich and entrenched interests that dominate our politics continue to ignore the misery.
But a whereas without a therefore isn’t a stable reality. Trapped people with no hope are like dry kindling, susceptible to any spark. If the powerful don’t leave people with hope, people will express their despair. Real action — a serious plan for reform with the resources needed to provide it — is long past due.
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Christina and I worked on this. For approval please!
Job well done, Senator McConnell
It's the moment that Mitch McConnell and Chuck Grassley have been waiting for - to lay the pathway for a Donald Trump Supreme Court nominee.  Senate Republicans have refused to consider and allow a fair process for Chief Judge Merrick Garland, failing to do the job they were elected to do by the voters. And Dangerous Donald is whom the GOP has chosen to make critical decisions in leading our nation, including filling the Supreme Court's vacancy.
Senator Chuck Grassley-a staunch opponent of doing his job and considering the President's nominee-has even conceded that it would be a "gamble
" to let Trump fill the SCOTUS vacancy. The American people agree-62 percent
of voters don't trust Donald Trump to nominate the new Supreme Court justice. In fact, the GOP's presumptive nominee is now the most unpopular major-party nominee in American history. A recent CNN/ORC poll
found that 64 percent of women, 73 percent of non-whites, and 37 percent of conservatives say they dislike Trump.
The American public understands that Dangerous Donald lacks the judgement to nominate a Supreme Court Justice. When will the GOP?
Here's what some people are saying:
Some conservatives are starting to realize blocking Merrick Garland is a big mistake
VOX // DYLAN MATTHEWS
With Donald Trump as the presumptive Republican nominee, the stakes for the Supreme Court
have become startlingly clear. The position of the Senate GOP under majority leader Mitch McConnell has always been that the next president should decide on Antonin Scalia's replacement - and that, accordingly, they will not so much as consider Barack Obama's nominee, Merrick Garland.
Now that position translates to: We think Donald Trump should pick the next Supreme Court justice.
Dems: Trump wins us the Senate and Garland
POLITICO // EDWARD-ISAAC DOVERE
Donald Trump threw a big party Tuesday night. So did every Democrat running for Senate.
The party's Senate candidates are brimming with excitement about spending the next six months hitting their opponents with Trump - and being able to tie their case together by saying that Republicans' opposition to President Barack Obama's Supreme Court pick means they want a President Trump to fill the vacancy.
Donald Trump Has Put the GOP in an Impossible Position on Merrick Garland
NEW YORK MAGAZINE // ERIC LEVITZ
...
Recent polls
show that a majority of Americans believe Garland deserves a hearing. A new PPP survey
of Ohio found 65 percent of voters saying that Obama's pick merits formal consideration. Granted, there probably isn't a human being in America (with the possible exception of Garland himself) whose main concern when selecting a senator is whether or not he or she will hold hearings whenever they're appropriate. But with Trump at the top of the ticket, swing-state Republicans will want to assure voters that the GOP is not a radical party. It will be difficult for Portman to do that while refusing to recognize the president's constitutional right to appoint Supreme Court justices.
The GOP's Supreme Court wreck: Nominee Trump puts obstructionist Republicans in an impossible position
SALON // SIMON MALOY
The words "presumptive nominee Donald Trump
" present a political problem for Republicans as they try to reconcile the tension between party loyalty and Trump's uniquely toxic identity.
...
Well, Republican voters have had their say, and they chose Donald Trump. So the official position of the Republican leadership in the Senate is that they can't confirm Merrick Garland or any other nominee because the former host of "Celebrity Apprentice" deserves to be given a crack at determining the future of the high court.
...
They can keep obstructing and making the case that the nomination should be decided after the new administration takes power, but they'll be doing no favors to themselves or their colleagues up for reelection. Grassley's approval rating in Iowa has taken a massive hit
since the SCOTUS obstruction started, and vulnerable Republicans in blue and purple states across the country are going to be caught between Donald Trump, their party leadership, and the voters as they struggle to explain why there shouldn't be a vote on Obama's nominee... Grassley himself has acknowledged
that letting Trump fill vacancies on the Supreme Court is "a gamble."


Sources tell ABC News that Trump's Foreign Policy speech tomorrow will now be at the Mayflower Hotel.
Original Tweet:
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Sent: Tuesday, April 26, 2016 2:25 PM
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Subject: RE: Event Update: Trump FP Speech Tomorrow
Reporters have been tweeting the speech is still on, location is just changing
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@PressClubDC website says #Trump speech is cancelled for Wed - organizers say they'll get back to us on what the plan is now. #Decision2016
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Luis and Walker,
Just flagging that I'm taking off early today for the Cinco De Mayo Party. Will still be on email.
Thx.
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Walter Garcia
Western Regional Press Secretary
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Email: GarciaW@dnc.org
Twitter: @WalterGarcia231
[SigDems]


I think these TPs are great.
I would add 2 things. First thing I would add is to discuss the racist roots of this policy. These quotes are really sickening, and I think it will advance our cause if we can put Republicans on the side of defending this sentiment. From NYT Op-Ed
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The political leaders who amended Virginia's constitution in 1902 to make disenfranchisement laws even more onerous - and to write black people out of civic life - said openly that they were doing so to "eliminate the darkey as a political factor in this State in less than five years, so that in no single county of the Commonwealth will there be the least concern felt for the complete supremacy of the white race in affairs of government." A leading Virginia politician said plainly at the time that the new laws were intended to "discriminate to the very extremity of permissible action under the limitations of the Federal Constitution, with a view to the elimination of every negro voter who can be gotten rid of, legally, without materially impairing the numerical strength of the white electorate."
Second - I would add that Dems will remain vigilant, especially in this election. We have a dual threat: no VRA, and a racist Republican nominee who is willing to take the low road and do whatever it takes to destroy those who stand in the way of his personal ambition. If he casually slurs ethnic groups and calls on BLM protestors to be "roughed up" what do you think he will do when he sees communities of color as the obstacle to him gaining power?
From: Jefferson, Deshundra
Sent: Wednesday, May 11, 2016 6:53 PM
To: Miranda, Luis; Walker, Eric; Paustenbach, Mark; Walsh, Tom
Subject: Please read: Talking Points for Rights Restoration
Deshundra Jefferson, DNC Spokesperson
Thank you for joining us for this on-the-record call. Last month, Governor Terry McAuliffe signed an executive order restoring voting rights for more than 200,000 people with felony convictions. The Governor's actions overturned a lingering vestige of the Jim Crow laws that kept African Americans from voting, but Virginia Republicans are accusing him of "political opportunism."
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 are pleased to welcome the Assistant Democratic Leader and civil rights activist Representative Jim Clyburn, Representative Bobby Scott, and Terry Garrett, to this call.
I would now like to turn the call over to the Assistant Leader who has long been on the forefront of the fight for civil and voting rights.
Talking Points for Assistant Democratic Leader Rep. Jim Clyburn
*         The right to vote is the cornerstone of democracy and the foundation upon which all other rights are built.
*         The Voting Rights Act has been the single most important tool to protect the right to vote over the last half century until Shelby County v. Holder opened the door for underhanded schemes that reduced electoral power in communities of color.
*         We see that clearly in states like North Carolina where one bad law reversed an entire generation of electoral progress.
*         In Arizona, the DNC, the DSCC, the Arizona Democratic Party, and impacted voters took the extraordinary step of suing the state of to correct the problems that led to five-hour lines during the presidential primary.
*         Republican-controlled state legislatures across the country are passing restrictive voting laws, under the guise of fighting voter fraud, but they have only made it harder for groups that tend to vote Democratic - people of color, women, and students - to cast their ballots.
*         Governor McAuliffe are doing the opposite, they are trying to make it easier to vote but Virginia Republicans are resistant to his attempts to make the Commonwealth a more fair, and inclusive society.
*         Virginia's felony disenfranchisement law was passed to keep African-Americans from gaining political power.
*         Make no mistake - the GOP seems to believe their path to victory lies in restricting access to the polls. So if you ask me, the real political opportunism lies with the Republican Party.
*         It's time to close the door on these types of laws but the Republican Party is dead sent on being on the wrong side of history.
*         I have stood on the front lines of the fight for civil rights, and I applaud Governor McAuliffe for doing the right thing.
*         Thank you for joining us today, and I am turning the call over my friend and colleague, Representative Bobby Scott.
Talking Points for Representative Bobby Scott
*         Thank you, Congressman. It was a pleasure to have you join this call.
*         The Virginia Republicans need to end their campaign of misinformation.
*         Virginia Republicans have been desperately trying to paint Governor McAuliffe's executive order as "political opportunism," in order to divert attention from their defense of an overtly racist law.
*         Yesterday, the Governor's Office released a demographic breakdown of the 200,000 people whose voting rights will now be restored.
*         What stood out for me was that 45 percent of disenfranchised voters are African-Americans even though blacks only account for 19.4 percent of the Commonwealth's entire population.
*         That clearly illustrates that the impact of this law was most keenly felt by African-Americans.
*         Governor McAuliffe's actions are consistent with just about every other state in the Union. There's nothing partisan, unusual or suspect about restoring voting rights for people who have paid their debt to society.
*         Denying them that right is partisan. Denying them that right is unusual given that Virginia is only one of four states that requires people with felony convictions to petition the Governor to have their voting rights restored. And denying that right is suspect given the origins of the felony disenfranchisement laws.
*         Virginia Republicans are using every scare tactic they can dream up to attack the Governor's motivations.
*         They claim that this gives license to rapists and murders to sit on juries, while ignoring the fact that 79 percent of the people whose rights were restored had non-violent felonies.
*         They also claim that this is a partisan ploy that will give Democrats the edge in November. If that's truly the case, then Republicans have been coasting into office all these years by limiting Democratic turnout.
*         I have a challenge for the Republican Party of Virginia. I want them to prove that they are not motivated by political opportunism by repealing the Commonwealth's restrictive photo ID law, by implementing early voting, and to fully fund the replacement of our aging voting equipment.
*         I challenge them to break down the unnecessary barriers that were erected to keep people of color away from the polls. If they are serious about protecting the integrity of our democracy then they should be willing to work with Democrats at the congressional level to restore the critical protections of the Voting Rights Act.
[SigDems]
Deshundra Jefferson, Southern Regional Communications Director
Democratic National Committee
JeffersonD@dnc.org
| (202) 863-8112


More details on proposed draft.
Economists revising Trump's plan could make more people pay taxes
Politico - Shane Goldmacher
Conservative economists Larry Kudlow and Steve Moore, tasked by Donald Trump's campaign to revise his tax plan, have called their changes "tweaks" but what they submitted to the nonprofit Tax Foundation for a new deficit score amounts to a dramatic rewrite of Trump's original plan.
The new plan, compared against Trump's initial proposal, would increase tax rates across all income levels, dramatically reduce the number of people who would pay no income taxes at all and impose a new cap on charitable deductions for the wealthy. It was described to POLITICO by Tax Foundation analyst Alan Cole.
Trump himself has not yet approved the revisions being drafted by Kudlow, a CNBC host, and Moore, a fellow at the Heritage Foundation, but his campaign requested that the economists produce a revision of the tax plan he first unveiled last September.
Kudlow previously told POLITICO that the Tax Foundation gave the new package a 10-year deficit score of $3.8 trillion, down from the initial $10 trillion estimate for Trump's first plan. Cole confirmed those figures, while providing new details of the Kudlow-Moore plan that netted the big reduction.
In Trump's original plan, he set three tax rates: 10 percent, 20 percent and 25 percent. (For perspective, the current top rate is 39.6 percent.)
In the Kudlow-Moore draft, those would all rise, according to Cole, to 15 percent, 25 percent and 28 percent. Kudlow had previously only described raising the top rate, which Trump himself has signaled publicly he is open to.
In addition, Trump's original plan required no income tax payments from individuals earning less than $25,000 and married couples earning below $50,000. Those thresholds under the Kudlow-Moore plan would drop to $10,000 and $20,000, according to Cole.
Plus, Cole said, the Kudlow-Moore draft would impose a new cap on itemizable deductions, such as charitable contributions and mortgage interest, at $25,000 for individuals and $50,000 for married couples.
Kudlow had previously outlined the other changes, which include allowing businesses to itemize certain expenses and reducing the top rate in Trump's original plan on capital gains from 20 percent to 15 percent.
Cole said the Kudlow-Moore plan he scored would add $3.8 trillion to the federal deficit over the next decade using so-called "dynamic" scoring that includes projected economic growth. The 10-year deficit score not factoring in such growth is $6.7 trillion, Cole said.


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From: Brandon Cwalina
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Date: May 13, 2016 at 8:02:05 AM EDT
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Subject: "You Built That": Senator Casey Reminds Republicans That They're To Blame For Trump
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[PA Dems]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
May 13, 2016
CONTACT: Brandon Cwalina, brandon@padems.com
“YOU BUILT THAT”: SENATOR CASEY REMINDS REPUBLICANS THAT THEY’RE TO BLAME FOR TRUMP
PENNSYLVANIA -- While Donald Trump was on Capitol Hill, wooing Republican senators and winning over Republican representatives, Senator Bob Casey joined fellow Democrats to remind some of his colleagues why they are to blame for his rise.
Trump’s candidacy should come as no surprise; Republicans have spent decades fanning the flames of xenophobia, sexism, racism, and plain nastiness in order to win majorities built on fear and hatred. But now Republicans in Congress are doing all they can to distance themselves from Trump’s toxic rhetoric.
Senator Casey and other senate Democrats gathered on Thursday to take Republicans to task and remind them that they are the party that built Trump’s candidacy. Read more about what Senator Casey and his colleagues had to say:
Uniontown Herald Standard: Casey derides GOP colleagues for following 'Trump Textbook'
By J.D. Prose
U.S. Sen. Bob Casey had a succinct message to Senate Republicans who are trying to keep their distance from GOP presumptive presidential nominee Donald Trump while not alienating his supporters.
“You built that,” Casey, D-Scranton, said Thursday. “You built that candidacy.”
On the day Trump met with House Speaker Paul Ryan and other Republican officials to ease tensions, Casey and three other Democratic senators – Charles Schumer of New York, Debbie Stabenow of Michigan and Chris Coons of Delaware – held a press conference in Washington, D.C., in which they derided their Republican colleagues for following the “Trump Textbook” on policies yet hesitating now to embrace him as the party’s nominee.
“Senate Republicans have been governing from the ‘Trump Textbook’ for years,” Schumer said, ridiculing as “pure fiction” the notion that there is some big policy gulf between them and Trump.
“Donald Trump and Republicans are singing from the same hymnal,” Schumer said.
Among the shared stances of Senate Republicans and Trump, the Democrats said both want tax breaks for the wealthy, oppose Wall Street reform, don’t want the Senate to consider President Obama’s U.S. Supreme Court nominee and threatened to have the nation default on its debt.
On that last point, Schumer said, “Donald Trump has called for it. Republican senators have actually done it.”
Stabenow noted Trump’s poor polling among women and said it’s a reflection of his and Republicans’ shared stances on abortion and budget cuts that hurt children and women.
“They’re smart enough to see what’s going on,” she said.
And, Stabenow scoffed at Trump’s grasp of international issues. “Running the Miss Universe pageant does not qualify as foreign policy experience,” she said.
Since Obama took office, Republicans have had a “scorched earth” agenda concerned anything the president has attempted, Casey said, including health-care reform and economic policies to help America recuperate from the recession started under Republican President George W. Bush.
Republicans, Casey said, have “no new ideas” to help the middle class, oppose immigration reform and refuse to raise the minimum wage. On ISIS and terrorism, his GOP colleagues have offered “a lot of hot air, a lot of yelling and screaming, but no plan,” said Casey, who was making his first public comments about Trump since he became the likely GOP nominee.
When asked about Trump and Democratic frontrunner Hillary Clinton locked in a statistical tie in a recent Quinnipiac University poll, Casey said Pennsylvania is historically a close race no matter the candidates and races are “structurally close.”
Although Casey did not mention his name, his colleague from Pennsylvania – U.S. Pat Toomey of Lehigh County – is one of those Republican senators facing a dilemma with Trump. Toomey is expected to have a tough re-election challenge from Democrat Katie McGinty.
Toomey, who endorsed U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida in the Republican primary, but voted for U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas after Rubio quit, took the unusual step on Sunday of penning a column in the Philadelphia Inquirer in which he explained his stance on Trump and specified areas of disagreement.
Saying he was “inclined” to support the party’s nominee, Toomey wrote that, “Trump is different from previous nominees. There could come a point at which the differences are so great as to be irreconcilable.”
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Roberta Lange on CNN a short time ago calling for Sen. Sanders to make a public apology for what happened in Nevada.
Mark Paustenbach
National Press Secretary &
Deputy Communications Director
Democratic National Committee
202.863.8148
paustenbachm@dnc.org
On May 17, 2016, at 1:08 PM, Debbie Wasserman Schultz
> wrote:
We MUST issue a statement from me asap. Please forward a draft that is worded strongly.
Sent from my BlackBerry 10 smartphone.
From: Paustenbach, Mark
Sent: Tuesday, May 17, 2016 1:07 PM
To: Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Cc: Miranda, Luis; Banfill, Ryan; Tracie Pough; Dacey, Amy
Subject: Re: Weaver on CNN re Nevada
Roberta Lange was just on MSNBC. They played some of the real bad phone messages she received. Roberta said she'd yet to hear anything from the Sanders campaign. MSNBC also played a video clip of Sanders at a press avail today in Puerto Rico; when asked about Nevada he walks away mid question. Andrea Mitchell concluded the interview by telling Roberta to "stay safe."
Mark Paustenbach
National Press Secretary &
Deputy Communications Director
Democratic National Committee
202.863.8148
paustenbachm@dnc.org
On May 17, 2016, at 10:38 AM, Debbie Wasserman Schultz
> wrote:
Damn liar. Particularly scummy that he barely acknowledges the violent and threatening behavior that occurred.
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From: Paustenbach, Mark
Sent: Tuesday, May 17, 2016 10:15 AM
To: Miranda, Luis; Debbie Wasserman Schultz; Banfill, Ryan; Tracie Pough; Dacey, Amy
Subject: Weaver on CNN re Nevada
FYI, this morning on CNN Jeff Weaver was asked about the protests and threats of violence in Nevada. He begins by saying Sanders supporters should “act in a civil way” but then goes on to hit the state party. Here is a transcript:
Jeff Weaver--
… Well, look, the senator has been very clear, people who are supporting the senator should act in a civil way. They should obviously fight within the context, and by fight, I mean contest if there is a convention, they should be there, they should present their case. And then they should let the votes fall where they may. The situation in Nevada is a little bit different. Obviously no context justifies any kinds of threat or violence. But you know, we have been obviously campaigning in Nevada for almost a year, because of, you know, it's one of the early states. The state party there has a lot of problems. They've run things very poorly. It has been done very undemocratically. And there seems to be an unwillingness on the part of the Nevada democratic party to bring in all of the new people that Bernie Sanders has brought into the process. If you read some of the reports from what went on there, the chair was clearly ignoring votes from the floor at the Clark county democratic convention in Nevada. They tried to arrest their own credentials chair, because she was being too fair to the Sanders people. I mean, it is dysfunctional or worse out there in the Nevada state democratic party. Obviously it is not a reflection of all Democrats in Nevada, but the party hierarchy, there’s a lot of problems there. I mean they had a convention where they didn't have enough chairs for the number of people who were supposed to be there. Obviously you're trying to exclude people if the room is too small for the anticipated audience. So there is a lot of work to be done. We could have a whole show on the Nevada state democratic party. But regardless –
Chris Cuomo, CNN--
You're making the same case that Trump seems to be making, the system is set up against Sanders, the Democrats are against him, and that he should run for a third party.
Is Trump right?
Jeff Weaver--
No, Trump is wrong. You know, we have interacted with state parties all across the country. And some are more fair than others. Some are, I have to say, some are extremely fair. It just happens in Nevada not to be the case.
Mark Paustenbach
National Press Secretary &
Deputy Communications Director
Democratic National Committee
W: 202.863.8148
paustenbachm@dnc.org
From: Spolarich Jr., Gary
Sent: Tuesday, May 17, 2016 8:47 AM
To: Sarge, Matthew; Comm_D
Subject: RE: Video Request: Jeff Weaver on New Day
Watch here
From: Sarge, Matthew
Sent: Tuesday, May 17, 2016 8:33 AM
To: Comm_D
Subject: Video Request: Jeff Weaver on New Day
On now. Thanks