Democrats already seized on Mr. Trump's announcement as proof of his disingenuity. "This is one more example that voters can't take Donald Trump at his word," said DNC communications director Luis Miranda. "He'll say anything to get elected, so long as it personally benefits him."
>>>>>>>>>>
Donald Trump Won't Self-Fund General-Election Campaign
Presumptive Republican nominee plans to create 'world-class finance organization' to back campaign
By MONICA LANGLEY and REBECCA BALLHAUS
Updated May 4, 2016 6:54 p.m. ET
Donald Trump
won't self-fund his general-election campaign, and will instead create a "world-class finance organization," the presumptive Republican nominee
said in an interview on Wednesday.
For a campaign expected to cost more than $1 billion, "I'll be putting up money, but won't be completely self-funding, as I did during the primaries," Mr. Trump said on Wednesday. The New York businessman, who did receive some mostly small unsolicited donations, lent his campaign $36 million of the $47 million he spent through March.
That plan represents a shift for Mr. Trump, who has for months portrayed his Republican opponents as "puppets" for relying on super PACs and taking contributions from wealthy donors that he said came with strings attached.
Mr. Trump is planning to use his expansive personal Rolodex to ensure his campaign has the resources to compete against likely Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton
in November, while the campaign will tap into a new base of Trump supporters who aren't on party rolls, two Trump advisers said.
The presumptive Republican nominee, known for operating on a tight budget in a primary where he enjoyed more than $2 billion in free media attention
, is also likely to implement a business plan that may be less costly than traditional political campaigns, a senior aide said.
The campaign is also beginning to work with the Republican National Committee to set up a joint fundraising vehicle, after his last two rivals-Texas Sen. Ted Cruz
and Ohio Gov.John Kasich
-dropped out in the wake of Mr. Trump's resounding Indiana win on Tuesday
. He plans to actively help the Republican Party and other GOP candidates with fundraising through events, direct-mail and online appeals, an aide said.
Beginning to actively solicit donations, while a super PAC backing him also ramps up his activity, means the billionaire will no longer be able to attack his Democratic opponent in the general election for being beholden to special interests and wealthy donors as he did in the primary. The move is also likely to put off some Trump supporters, many of whom have said his self-funding makes them trust him more than other politicians.
"I don't think that special interests can buy him," William Boardwine, an electrician for the mining industry in Grundy, Va., said in an interview last month.
Democrats already seized on Mr. Trump's announcement as proof of his disingenuity. "This is one more example that voters can't take Donald Trump at his word," said DNC communications director Luis Miranda. "He'll say anything to get elected, so long as it personally benefits him."
The Trump campaign was rushing on Wednesday to put its finance team in place, because it hadn't expected to focus on the general-election fundraising phase until after the California primary June 7. That is when Mr. Trump expected Mr. Cruz and Mr. Kasich to suspend their campaigns. Instead, they surprised his operation by quitting in the span of less than 24 hours, with Mr. Cruz bowing out Tuesday
and Mr. Kasich on Wednesday
.
Already, the Trump campaign has raised $12 million from donors, largely from contributions of $200 or less-nearly as much as Mr. Kasich had raised in total. Though Mr. Trump had for months denied that he was seeking donations, his campaign website features a large, red "Donate" button, and it frequently texts supporters a link to its merchandise store, whose proceeds go to support his candidacy.
"Donald generated such broad-based support that we're looking to tap into existing party members as well as the new people that have joined the party for him," said Steven Mnuchin, CEO of Dune Capital Management LP, named as Trump campaign national finance chair, on Wednesday.
As the general-election candidate, Mr. Trump will set up a "joint fundraising agreement" with the RNC under which part of the proceeds raised go to the convention, RNC and his campaign operations. Mr. Trump will help raise money for the fund, as well as likely make his own donation to it, a Trump campaign official said.
There are limits on how much of the money raised by the committee can be used to directly help his candidacy.
The committee can't transfer individual donations that are higher than that $2,700 cap to Mr. Trump's campaign, although it allows donors to write larger checks meant to benefit the campaign and the party. The party can accept checks of up to $334,000 but only $33,400 of that can be used for explicit candidate advocacy. The rest must be earmarked for conventions, headquarter maintenance and the cost of election recounts.
Mr. Trump's creation of a joint fundraising operation comes eight months behind that of his likely general-election foe, Mrs. Clinton. She and the Democratic National Committee reached an agreement last August to create the Hillary Victory Fund, which raised more than $60 million through the end of March. Of that, about $13 million has been transferred to Mrs. Clinton's campaign, while nearly $6 million has gone to the DNC.
Mrs. Clinton has raised more than $213 million for her campaign through the end of April, on top of more than $67 million raised by her allied super PACs.
In 2012, Mitt Romney
-who would become his party's nominee-began raising money jointly with the RNC in early April. That fund had already collected $22 million at this point in the race, and raised a total of $137 million by the end of June.
At the time of its creation, some top fundraisers for Mr. Romney expressed concern that the committee had been formed too late, since President Barack Obama
had begun jointly fundraising with the DNC the previous fall.
"It takes a while to get the apparatus in place and then to get the checks rolling," saidBrian Ballard, a Florida lobbyist and member of Mr. Romney's national finance team in 2012. He said he was glad efforts were beginning now for the 2016 race "and not after California."
Mr. Ballard said the Trump campaign has begun reaching out to fundraisers in Florida. "The Republican fundraising infrastructure will be put into full swing here pretty soon," he said.
Further complicating Mr. Trump's strategic shift is his late start in wooing donors, many of whom he had criticized for months. Two major backers of Mr. Cruz said in interviews Wednesday that they had never heard from the Trump campaign, though they were open to backing the businessman.
Still, a delayed start may not prove a problem for Mr. Trump. Several wealthy donors have already said they would back him if he became the nominee
, and billionaire Home Depot
Inc. co-founder Ken Langone said Wednesday he was "all in" for Mr. Trump. In addition, the candidate has said his wealthy friends are prepared to cut checks.
The super PAC backing Mr. Trump, meanwhile, is also seeking to ramp up its fundraising operation. Eric Beach, Great America PAC's fundraiser, said super PAC officials have received about 75 calls, mostly from donors, since Mr. Cruz exited the race on Tuesday evening. The group plans to add dozens of staffers to its payroll and will announce new members of its finance committee in the next weeks.
In an interview on MSNBC's "Morning Joe" on Wednesday morning, Mr. Trump called Ed Rollins, the super PAC's newly hired co-chairman, "so tremendous" and said he would decide in the next week whether he would welcome the support of super PACs. The campaign cannot legally coordinate with the super PAC under federal campaign finance laws.
But Great America PAC, which has raised $1.2 million since January and last month launched a $1 million ad campaign, already feels it has the green light, Mr. Beach said. "We are the outside organization that's going to help Trump win the election," he said.
In a conference call with donors on Wednesday that also featured former presidential candidate Ben Carson, Mr. Rollins said the super PAC will actively seek to fill in holes in the campaign. "Usually a super PAC is frosting on a cake," he said. "We're going to be part of the cake."
He said the Trump campaign, which he called "more than adequate," was missing several components of a traditional operation, such as an opposition-research arm and a polling expert, areas the super PAC would aim to cover. The group plans to hire an opposition-research team in the next two weeks.
Mr. Rollins also stressed the avalanche of cash that will soon be unleashed against Mr. Trump by Mrs. Clinton's campaign and her friendly super PAC, Priorities USA Action. "The Democratic world is going to raise an enormous sum of money," he said. "They're licking their chops."
Write to Monica Langley at monica.langley@wsj.com
and Rebecca Ballhaus atRebecca.Ballhaus@wsj.com
Mark Paustenbach
National Press Secretary &
Deputy Communications Director
Democratic National Committee
W: 202.863.8148
paustenbachm@dnc.org


With Jorge Ramos. Thx!


Oh, I misunderstood. Got it.
________________________________________
From: Dacey, Amy
Sent: Friday, May 20, 2016 5:22 PM
To: Miranda, Luis
Cc: Debbie Wasserman Schultz; Tracie Pough; Hilary Rosen
Subject: Re: Medium Post/ execerpts from today's speech
I'm sorry if I'm not being clear I'm saying I don't think it should be included in the medium post
Sent from my iPhone
> On May 20, 2016, at 5:20 PM, Miranda, Luis
wrote:
>
> We'll build it into the Medium post.
> ________________________________________
> From: hrtsleeve@gmail.com [hrtsleeve@gmail.com]
> Sent: Friday, May 20, 2016 5:18 PM
> To: Tracie Pough
> Cc: Miranda, Luis; Dacey, Amy; Hilary Rosen
> Subject: Re: Medium Post/ execerpts from today's speech
>
> The excerpts that Comms released to the press that I saw, did not include that story.
>
> DWS
>
>> On May 20, 2016, at 5:15 PM, Tracie Pough
wrote:
>>
>> All- This email is NOT about the platform stuff. It is about Party Unity. Amy and I just spoke and she raised valid concerns about DWS' 2008 experience which is very compelling in a delivery format being placed in a medium post or in excerpts without context.   I agree with Amy's concerns and want her to weigh in BEFORE we move forward.
>>
>> - TP
>


Watch here
-----Original Message-----
From: Roberts, Kelly
Sent: Tuesday, May 17, 2016 6:41 AM
To: Comm_D
Cc: djtspeaks@hillaryclinton.com
Subject: Video Request: More Trump on ITV
Another segment aired this morning, can we clip? Thanks!

Sent from my iPhone


Donald Trump’s real foreign policy: A clash of civilizations.
Ishaan Tharoor
Washington Post
April 28, 2016
On Wednesday, Donald Trump delivered a scripted address
on foreign policy in Washington, his most direct attempt yet to signal his chops as a potential statesman on the world stage. He unveiled his plan for a "coherent," "America first" foreign policy, one that supposedly "replaces randomness with purpose, ideology with strategy, and chaos with peace."
The speech, as many pundits
swiftly observed, was littered with contradictions
. Trump extolled the need for military toughness and expansion, but lamented the cost of foreign wars and adventures. He blustered about rooting out enemies, but then heralded the primacy of diplomacy and the importance of "caution and restraint." He hailed the United States as a "humanitarian nation," but suggested there was no need to distinguish between refugees and terrorist infiltrators.
But perhaps the most curious tension he presented centered on his rejection of the "dangerous idea that we could make Western democracies" in the Middle East. This is a critique shared by others across the political spectrum -- that liberal interventionism and championing democratic change around the world has led to unforeseen and often tragic outcomes.
Yet Trump then went down another path, declaring what appeared to be a culture war
. He said defeating militant groups like the Islamic State required not just military might, but an ideological confrontation.
"It’s also a philosophical struggle, like our long struggle in the Cold War," Trump said.
The Obama administration has invested quite heavily -- and with questionable success
-- in trying to combat the ideas and messaging of the Islamic State and outfits of its ilk. Trump presented no real indication of how his "philosophical struggle" would be conducted any differently. But he did say this:
I will work with our allies to reinvigorate Western values and institutions. Instead of trying to spread "universal values" that not everyone shares, we should understand that strengthening and promoting Western civilization and its accomplishments will do more to inspire positive reforms around the world than military interventions.
Again, like much else in the speech, Trump did not explain how he would go about "promoting Western civilization." He mentions that "we’re going to be working very closely with our allies in the Muslim world, all of which are at risk from radical Islamic violence."
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump delivers a foreign policy speech at the Mayflower Hotel in Washington on April 27, 2016.Photo by: Reuters/Jim Bourg
But he glided over the fact that many leaders of majority Muslim countries, not to mention those in the Western world
, are not that impressed with Trump's plans to ban all Muslim arrivals to the United States as well as with his general demonization of refugees and Islam.
Trump, perhaps more than any of his rival candidates in the Republican field, has deployed this "us against them" rhetoric, often to great effect among the Republican base. He has harped about the threat of Muslims, the threat of refugees, the threat of Mexican immigration, the threat of Asian economies. This has resonated
among a segment of voters who see the world stacked up against them and find inspiration in Trump's muscular -- some would say nativist
-- nationalism.
"We will no longer surrender this country, or its people, to the false song of globalism," Trump declared, issuing a populist refrain that echoes particularly in Europe, where far-right parties are gaining traction
on the back of Trump-style politics.
Trump sounded just like his Euroskeptic counterparts across the pond when he celebrated the "nation-state" as "the true foundation for happiness and harmony." He rejects the liberal internationalism of not just the current White House, but earlier Republican administrations as well.
"I am skeptical of international unions that tie us up and bring America down, and will never enter America into any agreement that reduces our ability to control our own affairs," Trump said.
Despite what sounds like isolationism, Trump suggested he would somehow improve ties with Russia and China. This is intriguing not because that's a likely prospect, but because of the mirror the two countries hold up to Trump's views.
China and Russia are some of the loudest advocates
for the traditional order
of nation-states, often invoking the importance of defending the principles of national sovereignty when stymieing global decision-making in forums such as the United Nations. The leadership in Moscow and Beijing peddle their own brands
of cultural nationalism
. And they also harbor
their own visions
of civilizational triumph.


Done. I'm with her now. She has it
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-------- Original message --------
From: "Sammon, Bill"
Date: 05/13/2016 13:39 (GMT-05:00)
To: "Miranda, Luis"
Cc: Erik Smith
, Jessica Borchert
Subject: Luis -- would you mind forwarding this to the Chair? Many thanks.
May 13, 2016
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Chair, Democratic National Committee
Washington, DC
Dear Ms. Schultz:
First of all, thank you for granting interviews in recent weeks to Fox News journalists, particularly Megyn Kelly, Bret Baier and Chris Wallace. As you know, these are the anchors who were widely praised – by Democrats and Republicans alike - for their fair but rigorous questioning in a series of GOP presidential primary debates dating back to August in Cleveland, the very first debate of the 2016 cycle.
Would you be amenable to those same respected journalists now bringing that same fairness and rigor to a final debate of the 2016 cycle? Fox would very much like your blessing to host a Democratic presidential primary debate before the last batch of states hold their elections on June 7. We propose that it be in California, the largest state in the union, since there has not been a Democratic debate there this cycle.
Given that the race is still contested, and given that you sanctioned a final trio of debates, the last of which has not yet been held, we believe a final debate would be an excellent opportunity for the candidates to, as you said when you announced these debates, “share Democrats’ vision for the country.”
As part of this final debate, we invite you to take some time to speak directly to the nation through the cameras of Fox News. You could use this time to make whatever remarks you like, perhaps as a way of bringing closure to this long and robust primary process. These remarks could be taped or live.
Also, at the risk of pushing our luck, we would very much like to interview you on Fox before and/or after the debate. As Chair of the party, your insights would be most instructive to our considerable audience. Perhaps you could also recommend other Democratic officials who might be featured as part of our extensive coverage both before and after the debate.
Fox has not hosted a Democratic debate in 12 years. By ending that dry spell, I believe the Democratic candidates could reach a vast audience on the eve of the shift to the general election.
Thanks so much for considering this request. And please know that you are always welcome at Fox.
Sincerely,
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[ DAILY
5/9/16
DONALD TRUMP
EVENTS
DONALD TRUMP
TRUMP ON THE GOP: “DOES IT HAVE TO BE UNIFIED?” “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.” [ABC News, 5/7/16
]
TRUMP DOESN’T KNOW WHAT THE GI BILL IS: “CHRIS CUOMO: “We tried to get your campaign and the other campaigns to hold forth or whether or not they supported the current GI bill…Do you support maintaining the GI bill the way it is and growing it instead of cutting it?” DONALD TRUMP: “I don’t want to hurt our vets. We treat illegal immigrants better than our vets. I’m going to help the vets. I’m going to only help them. - unlike Hillary Clinton who thinks the vets are getting too much? They’re not. I’ve traveled, seen so many vets I know so many vets now and have a lot of friends. I have developed great friendships among the vets. Our vets are -” CHRIS CUOMO: “Is that a yes, ‘I do support the current GI bill?’” DONALD TRUMP: “No. I want to bring jobs back to our country and make the country grow again. I just traveled. I won so many states in a row in massive landslides and part of the reason was trade. Not what you brought up at the beginning of the show, totally inappropriate. Part of the reason I won was because of trade and I talk trade and I’m the only one that can do anything about trade.”… Clearly, Donald Trump has no idea what the GI Bill is… Regardless, like on pretty much every issue, Trump talks long and loud, to hide the fact that he is utterly and totally clueless.” [Huffington Post, 5/9/16
]
TRUMP SAYS U.S. WILL NEVER DEFAULT BECAUSE “YOU PRINT THE MONEY”: “Trump insisted that he never said the U.S. should default or attempt to renegotiate with creditors, as had been reported. ‘People said I want to go and buy debt and default on debt, and I mean, these people are crazy. This is the United States government,’ Trump told CNN's Chris Cuomo on ‘New Day.’ ‘First of all, you never have to default because you print the money, I hate to tell you, OK?’ Trump said he would center his approach on debt buybacks if and when interest rates go up.” [CNN, 5/9/16
]
TRUMP ON MINIMUM WAGE - “PEOPLE HAVE TO GET MORE”: “The only way to conclude that he’s actually shifting his positions in any real sense is to treat the idea of having a ‘position’ as if it’s utterly meaningless. First, the minimum wage. On ABC’s This Week, Trump said that ‘I am looking at it and I haven’t decided in terms of numbers,’ adding that ‘people have to get more.’ Asked whether this was a ‘change,’ Trump said, ‘well, sure, it’s a change.’ But in the context of the policy debate, these phrases mean exactly nothing. Trump is saying generally that people’s wages have to rise, not that he intends to work with Congress to raise the federal minimum wage. When Trump says this is a ‘change,’ the most plausible reading is that this is a change from his general statement during the primaries that wages are ‘too high.’” [Greg Sargent, Washington Post, 5/9/16
]
TRUMP WALKS BACK HIS TAX PLAN THAT HEAVILY BENEFITTED THE WEALTHY: “‘By the time it gets negotiated, it's going to be a different plan,’ Trump told George Stephanopoulos on ABC News' ‘This Week.’ In Trump’s tax plan, the wealthiest individuals would get a tax break, with the top tax rate dropping from 39.6 percent to 25 percent. But when pressed if he wants taxes on the wealthy to go up or down, he predicted that the top rate would be higher than the plan says. ‘On my plan they're going down. But by the time it's negotiated, they'll go up,’ Trump said. ‘Look, when I'm negotiating with the Democrats, I'm putting in a plan. I'm putting in my optimum plan. It's going to be negotiated, George. It's not going to stay there. They're not going to say, “There's your plan, let's approve it.” They're going to say, “Let's see what we can do.”’” [ABC News, 5/8/16
]
TRUMP’S NEW FINANCE CHIEF MNUCHIN CASHED OUT MADOFF PONZI PROFITS: “Donald Trump’s new national finance chairman and his family pocketed about $3.2 million in fake profit from his mother’s account with convicted con man Bernard Madoff -- money that didn’t have to be returned to victims because it was taken out of the Ponzi scheme in time. Steven Mnuchin, a business associate of Trump’s and also chairman and chief executive officer of the hedge fund Dune Capital Management LP, was sued in 2010 by a trustee seeking to recoup Madoff investors’ losses from customers who’d withdrawn more money from his firm than they put in.” [Bloomberg, 5/9/16
]
TRUMP CLAIMS “GOOFY ELIZABETH WARREN” IS LYING ABOUT HER NATIVE AMERICAN HERITAGE: “Donald Trump took to Twitter Friday evening to pile criticism on Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren, who earlier in the week had condemned the presumptive GOP nominee as a racist... He continued: ‘Let's properly check goofy Elizabeth Warren's records to see if she is Native American. I say she's a fraud!’ Next, he tweeted, ‘Goofy Elizabeth Warren, Hillary Clinton's flunky, has a career that is totally based on a lie. She is not Native American.’” [CNN, 5/6/16
]
TRUMP APPOINTS CHRISTIE AS TRANSITION TEAM CHAIRMAN: “Today Donald J. Trump announced Governor Chris Christie (R-NJ) will serve as Transition Team Chairman. Mr. Trump is the presumptive Presidential nominee for the Republican Party and continues to take critical steps to gear up for the general election against potential Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton, or whoever.” [Donald J. Trump for President, Release, 5/9/16
]
TRUMP TAPS SON-IN-LAW KUSHNER TO RUN TRANSITION TEAM: “Donald J. Trump has asked his son-in-law, Jared Kushner, to begin quietly working to put together a blueprint for his transition team should he win the White House in November. Mr. Kushner, the husband of Mr. Trump’s daughter, Ivanka, will work with Corey Lewandowski, the Trump campaign manager, and Paul Manafort, a senior adviser, to set up a prospective transition team and determine who its most important members should be. But Mr. Kushner is not expected to be involved if and when such a transition occurs, according to two people briefed on his new assignment.” [New York Times, 5/6/16
]
ENDORSEMENT TRACKER - BOB DOLE: “Mr. Trump stated, ‘I want to thank Senator Bob Dole for his endorsement. He is a wonderful man and it is a great honor to have his support.’ Senator Dole said, ‘The voters of our country have turned out in record numbers to support Mr. Trump. It is important that their votes be honored and it is time that we support the party's presumptive nominee, Donald J. Trump. I plan to attend the RNC convention in Cleveland to show my support for our party and our ticket, as I have done my entire life.’” [Donald J. Trump for President, Release, 5/7/16
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Also on MSNBC Shift - as ABC Go is playing music over Stephen Miller

From: Oslund, Joseph
Sent: Monday, May 02, 2016 4:00 PM
To: Comm_D
Subject: Video Request: Trump in Carmel IN
Scheduled for a 4pm start


That works, thanks.
[SigDems]
Luis Miranda, Communications Director
Democratic National Committee
202-863-8148 – MirandaL@dnc.org
- @MiraLuisDC
From: Lauren Gambino
Sent: Friday, May 06, 2016 3:28 PM
To: Miranda, Luis
Subject: Re: Vulnerable red states
Hey Luis
I wanted to use this quote from our convo yesterday? And say Dems feel confident in their ability to mobilize voters, in part because the sophisticated voter file.
“We’re not going to take Trump for granted. We’re going to fight to hold him accountable every single day and we’re going to make sure that we don’t let Democrats be complacent about this.”
Lauren Gambino
National Reporter
Guardian News & Media
O: 917-900-4520
C: 480.359.8068
@LGamGam
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222 Broadway, 23rd floor
New York, NY 10038
theguardian.com
Download the Guardian app for Android
and iOS
On 5 May 2016 at 12:41, Lauren Gambino
> wrote:
Hi Luis,
My name is Lauren Gambino. I am a reporter with The Guardian in New York. I am working on a story about what historically red states might be swayed to vote for the Democrat in the presidential election this year.
I was wondering if you might have a minute to speak with me on background about the red states that the DNC thinks might be vulnerable with Trump at the top of the ticket – like Arizona & Georgia, perhaps.
My deadline is this evening and the best number to reach me at is 917.900.4520
. Thank you so much!
Best,
Lauren
Lauren Gambino
National Reporter
Guardian News & Media
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Yes here.
[SigDems]
Luis Miranda, Communications Director
Democratic National Committee
202-863-8148 - MirandaL@dnc.org
- @MiraLuisDC
From: Greene, Julie
Sent: Monday, April 25, 2016 3:11 PM
To: Dacey, Amy; Miranda, Luis
Cc: Patrice Taylor
Subject: FW: Democratic Delegate Selection Process Memo
Do you guys want this to go to DNC Members?
From: Federico, Courtney
Sent: Monday, April 25, 2016 11:24 AM
To: Patrice Taylor; Alecia Dyer
Subject: Democratic Delegate Selection Process Memo
RBC Members,
I hope that you had a great weekend!  Below, please find a message from Co-Chairs Jim Roosevelt and Lorraine Miller:
Dear RBC Members,
As you all know, there has been a great deal of attention placed on the Democratic delegate selection process by the press and public in recent weeks.  Some of the information is accurate, and some of it is not; therefore we have compiled the attached memo to circulate to press and our networks in order to set the record straight about our process.  Donna Brazile approached us with the idea and played an instrumental role in the memo's creation.
We wanted to make sure that each of you had a copy of the memo to use as a resource and to circulate to your networks.  We thank each of you for all of the work you have done to maintain the integrity and transparency of the Democratic delegate selection process.
Best,
Jim Roosevelt and Lorraine Miller
RBC Co-Chairs


Up to you. Deshundra/Jenna/Pablo just talked to show’s host. They can of course correct me if I’m wrong but my instinct is that Maggie Linton and Pratt Wiley are cut from the same Big D Democrat stock.
On May 9, 2016, at 2:45 PM, Walker, Eric
> wrote:
Not in the habit of doing 30 min interviews. Lots of opportunity for a slip, and then it becomes “DNC official says X” and it’s an issue
From: Manriquez, Pablo
Sent: Monday, May 09, 2016 2:43 PM
To: Miranda, Luis; Paustenbach, Mark; Walker, Eric
Cc: Price, Jenna; Jefferson, Deshundra
Subject: Request - PRATT//SIRIUS XM//MAGGIE LINTON//1 or 3 JUNE
WHO:                         Pratt Wiley and Maggie Linton
WHAT:                      30 minute live radio interview on SIRIUS XM’s “Urban” channel show “The Maggie Linton Show” to discuss the state of voter expansion in the 2016 race.
WHEN:                      There are available hit times of which we can chose one. They are 1 June (11a, 11:30a ET), 3 June  (11a, 11:30a ET).
WHERE:                    SIRUS XM DC Bureau
Pablo Manriquez
Democratic National Committee
Phone: 202.572.5488
Email: pablo@dnc.org
web: democrats.org
Twitter: @Pablo_DNC
Pablo Manriquez
Democratic National Committee
Phone: 202.572.5488
Email: pablo@dnc.org
web: democrats.org
Twitter: @Pablo_DNC


"Data Download" look at new Trump voters
In Virginia:
- Most are first time GOP primary voters, but were already general election voters
- Only 6% are actually new voters
- Not enough to swing election based on 2012 numbers
Only in New Hampshire did Trump bring in enough new voters (13%) to potentially swing a state
________________________________
From: Sarge, Matthew
Sent: Sunday, May 22, 2016 11:02 AM
To: Comm_D
Subject: RE: Meet The Press
Panel:
Alex Castellanos
Joy-Ann Reid
Robert Draper
Castellanos: HRC can't put away an old socialist who honeymooned in USSR
Reid: HRC in her interview sounds like a strategist
Draper: Record-high unfavorables on both sides
Sanders people are passionate. HRC supporters just want a Democratic president
________________________________
From: Sarge, Matthew
Sent: Sunday, May 22, 2016 10:51 AM
To: Comm_D
Subject: Meet The Press
Hillary Clinton:
Talks about having far more votes and pledged delegates
Sanders demands for rules changes and platform?
- We will talk with him and listen to him
- Will do my part to unify the party, and expect the same from him
- I did that in 2008 in a much closer race
- Far less differences between Sanders and I than with Republicans
California debate invitation?
- We will consider it
- Will stay focused on Trump because I will be the nominee
- Trump is not a normal candidate: attacking UK, meet with North Korea
- GOP businessman donor told me he was supporting me
Trump matchup?
- 2 million more votes than Trump
- He has plurality of Republicans
- No evidence he has ideas to make America great, just to make himself greet
- Not running for anybody's third term, just my own first term
Big idea of your candidacy?
- We are stronger together
- Bipartisanship like 1990s
You are a polarizing figure. High unfavorables?
- Not as high as Trump
- I work across the aisle
Putting Bill Clinton in charge of economy?
- Will ask my husband who has a great track record
- Balanced budget and surplus in 90s
- Want to renegotiate NAFTA
VP qualifications?
- Somebody who you're sure can do the job as president
Cabinet?
- Open to people who haven't served in elected office
- Business people with real success, not fake success
- Trump needs to release tax returns


bernsj
[6:19 PM]
nicole wallace on msnbc: i think the whole GOP belongs in therapy


Donald Trump proved today that a teleprompter can't help him sound reasonable or knowledgeable when it comes to foreign policy. He continues to lack the judgment, experience, and temperament to be our next commander-in-chief. The "new" Donald Trump is the same Donald Trump we have seen on the campaign trail over the past year -  a candidate that lacks details, alarms foreign leaders, and has no place in the White House.
Just look at what some had to say about Trump's incoherent foreign policy remarks:
@LindseyGrahamSC:
Not sure who is advising Trump on foreign policy but I can understand why he's not revealing their names.
@LindseyGrahamSC:
Question #1 for Trump: Are we sure the guy running the teleprompter has the pages in the right order? #notmakinganysense
@LindseyGrahamSC:
Question #2 -- Did teleprompter guy actually write the speech? #notmakinganysense
@LindseyGrahamSC:
Trump speech is pathetic in terms of understanding the role America plays in the world, how to win War on Terror, and threats we face.
@timkmak
: How can such a prewritten, rehearsed speech be filled with so many errors and internal contradictions
@timkmak:
Trump's contradiction:
--Allies must pay for their own defense
--We must stick by our agreement with allies (just not security assurances)
@fmkaplan:
Even by Trump standards, this is thumpingly incoherent and ignorant.
@JakeSherman:
Donald Trump just called Tanzania "Tanzaynia"
@joshgreenman:
1. Start trade war with China
2. Seek common ground based on shared interests with China
@ThePlumLineGS:
After saying we need to be more "unpredictable," Trump says the secret to successful foreign policy is consistency.
@BenjySarlin:
After literally threatening to end alliances over a funding dispute, Trump pivots to saying our allies no longer think they can depend on us
@ZekeJMiller:
The big question hanging over pretty much every line of this Trump speech: How?
@thefix:
To say this Trump foreign policy speech is light on specifics is an insult to specifics.
@WayneSlater:
Trump reading his foreign policy address off the Teleprompter looks like a 10-year-old trying to speak in a second language.
@BenjySarlin:
Trump just seems to staple GOP talking points about foreign policy onto his own foreign policy, which is totally incompatible with them
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Sorry didn't see this until after the meeting. Do you have update on brown v board?
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On May 16, 2016, at 4:33 PM, Jefferson, Deshundra
> wrote:
Would you please share this in the check-out meeting?
I am working on a response from a Reuters reporter re: data on provisional ballots in North Carolina. Also, working on a quote about the importance of the Native American vote in Arizona, Nevada and New Mexico.
I am also working on a statement for Wisconsin voter ID testimony.
Also working with my states on National Infrastructure Week.
Deshundra Jefferson, Southern Regional Communications Director
Democratic National Committee
JeffersonD@dnc.org
| (202) 863-8112


Of course.
Lots for you to work with.
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On May 9, 2016, at 1:51 PM, Dacey, Amy
> wrote:
Great thanks adding our research director Lauren as well to be included
Thanks
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On May 9, 2016, at 1:44 PM, Simas, David
> wrote:
Here's the deck I previously mentioned.
Going to ask BSG to set up a briefing later in the week for you and the team.
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Begin forwarded message:
From: "Simas, David M. M. EOP/WHO"
>
Date: May 9, 2016 at 1:41:32 PM EDT
To: "simasd@dnc.org
"
>
Subject: 3784 DNC Trump Deck FIN.pptx


Can we get this ASAP pls? Thanks!
On May 17, 2016, at 12:54 PM, Garcia, Walter
> wrote:
On now
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Walter Garcia
Western Regional Press Secretary
Democratic National Committee (DNC)
Email: GarciaW@dnc.org
Twitter: @WalterGarcia231
[SigDems]


-Starts off with report that Romney is trying to recruit third-party candidate
Interview with Paul Manafort
Meeting with Speaker Ryan.
-DT was not asked to change by leadership, and there’s no reason for him to change
You look at negative ratings DT has with women/Latinos. Will it make it difficult for him to win the WH?
-That’s convention wisdom that isn’t correct
-HRC also has high negatives, needs to build up support among men
-It’s an issue that will be dealt with
Tax returns, it’s a tradition. DT had said he would release them in the past, why does he feel differently now?
-He doesn’t. All he’s said is that he’s under audit
-Audit is going back 8 years — that’s what I’m led to believe
-This is an issue that the media is interested in; not American ppl
-Tax attorneys would never advise their client to release tax returns under audit
Is there something in taxes that DT doesn’t want American ppl to see?
-No. He’s said no, and I have no reason to believe otherwise.
Trump posing as his own publicist. Plays tape. Is the campaign seriously saying that it’s not him?
-I couldn’t tell you who that is. DT says it’s not him; it’s not
-I don’t know the relevance of this, it’s 25 years old
-We should be talking about immigration, terrorism, etc
Tapper pushes back.
-Tape does not prove that it’s him
-Reports that DT leaked tape makes no sense either
Asked about 1992 report, citing ties to Ukrainian leader Yanukovych and potential conflict given that DT will be receiving classified briefings.
-I don’t see the classified briefings; I’m not in room
-I don’t have any foreign clients anymore
-Only helped Yanukovych become more integrated, and was only involved in a positive way
What are some general election states that DT can win?
-There’s a number of them. Michigan, Pennsylvania, NH, NH, Connecticut
-We think Democrats are the ones who have a very narrow path to victory (lol)
From: Walter Garcia
>
Date: Sunday, May 15, 2016 at 8:58 AM
To: Comm_D
>
Subject: VIDEO REQUEST: CNN SOTU
Starting shortly.


There's been no coverage that we've found, which is what we wanted. Will continue to monitor.
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From: "Wilson, Graham M.  (Perkins Coie)"
Date: 04/25/2016  3:49 PM  (GMT-05:00)
To: "Miranda, Luis"
, "Walker, Eric"
, "Paustenbach, Mark"
, Lindsey Reynolds
, "Dillon, Lauren"
, "Dacey, Amy"
, "Bauer, R"
Subject: RE: FLAG: Politico asking state parties about HRC JFA direct transfers back to DNC
I agree – just the emphasis that the money coming in is being range of general election prep.
I leave it to you, but I think we probably want to be on the same page as HFA here given that Beth Jones is the HVF treasurer making the disbursements to the
parties and I’m sure they are being asked too.
Graham M. Wilson |
Perkins Coie LLP
Direct. +1.202.434.1638
From: Miranda, Luis
Sent: Monday, April 25, 2016 3:46 PM
To: Walker, Eric; Wilson, Graham M. (Perkins Coie); Paustenbach, Mark; Lindsey Reynolds; Dillon, Lauren; Dacey, Amy; Bauer, Bob (Perkins Coie)
Subject: RE: FLAG: Politico asking state parties about HRC JFA direct transfers back to DNC
We should NOT add that extra point you suggested. We want to emphasize the opposite, which is that we set up these committees with both campaigns early – albeit it one of the campaigns hasn’t used theirs – precisely
because we need to raise the resources NOW to have the infrastructure in place for the general election. The money the state parties are transferring back to the DNC is still helping the state parties. Point them to this bullet in the talking points:
·
It’s important to note, the funds that the DNC and state parties get through the joint victory funds help strengthen, for example, our national voter file and communications, research and digital support for state
parties and down ballot candidates. That includes training across a variety of areas, for example, and access to media monitoring and rapid response support. This is helping us build infrastructure for the general election.
Luis Miranda,
Communications Director
Democratic National Committee
202-863-8148 –
MirandaL@dnc.org -
@MiraLuisDC
From: Walker, Eric
Sent: Monday, April 25, 2016 3:44 PM
To: Graham Wilson; Miranda, Luis; Paustenbach, Mark; Lindsey Reynolds; Dillon, Lauren; Dacey, Amy; Bauer, R
Subject: RE: FLAG: Politico asking state parties about HRC JFA direct transfers back to DNC
Messages coming in from lots of state parties now.
He’s asking about FEC reports that show transfers from state parties to the DNC of exact dollar amounts raised by the HFA / state party JFAs. So in other words, let’s say HFA raised 300k for PA Dems… PA Dems
sending that money back to DNC.
I assume he wants to write that this money won’t be used for state parties or downballot races, but that it’s all going to the DNC for the presidential campaign, and the state party JFAs are a workaround.
I can call Josh and Zac with HFA and see what they’re thinking.
From: Wilson, Graham M. (Perkins Coie)
Sent: Monday, April 25, 2016 3:31 PM
To: Walker, Eric; Miranda, Luis; Paustenbach, Mark; Lindsey Reynolds; Dillon, Lauren; Dacey, Amy; Bauer, R
Subject: RE: FLAG: Politico asking state parties about HRC JFA direct transfers back to DNC
Which direct transfers is he asking about?
Do we know HFA is saying?
Graham M. Wilson |
Perkins Coie LLP
Direct. +1.202.434.1638
From: Walker, Eric
Sent: Monday, April 25, 2016 3:18 PM
To: Miranda, Luis; Paustenbach, Mark; Lindsey Reynolds; Dillon, Lauren; Dacey, Amy; Wilson, Graham M. (Perkins Coie); Bauer, Bob (Perkins Coie)
Subject: FLAG: Politico asking state parties about HRC JFA direct transfers back to DNC
PA Dems and OH Dems just got a call about it from Politico. Reporter wants to know why the direct transfers have been happening for exact dollar amounts. He wants to write
the Paul Blumenthal angle, but Politico can be more aggressive and sensational.
I can supply the TPs that we’ve used before which nibble around the issue (JFA money goes to winning races up and down the ballot, investing in infrastructure, blah blah blah) but I think it may be worth adding an extra talking point if
pressed.
·
It’s way too early to start determining where the money will be most useful in the run-up to the election, and even if it was time to make that determination, we wouldn’t discuss funding allocations in the press for the RNC to see what
we’re doing.
Any objections?
TPs we’ve used before:
- For Background Only -
Talking Points on Joint Fundraising Committees
We welcome any effort by our candidates to help raise money for the DNC and state parties.
Similar agreements were set up with both the Clinton campaign and the Sanders campaign early in the cycle, precisely because of the urgency to build a strong national infrastructure
now that will help elect Democrats up and down the ballot in November. The Sanders campaign has not used theirs.
It’s important to note, the funds that the DNC and state parties get through the joint victory funds help strengthen, for example, our national voter file and communications, research
and digital support for state parties and down ballot candidates. That includes training across a variety of areas, for example, and access to media monitoring and rapid response support. This is helping us build infrastructure for the general election.
These arrangements are not new or unusual. Similar joint fundraising committees were established with our Democratic candidate in both 2008 and 2012. And again, both campaigns have signed on and have the option of using joint victory funds.
And let’s be clear, neither the DNC nor state parties are subsidizing fundraising through these committees for either campaign. For whatever each campaign raises under the agreement that then goes to their campaign, that campaign pays a directly proportional
amount for the cost of that fundraising.
Rick Hasen, an influential academic on campaign finance, posted an analysis on the Election Law Blog that addressed this issue. Hasen states in the article that “it is hard to see what provision of the law” is at issue in the letter. As
the blog points out, “legally” the criticism of the fund “seems weak.”
Eric Walker
walkere@dnc.org
732-991-1489
@ericmwalker
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