Moving Ryan, Luis, Mark, Eric to bcc
Hi Brad,
Still trying to get this on her schedule which is a moving target for the moment. I will try to have an answer for you by the end of the day.  If DWS can’t join, could you use one of our spokespersons (like for instance, Luis Miranda)? Thanks!
Pablo
On May 4, 2016, at 9:19 AM, Brad Polisuk
> wrote:
Good Morning Everybody,
I am just checking in again about a confirmation for DNC Chair/ Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman-Schultz for May 12.
I'm sensitive to the fact that we are in the middle of a presidential election and her time is limited.
But I would like to know fairly quickly because I need to get the promos in place for all our affiliates all over the country.
We put a lot of effort into marketing our interviews.
I appreciate your time.
Thanks,
Brad
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Brad Polisuk
Producer
The Costa Report
KSCO AM 1080 / 104.1 FM
brad@ksco.com
Business: 831-475-1080
On 5/3/2016 7:16 AM, Brad Polisuk wrote:
Good Morning Everybody,
I was just following up on the interview request from yesterday for Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman-Schultz for May 12 for The Costa Report.
By the way, as an aside, I am interested in booking other national Democratic Party leaders for the show as well for the rest of the year.
It is important to us to have an ideological balance on the show.
If you can help me on that front, I would be very grateful for that as well.
Thanks,
Brad
--
Brad Polisuk
Producer
KSCO AM 1080 / 104.1 FM
2300 Portola Drive
Santa Cruz, Ca
95062
brad@ksco.com
Business: 831-475-1080
On 5/2/2016 12:57 PM, Manriquez, Pablo wrote:
Hi Brad. Would this be a call-in, I assume? Also what would be the interview duration? Here to help! Thanks!
On May 2, 2016, at 3:46 PM, Banfill, Ryan
> wrote:
Brad,
Thanks for writing, Brad. I'm copying our communications team on this request. They may have a few more questions.
Thanks for the invitation.
Ryan
Sent from my iPhone
On May 2, 2016, at 3:38 PM, Brad Polisuk
> wrote:
Hi Ryan,
Thanks for getting back to me. The original email to you is below.
Here are some facts you wanted:
The Costa Report is nationally syndicated so our audience is in all 50 states.
Here is a map of our coverage area:

We have an audience of just over 2,000,000 listeners. So our audience is greater than MSNBC and CNN.
This is a talk radio audience so this is an audience that is older, politically engaged, and votes consistently.
We have a social media and newsletter audience of 250,000 subscribers.
In terms of guests we have had on:
Tom Daschle
Juan Williams
Ralph Nader
Michael Hayden
Mark Pryor
Dana Milbank
Tim Pawlenty
Jim Lehrer
We have had on most of the presidential candidates this election season.
The list of guests we had on is here if you need something more comprehensive:

I have May 12 open right now, which is right before the California primary.
There are a few options for a phone interview:
1. Live interview scheduled in between 2:00 - 3:00 pm (Pacific Time) with various breaks in between.
2. A recorded interview between 9:00 - 10:00 am (Pacific Time).
3. A recorded interview between 10:00 - 11:00 am (Pacific Time).
Thanks,
Brad
--
Brad Polisuk
Producer
The Costa Report
KSCO AM 1080 / 104.1 FM
2300 Portola Drive Santa Cruz, Ca 95062
brad@ksco.com
Business: 831-475-1080
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Dear Mr. Banfill,
My name is Brad Polisuk and I am a producer for the nationally syndicated The Costa Report featuring Rebecca Costa, broadcast from KSCO studios in Santa Cruz, California, one of the last independently owned radio stations in the US.
The Costa Report is a post-partisan human affairs show with an audience of over 2 million people with over 250,000 followers on social media.
I am pitching this to you because Rebecca Costa is interested in doing an interview with Congresswoman Wasserman-Schultz that isn't particularly partisan or political in nature but to appeal to our higher angels as Americans in terms of our love for civic duty and commitment to public service.
I am sure the Congresswoman would like to do an interview where she is not either on the offensive or defensive as chair of the DNC or as a political candidate.
Put simply, it won't be a hostile interview but more of an interview that focuses on what can we do as a country together, regardless if Hillary Clinton or Donald Trump becomes president or if Congress stays the same or changes hands.
Also, to be blunt, we would love to have more Democrats in Congress on the program.
You can hear recordings of past work here:
  You will see that we have had on major players on before.
I have May 12 open right now, which is right before the California primary. It would be an opportune time for her to be on and reach out to a talk radio audience that would open to another perspective on the Congresswoman's life and career.
There are a few options for a phone interview:
1. Live interview scheduled in between 2:00 - 3:00 pm (Pacific Time) with various breaks in between.
2. A recorded interview between 9:00 - 10:00 am (Pacific Time).
3. A recorded interview between 10:00 - 11:00 am (Pacific Time).
Also, I would like to develop a long-term relationship with her so we can feature more Democrats on the program but more from a public servant perspective with an agenda to move forward and get things done.
If this interests you and Congresswoman Wasserman-Schultz, please let me know as soon as you can.  Thanks for your time.
Sincerely,
Brad   ---
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This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software.

Pablo Manriquez
Democratic National Committee
Phone: 202.572.5488
Email: pablo@dnc.org
web: democrats.org
Twitter: @Pablo_DNC
--
Brad Polisuk
Producer
KSCO AM 1080 / 104.1 FM
2300 Portola Drive
Santa Cruz, Ca
95062
brad@ksco.com
Business: 831-475-1080
Pablo Manriquez
Democratic National Committee
Phone: 202.572.5488
Email: pablo@dnc.org
web: democrats.org
Twitter: @Pablo_DNC


Writing about DNC transition process once Clinton comes in, just explaining how the process works. Would like to include statement from you.
Also would love chat on background/OTR. (202) 769-8381. Thanks!
Alex Seitz-Wald
(202) 769-8381


Listen here
From: Sarge, Matthew
Sent: Saturday, May 07, 2016 6:16 PM
To: Comm_D
Subject: Video Request: Barry Bennett on Bloomberg Podcast
Trump Adviser Barry Bennett on Bloomberg's Masters of Politics
- Says Trump might speak every night of the GOP convention
- Likens Trump's political talents to Bill Clinton
Jeff Weaver also on the same episode


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Sanders Campaign Statement on Clinton’s Comments
May 19, 2016
Contact: Michael Briggs (802) 233-8653
PALM SPRINGS, Calif. – U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders’ spokesman, Michael Briggs, on Thursday issued the following statement after Secretary Hillary Clinton told CNN she will be the Democratic Party’s nominee for president:
“In the past three weeks voters in Indiana, West Virginia and Oregon respectfully disagreed with Secretary Clinton. We expect voters in the remaining eight contests also will disagree. And with almost every national and state poll showing Sen. Sanders doing much, much better than Secretary Clinton against Donald Trump, it is clear that millions of Americans have growing doubts about the Clinton campaign.”
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Works for me
Mark Paustenbach
National Press Secretary &
Deputy Communications Director
Democratic National Committee
W: 202.863.8148
paustenbachm@dnc.org
-----Original Message-----
From: Walker, Eric
Sent: Tuesday, April 26, 2016 4:47 PM
To: Miranda, Luis; Paustenbach, Mark
Subject: Ohio comm director applying for 5th regional
Lots of experience and she's worked well with TJ. Can we set up an interview?


This is good. Go ahead with RR2.
Thanks,
Mark
Mark Paustenbach
National Press Secretary &
Deputy Communications Director
Democratic National Committee
W: 202.863.8148
paustenbachm@dnc.org
From: Jefferson, Deshundra
Sent: Wednesday, May 11, 2016 7:33 PM
To: Walker, Eric; Miranda, Luis; Paustenbach, Mark; Walsh, Tom
Subject: RE: Please read: Talking Points for Rights Restoration
DPVA/McAuliffe wants us to steer clear of hitting Trump on this call. Virginia Republicans are trying to paint this as a purely partisan move, so we have to focus on how bad the law is.
Mark and Luis: Can I kick this to RR2?
From: Walker, Eric
Sent: Wednesday, May 11, 2016 7:25 PM
To: Jefferson, Deshundra; Miranda, Luis; Paustenbach, Mark; Walsh, Tom
Subject: RE: Please read: Talking Points for Rights Restoration
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
:
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


Hey Luis,
Is DWS issuing a statement? As you know we have significant Puerto Rican communities in CT, NY, NJ, PA and FL. Chair Martinez is very engaged on this one.
Please advise.
Thanks,
Marilyn D. Davis
National Director of Community Engagement
Democratic National Convention
M: 609-218-3254
Twitter: @marilynddavis
Facebook.com/marilynddavis
Sent from my iPhone, please excuse any typos
On May 16, 2016, at 1:01 PM, Gomez, Bridgette
> wrote:
Hey Luis,
I wanted to share this with you, but also check-in to see if the DNC can make a statement on PR especially with both candidate’s campaigns out in Puerto Rico this week.
Bernie Sanders is in Puerto Rico today with a townhall event (details
) and Bill Clinton will be there tomorrow (see details below).
Please let me know what is possible.  I would like to move on convening a national call to help elevate the issue, but want to make sure this is ok to do and also think once we make a statement it makes it better to move forward with a call after.
Thank you,
Bridgette
Hillary Clinton Statement on Puerto Rico
Hillary Clinton released the following statement on the political status of Puerto Rico:
"The people of Puerto Rico have a proud history and a distinct heritage--and as American citizens, they are entitled to have their voices heard on critical issues that affect them. All Americans should be able to vote for the people who make their laws.
"During my presidency, I will work as hard as I can with the people of Puerto Rico and with advocates from all sides to answer the fundamental question of their political status. It is up to the people of Puerto Rico to decide, and I commit to supporting their decision.
"A process to resolve Puerto Rico's legal status must be fair and consistent with the Constitution and laws of the United States, and the decision should be made by majority vote. I will support any process that meets these terms, such as an up or down vote on statehood.  It is time to bring this issue to closure.
"Additionally, all American citizens, no matter where they reside, should have the right to vote for the President of the United States. I expressed that in 2008 and I reiterate that position again today."
Declaraciones de Hillary Clinton sobre Puerto Rico
Hillary Clinton realizó las siguientes declaraciones sobre el estatus político de Puerto Rico:
“El pueblo de Puerto Rico posee una orgullosa historia y un patrimonio distintivo y, como ciudadanos estadounidenses, tienen el derecho que sus voces sean escuchadas en los asuntos críticos que les afectan. Todos los estadounidenses deberían poder votar por las personas que formulan sus leyes.
“Durante mi presidencia, trabajaré tan fuerte como me sea posible con el pueblo de Puerto Rico y los defensores de todas las ideologías para contestar la pregunta fundamental de su estatus político. La decisión debe ser tomada por el pueblo de Puerto Rico y me comprometo a apoyar su decisión.
“Un proceso para resolver el estatus legal de Puerto Rico debe estar basado en opciones que sean justas y consistentes con la Constitución y las leyes de los Estados Unidos y cuya decisión sea por voto mayoritario. Apoyaré cualquier proceso que cumpla con estos términos, cómo lo es un voto sí o no sobre la estadidad. Es tiempo de cerrar este asunto.
“Además, todos los ciudadanos estadounidenses, no importa dónde residan, deben tener el derecho de votar por el presidente de los Estados Unidos. Lo expresé en el 2008 y reitero mi posición hoy nuevamente.”
President Bill Clinton to Campaign for Hillary Clinton in Puerto Rico
On Tuesday, May 17, President Bill Clinton will campaign for Hillary Clinton in Puerto Rico ahead of the June 5 caucus. President Clinton will attend public events in Bayamón, Cayey, and Ponce where he will discuss why Hillary Clinton is the best candidate to fight for Puerto Rico and build ladders of opportunity for Puerto Rican families.
Media interested in covering these events should RSVP here
by Monday, May 16 at 10:00 PM. Media who RSVP to the events will receive a credential confirmation and logistical information after the RSVP deadline.
Bayamón Organizing Event with President Clinton
When: 10:30 AM
Where: National College Plaza, Road # 2 Km 11.2 Bayamon, P.R. 00960
DOORS OPEN: 9:30 AM
Public RSVP Here
Cayey Organizing Event with President Clinton
When: 2:15 PM
Where: Teatro Municipal de Cayey Cll Luis Muñoz Rivera North Cayey, Puerto Rico 00376
Doors Open: 1:15 PM
Public RSVP Here
Ponce Organizing Event with President Clinton
When: 6:00 PM
Where:  Complejo Ferial de Puerto Rico Ave. Rafael Cordero Santiago Lote #1 final Ponce, Puerto Rico, 00716
Doors Open: 5:00 PM
Public RSVP Here
--
Lorella Praeli
National Director of Latino Outreach || Hillary for America
203.417.1436
@lorellapraeli


Not worth burning a Chair response on this one. We have research on it, so could theoretically do something from a spokesperson.
[SigDems]
Luis Miranda, Communications Director
Democratic National Committee
202-863-8148 – MirandaL@dnc.org
- @MiraLuisDC
From: Ryan Banfill
Sent: Wednesday, April 27, 2016 2:47 PM
To: Miranda, Luis; Paustenbach, Mark; Walker, Eric
Subject: Fwd: DNC Comment Request - Cruz & Chinese firm
Please see below. A reporter with One America wants the chair's comment on Ted Cruz representing a Chinese firm that drove an American tire manufacturer out of business.
By the way, what's the line on Fiorina? To me, it's a play to win votes in California. He'll use her base and contacts.
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Geoff Burgan
>
Date: Wed, Apr 27, 2016 at 1:30 PM
Subject: DNC Comment Request - Cruz & Chinese firm
To: Ryan Banfill
>
John Hines, One America News Network
john.hines@oann.com
, 202.368.4696
Deadline in 2-3 hours.
According to John, when Sen. Cruz was in private practice as an attorney he represented a Chinese firm that drove an American tire manufacturer out of business. Wants to know if DWS as Chair has comment on that.
--
Geoff Burgan
geburgan@gmail.com
443.801.1915


DJ, ask Walter how we handle fundraising events and please look into this one.Thx
Sent via the Samsung GALAXY S®4, an AT&T 4G LTE smartphone
-------- Original message --------
From: "Kaplan, Jordan"
Date: 05/13/2016  13:54  (GMT-06:00)
To: Brad Marshall
, Lindsey Reynolds
, "Dacey, Amy"
, "Miranda, Luis"
, "Compton, Matt"
, "Alvillar, Raul"
, Alan Reed
, Kate Houghton
Subject: Miami invite
This invite is going out today.
Thanks -
Jordan Kaplan
National Finance Director
Democratic National Committee
(202) 488-5002 (o) | (312) 339-0224 (c)
kaplanj@dnc.org


Ok, how’s this? Happy to add more if we need something stronger
For Immediate Release
May 19, 2016
Contact: Matt Farrauto - matt@njdems.org
Donald Trump Comes to Town for More Than Just Gov. Christie’s Furniture
Lawrenceville- Gov. Chris Christie hopes to capitalize on his newfound friendship with Donald Trump, literally. Trump will come help
Christie and the NJ GOP pay off debts by hosting two high dollar fundraisers, after the questionable proceeds
from the garage sale of his campaign furniture to his Super PAC wasn’t enough to cover almost a quarter million in campaign debt and half a million
in legal fees related to the Bridgegate scandal.
“Look no further than Chris Christie for evidence that the current Republican Party is to blame for the rise of Donald Trump,” said Matt Farrauto, communications director for the New Jersey Democratic State Committee. “Questionable ethics coupled with threats of violence has become the standard for the Republican Party across the country.”
Donald Trump’s appearance in New Jersey is a flip-flop on his previous view of Bridgegate itself, having stated that Christie “totally knew”
about his allies scheme to shut down access lanes on the George Washington Bridge in the name of political retaliation.
Maybe Trump will visit again soon to shore up the Transportation Trust Fund
before it goes broke this summer.
###
From: Paustenbach, Mark
Sent: Thursday, May 19, 2016 4:19 PM
To: Walker, Eric; Wei, Shu-Yen; Miranda, Luis; Walsh, Tom
Subject: RE: For Comms Approval: Donald Trump Comes to Town for More Than Just Gov. Christie’s Furniture
Eric is right. Should be bridgegate debt.
Mark Paustenbach
National Press Secretary &
Deputy Communications Director
Democratic National Committee
W: 202.863.8148
paustenbachm@dnc.org
From: Walker, Eric
Sent: Thursday, May 19, 2016 4:18 PM
To: Wei, Shu-Yen; Miranda, Luis; Paustenbach, Mark; Walsh, Tom
Subject: RE: For Comms Approval: Donald Trump Comes to Town for More Than Just Gov. Christie’s Furniture
Why is it talking about campaign debt and not bridgegate debt?
From: Wei, Shu-Yen
Sent: Thursday, May 19, 2016 3:45 PM
To: Miranda, Luis; Walker, Eric; Paustenbach, Mark; Walsh, Tom
Subject: For Comms Approval: Donald Trump Comes to Town for More Than Just Gov. Christie’s Furniture
Going out via the NJ Dems
For Immediate Release
May 19, 2016
Contact: Matt Farrauto - matt@njdems.org
Donald Trump Comes to Town for More Than Just Gov. Christie’s Furniture
Lawrenceville- Gov. Chris Christie hopes to capitalize on his newfound friendship with Donald Trump, literally. Trump will come help
Christie pay off his campaign debt by hosting a $200 per person fundraiser, after the questionable proceeds
from the garage sale of his campaign furniture to his Super PAC wasn’t enough to cover almost a quarter million in debts.
“Look no further than Chris Christie for evidence that the current Republican Party is to blame for the rise of Donald Trump,” said Matt Farrauto, communications director for the New Jersey Democratic State Committee. “Questionable ethics coupled with threats of violence has become the standard for the Republican Party across the country.”
Maybe Trump will visit again soon to shore up the Transportation Trust Fund.
###


Flagging that this is during the time when he's supposed to be at the CA GOP convention. He may just send Fiorina. Not sure though.
H/t Sorbie
From: Bennett, Eric
Sent: Friday, April 29, 2016 5:32 PM
To: Research_D
Subject: EVENT: Cruz to Indiana tomorrow
Rally with Ted Cruz
Saturday, April 30
1:45 PM - 3:15 PM
Serendipity at Perry Crossing
2499 Perry Crossing Way
Plainfield, IN 46168


From the CO Party: "Sorry to ask for more, but do you have the "you can't get it up for her" clip from here: "
When you find, can you send a file share link?
Eric Walker
walkere@dnc.org
732-991-1489
@ericmwalker


Early bird catches the worm! 🐛
On Tue, Apr 26, 2016 at 6:52 PM -0700, "Paustenbach, Mark"
> wrote:
No more paper tonight.
I'll be in at 5:30am for the chair's Fox and CNN hits.
Mark Paustenbach
National Press Secretary &
Deputy Communications Director
Democratic National Committee
202.863.8148
paustenbachm@dnc.org
On Apr 26, 2016, at 9:50 PM, Dillon, Lauren
> wrote:
What else do we need to release tonight? Are we doing TPs?
There will be researchers here at 7:30 AM monitoring interviews. Do you plan to have comms folks here?


No prob
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From: "Palermo, Rachel"
Date: 05/01/2016 4:50 PM (GMT-05:00)
To: Regional Press
Subject: Tomorrow morning
I need to pick up a prescription at 9am because they're closed right now. So I'll be a little late but will dial into the morning meeting. Will be on my cell!
Sent from my iPhone


Research is good?
From: Freundlich, Christina
Sent: Wednesday, April 27, 2016 3:40 PM
To: Walker, Eric; Paustenbach, Mark; Miranda, Luis; Walsh, Tom
Subject: RE: Approved Talkers TP's for Fiorina... Pls wait until our statement is out... Thanks
Just waiting for mark or luis to blast
From: Walker, Eric
Sent: Wednesday, April 27, 2016 3:36 PM
To: Freundlich, Christina; Paustenbach, Mark; Miranda, Luis; Walsh, Tom
Subject: RE: Approved Talkers TP's for Fiorina... Pls wait until our statement is out... Thanks
Who still needs to sign off on this?
From: Freundlich, Christina
Sent: Wednesday, April 27, 2016 2:50 PM
To: Paustenbach, Mark; Walker, Eric; Miranda, Luis; Walsh, Tom
Subject: RE: Approved Talkers TP's for Fiorina... Pls wait until our statement is out... Thanks
+ walsh
From: Paustenbach, Mark
Sent: Wednesday, April 27, 2016 2:49 PM
To: Freundlich, Christina; Walker, Eric; Miranda, Luis
Subject: Approved Talkers TP's for Fiorina... Pls wait until our statement is out... Thanks
Talking Points on Cruz / Fiorina Ticket
*         This is a desperate attempt by a desperate campaign to change the narrative after netting only a single delegate in last night's contests.
*         By selecting a VP candidate when he is less than halfway to the nomination, Ted Cruz is even more delusional than John Kasich, who has only won his home state, and Marco Rubio, who gave a victory speech after a third place finish in Iowa.
*         It's fitting that Senator Cruz, best known for shutting down the U.S. government, would select Carly Fiorina as his VP, best known for almost shutting down a great U.S. company.
*         As CEO of Hewlett Packard, Carly Fiorina:
o   Cut HP's stock value in half
o   Laid off 30,000 workers
after an ill-advised merger with Compaq
o   Outsourced American jobs
to other countries
o   Sold computer equipment to Iran
in violation of U.S. sanctions
o   Received a $40 million golden parachute
upon being fired
o   Earned status
as one of the "Worst American CEOs of all Time"
*         Don't be fooled: Cruz and Fiorina are not "outsiders." Cruz has been in politics for decades and has collected a government paycheck since 1999, and Fiorina is only an "outsider" because California voters overwhelmingly rejected her candidacy, even in a banner year for Republicans.
Here's what some others have had to say about Fiorina's disastrous tenure at HP:
"A consummate self-promoter, Fiorina was busy pontificating on the lecture circuit and posing for magazine covers while her company floundered. She paid herself handsome bonuses and perks while laying off thousands of employees to cut costs. The merger Fiorina orchestrated with Compaq in 2002 was widely seen as a failure. She was ousted in 2005." -CNBC Portfolio's list of worst CEOs of all time
"The stock price dropped by 50% only to rally 10% on the announcement of her firing. She fired 28,000 people before she herself was fired, departing with the 21 million dollar golden parachute that is financing her campaign." -Arianna Packard, granddaughter of the late HP co-founder David Packard
"She walked into a fundamentally sound, healthy, vibrant company and had a disastrous tour of duty. She sliced shareholder wealth in half and had a reign of terror that was infamous for its scapegoating, finger-pointing culture." -Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, a professor at the Yale School of Management
"Call her the anti-Steve Jobs. During her 1999-2005 tenure as CEO of Hewlett-Packard, Carly Fiorina proved that she could reverse decades of geek goodwill and alienate customers like no one else. She oversaw the spin-off of HP's well-respected instruments and medical equipment business, outsourced its beloved calculator division, then issued 7,000 pink slips. Under Fiorina's tenure, HP brought in more profits from printer ink than PCs." -InfoWorld in their rankings of the worst tech flops off all time


There was an interview with Sec. Hillary Clinton. [Watch
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From: Dieter, Austin
Sent: Sunday, May 01, 2016 9:27 AM
To: Comm_D
Subject: RE: CNN SOTU
Cruz interview with Tapper
Says it's been a very good week for his campaign; talks about endorsements from Pence and Pete Wilson - "California is likely to decide" this battle. Says he is working to bring the party together because if they're divided, they lose.
Calling picking Carly as VP is just what DJT is doing, not the reality. The reality is that it is laying out a clear contrast for the voters between him and Carly and DJT. Calls DJT and HRC two sides of the same coin - both New York liberals.
Tapper plans clip of Carly saying that Cruz is just like any politician and is part of the "cartel" Cruz attacks from January. Cruz says it's just like when Reagan chose HW as his VP and had to explain the things they said about each other during primary. Says Carly's secretary to CEO line.
On Boehner's comments: "I think Boehner kind of let out his inner Trump and had some colorful imagery there." Says DJT, HRC, Boehner are all part of the same corrupt Washington system that will make the rich get richer, while he and Carly are about bring up working class people.
Tapper plays Caitlyn Jenner video of using the women's restroom in Trump Tower and asks about Cruz's comments about child molestation. Cruz says it is common sense to make sure that adult men that are strangers shouldn't be in bathroom with little girls, and he isn't saying transgender people are predators, but it would open the door for predators to use women's restrooms.
*         It is the height of political correctness for DJT to say people can use whichever bathroom they please.
*         Behind the DJT mask is HRC - he gave seven contributions to her and supported Planned Parenthood, banning guns nationwide, being neutral on Israel/Palestine, and raising taxes.
From: Dieter, Austin
Sent: Sunday, May 01, 2016 9:13 AM
To: Comm_D
Subject: CNN SOTU
HRC interview with Tapper
Said she doesn't consider herself the presumptive nominee and is going to keep competing in upcoming states
Asked about making a deal on issues with Sanders, says she looks forward to talking to Sanders in the lead up to the convention. Happy to hear that Sanders plans to work tirelessly 7 days a week to ensure DJT is not president.
Was hard to give up in the 2008 primary fight and understands what Sanders is going through. He's been a passionate advocate for democratic issues and has brought millions into the process.
On DJT FP: calls it "quite concerning," specifically his secret plan, pulling out of NATO, and nukes for more countries comments. Doesn't think any of it is a very smart way to move forward.
*         Says she has always used military force has a last resort, not a first choice, and that there'll be a lot to contrast with between her and DJT
Thinks DJT's comment that she'd be polling below 5% if she was a man is silly and doesn't square with reality.
Says she has a lot of experience with men that sometimes "get off the reservation" in their actions or the way they speak. Nothing secret about what she wants to do on the issues, but DJT hasn't laid it all out there - can't tell if it's because he won't or if it's because he can't.
In question about getting white working class votes, HRC pushed back by saying she won OH and PA, getting more votes than DJT in each.
*         Understands that some were helped and some were hurt by decisions in 1990s, talks about an old vehicle plant in OH that is part of the global market that she visited.
Tapper asked about HRC being at Trump's wedding to Melania, HRC says at that time it never crossed her mind that they would later be running against each other for President


Good
From: Paustenbach, Mark
Sent: Wednesday, May 04, 2016 4:54 PM
To: RR2
Subject: FOR RR2: DNC Communications Director: Democrats United and Ready to take on Trump
SL: DNC Communications Director: Democrats United and Ready to take on Trump
DNC Communications Director Luis Miranda today laid out how Democrats will be united and ready to hold the GOP's presumptive nominee Donald Trump accountable in the general election. Close to three-fourths of Democratic voters in recent primaries have said they're excited by our primary, a testament to the strong and substantive campaigns our candidates have run focused on moving our country forward. The contrast couldn't be clearer with dangerous Donald Trump whose offensive and divisive campaign has already begun to alienate even our closest allies.
Link to and screenshot of YouTube:


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Katie,
Attached is a letter from Senator Bernie Sanders to Chairwoman Wasserman Schultz.  Would you please bring it to her attention.
Thank you.
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It went out from her campaign:
>>>
Contact: Ryan Banfill, (850) 933-7707
Statement by Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz on Senator Sanders endorsement of her primary campaign opponent
"I am so proud to serve the people of Florida's 23rd district and I am confident that they know that I am an effective fighter and advocate on their behalf in Congress.  Even though Senator Sanders has endorsed my opponent I remain, as I have been from the beginning, neutral in the Presidential Democratic primary. I look forward to working together with him for Democratic victories in the fall."
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-------- Original message --------
From: John.Whitesides@thomsonreuters.com
Date: 05/22/2016 10:02 (GMT-05:00)
To: "Miranda, Luis"
Subject: Wasserman Schultz statement
Hey Luis, did Wasserman Schultz put out a statement responding to Sanders’ endorsement of Canova and his criticism of her etc? I can’t find it if she did.


SL: Senate Judiciary Clock Is Ticking
It's been 43 days of Republican obstruction since President Obama nominated Chief Judge Garland to the Supreme Court, meaning that we have passed the average amount of time it takes the Senate Judiciary Committee to hold a hearing on a nominee to the Supreme Court.
The Constitution is clear: it's the President's job to nominate Supreme Court justices, and it's the Senate's job to give the nominee a fair consideration with a hearing and vote. Not in our modern political system has it taken this long to fulfill a Supreme Court vacancy, let alone refuse to give the nominee a fair hearing a vote.
Republicans have chosen to play politics rather than do their jobs and fulfill the most basic constitutional requirements. Americans couldn't be clearer: stop the obstruction and do your job.


Ok
On Apr 23, 2016, at 9:51 AM, Miranda, Luis
> wrote:
Let her know we can do a shorter half hour call tomorrow early if that helps.
Sent via the Samsung GALAXY S®4, an AT&T 4G LTE smartphone
-------- Original message --------
From: Kate Houghton
>
Date: 04/23/2016 9:48 AM (GMT-05:00)
To: "Miranda, Luis"
>
Cc: "Paustenbach, Mark"
>
Subject: Re: Prep time today?
She still doesn't know when she can do it. I just asked again and she said she has no clue. Keep you posted when she finally tells me what works.
On Apr 23, 2016, at 9:46 AM, Miranda, Luis
> wrote:
Kate, never heard back from you on prep time with the Chair today ahead of Fox News Sunday. Should we just treat it as an early morning conference call because of Passover?
Sent via the Samsung GALAXY S®4, an AT&T 4G LTE smartphone


To answer your question...
________________________________
From: Helmstetter, TJ
Sent: Tuesday, May 03, 2016 10:30 AM
To: Comm_D
Subject: Video request: John Zody on CNN
Indiana Dems chair John Zody was just on CNN. Can someone send me video? Thanks!
TJ Helmstetter
Deputy Director of Regional and Specialty Media
Democratic National Committee
202.863.8022 – desk
973.464.9224 – cell
HelmstetterT@DNC.org


When are you writing for? I'm easy to find so the idea that you tried to reach me and couldn't didn't make sense.
________________________________
From: Susan Crabtree [scrabtree@washingtonexaminer.com]
Sent: Thursday, May 19, 2016 7:09 PM
To: Miranda, Luis
Subject: Re: When exactly...
Nice to hear from you. Last August before I went on maternity leave when I did the story. Wasn't going to bring up your name today but Josh was trying to get me to be more forthcoming about what I was getting at and I understood why he was doing that and thought o would just be forthcoming.
But I do have questions about your role in the Trimpa Group's lobbying on the Cuba issue. I contacted the Trimpa Group several times to try to reach you -- didn't know you had moved on to the DNC until yesterday.
Sent from my iPhone
On May 19, 2016, at 6:44 PM, Miranda, Luis
> wrote:
Did you try to reach me?
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From: "Sarge, Matthew"
>
Date: Thursday, April 28, 2016 at 11:55 PM
To: Comm_D
>
Subject: RE: Video Request: Trump Rally in Costa Mesa CA at 10pm
Both Trump and the crowd were pretty amped-up
Heavy on immigration rhetoric
Trump Rally in Costa Mesa, CA at 10pm:
Intro by Native Southern Californian, Stephen Miller
- Mocking Cruz for picking a VP
- Bashing Fiorina on HP jobs
- Usual crazy stuff on immigration
Trump introduces Jamil Shaw to talk about his son who was killed by an illegal immigrant
Jamil Shaw speaks
Trump Remarks
Praises Shaw and his son
We want people to come in, but they have to come in legally
Obama Administration is bringing in people from the migration by the thousands
Country is too politically correct
- General Pershing story
- My many Muslim friends agree with me
(Lyin' Ted chant)
- We really have branded this guy
Hits Jeb Bush
- Said he was going to be nice to Jeb, until Jeb did an interview today
- We need high energy
Crooked Hillary
- She said she doesn't like Trump's tone
- She was shouting all night long
- ISIS is chopping off heads like Medieval times, and she doesn't like my tone?
Asked about waterboarding at the debate
- "I said, 'I think it's great.'"
- I would go many, many steps further
- If that requires changing laws...
Brags about being even with HRC in polls
- Haven't even started on her
- So many negative ads
None of it matters if we don't win
- Would rather not get the nomination if not going to win
Economic stats in CA
- "No state has suffered worse from open borders than the state of California"
Keeping companies in the U.S.
- I don't want to give low interest loans, too complicated
- I'm so good at this stuff. It's so easy
Massive crowds
- Disgusting media doesn't show
- Boxer metaphor. Nothing they can do if you knock them out
Cruz/Kasich pact
- In business, get thrown in jail
- Kasich hurt all of his staffs in Indiana
- Likens the pact to Russian Roulette
- Ted Cruz "is one Lyin' son of a gun"
Crooked Hillary is a 3rd term of Obama
Homicides and rapes up in Los Angeles
- What the hell is happening?
(Build the wall chant)
Trump gets excited about a possible protester: "False alarm, damn it"
Bernie called HRC unqualified
- No fan of Bernie, but we are going to use that soundbite
Hitting Obama on Cuba, Saudi Arabia, and Olympic bid trips
- Amateur hour
HRC shouldn't be allowed to run because of emails
Win
- Vets, ISIS, second amendment
________________________________
From: Sarge, Matthew
Sent: Thursday, April 28, 2016 10:14 PM
To: Comm_D
Subject: RE: Video Request: Trump Rally in Costa Mesa CA at 10pm

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From: Sarge, Matthew
Sent: Thursday, April 28, 2016 9:34 PM
To: Research_D
Subject: Video Request: Trump Rally in Costa Mesa CA at 10pm


Republicans have filled their speaking slots at recent conventions with women, African-Americans and Hispanics in an effort to overcome an image as the party of old white men. But the list of speakers from the 2012 convention reads like a list of Mr. Trump’s enemies. Many have denounced him, including Gov. Nikki R. Haley of South Carolina, Gov. Brian Sandoval of Nevada, Senator Kelly Ayotte of New Hampshire and Representative Barbara Comstock of Virginia.
And many of them are likely to skip the convention this summer. A spokesman for Mr. Sandoval said he did not plan to go to Cleveland. Ms. Comstock and Ms. Ayotte will stay home and meet with constituents instead. Ms. Haley’s office has said she has not made up her mind.
Convention organizers in the past have also invited leaders of different faiths, including Islam, to lead the body in prayer.
The stage usually serves as a forum for the party to help elevate its next generation of leaders. But there, too, the list from 2012 is a who’s who of officials whom Mr. Trump has alienated: Senator Marco Rubio of Florida, Gov. Scott Walker of Wisconsin and, of course, Mr. Ryan and Mr. Cruz.
Mark Paustenbach
National Press Secretary &
Deputy Communications Director
Democratic National Committee
202.863.8148
paustenbachm@dnc.org


Tonight on Noticias local and national
Pablo Manriquez
Democratic National Committee
Phone: 202.572.5488
Email: pablo@dnc.org
web: democrats.org
Twitter: @Pablo_DNC


Sanders and Democratic officials in escalating dispute over Nevada violence
By Kate Linthicum
Bernie Sanders
and Democratic party leaders clashed Tuesday over violence that erupted over the weekend at the Nevada Democratic convention, which party official blamed on a disgruntled group of Sanders supporters.
At issue in the escalating argument: Whether the fire that Sanders has lit among millions of supporters with his critiques of Wall Street greed and political corruption will burn the party this summer.
Over the weekend, some Sanders supporters at the Nevada Democratic convention threw chairs, tried to shout down Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.), vandalized buildings and made death threats against the state party chairwoman after Hillary Clinton
won more pledged delegates than the Vermont senator.
After angry complaints by Nevada Democratic party officials and a chiding statement from Democratic National Committee chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid of Nevada said he had spoken to Sanders and expected him to condemn the violence.
Instead, the Vermont senator issued a lengthy statement blaming the problems on Nevada Democratic officials.
"If the Democratic Party is to be successful in November, it is imperative that all state parties treat our campaign supporters with fairness and the respect that they have earned," he said.
"It is imperative that the Democratic leadership, both nationally and in the states, understand that the political world is changing and that millions of Americans are outraged at establishment politics and establishment economics," Sanders said.
Clinton won Nevada's caucuses in February, but the Sanders campaign had hoped to pick up some additional delegates by sending large numbers of his supporters to the state convention.
In the end, not all of Sanders' supporters showed up and others were ruled ineligible. As a result, Clinton gained a couple of delegates more than she might otherwise have won.
On Monday, the state party lodged a formal complaint
with the Democratic National Committee about the disruptions at the convention. Sanders supporters had demonstrated a "penchant" for violence that could lead to disruptions at the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia in July, said the letter from Bradley Schrager, general counsel for the Nevada State Democratic Party.
Democratic leaders hope to forge party unity at the convention ahead of the general election against likely Republican nominee Donald Trump
.
"We believe, unfortunately, that the tactics and behavior on display here in Nevada are harbingers of things to come as Democrats gather in Philadelphia," Schrager wrote.
He said Sanders supporters had screamed profane insults throughout Saturday's convention - they can be seen in YouTube videos of the proceedings - and at one point threw chairs, leading party leaders to shut down the event because of security concerns.
The following day, Schrager said, Sanders supporters defaced the party's headquarters with graffiti. In the days since, party chairwoman Roberta Lange has been bombarded with hundreds of threatening phone calls and text messages after Sanders activists posted her cell phone number and home address online, he said.
Sanders, in his statement, said Schrager's claim that his supporters have a penchant for violence "is nonsense."
"Our campaign has held giant rallies all across this country, including in high-crime areas, and there have been zero reports of violence," Sanders said.
He suggested his supporters had the right to be angry, saying the DNC had ruled that some Sanders delegates were ineligible without offering an opportunity for some of them to be heard.
His statement appeared to reject strong suggestions from Reid and Wasserman Schultz (D-Fla.) that Sanders strongly condemn what happened in Nevada.
In her statement Tuesday, Wasserman Schultz said that she planned to contact both 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."
"There is no excuse for what happened in Nevada, and it is incumbent upon all of us in positions of leadership to speak out," she wrote.
That some Sanders supporters in Nevada appear to have embraced aggressive behavior despite an earlier plea from the Vermont senator
that they work with other Democrats "respectfully and constructively" shows that Sanders may not have full control of his backers, said Nevada political analyst Jon Ralston.
"Sanders has unleashed something that I don't think even he knew he would unleash," Ralston said. "Has he started this wildfire that he can't put out?"
If the answer is yes, that could lead to problems at the national convention this summer. Despite trailing Clinton in delegates and facing increasing pressure to drop out of the race, Sanders has vowed to take his campaign all the way to Philadelphia.
"The potential is definitely there," said Robert Loevy, a retired professor of political science at Colorado College. There is a long history of fractious conventions, Loevy said, and they typically result from "sharp ideological divides."
Sanders, who has run far to the left of Clinton, has waged a largely ideological campaign centered around income inequality. His campaign has drawn in independent voters and others who feel disenfranchised from the political system, and many of them have embraced his ideas with a level of fervor not seen on Clinton's side.
Loevy said he doubted Philadelphia would be a repeat of the 1968 Democratic convention
in Chicago, which erupted in violent street protests after the nomination of Hubert Humphrey. But by staying in the race, Sanders is opening the door for rifts on the convention floor, Loevy said.
"If he wants to go to the convention and make trouble, Hillary Clinton and the Democratic party leaders are just going to have to deal with it," Loevy said.
Early in the campaign, Sanders talked about the need to keep Democrats unified and sometimes admonished supporters at rallies not to boo when he mentioned Clinton's name.
In recent weeks, however, he has appeared reluctant to call out pugnacious supporters who cross the line from political activism to harassment. Sanders has frequently said that he believes the election is stacked against him by Democratic party leaders who want Clinton to be elected. His campaign has alleged voting irregularities in several primary states.
Winnie Wong, who helps lead an outside group called People for Bernie that is working to elect Sanders, said her group does not condone violence and has already started talking about how its members should comport themselves at the convention in Philadelphia.
"I don't think that kind of violence is ever going to create a consensus," Wong said. "We're working toward making sure that doesn't happen."
But still, she said the Sanders supporters in Nevada had legitimate concerns, saying many state Democratic conventions have been "stacked in favor of the establishment candidate."
"These are just ordinary people," she said. "They're citizens who feel like their voices aren't being heard."
Mark Paustenbach
National Press Secretary &
Deputy Communications Director
Democratic National Committee
W: 202.863.8148
paustenbachm@dnc.org


Meant to have April and Leah on this, and Amy.  She has tv tonight at 10, so this is for that
________________________________
From: Kate Houghton
Sent: Tuesday, May 17, 2016 7:03 PM
To: Walsh, Tom
Cc: Miranda, Luis; Paustenbach, Mark; Banfill, Ryan; Patrice Taylor
Subject: Re: Draft NV Convention TP's
My preference is to go stronger.
On May 17, 2016, at 7:01 PM, Walsh, Tom
> wrote:
One edit to vandalism section
On May 17, 2016, at 6:33 PM, Miranda, Luis
> wrote:
Thoughts?
NV Convention Talking Points
Violence is Unacceptable
*   First, let me be clear, at the DNC we are neutral in this primary.
*   That said, violence and intimidation are absolutely unacceptable in our Democracy and in our primary process, and it is incumbent upon all of us in positions of leadership to speak out against it.
*   This was a State Democratic Party event, not a DNC event, so I was not present for what happened.
*   But I was immediately concerned when I saw the videos and read the troubling details about the conduct on display by some participants in Nevada on Saturday.
*   We are reaching out to both campaigns and calling on every Democrat to denounce threats of violence and intimidation, they don’t serve any of our candidates well.
Roberta Lange and Private Property
*   It’s especially troubling that the threats went beyond the hall. Roberta Lang, the Nevada Democratic Chair, was simply performing her duty as Chair and has done nothing to deserve the disgusting attacks and death threats she has received over text, emails and over the phone.
*   The individuals who launched these attacks – as well as those who committed acts of vandalism over the weekend -- should be ashamed.
We’re Better Than Trump
*   Energy and passion for a candidate are absolutely welcome as part of this process.
*   The vast majority of Democrats who have already participated in our primary have done so appropriately -- with  enthusiasm and civility.
*   For those who let their passion turn to rage when things don’t go their way, well that’s better left to the ugliness we’ve seen at Donald Trump’s rallies, it doesn’t belong on the Democratic side.
The Rules of This Process are Not New
*   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.
*   The system for determining these rules has been fair and transparent.
*   It is the same process that ultimately led to the nomination of Barack Obama in 2008, for example.
*   Shouting down any democratic process isn’t just disruptive, it’s unacceptable. We need to come together and be united.
*   If there are legitimate concerns from the supporters of either Democratic campaign, those concerns can, should and must be addressed in an orderly, civil and peaceful manner.
Alaska State Convention
*   It is possible to show your passion and to disagree openly with our party leaders or the process in a meaningful and peaceful way.
*   On Saturday, I was in Alaska for their state convention. This is a state that supported Senator Sanders in their primary by 82%.
*   There was no shouting. No threats of violence. And I received a standing ovation because the people in that room know we can’t afford what a Trump presidency would do to our country.
*   That’s the example we should be following. And as long as we do, I’m convinced we will absolutely be a unified party at our National Convention.
If Asked About the 64 Delegates
*   Look I wasn’t there but my understanding is that both campaigns were equally represented in the credentials committee that made decisions about those possible delegates.
*   Six were seated but the vast majority couldn’t be, because as one of Sanders’ own organizers wrote on Facebook, their people didn’t all show up.
*   Only 8 of the 64 individuals were even present at the convention.
*   So the suggestion that there were 64 individuals who were marginalized to tip the scales is simply not consistent with what happened. We need for both campaigns to recognize that they won’t always get their way, and when that happens, it doesn’t mean anyone rigged the system, it simply means they lost. Period.


Talking about the need to unify the party around Trump


Subject Line: Cruz in December: @realDonaldTrump is terrific. #DealWithIt
Body: Ted Cruz is as disingenuous as they come. Back in December, when Cruz thought he could help his own poll numbers by clinging to Donald Trump like a baby koala, he tweeted this:
@tedcruz
The Establishment's only hope: Trump & me in a cage match. Sorry to disappoint -- @realDonaldTrump
is terrific. #DealWithIt
Now that Dangerous Donald has beaten Cruz all over the map and Cruz has no path to nomination, he's decided to lash out and throw the oppo book at Trump in a last-ditch effort to save his own grand political ambitions.
But at the end of the day, Cruz still hasn't reneged on his promise to support Trump as the GOP nominee. So there you have it: Ted Cruz's criticisms of Trump have nothing to do with conviction and everything to do with what helps Ted Cruz politically.
PS - It's delightfully ironic that this press conference - which may prove to be Cruz's last as a candidate - perfectly confirmed the moniker he has received in this campaign. He really is Lyin' Ted.
Eric Walker
walkere@dnc.org
732-991-1489
@ericmwalker


From: Hillary for America Press
Sent: Friday, May 13, 2016 1:44 PM
To: Hillary for America Press
Subject: ICYMI: Donald Trump and the Art of the Tax Loophole
IN CASE YOU MISSED IT
Donald Trump and the Art of the Tax Loophole
The New York Times
By Steven Rattner
May 13, 2016

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stops/donald-trump-and-the-art-of-the-tax-loophole.html
TYPE “Trump system rigged” into the Google search bar and you’ll get more than 500,000 hits. I didn’t inspect all of them but the first 50 were variants of Donald Trump complaining that the Republican primary process was tilted against him.
That’s beyond ironic. Mr. Trump and his family have been the beneficiaries of a great rigged system: the tax code, which bestows huge advantages on the real estate business. Throughout his career, Mr. Trump has not only grabbed for every loophole and legal lever he could find, he’s boasted about it.
“I’ve taken advantage of the laws of this country, like other people,” Mr. Trump has said.
The Republican front-runner has been dodging releasing his returns on the specious grounds that he was being audited. On Tuesday, he told The Associated Press that he wouldn’t release them before the election — period. On Wednesday, he denied saying this, reversed course and said,“Hopefully before the election I’ll release.”
“There’s nothing to learn from them,” he said in the Associated Press interview.
I’ll bet there’s plenty to learn. More likely, Mr. Trump doesn’t want us to know how small his tax hit is, something that he bragged about earlier in the campaign, before realizing that it could come back to bite him.
“I fight like hell to pay as little as possible,” Mr. Trump said last August.
Real estate guys can take advantage of the best loopholes left in the tax code, thanks in part to some aggressive nudging of lawmakers. For starters, real estate investors can take deductions for the ostensible depreciation of the value of their buildings, even though the point of owning buildings is that they generally appreciate.
For another, they often borrow against those properties, and because they hold these investments in partnerships or limited liability companies, the interest payments are tax-deductible.
“If you get close to paying taxes, you just buy another building,” a real estate friend told me.
If Mr. Trump were to sell a property, the profits would be taxed as capital gains at far lower rates (23.8 percent) than those imposed on ordinary income (39.6 percent). But real estate owners often don’t even pay capital gains taxes. They can take advantage of a provision known as Section 1031 to swap a piece of real estate that they are ready to part with for one that they would like to add to their portfolio — all tax free. There is no limit on how many swaps they can make, deferring capital gains taxes indefinitely.
Section 1031 is among the real estate operators’ favorite provisions — and it’s a break not readily available to other kinds of investors. No wonder that attempts to rein in or eliminate Section 1031, including a recent one by the Obama administration, have been met with fierce resistance from the industry.
The tax benefits don’t stop, even at death. If an investor dies holding appreciated properties, the heirs get a step up in basis, which means that they can sell the real estate and pay no taxes on the gain in value.
Mr. Trump’s quest for loopholes ranges far. In 2005, he got a $39.1 million tax deduction for donating a conservation easement on a New Jersey golf course, meaning that any further development on the property is restricted. On top of that, he installed goats on two of his New Jersey golf courses as part of a plan to get them designated as agricultural properties, thereby vastly lowering his property taxes.
Meanwhile, according to Mr. Trump’s campaign, from 2010 to 2014, he “donated” more than $102 million to charity — without giving away even $1 of his own money. More conservation easements constituted the biggest source of deductions, but the “gifts” included items like free rounds of golf for charity events. Many of these “charitable contributions,” of course, gave rise to more tax deductions.
Taxes are far from the only way that Mr. Trump has gamed the system. He’s added materially to his net worth by pushing the edges of the bankruptcy laws.
By arguing that his name had huge commercial value, for example, he managed to retain more ownership in his Atlantic City hotel and casino projects than is customary in an insolvency, thereby minimizing his losses while his creditors lost billions.
Finally, by his own admission, Mr. Trump has used our broken campaign finance system to achieve private gain by giving generously to politicians of both parties (including to Hillary Clinton) in order to gain influence. Since 1989, he has donated more than $1.5 million to political causes, 62 percent of it going to Republicans, according to PolitiFact.
“When they call, I give,” Mr. Trump said in the first Republican debate. “And you know what? When I need something from them, two years later, three years later, I call them. They are there for me.”
Among the ways that politicians have been there for him and his brethren has been developing a tax system in which real estate moguls pay little or no taxes. “The Declaration of Independence tells us that all men are created equal, but the government definitely favors real estate investors!” wrote one such investor, David Lindahl. Where did this appear? “Trump University Commercial Real Estate Investing 101.”
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This is amazing. Pls tell me we have screenshots before they get deleted!
From: Brinster, Jeremy
Sent: Wednesday, May 18, 2016 2:24 PM
To: Dillon, Lauren; Helmstetter, TJ; Crystal, Andy; RR2
Subject: RE: Trump SCOTUS List
Claire flagged, lots tweets from twitter star Don Willett making fun of Trump:
From: Dillon, Lauren
Sent: Wednesday, May 18, 2016 2:20 PM
To: Helmstetter, TJ; Crystal, Andy; RR2
Subject: RE: Trump SCOTUS List
yeah, it will take a bit to get the other six. May also be worth calling out or flacking to reporters that he seems like he is doing this to distract from his PFD. Flooding the zone. What is he hiding?
From: Helmstetter, TJ
Sent: Wednesday, May 18, 2016 2:18 PM
To: Crystal, Andy; RR2
Subject: RE: Trump SCOTUS List
I think speed works to our benefit here. Could we put out what we already have and then supplement with the other 6 people in a few hours?
From: Crystal, Andy
Sent: Wednesday, May 18, 2016 2:15 PM
To: RR2
Subject: Trump SCOTUS List
BREAKING: Presumptive GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump releases list of 11 potential nominees to U.S. Supreme Court.
Original Tweet:

Trump's picks include Steven Colloton of Iowa, Allison Eid of Colorado and Raymond Gruender of Missouri.
Also on the list are: Thomas Hardiman of Pennsylvania, Raymond Kethledge of Michigan, Joan Larsen of Michigan, Thomas Lee of Utah, William Pryor of Alabama, David Stras of Minnesota, Diane Sykes of Wisconsin and Don Willett of Texas
So we have research on Colloton, Gruender, Pryor, Sykes and Willett. Still need information on the other 6 judges he named. Below is the release we worked up a couple weeks ago. I also attached the original doc I put together that has some information on Gruender.
SL: Whom Donald Trump, Mitch McConnell and Chuck Grassley Are Holding Out For
Mitch McConnell and Chuck Grassley have long been waiting for this day - to see whom their party's frontrunner would consider nominating to the Supreme Court. The day has finally come, and it's nothing pretty.
"The Supreme Court nominating process is serious, Donald Trump is not. Again and again he has demonstrated he lacks the experience and temperament to be an effective commander-in-chief. So it comes as no surprise that his list of top picks for the Supreme Court is full of red flags.
"The judges he wants to elevate to our highest court have a history of making the same sort of unpredictable, extreme decisions that we see every day from Trump. It's bad enough that Senate Republicans refuse to uphold the Constitution, do their jobs and hold hearings on President Obama's eminently qualified nominee. But, it's worse that the reason for the obstruction is their hope that Trump would get to nominate one of these judges." - DNC Press Secretary Mark Paustenbach
No one is more qualified to immediately serve on the Supreme Court than Chief Judge Merrick Garland - but Senate Republicans continue to say they won't meet with Chief Judge Garland, hold a hearing or vote on his nomination.
So instead, let's take a closer look at whom the Republicans are holding out for:
Diane Sykes
*         Throughout her career, Diane Sykes has supported partisan republican efforts to restrict access to the ballot box. In 2014, she voted in favor
of upholding Wisconsin's voter ID law, one of the strictest in the nation, which could block 300,000 registered voters
in Wisconsin from casting their ballots. Sykes also authored an opinion that same year that gutted major portions
of Wisconsin's campaign finance law, giving special interest groups more influence in our elections.
*         In 2013, Sykes authored an opinion that restricted a woman's access to birth control, which was described as the "broadest ruling"
so far by a federal appeals court barring enforcement of the birth control mandate in the Affordable Care Act.
Bill Pryor
*         After George W. Bush nominated Bill Pryor to the Eleventh Circuit, Senate Democrats filibustered his nomination
because of his extreme positions on abortion. Pryor opposes abortion
even in cases of rape or incest, and he called
Roe v. Wade "the worst abomination in the history of constitutional law."
*         In 2009, Pryor authored the Eleventh Circuit's decision upholding Georgia's strict voter ID law. Years earlier, he urged Congress
to repeal Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act.
*         Pryor was the only Attorney General in the nation to file an amicus brief
to the Supreme Court arguing that the federal remedy for victims of sexual assault in the Violence Against Women Act was unconstitutional.
*         Pryor has a long history of opposing LGBT rights. In fact, in 2005, Lambda Legal called
Pryor "the most demonstrably antigay judicial nominee in recent memory."
*         Editorial boards across the country denounced Bush's nomination of Pryor to the Eleventh Circuit, including the Washington Post, New York Times
, and numerous local outlets.
Brett Kavanaugh
*         As a Circuit Judge, Brett Kavanaugh was one of the staunchest critics of President Obama's environmental rules efforts to combat climate change and he authored an opinion
that struck down the EPA's cross-state air pollution rule.
*         Throughout his career, Kavanaugh has used his judicial authority to increase the influence of money in politics. In 2009, he authored an opinion
that ruled that the government can't restrict political spending by nonprofit groups or political committees. In addition, Kavanaugh authored an opinion
that upheld South Carolina's restrictive voter ID law.
*         Kavanaugh has argued
that a president may refuse to enforce a law if he or she personally deems that law unconstitutional, even if the Supreme Court has previously upheld it. should have the authority to decline
to enforce a statute that regulates private individuals when the president deems the statute unconstitutional, even if a court has held or would hold the statute constitutional.
Paul Clement
*         Paul Clement has taken action on his out-of-touch views on immigration, serving as lead counsel to defend SB 70, Arizona's extreme immigration law. Republicans have continually hired Paul Clement to defend their out of touch views on immigration, health care, and LGBT rights.
*         Governor Jan Brewer hired
Clement as lead counsel to defend SB 70, Arizona's extreme immigration law
.
*         Clement has "pledged to the destruction
" of the Affordable Care Act, which would take away quality, affordable health insurance from millions of 20 million Americans. He served as lead counsel
in the lawsuit that first challenged the authority of the ACA.
*         In 2011, Clement was hired
by John Boehner hired
Clement to defend the Defense of Marriage Act in court, and in 2012, Clement was hired
by Governor Nikki Haley hired
Clement to defend South Carolina's strict voter ID law.
*         Clement also represented
corporate interests the International Franchise Association in a lawsuit to block Seattle's $15 an hour minimum wage law.
Steven Colloton
*         Steven Colloton has consistently held dangerous positions on women's health. He joined an opinion
that restricted women's access to birth control under the Affordable Care Act. He also voted to uphold a South Dakota law requiring
physicians to disclose an increased risk of suicide to women seeking safe and legal abortions.
Don Willett
*         As a judge on the Texas Supreme Court, Don Willett has time and again ruled in favor of special interests at the expense of consumers and workers. In fact, Willett ruled in favor of
corporate interests 81 percent of the time.
*         Willett authored an opinion
that protected industrial plants from liability suits by workers who claimed they were injured on the job due to the negligence of their employers. Texas Watch, a nonpartisan citizen advocacy organization, called
Willet's majority opinion in this case "the most activist decision in years" that would allow companies to "avoid accountability for workplace safety violations."


I'll push to him
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-------- Original message --------
From: "Walker, Eric"
Date: 05/20/2016 12:22 (GMT-05:00)
To: "Miranda, Luis"
, "Paustenbach, Mark"
, "Manriquez, Pablo"
Subject: Trump called latina miss america "Miss Housekeeping"
Missed it in my initial watch here, but she says in addition to being called “miss piggy,” she was called “miss housekeeping”. Happens at 1:25

Can one of you pitch to Adrian or someone else in Latino press?
I think this could blow up pretty big.
Thanks.
Eric Walker
walkere@dnc.org
732-991-1489
@ericmwalker


Ugh. We should still keep it today for everyone else, right?
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[DNC]
Rachel Palermo
Democratic National Committee
PalermoR@dnc.org
202-863-8041
From: Herries, Rebecca
Sent: Wednesday, May 11, 2016 9:54 AM
To: Palermo, Rachel
Subject: Media Training - Today at 4:00PM
Hi Rachel -
My apologies, but I need to take the media training off the calendar for now on Amy's end. I will loop back with your team to reschedule down the road.
I hope it goes well with Marilyn and Raul!
Thank you so much,
Becca


Wasserman Schultz Statement on Mother’s Day
Washington, DC – U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (FL-23) released the following statement today in celebration of Mother’s Day:
“On Mother’s Day, we thank all the mothers who work every day and night to create better lives for their children and families. We thank them for the sacrifices they make, and for the countless hours they spend lifting up their families.
“As a society, we must be committed to empowering moms and creating opportunities for them to succeed. From helping close our nation’s embarrassing gender wage gap, to providing pregnant mothers the resources they need to have healthy pregnancies and combat the Zika virus; to ensuring women and mothers of every age have access to comprehensive family planning services and economic opportunities at home and abroad; I will continue to spend every single day using my vote and my voice to make these priorities a reality. We need more working mothers and women in elected office around the nation to join me in transforming those bills into laws.”
“As a mother of three children, I’m proud to work on these issues and stand up for moms facing difficult choices every day about what is best for their children. I’m proud to be fighting in Congress for the moms who work outside the home but are paid less than their male counterparts, and I am proud to represent mothers of every background and socioeconomic status who are still climbing the ladders of success in my Congressional district, Florida's 23rd.
“But there is no job or title of which I am more proud, than being a mom to my amazing son and two daughters.  From my family to yours, Happy Mother’s Day!
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Contact:
Geoff Burgan, Geoff.Burgan@mail.house.gov
, 202.225.7931


Luis is working to get Mika B (from Morning Joe) and DWS on the phone together to clear up some misperceptions of the DNC and DWS that she has expressed on the air.
Is there time on the schedule tomorrow to make this happen?
Thanks,
Ryan


Superdelegates have immense power
USA TODAY Editorial Board2:18 p.m. CDT April 27, 2016
The latest plan to try to stop Donald Trump from claiming the Republican nomination is a classic Hail Mary play. Trailing contenders Ted Cruz and John Kasich have agreed to divide some of the remaining primaries in ways that might give both candidates a better chance of beating Trump head-to-head and denying him a first-ballot victory at the GOP convention.
Never mind whether this can actually work, whether the alliance will last, or whether the party’s anti-Trump establishment should have gotten its act together a lot sooner. It’s hard not to wonder whether Republican officials aren’t looking a little enviously at the other party and wishing the GOP had something the Democrats do: superdelegates.
Superdelegates are the current and former elected officials and Democratic National Committee members who can vote to nominate any candidate they like, without having to worry about who won a state’s primary or caucus votes.
Democrats invented superdelegates to try to stop the party from again nominating a candidate with zero chance of winning the presidential election. In 1972, liberal Sen. George McGovern, D-S.D., thrilled primary voters largely on the strength of his strong opposition to the Vietnam War. But McGovern lost the general election catastrophically to Richard Nixon that November, carrying only Massachusetts and Washington, D.C.
Despite complaints that they distort democracy, the Democratic superdelegates have never taken the nomination away from the choice of primary voters. Instead, they tend to amplify the margin for the winner, just as they’re doing this year for Hillary Clinton, who leads Bernie Sanders 1,428 to 1,153 in pledged delegates, and 516 to 39 among superdelegates who've announced a preference.
Superdelegates might seem profoundly anti-democratic, but it’s important to remember that political parties aren't pure democracies. They are pretty much free to choose their nominees any way they like. And parties put their name, resources and viability on the line for presidential candidates, which makes the choice crucial for the institution.
Republicans had their own McGovern experience in 1964, when the party nominated ultraconservative Sen. Barry Goldwater, R-Ariz., who went on to lose almost as disastrously as McGovern did, winning less than 39 percent of the popular vote against President Lyndon Johnson.
Republicans do have some superdelegates, but they’re hardly super. Unlike their Democratic counterparts, the GOP superdelegates have to vote for the candidate who won their state. And even if they could vote freely, they make up only about 7 percent of the delegate population at the GOP convention, which limits their clout.
Democratic superdelegates, on the other hand, make up about 15 percent of convention delegates. In the unlikely event they all voted for the same candidate, they could represent 30 percent of the 2,383 delegates needed to win the nomination.
Although this isn’t an exact science, it seems the Democrats have way too many superdelegates and the Republicans have too few. Ideally, each party would have enough unbound elders to break a deadlock or block a wholly unsuitable candidate, but not so many that they could dominate the nomination process.
From: Brandon Weathersby
Sent: Wednesday, April 27, 2016 3:49 PM
To: Helmstetter, TJ
Subject: USA Today Editorial
USA Today ed board on superdels

Democrats invented superdelegates to try to stop the party from again nominating a candidate with zero chance of winning the presidential election. In 1972, liberal Sen. George McGovern, D-S.D., thrilled primary voters largely on the strength of his strong opposition to the Vietnam War. But McGovern lost the general election catastrophically to Richard Nixon that November, carrying only Massachusetts and Washington, D.C.
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Democratic superdelegates, on the other hand, make up about 15 percent of convention delegates. In the unlikely event they all voted for the same candidate, they could represent 30 percent of the 2,383 delegates needed to win the nomination.
***
Although this isn’t an exact science, it seems the Democrats have way too many superdelegates and the Republicans have too few. Ideally, each party would have enough unbound elders to break a deadlock or block a wholly unsuitable candidate, but not so many that they could dominate the nomination process.
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Great – going out soon. Thanks!
From: Brinster, Jeremy
Sent: Sunday, May 22, 2016 12:26 PM
To: Walker, Eric; RR2
Subject: RE: For research approval: GOP Chairman says Trump’s Muslim ban helps ISIS recruit terrorists
great, one change
________________________________
From: Walker, Eric
Sent: Sunday, May 22, 2016 12:11 PM
To: RR2
Subject: RE: For research approval: GOP Chairman says Trump’s Muslim ban helps ISIS recruit terrorists
Sorry – one change by me. Changed ‘says’ to ‘confirms’ because it’s already true.
From: Walker, Eric
Sent: Sunday, May 22, 2016 12:09 PM
To: RR2
Subject: For research approval: GOP Chairman says Trump’s Muslim ban helps ISIS recruit terrorists
Hey all – Luis signed off via Text. Good for research. Thanks!
From: Walker, Eric
Sent: Sunday, May 22, 2016 10:18 AM
To: Miranda, Luis; Paustenbach, Mark; Freundlich, Christina; Walsh, Tom
Subject: Draft hit from this morning: GOP Chairman says Trump’s Muslim ban helps ISIS recruit terrorists
SL: GOP Chairman confirms Trump’s Muslim ban helps ISIS recruit terrorists
Today, GOP Homeland Security Committee Chairman Michael McCaul confirmed that Trump’s despicable and divisive plan to ban Muslims from the United States would cause a ‘backlash’ and could help ISIS recruit terrorists.
Watch:

Chairman McCaul is correct that Trump is helping ISIS recruit terrorists. Just two days ago, Politifact confirmed
that ISIS and other terror groups are using clips of Donald Trump in recruiting videos.
“There are many titles you can affix to Donald Trump – sexist, racist, xenophobic, dangerous, liar, etc. – but Republican Chairman McCaul may have come up with a new one: ISIS recruiter. Banning an entire religion from the country not only runs counter to the constitution and our values – it also makes America less safe by straining relations with Muslim communities and helping terrorists recruit, a view confirmed by Republican leaders. The fact that terror groups are using Donald Trump’s words to help recruit more terrorists is just the latest reason why Trump is totally and categorically unfit to be President.” – Eric Walker, DNC Spokesperson
Eric Walker
walkere@dnc.org
732-991-1489
@ericmwalker


This is a priority. Ryan, can you please check in and see which Sunday works best for her? Thanks.
-----Original Message-----
From: Manriquez, Pablo
Sent: Monday, May 02, 2016 11:33 AM
To: Miranda, Luis; Paustenbach, Mark; Walker, Eric
Cc: ryban1001@gmail.com
Subject: Request - DWS//THIS WEEK//STEPHANAPOLIS//OPEN
George Stephanapolis wants DWS on. Open invite. Checking on their weekly logistics.
Sent from my iPhone


Trump, Reagan, and the Downsizing of History
In the search for figures bearing comparisons to Donald Trump, one's mind inevitably wanders back in time. After a brief pause to muse over Sarah Palin, one soon moves to the late Ronald Reagan, the last entertainer who ran for the Presidency of the United States, which he won. For all the posthumous veneration that Reagan now receives, there are Americans who point to his candidacy as having fatally lowered the bar for qualifications for entry to the White House. It is hard to recall a moment when anyone accused Reagan of lording a superior knowledge over others. This seems unlikely to happen anytime soon with Trump, too.
Unlike Trump, though, Reagan had a pleasingly mellifluous voice and a studied actor's ease at the podium, and he appeared to actually believe in the ideas he expressed. He might not have command of the briefing books, but there was a philosophy there. There was also a convincing sense that Reagan, whatever his political views, was a nice guy. However he may behave in his personal life, Trump's public persona is a mash-up of the prurient cruelties of Jerry Springer with the selfie-stick vanity of the Kardashians. He has repeatedly shown his bullying nature and variously ridiculed his fellow candidates for their physical size ("Little Marco" Rubio), purported dishonesty ("Crooked Hillary" Clinton), and reputed ugliness (Carly Fiorina). When someone at one of his rallies called Ted Cruz a "pussy," Trump immediately repeated the word.
But a more telling contrast between the two men comes in the area of foreign policy. Coming into the Oval Office, thirty-five years ago, Reagan was the embodiment of a galaxy of homespun simplicities that he had helped nurture as an actor on behalf of his own Great Generation; as President during the last decade of the Cold War, his good-versus-evil rhetoric was often cartoonish. Nonetheless, it spoke to certain truths. "Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall" was a line straight out of Twentieth Century Fox, and may have ended up as little more than a hollow flourish had it not been for the collapse of the Soviet Union, a few years later. That event, though, gave Reagan the good fortune of appearing to have been morally righteous, historically clairvoyant, and strong, without ever actually going to war.
Since those days, of course, the world has shown itself to be a much more complex place, as subsequent Presidents have learned, usually to their chagrin, with some faring better than others. George W. Bush did a particularly poor job at matching his own efforts at a Reaganesque rhetoric to the moment: "Mission Accomplished" comes to mind. And now we have Donald Trump.
Trump's "America First"-themed foreign-policy address last week, in Washington, D.C., was billed as his first attempt at delivering a grown-up speech. It would, it was said, be something other than the usual ad-lib assemblage of stream-of-consciousness riffs, drive-by insults, know-nothing japing, and self-referential preening that some Americans find so fetching (to judge from primary-vote totals) and ratings-worthy (to judge from the airtime the networks give him). And so, on Wednesday, Trump stood in front of a teleprompter, in all his orangeness, and tried his best, with a speech that someone had evidently helped him write, to sound serious.
Trump quickly hit all the high-concept trouble spots-Israel, Iraq, Iran, Syria, Egypt, Libya, Russia, China-anywhere he could take a passing swipe at Barack Obama or his current main rival, Hillary Clinton. He invoked them to declare, once and again, as he has many times on the stump, that he would make America great again by being firmer than Obama, and would put America first. There was little that was dramatic or memorable, perhaps by design; it seemed that the speech was more of an exercise in proving that he could get through an appearance without saying something unhinged. In that sense, he was more or less successful, although observers were quick to point out his general superficiality. And the irrepressible man from Mar-a-Lago managed to utter a few off-script Trumpisms-"very bad," "believe me," a "disaster"-the now-familiar verbal crutches of a man who is singularly driven to constantly speak his mind while not really possessing the means to do so. He looked less like Reagan at the Wall than like Dean Martin during his standup routines.
Although he didn't repeat it for his "America First" speech, Trump's ultimate foreign-policy statement remains that he will build a wall, a beautiful wall, and make Mexico pay for it. Perhaps he believes that, with such comments, he will gain honor abroad for a disrespected and abused United States-a theme he revisited frequently in his speech. If so, he is far from achieving that goal. Instead, Trump has gained popularity in Mexico as a best-selling papier-mâché piñata, with his mouth obscenely open, the better for people to bash it with sticks at birthday parties, and at any other opportunity.
As with his threats about the wall on the U.S.-Mexican border, Trump's main foreign-policy position seems to be about making other countries pay for things. Much as real-estate developers who wish to use his name on their buildings must pay Trump a handsome fee, it seems he wants America's deadbeat allies to pony up a fairer share of the bills. In his speech on Wednesday, for example, Trump promised to make Washington's European NATO allies pay their fair share of their membership dues, or else, he hinted, they'd be cut loose from the U.S. defense umbrella.
As for Russia, Trump said, "I believe an easing of tensions, and improved relations with Russia from a position of strength only, is possible, absolutely possible. Common sense says this cycle . . . of hostility must end and ideally will end soon. Good for both countries." Trump went on to say that as President he would engage with Russia and "try and get a deal that's great-not good-great for America" and that if he couldn't get one, he would "quickly walk from the table. It's that simple." In the front row of the audience for Trump's speech at the Mayflower was none other than Sergey Kislyak, Vladimir Putin's ambassador to the United States. He diplomatically refrained from offering his opinion on the speech.
Thirty years after Reagan dared his greatest adversary to tear down the Berlin Wall, we have Trump boisterously claiming he wants to build a new one, not to keep out Communists, or even the ISIS terrorists he mysteriously claims to know how to eliminate, but people from Mexico, our closest neighbor to the south, a friendly nation, and one on which we rely for a significant percentage of our labor market, as well as our imported oil. If this is not a downsizing of history, then what is?


Continuing his excellent surrogate work

Ben Carson at odds with campaign over Trump considering Democratic VP
By Julia Manchester, CNN
Updated 11:59 AM ET, Fri May 6, 2016
*         Ben Carson said Friday that Donald Trump would consider a Democratic vice president hopeful
*         Trump himself said at the same time that he had ruled out picking a Dem
(CNN)Donald Trump supporter Ben Carson repeated his claim that the real estate mogul would consider a Democratic running mate, just minutes after Trump said he had ruled out such a choice.
MSNBC host Joe Scarborough asked Carson, a retired neurosurgeon surgeon and former presidential hopeful, if the Trump camp would consider looking at Washington insiders to run a alongside the outsider candidate.
"Certainly we would look at everybody," Carson said. "You know the question came up when I was interviewing with the Wall Street Journal if we would look at a Democrat. We'll look at them. If there was a Democrat who strongly upheld the Constitution, believed in personal responsibility, hand up rather than a hand out, fiscal responsibility, strong military. We'd be willing to talk to them. If you know of any such Democrats let me know. But clearly you need people who are consistent with the views the President has."
Carson's interview came minutes after Trump told Fox News he would rule out a Democratic running mate.
"I would rule them out. We want to have a great ticket. Democrats have been in there a long time," Trump said on "Fox and Friends." "It's just a disaster. No, I'm going to pick a great Republican, and we're going to have a tremendous victory. We're going to win."
When asked by the Wall Street Journal
in an interview that published Thursday whether Trump would consider a Democrat, Carson said, "Yes. We would consider people who are Americans and who put America first."
A spokesperson for Carson said later Thursday the former neurosurgeon "fully expects Mr. Trump to choose a Republican as his running mate."


April Mellody has shared a OneDrive for Business file with you. To view it, click the link below.
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DRAFT Platform Press Release (005).docx
I would just suggest moving the public participation announce to Wednesday or Thurs to give a day of space.  I have attached the latest draft of the press release along with talking points.
From: Patrice Taylor
Sent: Saturday, May 21, 2016 4:11 PM
To: Leah Daughtry
; April Mellody
; dana@dvstrategies.com; Miranda, Luis
; Tracie Pough
Subject: Proposed Updated Roll Out Plan -Pending Approval
All,
Please review and makes sure I incorporated everything we discussed. Leah is briefing the Chair and will circle back and let us know any changes.
Thanks,
Patrice
Saturday May 21
LDD- Update DWS on updated call plan; once confirmed, LDD and PT will divide calls once plan is approved by DWS
-Staff to begin notification calls
Finalize Public Affairs Guidance - AP/DS
*   Talking Points
*   Q&A
Finalize Press Release -get quotes from DWS, Cummings  etc.- AP/DS
Connect with Cummings staff to update and get time to connect with Cummings -PT/DS
Identify and Secure Validators
-Tom McMahon
-Elaine Kamarck
-Don Fowler
-Paul Kirk
Sunday May 22
Drafting Committee Member Notification calls-LDD & Staff
Prep Cummings- DS
Lock In Preview/Launch Story Reporter - AP/DS
*   Recommendation: Anne Gearan- Washington Post
Monday May 23
Finalize Drafting Member notification calls-LDD & Staff
Campaigns, Leadership and  DNC Notification calls (REID, NP, JEC, officers, etc)-LDD & Staff
Preview / Launch story runs in print in Washington Post
Press Release announcing Drafting Committee Members goes out - DNCC
Cummings on TV in afternoon
Tuesday May 24
Announce public participation component of process- DNCC


Hi Everyone - The Chairwoman and Amy Dacey would like to meet with you to discuss the DNC Comms Strategy. Are you available to meet on 5/19 at 3:30pm EST-4:30pm EST at the DNC? Thank you.
Garret Bonosky
Deputy Director, Office of the Chair
Democratic National Committee


For Immediate Release
May 17, 2017
DNC Chair's Statement on Today's Primaries
WASHINGTON - DNC Chair Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz issued the following statement on today's primaries in Kentucky and Oregon:
“With two more Democratic primary contests closed tonight in Kentucky and Oregon, it’s once again clear that our voters are excited and enthusiastic about the future of our party, about building on the last seven years of progress, and ready to hold Donald Trump accountable for the damage he’s done as a candidate and the damage he’s promising he would do as president.
“In just the last week, Donald Trump, the presumptive Republican nominee, has backpedaled away from his own pledge to release his tax returns, vowed to slash taxes for those at the top like himself, faced questions about pretending to be his own publicist, refused to address his well-documented history of misogyny, called his campaign’s selection of a white supremacist delegate a ‘database error,’ and insulted one of our country's most important allies. Every day it seems, the American people are discovering a new example of his recklessness, lack of judgment and unstable temperament.  That's why Democrats will head into the general election energized, understanding what's at stake and championing the values and priorities that match those of the American people. As we move closer to our convention and the general election, it's clearer than ever we must elect a Democrat as our 45th President."
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And you need to direct all questions to Ryan. No one else in the Chair's Office is your liaison.
> On May 10, 2016, at 2:32 PM, Bonosky, Garret
wrote:
>
> Pablo we do not give out the Chairwoman's desk line ever. Do not provide that to any producer or anyone. What interview are you referring to?
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bonosky, Garret
> Sent: Tuesday, May 10, 2016 2:29 PM
> To: Guerra, Liana; Manriquez, Pablo
> Cc: Kroll, Amy; Kate Houghton
> Subject: RE: Debbie's Office Landline?
>
> Do NOT give that out
>
> I am coming to talk to you Pablo
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Guerra, Liana
> Sent: Tuesday, May 10, 2016 2:26 PM
> To: Manriquez, Pablo
> Cc: Kroll, Amy; Bonosky, Garret
> Subject: RE: Debbie's Office Landline?
>
> Adding Amy and Garret. I believe it is 202-863-7162
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Manriquez, Pablo
> Sent: Tuesday, May 10, 2016 2:03 PM
> To: Guerra, Liana
> Subject: Debbie's Office Landline?
>
> Need it for a radio producer interviewing her tomorrow at 5:30pm
>
> Sent from my iPhone