Luis,
What is her window of availability? I will start making calls in the morning.
Deshundra
From: Miranda, Luis
Sent: Thursday, May 12, 2016 6:27 PM
To: Jefferson, Deshundra
Subject: FW: CHAIR TRAVEL SKETCH: MCO (Orlando, FL) - 2016.05.21
Please follow up on any potential MCO media opportunities, whether it's radio on the way in/out, or on the ground. Thx.
[SigDems]
Luis Miranda, Communications Director
Democratic National Committee
202-863-8148 - MirandaL@dnc.org
- @MiraLuisDC
From: Bonosky, Garret
Sent: Thursday, May 12, 2016 11:36 AM
To: Herries, Rebecca; Guerra, Liana; House Anna Stolitzka; Kroll, Amy; Kate Houghton; Banfill, Ryan; Walker, Eric; Walsh, Tom; Paustenbach, Mark; Miranda, Luis; Manriquez, Pablo; Palermo, Rachel; Price, Jenna; Smith IV, Malbert; Moore, Colby; Alvillar, Raul; Allen, Ronald; Comer, Scott; Marquez, Karina; Cox, Clayton; Shapiro, Alexandra; Jefferson, Deshundra; Kaplan, Jordan; Hoffman, Alex; Burke, Morgan; Domino, Cate; Maureen Garde; Maggard, Lindsey; Davis, Marilyn; Scott, Jillian; Lindsey Reynolds; Meloy, Sean; Weinberg, Aaron; Sanchez, Jennifer; Fernandez, Miles; Mohib, Laila; Rivera, PaaWee; Patrice Taylor; Lindsey Reynolds; Gomez, Bridgette; Fernandez, Miles; courtney@dwsforcongress.com
Subject: CHAIR TRAVEL SKETCH: MCO (Orlando, FL) - 2016.05.21
>>
Saturday, May 21, 2016 - Weston, FL (EST) / Orlando, FL (EST)
Staff on Ground:                     Kate Houghton
Anna Stolitzka
Enterprise Rental Car:            to be booked - Intermediate SUV
FL POLITICAL BRIEFING:    DUE 5/18/16 @ 10:15am EST
FL DNC BIOS: DUE 5/18/16 @ 10:15am EST
1:30pm EST-2:30pm EST      to be determined - Drive DWS to MIA Airport (49 Minutes)
2:30pm EST-3:39pm EST      DO NOT SCHEDULE
3:39pm EST-4:40pm EST      to be booked - DWS Flight to MCO - American Airlines 1334
Depart FLL: 3:39pm EST
Arrive MCO: 4:40pm EST
Confirmation #:
Seat:
4:40pm EST-5:00pm EST      DO NOT SCHEDULE - Deboard/Get Bags/Meet Driver
5:00pm EST-5:30pm EST      Kate to Drive DWS to DNC Political FDP VIP Reception
5:30pm EST-5:45pm EST      BUFFER TIME
5:45pm EST-6:00pm EST      DWS to walk to VIP Reception
6:00pm EST-6:45pm EST      DNC POLITICAL - Florida Democratic Party Swing State Gala VIP Reception (6:00pm EST-7:00pm EST --- TBD
Staff: Kate Houghton / Anna Stolitzka
Briefing: Kate Houghton
6:45pm EST-7:00pm EST      DWS to walk into Swing State Gala Dinner
7:00pm EST-9:00pm EST      SPEECH DNC POLITICAL - Florida Democratic Party Swing State Gala --- Rosen Centre Hotel, 9840 International Dr., Orlando, FL 32819; Room TBD
Location: Rosen Centre Hotel, 9840 International Dr., Orlando, FL 32819; Room TBD
Number and Audience Description:
Call Time: 7:00pm EST
DWS Arrival Time: 7:00pm EST
Greeted by:
Format:
*         Speaking Order:
o   6:45pm EST-7:00pm EST            - Doors Open
o   7:00pm EST-7:15pm EST - Prayer, National Anthem, 2 minute Trump video
o   7:15pm EST-7:20pm EST - Allison Tant welcome remarks & intro of DWS
o   7:20pm EST-7:30pm EST - DWS remarks & convention video
o   7:30pm EST - dinner plated
o   7:40pm EST-7:55pm EST - Senator Bill Nelson Remarks & intro of Castro
o   7:55pm EST-8:15pm EST - Castro Remarks & Closing video
o   8:15pm EST - Allison Tant closing remarks
*         Speaking Length:
*         Q&A:  Yes/No
*         Post-Remarks:  ex: Press Gaggle/mix and mingle
Press:    OPEN/CLOSED
Sound:  Podium/Microphone/Teleprompter etc.
Room Setup: Seated dinner of round tables with front stage area
Hold Space:
Attire: Business
Staff Attendees: Kate Houghton / Anna Stolitzka
Advance: Anna Stolitzka
Briefing: Kate Houghton
Speech/Remarks Writer: Tom Walsh
Organization Contact Information:
RON                                        Rosen Centre Hotel --- 9840 International Dr., Orlando, FL 32819
DWS Confirmation: RR62AC20B
KH/AS Confirmation: 281097237
Sunday, May 22, 2016 - Orlando, FL (EST)
Staff on Ground:                     Kate Houghton
Anna Stolitzka
6:00am EST-6:20am EST      to be booked - Savoya to Drive DWS to MCO (14 Minutes)
6:20am EST-7:20am EST      DO NOT SCHEDULE - Check-in/Go through security/Board
7:20am EST-8:34am EST      to be booked - DWS Flight to FLL - United 3078
Depart MCO: 7:20am EST
Arrive FLL: 8:34am EST
DWS Confirmation:
DWS Seat:
Note: 4 seats remain as of 10:50am EST on 5/10/16
8:34am EST-8:45am EST      DO NOT SCHEDULE - Deboard/Get Bags/Meet Driver
8:45am EST-9:15am EST      to be booked - Savoya to Drive DWS Home (25 Minutes)


Below is a letter from a coalition, led by the March of Dimes, of nearly 70 national medical and other organizations, which has urged Congress “to immediately provide emergency supplemental funding to prepare for and respond to the Zika virus here in the United States.”  The organizations include the American Medical Association, Research!America, American Academy of Pediatrics, American Pediatric Society, American Academy of Family Physicians, National Medical Association, National Hispanic Medical Association, American Nurses Association, Infectious Diseases Society of America, March of Dimes, National Birth Defects Prevention Network, Easter Seals, and numerous other groups.
In addition, click here
for an excellent fact sheet on the Zika Virus, prepared by the March of Dimes.
April 5, 2016
The Honorable Paul Ryan
Speaker
U.S. House of Representatives
Washington, DC  20515
The Honorable Nancy Pelosi
Minority Leader
U.S. House of Representatives
Washington, DC  20515
The Honorable Fred Upton
Chairman
Committee on Energy and Commerce
Washington, DC  20515
The Honorable Frank Pallone
Ranking Member
Committee on Energy and Commerce
Washington, DC  20515
The Honorable Hal Rogers
Chairman
Committee on Appropriations
Washington, DC  20515
The Honorable Nita Lowey
Ranking Member
Committee on Appropriations
Washington, DC  20515
Dear Speaker Ryan and Minority Leader Pelosi, Chairman Upton and Representative Pallone, and Chairman Rogers and Representative Lowey,
The undersigned organizations committed to the health and wellbeing of our nation’s families and communities urge you in the strongest terms to immediately provide emergency supplemental funding to prepare for and respond to the Zika virus here in the United States. We also urge that Congress provide new funding rather than repurpose money from other high priority programs at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and other federal agencies that ensure our health security and public health preparedness.
As you know, the Zika virus has been linked to microcephaly, a serious birth defect of the brain, in babies of mothers who contracted the virus while pregnant. Thousands of devastating birth defects have been observed among infants born in South and Central America in recent months.  Zika has already been diagnosed in travelers returning to the U.S. from these areas.  As the summer months approach and we enter mosquito season, our nation can expect to be exposed to mosquitos that can spread this virus.  Over four million babies are born in our nation each year, and many of their mothers could be at risk for contracting Zika during pregnancy.
With emergency supplemental funding to respond to the Zika virus, state and local public health professionals would have access to increased virus readiness and response capacity focused on areas with ongoing Zika transmission; enhanced laboratory, epidemiology and surveillance capacity in at-risk areas to reduce the opportunities for Zika transmission and surge capacity through rapid response teams to limit potential clusters of Zika virus in the United States. Moreover, supplemental funding will assist the CDC and USAID in efforts to contain the Zika virus in Zika-endemic countries and ensure that there are resources for surveillance, vector control and services for affected pregnant women and children.
If we take immediate action, we may be able to dramatically slow the spread of Zika, giving scientists time to develop and test a vaccine.  Without action, however, we fear the number of newborns born with debilitating birth defects will only continue to rise.  In addition to the human toll on children and families, the CDC estimates that the average lifetime cost of caring for each child born with microcephaly will likely be millions of dollars per child.  For hard-hit communities, an epidemic of severe birth defects could quickly overwhelm health care and social services systems, and put extreme pressure on educational and other institutions.
The President has requested emergency funding to educate Americans about protecting themselves, reduce the mosquito population, and accelerate Zika vaccine research.  Each of these steps is vital to reducing the likelihood that pregnant women will be exposed to the Zika virus.
Our nation has a brief window of opportunity to slow the spread of the Zika virus and avert a wave of preventable birth defects.  We urge you to act immediately to provide the emergency resources necessary to protect pregnant women, infants and children from this devastating infection.
Sincerely,
Academic Pediatric Association
American Academy of Family Physicians
American Academy of Pediatrics
American Association for Clinical Chemistry
American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus
American College of Nurse-Midwives
American College of Preventive Medicine
American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
American Medical Association
American Nurses Association
American Pediatric Society
American Public Health Association
American Sexual Health Association
American Society for Clinical Pathology
American Society for Reproductive Medicine
Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology
Association of Maternal & Child Health Programs
Association of Medical School Pediatric Department Chairs
Association of Public Health Laboratories
Association of Reproductive Health Professionals
Association of Schools and Programs of Public Health
Association of State and Territorial Health Officials
Association of Women's Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses
Children's Environmental Health Network
Children's Hospital Association
Commissioned Officers Association of the U.S. Public Health Service, Inc.
Cooley's Anemia Foundation
Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists
Easter Seals
Every Child By Two
First Candle
GBS|CIDP Foundation International
Healthcare Ready
HIV Medicine Association
Infectious Diseases Society of America
Intrexon
Johnson & Johnson
March of Dimes
National Association of County and City Health Officials
National Birth Defects Prevention Network
National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners
National Council of La Raza
National Environmental Health Association
National Foundation for Infectious Diseases
National Hispanic Medical Association
National Medical Association
National Network of Public Health Institutes
National Organization for Rare Disorders
National Partnership for Women & Families
National Recreation and Park Association
Novavax, Inc.
Nurse Practitioners in Women's Health
OraSure Technologies, Inc.
Oregon Public Health Association
Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society
Pediatric Policy Council
Public Health Institute
Research!America
Resolve: The National Infertility Association
Save Babies Through Screening Foundation
Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America
Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine
Society for Pediatric Research
Society for Women's Health Research
The Arc
The Newborn Foundation
Trisomy 18 Foundation
Trust for America's  Health


Couple things here:
Attached the doc I put together a while back when Trump was supposedly releasing his list of potential nominees.
Here's the article where Grassley said he believes Trump would nominate the right type of justice based on the fact Trump previously mentioned Bill Pryor as a potential nominee.
Des Moines Register: Grassley: Trump Would Nominate 'Right Type' To Court
Last week, Grassley said it would be a 'gamble' to let Trump fill the vacancy:
Huffington Post: Chuck Grassley Admits It's 'A Gamble' To Let Trump Fill SCOTUS Vacancy
Bill Pryor's Greatest Hits:
*         Called Roe v. Wade "the worst abomination in the history of constitutional law."
*         Opposes abortion even in cases of rape or incest.
*         Urged Congress to repeal Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act.
*         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.
*         In 2005, Lambda Legal called Pryor "the most demonstrably antigay judicial nominee in recent memory."
And here is a release Rachel and I put together about all of Trump's potential nominees to prepare for him possibly releasing a list. He should definitely be pressed to release it now - all of these judges fall right into our narrative over the past few weeks (terrible for women, for voting rights, for the LGBT community). It never went back around RR2 so here it is:
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 justices 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. voter obstruction measures. In 2014, she voted in favor
of upholding Wisconsin's restrictive photo voter ID law, one of the strictest in the nation, which could block 300,000 registered voters
in Wisconsin from casting their ballots. law only eight weeks before an election in which Scott Walker was in a tight gubernatorial race. Sykes also joined authored an opinion that same year that declared major portions of gutted major portions
of Wisconsin's campaign finance reform law unconstitutional, giving special interest groups more influence in our elections.
*         In 2013, Sykes authored an opinion restricting 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 "Tthe 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 a provision in the Violence Against Women Act that allowed victims to file suit in federal court was unconstitutional 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 found the opt-out provision to the ACA's contraception mandate unenforceable against non-profit organizations 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 and refineries from liability suits by contract workers who claimed their 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."


Makes sense
I'm sure we can use it eventually today's timing seemed off..
Thanks
Sent from my iPhone
On May 17, 2016, at 3:42 PM, Miranda, Luis
> wrote:
It’ll take a day to produce it, they wouldn’t finish it till probably sometime tomorrow, so we can still make determinations on timing but it’s helpful to get it done and have it ready. We can choose to not use it till later.
Luis Miranda, Communications Director
Democratic National Committee
202-863-8148 – MirandaL@dnc.org
- @MiraLuisDC
From: Dacey, Amy
Sent: Tuesday, May 17, 2016 3:39 PM
To: Miranda, Luis
Subject: Fwd: New video: Spanish-language video on Trump campaign violence
Should we be putting this out during the heat of the NV democratic convention issue?
Sent from my iPhone
Begin forwarded message:
From: "Christopher, Rebecca"
>
Date: May 17, 2016 at 3:37:42 PM EDT
To: Video-Vetting_d
>
Cc: "Manriquez, Pablo"
>, "Bhatnagar, Akshai"
>
Subject: New video: Spanish-language video on Trump campaign violence
Hi everyone,
Attached is the script for a cut of Spanish-language commentary on violence inspired by Donald Trump’s campaign. This is (I believe) going straight to Reuters for a specific article.
I believe Luis has already signed off, but if anyone from comms or research has any questions please let me know! Thank you.


Attached Redline doc. To better track the changes, click on the "Review" tab at the top of Word, and then the "Reviewing Panel" button located on the middle of the screen - specifically the vertical option.
Let me know if you need anything else.
From: Jefferson, Deshundra
Sent: Wednesday, May 04, 2016 11:25 AM
To: Miranda, Luis
Cc: Garcia, Walter; Walker, Eric; Walsh, Tom; Pratt Wiley
Subject: Re: EDITED Op-Ed by DNC Chair Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz
I will help Walter create the redline.
Sent from my iPhone
On May 4, 2016, at 11:08 AM, Miranda, Luis
> wrote:
I need a redline comparison that shows me what they actually edited. Please produce that and then we can determine if we need the Chair to review it. If you don't know how to do that on Word google it.
Luis Miranda, Communications Director
Democratic National Committee
202-863-8148 - MirandaL@dnc.org
- @MiraLuisDC
From: Garcia, Walter
Sent: Wednesday, May 04, 2016 10:55 AM
To: Miranda, Luis
Cc: Walker, Eric; Walsh, Tom; Jefferson, Deshundra; Pratt Wiley
Subject: FW: EDITED Op-Ed by DNC Chair Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Luis,
Received the email below from the Arizona Republic late last night. Pratt and Deshundra said they're good with the changes, but I wanted to make sure to check with you. Let me know.
Walter,
Please see below the edited version of the op-ed by Rep. Wasserman Schultz. Appreciate if you'd run it by her.
Arizona readers have heard a great deal about the long waiting lines, and the personal stories of those who waited have been well documented in the local press, so it would be better to get right to the news - the DNC filed a suit and here's why.
The personal stories of the two women remain in the piece, just lower.
Happy to discuss this further if you like - I'm at 602-316-9261.
Thank you,
Carrie Watters
Editor, contributor network
PART OF THE USA TODAY NETWORK
602-316-9261
carrie.watters@arizonarepublic.com
republicmedia.com
azcentral.com
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The reason the Democratic National Committee resorted to filing a lawsuit against Arizona this month is simple: the right to vote is sacred, and it is under attack in Arizona - a state with a particularly poor record of discrimination and disenfranchisement in minority communities.
It's certainly no accident that so many of the long waits to vote in the March primary election occurred in Maricopa County, which is home to a large minority population. The state closed 70 percent of its polling locations, citing "cost-cutting" as the reason.
But this is far more serious than a careless oversight, or a bureaucratic mix-up.
Arizona is a state where conservatives banned bilingual education in 2000, where Sheriff Joe Arpaio has run roughshod over the rights of Hispanics with illegal traffic stop detentions, and where Hispanic, African American, and Native American voters have long faced undue burdens in exercising their most basic rights as citizens.
The issue isn't just that voting locations were severely cut back. Many polling locations have been moved or changed, causing more unnecessary confusion. In fact, almost half of all Maricopa County polling locations changed between 2006 and 2008, and election officials actually have more changes planned before Election Day in November.
These Republican laws and changes disproportionately burden students and young people who are more likely to move within a district, and those dependent on public transportation and the elderly, who are more likely to need assistance voting by mail.
This is part of a much broader, deliberate and concerted effort by Republicans to reduce turnout among particular groups of voters who are inconvenient to them on Election Day. And those voters are more vulnerable today than they have been in the past.
When the Supreme Court decided a case called Shelby v. Holder three years ago, it gutted a key provision of the 1965 Voting Rights Act that has protected voters since the height of the Civil Rights movement. Before the Shelby decision, Arizona was considered a "covered jurisdiction," which meant that the Department of Justice would review any changes to voting rules there to protect against precisely the type of irregularities voters faced last month.
But since the Supreme Court poked a major hole in the Voting Rights Act, Republicans have used the opportunity to attack voting rights among groups who traditionally do not vote for Republicans in those previously covered jurisdictions.
If no one steps in now, Maricopa County would become one of their greatest disenfranchisement success stories.
This is completely wrong, and it's why this lawsuit is absolutely necessary.
When teacher Luz Magallanes arrived at her polling place to vote in the Arizona primary before work, she hoped to share her voting story with her students later that day. But looking at the long lines, she decided to go to work and vote in the evening instead. When she returned, she had to wait in line for nearly five hours before finally casting her ballot.
When Leslie Feldman arrived at her polling location with her two young daughters, she didn't expect an ordeal. In the course of waiting for nearly five hours, she found the voting center's one working bathroom was overwhelmed and leaking raw sewage onto the sidewalk. When she finally reached the front of the voting line, she was told they had run out of Democratic ballots. And when new ballots finally arrived and she cast her vote, she passed hundreds of people still waiting.
These stories prompted those of us at the Democratic National Committee to file suit
in the U.S. District Court of Arizona against the state officials responsible. The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Kirkpatrick for Senate, the Arizona Democratic Party and eight individual voters, including Magallanes and Feldman, joined the suit.
If successful, the lawsuit will restore federal election oversight of Maricopa County, and make it easier for voters to vote in locations near their homes or workplaces.
It would also reverse a new Arizona state law that made it a felony for absentee voters to have signed and sealed ballots turned in for them, rather than having to mail them in - a practice used widely among minority groups to vote early. So this case isn't just about responding to what happened in March - this case is about the future. It's about restoring election protections long-needed and relied upon by Arizonans in time for the General Election.
Democrats believe our country is stronger when every voice is heard and every vote is counted, and we will keep fighting to make sure the sacred right of every American to vote is protected.
It's impossible to know how many people didn't vote because they couldn't spend the long hours waiting in line. But it is possible to make sure long lines, convoluted rules and unnecessary barriers to the ballot become a thing of the past. That's what this lawsuit is about.
Every voter deserves a voice. Every election matters. And when a state passes laws that make it unduly difficult to cast a ballot, that state is out of step with American values, the law, and the Constitution. As Democrats, we're sending a clear signal that we will not stand for it.
Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Florida, is chairwoman of the Democratic National Committee.


Not enough to have him on TV every hour, CNN now printing op eds from Tasini
CNN: Mr. President, we need a new DNC chair
By Jonathan Tasini
Updated 2:08 PM ET, Thu May 19, 2016
(CNN)The President of the United States has a phone call to make.
He needs to call Debbie Wasserman Schultz and request that for the good of Democratic Party unity and to best Donald Trump in November, she step aside.
It is clear that the Democratic Party is headed for a tumultuous convention, one in which advocates for two very different visions of what the party should stand for will wrestle to try to shape its platform -- not to mention nominate our standard bearer. In this process, we will need to look up to the podium to see a leader who can rise above the fray to inspire confidence on both sides. Wasserman Schultz does not meet that standard.
As an individual, Wasserman Schultz has every right to support a candidate. However, the position of Democratic National Committee chair requires resolute neutrality, both in perception and in practice. Yet at major milestones in the primary race, Wasserman Schultz's actions have been anything but neutral -- to the extreme detriment of the party.
Let's start with the debate schedule. You would think that, given the Republicans' chaotic scrum of sniping candidates, the DNC chair would gleefully schedule a large number of debates to reach the widest audience with essentially free promotion of a slate of thoughtful candidates. Instead, Wasserman Schultz, without seeking broad input from her vice chairs, limited the number of debates to six. Even though three were later added, by contrast, the party had 15 primary debates in 2004 and 25 debates in 2008.
There was an obvious appetite among voters to hear from the Democratic candidates. Despite being held on the night of a crucial Major League Baseball playoff game, the first debate, on CNN, averaged 15.8 million total viewers
, the sixth-biggest nonsports cable telecast in history, with the 25-54 demographic averaging 5 million viewers -- the most ever for a Democratic debate.
So why have so few debates? It's important to note that, when the campaign began, no one had assumed the race would boil down to a head-to-head matchup between Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders. So, by putting her finger on the scale and scheduling fewer debates, Wasserman Schultz was trying to limit the exposure of anyone opposing Clinton, her favored candidate.
Then, in December, the party's data files were breached, and a staffer of the Sanders campaign accessed Clinton campaign data files. The Sanders campaign immediately terminated the staffer and reiterated to the DNC that its data vendor's firewall security was deeply flawed. Rather than bring the two campaigns together for a review of security, Wasserman Schultz immediately blocked the Sanders campaign's access to its own data, crippling efforts to reach voters at a key moment in the race.
And now, the DNC chair has again poisoned the well. Immediately after the Nevada state convention, Wasserman Schultz went on national television, accusing
the Sanders campaign of fomenting "violence" at the event. There was no violence; rather, there was a wild outbreak of people exercising their First Amendment rights by shouting and waving signs. An unbiased chair would have asked for a full report of the convention events -- which would have included looking at the core issue of whether 64 of Sanders' delegates were improperly denied their vote -- before making this kind of slanderous statement.
Taken together, these incidents underscore the bottom line that Wasserman Schultz has squandered the most important asset a DNC chair must have: trust. She has abused the trust of the campaigns and is a significant contributor to the feeling among many Sanders supporters -- whom we need in November to defeat Trump -- that the DNC has not played fair. And because a leader reflects on her colleagues, her behavior has also tarred other very good DNC activists and leaders.
Not to mention: Wasserman Schultz has also been a failure leading Democrats in elections. With the exception of the White House, Democrats are now weaker at every level during her tenure. Republicans control the House of Representatives, with the biggest GOP caucus since 1947 when Harry Truman was President; we've lost a dozen U.S. Senate seats, and Republicans now control 67 state legislative chambers, with 24 states under full Republican control.
A number of strong leaders stand ready to replace Wasserman Schultz without disruption. I believe that any of the current vice chairs -- R.T. Rybak, Maria Elena Durazo, Donna Brazile or Raymond Buckley -- could be steadfastly fair and serve in the interim to chair the convention, alone or as co-chairs. And theirs would be a short service since, by tradition, the party's nominee can install a DNC chair of his or her choosing.
We can't wait to make this change. We need a strong and fair DNC leader who will put the party in the best position to defeat Donald Trump and the Republican Party.
Mr. President, make the call.
Eric Walker
walkere@dnc.org
732-991-1489
@ericmwalker


Looks great, attached just a couple small eds
From: Walsh, Tom
Sent: Thursday, May 19, 2016 2:33 PM
To: RR2; Miranda, Luis; Banfill, Ryan; Paustenbach, Mark; Walker, Eric
Cc: Kate Houghton
Subject: For Research: attached DWS ASDC Speech


Good as well.
Mark Paustenbach
National Press Secretary &
Deputy Communications Director
Democratic National Committee
W: 202.863.8148
paustenbachm@dnc.org
From: Miranda, Luis
Sent: Wednesday, May 04, 2016 10:03 AM
To: Freundlich, Christina; Garcia, Walter
Cc: Walker, Eric; Paustenbach, Mark
Subject: RE: FOR COMMS APPROVAL: Quick shot/chaser for this AM
Good here.
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From: "Freundlich, Christina"
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Date: 05/04/2016 9:58 AM (GMT-05:00)
To: "Garcia, Walter"
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Cc: "Walker, Eric"
>, "Paustenbach, Mark"
>, "Miranda, Luis"
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Subject: RE: FOR COMMS APPROVAL: Quick shot/chaser for this AM
I like it.
From: Garcia, Walter
Sent: Wednesday, May 04, 2016 9:52 AM
To: Freundlich, Christina
Cc: Walker, Eric; Paustenbach, Mark; Miranda, Luis
Subject: FOR COMMS APPROVAL: Quick shot/chaser for this AM
+ rest of Comms team
SL: SHOT/CHASER: RNC Chairman on Trump becoming Republican nominee: “something different, something new is probably good for our party”
Shot:
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Democratic National Committee (DNC)
Email: GarciaW@dnc.org
Twitter: @WalterGarcia231
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From: Paustenbach, Mark
Sent: Saturday, May 21, 2016 1:23 PM
To: Miranda, Luis
Subject: Fwd: June 6 debate?
You want to get back to Anne?
Mark Paustenbach
National Press Secretary &
Deputy Communications Director
Democratic National Committee
202.863.8148
paustenbachm@dnc.org
Begin forwarded message:
From: "Gearan, Anne"
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Date: May 21, 2016 at 7:43:06 AM EDT
To: Mark Paustenbach
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Cc: "Phillip, Abby"
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Subject: June 6 debate?
Hi Mark,
Could you please let me know whether the DNC still plans to hold a final debate?
Is time and place set? Have both campaigns agreed? If not, what is the delay in arranging this?
I'm told the broadcast host, Fox, has set the above date in San Francisco.
We plan to write something today.
Thanks
Anne
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Has gotten picked up:
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From: Freundlich, Christina
Sent: Wednesday, May 11, 2016 11:02 AM
To: Roberts, Kelly; Sarge, Matthew; Comm_D
Subject: RE: Trump on Imus in the Morning
Awesome thanks Kelly
Let's pull 9:21 - 9:47
DNC Clips
Title - Trump Doesn't Regret McCain Comments Because Poll Numbers Went Up
From: Roberts, Kelly
Sent: Wednesday, May 11, 2016 10:59 AM
To: Freundlich, Christina; Sarge, Matthew; Comm_D
Subject: RE: Trump on Imus in the Morning
Has also bragged about his poll numbers going up after mass shootings
TRUMP BOASTED HIS POLL NUMBERS WENT UP AFTER MASS SHOOTINGS
Trump: "Every Time There Is A Horrible Act ... My Poll Numbers Go Up." TRUMP: "It is interesting, because every time there is a horrible act, and this is a shame in many respects, but from the standpoint of what happens, every time a really bad act takes place, like Paris -- it happened with Paris, it happens now -- my cold and was go up - my poll numbers go up. Look, I'm going to be tough, going to be strong, and people can't get away with the kind of stuff they are getting away with no. We have to be smart, have to have borders, have to have restricted military, take care of our vets." [With All Due Respect, Bloomberg, 12/4/15]
12/3/15: Donald Trump Retweeted A Claim That His "Poll Numbers Jump Every Time Instances Like This Occur" The Morning After A Mass Shooting Killed 14 And Injured 17 In San Bernardino, California. "Donald Trump's retweeting habits leave something to be desired. ... Early Thursday morning, Trump did it again. This time, he retweeted a supporter who pretty clearly appeared to suggest that the shootings in San Bernardino, Calif., on Wednesday - shootings that killed 14 and injured 17 - would help Trump's 'poll numbers.' ''@DLake66675: @ChateauEmissary @trumpettes16 @realDonaldTrump his poll numbers jump every time instances like this occur.' The tweet is a pretty clear reference to the San Bernardino shootings, [and] The man Trump retweeted made his feelings on the connection between the shootings and Trump's poll numbers even clearer in a previous tweet." [The Fix, Washington Post, 12/3/15
; @realDonaldTrump, Twitter, 12/3/15
]
From: Freundlich, Christina
Sent: Wednesday, May 11, 2016 10:52 AM
To: Sarge, Matthew; Comm_D
Subject: RE: Trump on Imus in the Morning
I would like to push this portion around OTR - let me know if you have any objections.
Video request coming shortly.
Do you regret saying that [about McCain]?
-          "I like not to regret anything"
-          "What I said, frankly, is what I said. Some people like what I said, to know the truth. There are many people who like what I said. After I said that, my poll numbers went up seven points."
From: Sarge, Matthew
Sent: Wednesday, May 11, 2016 10:30 AM
To: Comm_D
Cc: DJTspeaks@hillaryclinton.com
Subject: Trump on Imus in the Morning
h/t Matt
Listen here
See exchange on POWs and McCain
-          TRUMP: "Some people like what I said, to know the truth. There are many people who like what I said. After I said that, my poll numbers went up seven points."
Trump on Imus in the Morning:
We will raise a lot of money. $1 billion or $1.5 billion.
-          I spend less than anybody else
-          I know how to spend it. Maybe that's why people like me
Putting yourself in a position to take money from people and groups that will expect things?
-          "Well they are really paying-any money  is going to be paid to the party. So I'm not taking money, but the party will take money, and the party will support me and other people."
-          The party will also be spending on Senators, etc.
Meeting with Paul Ryan? Just you and him? Or Staff?
-          Don't know him. Only met him one time
-          "Might be" just him and I. But he probably has a few people that he feels comfortable having
-          He probably wants to get to know me a little bit
You should offer him VP slot to throw him off
-          He wouldn't want it
-          Speaker slot was already hard enough to fill
Tyson said "everybody has a plan until they get punched." Clintons didn't expect Bernie challenge. Are they prepared?
-          HRC can't make great trade deals
-          Libya, Benghazi were a disaster. So many things she handled so badly
-          She wants to abolish the 2nd amendment. She essentially wants to abolish the 2nd amendment and take guns away
-          I will eliminate waste, fraud, and abuse. Other countries are ripping us off
When you get to Oval Office, will you find that things are harder to get done than expected?
-          There will be some of that.
-          But I've been involved in politics at the highest level for a long time, just not on this side
-          Obama can't get things done
What level of income represents the middle class?
-          One way to describe is people that have been absolutely disenfranchised
-          Different levels in different places
-          In NYC, middle class person would be considered wealthy in other cities
-          Have to be consequences for companies leaving
John McCain wants apology for the POWs?
-          I've actually done that
-          I like John McCain. McCain is a hero.
-          All POWs are heros, whether or not they are captured
Do you regret saying that [about McCain]?
-          "I like not to regret anything"
-          "What I said, frankly, is what I said. Some people like what I said, to know the truth. There are many people who like what I said. After I said that, my poll numbers went up seven points."
Someone who avoided draft through deferments shouldn't say that?
-          College deferments. Great lottery numbers
-          I do feel bad... that's why I was involved in building Vietnam memorial in NY
-          Vietnam War was a mistake. Just like Iraq
Family's role in your campaign. Role in your administration?
-          Probably not
-          A little thing called nepotism that is not very good
-          They will be running the business
Obama going to Hiroshima.
-          He should not apologize.
-          His going there does not bother me
-          Reminds people of the tremendous power of nuclear
-          Should not apologize in any way, shape, or form


This is what we sent to Garret. If he has any edits/comments/questions, we will update it today.
From: Palermo, Rachel
Sent: Thursday, May 12, 2016 11:54 AM
To: Moore, Colby; Khan, Ali
Cc: Miranda, Luis
Subject: Alaska political brief
Do you have the Alaska political brief ready? Luis is wondering.
Thanks,
Rachel
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[DNC]
Rachel Palermo
Democratic National Committee
PalermoR@dnc.org
202-863-8041


Kay and Jake, thank you for your help this weekend. If you continue to get questions, here are points to help guide you on why the Chair was invited, and her background:
*   President Barack Obama tapped Wasserman Schultz to lead the Democratic National Committee as Chair during his re-election campaign in 2011. In just 17 months and while maintaining a 95% voting record in Congress, she traveled to 31 states and 171 cities as the DNC Chair campaigning for President Obama and Democrats up and down the ballot.
*   She headlined 894 events (roughly 52 per month) for the Obama re-election campaign, Democratic incumbents and candidates, and state parties. This is all in addition to running her own re-election campaign which she won with 62% of the of vote.
*   Following the re-election, Wasserman Schultz was asked by the President to serve another term at the Democratic National Committee responsible for paying down the $24 million in campaign debt from the 2012 presidential election -- which she has done -- and to prepare for the 2016 primary and general elections. Wasserman Schultz is only the third woman to serve as the DNC Chair and is on track to becoming the longest serving Chair in half a century.
*   As Chair she has reinvested in the State Party Partnerships that were the hallmark of the 50 State Strategy begun by one of her predecessors, Howard Dean, and while paying off the 2012 election debt entirely, Wasserman Schultz has also increased investments in the state parties by 50% over the previous baseline, while investing in national infrastructure like our voter file, communications, digital and research support for state parties that's making a difference nationwide.
*   Debbie Wasserman Schultz’s cherishes being a legislator. She has served her constituents in South Florida for nearly 25 years after having been the youngest woman elected to the Florida state legislature - at 26 - and the first Jewish woman elected to the U.S. Congress from the state of Florida.
*   Just ten weeks after taking office in Washington, D.C., she led the fight and stood up to the GOP establishment and President George W. Bush when Congress took action to require Terri Schiavo’s husband to keep her on life support – a complete slap in the face to our constitutional right to privacy and separation of church and state.
*   There is no advocate for women, children, and young families like Debbie Wasserman Schultz. In 2007, she sponsored the Virginia Graeme Baker Pool & Spa Safety Act named after Secretary of State James Baker’s granddaughter who died when she became trapped in a pool drain. Drowning is the number one cause of unintentional death for children under 5 years of age and since this law was passed, there have been NO drownings in the entire country due to entrapments like what happened to Virginia.
*   Next, she teamed up with then Senator Joe Biden to pass the Protect Our Children Act. This bill gave law enforcement the tools and resources they need to track down and prosecute criminals exploiting children online. Even when GOP obstructionist number one, Tom Coburn, held up the bill, Debbie Wasserman Schultz fought tooth and nail to get it passed into law.
*   In 2008, while campaigning for then Senator Barack Obama, she quietly faced her own personal battle with breast cancer. After seven surgeries, winning her own reelection, and electing the first African American President to the White House, she told the world her cancer story by doing what else - holding a press conference to introduce the Education and Awareness Requires Learning Young Act - the EARLY Act. This law provides critical funds and directs the Centers for Disease Control to educate young women and health care providers, that young women in fact can and do get breast cancer and build awareness for those women who are at higher or genetic risk for this disease.
*   Debbie Wasserman Schultz has been a champion for progressive values and working families her entire career. She's used her voice and her vote to support a $15 minimum wage, was a champion for the Affordable Care Act, and is the lead sponsor in Congress to fully fund the Zika virus crisis which is a major health concern in her home state of Florida and across the country.
*   Michelle Obama was right when President Obama nominated her to chair the DNC: “If you want something done, give it to a busy woman.” Well, President Barack Obama found the busiest one out there and named her DNC Chair not once, but TWICE!
DEBBIE WASSERMAN SCHULTZ
PASSIONATE. ADVOCATE. LIBERAL. FIGHTER.
United States Representative Debbie Wasserman Schutz is a fierce advocate and tireless fighter for progressive ideals and the safety and security of hardworking American families.
As the youngest woman ever elected to the Florida legislature, Wasserman Schultz made sure young women’s voices were heard loud and clear in the state capitol. In 2004, when she was pregnant with her youngest daughter, she decided to run for the U.S. House of Representatives. She would become the first Jewish woman elected from the state of the Florida to Congress. Her Jewish values and the strong belief in tikunn olam – repairing the world - guide her as a public servant.
For the majority of her career, Wasserman Schultz has served in the minority party. However, that has not stopped her from working across the aisle to find common ground with her Republican colleagues. Wasserman Schultz will work with everyone and anyone to ensure that our children are protected, that women have access to quality health care and the tools to be their own best health care advocate, and that senior citizens have the safety net they have paid into and are protected from identify thieves. She is a highly effective legislator.
In 2008, while campaigning for then Senator Barack Obama, Wasserman Schultz quietly faced her own personal battle with breast cancer. After seven surgeries, winning her own reelection, and electing the first African American President to the White House, she told the world her cancer story by doing what else - holding a press conference to introduce the Education and Awareness Requires Learning Young Act - the EARLY Act. This law provides critical funds and directs the Centers for Disease Control to educate young women and health care providers, that young women in fact can and do get breast cancer and build awareness for those women who are at higher or genetic risk for this disease.
President Barack Obama tapped Wasserman Schultz to lead the Democratic National Committee as Chair during his re-election campaign. In just 17 months and while maintaining a 95% voting record in Congress, she traveled to 31 states and 171 cities as the DNC Chair campaigning from President Obama and Democrats up and down the ballot. She headlined 894 events (roughly 52 per month) for the re-election campaign, Democratic incumbents and nominees, and state parties. This is all in addition to running her own re-election campaign which she won with 62% of the of vote.
Following the re-election, Wasserman Schultz was asked by the President to serve another term at the Democratic National Committee responsible for paying down the $24 million in campaign debt following the 2012 presidential election and prepare for the 2016 primary and general elections. Wasserman Schultz is only the third woman to serve as the DNC Chair and is on track to becoming the longest serving Chair in half a century. Wasserman Schultz is currently running to represent Florida’s 23rd Congressional District for the seventh time. She lives in the District in the City of Weston with her husband, Steve, and their children, Rebecca, Jake, and Shelby. Wasserman Schultz is currently cancer-free and maintains a balanced diet and regular follow up to ensure her remission. She is the author of For the Next Generation, a call to service for any and all Americans who wish to make a difference for the future generations through public service.


Hi all,
I've been feeling steadily worse today and think I might be coming down with something. So I'm going home, but will be reachable by phone and email.


Begin forwarded message:
From: Kay Brown
>
Date: May 12, 2016 at 5:14:22 PM CDT
To: Ali Khan
>, "Bonosky, Garret"
>
Subject: letter from Delegate to DWS
HI.  Hal Gazaway is the chair of HD 19.  He generally has been helpful to us in dealing with the insurgency.  He wrote and sent out the 2nd attachment (letter to delegates) yesterday - I had no idea he was going to say what he did about DWS.  Then, today he brought me the letter to DWS (first attachment).
He said, if she were to address these issues in the first 5 minutes of her talk Saturday night, it might reassure people and keep them from walking out.  He said he's asking people to hear her out and give her a chance.
I said I would pass this on.  I don't know anything about the issues he is raising in this letter.
Kay
Kay Brown, Executive Director
Alaska Democratic Party
Direct 907-258-3074
Cell 907-529-6970
kbrown@
akdems.org


9-11AM hours EST - Fox News - Bill Hemmer
1PM hour EST - CNN - Wolf Blitzer
4:35PM EST - CBS Radio (LA) - TBD
7PM hour EST - MSNBC - Chris Matthews
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Indiana Primary Preview and replying to Trump. That's all I have from them.
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On May 2, 2016, at 7:56 PM, Paustenbach, Mark
> wrote:
What are the topics to be discussed?
I don't see them.
Mark Paustenbach
National Press Secretary &
Deputy Communications Director
Democratic National Committee
202.863.8148
paustenbachm@dnc.org
On May 2, 2016, at 7:03 PM, Manriquez, Pablo
> wrote:
Attached and below. Someone should send to Garrett so he can upload it. I am not allowed to contact Garrett, per Yglesias.
EVENT BRIEFING
To:                  Chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz
From:              DNC Comms
CC:                  Tracie Pough
Date:               May 2, 2016
DNC TYPE (Bold):                Finance            Political           Campaign        Communications
What:             TV – CNN “NEW DAY”
When:              Tomorrow, 3 May, 6:45AM EST
Where:             CNN Studios NYC
1 Time Warner Center
58th Street between 8th and 9th Ave
Format:           Live
Who:               Alisyn Camerota, Anchor/Reporter
Topic:             Super Tuesday (Indiana)
Staff:               Mark Paustenbach
Contact:          Jose Lesh, 5a-6a: office 212-275-7850
6a-9a- control room 212-275-7620
C-646-599-7040
C2-646-334-1529
Jose.lesh@turner.com
TIMELINE:
Arrival Time:  6:25AM EST
Makeup:         YES
Hit Time:        6:45AM EST
Cleared:           7:00PM EST
TOPLINE:
This is an opportunity to start the day’s news cycle with a hit that attacks Trump and talk about how we proud we are of our campaigns, all in the general context of the Indiana Primary. We will want to help frame our messaging with respect to where we are as a party and also where we see a contrast with the GOP candidates as we head into November. We want to tell them how to look at the race in the coming months.
TALKING POINTS:
Topline Message:
Last week in five states we saw Democrats voting with enthusiasm for the candidate they like most – and Republicans holding their noses and casting their votes for the candidate they dislike least.
In Pennsylvania, exit polling showed that 71 percent of Democratic voters felt their primary had energized the party while 58 percent of Republican voters said their primary had divided the party. That’s what we saw in New York, where just 39% of Republicans thought their campaign has energized their party while in Wisconsin 4 out of 10 Republican primary voters said they fear what a Trump presidency would do to our country. And roughly a third would rather stay home, vote for a third party, or vote for a Democrat than support either Trump or Cruz.
That’s stunning, but it tells you that Democrats are heading into November in a far stronger position than Republicans.
On the other side, it’s hard to pick what’s been a stranger story the past week -- Trump changing his mind on whether to act Presidential, or Ted Cruz teaming up with Carly Fiorina in a last ditch – and inevitably unsuccessful – effort to stop Trump.
Trump is gaining momentum.
•      He reached over 50% in last week’s five contests, even hitting 60% in two of those (Delaware and Rhode Island).
•      And, heading into tomorrow’s primary in Indiana, it’s clear that Trump is close to wrapping up the GOP nomination. According to the latest NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll, Trump leads in Indiana by 15 points [Trump 49%, Cruz 34%, Kasich 13%]. This is despite Cruz’s superior campaign infrastructure in the state.
Republicans are going to have to come to terms with Trump being their nominee and what that means. Just yesterday former Secretary of Defense Robert Gates, who served under both a Republican and Democratic Administration, said that he’s troubled by the fact that Donald Trump doesn’t listen to anyone, and raised serious questions about Trump on foreign policy. Between his contradictions and threatening our most important alliances, it’s clear Dangerous Donald lacks the judgment and temperament to serve as our next Commander in Chief.
For years, GOP leaders have pushed a cynical and feckless political strategy that exploits unfounded fears of immigrants, minorities, the poor, the LGBT community and more, all for political gain. They have sold hardworking Americans the empty promise of trickle-down prosperity, while strangling America’s middle class with backwards economic policies that only enrich those already at the top. Donald Trump’s impending nomination after Tuesday’s results is the ultimate, sad culmination of the success of that strategy. Trump is the modern Republican Party.
It’s clear that when we get through our conventions, Democrats will emerge united having nominated the next president, while the GOP will have to wallow in the chaotic mess of their own making.
Sanders Comments Yesterday About a Contested Convention / Arizona Lawsuit
We’re going to be united at our convention, and we’re confident in our process, which was in place well before we knew who would run this cycle and which has been fair to all of our candidates.
It’s not our job to handicap the race, our candidates will determine the future of their own campaigns. Both Senator Clinton and Senator Sanders have been clear they’ll work hard in November to ensure we don’t let a Republican like Trump or Cruz drag our country backward. So I’m confident we’ll be united.
We’ve cautioned our candidates to maintain a tone that helps us build toward the general election, recognizing that as we funnel down the home stretch of any campaign the intensity level will rise.
Ultimately, Secretary Clinton and Senator Sanders are drawing sharp differences with one another, but their differences remain focused on how to best move America forward.
They’re focused on how to make sure our government reflects the values of the American people, that we have an economy and a democracy that are inclusive, and that we respect everyone in America.
If you want to talk about a rigged process, we’re doing that too. The Democratic National Committee and our Senatorial Campaign Committee are suing officials in Arizona whose decisions led to voters having to wait for hours to vote during their March primaries, and many to be disenfranchised as a result. We want to make sure that doesn’t happen in November.
If you want to talk about rigging elections, that’s the real example, and it’s a serious problem and we’re glad both our candidates have expressed interest addressing attempts to make it harder for the American people to vote.
•      In Maricopa County, officials reduced the number of polling locations to just 1 for every 21,000 people. That’s seven times what it was in other parts of the state, and it shows you the magnitude of the efforts to make it harder to vote that Republicans are championing all across the country.
•      And it’s not just Arizona, you had a member of Congress from Wisconsin, Glenn Grothman, who flat out said that they expected they could now win Wisconsin because of the Voter ID law. It was his Kevin McCarthy moment, and the type of rigging of the system we’re not going to put up with.
When voters go to the polls in November, they can be certain that the Democratic nominee will have the temperament and judgment to serve as commander in chief, and that's not something you can say about the Republican candidates.
Joint Fundraising Committees
We welcome any effort by our candidates to help raise money for the DNC and state parties, which is why stood up similar agreements for joint victory funds with both the Clinton campaign and the Sanders campaign early in the cycle.
The DNC is the only entity that will be able to closely coordinate with our eventual nominee, and we took these important steps because of the urgency to build a strong national infrastructure NOW that will help elect Democrats up and down the ballot in November.
It’s important to note, the funds that the DNC and state parties get through the joint victory funds help strengthen, for example, our national voter file and communications, research and digital support for state parties and down ballot candidates. That includes training across a variety of areas, for example, and access to media monitoring and rapid response support. This is helping us build infrastructure for the general election.
These arrangements are not new or unusual. Similar joint fundraising committees were established with our Democratic candidate in both 2008 and 2012. And again, both campaigns have signed on and have the option of using joint victory funds.
***The DNC remains committed to our state parties. Since 2009, the DNC has sent $24.5 million to the states for the State Partnership Program and $170 million to states for all purposes.***
And let’s be clear, neither the DNC nor state parties are subsidizing fundraising through these committees for either campaign. For whatever each campaign raises under the agreement that then goes to their campaign, that campaign pays a directly proportional amount for the cost of that fundraising.
Sanders/DNC Lawsuit
•      We are glad that this issue has been resolved and look forward to continuing to work with both campaigns to facilitate a successful primary campaign process.
•       Background on Resolution: The forensic analysis conducted by the cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike confirmed that the DNC’s initial findings, which were the basis of the temporary shutdown in December, were accurate. The audit confirmed that one campaign gained unauthorized access to the data of another, and the audit further confirmed that the results of those searches were saved within the system and that data was exported. Following the conclusion of the audit that confirmed the DNC's original findings, the Sanders campaign withdrew its lawsuit.
Chaos in Cleveland vs Our Next President in Philadelphia
We’re less than 100 days from the July conventions, and it’s clear that Democrats will emerge united, while Republicans are embroiled in drama better suited for a reality show than a contest for the presidency.
•      Both Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders are dedicated to supporting the eventual Democratic nominee.
•      Last week, Senator Sanders said at a town hall on MSNBC that he will do everything in his power to make sure no Republican gets into the White House in November.
•      And Secretary Clinton has been clear about her commitment to unifying the party and the need to build on the progress we’ve made under Democratic leadership over the last 7 years.
Because the Party’s platform is a statement of our values, the DNC is committed to an open, inclusive and representative process. Both of our campaigns will be represented on the Platform Drafting Committee, and just as we did in 2008 and 2012, the public will have opportunities to participate.
Democrats know that we’re stronger when more voices are heard, and when we stand together to move our country forward, we’ll see that in Philadelphia at our convention.
Compare that to the Republicans.
Last week, the increasingly desperate Cruz and Kasich campaigns forged an unusual alliance to stop Trump, but it barely lasted as long as the announcement that it was happening.
A majority of Trump supporters said they would abandon the Republican Party if he loses the nomination and runs as a third-party candidate.
Even Republican leaders are afraid of going near their radioactive convention. You’ve already seen Republican candidates in tight races, like Senator Kirk in Illinois and John McCain – the GOP nominee eight years ago – say they will not attend their own convention in Cleveland. But don’t let them fool you, they’re not any better than the top of their ticket.
Clinton’s Speeches and Sanders’ Taxes
Our job at the Party isn’t to handicap our own primary, we’re not going to referee.
There are real differences, but they’re with the Republicans, and while you have to expect that the candidates are going to draw sharp differences, they’re also highlighting what a much better option voters have with Democrats.
Just look at the issue of taxes as millions of Americans filed last week, but most of them didn’t get to take advantage of special loopholes or get special breaks. Yet every single Republican plan for the economy is based on tax cuts for those at the very top of the income scale. It’s exactly the economic policy that the Bush Administration had as they drove us toward the great recession.
So ultimately those are the differences that will matter most in November.
GOP Frontrunner Trump is Reckless and Dangerous
•      The Economy: Trump’s unfounded predictions of recession and warnings against investing in the stock market are reckless, and economists have already predicted his policies could start an international trade war and cause a global recession.
•      Foreign Policy: Trump’s threat to pull back from our most important military alliances in NATO sends a dangerous message, which is particularly troubling in light of his past praise of Russian President Vladimir Putin.
•      Nuclear Proliferation: Trump has refused to say he wouldn’t use nuclear weapons on European territory, then suggested South Korea and Japan should either develop nuclear weapons or pay the United States for protection against North Korea.
•      On abortion: Trump has taken multiple positions on abortion - from a dangerous and offensive call to punish women who get an abortion, to saying he would allow states to restrict women’s rights, to saying abortion laws are set but he would eliminate them with judicial appointments.
Cruz
The vast majority of his Republican colleagues can barely muster a straight face to say anything nice or positive about him!
•      Lindsey Graham crassly talked about how no one in the Senate would object if he was killed on the Senate floor, and said that endorsing him over Trump was the equivalent of choosing to get poisoned over being shot.
•      Senator Jim Risch of Idaho – TWICE – gave one of the most passive, non-endorsement endorsements I’ve ever seen.
It’s going to be very difficult for Senators and Congress members to run alongside a presidential nominee they really don’t like!
The GOP’s Problem with Women Voters
•      Trump is viewed unfavorably by 7 out of 10 women, but both of his primary opponents would also alienate women voters with their policies as the nominee.
•
Kasich said that he wants to see Roe v. Wade repealed, and when asked what kind of punishment that would lead to, he evaded the question by saying that it should be left to the states.
•      Cruz said that even if a woman has been brutally raped, she should be forced to carry the pregnancy caused by her attacker to term.
•      In the past, the Republican candidates have opposed equal pay, family leave, and voted against the Violence Against Women Act.
Earlier this month we marked Equal Pay Day, the day in 2016 when women’s earnings have caught up with men’s earnings from 2015. On average we earn 79 cents to their dollar, and it’s worse for women of color. All of the Republican presidential candidates would stand against protections that ensure greater equality in the workplace.
•      John Kasich has consistently belittled women and said that we don’t need workplace protections, just a ‘change of heart’ among major employers.
•
Ted Cruz voted against the Paycheck Fairness Act three times and ridiculed the legislation as a ‘show vote.’
Donald Trump stated that women would have pay equity if we did ‘as good a job’ as men.
Republicans to Blame for Trump and His Down Ballot Impact
It’s fitting that Donald Trump is the standard-bearer of a party that has relied on divisive politics and scapegoating for electoral gain for so long. Since 2004 they’ve used gay marriage as a wedge issue, demonized immigrants and stoked fears about border security. They’ve given birthers like Trump a pass, and fueled the Tea Party with lies about a total government takeover of healthcare and the economy. Then while in office, the only thing Republicans have done in Washington over the last seven years is obstruct. Trump IS the Republican Party.
Advantage, Democrats
Despite all the media attention that Republican frontrunner Trump gets with his say-anything strategy, Democrats are winning where it matters.
Senator Clinton has earned more than 10 million votes – Over a million more than Donald Trump – while Senator Sanders has  earned more than 8 million votes (well ahead of Ted Cruz and John Kasich), while also garnering more than seven million individual campaign contributions from low dollar donors. If there is an enthusiasm gap, it clearly favors Democrats.
Overall fundraising shows a Democratic edge, with Democrats raising a total of $72.1 million in February and 67.5 million in March, eclipsing Republicans’ fundraising, which amounted to less than $12 million for Cruz, $6 million for Trump, and just $3.4 million for Kasich in February.
And while Trump continues to claim that he is self-funding his campaign, his latest report with the FEC shows that he has loaned his campaign $24 million throughout this election cycle, while he raising just $34 million from outside contributors and loans for the entire cycle.
Democrats will have the strongest candidate in November. Period. And we are poised to take back the Senate and make serious gains in the House.
Broad Contrast and Infrastructure
We have been building an infrastructure and operation that will work regardless of who the Republicans nominate. We see the numbers of course; it’s clear Trump is far ahead of his competitors, and we’re ready for him if he makes it through what is shaping up to be a train wreck of a convention.
But we don’t think taking on Trump is fundamentally different from any of the others.
At least with Trump, he’s not shy about exposing what the Republican brand has truly become. Ted Cruz and John Kasich are every bit as extreme as their party’s front-runner, they just hide it a bit better.
They promise the same extreme agenda on women’s rights, they deny the threat of climate change, and they oppose fixing a broken immigration system with a path to citizenship.
They all want to drag America back to the failed economic policies of the last Republican president who left office losing 800,000 jobs a month and having plunged our country into the Great Recession.
And they’ve all been just as offensive in their rhetoric, using language that alienates our allies, helps ISIS recruit terrorists, and makes America less safe.
So if it is Trump, we’re ready. Maybe it’s Cruz, but it’s hard to see how that comes together in the end. But regardless we’re building a ground game and an infrastructure that’s ready to challenge him on every single position he’s taking on the campaign trail, and that holds him accountable for what those positions would actually mean for the American people.
RELEVANT RECENT NEWS CLIP
Chris’s interview with Chris Cuomo this morning. It was slightly more confrontational than CNN usually does with Trump:
On May 2, 2016, at 5:44 PM, Manriquez, Pablo
> wrote:
Yep, no prob!
Sent from my iPhone
On May 2, 2016, at 5:37 PM, Paustenbach, Mark
> wrote:
p
Pablo, can you pull together a briefing?
Will send you the template.
Thanks,
Mark
Mark Paustenbach
National Press Secretary &
Deputy Communications Director
Democratic National Committee
202.863.8148
paustenbachm@dnc.org
Pablo Manriquez
Democratic National Committee
Phone: 202.572.5488
Email: pablo@dnc.org
web: democrats.org
Twitter: @Pablo_DNC


Got coverage in Jersey after all!!

TO GET A SENSE OF TRUMP’S EDUCATION POLICIES, LOOK NO FURTHER THAN CHRISTIE
JOHN MOONEY
| MAY 6, 2016
Teachers union, Democratic leaders argue that Trump’s ‘bully’ culture perfectly aligns with Christie’s treatment of NJ teachers
[christie trumpsplains His Candidate's 'Riot']
Credit: WHYY NewsWorks
What exactly is Donald Trump’s education platform? Democrats are hoping voters look to New Jersey and Gov. Chris Christie to find out.
In a campaign defined so far by sound bites and histrionics, it has been anyone’s guess as to what the now-presumptive Republican presidential nominee has in mind when it comes to federal education policy, among any number of issues.
But a day after Trump all but secured the GOP nomination by winning the Indiana primary, Democrats weren’t waiting to find out, and they used Christie and New Jersey as Exhibit A.
In a series of press phone calls, the Democratic National Committee yesterday enlisted New Jersey’s biggest teachers union and two Democratic leaders to discuss how Trump would emulate Christie in his education policies.
The committee followed up with a call with American Federation of Teachers president Randi Weingarten, with much the same message.
None of the criticisms were new. From the unions, it was Christie’s full frontal attack on their leadership from Day 1. Trump’s own one-liners about gutting the federal education department and the checkered history of Trump University fit the pattern, they said.
Weingarten described a “'bully” culture that Trump was bringing to the presidential race and the country as a whole, one she said that Christie has already embodied in New Jersey.
“It’s not a surprise that one of Trump’s top surrogates, and possible running mates, is the infamous ‘I want to punch teachers in the face’ Chris Christie,” Weingarten said on the call.
“Chris Christie as governor has been vehemently anti-teacher and anti-public education, she added.”
From two Democratic leaders -- state Assemblyman Patrick Diegnan (D-Middlesex) and Assemblywoman Mila Jasey (D-Essex) -- the focus was on Christie’s cuts to education funding in 2010 and the underfunding since.
“For seven years now, Gov. Christie has used the Trump game plan,” said Diegnan, chair of the Assembly’s education committee. “It is ironic that ‘The Donald’ -- Mr. Trump -- locked up the nomination on [national] Teacher Appreciation Week, when Christie has disrespected teachers and public employees.”
How much all this plays with the general public is hard to say in a presidential race that has been anything but orthodox and predictable. Education policy has been sidelined in the Republican contest, save for a few debate exchanges over the merits or not of the Common Core State Standards.
But with rivals vanquished, Trump’s education opinions have nevertheless been especially vague. He, like Christie, has been critical of Common Core as a federal overreach, but also like Christie, he has been so far be less critical of the testing that has come with them.
In a quote or two, Trump has called for the dismantling of the federal education department, but hasn’t much said what that would look like. And while he has also supported greater school choice and competition -- presumably a pro-charter school position -- that too comes without specifics as to what is the federal role.
Nevertheless, there is always question about how much federal education policy plays into voter sentiments in a national elections, and this year may be particularly tricky coming off an administration under President Obama that was as reform-minded as any in recent years.
The recent reauthorization of the chief federal education law -- the new Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) -- also took some of the punch out of the debate as to what’s next in Washington’s role, with the new law already embodying a more state-centric focus.
Christie stayed silent on the topic yesterday. At a press conference focusing on the fate of Atlantic City, the governor took a couple of questions about Trump and the governor’s now-famous endorsement of his candidacy.
But he only broadly answered the questions, saying he and Trump were longtime friends and he stood by the GOP nominee, even if not on every single position.
“Donald is my friend, he’s been my friend for 14 years,” Christie said.
When his press office was asked specifically about the criticisms of Christie’s education policies and how they relate to Trump, a spokesman declined to comment.


A couple of thoughts for consideration
In the first paragraph, the second sentence states that the DNC is reaching or has reached out to the campaigns and asked them to condone the behavior.  Has that happened?  I sent the letter to them but that was it so just flagging in case that specific ask has not yet been made.
In the second paragraph, sentences two and three, we are restating the facts provided by the Party.  I just don't know that we want to be as forward as saying it was "appropriately managed, open to the public, transparent, and inclusive" particularly when we like to say these events are run by the state party.
From: Miranda, Luis
Sent: Tuesday, May 17, 2016 11:50 AM
To: Garcia, Walter; Patrice Taylor; Paustenbach, Mark; April Mellody; Dacey, Amy; Federico, Courtney; Walker, Eric; Alvillar, Raul; Khan, Ali
Subject: DRAFT STATEMENT ON NEVADA LETTER
Here's a first draft on a statement to respond. Thoughts?
For Immediate Release
May 17, 2016
Contact: DNC Press - 202-863-8148
DNC Statement on Nevada Democratic Party Letter
WASHINGTON - DNC [Chair or spokesperson] today issued the following statement on a letter from the Nevada Democratic Party regarding threatening and violent behavior among some participants around their state party convention this weekend:
"We are deeply concerned about the troubling details laid out in the letter from the Nevada Democratic Party. We are immediately reaching out to the leadership of both of our campaigns to ask them to stand with the Democratic Party in denouncing the type of behavior on display over the weekend in Las Vegas. Our democracy is undermined any time threats, intimidation, physical violence or damage to property are present. If there are legitimate concerns, they must be addressed in an orderly, civil and peaceful manner.
"We are also asking both campaigns to be forthright in their characterization of the primary process. In Nevada on Saturday, the state party's credentials committee was made up of an equal number of members representing both campaigns. The proceedings were appropriately managed, open to the public, transparent, and inclusive. The process for nominating a Democratic Presidential candidate is not something taken lightly, it is a four-year endeavor that is closely scrutinized and determined in public forums just as it has been in past election cycles. There is no excuse for what happened in Nevada, and it is incumbent upon all of us in positions of leadership to speak out."
###


SL: DNC Statement on Trump Tearing Up Dodd-Frank Financial Reforms
DNC Communications Director Luis Miranda issued the following statement on news that Donald Trump plans [insert link] "to release a detailed policy platform in two weeks that would propose dismantling nearly all of Dodd-Frank, a package of financial reforms put in place after the 2007-2009 financial crisis":
"His plans to tear up the most important financial reforms in decades is further proof that Donald Trump and his dangerous ideas shouldn't step foot in the White House. Hard-working American families simply cannot afford to take Donald Trump's advice on the economy or have critical protections gutted to benefit those at the very top."
[insert this link per above]


ok
[SigDems]
Luis Miranda, Communications Director
Democratic National Committee
202-863-8148 - MirandaL@dnc.org
- @MiraLuisDC
From: Jefferson, Deshundra
Sent: Friday, April 29, 2016 10:02 AM
To: Miranda, Luis
Subject: Bob Sutton comments
The FDP is closed today; emailed Max but he's probably not around given today is the last day of Passover. I can reach out to the Broward County Chair if you think she would be a good person to attribute the statement to.
[SigDems]
Deshundra Jefferson, Southern Regional Communications Director
Democratic National Committee
JeffersonD@dnc.org
| (202) 863-8112


Good
From: Paustenbach, Mark
Sent: Friday, May 13, 2016 11:33 AM
To: RR2
Subject: FOR RR2: FW: Donald Trump’s Ongoing Support for a Muslim Ban
Donald Trump said this morning
that he is “not softening my stance at all” when it comes to his support for a ban on Muslims entering the United States.
See below for our release yesterday that further outlines his ongoing support for this dangerous position that only makes America less safe.
From: dncrrmain-bounces@dnc.org
On Behalf Of DNC Press
Sent: Thursday, May 12, 2016 1:23 PM
To: DNC Press
Subject: Donald Trump’s Ongoing Support for a Muslim Ban
Donald Trump’s ongoing support for his dangerous ban on Muslims entering the United States remains strong, despite broad agreement that such a divisive measure would only make America less safe. It is clear that Donald Trump does not have the temperament or judgment needed to occupy the White House.
·         When asked whether he would stick by his ban in the general election, Trump said
, “I don't care if it hurts me. I'm doing the right thing when I do this.”
·         According to interviews
with The New York Times, Trump plans to have his Muslim ban in place within his first 100 days as President.
·         Trump’s website still notes
that he “is calling for a total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States until our country’s representatives can figure out what is going on. According to Pew Research, among others, there is great hatred towards Americans by large segments of the Muslim populations.”
·         Trump has said
he did not care if his call to ban all Muslims from entering the United States was “politically incorrect.” He argued that, “We Have No Choice. We Have. No. Choice.”
·         This week, after Donald Trump reiterated his plan to ban Muslims from entering the U.S., London’s newly-elected mayor Sadiq Khan rejected
the insulting idea that he could be one of Trump’s “exceptions.”
View this post on our Factivists site here
.


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


·         she is speaking in such a strong southern accent
·         calls the NAACP conference “issue-tainment”
·         praises auto bailout, revitalization in Detroit, says it needs to be felt in all neighborhoods
·         too many Flints
·         let’s return the vote to everyone who has paid his/her debt to society
·         no politician should show up at election time, say the right times, and expect a vote
·         we need leaders who will tear down barriers, not build walls
·         mostly stump focused on racial disparities in criminal justice, healthcare, etc
From: Brinster, Jeremy
Sent: Sunday, May 01, 2016 8:03 PM
To: Research_D
Subject: Video Request: HRC at NAACP dinner
Starting here soon
Sent from my iPhone


Saved here
From: Crystal, Andy
Sent: Tuesday, April 26, 2016 2:17 PM
To: Comm_D
Subject: Video Request: Paul Ryan Preview Vid
Can we please save this? Thanks.

Interesting line from the Speaker. Wonder if he thinks voter ID and anti-LGBT laws are inclusive too...
"I want to show people that conservatism is actually a very inclusive and aspirational mindset. It's a happy way of life.
"But more importantly, how our principles-applied to the problems of the day-provide the best and most enduring solutions that give young people more control over their lives and their destiny and guarantee a more prosperous future."


To: LGBT press list
Can go out tomorrow AM
SL: Another anti-LGBT week for the GOP
Shot: Earlier this week, the Senate finally approved Eric Fanning to be the first openly gay Secretary of the Army, after Republicans blocked his nomination for over 200 days. (insert link)
Chaser: Today, House Republicans broke regular order to force their members to support anti-LGBT language in the NDAA. (insert link)
Lime: Donald Trump released a list full of anti-LGBT judges who he would name to the Supreme Court. (link)
"Despite its efforts to rebrand itself, it's clear the Republican Party has no plans to embrace the LGBT community anytime soon. Love has won, the world has evolved, but Republican politicians like Donald Trump, Mitch McConnell, and Paul Ryan remain stuck in the distant past. The LGBT community will be key to electing a Democratic president in November, because we know we can't afford to elect a Republican like Trump who would stand in the way of progress." - TJ Helmstetter, DNC spokesperson
TJ Helmstetter
Deputy Director of Regional and Specialty Media
Democratic National Committee
202.863.8022 - desk
973.464.9224 - cell
HelmstetterT@DNC.org


Hi Anne,
Thanks for your note and for reaching out.
The DNC will continue to facilitate negotiations with both of our candidates.
Best,
Mark
Mark Paustenbach
National Press Secretary &
Deputy Communications Director
Democratic National Committee
202.863.8148
paustenbachm@dnc.org
> On May 21, 2016, at 7:43 AM, Gearan, Anne
wrote:
>
> Hi Mark,
> Could you please let me know whether the DNC still plans to hold a final debate?
> Is time and place set? Have both campaigns agreed? If not, what is the delay in arranging this?
> I'm told the broadcast host, Fox, has set the above date in San Francisco.
> We plan to write something today.
> Thanks
> Anne
>
>
> Sent from my iPhone


Flagging "major announcement" from Cruz today at 4 PM. Could be a major endorsement, like Pence, or a VP announcement.
--
Last night was Donald Trump's night. Today is Indiana's day. Indiana has an opportunity to make a decision for the country.
I am thrilled that the people of Indiana will be making that choice. We're barnstorming the state.
We're making a major announcement at 4 PM.
Asked about what he looks for In a running mate, he or she should be prepared to step in.
Talks about how he'll be focused on jobs, freedom and security.
On Trump winning majorities last night - I recognize that the NY executives and the lobbyists want the campaign to be over. I recognize that Donald Trump did well at home. Donald Trump and HRC are flip sides of the same coin. Hillary Clinton has made millions selling influence, Donald Trump, billions, buying influence.
Hits Donald Trump for agreeing with Hillary on taxes and Obamacare.
Cruz: It'll be interesting to see what Trump will say in his FP speech. Calls on him to explain for support for wanting to be neutral between Israel and the Palestinians. Also hits Trump for supporting the Iran deal.
Trump campaign is being run by a Washington lobbyist that lobbied for Saudi Arabia that opposed moving the American embassy in Israel to Jerusalem.
Talks about how he messed up a basketball reference last night.
Cruz: The powerbrokers want this race to be over. They want this election to be between two rich Washington liberals.
People of Indiana have good judgment. Won't make the decision to get behind a NY liberal
Hits Trump for not wanting to debate. Also criticizes networks for not calling for debates.
From: Bennett, Eric
Sent: Wednesday, April 27, 2016 9:43 AM
To: Research_D
Subject: Video Request: Cruz in Indianapolis, IN


Thx. With edits
Sent via the Samsung GALAXY S®4, an AT&T 4G LTE smartphone
-------- Original message --------
From: "Freundlich, Christina"
Date: 04/30/2016  11:15 AM  (GMT-05:00)
To: "Walker, Eric"
, "Paustenbach, Mark"
, "Miranda, Luis"
Subject: draft -- video release
NEW VIDEO: GOP’s Worst Week Ever
There’s no denying it – this week was the GOP’s Worst Week ever. And we haven’t even gotten to jokes at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner yet…
The Republican Party's dangerous and divisive candidates and campaigns brought them to a
record low with their favorability ratings –  no doubt compounded by desperate acts like Ted Cruz's choice of failed CEO Carly Fiornia as his running mate, Dangerous Donald's embrace of endorsements from “tough
guys” Bobby Knight and Mike Tyson, John Kasich's state of denial, or having their own refer to them as Lucifer in the flesh.
WATCH


Pierson:
Not breaking news that a billionaire had girlfriends or the head of a beauty pageant likes beautiful women
Says Bill Clinton used his power to pull women into the Oval Office and "abuse" them
From: Kane, Michael
Sent: Monday, May 16, 2016 7:20 PM
To: Comm_D; DJTspeaks@hillaryclinton.com
Subject: Video request: Katrina Pierson on CNN
Happening now, thanks.


Looping in our comms folks and political folks
From: Kay Brown
Sent: Thursday, May 12, 2016 3:33 PM
To: Khan, Ali; Bonosky, Garret
Subject: FW: 82% update
Fyi – alternative event update from fb
Kay Brown, Executive Director
Alaska Democratic Party
Direct 907-258-3074
Cell 907-529-6970
kbrown@
akdems.org
Paid for by the Alaska Democratic Party * www.alaskademocrats.org
* Not authorized by any candidate or candidate’s committee.
From: Jake Hamburg
Date: Thursday, May 12, 2016 at 11:17 AM
To: Kay Brown
Subject: 82% update
This was announced: Tim Canova speech has been moved back to the 8pm time slot
Also, please see the two below screenshots.
All the best,
Jake Hamburg
Communications Director, Alaska Democratic Party
jhamburg@akdems.org
(907) 258-3077
This communication is paid for by the Alaska Democratic Party, 2602 Fairbanks Street, Anchorage, AK 99503
and is not authorized by any candidate or candidate’s committee.


I'm good, if there's an endorsement. Even if it doesn't come today.
From: Helmstetter, TJ
Sent: Wednesday, April 27, 2016 10:21 AM
To: Freundlich, Christina; Paustenbach, Mark; Walker, Eric; Miranda, Luis
Subject: DRAFT: Just in case Pence endorses Cruz, we can use this
"Mike Pence's endorsement of Ted Cruz is no surprise for those of us familiar with Pence's extreme record. They have a lot in common. Mike Pence signed the one of the most restrictive abortion laws in the nation; Ted Cruz has said rape victims should be forced to carry pregnancies to term. After Mike Pence signed the toxic and discriminatory RFRA law that will cost our state upwards of $250 million, Ted Cruz supported the governor and advocated the federal government adopt a similar law. Ted Cruz has campaigned for president on an extremist, divisive ideology, and Mike Pence has put that same extreme ideology into practice, caused Indiana to fall behind the rest of the nation." - Indiana chairman John Zody
TJ Helmstetter
Deputy Director of Regional and Specialty Media
Democratic National Committee
202.863.8022 - desk
973.464.9224 - cell
HelmstetterT@DNC.org


On now
Sean Sorbie
Tracking Coordinator
Democratic National Committee
(727) 458-8583