Thanks, uploaded
From: Miranda, Luis
Sent: Tuesday, April 26, 2016 1:13 PM
To: Kroll, Amy; Kate Houghton
Cc: Ryan Banfill; Paustenbach, Mark; Walsh, Tom; Walker, Eric
Subject: RE: Talking Points for DWS
Yes.
[SigDems]
Luis Miranda, Communications Director
Democratic National Committee
202-863-8148 – MirandaL@dnc.org
- @MiraLuisDC
From: Kroll, Amy
Sent: Tuesday, April 26, 2016 1:12 PM
To: Kate Houghton; Miranda, Luis
Cc: Ryan Banfill; Paustenbach, Mark; Walsh, Tom; Walker, Eric
Subject: RE: Talking Points for DWS
Thanks, is this for Wolf Blitzer hit?
From: Kate Houghton
Sent: Tuesday, April 26, 2016 1:08 PM
To: Miranda, Luis
Cc: Ryan Banfill; Paustenbach, Mark; Walsh, Tom; Walker, Eric; Kroll, Amy
Subject: Re: Talking Points for DWS
Amy - Please upload and flag for DWS.
On Apr 26, 2016, at 1:05 PM, Miranda, Luis
> wrote:
4.26.16 TALKING POINTS
Topline Message:
Today as millions of Americans in five states go to the polls, Democrats are voting with enthusiasm for the candidate they like most -- Republicans are holding their noses and casting their votes for the candidate they dislike least. We expect that today we’ll see the same thing we’ve seen throughout this campaign, our voters are energized with the serious and substantive primary we’ve had and two candidates who both have the judgment and temperament to serve; while Republican voters will continue to be dismayed with the chaos on their side.
•         In the last primary in New York, exit polls showed that nearly 7 out of every 10 Democratic voters believe that our primary has energized our party.
•         That’s because our two candidates have consistently offered strong, well thought-out visions for our country that would move America forward.
•         That’s consistent with Wisconsin where 7 out of 10 Democrats in those exit polls said they were excited or optimistic about both of our candidates.
•         That’s something we’re not seeing on the Republican side where serious questions have been raised about their understanding of the issues, not to mention their judgment and temperament given how ugly, divisive and insulting they’ve been.
•         Their own voters know it. Just 39% of Republicans in New York thought their campaign has energized their party. In Wisconsin 4 out of 10 Republican primary voters…let me say that again…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.
Update: Sanders Argued This Morning on CNN/New Day:
•         There is a Narrow Path to Victory: We have won 16 states so far and I'm looking forward to winning a number more. I think we have a path to victory and will fight this until the last vote is cast. … It's a narrow path, but do have a path, and the idea that we should not contest in California or a larger state, let the people of California determine what the agenda of the democratic party is and who the candidate for president should be is pretty crazy. So we're in this to the end.
•         I am a Strong General Election Candidate; Super Delegates May Ultimately Decide That’s Most Important: And I think that when you look at national polling, where in virtually every national and statewide poll, Bernie Sanders runs a lot better against Donald Trump and other Republican candidates than does Hillary Clinton. I think you've got super delegates there who say, you know what? We need a strong candidate. We need a candidate who can beat trump, maybe Bernie Sanders is that candidate.
•         At the Convention, We Will Push for Our Issues to be on the Platform: I think what the democratic process is about, Chris, is going to the convention and arguing about what the platform should be. … The winner, whether it is Secretary Clinton or myself, our job is then to go out to the American people on a platform that makes sense to the working families of this country, and then we win with a large voter turnout.
Talking Points
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.
•         Just yesterday, 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.
•         This 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.
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.
•         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.
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.
•         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.
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 theFEC
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.
Luis Miranda, Communications Director
Democratic National Committee
202-863-8148 – MirandaL@dnc.org
- @MiraLuisDC


Luis cleared this on a separate chain.
Let's do June 1st at 11 or 11:30a. Pablo, do you want to circle back with Maggie?
Sent from my iPhone
On May 9, 2016, at 2:45 PM, Walker, Eric
> wrote:
Not in the habit of doing 30 min interviews. Lots of opportunity for a slip, and then it becomes “DNC official says X” and it’s an issue
From: Manriquez, Pablo
Sent: Monday, May 09, 2016 2:43 PM
To: Miranda, Luis; Paustenbach, Mark; Walker, Eric
Cc: Price, Jenna; Jefferson, Deshundra
Subject: Request - PRATT//SIRIUS XM//MAGGIE LINTON//1 or 3 JUNE
WHO:                         Pratt Wiley and Maggie Linton
WHAT:                      30 minute live radio interview on SIRIUS XM’s “Urban” channel show “The Maggie Linton Show” to discuss the state of voter expansion in the 2016 race.
WHEN:                      There are available hit times of which we can chose one. They are 1 June (11a, 11:30a ET), 3 June  (11a, 11:30a ET).
WHERE:                    SIRUS XM DC Bureau
Pablo Manriquez
Democratic National Committee
Phone: 202.572.5488
Email: pablo@dnc.org
web: democrats.org
Twitter: @Pablo_DNC


Watch here
From: Kane, Michael
Sent: Friday, April 29, 2016 3:10 PM
To: Comm_D
Subject: Video request: Trump being snuck into his own event
Happening on CNN now


Good. Just put a link on the April 1st comment.
From: Paustenbach, Mark
Sent: Friday, May 13, 2016 10:29 AM
To: RR2
Subject: FOR RR2: DNC Chair on Trump Tax Returns
SL: DNC Chair on Trump Tax Returns
This morning Donald Trump once again went back on his word, refusing to release his tax returns. When asked
during an interview whether he would disclose his tax rate, Trump snapped at the interviewer and said it was "none of your business." He also argued that voters do not have a right to see his tax returns before Election Day.
Of course, when Trump first considered running for President in 1999, he said
he, "probably wouldn't have a problem with" releasing his tax returns if he ran. Later, in 2012, he argued
if you're running for President, "at a minimum, probably, you're going to have to show your [tax] returns" and they should be released by April 1st
of the election year.
Democratic National Committee Chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz issued the following statement:
"Trump's refusal to release his tax returns raises serious questions about what he's hiding, whether or not he pays his fair share and how much he would benefit from his own reckless tax plan. If Trump can't be open and honest about his purported wealth today as a candidate, there's no telling how much he would rig the system to enrich himself and others at the top at the expense of hardworking families as president."


Dangerous Donald is good. Let them complain. Trump won't stop trying to call HRC Crooked, we shouldn't blink cause a couple reporters get snarky.
[SigDems]
Luis Miranda, Communications Director
Democratic National Committee
202-863-8148 - MirandaL@dnc.org
- @MiraLuisDC
From: Helmstetter, TJ
Sent: Friday, May 06, 2016 12:19 PM
To: Palermo, Rachel; CommsApproval_D
Cc: Price, Jenna
Subject: RE: For comms approval: Dangerous Donald's impact on our schools
Can we not use that subject line? We got a lot of hell on reporter twitter yesterday for using Dangerous Donald repeatedly
From: Palermo, Rachel
Sent: Friday, May 06, 2016 12:00 PM
To: CommsApproval_D
Cc: Helmstetter, TJ; Price, Jenna
Subject: For comms approval: Dangerous Donald's impact on our schools
SL: Dangerous Donald's impact on our schools
Donald Trump's dangerous rhetoric has not only been damaging to the spirit of the electoral process-- now his behavior is affecting our students' experience in our schools. Yesterday, American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten and Representative Mark Pocan joined a DNC media call to discuss Teacher Appreciation Week and the disaster that Donald Trump has already brought to the American education system.
Read what people are saying below:
Randi Weingarten: Donald Trump's Rhetoric Has Contaminated Schools
EDUCATION WEEK // ANDREW UJIFUSA
Forget Donald Trump's plans to eliminate the U.S. Department of Education or allegations of fraud against Trump University: The real estate executive has already poisoned public schools, according to American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten, by fostering a toxic environment that encourages bullying.
In a conference call with reporters on Thursday set up by the Democratic National Committee, Weingarten blasted the real estate executive for his "xenophobia" and his "promotion of violence." And she said that it's too late to turn back the clock on the negative effect he's already had on public schools.
...
There have also been reports of incidents like Donald Trump's name being chanted by fans at a Wisconsin high school soccer game, along with "build that wall" and racial slurs. (Trump has pledged to halt illegal immigration from Mexico by building a wall along the southern border, and by making the Mexican government pay for it.)
...
Make no mistake, Weingarten and Democratic U.S. Rep. Mark Pocan of Wisconsin, who was also on the call, blasted Trump for his other positions on education too. Weingarten said she was not surprised that one of Trump's high-profile surrogates is New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, a Republican who has said teachers' unions need a punch in the face.
"What we're seeing is the presumptive nominee of the Republican Party be anti-teacher and anti-public education," the AFT president said.
Teachers union: Trump's comments encourage school bullies
THE HILL // TIM DEVANEY
Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump is promoting a "climate of bullying" in schools, the head of a teachers union supporting Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton said Thursday.
Teachers call it the "Trump effect."
They say Trump's rhetoric encourages violence and racism - not only on the campaign trail, but also in the classroom.
"Donald Trump appeals to the worst elements of our society," American Federation of Teachers (AFT) President Randi Weingarten told reporters Thursday. His rhetoric "is really creating bullying and violence in schools."
To Get a Sense of Trump's Education Policies, Look No Further Than Christie
NJ SPOTLIGHT // JOHN MOONEY
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.
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[DNC]
Rachel Palermo
Democratic National Committee
PalermoR@dnc.org
202-863-8041


They are playing clips of it on mnsbc right now. I am sure it will be on today show online later
Christina Freundlich
DNC Deputy National Press Secretary
314-302-0602


Trump's nomination could spark fight over party platform
Donald Trump
’s position at the top of the GOP ticket could spark a major fight over the direction of the party’s platform.
Trump has staked out issues that contradict with the party’s general philosophy—on abortion, trade, taxes and campaign finance to name a few—a reality that could prompt a battle at the convention if Team Trump and convention delegates come to a head.
“The platform committee will be where the action is at,” said former Republican National Committee aide Doug Heye.
“The membership of the platform committee tends to be pretty conservative,” he added, noting that the potential conflict over the party platform would be the manifestation of the “existential crisis and operational chaos that Republicans face” now that Trump is the de-facto nominee.
Part of the heat could stem from a critical mass of delegates loyal to Trumps main primary rival Ted Cruz
, who had strong success winning delegate loyalties while hoping for a contested convention.
While those delegates won’t have a chance to sweep in and hand Cruz the nomination since Cruz dropped out after losing Tuesday's Indiana primary, the staunch conservatives that his team helped put on the floor will still be carrying his torch.
“We still want Cruz delegates to go to the convention, we want conservative delegates to go to the convention in part because of the platform and in part to get grassroots rules that favor the grassroots,” said Ken Cuccinelli, a key member of Cruz’s delegate team who will be on the convention floor as a delegate from Virginia.
He added that the Cruz campaign’s “extraordinary head start getting really rock-ribbed, conservative delegates,” will help “preserve and protect a conservative platform.”
The Trump campaign did not return requests to comment on its platform priorities. But Trump has not been shy about his vision for the platform, specifically on the hot-button issue of abortion.
When asked during an NBC town hall last month if he’d change the Republican Party’s platform to specifically include exceptions for rape, incest and the life of the mother, Trump said “absolutely.”
That instantly drew criticism from the March for Life that the move would set the party back “years,” as well as from Ted Cruz, who pointed to the comment as “part of his pulling the mask off and revealing that he is really a New York liberal.”
The 2012 platform called to protect the “sanctity of human life and affirm that the unborn child has a fundamental individual right to life which cannot be infringed,” as well as for a “human life amendment.”
Republicans believe that any changes to soften that language would be a tough sell. That’s especially true, they say, in part because Family Research Council president Tony Perkins sits on the platform committee.
“It borders on impossible, no way that is going to change,” Cuccinelli said.
“Inconceivable.”
Typically, a party's nominee can push the platform to reflect his positions in many respects.
The committee includes one man and one woman from each state delegation. The full roster won't be finalized until all primaries and state party conventions are held. But there will likely be a mix of Trump allies and those who are less than enthused about his candidacy.
Trump’s differences with the 2012 platform go further than just abortion. Trump’s call for high tariffs flies in the face of the platform’s push for free trade, his disparagement of the Trans-Pacific Partnership counters the platform’s endorsement, he’s waffled on tax cuts for the rich and he’s criticized Citizens United.
But he’s far from the first nominee to come in with significant disagreements, including on abortion—Mitt Romney and John McCain
both supported exceptions that Trump wants included in the platform.
Jim Bopp, a longtime platform committee member who helped author its abortion plank, told The Hill that crafting the platform is a “process of reconciling those issues.” He added that the platform committee has addressed conflicts in many ways, including generalities or avoiding an issue all together.
In his analysis, the party has successfully walked the line in the past on abortion.
“A human life amendment is a generic term, there are numerous versions some that address exemptions and others that don’t,” Bopp said.
“We purposefully drafted that to be generic and to avoid what would be the job of the legislature.”
When McCain came into the convention in 2008, he did so with some significant baggage as far as the party was concerned—his work on the McCain-Feingold campaign finance reform.
But Bopp, who ended up representing Citizens United in the landmark Supreme Court case, noted to The Hill that the platform committee simply chose to leave out the issue entirely.
RNC chairman Reince Priebus pushed back against the idea that Trump would be able to call the shots on the platform during a breakfast event Friday.
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“The party is, was and will remain the Republican Party of the open door, freedom, opportunity, and equality,” he said.
“Our platform will remain much the same as it is right now.”
And while Cuccinelli is hopeful that the convention will deliver a strong, conservative platform, Trump has never based his candidacy on the popular party positions or its sacred cows, a fact that could defuse a potential showdown.
“There may be less conflict because I don’t think Donald Trump gives a rip what the platform says,” he said.
“if you ask me to bet on the whole series of possible outcomes, he’ll blow it off, he will literally not care. He’s never cared before, why would he care now?”


Trump also said he won't offer a Trump Doctrine in his speech tomorrow on foreign policy because things change:
"It won't be the Trump doctrine. You have to be flexible ... You cannot say 'This is my doctrine, I will not move'"


I can monitor
From: Miranda, Luis
Sent: Monday, April 25, 2016 2:08 PM
To: Regional Press
Subject: 2 STAFFERS NEEDED FOR MONITORING TOMORROW
You know I appreciate you all and the hard work everyone puts in on this team. That said, the Hunger Games are back, or at least they can be! If members of our team don't volunteer to monitor we'll have to start assigning so that we have a balanced rotation.
So here are the details, we need 2 volunteers to monitor tomorrow from 8pm-midnight (or whenever coverage ends). If you haven't volunteered lately or at all, please sign up first. Otherwise we'll switch back to assigned rotations. Thanks Team.
[SigDems]
Luis Miranda, Communications Director
Democratic National Committee
202-863-8148 - MirandaL@dnc.org
- @MiraLuisDC


Sarah Huckabee Sanders v Stephanie Schriock
More women than men vote in presidential elections, so why is he doing this?
Huckabee - I don't think he is attacking women, I think he is pointing out what the sanders campaign has been pointing out for months is that the only reason Hillary Clinton is running is because she is a woman. She doesn't have a successful record to run on.
Is Trump trying to make her just a woman? Shouting? Etc?
He is not saying those things because she is woman. When you put them together on the issues, he is better
Stephanie?
He is taking on a strategy that is marginalizing women. Emily's list has been doing polling for decades now and women voters are going to vote for the candidate that advances the economic agenda for women.
Pro Cruz super Pac ad about boxer Mike Tyson. Is this the type of endorsement that Donald Trump should be looking for?
Donald Trump is looking for the endorsement of every American, which is why he is doing so well. He is not a Washington insider, shes the ultimate insider.
Kellyanne Conway said that Trump is swiftboating women
Trump's comments are actually going to backfire. 69% of women have an unfavorable opinion of Donald Trump
Does Hillary alienate men if she continues to play it up
She talks about a contrast between two visions. Her campaign focuses on economic opportunities between women and families.
From: Freundlich, Christina
Sent: Sunday, May 01, 2016 12:04 PM
To: Bhatnagar, Akshai; Comm_D
Subject: RE: Video Request: This Week
Robert Gates interview - this was a good interview for us, but he doesn't outright say that Donald Trump is dangerous. We should consider chopping this up and blasting it out and write the framework of a dangerous Donald at the top
Tell me what you believe a Trump presidency would mean for national security?
Based on the speech, you have someone who doesn't understand the difference between a business negotiation and a negotiation with sovereign powers
For example, on the one hand says, we need to be a more reliable ally to our friends. And in the next breath, he says we're going to rip up all those burden-sharing agreements and make them go their own way if they don't pay for everything. He says some things that, are hard to disagree with. The allies ought to be doing more. But how do you actually get them there when you're dealing with 28 sovereign countries?
How do you walk away from china? A country we have trillions of dollars in trade with?
If Donald Trump is elected, are we safe? Is national security in good hands?
He doesn't appear to listen, that he is the smartest man in the room. I have worked for some very different presidents. One thing that they all had in common was their willingness to listen. And then make their own independent judgements. But they never assumed they all had the answers, and that is one of the things that troubles me.
How do you think foreign leaders see him? What are they saying?
They have spoken for themselves. Many have said publically how worried they are about the possibility of Mr. Trump becoming president. His unpredictability, his lack of understanding about the complexity of foreign affairs. His threats that he is going to make other country do things.
Let's talk about Secretary Clinton. Is she more hawkish
She probably would be. She has a more robust action than Syria
How would her foreign policy be different than Barack Obama's? Is she more hawkish? Do you see her that way?
I think she probably would be. She clearly has been on the record favoring a more robust action in Syria, for example. So I think show probably would be some what more hawkish than president Obama.
President Obama said his biggest mistake was not working for after intervention in Libya. How much responsibility does secretary Clinton bear for that?
I think just as was the case in the inability to deal with post invasion Iraq in the bush administration, ultimately, the failure to plan for a post invasion or post military operation really has to reside in the white house. It's the white house. And the nsc that has to bring defense and state intelligence community and others together in the plans process. It's not the province of just one department.
I want to ask you about her e-mails. You have been in government almost your whole life. I know there is lots of overclassification. People complain about that. With your experience, if you read a document in an e-mail, would you have a pretty good idea of whether it should be marked top secret even if it wasn't?
Sometimes not. Things are overclassified. Sometimes I would get something that would be classified. And I would look at somebody and say, I'm about to tell a foreign leader what is on this piece of paper. That's marked top secret. And that's going to do serious damage to the United States? Why are you gfing it to me as a talking point if it's classified top secret? It is tough sometimes. If you don't have any markings on a piece of paper, it's tough sometimes to tell if it's classified or not.
From: Freundlich, Christina
Sent: Sunday, May 01, 2016 11:51 AM
To: Bhatnagar, Akshai; Comm_D
Subject: RE: Video Request: This Week
Roundtable
Matthew Dowd - no. He should take the advice that he gave Kasich. When you are mathematically not vile, you should drop out.
Ted Cruz understands that this is slipping away
EJ Dionne - you have a lot of people who are afraid to come out against Donald Trump now
Kirsten Soltis Anderson - Indiana isn't going to be easy for Ted Cruz
LZ Granderson - doesn't think Cruz will win at a convention
Matthew Dowd  - without Ted Cruz being a good option, this thing is for Donald Trump
LZ Granderson-Bernie sanders shouldn't bow out
From: Bhatnagar, Akshai
Sent: Sunday, May 01, 2016 10:17 AM
To: Freundlich, Christina; Comm_D
Subject: RE: Video Request: This Week
Watch here
From: Freundlich, Christina
Sent: Sunday, May 01, 2016 10:02 AM
To: Comm_D
Subject: Video Request: This Week
Can we pull the rest of the show please? Will take a look to see if there is anything notable
Christina Freundlich
DNC Deputy National Press Secretary
314-302-0602


Manafort here
From: Brinster, Jeremy
Sent: Sunday, April 24, 2016 9:15 AM
To: Comm_D
Subject: RE: FNS 4-24-16
Nothing real interesting on Trump being more presidential. Says multiple times there will be no second ballot at the convention and that is why the campaign isn't focused on stealing state delegates like Cruz is
Paul Manafort interview
*         You met with RNC to reassure them, said Trump has been playing a part. He's been campaigning for 10 monhs and we haven't seen real man?
o   That was about what settings he's been. You've seen real Trump in campaign mode
o   RNC has a different mode-wants to know if Trump is going to be giving policy speeches, etc, which he will
*         But it does sound like spin, doesn't seem like you were talking about rallies vs speeches
o   But that is what I was saying, it's been distorted
o   Trump has been saying when I'm at rallies, I want to show you who I am in this environment, when I'm giving policy speeches, I'm giving policy speeches
*         Cruz has said Trump the Conservative is just a show, trying to fool gullible voters
o   Well there's the liar, not Trump
o   He's got to change to conversation, narrative, because he's had the nomination eliminated for him
o   Cruz made this up from whole cloth, trump never said he isn't building a wall
o   Cruz is going to lose all five Tues states, come in third in most
o   Like with Carson and Rubio, Cruz just makes things up
*         Cruz had a good weekend-one of your jobs is to get delegates committed, Cruz won a lot of their support, 65-2 for you
o   You've been around a long time Chris, the only vote that matters is the vote cast when the roll is called. Cruz won 0 delegates for that vote yesterday
o   Other problems happened before I was involved
o   Cruz is bending to rules, in Maine the governor put together a slate based on primary results, Cruz broke the deal, didn't care about local officials, steamrolled it. That's not the trump approach
o   We're running a campaign to win folks on first ballot, and we are
o   What Cruz is doing is hurting the party. There will be no second ballot.
*         You became a lobbyist after Reagan white house, you have controversial clients (foreign dictators), your firm were called torturer's lobby
o   I was representing the administration's chosen groups in Philippines, other countries
*         Not Yanukovich
o   I worked with Europeans to bring Ukraine into Europe, role I played was to help that happen
*         Cruz calls yours a lobbyist campaign
o   The people he's talking about haven't been lobbying for 10-20 years
*         His point is that Trump's anti-establishment outsider status is no longer valid
o   I'm not running, Trump is, Trump is clearly an outsider, and he's established that
o   Cruz is trying to say the process, voting, doesn't matter
o   He wants to destroy the party and see who can pick up the pieces on the 2nd, 3rd ballot
o   We're trying to work with Mitch McConnell in KY to put together a unity slate
o   We're working with party officials, we didn't want to go into a state in be disruptive, as Cruz did
o   We want to make sure people who Trump hasn't been exposed to know we're going to work with them
*         Trump said transgender people can use whatever bathroom they want (it would be discriminatory, expensive), but then Trump said it was state's rights. What does he think about NC law
o   He thinks what he said, that it's a states' rights issues
o   It's not a reversal
*         But 12 hours before he said leave it the way it is, no real problem there
o   Trump said what his personal opinion was, and then he said how he would handle it, called it state's rights issue
*         Trump foreign policy speech using teleprompters, are you trying to drag him kicking to be more presidential
o   It's not a new campaign, it's an expanded campaign
o   Trump had to establish legitimacy, win primaries, become presumptive nominee, all of which he did, now he's in next phase
From: Brinster, Jeremy
Sent: Sunday, April 24, 2016 9:02 AM
To: Comm_D
Subject: FNS 4-24-16
Opens with Trump re-brand


in 7 mins
Sent from my iPhone


Yup! Gonna be fun!
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From: Walker, Eric
Sent: Saturday, April 23, 2016 4:17 PM
To: Kate Houghton
Cc: Miranda, Luis; Paustenbach, Mark; Ryan Banfill; Geoff Burgan
Subject: Re: Held Press Times for Primary Day
Trump going to have a huge night by all expectations so we should book a couple of these late blocks to keep pressing narrative in the press that he will be nominee and Rs are freaking out.
On Apr 23, 2016, at 9:52 AM, Kate Houghton
> wrote:
I'm holding the following blocks on the calendar for you guys to use. If you don't fill we can always do call time or something else. If something doesn't fall in one of these windows let me know. We can probably move something around.  I'll also get you times for Wednesday morning.
6am-10am
12pm-115pm
530pm-630pm
After 9pm


Dem Rapid Response, unlisted:
From: Walker, Eric
Sent: Thursday, May 05, 2016 6:38 PM
To: Corinne Matti
Cc: Comm_D
Subject: RE: Video Request: Trump on Baier says he knows russia well because he held a beauty pageant there
Trump and Palin’s Foreign Policy “Experience” on Russia
From: Corinne Matti
Sent: Thursday, May 05, 2016 6:37 PM
To: Walker, Eric
Cc: Comm_D
Subject: Re: Video Request: Trump on Baier says he knows russia well because he held a beauty pageant there
We will put on rapid youtube
do you have a title?
On May 5, 2016, at 6:24 PM, Walker, Eric
> wrote:
Can we get a quick and dirty cut (no graphics or anything) with that response and then Palin’s interview from 08 where she said she could see Russia from land in Alaska?
Eric Walker
walkere@dnc.org
732-991-1489
@ericmwalker


Watch here:

Ezra
From: Hendricks, Lauren
Sent: Tuesday, May 03, 2016 10:38 PM
To: Deutsch-Feldman, Ezra; Berns, Jeremy; Comm_D
Subject: RE: Video Request: MSNBC Indiana Primary Coverage
Clip:
Brian Williams asked Michael Steele if he would recognize his party in a police lineup
Steele laughs and says hell no
Happened about 3 mins ago.
Lauren Hendricks
From: Deutsch-Feldman, Ezra
Sent: Tuesday, May 03, 2016 7:47 PM
To: Berns, Jeremy; Comm_D
Subject: RE: Video Request: MSNBC Indiana Primary Coverage
Watch here:

Ezra
From: Berns, Jeremy
Sent: Tuesday, May 03, 2016 7:33 PM
To: Comm_D
Subject: Re: Video Request: MSNBC Indiana Primary Coverage
Bernie’s CM Weaver on now
On May 3, 2016, at 6:34 PM, Jeremy Berns
> wrote:
bernsj
[6:19 PM]
nicole wallace on msnbc: i think the whole GOP belongs in therapy