Mark Paustenbach
National Press Secretary &
Deputy Communications Director
Democratic National Committee
W: 202.863.8148
paustenbachm@dnc.org


FYI
From: Democratic Party of New Mexico Press Liaison
Sent: Thursday, May 05, 2016 8:39 AM
Subject: TODAY: DPNM, NM Senate Democrats, NM House Democrats to Host Press Conference on Trump Nomination, NM GOP Trump Endorsement
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
05/05/2016
Contact: Felicia Salazar
Phone: (505)
750-2585
TODAY: DPNM, NM Senate Democrats, NM House Democrats to Host Press Conference on Trump Nomination, NM GOP Trump Endorsement
Albuquerque, N.M. – Democratic Party of New Mexico (DPNM), New Mexico Senate Democrats, and New Mexico House Democrats will host a press conference today, Thursday, May 5 in Albuquerque Civic Plaza on the presumptive Republican nomination and New Mexico GOP’s endorsement of Donald Trump.
Press conference speakers include DPNM Chairwoman Debra Haaland, New Mexico Senator Jerry Ortiz y Pino (D-Dist. 12), New Mexico Representative Gail Chasey (D-Dist. 18), New Mexico Representative Javier Martinez (D-Dist. 11), New Mexico Representative and New Mexico House Democratic Caucus Chair Patricia Roybal Caballero (D-Dist. 13), and Albuquerque City Councilor Pat Davis (D-Dist. 6).
***Press interested in attending should email Felicia@nmdemocrats.org
or call (505)750-2585
***
What:
Press Conference on Donald Trump’s Presumptive Republican Nomination & New Mexico GOP’s Trump Endorsement
Who:
DPNM Chairwoman Debra Haaland, N.M. Senator Jerry Ortiz y Pino, N.M. Representative Gail Chasey, N.M. Representative Javier Martinez, N.M. Representative Patricia Roybal Caballero, Albuquerque City Councilor Pat Davis
When:
TODAY, Thursday, May 5, 2016 at 11:30 a.m.
Where:
North Side of Albuquerque Civic Plaza, Albuquerque, N.M. 87102
###


Hey team - follow-ups from the call.
Research is working their way through the Trump narrative.
I'm working on a skeleton release / advisory for state parties.
Digital is working on products as well.
I already see statements trickling into my inbox. RACHEL please identify an intern to start compiling these - Regional staff please start feeding these responses from state parties (and any clips that come with them) to the intern.
Finally, please stay on top of your battleground states to get events off the ground this week. Don't be mean, but implore them that it is our responsibility as the Democratic Party to hold Trump accountable and make sure he doesn't get into office. Also - it's easy/good press.
Thanks team
Eric Walker
walkere@dnc.org
732-991-1489
@ericmwalker


FYI
Begin forwarded message:
From: "Burgan, Geoff"
>
Subject: RE: FL23 Comms: EQUALITY Act Presser
Date: April 27, 2016 at 2:05:10 PM EDT
To: "Stolitzka, Anna"
>, "Garret Bonosky (bonoskyg@dnc.org
)"
>, "Kate Houghton (houghtonk@dnc.org
)"
>
Cc: "Pough, Tracie"
>, "Farhadian, Sarah"
>, "Extein, Seth"
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Updated Location and Time (to accommodate Leadership):
PRESS
Who: DWS and House Democrats including Rep. Cicilline & Hoyer
What:  Press conference calling on House Judiciary to hold hearings on the Equality Act in wake of anti-LGBT laws in NC & MS (DWS is original cosponsor)
Where: Studio A, HVC-114, U.S. Capitol
When: Thursday, April 28, 2016, 10:30 a.m. – 11:15 a.m. (Speaking program begins at 10:30; speaking order is Cicilline > Pelosi  > Hoyer > Becerra > DWS > Sean Patrick Maloney  > Hahn > Gutierrez > B. Lee)
Staff: Geoff
Brief: Geoff / Seth / Farhadian
Length: 30 minutes
Makeup: Regular daily make-up is good
Contact: Richard Luchette, Rep. Cicilline’s office, Richard.luchette@mail.house.gov
., x-54911
DWS Approval - Date/Source:
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Geoff Burgan
Press Secretary
Office of U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (FL-23)
C: 443.801.1915
BB: 202.999.9001
From: Stolitzka, Anna
Sent: Monday, April 25, 2016 4:38 PM
To: Burgan, Geoff; Garret Bonosky (bonoskyg@dnc.org
); Kate Houghton (houghtonk@dnc.org
)
Cc: Pough, Tracie; Farhadian, Sarah; Extein, Seth
Subject: RE: FL23 Comms: EQUALITY Act Presser
Ok
From: Burgan, Geoff
Sent: Monday, April 25, 2016 4:36 PM
To: Garret Bonosky (bonoskyg@dnc.org
); Kate Houghton (houghtonk@dnc.org
); Stolitzka, Anna
Cc: Pough, Tracie; Farhadian, Sarah; Extein, Seth
Subject: FL23 Comms: EQUALITY Act Presser
PRESS
Who: DWS and House Democrats including Rep. Cicilline & Hoyer
What:  Press conference calling on House Judiciary to hold hearings on the Equality Act in wake of anti-LGBT laws in NC & MS (DWS is original cosponsor)
Where: House Triangle, U.S. Capitol
When: Thursday, April 28, 2016, 10:15 a.m. – 10:45 a.m. (Speaking program begins at 10:15; speaking order so far is Cicilline > Hoyer > DWS, if she can attend)
Staff: Geoff
Brief: Geoff / Seth / Farhadian
Length: 30 minutes
Makeup: Regular daily make-up is good
Contact: Richard Luchette, Rep. Cicilline’s office, Richard.luchette@mail.house.gov
., x-54911
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Geoff Burgan
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C: 443.801.1915
BB: 202.999.9001


Byron York: Heidi Cruz says 'Ted is an immigrant'

By BYRON YORK (@BYRONYORK)
At a campaign stop just days before the critical Indiana primary, Heidi Cruz, wife of Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz, said one of her husband's strengths in the campaign is that he "is an immigrant."
"Ted is an immigrant," Mrs. Cruz said, emphasizing the word "is." "He is Hispanic."
Ted Cruz, who was born in Canada but who is an American citizen by birth, has come under withering fire from rival Donald Trump over his Canadian birth. Trump has questioned whether Cruz is constitutionally eligible to be president. (Most legal experts believe there is no question that Cruz is, but the matter has not been litigated.) And Trump has mocked Cruz, whose given name is Rafael Edward Cruz and whose mother is American and whose father is Cuban, over the circumstances of his birth.
"Rafael! Straight outta the hills of Canada," Trump said at a rally in Connecticut last week. "Was a Canadian citizen until 14, 15 months ago. And then he ran for the Senate. You know, you're registered as a Canadian citizen. He says, 'Oh, I'd never do that.' He never knew he was a Canadian! I can't believe that."
Here is the audio of Mrs. Cruz comments in Indiana Saturday:
Here is a transcript:
We have been unifying this party. Five of those 17 candidates have endorsed our campaign. And different parts of the party. We've been unifying fiscal conservatives. Evangelicals. Young people. Do you know that Ted has been winning the millennial vote in state after state? He's been winning the women's vote in state after state. Ted is an immigrant. He is Hispanic. He can unify this party. We have libertarians joining our cause. I have people everyday from the Democrat party telling that they have re-registered to vote for Ted as a Republican because they understand what he stands for and he represents American values.
Asked later, a Cruz aide said Mrs. Cruz misspoke. "As she has in numerous speeches over and over, Heidi was referring to Ted as being the son of an immigrant," said spokeswoman Catherine Frazier. "That is a story she shares repeatedly on the campaign trail. It is an integral part of his background and personal story, one which resonates with the millions of Americans who share a similar background, and that gives hope to those struggling to climb the economic ladder."*
Mrs. Cruz has had to discuss the issue of her husband's birth before. In January, she appeared on a radio program in Iowa in which she was asked whether she is "sleeping with an immigrant." Mrs. Cruz laughed and said, "There was a funny post on the Internet that the Canadians said, 'Don't worry, he's 100 percent American.' So I think that can partly settle the question." She went on to explain that she believes her husband is a natural-born citizen constitutionally eligible to be president.
*This story has been updated with the Cruz campaign's reaction.


What do folks think of the revised attached script?
From: "Walker, Eric"
>
Date: Thursday, April 28, 2016 at 7:00 PM
To: "Miranda, Luis"
>, "Compton, Matt"
>, Rebecca Christopher
>, Video-Vetting_d
>
Subject: RE: New video: GOP's worst week ever
We did that video yesterday – a mashup of all the ways he’s dangerous. So if this isn’t going to happen then let’s kill the idea. Sorry all.
From: Miranda, Luis
Sent: Thursday, April 28, 2016 6:46 PM
To: Compton, Matt; Walker, Eric; Christopher, Rebecca; Video-Vetting_d
Subject: RE: New video: GOP's worst week ever
Ok, change of concept then. We don't want to be flip about the danger his fp actually represents.
Sent via the Samsung GALAXY S®4, an AT&T 4G LTE smartphone
-------- Original message --------
From: "Compton, Matt"
>
Date: 04/28/2016 6:43 PM (GMT-05:00)
To: "Miranda, Luis"
>, "Walker, Eric"
>, "Christopher, Rebecca"
>, Video-Vetting_d
>
Subject: Re: New video: GOP's worst week ever
I don’t think we can make a video about the “Worst Week Ever” with a tone that’s ominous and foreboding.
If we want to make a different video — one focused just on Trump’s foreign policy proposal — we certainly can.
But that’s not the concept we discussed this morning and that the video team has been working on.
From: "Miranda, Luis"
>
Date: Thursday, April 28, 2016 at 6:37 PM
To: "Walker, Eric"
>, Rebecca Christopher
>, Video-Vetting_d
>
Subject: RE: New video: GOP's worst week ever
We have to change the tone. our direction and framing on Trump and his foreign policy speech should go back to our standard framing on how he is dangerous. Let’s stop using the rambling and incoherent frame. Please see how we are to talk about his foreign policy speech below. That means music shouldn’t be silly but ominous, and focus should be on contradictions, problems with what he’s saying, less focus on style.
As he’s done throughout his campaign, Dangerous Donald Trump is proving that on foreign policy, he lacks the judgment, experience, and temperament to be our next commander-in-chief. Trump would alienate allies and deal with friend and foe alike with reckless disregard, with poorly conceived ideas that would undermine our national security and make the American people less safe.
Don’t take our word for it, see what people are saying about his remarks below:
A Trump-First Foreign Policy
WALL STREET JOURNAL //
His maiden policy speech on Wednesday, devoted to foreign affairs, earns an “incomplete” at Trump University.
…
The 5,000-word speech lacked specifics by normal political standards, if not his own. The central motif, like all of Mr. Trump’s political thought, is that the businessman has the brains and strength to solve a given problem, and everybody else is a pathetic loser, so trust his instincts and temperament.
…
For prepared remarks, or for that matter even an after-dinner talk, Mr. Trump’s speech was especially rife with contradictions. He said the conduct of foreign policy must be “more unpredictable. We are totally predictable. We tell everything.” He also said the conduct of foreign policy must be “disciplined, deliberate and consistent.”
…
Mr. Trump isn’t known for close readings of his briefing books, if such documents exist, and deep policy knowledge is obviously not the source of his political appeal. But Americans typically prefer Presidents who are conversant about the world’s biggest problems beyond a sound bite or two…
Mr. Trump promised to “win our new future struggles, which may be many, which may be complex, but we will win if I become President.” He won’t become the GOP nominee much less President if voters don’t trust him with nuclear weapons…
Donald Trump’s Strange Worldview
NEW YORK TIMES // THE EDITORIAL BOARD
...
No one’s fears are likely to be allayed by this speech, which was clearly worked up by his new campaign advisers and read from a teleprompter. It did not exhibit much grasp of the complexity of the world, understanding of the balance or exercise of power, or even a careful reading of history.
...
Mr. Trump repeatedly states outright falsehoods, often based on wrong assumptions. He’s been refuted before on his claim that the Islamic State is making “millions of dollars a week” by selling Libyan oil. There is zero evidence of that. The nuclear deal with the United States and other major powers has not made Iran a “great power,” nor has Tehran violated the conditions of that pact, as Mr. Trump has said.
Mr. Trump says he knows how to negotiate, and to him that seems to mean putting forward maximal positions that he can then walk back. That won’t work in foreign policy. Mr. Trump did not display any willingness to learn or to correct his past errors. For someone who claims he is ready to lead the free world, that is inexcusable.
Trump's unreal foreign policy: Our view
USA TODAY // EDITORIAL BOARD
As anyone who watches reality television knows, the genre might be entertaining, but its correlation to actual reality is tenuous.
Which is a good place to start with the  much-awaited foreign policy speech delivered Wednesday in Washington by presidential candidate Donald Trump.
As with The Apprentice, the show that helped him become a household name, the Republican front-runner sought to provide appealing fare for a certain class of people. In this case, the primary audience was voters opposed to trade, resentful of immigrants, distrustful of foreign governments, and wistful for a time when America wielded more power in a simpler world.
In reaching out to this group, Trump vividly portrayed a world that does not exist: America’s allies would be more respectful after being lectured to, while its enemies would be dealt with by bluster. China would fall into line after enduring unspecified economic pressure. And troubled regions of the world would be stabilized through U.S. disengagement.
…
Things might happen that way on TV. But not in reality. Or perhaps we should say real reality.
Donald Trump shows dangerously incoherent foreign policy
THE SACRAMENTO BEE // THE EDITORIAL BOARD
Then, he gave a rambling, vague and incoherent speech Wednesday full of platitudes and contradictions, and suggested he would undermine international alliances that have helped keep America safe since World War II.
It was billed as a major foreign policy address, but voters looking for reassurances about Trump as commander in chief can’t feel that much more comfortable. Our longtime allies certainly won’t be confident.
Don’t be fooled by Trump’s foreign policy speech
WASHINGTON POST // ANNE APPLEBAUM
If you weren’t already convinced that parody is now the central art form of our era, then Donald Trump’s grand foreign policy speech yesterday was the proof.
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The multiple inconsistencies and internal contradictions have already been listed by others. On the one hand, he said that “your friends need to know that you will stick by the agreements that you have with them.” On the other hand, he threatened to “walk” if those same friends didn’t pony up to his demands. He wants to invest heavily in the military, but he wants to stop using the military. He doesn’t want to do “nation-building” but does want to promote “regional stability.” There was no sense that he knew what either of those terms actually meant.
…
Anyone who sits down and analyzes the speech from start to finish will, of course, worry about the contradictions, the inconsistencies, the impossible claims, the detachment from reality.
From Donald Trump, a Foreign Policy Speech Heavy on Slogans and Light on Details
WALL STREET JOURNAL // AARON DAVID MILLER
Those expecting a coherent, well-ordered view of the world and a strategy to match it would have been disappointed listening to Donald Trump’s foreign policy address on Wednesday. The speech was a collection of bromides, slogans, aims, and promises wrapped in Mr. Trump’s conviction that he can solve America’s problems in a cruel and unforgiving world–all without specifying how.
…
Nobody expected great detail on how exactly he would accomplish all of his plans. But in what was billed as a major foreign-policy address, the absence of guidance on how he would achieve his goals was striking. The best he could do about better burden sharing with our NATO allies was to suggest a summit to discuss the matter.
…
His implication that only he knows how to fix what ails the republic suggests a self-absorption that goes well beyond the normal ego and narcissism required to run for president. Mr. Trump’s preference for celebrity (his) over substance and his reliance on one-liners over serious analysis of complicated problems point up potential for conflict, at minimum, should he win the nation’s most-demanding job, a position that requires prudence, curiosity, and a willingness not only to ask questions but also to home in on the right ones.
Trump struggles to explain 'America first' foreign policy
ASSOCIATED PRESS// LOLITA C. BALDOR AND SAGAR MEGHANI
Donald Trump strained to lay out a clear vision of his "America first" foreign policy on Wednesday, vowing to substitute hard-headed realism for what he called a post-Cold War era replete with U.S. national security failures.
Yet the Republican presidential front-runner outlined no strategy for how he'd make the United States at the same time a "consistent" and "unpredictable" force in the world. And he didn't appear to allay the concerns of U.S. and international critics — Republicans at home as well as Democrats — who see him as unfit for the responsibilities of commander in chief.
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Trump also contradicted his own broad-brush approach to foreign policy. He said at one point that the best way to achieve his goals was through "disciplined, deliberate and consistent" policy. Later, however, he exhorted the nation to "be more unpredictable" in how it combats enemies.
Graham tears into Trump’s ‘pathetic’ foreign policy speech
THE HILL // JESSIE HELLMAN
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) tore into Donald Trump’s foreign policy address Wednesday in a series of tweets, saying, “Ronald Reagan must be rolling over in his grave.”
The outspoken senator called Trump’s speech at the Mayflower Hotel in Washington pathetic and incoherent.
“Trump speech is pathetic in terms of understanding the role America plays in the world, how to win War on Terror, and threats we face,” Graham wrote.
“Trump’s FP speech not conservative. It’s isolationism surrounded by disconnected thought, demonstrates lack of understanding threats we face.”
View this post on our Factivists site here
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[SigDems]
Luis Miranda, Communications Director
Democratic National Committee
202-863-8148 – MirandaL@dnc.org
- @MiraLuisDC
From: Walker, Eric
Sent: Thursday, April 28, 2016 6:32 PM
To: Christopher, Rebecca; Video-Vetting_d
Subject: RE: New video: GOP's worst week ever
Awesome. 2 adds from me.
Can we get a Fareed clip talking about Trump’s speech? Feel like he’s very recognizable
And has there been any discussion on television about how the Republican Party has its highest disapproval in 24 years? I’ve seen a some print pickup but no TV yet. That could be a good kicker.
Thanks guys
From: Christopher, Rebecca
Sent: Thursday, April 28, 2016 5:10 PM
To: Video-Vetting_d
Subject: New video: GOP's worst week ever
Hi everyone,
We’re putting together some of the worst moments the GOP had this week for a fun recap. Script is attached — let me know if you have any flags and thank you!


Jesus
Just don't want it to look like we're preventing people from speaking at all.
Mark Paustenbach
National Press Secretary &
Deputy Communications Director
Democratic National Committee
202.863.8148
paustenbachm@dnc.org
On May 20, 2016, at 5:38 PM, Miranda, Luis
> wrote:
Nope. Chairs are afraid.
Some people are telling Sanders supporters to bring 2x4s to the Wyoming convention.
________________________________
From: Paustenbach, Mark
Sent: Friday, May 20, 2016 5:37 PM
To: Miranda, Luis
Subject: Fwd: NBC and politico stories from ASDC are up
The first line of Seitz-Wald's piece is a little strong, no?
Mark Paustenbach
National Press Secretary &
Deputy Communications Director
Democratic National Committee
202.863.8148
paustenbachm@dnc.org
Begin forwarded message:
From: "Walker, Eric"
>
Date: May 20, 2016 at 5:23:31 PM EDT
To: Comm_D
>
Subject: NBC and politico stories from ASDC are up
Only flag is that Bernie-land could spin this is as Dems trying to silence him at convention, but on the whole, these stories aren’t bad.
MSNBC: Democrats consider new rules to avoid convention chaos
05/20/16 04:53 PM
By Alex Seitz-Wald
PHILADELPHIA – Still reeling from the chaos surrounding last weekend’s Nevada Democratic State Convention, party officials considered new guidelines Friday that would bar interruptions of any kind at upcoming state conventions.
Last week’s unrest was on everyone’s mind at a meeting here of State Democratic Party chairmen, who rallied around Roberta Lange, the Nevada chair who has received death threats from supporters of Bernie Sanders.
“Any one of us could be Roberta one day,” Democratic National Committee Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz said. “But none of us are going to stand for it.”
In a speech dedicated almost entirely to projecting confidence that the party will ultimately unify, Wasserman Schultz drew on her experience as a die-hard Hillary Clinton supporter in 2008.
“To say that I was not very well-liked by then-Sen. Obama’s supporters would be an understatement. Despised might be more accurate,” Wasserman Schultz said. “I share that story with you because I want to remind everyone that we have been down this road before.”
She mocked the “media’s love affair with notions of party discord” and said she was “confident that we will channel the passion and energy from our primary into unity behind a common purpose.”
Last week’s convention in Las Vegas devolved into chaos. Sanders supporters loudly objected to the procedure, claiming their supporters were being disenfranchised. It stretched on for hours as officials lost control, before security finally shut down the event. Unrest continued the next day when the Democratic Party’s headquarters were vandalized by graffiti and Lange received threats.
The incident has led Democrats to worry about unrest at the Democratic National Convention, which will take place here in July. Some Sanders supporters have already promised protests.
Sanders supporters loudly objected to the procedure, claiming their supporters were being disenfranchised.
As state party chairs, they were also worried about the dozen or so state conventions that will occur before the national event. Some expressed particular concern about Wyoming’s convention, scheduled for next week.
“The experience of the Nevada Convention demands that action be taken,” said Ray Buckley, the New Hampshire party chairman, who also serves as president of the Association of State Democratic Party Chairs.
He said every state party was “stunned and saddened” by what happened in Nevada, but that state was not alone in seeing “bad behavior” at party events.
Buckley called on the Sanders campaign, along with the Clinton’s campaign and the DNC, to agree to eight new guidelines to ensure peace at upcoming state conventions.
The guidelines called for cost sharing for extra security, more meetings to hammer out issues ahead of time and for senior officials with both campaigns to be on the floor of the convention to help reign in supporters if need be.
He also called on all parties to agree that conventions should proceed “without interruption or interference of any manner,” including “auditory or visual distractions.”
Jaxon Ravens, the chairman of the Washington State Party, added that party officials should take extra safety and security precautions at state party offices.
Several party chairs stood to publicly thank Lange. “It’s not about Nevada any more, it’s about all of us,” she replied.
Lange told MSNBC that she is still receiving threats from Sanders supporters and fears for her safety. She said she has yet to hear from the Sanders campaign.
Clinton campaign manage Robby Mook briefly addressed the group Friday and will speak again Saturday. Sanders campaign manager Jeff Weaver was scheduled to appear, but canceled, several sources said. Sanders’ political director addressed the group Thursday.
After Nevada chaos, Dems propose new rules for state conventions
By GABRIEL DEBENEDETTI
05/20/16 04:59 PM EDT
PHILADELPHIA — Democratic Party leaders are proposing a set of new rules governing conduct at upcoming state party conventions to avoid a repeat of the chaos in Nevada that has sent worries about party unity up the spines of Democrats nationwide.
Speaking to fellow party chairs at the spring meeting of the Association of State Democratic Chairs in Philadelphia, the group’s leader, New Hampshire's Raymond Buckley, laid down a set of guidelines that would commit the Democratic National Committee and the Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders campaigns to maintaining an active presence at the remaining events. He said both campaigns have agreed to follow through.
“Every state party was stunned and saddened by what was alleged to have occurred in Nevada. Unfortunately, while Nevada has gotten the most coverage, it’s not the only example of bad behavior at a state party convention this year, and that needs to be addressed,” Buckley said to a conference room of elected Democrats in the Sheraton Downtown hotel, referring to the discordant Saturday convention that had to be shut down by hotel security after Sanders supporters protested the proceedings, believing the rules were being changed unfairly and that their representatives were not being properly seated. In the days since the meeting, at which Sanders backers also shouted down Clinton-backing California Sen. Barbara Boxer, Nevada Democratic Party Chairwoman Roberta Lange has received death threats and abuse from Sanders supporters.
“It is not acceptable for a state chair, or anyone participating within the Democratic Party for that matter, to be the victim of death threats or have their families’ safety or jobs threatened,” Buckley said.
The proposals — which drew no audible protests — include having the campaigns and DNC commit to sending senior staff members to be on site for the conventions, having the convention leaders provide their proposed rules to both campaigns and the DNC at least 48 hours early, ensuring all speakers run without interruptions, and securing a commitment from both campaigns and the national party to help with the cost of any needed law enforcement or security.
The plan came at the top of the meeting’s public afternoon session, shortly before party chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz spoke. Most of the meeting — which was attended by Sanders deputy campaign manager Rich Pelletier and political outreach director Nick Carter, as well as Clinton campaign manager Robby Mook — was dedicated to logistical planning for July’s national convention.
The other four legs of Buckley’s proposal are to have the campaigns and DNC commit to meeting with the state party about their concerns the day before the convention, have the state parties work to ensure every delegate is properly registered and explained, make sure all delegates can participate safely, and have the campaigns and DNC be willing to assist in enforcing these rules.
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After a tremendous week in DNC broadcasting, we have segments galore to cash in next week if NM, CA, or minimum wage people need exposure. Given that Raul is from there, could be an opportunity for him or his people to get out there. If not in-house folks, only top talkers pls.
For CA, unless we have better, let's use Becerra for any national hits.
Sent from my iPhone
On May 20, 2016, at 2:17 PM, Walker, Eric
> wrote:
Thanks to Jenna for compiling
Week Ahead Notes 5.20.16
SATURDAY- May 21
·         New Mexico GOP state convention state party press call- Walter coordinating
MONDAY- May 23
·         New Mexico state party press conference hitting Trump before visit on Tuesday- Walter coordinating. Looking into Bill Richardson as surrogate as well.
WEDNESDAY- May 25
·         25th anniversary of fair minimum wage act, also anniversary of last time we raised minimum wage (2007)
o   Messaging packet for state parties in progress
·         Trump Los Angeles fundraiser state party press call- Walter coordinating (combine with SD call)
THURSDAY- May 26
·         Trump keynote speech at Williston Basin Petroleum Conference
o   Energy hit/ messaging TBD – Christina handling
·         Trump Montana rally state party protest/ press call TBD – Walter coordinating
·         Trump San Diego rally state party press call- Walter coordinating (combine with LA call)
FRIDAY- May 27
·         President Obama Hiroshima trip
o   Should keep an eye on visit/ prepare messaging
Eric Walker
walkere@dnc.org
732-991-1489
@ericmwalker


+ RR2
I would like to blast this story. It's exactly our doc.
From: Freundlich, Christina
Sent: Thursday, May 19, 2016 11:12 AM
To: Dillon, Lauren; Paustenbach, Mark; Walker, Eric
Subject: RE: To Pitch: Trump Paying Bridgegate Debt
Wish I could take credit for the AP writing about this yesterday. Grrrrrr
Trump bails out Christie with fundraisers
Michael Catalini, Associated Press 10:38 p.m. EDT May 18, 2016
TRENTON, N.J. - Presumptive GOP nominee Donald Trump is helping dig former rival Chris Christie and the New Jersey Republican Party out of big debt they incurred from the George Washington Bridge scandal and the governor's presidential campaign.
Trump on Thursday will attend a $25,000-per-person fundraiser for the state GOP to help it pay off about $500,000 incurred in legal fees responding to legislative subpoenas in the bridge scandal. Trump and Christie will headline the event as well as a separate, $200 per-person fundraiser to pay down Christie's roughly $250,000 presidential campaign debt.
"Governor Christie has been very supportive of Mr. Trump," said Trump spokeswoman Hope Hicks. "Mr. Trump looks forward to raising money for the Governor and spending time with the great people of New Jersey on Thursday night."
The hand-in-hand fund raising help is a sharp turnabout from five months ago, when Trump said Christie "totally knew" that some of his allies had shut down access lanes to bridge to retaliate against a Democratic mayor who wouldn't support Christie's re-election, as prosecutors allege. Two former Christie allies have pleaded not guilty to federal wire fraud and civil rights charges. Christie has not been charged and denies involvement.
Christie has since folded his presidential campaign and taken the big political risk of endorsing Trump, and the billionaire has tapped the governor to head his White House transition team.
Now Trump, eager to show support for the Republican Party, is making what some members of the GOP see as a helpful gesture.
"We certainly take it as a demonstration of their long and deep friendship," said Bill Palatucci, a long-time Christie adviser and New Jersey Republican National Committeeman. "Whether it's a thank-you or not, we appreciate it nonetheless."
The events, both held at the National Guard Armory in Lawrenceville, are expected to draw roughly 1,000 people for the presidential debt fundraiser and 15 to 20 for the state party fundraiser, Palatucci said. The fundraisers, he says, are expected to retire the debt almost entirely, if not completely.
Trump is coming to New Jersey as the bridge scandal is in headlines again this week after a federal appeals court delayed the release of a list of unindicted co-conspirators in the scheme sought by media organizations, including The Associated Press.
New Jersey taxpayers have spent more than $10 million for legal services for the Christie administration. Christie's 2013 gubernatorial campaign also still owes nearly $1 million for legal services. None of the money raised Thursday will go toward those costs, according to Palatucci.
Asked about the fundraisers this week by a reporter, Christie shook his head and laughed but refused to comment.
Hicks did not address whether Trump still believes Christie knew about the lane closures.
In recent comments Christie has highlighted his friendship with Trump, which goes back more than a decade, and insisted support doesn't stem from political expediency.
"This is not like some political marriage," Christie said. "This is a guy I've known and been friends with for 14 years."
The state party is praising Trump ahead of his first visit to the state since he has become the presumptive nominee.
"We are proud that Mr. Trump has shown his commitment to growing our party here in New Jersey," said Pete Sheridan, executive director of the Republican State Committee.
Christie's presidential campaign was a magnet for New Jersey Republicans with most of the party establishment backing him. He raised nearly $4 million from New Jersey donors, far more than any other Republican candidate, according to federal records. That produced a squeeze on contributors, which likely cost other Republicans running for office in the state, according to political experts.
"It really created a vacuum in the last years," Montclair State University political science professor Brigid Harrison said. "There was this kind of sucking from New Jersey donors to his campaign at the cost of down-ballot candidates."
From: Dillon, Lauren
Sent: Wednesday, May 18, 2016 12:51 PM
To: Freundlich, Christina; Paustenbach, Mark; Walker, Eric
Subject: To Pitch: Trump Paying Bridgegate Debt
See attached. By fundraising for the NJ GOP tomorrow, Trump is basically helping to pay off Christie's bridgegate debt. He previously said Christie knew about bridgegate when it was happening and now Trump has tapped Christie to create the Trump administration after Christie's own staffers put the lives of Americans at risk playing politics.
Let me know if you have questions.


May 18, 2016
Key Vote Alert: House Democrats Fighting GOP’s Agenda of
Discrimination & Intolerance
Republicans in Congress are acting shocked that the forces of intolerance, bigotry and narrow-mindedness have risen to the top of their Party.  But the reality is that, time and time again, this Republican Congress has worked to turn discrimination into legislation.  Sadly, Republicans have doubled down on this agenda of discrimination and intolerance in the Defense Authorization bill.
In a dead-of-night markup, Republicans added a radical amendment that would effectively overturn President Obama’s historic executive order protecting LGBT workers in federal contracts, therefore enabling discrimination with taxpayer funds.  In the same markup, they acted to ensure that a prominent, taxpayer-funded American military school continues to fly the symbol of hate that is the Confederate Battle Flag.
We’ve seen a lot of empty talk from Republicans about being shocked at the hateful and divisive ideas from Donald Trump – but let’s see if their votes match their rhetoric.
House Democrats’ Motion to Recommit, offered by Assistant Democratic Leader James Clyburn and Congressman Sean Patrick Maloney, would reject the discriminatory actions of House Republicans in the NDAA.  The Democratic MTR would allow a final amendment that would:
·         Strike Republicans’ extreme attempt to target LGBT Americans for discrimination, and
·         Prohibit the Confederate Battle Flag from flying over The Citadel or any other institution that trains military officers with taxpayer money.
It is long past time for House Republicans to actually rise up against their Party’s appalling agenda of discrimination and intolerance – instead of just talking about it.  House Republicans should reevaluate their radicalism, and join with Democrats to protect the security and equality of all Americans.
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Hi Amy, the Clinton rapid response operation we deal with have been asking us to disaggregate Trump from down ballot Republicans. They basically want to make the case that you either stand with Ryan or with Trump, that Trump is much worse than regular Republicans and they don't want us to tie Trump to other Republicans because they think it makes him look normal.
They wanted us to basically praise Ryan when Trump was meeting Ryan, or at a minimum to hold him up as an example. So they want to embrace the "Republicans fleeing Trump" side, but not hold down ballot GOPers accountable.
That's a problem. I pushed back that we cannot have our state parties hold up Paul Ryan as a good example of anything. And that we can't give down ballot Republicans such an easy out. We can force them to own Trump and damage them more by pointing out that they're just as bad on specific policies, make them uncomfortable where he's particularly egregious, but asking state Parties to praise House Republicans like Ryan would be damaging for the Party down ballot.
Can you help us navigate this with Charlie? We would basically have to throw out our entire frame that the GOP made Trump through years of divisive and ugly politics. We would have to say that Republicans are reasonable and that the good ones will shun Trump. It just doesn't work from the Party side. Let me know what you think.
Thanks, - Luis.
P.S. - - that strategy would ALSO put us at odds with Schumer, Lujan, Pelosi, Reid, basically all of our Congressional Democrats who have embraced our talking points and have been using them beautifully over the last couple of weeks to point out that GOPers in Congress have been pushing these ugly policies for years. Trying to dump this approach would probably not work with Members of Congress, it's worse than turning an aircraft carrier, we would lose 3/4 of the fleet. Let me know what you think. It might be a good strategy ONLY for Clinton (which I don't believe), I think instead she needs as many voices as possible on the same page.
[SigDems]
Luis Miranda, Communications Director
Democratic National Committee
202-863-8148 - MirandaL@dnc.org
- @MiraLuisDC


Walker -  (732) 991-1489
What's your cell, Ryan? Thanks!
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> On May 4, 2016, at 12:22 PM, Miranda, Luis
wrote:
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> 202-288-6969
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> -----Original Message-----
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> Sent: Wednesday, May 04, 2016 12:17 PM
> To: Banfill, Ryan; Miranda, Luis; Walker, Eric; Manriquez, Pablo
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> 202-841-1091
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> Deputy Communications Director
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> -----Original Message-----
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> Sent: Wednesday, May 04, 2016 12:16 PM
> To: Miranda, Luis; Paustenbach, Mark; Walker, Eric; Manriquez, Pablo
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prepared remarks here
this is confusing
There are a total of 4,766 Democratic delegates - 4,047 pledged, 719 super delegates. A candidate needs 2,384 votes to win. Let's be clear. It is virtually impossible for Secretary Clinton to reach the majority of convention Fdelegates by June 14 - the end of the primary season - with pledged delegates alone. She will need super delegates to take her over the top at the convention in Philadelphia. In other words, it will be a contested convention.
In terms of super delegates, I want to say the following.
Obviously, we are taking on virtually the entire Democratic establishment. Secretary Clinton has an estimated 520 super delegates. Many of those committed to her even before we got into this campaign. We have all of 39 super delegates. In other words, while we have won 45 percent of the pledged delegates up to this point, we have only 7 percent of the super delegates
--
We announced the beginning of this campaign a year ago. Before I talk about delegate math and a path toward victory, I want to say a few words about how far we've come in the last year.
When we started this campaign we were considered a "fringe" candidacy. We had no campaign organization, no money and very little name recognition. In national polls, we were 60 points or more behind Secretary Clinton, we were taking on the entire Democratic establishment and, in the Clinton campaign, the most powerful political organization in the country.
That was then. Today is today.
As of today, we have won 17 states and hope to make Indiana the 18th, and we have received some 9 million votes.
In recent national polls we are either defeating Secretary Clinton or are within single digits behind her.
In terms of fundraising, we have received more individual campaign contributions, 7.4 million, than any candidate in presidential history at his point. What the political revolution is about is that we have shown we can run a strong, winning campaign without a super PAC and without being dependent on big-money interests.
As of today, our rallies have brought out more than 1.1 million people throughout this country and that number will go up significantly by the time we are through in California.
Very importantly, in state after state we have won a strong majority of the votes of younger people - voters under 45 years of age. Our ideas are the future of the Democratic Party and the future of America.
Let me now say a few words about delegate math and a path toward victory.
There are a total of 4,766 Democratic delegates - 4,047 pledged, 719 super delegates. A candidate needs 2,384 votes to win. Let's be clear. It is virtually impossible for Secretary Clinton to reach the majority of convention Fdelegates by June 14 - the end of the primary season - with pledged delegates alone. She will need super delegates to take her over the top at the convention in Philadelphia. In other words, it will be a contested convention.
Currently, Secretary Clinton has 1,645 pledged delegates - 55 percent of the total. We have 1318 pledged delegates - 45 percent of the total. There are 10 states plus D.C., Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands and Guam remaining. We believe we are quite strong in many of these remaining contests and have an excellent chance to win California - the state with far in a way the most delegates.
For us to win the majority of pledged delegates, we need to win 710 out of the remaining 1083. That is 65 percent. That is, admittedly, a tough road to climb, but not an impossible one. And we intend to fight for every vote and delegate remaining.
In terms of super delegates, I want to say the following.
Obviously, we are taking on virtually the entire Democratic establishment. Secretary Clinton has an estimated 520 super delegates. Many of those committed to her even before we got into this campaign. We have all of 39 super delegates. In other words, while we have won 45 percent of the pledged delegates up to this point, we have only 7 percent of the super delegates.
Two points:
First, those super delegates in states where either candidate has won a landslide victories ought to seriously reflect on whether they should cast their super delegate vote in line with the wishes of the people in their states.
Let me give you just a few examples.
In the state of Washington, we won that caucus with almost 73 percent of the vote but at this point Secretary Clinton has 10 super delegates. We have zero.
In Minnesota, we won the caucus there with 61 percent of the vote. Hillary Clinton has 11 super delegates. We have three.
In Colorado, we won that state with 59 percent of the vote. Secretary Clinton has 10 super delegates. We have zero.
In New Hampshire, we won that state with more than 60 percent of the vote. Secretary Clinton has six super delegates. We have zero.
And that pattern continues in other states where we have won landslide victories.
Secondly, and extremely importantly, Secretary Clinton and I have many differences on some of the most important issues facing the American people. We disagree on trade, on breaking up Wall Street banks, on raising the minimum wage to $15 an hour, on imposing a carbon tax to combat climate change, on insisting that the wealthy and large corporations pay their fair share of taxes, on fracking and on a number of other issues.
But where Secretary Clinton and I agree and where every delegate to the Democratic convention agrees is that it would be a disaster for Donald Trump or some other right-wing Republican to become president of the United States.
Therefore, it is incumbent upon every super delegate to take a hard and objective look at which candidate stands the better chance of defeating Donald Trump. And in that regard, I think the evidence is extremely clear that I would be the stronger candidate to defeat Trump or any other Republican. This is not just the subjective opinion of Bernie Sanders. This is based on virtually every national and state poll done in the last several months.
Look at some of the very recent national polls.
In a Morning Consult survey, we beat Trump by 16. She beats him by seven.
An Investor Business Daily poll, we beat Trump by 12. She beats him by seven.
In the USA Today poll, we beat Trump by 15. She beats him by 11.
A George Washington University poll, we beat him by 10. She beats him by three.
Fox News, we beat Trump by 14. She beats him by seven
And it's the same story in battleground state after battleground state. In Arizona, Michigan, Missouri, New Hampshire, North Carolina and many other states we defeat Trump by larger numbers than she does.
Further, what recent elections tell us is that Democrats win elections when the voter turnout is high. Republicans win elections when voter turnout is low. There is little doubt in my mind that the energy and excitement we have created will, in fact, create a large voter turnout in
November, which will mean not only victory for the White House but for Democratic candidates in the Senate, the House and in governor's races.
This is an important reality that super delegates cannot ignore.
From: Haxo, Chris
Sent: Sunday, May 01, 2016 2:30 PM
To: Research_D
Subject: Video Request: Bernie Presser in DC
coming up on shift. I believe it's supposed to start at 2:30


For Immediate Release
April 29, 2016
Contact: DNC Press - 202-863-8148
DNC Statement
On December 18, 2015, the Democratic National Committee and Bernie 2016 appeared in United States District Court on Bernie 2016's indication that it would be seeking an injunction in the breach of contract action it filed against the DNC earlier that day. The Sanders campaign alleged that the DNC wrongfully terminated its access to the party-administered voter file system, VoteBuilder, following DNC's discovery that Sanders campaign personnel had discovered a flaw in system security and had accessed Clinton campaign proprietary score data.
The parties proceeded in the course of the hearing to settle the immediate issue before the Court. The DNC agreed to restore access to VoteBuilder by the next day, and the campaign agreed to cooperate in an independent investigation of the data breach.  The Sanders campaign also agreed as part of this investigation to assume a share of the costs of the investigation.
The DNC and the Sanders campaign agreed on the retention of CrowdStrike to conduct the investigation. Over a five-week period and the commitment to the work of 128 hours, CrowdStrike examined user activity within VoteBuilder by three Democratic Presidential campaigns: Hillary for America, Bernie 2016, and O'Malley for President.  Additionally, CrowdStrike conducted a forensic examination of two systems belonging to the Bernie 2016 campaign. The investigation sought to first identify whether any campaigns' users accessed data via the VoteBuilder system in an unauthorized fashion and then determine the nature of any unauthorized access that did occur.
The cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike has concluded the independent investigation agreed to by the DNC and Bernie 2016.  It identified evidence of unauthorized access via four user accounts from the Bernie 2016 campaign.  All unauthorized access occurred during a one-hour period from 10:41 to 11:42 EST on December 16, 2015.
During that time, the four users conducted 25 searches using proprietary Hillary for America score data across 11 states.  All of the results of these searches were saved within the VoteBuilder system, with the exception of one instance where a user exported a statistical summary of a search using HFA scoring in New Hampshire.
CrowdStrike found no evidence of unauthorized access by the Hillary for America or O'Malley for President campaigns.
Today, the Sanders campaign also voluntarily dismissed the breach of contract action pending against the DNC.
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Mark Paustenbach
National Press Secretary &
Deputy Communications Director
Democratic National Committee
W: 202.863.8148
paustenbachm@dnc.org
From: Thomas, Kenneth
Sent: Friday, April 29, 2016 5:01 PM
To: Paustenbach, Mark
Cc: Miranda, Luis
Subject: Re: NEWS: Independent Investigation Confirms Sanders Campaign Told the Truth
I haven't seen one from the DNC - can you send?
Sent from my iPhone
On Apr 29, 2016, at 4:59 PM, Paustenbach, Mark
> wrote:
Hey Ken,
Hope all's well.
Off-the-record, I'd refer you to the press release.
Best,
Mark
Mark Paustenbach
National Press Secretary &
Deputy Communications Director
Democratic National Committee
W: 202.863.8148
paustenbachm@dnc.org
From: Thomas, Kenneth
Sent: Friday, April 29, 2016 4:55 PM
To: Miranda, Luis; Paustenbach, Mark
Subject: Fwd: NEWS: Independent Investigation Confirms Sanders Campaign Told the Truth
Are you making the findings of this investigation available?
Sent from my iPhone
Begin forwarded message:
From: Michael Briggs
>
Date: April 29, 2016 at 4:28:17 PM EDT
To:
>
Subject: NEWS: Independent Investigation Confirms Sanders Campaign Told the Truth
Reply-To: Michael Briggs
>
[Bernie 2016]
Independent Investigation Confirms Sanders Campaign Told the Truth
April 29, 2016
Contact: Michael Briggs (802) 233-8653
BURLINGTON, Vt. - Four months ago, in an impulsive overreaction and at a critical point in the campaign just weeks before the closest Iowa caucus results in history, the DNC shut down the Sanders campaign's access to its own voter file data, only restoring access after the campaign filed a lawsuit in Federal court.
Now, four months later, an independent investigation of the firewall failures in the DNC's shared voter file database has definitively confirmed that the original claims by the DNC and the Clinton campaign were wholly inaccurate - the Sanders campaign never "stole" any voter file data; the Sanders campaign never "exported" any unauthorized voter file data; and the Sanders campaign certainly never had access to the Clinton campaign's "strategic road map."
In fact, the independent investigation has confirmed what the Sanders campaign said from the start:
*   The DNC's security failures allowed four Sanders campaign staffers - three junior-level staffers led by a manager who had been hired at the recommendation of the DNC and who was immediately terminated after the incident - to have extremely short-lived access for one hour to Hillary for America's scoring models, but not to any of Hillary for America's proprietary voter data.
*   No one else in the Sanders campaign, outside these four staffers, accessed the Hillary for America's scoring models or had knowledge that the activity was taking place until well after the incident was over.
*   With one exception, all unauthorized access took place within the DNC's own system. While there is evidence that the terminated staffer may have exported a summary data table, the independent investigation of Sanders campaign computers could not locate that file and no one in the Sanders campaign has ever seen that file.
With the investigation behind us, the campaign has withdrawn its lawsuit against the DNC today but continues to implore the DNC to address the systemic instability that remains in its voter file system. It is imperative that the DNC make it a top priority to prevent future data security failures in the voter file system, failures that only serve as unnecessary distractions to the democratic process.
Bernie Sanders' Campaign Manager Jeff Weaver said "We are gratified by the results of this independent investigation."
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Begin forwarded message
From: Carl Campanile
>
Date: May 11, 2016 at 12:07:47 PM EDT
To: "Manriquez, Pablo"
>
Subject: Re: DWS inquiry
Want to talk to her about about what's being done behind the scenes to unify the Democratic ticket.
Hillary Clinton will secure the party nomination for president, but Bernie Sanders has made a strong showing and has legion of supporters.
What's being done behind the scenes to try to bring the camps together?
Clinton wants the support of Sanders and his backers. Sanders wants to run hard through the end of the primaries and have impact on the Democratic Party platform.
Does a competitive primary help/hurt ticket?
What can she tell me on the record and or for background?
Thanks. CC
On Wed, May 11, 2016 at 11:52 AM, Manriquez, Pablo
> wrote:
No prob, checking her schedule and will circle back. Can you give me a sense of what you want to discuss? Thanks!
On May 11, 2016, at 11:47 AM, Carl Campanile
> wrote:
Writing for tomorrow. Chatting with her today would be great.
Thanks, Pablo.
212 930-8251
or 917 723-8702
On Wed, May 11, 2016 at 11:45 AM, Manriquez, Pablo
> wrote:
Hi Carl,
What’s your deadline for the piece about the presidential race?
Thanks!
Pablo
Pablo Manriquez
Democratic National Committee
Phone: 202.572.5488
Email: pablo@dnc.org
web: democrats.org
Twitter: @Pablo_DNC
Pablo Manriquez
Democratic National Committee
Phone: 202.572.5488
Email: pablo@dnc.org
web: democrats.org
Twitter: @Pablo_DNC


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Ha! Hilarious.
[SigDems]
Luis Miranda, Communications Director
Democratic National Committee
202-863-8148 – MirandaL@dnc.org
- @MiraLuisDC
From: Kate Houghton
Sent: Monday, April 25, 2016 5:29 PM
To: Paustenbach, Mark; Miranda, Luis
Subject: Fwd: Five years later... an interesting reflection at best
enjoy
Begin forwarded message:
From: Kate Houghton
>
Subject: Five years later... an interesting reflection at best
Date: April 25, 2016 at 5:27:07 PM EDT
To: DWSChairOffice
>
A week from Thursday will be five years since DWS became DNC Chair.

Wasserman Schultz to lead DNC
[Debbie Wasserman Schultz is pictured at a rally in 2008. | AP Photo]
Wasserman Schultz will be the first female DNC chief in 15 years and the third in history.
President Barack Obama has chosen Florida Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz
as the incoming chairwoman of the Democratic National Committee
, the party announced late Tuesday.
Wasserman Schultz, 44, was chosen for her strength as a fundraiser and as a television messenger and for her clout in the crucial swing state of Florida, the sources said.
She will succeed Tim Kaine, who announced earlier Tuesday that he will run for U.S. Senate from Virginia.
The committee announced the choice in an email to members from Vice President Joe Biden.
“In selecting Debbie to lead our party, President Obama noted her tenacity, her strength, her fighting spirit and her ability to overcome adversity,” Biden wrote.
“President Obama expressed great admiration for her as a leader, and he was honored that she accepted this important challenge on behalf of the Democratic Party.”
Wasserman Schultz becomes the first female DNC chief in 15 years and the third in history.
The congresswoman is beloved by the Democratic rank and file for her aggressive, outspoken advocacy for liberal points of view. She’s frequently deployed as a surrogate, particularly to groups of women and Jewish voters.
“Since she was first elected to Congress in 2004, Debbie Wasserman Schultz has emerged as one of the most outspoken leaders in the Democratic Party,” Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley, chairman of the Democratic Governors Association, said in a statement.
“A strong voice for ordinary people who didn’t cause the recession but are too often asked to pay the price, Wasserman Schultz will be a great advocate for President Obama and for Democrats across the country who are fighting to grow the economy and create jobs for middle-class families.”
Democratic consultant Karen Finney, a former DNC communications director, called Wasserman Schultz “a fantastic choice.”
“She will be great, particularly as we head into the reelect, because she is a smart, tough woman and both an effective advocate and fundraiser for the Democratic Party,” Finney said.
A four-term member from the Fort Lauderdale area, Wasserman Schultz has moved aggressively to rise in the party ranks.
The final choice came down
to Wasserman Schultz and former Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland, Democratic sources said.
The choice of Wasserman Schultz over Strickland presents a party head whose strength will be in rallying the base rather than reaching out to Heartland swing voters.
It also heads off the possibility of a revolt by the party’s base over abortion issues: Wasserman Schultz is a strong supporter of abortion rights, whereas Strickland’s record on the issue is mixed.
“I love this choice,” Democratic strategist Mo Elleithee said. “Debbie is a huge rising star in the party. She’s one of the best surrogates we have, a tremendous fundraiser and organizer and has appeal with both the base and swing voters. She will be a huge asset on the campaign trail.”
Wasserman Schultz’s rise hasn’t always been smooth. Her attempt to take over as chairwoman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee was stymied last year.
She’s faced personal adversity, too, having been diagnosed with breast cancer in 2008. She underwent seven operations without disclosing she was being treated even to friends until afterward, keeping up her congressional schedule all the while.
Strickland was seen as the safe pick, but some prominent Democratic women grumbled after his name was floated, suggesting that Obama needed a high-profile woman associated with his reelection bid.
Wasserman Schultz will face a challenge in juggling the DNC position with her congressional responsibilities and her own House reelection campaign.
Former DNC Chairman Don Fowler said Wasserman Schultz’s day job might mean she can’t devote “120 percent” of her time to the committee but predicted it won’t be a problem.
“She has a lot of energy and is smart as can be,” he said. “I think she clearly will be able to do both.”
Fowler called her “a strong, very bright, aggressive, talented person who has made her mark in Congress in a few short years like almost nobody else has done.”
In 2010, she raised nearly $2 million, easily winning reelection in her strongly Democratic district with 60 percent of the vote. She ended the cycle with $420,000 in her campaign account.
Democratic insiders said she was passed over for the DCCC position because of a split with House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi. Still, she was one of the congressional committee’s top fundraisers, bringing in more than $5 million.
One of her strengths, a Democratic strategist said, is that “she’s very loyal” — a quality prized by the Obama White House and the campaign constellation.
The strategist noted that Wasserman Schultz supported Hillary Clinton in the 2008 Democratic presidential primary.
“She fought to the bitter end for Sen. Clinton,” the strategist said. “And then, once it was clear that Sen. Obama was the nominee, she was out there advocating for him as aggressively as anyone else.”
Jonathan Martin contributed to this report.


> Well, I think what the democratic process is about, Chris, is going to the convention and arguing about what the platform should be. I happen to believe the united States should join the rest of the industrialized world, guarantee health care to all people as a right, if you need paid family and medical leave --
>> Would you still support --
>> Chris -- Chris, media spends too much time speculating. Let's see what happens.
>> It's not a --
[7:23:53 AM]
>> Chris, the way --
>> It's not a reach to say the party won't come out to ban fracking, free college across the board. That's why I'm asking.
>> Well, then, we'll see what happens. We are going to have -- if we don't win this thing we're going to have a lot of delegates in Philadelphia, fighting that fight. And I'm not convinced, and you don't know what the delegates there will do. Did you do, please tell me, but you don't. We are going to go to the American people saying, this is the agenda for the working people. Yeah, the billionaire class has to pay more in taxes, do away with corporate loopholes and multi-national corporations not to pay a nickel in federal taxes, and I think we can win some of these platform fights. 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.
From: Polson, Jonathan
Sent: Tuesday, April 26, 2016 7:41 AM
To: Comm_D
Subject: Sanders on New Day
Watch here


My initial thought is if you leave down ballot alone, they  do ok and artificially lift trump somewhat. Insane
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-------- Original message --------
From: "Paustenbach, Mark"
Date: 05/13/2016 16:27 (GMT-06:00)
To: "Miranda, Luis"
Subject: Messaging for Next week... Zac
Zac is okay with the focus on House and Senate Republicans being bad on infrastructure and guns.
He just doesn’t want to link the House and Senate Republicans to Trump.
His broader point: the campaign does not want to connect Trump and the Republican Party. They want to make Trump look even more extreme than the rank-and-file Republican Member of Congress. Otherwise, in their mind, Trump will come across as less scary than he really is.
Thoughts?


From: Hillary For America Press
Sent: Thursday, May 12, 2016 12:06 PM
To: Hillary for America Press
Subject: UPDATE: Ryan Again Refuses To Endorse Trump as Conservative Opposition To The GOP Nominee Grows
***UPDATED***

Ryan Again Refuses To Endorse Trump as Conservative Opposition To The GOP Nominee Grows
Since Donald Trump became the Republican Party's presumptive nominee for president last Tuesday, the chorus of Republicans and conservative commentators from around the country rejecting his unpredictable, risky and divisive candidacy has grown daily. Donald Trump has proven himself to be a loose cannon whose hateful language and dangerous policies will do serious harm to working families and put America’s security at risk, and Republicans are continuing to acknowledge that a President Trump would be too big a risk.
Today, Speaker Ryan met with Donald Trump, but he clearly wasn't swayed by the nominee as he again refused to endorse him.
CNN's Tom LoBianco
: .@SpeakerRyan
will not say whether he is endorsing or will endorse @realDonaldTrump
Watch this video
and keep reading below for some of the greatest hits
of Republicans rejecting and condemning Donald Trump:
Watch the Video: "GOP Unity?"

Rosario Marin, former U.S. Treasurer under President George W. Bush
: “I have been the spokesperson for five presidential Republican campaigns. I have attended the previous five Republican national conventions. I’m not going this year, and I am not campaigning for him. I would never, never, ever vote for the little orange man."
Former Senator Gordon Humphrey [R-NH]
: ““Unequivocally, I am not supporting Donald Trump. … I think he is a sociopath.””
Former Romney staffer Garrett Jackson
: “Sorry Mr. Chairman, not happening. I have to put country over party. I cannot support a dangerous phony."
Former top Romney strategist Stuart Stevens
: “I think Donald Trump has proven to be unbalanced and uniquely unqualified to be president. I won’t support him… Everyone has to make their own choice. I think Trump is despicable and will prove to be a disaster for the party. I’d urge everyone to continue to oppose him.’”
Nevada Senator Dean Heller
: “I vehemently oppose our nominee and some of the comments and issues he brought up during the campaign."
Former McCain adviser Mark Salter
: “The GOP is going to nominate for President a guy who reads the National Enquirer and thinks it's on the level. I'm with her.”
Former VA Gubernatorial candidate, Ken Cuccinelli on Trump
: “When you’ve got a guy favorably quoting Mussolini, I don’t care what party you’re in, I’m not voting for that guy.”
Billionaire Bush-backer Mike Fernandez
: “If I have a choice — and you can put it in bold — if I have a choice between Trump and Hillary Clinton, I’m choosing Hillary.”
Former top Romney strategist Stuart Stevens
: “I think Donald Trump has proven to be unbalanced and uniquely unqualified to be president. I won’t support him… Everyone has to make their own choice. I think Trump is despicable and will prove to be a disaster for the party. I’d urge everyone to continue to oppose him.’”
Fox News’ Steve Deace
: “Apparently @secupp has a #NeverTrump list to see who keeps their word to the end. You can sign my name in blood.”
Washington Examiner’s Phillip Klein
: “I have officially de-registered as a Republican.”
Former RNC Chairman Mel Martinez
: “I would not vote for Trump, clearly."
Rep. Carlos Curbelo [R-FL]
: “I have already said I will not support Mr. Trump, that is not a political decision that is a moral decision.’”
Sen. Ben Sasse [R-NE]
: “Mr. Trump’s relentless focus is on dividing Americans, and on tearing down rather than building back up this glorious nation. … I can’t support Donald Trump.
Jennifer Rubin
: “But it is really fundamentally an issue of character. When people look at Donald Trump and they see how he treats women, they see his views on foreigners, they see his lack of personal self-control, his meanness. Just this week he was back lying again.”
Mac Stipanovich, former Chief of Staff to Gov. Bob Martinez
: “On a personal level, Trump is a boor, a bully, a carnival barker and an embarrassment. Politically, by intent or instinct, he is a neo-fascist… He appeals to our fears, preys on our anxieties and exploits our ignorance. A worse candidate to sit in the Oval Office for the next four years cannot be imagined."
Bill Kristol
: “You embrace the endorsement of a rapist in Mike Tyson, a man convicted of raping a 17-year old girl, and you don’t express any, when it’s pointed out to you, you don’t say, “Yeah, well that was horrible” […] On the day of the Indiana primary, he spins this conspiracy story […] about Ted Cruz’ father being complicit in the assassination of a president of the United States. […] You know, for me, the one thing, though […] —it was the mocking of the disabled New York Times reporter, which is such a humanely grotesque thing to do, and then he just lies and says “I didn’t do it.”
Washington Post: ‘I feel like I got smacked by a 2x4’: Va. Republicans react to
Trump as the likely nominee
: With the departure of Ted Cruz from the presidential race Tuesday night, many national Republican loyalists lamented the future of a party that could field a nominee as polarizing as Donald Trump. But the news was particularly jarring for Virginia Republicans fresh off two days of party warfare at a state convention where Cruz came out on top.”
Washington Post's Jennifer Rubin
: "With every noxious movement, dangerous leader and misguided endeavor, there are people who should know better but who cheer, enable or passively accept horrible ideas. To those cheerleading Donald Trump: Be prepared to shoulder a heavy burden, a soul-crushing weight for the next six months.
New York Times: With Donald Trump in Charge, Republicans Have a Day of Reckoning
: “Over the last two days, more than 70 Republican governors, senators, representatives, officials and donors were contacted directly or through aides for comments about Mr. Trump. Only about 20 replied, with many aides saying their bosses did not want to take a stand yet; others begged off by saying the officials were traveling or “too busy” to email, call or release a statement.”
Texas Tribune: Bush 41, 43 Have No Plans to Endorse Trump
: "For the first time since his own presidency, George H.W. Bush is planning to stay silent in the race for the Oval Office — and the younger former president Bush plans to stay silent as well. Bush 41, who enthusiastically endorsed every Republican nominee for the last five election cycles, will stay out of the campaign process this time. He does not have plans to endorse presumptive GOP nominee Donald Trump."
Jennifer Rubin: Who wants to defend Trump for the next six months?
: “Donald Trump’s noxious behavior and erratic views force his supporters to condone all sorts of unacceptable things. Even his own advisers find it hard to excuse his conduct.”
Conservative blogger Erick Erickson
: “Reporters writing about the "Stop Trump" effort get it wrong. It's ‘Never Trump’ as in come hell or high water we will never vote for Trump”
Townhall editor Guy Benson
: “Much to my deep chagrin (& astonishment ~8 months ago), for the 1st time in my life, I will not support the GOP nominee for president.”
Redstate contributor Leon Wolf
: “I will never vote for Donald Trump. I will not vote for him in the general election against Hillary, and I would not vote for him in a race for dogcatcher. Heck, I would not even vote for him on a reality television show.”
Undersecretary of State under George W. Bush, Eliot Cohen
: “I will oppose Trump as nominee. Won't support & won't work for him for more reasons than a Tweet can bear.”
Rep. Louie Gohmert [R-TX]
: “Texas Rep. Louie Gohmert balked at backing Trump without an apology for his rhetoric toward Texas Sen. Ted Cruz and warned that Trump could cost Republicans a majority in Congress. “I had no fear of losing the House until I saw this weekend the commercial against Sen. John Boozman in Arkansas. They run quote after quote from Donald Trump’s mouth,” Gohmert told Fox Business Network. “This is a dangerous time.””
Bloomberg: Big-Spending Fracking Family Behind Cruz Won’t Back Trump
: “Add the conservative Wilks family of Texas, among the biggest spenders in the presidential race so far, to the list of donors who won’t support Donald Trump in the general election.”
Alan Steinberg, former regional EPA administrator under George W. Bush
: “Said he’s actually voting for Hillary Clinton, with whom he worked when she was U.S. senator for New York. “She can work with people on the opposite side of the political aisle,” he said.”
Loudon Times-Mirror [Virginia]: High-profile Virginia Republicans lining up against Donald Trump
: “Many long-time Virginia Republicans found themselves despondent Wednesday after Donald Trump became the GOP’s presumptive presidential nominee. “Twenty-nine years of Republican activism down the drain,” former state Del. David Ramadan, a Dulles-area conservative, told the Times-Mirror. “I feel like someone stuck a knife in me.””
Wisconsin Assembly Majority Leader Jim Steineke
: Steineke  “who has called Trump “a liberal and a liar,” hedged in his opposition, but said Wednesday he does not currently support the presumptive nominee.”
Rep. Barbara Comstock [R-VA]
: “Comstock… listed several reasons why she felt the billionaire businessman was not a good role model, including his derogatory remarks about women and prisoners of war, and for not immediately disavowing the Ku Klux Klan.  ‘All of these things are hugely problematic and don’t represent our party,’ she said at that time. ‘I don’t think somebody should represent my party who disrespects America’s veterans. We’re the party of Lincoln. We’re the party of Reagan.’”
Andy Card, former White House Chief of Staff under President George W. Bush
: “When he started to gain traction, I became a cynic. I wasn’t sure he could make it. I was saying, ‘sane people will recognize this is not going to happen.’ Well, it happened. He scared me.”
Mitt Romney
: Politico: “Add Mitt Romney to the list of Republicans who won’t support Donald Trump as the presumptive party nominee… The former Massachusetts governor said he is ‘dismayed at where we are now’ and wishes Americans had ‘better choices.’”
Ward Baker, executive director of the National Republican Senatorial Committee
: “In a new sign of the Republican Party’s reservations about Mr. Trump, the top strategist in charge of defending Republican control of the Senate said in a briefing for lobbyists and donors on Thursday that the party’s candidates should feel free to skip the nominating convention in Cleveland in July.”
Lindsey Graham
:  “I do not believe he is a reliable Republican conservative…do not believe he is a reliable GOP conservative nor has he displayed the judgment and temperament to serve as Commander in Chief.”
Jeb Bush
: “Donald Trump has not demonstrated that temperament or strength of character. He has not displayed a respect for the Constitution. And, he is not a consistent conservative. These are all reasons why I cannot support his candidacy.”
John Weaver, Chief Strategist for John Kasich
: On working for Trump: “Under no circumstances. I’m an American first. And I don’t want to elaborate on that.” On whether Kasich would be Trump’s VP: “Under no circumstances. … If you’re the kind of conservative who believes that everyone matters, that this is about uniting … where does that fit into what Donald Trump has said?”
Ohio Auditor Dave Yost
: “an early resident of the never-Trump camp, took to Facebook to express his disappointment, writing of the New Yorker’s ‘utter lack of principled convictions.’”
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Good here.
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- @MiraLuisDC
From: Helmstetter, TJ
Sent: Tuesday, May 17, 2016 12:24 PM
To: Walsh, Tom; Paustenbach, Mark; Banfill, Ryan; Miranda, Luis; Walker, Eric
Subject: RE: For edits: Draft DWS Statement on International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia
Great here
From: Walsh, Tom
Sent: Tuesday, May 17, 2016 12:22 PM
To: Helmstetter, TJ; Paustenbach, Mark; Banfill, Ryan; Miranda, Luis; Walker, Eric
Subject: For edits: Draft DWS Statement on International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia
For Immediate Release
May 17, 2016
Contact - DNC Press 202-863-8148
DNC Chair Statement on International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia
WASHINGTON-  DNC Chair Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz issued the following statement:
"On International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia we reaffirm the dignity and worth of those in the LGBT community. Observing this day is especially important this political season, when negative rhetoric aimed at our LGBT brothers and sisters, and efforts to pass anti-LGBT legislation in states around the country threaten to inflame hatreds and deepen divisions in our communities. These actions are wrong, and do nothing but encourage bullying, cruelty and harassment, and we must stand against them.
"Our nation has made tremendous strides in the fight for full equality, but we have much farther to go before homophobia, transphobia and biphobia become a thing of the past. Until then, Democrats will continue to openly and proudly fight with the LGBT community, activists and allies to elect leaders and enact policies that advance acceptance and LGBT rights as our common cause."
###


Circling back on this.
Thanks!
From: Shestopal, Olivia
Sent: Friday, May 06, 2016 12:48 PM
To: Price, Jenna; Rachel Palermo
Cc: Garcia, Walter; Miranda, Luis; Julie Greene (GreeneJ@dnc.org)
Subject: For Your Review: Weekly Update
Hi all,
Please find our draft of this week's update for your review. Please let us know your feedback.
Thanks,
Olivia
--
Dear DNC Member,
This week, Ted Cruz and John Kasich announced that they have their suspended campaigns, and Donald Trump has officially clinched the Republican nomination. With this, the GOP establishment meltdown continues. There are some Republican Senators, such as Mitch McConnell
and Chuck Grassley
, who feel that this is the moment they've been waiting for to push the Republican agenda and lay the pathway for a Donald Trump Supreme Court nominee. However, other prominent GOP figures, including former Republican presidential nominees
and current House Speaker Paul Ryan
, are neglecting to support their Party's candidate for President.
The notion of Donald Trump as a candidate is terrifying. The New York Times posted an article on Wednesday proposing that within Trump's first 100 days he would do nothing
to help Americans and their families. Former Secretary of Defense Robert Gates raised serious concerns
about Donald Trump's judgment, experience, and temperament to be our next Commander-in-Chief. And while Donald Trump would be disastrous for our country's national security at home and abroad, his economic policies are just as dangerous
. Furthermore, he continues to take every opportunity to bash the free press
, spending this week peddling conspiracy theories
, including the notion that vaccination causes autism, and questioning whether President Obama was born in the United States.
While many registered Republicans are lashing out at Trump's take-over of their party, some even  posting videos where they burn their voter registration cards
in response to Trump's victory in Indiana, Democratic voters are proud of their candidates
, with exit polls consistently reporting Democrats feeling energized by our primaries. "The contrast couldn't be more stark," DNC Chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz said in a statement
, "Our voters are energized, enthusiastic, and optimistic because our candidates are committed to moving America forward. And that's why we're going to win on Election Day in November."
Have a safe and happy weekend.
Best,
Stephanie
----------------------------
Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake
Secretary
Democratic National Committee


DNC Talking Points: Democrats Overwhelmingly United
Polls continue to show that Democrats are overwhelmingly united and excited about both of our candidates.
By and large we’ve had a great primary, with substantive candidates whose vision to move America forward lines up with the values of the American people.
And we’re going to come out of our convention more unified and stronger than ever, while Republicans are disillusioned and discouraged with their dangerous and divisive candidate, Donald Trump, and the rest of their party.
Just look at the new poll today from CBS/New York Times:
·         A new CBS/NYT poll
shows that Democrats are more united today than in May of 2008, disproving the myth of Democratic disunity heading into the 2016 election.
*  ·         The poll showed that more than 80 percent of Democrats would vote for either Secretary Clinton or Senator Sanders in the general election. According to an accompanying story in the New York Times, “Democratic resistance is less widespread than it was in the 2008 primary. While 72 percent of Mr. Sanders’s supporters say they would vote for Mrs. Clinton this fall, a Times/CBS News survey taken in early May 2008 found that only 60 percent of Mrs. Clinton’s supporters said they would vote for Barack Obama in the general election.” [Note: neither the New York Times story nor the poll itself provided what percentage of Secretary Clinton’s supporters would vote for Senator Sanders if he became the nominee]
·         Furthermore, the poll shows that 80 percent of Democrats are “mostly hopeful” about the future of the Democratic Party, as opposed to Republicans, who are split 55%-43% between “mostly hopeful” and “mostly discouraged” about the future of the Republican Party.
This echoes what we’ve seen in exit poll after exit poll after exit poll:
Indiana
:
·         Three-quarters of Democrats in the state say they’ve been energized by the nomination contest between former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders. But nearly 6 in 10 Republicans say they think their party has been divided by the battle being fought by billionaire Donald Trump, Texas Sen. Ted Cruz and Ohio Gov. John Kasich.
Maryland, Pennsylvania, Connecticut
:
·         Democratic voters, unlike Republicans, said the primary season had energized their party. Two-thirds or more of Democrats who cast ballots in Pennsylvania, Maryland and Connecticut said their party was more energized, while less than one-third said it was divided, exit polls showed.
New York
:
·         Almost 6 in 10 New York Republican voters say their party has been divided by the nomination process, while only 3 in 10 Democratic voters say the same about their party's primaries. Less than 4 in 10 GOP voters say they've been energized, exit polls show, compared with two-thirds of Democratic voters who say that about their side.
It’s clear that heading into the 2016 elections, Democrats are united and energized, while Republicans are disillusioned and discouraged with their dangerous and divisive candidate, Donald Trump, and the rest of their party.
Mark Paustenbach
National Press Secretary &
Deputy Communications Director
Democratic National Committee
202.863.8148
paustenbachm@dnc.org


Hi, all —
We’ve put together this one pager with a quick description of all our social channels to share with potential surrogates, and Amy asked me to pass it along in case it’s useful for all of you!


Luis,
You mentioned to me earlier this week you guys were still looking to fill the Mid-Atlantic RCD position. Since it has been months since we discussed this and the position hasn't been filled it fell out of the budget. We are working to put it back in, so please keep me in the loop as you work through this process so we get the timing right.
Thanks,
Lindsey
Lindsey Reynolds | Chief Operating Officer
Democratic National Committee
direct: 202.863.7166| cell: 202.215.9864


I haven't seen one from the DNC - can you send?
Sent from my iPhone
On Apr 29, 2016, at 4:59 PM, Paustenbach, Mark
> wrote:
Hey Ken,
Hope all’s well.
Off-the-record, I’d refer you to the press release.
Best,
Mark
Mark Paustenbach
National Press Secretary &
Deputy Communications Director
Democratic National Committee
W: 202.863.8148
paustenbachm@dnc.org
From: Thomas, Kenneth
Sent: Friday, April 29, 2016 4:55 PM
To: Miranda, Luis; Paustenbach, Mark
Subject: Fwd: NEWS: Independent Investigation Confirms Sanders Campaign Told the Truth
Are you making the findings of this investigation available?
Sent from my iPhone
Begin forwarded message:
From: Michael Briggs
>
Date: April 29, 2016 at 4:28:17 PM EDT
To:
>
Subject: NEWS: Independent Investigation Confirms Sanders Campaign Told the Truth
Reply-To: Michael Briggs
>
[Bernie 2016]
Independent Investigation Confirms Sanders Campaign Told the Truth
April 29, 2016
Contact: Michael Briggs (802) 233-8653
BURLINGTON, Vt. – Four months ago, in an impulsive overreaction and at a critical point in the campaign just weeks before the closest Iowa caucus results in history, the DNC shut down the Sanders campaign’s access to its own voter file data, only restoring access after the campaign filed a lawsuit in Federal court.
Now, four months later, an independent investigation of the firewall failures in the DNC’s shared voter file database has definitively confirmed that the original claims by the DNC and the Clinton campaign were wholly inaccurate – the Sanders campaign never “stole” any voter file data; the Sanders campaign never “exported” any unauthorized voter file data; and the Sanders campaign certainly never had access to the Clinton campaign’s “strategic road map.”
In fact, the independent investigation has confirmed what the Sanders campaign said from the start:
*   The DNC’s security failures allowed four Sanders campaign staffers – three junior-level staffers led by a manager who had been hired at the recommendation of the DNC and who was immediately terminated after the incident – to have extremely short-lived access for one hour to Hillary for America’s scoring models, but not to any of Hillary for America’s proprietary voter data.
*   No one else in the Sanders campaign, outside these four staffers, accessed the Hillary for America’s scoring models or had knowledge that the activity was taking place until well after the incident was over.
*   With one exception, all unauthorized access took place within the DNC’s own system. While there is evidence that the terminated staffer may have exported a summary data table, the independent investigation of Sanders campaign computers could not locate that file and no one in the Sanders campaign has ever seen that file.
With the investigation behind us, the campaign has withdrawn its lawsuit against the DNC today but continues to implore the DNC to address the systemic instability that remains in its voter file system. It is imperative that the DNC make it a top priority to prevent future data security failures in the voter file system, failures that only serve as unnecessary distractions to the democratic process.
Bernie Sanders' Campaign Manager Jeff Weaver said “We are gratified by the results of this independent investigation.”
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Thank you.
Raul Alvillar
National Political Director
Democratic National Committee
Tele. 202.863.8000
From: Miranda, Luis
Sent: Tuesday, May 03, 2016 10:55 AM
To: Alvillar, Raul; Dacey, Amy; Maureen Garde
Subject: FW: Video request: John Zody on CNN
FYI, Zody did get booked on CNN:
From: Jakubiec, Matthew
Sent: Tuesday, May 03, 2016 10:54 AM
To: Helmstetter, TJ; Comm_D
Subject: RE: Video request: John Zody on CNN
Watch here
From: Helmstetter, TJ
Sent: Tuesday, May 03, 2016 10:30 AM
To: Comm_D
Subject: Video request: John Zody on CNN
Indiana Dems chair John Zody was just on CNN. Can someone send me video? Thanks!
TJ Helmstetter
Deputy Director of Regional and Specialty Media
Democratic National Committee
202.863.8022 - desk
973.464.9224 - cell
HelmstetterT@DNC.org


Good luck!  You're gonna need it.
Mark Paustenbach
National Press Secretary &
Deputy Communications Director
Democratic National Committee
W: 202.863.8148
paustenbachm@dnc.org
From: April Mellody
Sent: Friday, May 20, 2016 2:27 PM
To: Paustenbach, Mark
Cc: Miranda, Luis
Subject: Re: Reporters / Platform Drafting Committee
Thanks, Mark. Huge help.
Sent from my iPhone
On May 20, 2016, at 2:26 PM, Paustenbach, Mark
> wrote:
Hi April,
Here are most of the reporters that got in touch regarding the platform drafting committee appointments. I didn't give anything to these folks and just said I'd get back to them when we had something to share.
Kristen Welker/NBC News - Kristen.welker@nbcuni.com
Mike Emanuel/Fox News - Mike.Emanuel@FOXNEWS.COM
Dan Merica/CNN - dan.merica@cnn.com
Alex Seitz-Wald/NBC-MSNBC - alexander.seitz-wald@nbcuni.com
Gabe Debenedetti/Politico - gdebenedetti@politico.com
Heidi Przybyla/USA Today - hprzybyla@usatoday.com
Blake Burman/Fox Business - Blake.burman@FOXBUSINESS.COM
Abby Phillip/Washington Post - abby.phillip@washingtonpost.com
Ben Kamisar/The Hill - bkamisar@thehill.com
Nia-Malika Henderson/CNN - Nia-Malika.Henderson@cnn.com
I didn't receive a specific call from these folks but would be good to make sure they get the release in a timely manner, etc. Many have been covering this issue for some time and will likely have follow up questions.
Ken Thomas/Associated Press - kthomas@ap.org
Alan Rappeport/New York Times - alan.rappeport@nytimes.com
Byron Tau/Wall Street Journal - Byron.tau@wsj.com
Phil Elliott/TIME - phil.elliot@timemagazine.com
Sahil Kapur/Bloomberg - skapur39@bloomberg.net
Rick Klein/ABC News - rick.klein@abc.com
Best,
Mark
Mark Paustenbach
National Press Secretary &
Deputy Communications Director
Democratic National Committee
W: 202.863.8148
paustenbachm@dnc.org


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No flags on this from my end.
From: Miranda, Luis
Sent: Tuesday, May 03, 2016 1:31 PM
To: Patrice Taylor; Federico, Courtney
Cc: Paustenbach, Mark
Subject: FW: DNC platform committee
Hi Patrice and Courtney, so that we get this right, please review my answers below:
How does the Democratic party platform writing process work? When do the drafting committees start getting appointed and meeting?
*        The Platform Drafting Committee is a subcommittee of the Convention's Platform committee. It is made up of 15 people, appointed by the DNC Chair in consultation with the Co-Chairs of the Platform Committee. We don't have any announcement to make on timing as of yet, however, they'll be appointed sometime in the coming weeks.
*        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 Drafting Committee, and just as we did in 2008 and 2012, the public will have opportunities to participate.
Also, can you send me a list of who is on the party platform committee?
*        Below you'll see our release on the Chair's appointments to the Platform committee  (and other committees). In addition to the Chair's appointments (25 for each committee for a total of 75 plus the leadership) there are 162 members of each committee who are elected in every state and territory according to the results of the primaries and caucuses. Those elections are ongoing and must conclude by June 25th.
For Immediate Release
January 22, 2016
Contact: DNC Press - 202-863-8148
DNC Holds Executive Committee Conference Call
WASHINGTON - Due to today's inclement weather throughout the country, the Democratic National Committee's (DNC) Executive Committee held their Executive Committee meeting via conference call today, hearing from special guests such as Pennsylvania Senator Bob Casey, Pennsylvania Democratic Party Chair Marcel Groen, and Democratic National Convention Committee CEO Leah Daughtry on preparations for the Democratic Convention to be held in the City of Brotherly and Sisterly Love in July. The previously-scheduled in-person meeting in Philadelphia, including a tour of the convention sites, was cancelled due to expected inclement weather.
Democratic National Committee Chair Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz also delivered remarks during today's call. In addition, the DNC Executive Committee voted to ratify the Chair's 2016 Party Leader and Elected Official Member appointments to the Convention Standing Committees: Credentials, Platform, and Rules. The slate of the Chair's appointments is attached in PDF format.
DNC rules provide for the Chair to appoint 75 Party Leader and Elected Official Members to the three Convention Standing Committees.  These Party Leader Members serve in addition to and together with the over 160 members that are elected in each and every state to those same committees.
"I am extremely proud of the experienced group of individuals who are ready and dedicated to serving our Party on the Convention Committees," said DNC Chair Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz. "This slate represents the great variety of perspectives, backgrounds, and experiences that make up our Party. We wanted to make sure that the diversity of our party was reflected to the highest levels in terms of race, gender, age, and geography and feel confident that these individuals will do a tremendous job in this capacity."
The bulk of the Standing Committee members will be elected from the states and territories during the delegate selection process.
The Chair also appointed Committee Co-Chairs as follows:
*         Credentials Committee: Lorraine Miller and Jim Roosevelt
*         Rules Committee: Former State Senator Leticia Van de Putte and former U.S. Congressman Barney Frank
*         Platform Committee: Governor Dan Malloy and former Atlanta Mayor Shirley Franklin
###
-----Original Message-----
From: Paustenbach, Mark
Sent: Tuesday, May 03, 2016 1:09 PM
To: Linskey, Annie
Cc: Miranda, Luis
Subject: Re: DNC platform committee
Thanks, Annie, for your note. Great to see you last weekend!
I'm traveling today but copying Luis here who can help you out.
All best,
Mark
Mark Paustenbach
National Press Secretary &
Deputy Communications Director
Democratic National Committee
202.863.8148
paustenbachm@dnc.org
> On May 3, 2016, at 10:28 AM, Linskey, Annie
> wrote:
>
> Hey Mark --
>
> Great to see you over the weekend at the parties. I kind of loved the Renwick one the most.
>
> I'm trying to figure out the Democratic party platform writing process, and wondering if you can provide some help with that. When do the drafting committees start getting appointed and meeting? Also, can you send me a list of who is on the party platform committee?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Annie
>
> --
> Annie Linskey
> Boston Globe
> DC Bureau
> desk: 202-857-5131
> cell: 443-627-0556
> @annielinskey


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