Through about 20:30. Says his tax plan is open for negotiation
Thinks regulatory/tax reform can cause GDP to grow
When China goes down to 7 percent growth, they go crazy and into a recession.
We have basically 0 growth, maybe less - how are they coming up with these numbers?
Dodd-Frank has to be eliminated or changed. So many friends who can't do business with the banks
Regulators running the banks.
I'm not blaming banks, I'm blaming regulations
Taxes - one critique is that tax cuts go to top 1%. How do you square that?
I will say this. When you put out tax plan, there are negotiations back and forth and I can see that going up. We are cutting - I don't want middle going up but I can see "that" going up. Wealthy have dozen well, I'm not complaining.  (it's choppy but I think he implies he'd raise taxes on the rich)
People haven't had a wage increase. These people who come to my rallies, many of them haven't had raise in 20 years and some are making less money now than 20 years ago but their taxes are higher. That's why they don't like either party, conservatives or liberals.
Cruz debate with Trump supporter - these people are smart, hard-working but have been disenfranchised.
Who would you rather run against, HRC or Bernie?
The system rigged against him. The system rigged against me, this wasn't supposed to happen.
The people of the country great, have had bad leadership, unfair tax policy and we'll straighten it out so everyone benefits.
Doesn't want to say who he'd rather run against. Bernie can't make it so its irrelevant. Super delegates are ridiculous. He would be easier probably, he's a socialist/communist. She's going to be just fine.
You need to be able to raise a lot of money. You'll raise a lot of money from people you maybe haven't gotten along with. How will that work?
It's a long answer. I have great relationships with so many, especially business. I was harsh on Bush family and that's why they want to sit it out, I don't care. We're going to have some people who don't want to play the game. Doesn't matter if they don't want to endorse. I'm watching HRC fighting Bernie. I was supposed to go on until July. I'm now watching her fight it out. She'll win because the system rigged unless she gets indicted but she's being protected by the Democrats. She should be because she's so guilty. Bernie can't win because he's fighting crooked HRC.
From: Oslund, Joseph
Sent: Thursday, May 05, 2016 10:17 AM
To: Nordyke, Hannah; Roberts, Kelly; Research_D
Subject: RE: Video Request: Trump on Squawk Box
2:40 (start of interview) to 12:40
TRUMP:
Q: Any chance your VP is somebody who also ran for president?
-          40% chance his VP comes from the group of also-ran candidates
-          I've had a good relationship with Kasich, probably unlikely that it'll be john, not sure that john even wants it
-          Do think it's important that VP be a governor or a congressman because I'm a businessman and I've got that covered
-          Would be good to have somebody who could help with legislation, instead of me signing executive orders all day long
-          Always the first criteria for VP is someone who can take over if something happens
-          When Obama picked Biden, nobody understood it because Biden had run and not done so well; now we see they have a good rapport
Q: How about this American Action Forum report that says your immigration plan will cost billions?
-          The report is not right, "they don't have it right"
-          "I'm not a shrinker of economies, I'm a grower of economies."
-          We don't use the people that are on your show to negotiate trade deals, we use political hacks
-          I want to renegotiate trade agreements
Q: Executive orders?
-          We want to get rid of regulations
-          People talk about regulations more than taxes
-          But we're lowering taxes, we're the highest taxed nation in the world
-          Getting rid of a tremendous amount of reguations
-          Also having to do with energy, it's so, so difficult for our country
-          Says that he believes in solar energy
-          "I use solar"
-          Re: solar: It's a thirty year payback though, they don't have it perfected
Q: We're not growing fast enough. Will regulatory reform give us more growth?
-          Yes, I do
-          If china ever had low GDP growth, it'd be a disaster
-          And here we have almost 0% growth, could even be less
-          How are they even coming up with these massive numbers, how are they even doing it?
-          Impossible to do business with banks with Dodd Frank
-          Regulatory climate so bad that banks aren't loaning to businesses
From: Nordyke, Hannah
Sent: Thursday, May 05, 2016 9:54 AM
To: Roberts, Kelly; Research_D
Subject: RE: Video Request: Trump on Squawk Box
Watch
-----Original Message-----
From: Roberts, Kelly
Sent: Thursday, May 05, 2016 8:18 AM
To: Research_D
Subject: Video Request: Trump on Squawk Box
Earlier this morning. Thanks!
Sent from my iPhone


She should be at the studio at 1:20pm for makeup. The hit time is 1:40pm.
Mark Paustenbach
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Democratic National Committee
W: 202.863.8148
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From: Miranda, Luis
Sent: Tuesday, April 26, 2016 1:13 PM
To: Kroll, Amy; Kate Houghton
Cc: Ryan Banfill; Paustenbach, Mark; Walsh, Tom; Walker, Eric
Subject: RE: Talking Points for DWS
Yes.
[SigDems]
Luis Miranda, Communications Director
Democratic National Committee
202-863-8148 – MirandaL@dnc.org
- @MiraLuisDC
From: Kroll, Amy
Sent: Tuesday, April 26, 2016 1:12 PM
To: Kate Houghton; Miranda, Luis
Cc: Ryan Banfill; Paustenbach, Mark; Walsh, Tom; Walker, Eric
Subject: RE: Talking Points for DWS
Thanks, is this for Wolf Blitzer hit?
From: Kate Houghton
Sent: Tuesday, April 26, 2016 1:08 PM
To: Miranda, Luis
Cc: Ryan Banfill; Paustenbach, Mark; Walsh, Tom; Walker, Eric; Kroll, Amy
Subject: Re: Talking Points for DWS
Amy - Please upload and flag for DWS.
On Apr 26, 2016, at 1:05 PM, Miranda, Luis
> wrote:
4.26.16 TALKING POINTS
Topline Message:
Today as millions of Americans in five states go to the polls, Democrats are voting with enthusiasm for the candidate they like most -- Republicans are holding their noses and casting their votes for the candidate they dislike least. We expect that today we’ll see the same thing we’ve seen throughout this campaign, our voters are energized with the serious and substantive primary we’ve had and two candidates who both have the judgment and temperament to serve; while Republican voters will continue to be dismayed with the chaos on their side.
•         In the last primary in New York, exit polls showed that nearly 7 out of every 10 Democratic voters believe that our primary has energized our party.
•         That’s because our two candidates have consistently offered strong, well thought-out visions for our country that would move America forward.
•         That’s consistent with Wisconsin where 7 out of 10 Democrats in those exit polls said they were excited or optimistic about both of our candidates.
•         That’s something we’re not seeing on the Republican side where serious questions have been raised about their understanding of the issues, not to mention their judgment and temperament given how ugly, divisive and insulting they’ve been.
•         Their own voters know it. Just 39% of Republicans in New York thought their campaign has energized their party. In Wisconsin 4 out of 10 Republican primary voters…let me say that again…Republican primary voters said they fear what a Trump presidency would do to our country. And roughly a third would rather stay home, vote for a third party, or vote for a Democrat than support either Trump or Cruz.
•         That’s stunning, but it tells you that Democrats are heading into November in a far stronger position than Republicans.
Update: Sanders Argued This Morning on CNN/New Day:
•         There is a Narrow Path to Victory: We have won 16 states so far and I'm looking forward to winning a number more. I think we have a path to victory and will fight this until the last vote is cast. … It's a narrow path, but do have a path, and the idea that we should not contest in California or a larger state, let the people of California determine what the agenda of the democratic party is and who the candidate for president should be is pretty crazy. So we're in this to the end.
•         I am a Strong General Election Candidate; Super Delegates May Ultimately Decide That’s Most Important: And I think that when you look at national polling, where in virtually every national and statewide poll, Bernie Sanders runs a lot better against Donald Trump and other Republican candidates than does Hillary Clinton. I think you've got super delegates there who say, you know what? We need a strong candidate. We need a candidate who can beat trump, maybe Bernie Sanders is that candidate.
•         At the Convention, We Will Push for Our Issues to be on the Platform: I think what the democratic process is about, Chris, is going to the convention and arguing about what the platform should be. … The winner, whether it is Secretary Clinton or myself, our job is then to go out to the American people on a platform that makes sense to the working families of this country, and then we win with a large voter turnout.
Talking Points
Chaos in Cleveland vs Our Next President in Philadelphia
We’re less than 100 days from the July conventions, and it’s clear that Democrats will emerge united, while Republicans are embroiled in drama better suited for a reality show than a contest for the presidency.
Both Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders are dedicated to supporting the eventual Democratic nominee.
•         Just yesterday, Senator Sanders said at a town hall on MSNBC that he will do everything in his power to make sure no Republican gets into the White House in November.
•         And Secretary Clinton has been clear about her commitment to unifying the party and the need to build on the progress we’ve made under Democratic leadership over the last 7 years.
•         Because the Party’s platform is a statement of our values, the DNC is committed to an open, inclusive and representative process. Both of our campaigns will be represented on the Platform Drafting Committee, and just as we did in 2008 and 2012, the public will have opportunities to participate.
Democrats know that we’re stronger when more voices are heard, and when we stand together to move our country forward, we’ll see that in Philadelphia at our convention.
Compare that to the Republicans.
•         This week, the increasingly desperate Cruz and Kasich campaigns forged an unusual alliance to stop Trump, but it barely lasted as long as the announcement that it was happening.
•         A majority of Trump supporters said they would abandon the Republican Party if he loses the nomination and runs as a third-party candidate.
•         Even Republican leaders are afraid of going near their radioactive convention. You’ve already seen Republican candidates in tight races, like Senator Kirk in Illinois and John McCain – the GOP nominee eight years ago – say they will not attend their own convention in Cleveland. But don’t let them fool you, they’re not any better than the top of their ticket.
Joint Fundraising Committees
•         We welcome any effort by our candidates to help raise money for the DNC and state parties, which is why stood up similar agreements for joint victory funds with both the Clinton campaign and the Sanders campaign early in the cycle.
•         The DNC is the only entity that will be able to closely coordinate with our eventual nominee, and we took these important steps because of the urgency to build a strong national infrastructure NOW that will help elect Democrats up and down the ballot in November.
•         It’s important to note, the funds that the DNC and state parties get through the joint victory funds help strengthen, for example, our national voter file and communications, research and digital support for state parties and down ballot candidates. That includes training across a variety of areas, for example, and access to media monitoring and rapid response support. This is helping us build infrastructure for the general election.
•         These arrangements are not new or unusual. Similar joint fundraising committees were established with our Democratic candidate in both 2008 and 2012. And again, both campaigns have signed on and have the option of using joint victory funds.
•         And let’s be clear, neither the DNC nor state parties are subsidizing fundraising through these committees for either campaign. For whatever each campaign raises under the agreement that then goes to their campaign, that campaign pays a directly proportional amount for the cost of that fundraising.
Contested Convention / Arizona Lawsuit
•         We’re going to be united at our convention, and we’re confident in our process, which was in place well before we knew who would run this cycle and which has been fair to all of our candidates.
•         We’ve cautioned our candidates to maintain a tone that helps us build toward the general election, recognizing that as we funnel down the home stretch of any campaign the intensity level will rise.
•         Ultimately, Secretary Clinton and Senator Sanders are drawing sharp differences with one another, but their differences remain focused on how to best move America forward.
•         They’re focused on how to make sure our government reflects the values of the American people, that we have an economy and a democracy that are inclusive, and that we respect everyone in America.
•         If you want to talk about a rigged process, we’re doing that too. The Democratic National Committee and our Senatorial Campaign Committee are suing officials in Arizona whose decisions led to voters having to wait for hours to vote during their March primaries, and many to be disenfranchised as a result. We want to make sure that doesn’t happen in November.
•         If you want to talk about rigging elections, that’s the real example, and it’s a serious problem and we’re glad both our candidates have expressed interest addressing attempts to make it harder for the American people to vote.
•         In Maricopa County, officials reduced the number of polling locations to just 1 for every 21,000 people. That’s seven times what it was in other parts of the state, and it shows you the magnitude of the efforts to make it harder to vote that Republicans are championing all across the country.
•         And it’s not just Arizona, you had a member of Congress from Wisconsin, Glenn Grothman, who flat out said that they expected they could now win Wisconsin because of the Voter ID law. It was his Kevin McCarthy moment, and the type of rigging of the system we’re not going to put up with.
•         When voters go to the polls in November, they can be certain that the Democratic nominee will have the temperament and judgment to serve as commander in chief, and that's not something you can say about the Republican candidates.
Clinton’s Speeches and Sanders’ Taxes
•         Our job at the Party isn’t to handicap our own primary, we’re not going to referee.
•         There are real differences, but they’re with the Republicans, and while you have to expect that the candidates are going to draw sharp differences, they’re also highlighting what a much better option voters have with Democrats.
•         Just look at the issue of taxes as millions of Americans filed last week, but most of them didn’t get to take advantage of special loopholes or get special breaks. Yet every single Republican plan for the economy is based on tax cuts for those at the very top of the income scale. It’s exactly the economic policy that the Bush Administration had as they drove us toward the great recession.
•         So ultimately those are the differences that will matter most in November.
GOP Frontrunner Trump is Reckless and Dangerous
•         The Economy: Trump’s unfounded predictions
of recession and warnings against investing in the stock market are reckless, and economists have already predicted his policies could start an international trade war and cause a global recession.
•         Foreign Policy: Trump’s threat to pull back from our most important military alliances
in NATO sends a dangerous message, which is particularly troubling in light of his past praise of Russian President Vladimir Putin.
•         Nuclear Proliferation: Trump has refused to say he wouldn’t use nuclear weapons on European territory, then suggested South Korea
and Japan should either develop nuclear weapons or pay the United States for protection against North Korea.
•         On abortion: Trump has taken multiple positions on abortion - from a dangerous and offensive call to punish women who get an abortion, to saying he would allow states to restrict women’s rights, to saying abortion laws are set but he would eliminate them with judicial appointments.
Cruz
•         The vast majority of his Republican colleagues can barely muster a straight face to say anything nice or positive about him!
•         Lindsey Graham crassly talked about how no one in the Senate would object if he was killed on the Senate floor, and said that endorsing him over Trump was the equivalent of choosing to get poisoned over being shot.
•         Senator Jim Risch of Idaho – TWICE – gave one of the most passive, non-endorsement endorsements I’ve ever seen.
•         It’s going to be very difficult for Senators and Congress members to run alongside a presidential nominee they really don’t like!
The GOP’s Problem with Women Voters
Trump is viewed unfavorably by 7 out of 10 women, but both of his primary opponents would also alienate women voters with their policies as the nominee.
•         Kasich said that he wants to see Roe v. Wade repealed
, and when asked what kind of punishment that would lead to, he evaded the question by saying that it should be left to the states.
•         Cruz said that even if a woman has been brutally raped, she should be forced to carry the pregnancy caused by her attacker to term.
•         In the past, the Republican candidates have opposed equal pay, family leave, and voted against the Violence Against Women Act.
Earlier this month we marked Equal Pay Day, the day in 2016 when women’s earnings have caught up with men’s earnings from 2015. On average we earn 79 cents to their dollar, and it’s worse for women of color. All of the Republican presidential candidates would stand against protections that ensure greater equality in the workplace.
•         John Kasich has consistently belittled women and said that we don’t need workplace protections, just a ‘change of heart’ among major employers.
•         Ted Cruz voted against the Paycheck Fairness Act three times and ridiculed the legislation as a ‘show vote.’
•         Donald Trump stated that women would have pay equity if we did ‘as good a job’ as men.
Republicans to Blame for Trump and His Down Ballot Impact
It’s fitting that Donald Trump is the standard-bearer of a party that has relied on divisive politics and scapegoating for electoral gain for so long. Since 2004 they’ve used gay marriage as a wedge issue, demonized immigrants and stoked fears about border security. They’ve given birthers like Trump a pass, and fueled the Tea Party with lies about a total government takeover of healthcare and the economy. Then while in office, the only thing Republicans have done in Washington over the last seven years is obstruct. Trump IS the Republican Party.
Advantage, Democrats
Despite all the media attention that Republican frontrunner Trump gets with his say-anything strategy, Democrats are winning where it matters.
•         Senator Clinton has earned more than 10 million votes – Over a million more than Donald Trump – while Senator Sanders has  earned more than 8 million votes (well ahead of Ted Cruz and John Kasich), while also garnering more than seven million individual campaign contributions from low dollar donors. If there is an enthusiasm gap, it clearly favors Democrats.
•         Overall fundraising shows a Democratic edge, with Democrats raising a total of $72.1 million in February and 67.5 million in March, eclipsing Republicans’ fundraising, which amounted to less than $12 million for Cruz, $6
million for Trump, and just $3.4 million for Kasich in February.
•         And while Trump continues to claim that he is self-funding his campaign, his latest report with theFEC
shows that he has loaned his campaign $24 million throughout this election cycle, while he raising just $34 million from outside contributors and loans for the entire cycle.
•         Democrats will have the strongest candidate in November. Period. And we are poised to take back the Senate and make serious gains in the House.
Broad Contrast and Infrastructure
•         We have been building an infrastructure and operation that will work regardless of who the Republicans nominate. We see the numbers of course; it’s clear Trump is far ahead of his competitors, and we’re ready for him if he makes it through what is shaping up to be a train wreck of a convention.
•         But we don’t think taking on Trump is fundamentally different from any of the others.
•         At least with Trump, he’s not shy about exposing what the Republican brand has truly become. Ted Cruz and John Kasich are every bit as extreme as their party’s front-runner, they just hide it a bit better.
•         They promise the same extreme agenda on women’s rights, they deny the threat of climate change, and they oppose fixing a broken immigration system with a path to  citizenship.
•         They all want to drag America back to the failed economic policies of the last Republican president who left office losing 800,000 jobs a month and having plunged our country into the Great Recession.
•         And they’ve all been just as offensive in their rhetoric, using language that alienates our allies, helps ISIS recruit terrorists, and makes America less safe.
•         So if it is Trump, we’re ready. Maybe it’s Cruz, but it’s hard to see how that comes together in the end. But regardless we’re building a ground game and an infrastructure that’s ready to challenge him on every single position he’s taking on the campaign trail, and that holds him accountable for what those positions would actually mean for the American people.
Luis Miranda, Communications Director
Democratic National Committee
202-863-8148 – MirandaL@dnc.org
- @MiraLuisDC


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
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Luis,
Is the DNC making any preparations for Philadelphia for possible violence after what happened last weekend in Nevada? Are you changing any of your preps because of what happened?
It’s for a story we are working on about how what happened in Nevada could impact Philadelphia.
If you would rather talk on the phone, call anytime at 646-531-7324.
Thanks,
Shushannah
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Thanks Mark! Ryan are you all set up to review and then upload to Dropbox?
On May 1, 2016, at 9:21 PM, Paustenbach, Mark
> wrote:
With Ryan’s correct address this time. Thanks.
Mark Paustenbach
National Press Secretary &
Deputy Communications Director
Democratic National Committee
W: 202.863.8148
paustenbachm@dnc.org
From: Paustenbach, Mark
Sent: Sunday, May 01, 2016 9:20 PM
To: Kroll, Amy
Cc: Kate Houghton; Bonosky, Garret; Miranda, Luis; Ryan Banfill
Subject: Briefings for NYC on Mon and Tues
See attached for the media briefings for DWS for Monday (Bloomberg Politics meeting and “With All Due Respect”) and Tuesday (Wall Street Journal and Buzzfeed). Please let me know if you have any questions.
Thanks,
Mark
Mark Paustenbach
National Press Secretary &
Deputy Communications Director
Democratic National Committee
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Say they stand by their article
Interviews with women paint occasionally contradictory views of Trump
From: Sarge, Matthew
Sent: Monday, May 16, 2016 11:09 AM
To: Comm_D
Subject: Video Request: NYT article authors on CNN


NYT is out with a story. We expect to see a letter from the State Party shortly that is submitted to the Chairs of the Rules & Bylaws committee, but that doesn't ask anything of the DNC, just to register their concerns about the behavior coming from some of the supporters, including death threats. Will circulate as soon as we have it.


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Flagging this part from an interview that Sanders did with the SF Chronicle:
"What I am concerned about is that people in the Democratic Party even raise that as a spectacle. Why would you do that?" Sanders told The Chronicle Wednesday. "When we have the most grassroots campaign seen in a very long time - with no violence - and then people are suggesting that we will bring violence to the convention in Philadelphia. That's absurd. That's a political tactic."
Without mentioning Wasserman Schultz or Boxer by name, Sanders said, "Then you have people comparing us to Donald Trump? That's bad politics. What we are trying to do is bring people together. That some people booed and yelled and maybe acted inappropriately, we condemn that. But people do have the right to boo."
In San Jose, Sanders spells out campaign differences with Clinton
By Joe Garofoli
Bernie Sanders laughed heartily Wednesday afternoon before taking the stage at his rally in San Jose, noting the differences in his California campaign activities compared with his rival for the Democratic presidential nomination, Hillary Clinton.
Sanders scheduled two Bay Area rallies Wednesday - he also had a rally in Vallejo Wednesday evening and in between the two made an unannounced stop to join a boisterous crowd of hotel and restaurant employees in San Francisco demanding the right to unionize.
Clinton or her husband, former President Bill Clinton, will headline four high-dollar fundraisers in the Bay Area next week. All the events are private and cost from $250 to $27,000 a ticket.
"Ha, ha, ha! That says everything about the difference," Sanders told The Chronicle Wednesday. "Our goal - and I don't know if we'll achieve it - is to talk to 200,000 people in California in rallies like this until June 7" - the date of the California primary election.
"If you want a candidate who is out working and speaking with people rather than hanging out raising money from millionaires, I think the choice is pretty clear," the Vermont senator said.
While fundraising stops will be part of the Clintons' next trip to the state, they will also be making several public appearances - as they have also done during recent stops. Hillary Clinton did make public appearances at rallies in Oakland and East Los Angeles during a campaign swing earlier this month. And Bill Clinton headlined public events in San Diego and Los Angeles earlier this month, too. Bill Clinton is expected to be at a rally in San Diego on Saturday when he swings through California for several days starting this weekend, with more public events expected to be on his schedule. Hillary Clinton is also expected to do multiple public events on her next trip through California next week.
Hillary for California campaign director Buffy Wicks responded that both Clintons " have held events across the state this month where they've talked to many Californians about the issues on their minds and they look forward to returning this weekend and next week."
A practical purpose
For the Sanders campaign, Wednesday's rallies served a practical purpose. Before the candidate appeared, supporter Wrenn Bunker Koesters urged the crowd from the stage to text the word "volunteer" to a campaign number.
That inspired Esdras Ortega to text his desire to volunteer. The rally was the first political event the 20-year-old De Anza College student had ever attended.
"I just wanted to come here, hear what he said and pick up a vibe on his speeches and see what people were cheering for and getting excited about," Ortega said. "This gets me psyched up to volunteer."
It has paid similar dividends nationally. Of people who have attended Sanders' campaign rallies or town meetings, 67 percent have volunteered and 40 percent of them donated money, Sanders campaign digital director Kenneth Pennington said Wednesday.
The public perception is palpable, too, analysts say.
"When you raise money like that, you are more accountable to the public at large rather than a small group of donors," said Daniel G. Newman, co-founder of Maplight, a nonpartisan organization that analyzes the role of money in politics. Newman pointed out that both Clinton and Sanders have promised to do all they could to overturn Citizens United, the Supreme Court decision that paved the way for unlimited campaign contributions.
During Wednesday's rally before 5,500 people at the Santa Clara County Fairgrounds in San Jose, Sanders - often in a hoarse voice - stuck to his stump speech, a critique of how the wealthy have a death grip on America's political and economic systems. He didn't attack Clinton directly and saved some of his most pointed jabs for Donald Trump, the presumptive Republican nominee.
'That will not happen'
"I know that there are many people who are concerned that Donald Trump may become president of the United States. That will not happen," Sanders said, pointing to how he leads Trump in many national polls. "More important, I believe the American people will reject the basic tenets of what Donald Trump stands for."
Sanders pointed to Nevada casino magnate Sheldon Adelson saying last week he would endorse Trump.
"When you have billionaires supporting billionaires, that's oligarchy," the candidate said.
Sanders steered into a California topic when he addressed a matter likely to be before state voters this fall: legalizing cannabis for adult recreational use.
"If I lived in California I would vote yes to legalize marijuana," Sanders said at the rally, drawing huge cheers.
After he left San Jose, Sanders appeared about 4:30 p.m. in the plaza at 101 California near the Le Meridien Hotel to support workers trying to organize there and spoke for about five minutes to a crowd of about 500 people.
This time he veered in a very San Francisco issue: homelessness.
"Just been in San Francisco for a few hours, and it's stunning to see people sleeping out in the street," he said.
Following his speech, he waded into the crowd to shake hands with supporters before heading to the evening rally in Vallejo.
At Vallejo's Waterfront Park, Sanders continued hammering on the nation's wealth inequality while speaking for an hour before a crowd organizers estimated at 5,000 people. And he continued to be boundlessly optimistic about his chances, saying that after winning the Oregon primary Tuesday, "I think we're going to sweep the West Coast."
Like he did in San Jose, Sanders barely mentioned Clinton and focused his attacks on Trump as a billionaire who, if elected, would perpetuate an economic system that's rigged against middle- and low-income Americans.
In an interview before his San Jose speech, Sanders reacted strongly to criticism of events at the Nevada Democratic Convention over the weekend. His supporters said party organizers had changed the rules of the convention to block them and give an advantage to Clinton. They reacted by causing disruption and threatening the state party chairwoman.
But Sanders said concerns about "violence" were overblown and pointed out that "it was a room filled with police officers and nobody was arrested."
Dems criticize campaign
Democratic National Committee Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz called the reaction by the Sanders campaign to the Nevada incident "anything but acceptable," and California Sen. Barbara Boxer, who was in Nevada, complained of being booed and said she had been concerned for her safety. Other party leaders worried it could be a preview of chaos at the national convention in July in Philadelphia should Sanders not win the nomination.
"What I am concerned about is that people in the Democratic Party even raise that as a spectacle. Why would you do that?" Sanders told The Chronicle Wednesday. "When we have the most grassroots campaign seen in a very long time - with no violence - and then people are suggesting that we will bring violence to the convention in Philadelphia. That's absurd. That's a political tactic."
Without mentioning Wasserman Schultz or Boxer by name, Sanders said, "Then you have people comparing us to Donald Trump? That's bad politics. What we are trying to do is bring people together. That some people booed and yelled and maybe acted inappropriately, we condemn that. But people do have the right to boo."
Sanders also pressed for Clinton to fulfill her promise to debate in California. Fox News extended an invitation Wednesday to both campaigns to debate in California and the Sanders campaign noted that The Chronicle has offered to co-host a debate.
While the odds remain long for Sanders to capture the Democratic nomination, Matthew Finkelstein, a Vallejo resident wearing a blue Bernie-themed yarmulke to the rally in his city, remained hopeful.
"In politics, anything can happen. Sometimes a moment comes together perfectly and a star goes supernova," Finkelstein said. "Whether or not Bernie wins this contest or he doesn't, this movement is coming."
--
Walter Garcia
Western Regional Press Secretary
Democratic National Committee (DNC)
Email: GarciaW@dnc.org
Twitter: @WalterGarcia231
[SigDems]


Dude, per below Callum is asking for a comment at 1:03pm but it looks like he posted the story at 12:06pm.

Liberal pundits blame Debbie Wasserman Schultz, not Bernie Sanders, for Democrats' division
By Callum Borchers
May 19 at 12:07 PM
Democratic National Committee Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz says Bernie Sanders added fuel to the fire that raged at last weekend's chaotic Democratic convention in Nevada, criticizing him for choosing to denounce party leaders before condemning violence in a written statement
.
Liberal CNN commentator Van Jones sees things very differently.
"She says that Bernie's adding fuel to the fire? She just added fuel to the fire," Jones said Tuesday, shortly after Wasserman Schultz said in an interview that Sanders's response to reports of a scuffle and threatening behavior by some of his supporters was "anything but acceptable."
Jones went on:
The problem that we have right now is that there has been this concern on the part of Bernie's people that the DNC has been on Hillary's side. ... First of all, Bernie did say, in his statement, that he's against the violence. Also, if you want to talk about violence, only one person's been arrested - it was a Hillary Clinton supporter,Wendell Pierce
, arrested for assaulting a Sanders supporter.
So, if you're going to come out and you're going to talk about violence and you're the DNC chair, you have to be fair about it. I don't think she was fair. I think she actually made it worse now. We have to pull these people together. That did not happen.
(Pierce, we should note, is the former "The Wire" actor who was arrested over the weekend after an incident at an Atlanta hotel. There were no arrests at the Nevada convention.)
MSNBC's Mika Brzezinski went farther than Jones on Wednesday, calling for Wasserman Schultz to resign.
"This has been very poorly handled from the start," Brzezinski said. "It has been unfair, and they haven't taken him seriously, and it starts, quite frankly, with the person that we just heard speaking [Wasserman Schultz]. It just does. ... She should step down. She should step down."
Fellow MSNBC host Chris Hayes, meanwhile, said Tuesday that it's clear that Wasserman Schultz's fingers are on the scale
.
"It is clearly the case that when given truth serum, Debbie Wasserman Schultz vastly prefers Hillary Clinton to be the nominee, obviously, and to the extent that there are things that can be done institutionally and marginally to facilitate that outcome, they are being done," Hayes said.
As the Democratic presidential nominating contest drags on - with the Republican race already over - left-leaning pundits are increasingly pinning the blame for disunity on the party boss, instead of the underdog candidate who refuses to drop out. Sanders might be stubborn, but Wasserman Schultz drove him to it by favoring Clinton from the start. Or so the argument goes. And the situation in Nevada seems to have turned up the heat on some long-simmering tensions.
Top complaints include briefly suspending the Sanders campaign's access
to a voter database and scheduling half as many primary debates (six) as the Republicans did - and putting half of those events on weekend nights, allegedly to minimize exposure and insulate the front-runner.
The database suspension was a penalty imposed after Sanders acknowledged that a staffer improperly exploited a software glitch that allowed him to view confidential voter information held by the Clinton campaign. The DNC eventually sanctioned four additional debates, though only three have been held and there is no date for the fourth.
The left side of the media has been criticizing Wasserman Schultz's handling of the primary process for a while. "Fire Debbie Wasserman Schultz," blared a to-the-point headline on the Huffington Post
in December. On the same day, Slate
declared that "Debbie Wasserman Schultz is acting just like the villain Bernie Sanders says she is."
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More recently, Esquire's Charles P. Pierce called for Wasserman Schultz's ouster
in March (though for reasons unrelated to the 2016 primary),
The liberal press isn't alone in its frustration. As The Fix's Janell Ross wrote in January
, "Wasserman Schultz's list of enemies just keeps growing" - a list that includes some fellow Democrats and progressive advocacy groups. The consternation dates to at least 2014, whenPolitico's Edward-Isaac Dovere wrote
a lengthy piece about unhappiness with her performance.
As of Thursday morning, a MoveOn.org petition
calling for Wasserman Schultz to resign had 76,146 digital signatures. A similar petition at Change.org
had 60,525. Another on CREDO Action's website
had 86,291.
It's clear that Wasserman Schultz is in a difficult spot - one she almost certainly didn't anticipate at the beginning of the election season. Sanders made the Democratic race far more competitive than anyone imagined. But as he delays the inevitable, Wasserman Schultz finds that she, too, is being cast as a divisive figure by the media.
On top of it all, the perception could be virtually impossible to shake. While Sanders will ultimately be judged by the extent to which he rallies supporters to Clinton in the general election, Wasserman Schultz is already being judged by moves she made early in the primary season that can't be reversed. Sanders backers might always believe their candidate didn't get a fair shake, and those accusations will probably be part of Wasserman Schultz's media narrative for a long time to come.
Mark Paustenbach
National Press Secretary &
Deputy Communications Director
Democratic National Committee
W: 202.863.8148
paustenbachm@dnc.org
From: Borchers, Callum
Sent: Thursday, May 19, 2016 1:03 PM
To: Paustenbach, Mark
Subject: Washington Post inquiry
Mark,
I'm noting some of the recent criticisms leveled against Debbie Wasserman Schultz by liberal pundits and wondered if the DNC cared to respond to them. Mika Brzezinski calling for her to step down; Van Jones saying she, not Bernie Sanders, is adding fuel to the fire; Chris Hayes saying she favors Hillary Clinton as the nominee.
Callum Borchers
The Fix
Washington Post
508-918-5147
@callumborchers


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Meet the Chinese American supporters of Donald Trump
by Fiona Ng
| Take Two 4 hours ago
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Donald Trump's rise might be built on white, working-class Americans who feel they have been abandoned by the political establishment in DC and alienated by the growing liberalism on the coasts.
But they are not the only ones.
If they can have it their way, those belonging to the group "Chinese Americans for Trump" would also want to see the billionaire hotelier become the next leader of the free world. The organization has about 1,000 members, comprised mostly of immigrants from mainland China residing now in different parts of the US, from Nebraska to Pennsylvania to New York to, of course, California.
The group was founded just two days after Trump declared his presidential run in June by 32-year-old David Wang, a boyish-looking Beijing transplant who now lives in the city of Diamond Bar with his family. Wang caught a YouTube video of someone making fun of Trump, and that plunged him down a rabbit hole. He ended up spending the next five hours devouring clips of the man. The more Wang watched, the more he found himself liking the Donald - not just as a politician, but as a person.
His reasons aren't all that different from Trump's other supporters: The promise of jobs and prosperity embodied in the figure of a plain-speaking DC outsider who also happens to be crazy rich.
"Some of his message I don't particularly support, but I like 99 percent of his message," Wang says, such as Trump's stance against undocumented immigration - including his threat to ban all Muslims from entering the US.
Even Trump's rebuke of China - for taking away US jobs and for manipulating its currency, the yuan - has done little to dampen Wang's enthusiasm. His cohorts feel the same way, like Lilly Wang (no relation to David), a mother and a small business owner in the San Gabriel Valley. She voted for President Obama in 2008, but became disillusioned by the Affordable Care Act and the White House's policy on LGBTQ rights.
"Obamacare is a concern of mine. For a lot of us in the middle class it's way too expensive. We basically can't afford it, particularly us small business owners," Lilly Wang says.
That sense of disappointment with the Democratic Party permeates the group. If anything, it goes to show that the long-held assumption that Chinese Americans will always lean blue politically might no longer be a given, despite the fact that close to three out of four Asian American voters
supported President Obama in 2012.
Mark Ma, an IT consultant who learned about "Chinese Americans for Trump" just days ago, says the difference might be generational.
"It's probably because of education and socioeconomic status," says Ma.
Many in the current wave of new Chinese immigrants are better off, Ma explains, saying that the issues that matter to them are dovetailing more with the values of the Republican Party - like taxes.
"The older generation mostly fled from war or unrest, they might be unskilled labor and stuff like that," says Ma.
The group has a big day on their calendar next week. They're scheduled to meet Trump himself next week when he is in town. It's certainly one thing organizer David Wang can cross off his bucket list. But his eyes, like Trump's, are on the biggest prize yet. And then, Wang reasons, Trump will change his rhetoric on China.
"He's just running for president right now. He's not the president right now yet, but he will be. When he becomes president , he'll change his views," Wang says. "Trump is a very smart man, and he will definitely find an equilibrium among foreign policy and economics with China."
But what if Trump doesn't win? It's not a reality Wang deigns to entertain, so certain is he that his candidate of choice will prevail.
No matter what, "I'll still be a Republican going forward, for sure," Wang says.


Blasting.
From: Paustenbach, Mark
Sent: Thursday, May 19, 2016 3:46 PM
To: Brinster, Jeremy; RR2
Subject: RE: FOR RR2: Trump’s Plan to Profit Off of Voters
Great, thanks. These are fine. Please blast.
Mark Paustenbach
National Press Secretary &
Deputy Communications Director
Democratic National Committee
W: 202.863.8148
paustenbachm@dnc.org
From: Brinster, Jeremy
Sent: Thursday, May 19, 2016 3:45 PM
To: Paustenbach, Mark; RR2
Subject: RE: FOR RR2: Trump’s Plan to Profit Off of Voters
A few edits. Thanks!
From: Paustenbach, Mark
Sent: Thursday, May 19, 2016 3:38 PM
To: RR2
Subject: RE: FOR RR2: Trump’s Plan to Profit Off of Voters
Removed the last line of the quote. Otherwise look okay? Thanks again.
Mark Paustenbach
National Press Secretary &
Deputy Communications Director
Democratic National Committee
W: 202.863.8148
paustenbachm@dnc.org
From: Paustenbach, Mark
Sent: Thursday, May 19, 2016 2:29 PM
To: RR2
Subject: FOR RR2: Trump’s Plan to Profit Off of Voters
SL: Trump’s Plan to Profit Off of Voters
For years Trump has toyed with running for President and each time he has bragged about making money off such an endeavor. While it’s difficult to get a perfect look because Trump refuses to release his tax returns, it’s clear that he’s already  profiting from taking part in the democratic process his dangerous, divisive candidacy.
In his book
Crippled America, Donald Trump said his income had risen since he entered the presidential race, and that his candidacy benefits his business “because of the excitement factor,” which he said
was “even more of an asset internationally.” He bragged about making a profit by running for president, saying
“If I net out, I’m at like a million bucks.”
Maybe profiting off of democracy political demagoguery was all a part of the Trump business plan. Back in 2000, Trump said
“I’m the only candidate who makes money when he runs,” and today, he repeatedly touts his properties and books at his campaign events rather than his plans to grow and expand the middle class.
Trump’s press conference back in March strangely
“veered into sales pitches for his own product lines…..touting his wines, steaks, golf course and even his water,” – despite the fact that you can’t even buy some of those products anymore
.
“While it is not clear why Donald Trump refuses to release his tax returns, it is clear the only thing Trump cares about is himself. The American people would lose under a Trump Administration that would drag America back to the same old tax cuts for the wealthy, like those in place when our country was losing 800,000 jobs a month under the last Republican president. Trump would add insult to injury by gutting the consumer protections put into place since then, proving he lacks the judgement to serve.” – DNC Communications Director Luis Miranda


See below. Is it helpful for us to start putting out state party chairs who can talk about how peaceful their conventions are and that Nevada was an anomaly, or is that counterproductive? Ohio volunteers.
Thanks
From: Vickers, Jack
Sent: Thursday, May 19, 2016 10:36 AM
To: Helmstetter, TJ
Subject: Nevada Narrative
Hey TJ,
Just got off the phone with Greg Beswick, our ED out of Ohio. With everything going on in NV, he wanted it to be known that they held their convention last weekend, and that it went off without a hitch. He said that HFA and Bernie folks were respectful of each other, and that the entire thing was orderly and organized with some really productive conversations about how everyone can unite to drive the party forward.
He said that he also knows that they're not the only state party with this story, and that he's happy to get people on the record to talk about how Nevada was an anomaly. I'm not sure if you're looking to shift the narrative in this way, but this could be helpful if so.
Jack Vickers | Acting Midwest Political Director
Democratic National Committee
C: (603) 729-6506
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Since there was such a heavy Bernie piece in here let's not touch it.
________________________________
From: Jakubiec, Matthew
Sent: Friday, May 20, 2016 11:57 AM
To: Miranda, Luis; Walker, Eric; Comm_D
Subject: Re: Video Request: MSNBC segment on how 16 was not as bad as 08
Watch here
From: "Miranda, Luis"
>
Date: Friday, May 20, 2016 at 11:38 AM
To: "Walker, Eric"
>, Comm_D
>
Subject: RE: Video Request: MSNBC segment on how 16 was not as bad as 08
Let's blast that out if it's a good clip.
________________________________
From: Walker, Eric
Sent: Friday, May 20, 2016 11:36 AM
To: Comm_D
Subject: Video Request: MSNBC segment on how 16 was not as bad as 08
Just now – feat. Dana Milbank. Talked about a poll that shows party more unified today than it was in 08. Thanks!
Eric Walker
walkere@dnc.org
732-991-1489
@ericmwalker


Thanks. We will send this out now.
Mark Paustenbach
National Press Secretary &
Deputy Communications Director
Democratic National Committee
W: 202.863.8148
paustenbachm@dnc.org
From: Tracie Pough
Sent: Tuesday, May 17, 2016 1:46 PM
To: Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Cc: Paustenbach, Mark; Miranda, Luis; Banfill, Ryan; Dacey, Amy
Subject: Re: FOR REVIEW: DNC Statement on Nevada Democratic Party Letter
I'm good.
- TP
On May 17, 2016, at 1:38 PM, Debbie Wasserman Schultz
> wrote:
I don't feel strongly about the second one. It's more important to condemn the behavior and call on the candidates to condemn it. Here is my revision to the first one if that is what we go with:
For Immediate Release
May 17, 2016
Contact: DNC Press - 202-863-8148
DNC Statement on Nevada Democratic Party Letter
WASHINGTON - DNC Chair Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz today issued the following statement on a letter from the Nevada Democratic Party regarding threatening and violent behavior among some participants around their state party convention this weekend:
"We are deeply concerned about the troubling details laid out in the letter from the Nevada Democratic Party. We will be reaching out to the leadership of both of our campaigns to ask them to stand with the Democratic Party in denouncing and and taking steps to prevent the type of behavior on display over the weekend in Las Vegas. Our democracy is undermined any time threats, intimidation, physical violence or damage to property are present. If there are legitimate concerns, they must be addressed in an orderly, civil and peaceful manner.
"The rules governing the Democratic Party delegate selection process have been in place for decades and the specific procedures for this cycle were agreed upon in 2014. In Nevada on Saturday, the state party's credentials committee was made up of an equal number of members representing both campaigns. That's a testament to our party's fundamental belief in being inclusive, open to the public, and transparent. The process for nominating a Democratic Presidential candidate is not something taken lightly, it is a four-year endeavor that is closely scrutinized and determined in public forums, just as it has been in past election cycles. There is no excuse for what happened in Nevada, and it is incumbent upon all of us in positions of leadership to speak out."
###
Sent from my BlackBerry 10 smartphone.
From: Tracie Pough
Sent: Tuesday, May 17, 2016 1:31 PM
To: Paustenbach, Mark; Debbie Wasserman Schultz; Miranda, Luis; Banfill, Ryan; Dacey, Amy
Subject: RE: FOR REVIEW: DNC Statement on Nevada Democratic Party Letter
The second statement will make this go on longer and open DWS and the DNC up for more criticism.
From: Paustenbach, Mark
Sent: Tuesday, May 17, 2016 1:19 PM
To: Debbie Wasserman Schultz; Miranda, Luis; Banfill, Ryan; Tracie Pough; Dacey, Amy
Subject: FOR REVIEW: DNC Statement on Nevada Democratic Party Letter
The main difference between the two statements is the portion in yellow in the second one.
VERSION 1: MEASURED
For Immediate Release
May 17, 2016
Contact: DNC Press - 202-863-8148
DNC Statement on Nevada Democratic Party Letter
WASHINGTON - DNC Chair Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz today issued the following statement on a letter from the Nevada Democratic Party regarding threatening and violent behavior among some participants around their state party convention this weekend:
"We are deeply concerned about the troubling details laid out in the letter from the Nevada Democratic Party. We will be reaching out to the leadership of both of our campaigns to ask them to stand with the Democratic Party in denouncing the type of behavior on display over the weekend in Las Vegas. Our democracy is undermined any time threats, intimidation, physical violence or damage to property are present. If there are legitimate concerns, they must be addressed in an orderly, civil and peaceful manner.
"The rules governing the Democratic Party delegate selection process have been in place for decades and the specific procedures for this cycle were agreed upon in 2014. In Nevada on Saturday, the state party's credentials committee was made up of an equal number of members representing both campaigns. That's a testament to our party's fundamental belief in being inclusive, open to the public, and transparent. The process for nominating a Democratic Presidential candidate is not something taken lightly, it is a four-year endeavor that is closely scrutinized and determined in public forums, just as it has been in past election cycles. There is no excuse for what happened in Nevada, and it is incumbent upon all of us in positions of leadership to speak out."
###
VERSION 2: FORTHRIGHT AND THOUGHTFUL
For Immediate Release
May 17, 2016
Contact: DNC Press - 202-863-8148
DNC Statement on Nevada Democratic Party Letter
WASHINGTON - DNC Chair Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz today issued the following statement on a letter from the Nevada Democratic Party regarding threatening and violent behavior among some participants around their state party convention this weekend:
"We are deeply concerned about the troubling details laid out in the letter from the Nevada Democratic Party. We will be reaching out to the leadership of both of our campaigns to ask them to stand with the Democratic Party in denouncing the type of behavior on display over the weekend in Las Vegas. Our democracy is undermined any time threats, intimidation, physical violence or damage to property are present. If there are legitimate concerns, they must be addressed in an orderly, civil and peaceful manner.
"We are also asking both campaigns to be forthright and thoughtful in their characterization of the primary process. The rules governing the Democratic Party delegate selection process have been in place for decades and the specific procedures for this cycle were agreed upon in 2014. In Nevada on Saturday, the state party's credentials committee was made up of an equal number of members representing both campaigns. That's a testament to our fundamental belief in being inclusive, open to the public, and transparent. The process for nominating a Democratic Presidential candidate is not something taken lightly, it is a four-year endeavor that is closely scrutinized and determined in public forums just as it has been in past election cycles. There is no excuse for what happened in Nevada, and it is incumbent upon all of us in positions of leadership to speak out."
###


Sunday Short Report 5/15/16
CNN State of the Union
There was an interview with Paul Manafort on Donald Trump’s meetings in DC, his tax returns, him posing as his own publicist, his own record as a consultant, and the general election. [Watch
]
There was an interview with Sen. Sherrod Brown on Donald Trump not releasing his tax returns, recent polls in Ohio, and the possibility of being fmr. Sec. Hillary Clinton’s VP. [Watch
]
The panel (Donna Brazile, Sen. Jeff Merkley, Andre Bauer, and Anna Navarro) discussed Donald Trump’s Muslim ban and him posing as his own publicist. The second part discussed Jon Stewart’s comments on fmr. Sec. Hillary Clinton and the Wall Street Journal’s report on the Clinton Foundation. [Part 1
, Part 2
]
The State of the Cartoonion discussed Donald Trump and Vice President Joe Biden attending the University of Pennsylvania’s graduation today. [Watch
]
ABC This Week
There was a short report on Donald Trump’s past week in the campaign. [Watch
]
There was an interview with GOP Chairman Reince Priebus on Donald Trump’s meetings in DC this past week, his trustworthiness, his tax returns, and the NYT’s article on Trump’s private interaction with women. [Watch
]
There was an interview with Sen. Jeff Sessions on Donald Trump’s meetings in DC, his rhetoric on Muslims in relation to David Patraeus’ op-ed, and the fight against ISIS. [Watch
]
The panel (Dan Balz, Rep. Tom Cole, Rep. Keith Ellison, and Alicia Menendez) discussed the meeting this week with Donald Trump and Rep. Paul Ryan, his general election chances against fmr. Sec. Hillary Clinton, and the process of unification within the Democratic Party. [Watch
]
Fox News Sunday
There was an interview with GOP Chairman Reince Priebus on the NYT’s article on Donald Trump’s private interaction with women, him posing as his own publicist, and his tax returns. [Watch
]
There was an interview with Rep. Tim Huelskamp and fmr. Rep. Newt Gingrich on the NYT’s article on Donald Trump’s private interaction with women, if he can support Donald Trump, and if Gingrich would accept to be Trump’s VP. [Watch
]
The panel (Bob Woodward, George Will, Amy Walter, Brit Hume) discussed Donald Trump’s meeting in DC this part week, the NYT article on his interaction with women, and the Washington Posts’ reporters covering Trump. The second part discussed the White House’s moves on transgender rights. [Part 1
, Part 2
]
There was a segment with Sen. Chuck Schumer the marriages and relationships within his office. [Watch
]
CBS Face the Nation
There was an interview with GOP Chairman Reince Priebus on Donald Trump posing as his own publicist, Donald Trump not releasing his tax returns, third party efforts and the meetings in DC this past week. [Watch
]
There was an interview with Rep. Chris Collins, Rep. Marsha Blackburn, and Rep. Peter King on their support and concerns of Donald Trump. [Watch
]
There was an interview with fmr. Sec. Robert Gates on Donald Trump’s national security readiness. The second half discussed his time in President Obama’s administration and his opinion on fmr. Sec. Hillary Clinton’s foreign policy views and experience. [Part 1
, Part 2
]
The panel (Michael Gerson, Jamelle Bouie, Susan Page, Julie Pace) discussed Donald Trump not releasing his tax returns, if the attacks from fmr. Sec. Hillary Clinton will work, and the story over him posing as his own publicist. The second part discussed Donald Trump’s meetings in DC this past week, GOP unity, the general election and candidacies of Donald Trump and fmr. Sec. Hillary Clinton. The third segment discussed the expectations for the general election, unity within the Republican and Democratic party, a potential Trump cabinet and if that can help convince Republicans to vote for him. [Part 1
, Part 2
, Part 3
]
NBC Meet the Press
Preempted by English Premier League Soccer.


Talks about how race gets more and more "ludicrous" every day, pretty dismissive and sarcastic about the whole thing.


This is my first CE call, and I thought we were responsible for writing the script. Didn't know the protocol. Will let Laila handle everything.
Sent from my iPhone
On May 11, 2016, at 6:42 AM, Miranda, Luis
> wrote:
Why are you writing a community engagement team script? Entirely NOT your or our responsibility.
They need to do their own work. We need you focused on state events, not a second more spent on their call.
-------- Original message --------
From: "Jefferson, Deshundra"
>
Date: 05/11/2016 6:20 AM (GMT-05:00)
To: "Miranda, Luis"
>, "Paustenbach, Mark"
>, "Banfill, Ryan"
>, "Walker, Eric"
>, "Walsh, Tom"
>
Subject: Re: Please read: Script for Thursday's DWA Call
Wanted to re-up for this morning.
Sent from my iPhone
On May 10, 2016, at 6:23 PM, Jefferson, Deshundra
> wrote:
Dejuana Thompson, Moderator
Hello everyone and thank you for joining us. My name is Dejuana Thompson , the Deputy Director of Community Engagement at the DNC. Community Engagement works to promote advocacy among various progressive political leaders and activists across the country. We work closely with key leadership of the DNC, state parties, external partners, and allies to ensure seamless integration into the larger DNC strategy and engage, inform, and mobilize specific constituencies.
I am proud to welcome the DNC Chair Representative Debbie Wasserman Schultz, the Chair of the DNC’s Women’s Caucus Lottie Shackleford, and Pratt Wiley the National Director of Voter Expansion at the DNC, to this call.
I would like to remind everyone that this call is strictly off-the-record, and is closed to the press.
With that, it is my pleasure to turn this call over to the DNC Chair Congresswoman Wasserman Schultz.
DNC Chair Representative Wasserman Schultz
Thank you Marilyn. I also want to thank everyone on this call for joining us today.
The right to vote is our most fundamental right, and the right by which all of our other rights are secured. No one should ever take for granted their right to vote, nor should anyone seek to take that right away.
But the GOP seems to believe their path to victory lies in restricting access to the ballot box, and Republican-led state legislatures are leading the charge in key battleground states across the country.
We see that most clearly in North Carolina, where the so-called Voter Information Verification Act, reversed a generation of electoral progress. Passed in the wake a Supreme Court ruling that invalidated a key provision of the Voting Rights Act, the bill eliminated same-day voter registration, rolled back early voting by a full week, and imposed new photo ID requirements for voters. This purely partisan law was passed without any support from Democrats because its intent was clear from the very beginning – to systematically limit access to the polls in order to sway elections.
It is deeply disturbing that as our nation moves forward, one of the country’s major political parties is attempting to drag us backward. We should not have to re-litigate yesterday’s battles or continue a fight we have previously won.
Yet this is playing out all across the country.
From North Carolina to Wisconsin to Arizona, we’ve seen a number of states pass anti-voter laws designed to limit access to the polls. Whether it’s implementing restrictive photo ID laws, rolling back early voting, eliminating same-day registration, or changing polling locations without notifying voters, these types of tactics make it harder to vote.
When we limit the ways that people can vote, we are hurting the low-wage workers with two jobs, the recently married woman who hasn’t changed her name on her driver’s license, the single mother who goes to work early each morning and picks up her children late at night, and the widower without a car who relies on his grown children to get to the polls. And as you may have noticed, these types of laws disproportionately impact women, minorities, students, the elderly, and low-income people.
We’re going to discuss how these laws hurt women voters in particular. And by the way – we’ve outnumbered male voters in every national election since 1964. In 2012, approximately 10 million more women voted than men, contributing to the largest gender gap in history. President Barack Obama won 56 percent of the women’s vote in the last election and women voters made the difference in several high-profile races, helping Democrats retain control of the Senate that year. So it’s easy to see why the GOP is taking aim at women voters – we’re a key part of the Democratic constituency and we vote in large numbers.
Women face a number of “silent” obstacles on Election Day that I alluded to earlier.
Rolling back or restricting early voting hurts makes voting more difficult for those with limited flexibility in their schedules. Women have comprised 60 percent of early voters in 2012.
Women are more likely than men to change their name due to marriage or divorce. However, some voter ID laws require voters’ government issued identification to exactly match their name at their local polling place. So if you haven’t had time to go to the DMV for a new license, then you’re penalized at the polls.
And some states now require documented proof of citizenship, such as a birth certificate or passport, just to register to vote. If citizens don’t provide sufficient evidence, then they are not allowed to vote in state and local elections. It is estimated that 32 million eligible women voters may lack proof of citizenship that matches their current legal name.
I cannot emphasize this enough – women are an important voting block that the Republican Party has largely alienated. We cannot allow them to continue to silence our voices.
With that, I would like to turn the call over to my dear friend, the Chair of the DNC’s Women’s Caucus, Lottie Shackleford.
Women’s Caucus Chair Lottie Shackelford
Thank you Debbie.
I started my career in politics back in 1978, and I have witnessed many “firsts.” I was also the first women elected Mayor of Little Rock, Arkansas, and I have tried to open the doors of opportunity for other women.
Women must – we can and we must – amplify our voices and values at the ballot box. To echo Debbie, women have outnumbered male voters in every national election since 1964. Our voices are powerful when we go to the polls.
Let me take a moment to talk about this year’s race. Donald Trump is dangerous, and he lacks the judgment and the temperament to be president.
I wouldn’t want him to take a tour of the White House, let alone live there. He has a long history of denigrating women, and the vile, sexist comments he’s made on the campaign trail are beneath the dignity of the office he seeks.
Trump would take away a woman’s right to make her own healthcare choices. He has said that women who had abortions should be punished – but not the doctors that performed them. He’s even opposed exceptions for health of the mother because he thought women would use a cold as an excuse to have an abortion.
Trump said that ensuring equal pay for women should just be left up to “the marketplace,” and once suggested family leave policies should actually be scaled back. He’s also called pregnancy was “an inconvenience for a business.” Trump even complained that when he employed mothers, they were not giving him “100 percent.”
This is about our mothers, our sisters, our daughters, and ourselves. That’s who he’s referring to. He’s talking about us. And we must hold him accountable.
Our vote is our voice. Let’s use it this fall. And let’s register and encourage others to vote. Here’s what I am asking you to do:
Know the Law. In order to successfully vote, you need to know the rules of the road. Make sure you check with your local board of elections.
Engage Your Community. Women are most likely to register to vote if someone they know and trust asks them to vote and engages them in a discussion about the issues. Keep in touch with the people you registered through email, events, town hall meetings, candidate forums, et cetera. Invite them to attend registration or other events that will engage them more deeply in the political process.
Register to vote, plan to vote, and then vote. Ensure you ask the three most important questions: 1) Are they registered to vote 2) Have they voted? 3) What is their plan on or before Election Day to vote?
There’s too much at stake this election. We can’t look back, and ask ourselves what more could we have done. We need to go out there and do it!
I would now like to turn this call over to Pratt Wiley, the DNC’s National Director of Voter Expansion.
Pratt Wiley, National Director of Voter Expansion
Democrats believe that we solve our nation’s problems with more democracy, not less. The Democratic National Committee’s Voter Expansion Project reflects our commitment to ensuring every eligible citizen is able to register, every registered voter is able to vote, and every vote is accurately counted.
But the opposite seems to be true for the Republican Party. Republicans have been following the same playbook – in North Carolina, Arizona, Wisconsin, Ohio, Florida and beyond – to tilt elections in their favor. Republican-controlled state legislatures across the country are passing restrictive voting laws that make it harder for women, minorities, and students to vote. These groups are not only the Democrat’s core constituency – they are also the majority of Americans.
Voter impersonation – the type of conduct that photo IDs are supposed to eliminate – is virtually non-existent. A comprehensive study found only 31 instances of voter impersonation in over 1 billion votes casts – that’s twice as rare as a shark attack. These facts, however, are not stopping the GOP from seeking a solution to a problem that just doesn’t exist.
Former Senator Jim DeMint, who now leads the ultra-conservative Heritage Foundation, recently admitted that voter ID laws help elect “more conservative candidates.”
In April, students at the Marquette University polling station faced two hour wait times to vote. Many still stood in line well after the polls official closed and the race was called. At the same time, a Republican Wisconsin Congressman bragged to reporters that the state’s restrictive photo ID law would help the GOP defeat Democrats in the fall.
In Texas, Senator Ted Cruz filed an amicus brief in support of Texas’ restrictive photo ID law. Cruz wears his opposition to voting rights as a badge of honor. In 2012, he voiced his opposition to a key provision of the landmark Voting Rights Act of 1965. He also led the fight as Texas Solicitor General to limit voter registration efforts in communities of color, vigorously defending a discriminatory law against a civil rights lawsuit.
And we all remember just four years ago when the Pennsylvania Republican House Leader announced that the state’s restrictive photo ID law was ‘gonna allow Governor Romney to win the State of Pennsylvania.’
It’s not hard to see that this is a part of a cynical political ploy to boast the Republican’s electoral success this fall.
While Democrats have gone to court in Arizona to reverse the culture of discrimination and disenfranchisement, Republicans are going to court to defend laws designed to decrease voter turnout – because that is their only path to victory.
As mentioned by our distinguished speakers, the DNC and Democrats across the nation will not waver in defending the right to vote – the most fundamental of all of our rights.
Again, I want to thank everyone for joining us and I would now like to open the call to questions.
Deshundra Jefferson, Southern Regional Communications Director
Democratic National Committee
JeffersonD@dnc.org
| (202) 863-8112


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From: "Sarge, Matthew"
>
Date: Saturday, April 23, 2016 at 11:32 AM
To: Comm_D
>
Subject: Re: Video Request: Trump Rally in Waterbury CT at 10am
Trump Rally in Waterbury CT at 10am
Building up the USA instead of playing golf on a Saturday morning
Love CT. Used to live here
Lyin Ted Cruz
- Mathematically eliminated
Marco is a good guy.
- Great future ahead of him
Says he wants Bobby Knight's endorsement ahead of IA primary
If CT vote doesn't go well, I'm moving to the South
Hitting Cruz
- Evangelicals don't like him
- Rafael. Straight from Canada
Brags about his blood pressure
Complains about the spelling of Kasich's name
- Ask him to change it
Who isn't different in private than in public?
Media are terrible people
Waterbury economic stats
So easy to be presidential
Win win win
- 2nd amendment, education
Go out and vote
On Apr 23, 2016, at 10:48 AM, Sarge, Matthew
> wrote:
Trump Rally in Waterbury CT at 10am
Building up the USA instead of playing golf on a Saturday morning
Love CT. Used to live here
Lyin Ted Cruz
- Mathematically eliminated
Marco is a good guy.
- Great future ahead of him
Says he wants Bobby Knight's endorsement ahead of IA primary
If CT vote doesn't go well, I'm moving to the South
Hitting Cruz
- Evangelicals don't like him
- Rafael. Straight from Canada


For Immediate Release:
May 8,  2016
Contact:
Jennifer Werner/Paul Bell
202-225-7100
CUMMINGS ISSUES STATEMENT
ON TWO-YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF
BENGHAZI SELECT COMMITTEE
Washington, D.C. (May 8, 2016)-Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, Ranking Member of the Select Committee on Benghazi, issued the following statement on the two-year anniversary of the creation of the Select Committee:
"Republicans have now spent more than two years and nearly $7 million of taxpayer funds for the illegitimate purpose of bringing down Hillary Clinton's poll numbers, as Kevin McCarthy admitted.  The Select Committee has discovered no new evidence that contradicts the core findings of the previous bipartisan and independent investigations.
"Republicans are desperate to hide the truth, so they are selectively leaking misleading information to fit a partisan political narrative, withholding interview transcripts from Democrats to prevent us from publicly releasing the facts to the American people, and completely cutting out Democrats from drafting the Select Committee's final report.
"Two years ago, I decided to participate in this investigation because we needed someone in the room to defend the truth.  Two years and millions of dollars later, Republicans have lost any semblance of credibility as they continue to drag this out as close as they can to the election.  Republicans should release the transcripts, stop squandering taxpayer dollars, and shut down this disgraceful partisan charade before it does even more harm."
Top Ten Low-Lights from the Benghazi Committee
(1)  June 16, 2015:  Chairman Gowdy deposes Sidney Blumenthal after unilaterally-without any vote or debate by the Select Committee-sending armed Marshals
to serve a subpoena on his wife at their home, despite the fact that Blumenthal would have appeared voluntarily.  Gowdy and other Republicans
ask questions that are completely unrelated to Benghazi, including more than 160 questions about Blumenthal's relationship and communications with the Clintons, more than 50 questions about the Clinton Foundation, and more than 45 questions about David Brock, Media Matters, and affiliated entities.  Gowdy later admits
he "never expected Witness Blumenthal to be able to answer questions about the attacks in Benghazi, Libya."
(2)  June 22, 2015:  Gowdy unilaterally-again without any debate or vote-releases
only selective emails between Clinton and Blumenthal, just months after he proclaimed publicly
that "serious investigations do not leak information or make selective releases of information without full and proper context."  At the same time, he blocks
requests by Democrats to release Blumenthal's deposition transcript, which debunks Gowdy's many conspiracy theories.
(3)  September 29, 2015:  House Majority Leader-and Chairman Gowdy's close friend-Kevin McCarthy admits
that Republicans established the Select Committee to drive down Secretary Clinton's poll numbers:  "Everybody thought Hillary Clinton was unbeatable, right?  But we put together a Benghazi special committee.  A select committee.  What are her numbers today?  Her numbers are dropping."
(4)  October 11, 2015:  Gowdy's handpicked "conservative Republican" investigator accuses
him of carrying out "a partisan investigation" with a "hyper focus on Hillary Clinton."  He says
:  "My non-partisan investigative work conflicted with the interests of the Republican leadership, who focused their investigation primarily on Secretary Clinton and her aides."
(5)  October 14, 2015:  Republican House Member Richard Hanna admits publicly
that the Select Committee is "designed to go after" Clinton:  "This may not be politically correct, but I think that there was a big part of this investigation that was designed to go after people and an individual, Hillary Clinton."
(6)  October 18, 2015:  Gowdy accuses Clinton of sending an email containing the name of a classified CIA source, and his staff then accidentally leaks the name
of that individual.  The CIA quickly debunks
Gowdy's allegation.
(7)  October 19, 2015:  The Washington Post reports
on links between Gowdy and Stop Hillary PAC, which describes itself as "created for one reason only-to ensure Hillary Clinton never becomes President of the United States."  Gowdy's leadership PAC, Themis, shared the same treasurer as Stop Hillary PAC since 2013, an outspoken Clinton opponent named Dan Backer who also served as treasurer on three other PACs that each donated $2,000 to Gowdy for Congress.  Only after being confronted with these facts by the Post did Gowdy return these donations.  In September 2014, STOP Hillary PAC spent $10,000 on robocalls and other efforts in support of Gowdy.
(8)  October 22, 2015:  Gowdy holds a marathon, 11-hour hearing with Secretary Clinton that is widely condemned by even conservatives commentators as a "carnival road show
,"  "overkill
,"  a "PR disaster for the GOP
,"  a "big fat flop
,"  and "a very bad day for Trey Gowdy and the Republicans
."  Gowdy concedes
that the hearing revealed nothing new:  "In terms of her testimony?  I don't know that she testified that much differently today than she has the previous time she testified."
Donald Trump-now the presumptive Republican presidential nominee-calls Gowdy's hearing
"a total disaster" that "was not good for Republicans and for the country."  He tweets, "Face it, Trey Gowdy failed miserably on Benghazi."  He then refers to him as "Benghazi loser Gowdy."
(9)  February 11, 2016:  Gowdy starts withholding
copies of Committee interview transcripts from Democrats in violation of House rules.  He later explains
that he is withholding these transcripts from Democrats because he fears they might release more of them in response to his own unilateral releases:  "Committee transcripts will not leave the Majority's control due to the Minority's stated intention to selectively release them at will.
(10)  April 29, 2016:  The Pentagon takes the highly unusual step of sending a letter
to Gowdy exposing the latest GOP abuses, including dragging out the investigation, requesting duplicative and unnecessary witnesses, and asking witnesses to "speculate or engage in discussing on the record hypotheticals."  The letter states that the Pentagon "expended significant resources" trying to locate an individual identified as "John from Iowa," who called into Sean Hannity's radio show and alleged he was a Remotely Piloted Aircraft camera operator and saw the video feed from the night of the attack.  Gowdy wanted to interview him even though the Select Committee already had access to the relevant video from that night.


Hi David,
You can quote me with this:
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.
FOR BACKGROUND
The rules governing our process for appointments to convention standing committees were established in 2014 long before any candidates declared and follow the same process that have governed these appointments for many cycles.  The co-chairs of all of the committees and the At-Large members were elected by the DNC Executive Committee members in January 2016. That meeting was open to the public and all of the campaigns were participants in that process.
The overwhelming remainder (87%) of the Standing Committee membership is elected by each state’s National Convention Delegates after being nominating by the presidential campaigns, proportional to each campaign’s percentage of the state wide vote.
The Platform drafting committee is a subcommittee of the larger platform committee. Those members have not yet been named but the appointments will be made in consultation with both campaigns, as has been the case in past cycles.  Both campaigns are fully aware of our process.


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From: Sarge, Matthew
Sent: Tuesday, May 03, 2016 1:24 PM
To: Comm_D
Subject: Video Request: Tad Devine on CNN
Just ended


thanks
From: Miranda, Luis
Sent: Monday, May 09, 2016 2:13 PM
To: Dillon, Lauren
Subject: FW: 3784 DNC Trump Deck FIN.pptx
[SigDems]
Luis Miranda, Communications Director
Democratic National Committee
202-863-8148 - MirandaL@dnc.org
- @MiraLuisDC
From: Simas, David
Sent: Monday, May 09, 2016 1:45 PM
To: Miranda, Luis; Compton, Matt; Dacey, Amy
Subject: Fwd: 3784 DNC Trump Deck FIN.pptx
Here's the deck I previously mentioned.
Going to ask BSG to set up a briefing later in the week for you and the team.
Sent from my iPhone
Begin forwarded message:
From: "Simas, David M. M. EOP/WHO"
>
Date: May 9, 2016 at 1:41:32 PM EDT
To: "simasd@dnc.org
"
>
Subject: 3784 DNC Trump Deck FIN.pptx


From: Kirstin Alvanitakis
Sent: Thursday, May 05, 2016 10:44 PM
To: Aftab Pureval; David Pepper; Aftab Pureval; Denise Driehaus
Cc: Ernie Davis; Greg Beswick; Danny Porter; Helmstetter, TJ
Subject: Re: Materials for tomorrow
And here's the story from WLWT:

On May 5, 2016 7:14 PM, "Kirstin Alvanitakis"
> wrote:
Here are a few clips from today, will keep looking for more:
WKRC at noon: Ohio Democrats call on Portman to denounce Trump
WKRC at 5 p.m.: Ohio Democrats say Trump is dangerous for America
AP (Dan Sewell): Ohio Democrats happy about Trump as presumptive GOP nominee
Ohio Democrats are happy for businessman Donald Trump — that is, happy for the prospect of the brash presumptive Republican presidential nominee topping the opposition ticket in November.
Party Chairman David Pepper said Thursday that Democrats are preparing for a tough campaign in the swing state, but think Trump could lift turnout for Democrats while complicating other Republicans' campaigns.
"Every candidate will have to win their own race, but I think the broader environment is one that puts people like (U.S. Sen.) Rob Portman in a very difficult position, not just because I think a lot of Republicans will be torn about the top of the ticket; I also think the tone that Donald Trump is setting makes it very hard," Pepper said.
As Pepper spoke, an aide held up a poster with a large Portman photo with a smaller one of Trump calling on him to "denounce Trump."
Portman had hoped Ohio Gov. John Kasich would be the nominee. After Kasich bowed out Wednesday, Portman's campaign reiterated he intends to support the GOP nominee as he battles for re-election against Democratic former Gov. Ted Strickland. Strickland campaign spokesman David Bergstein says Trump's nomination will be Portman's "election nightmare.
...
Democrats state Rep. Denise Driehaus, running for Hamilton County commissioner, and Aftab Pureval, an attorney of Asian descent running for county clerk of courts, joined Pepper and said Trump's insulting comments about women and immigrants will hang over other Republicans.
On Thu, May 5, 2016 at 11:18 AM, Kirstin Alvanitakis
> wrote:
Thank you again to everyone for participating in today's news conference! I will send around clips later today.
But in the meantime, here are a few photos:

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And here are a few Tweets to RT and/or share:

Thanks again!
Kirstin
On Wed, May 4, 2016 at 10:33 PM, Kirstin Alvanitakis
> wrote:
Good evening!
Please find below and attached materials for tomorrow's news conference. I plan to be on site by 9:30 a.m. If you can, please try to arrive about 10-15 minutes early. I did pitch calls this evening, and I believe we will have at least WCPO and WKRC, as well as the Enquirer, in attendance. I will do a second round of pitch calls in the morning.
Please do not hesitate to give me a call on my cell at 919.923.4055
or shoot me an email if you have any questions or concerns.
Thank you in advance for your time and assistance!
Kirstin
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TRUMP IS PRESUMPTIVE GOP NOMINEE PRESSER
5.5.16
DATE/TIME:
THURSDAY, MAY 5 -- 10 A.M.
PLEASE ARRIVE BY 9:45 A.M.
LOCATION:
WASHINGTON PARK
1230 ELM ST.
CINCINNATI
ON-SITE CONTACT:
KIRSTIN ALVANITAKIS
kirstin@ohiodems.org
919.923.4055
(c)
PARTICIPANTS:
OHIO DEMOCRATIC PARTY CHAIRMAN DAVID PEPPER -- davidpepper4ohio@gmail.com
STATE REP. DENISE DRIEHAUS -- denisedriehaus@gmail.com
AFTAB PUREVAL, CANDIDATE, HAMILTON COUNTY CLERK OF COURTS --
aftab@voteaftab.com
/ aftab.pureval@gmail.com
RUN OF SHOW:
10 A.M. -- PEPPER WELCOME, OPENING REMARKS
10:05 A.M. -- DRIEHAUS REMARKS
10:10 A.M. -- PUREVAL REMARKS
10:15 A.M. -- Q-AND-A, MODERATED BY KIRSTIN
KEY MESSAGES:
·         Donald Trump’s recklessness would hurt our economy, diminish our standing in the world and make our communities less safe. Trump is dangerous, and he lacks the judgment or temperament to be president.
·         There are only two sides here. Ohio Republicans are either with Trump, and they support his dangerous, divisive rhetoric -- or they stand against him. The time is now for Ohio Republicans to make their choice.
OHIO DEMOCRATIC PARTY CHAIRMAN DAVID PEPPER
·         We’re here today to talk about the disastrous week that Ohio Republicans have been having.
·         This week started out with Governor John Kasich finding out that Ohioans wanted him to stop running for president and come back home and address the challenges that our state is facing.
·         Well yesterday, John Kasich finally acceded to the will of the people and dropped out of the presidential race.
·         That means that Donald Trump is now the presumptive Republican nominee for president. And that’s no laughing matter.
·         Donald Trump’s recklessness would hurt our economy, diminish our standing in the world and make our communities less safe. Trump is dangerous, and he lacks the judgment or temperament to be president.
·         Let’s talk for a minute about how a Trump presidency would affect our national security. Even as a candidate, Dangerous Donald has damaged America’s relationships across the globe. In the White House, he would undeniably make America less safe.
·         Donald Trump has no foreign policy experience and rather than seeking the advice of well-respected experts, Trump relies on his own misinformed ideas and in his own words, on his “good brain.”
·         Trump has falsely claimed that he knows “more about ISIS than the generals” and recommended that the U.S. military commit international war crimes.
·         Trump’s threat to pull back from our most important military alliances like NATO, pull aid from our allies like Israel and his gushing praise for dictators would put our country on a dangerous path.
·         Trump has refused to rule out using nuclear weapons on European territory, and he wants to allow countries that don’t currently have nuclear weapons to get them, reversing long-held goals of international nuclear disarmament.
·         So when the Ohio Republican Party says that they are supporting the Republican nominee -- when Rob Portman says he is supporting Trump -- he’s saying that he thinks Donald Trump should be in charge of our national security. That’s frightening.
·         There are only two sides here. Ohio Republicans are either with Trump, and they support his dangerous, divisive rhetoric -- or they stand against him. The time is now for Ohio Republicans to make their choice.
STATE REP. DENISE DRIEHAUS
·         I’d like to talk for just a few minutes about Donald Trump’s record of denigrating women, which has only gotten worse throughout this campaign, and his divisive rhetoric, which is making our communities less safe.
·         Dangerous Donald has a decades-long record of denigrating women and promoting misogyny. Trump has spent decades calling women names -- “fat pig,” “slob” or “bimbo” – and insulting any woman who dares to challenge him.
·         But it’s not just the insults -- it’s the policies he promotes. Trump thinks ensuring equal pay for women should just be left up to “the marketplace” and once suggested family leave policies should actually be scaled back and noted pregnancy was “an inconvenience for a business.” Trump complained that when he employed mothers, they were not giving him “100 percent.”
·         Women aren’t the only ones that Donald Trump has targeted. Dangerous Donald has exploited racial anxieties and cultural fears in the pursuit of getting elected -- to the point where his rallies have sparked violence against people of color, protestors and members of the news media.
·         Trump spouts hateful and dangerous lies about Muslims and called to surveil mosques, to ban Muslims from entering the country and to create a database of all Muslims in America -- including U.S. citizens -- and could not answer when pressed on how this would be any different from Nazi Germany.
·         Trump called Mexican immigrants “rapists” and criminals and said they brought disease into the country. We’re a nation of immigrants. Hatred and intolerance -- that’s not what we’re about as Americans.
·         Trump has been endorsed by former KKK leader David Duke, and his candidacy has been used as a recruiting tool for the white supremacist movement, which is no surprise since Trump refused to disavow David Duke and the KKK four times in one interview.
·         Trump has fostered violence against protestors at his rallies, suggesting that a Black Lives Matter protester maybe “should have been roughed up,” promising to pay the legal fees if someone would “knock the hell” out of a protester and reminiscing about the old days when a protester would be “carried off on a stretcher.”
·         And if that’s not enough to make you concerned, think about this. Trump repeatedly threatened the First Amendment by calling to “open up” libel laws so he could sue reporters whenever they printed a story he did not like, made it a practice of banning media outlets he did not like from covering his rallies, and thought “closing” parts of the Internet was a rational strategy to combat ISIS.
·         So Ohio Republicans really have a choice. Are they going to stand with Trump and support this hate-filled, divisive rhetoric? Or are they going to denounce Trump and the hateful things he says? I have to tell you, our children are listening, and they are watching.
AFTAB PUREVAL
·         Though he plays the part of a wealthy and successful businessman, Dangerous Donald’s real life record is riddled with embarrassing failures and cheap schemes designed to turn a quick buck at the expense of everyday Americans.
·         Despite his tough talk on trade deals and the loss of American jobs, Donald Trump manufactured his clothing line in countries he rails against, like China and Mexico.
·         Dangerous Donald owes everything to the tens of millions of dollars in loans and bailouts he received from his family.
·         This is who Rob Portman and the Ohio GOP are supporting.
·         At the end of the day, Rob Portman and the Ohio GOP think that Donald Trump should be deciding our economic and trade policy.
·         Rob Portman and the Ohio GOP think that Donald Trump should be deciding who should be our next Supreme Court Justice.
·         As David said earlier, Rob Portman and the Ohio GOP think that Donald Trump should be setting our foreign policy. They think Donald Trump should have the nuclear launch codes.
·         That’s unacceptable. And principled Republicans here in Ohio should have the courage to stand up to Trump. We’ve already seen Republicans like Auditor Dave Yost and state Senator Shannon Jones have said they will never support Trump. We need more Ohioans like that, who will put the welfare of our country before their party.
RESOURCES:
Our statement on Kasich dropping out:

Our memo on Ohio Republicans in disarray:
Our HuffPo blog on Kasich as a lame-duck governor:
FAQS:
Q: What do I say if I’m asked about Democrats voting for Trump?
A: For every vote that Trump may or may not pick up, he loses 10 more. A recent poll found that Trump would be the least-popular candidate to represent either party in modern times
. He’s widely unpopular with young people, women, Latinos, African Americans. There are even many Ohio Republicans like Dave Yost and state Sen. Shannon Jones who have said they won’t back Trump if he’s the nominee.
Q: What do I say if I’m asked about the tone of the Democratic primary?
A: We believe that a spirited primary is good for the Democratic Party. The vast majority of Democrats have been energized by the primary process, while the majority of Republicans have been turned off by the divisive, petty rhetoric on their side. In 2008, we had a hard-fought primary, but at the end of the day, the party came together and elected President Obama. That’s what we’re going to do this year, and we’re already organizing here on the ground in Ohio to do just that.
--
Kirstin Alvanitakis
Communications Director
Ohio Democratic Party
kirstin@ohiodems.org
c: 919.923.4055
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Kirstin Alvanitakis
Communications Director
Ohio Democratic Party
kirstin@ohiodems.org
c: 919.923.4055
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Kirstin Alvanitakis
Communications Director
Ohio Democratic Party
kirstin@ohiodems.org
c: 919.923.4055