Subject: FW: ICYMI: Texas Democrats Hold Ted Cruz Accountable for His Lawlessness
From: "Garcia, Walter" <[email-masked]>
To: "Miranda, Luis" <[email-masked]>
Cc: "Walker, Eric" <[email-masked]>, "Paustenbach, Mark" <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 26 Apr 2016 09:45:27 -0700

Ok to FWD from us? Think it’d be a good idea. Lots of good coverage here.

From: Garcia, Walter
Sent: Tuesday, April 26, 2016 12:38 PM
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Subject: FW: ICYMI: Texas Democrats Hold Ted Cruz Accountable for His Lawlessness

From: Press Texas Democratic Party [mailto:[email-masked]]
Sent: Tuesday, April 26, 2016 12:36 PM
To: Press Texas Democratic Party
Subject: ICYMI: Texas Democrats Hold Ted Cruz Accountable for His Lawlessness

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For Immediate Release

April 26, 2016

Contact: Tariq Thowfeek, (832) 429-8217, [email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]>

ICYMI: Texas Democrats Hold Ted Cruz Accountable for His Lawlessness

Austin, TX -- In case you missed it, yesterday, the Texas Democratic Party filed a complaint with the Federal Election Commission (FEC) regarding Ted Cruz’s violation of federal election campaign laws.

Here’s what you need to know:

·         At a fundraiser for Ted Cruz, Keet Lewis, Cruz’s National Co-Chair asked attendees to contribute funds in unlimited amounts and make corporate contributions to a Super PAC, Stand for Truth PAC. That is against the law.

·         Cruz for President also decided to place and publicize a solicitation table for the Stand for Truth PAC at its own event, flagrantly disregarding the limits of the law.

·         Keet Lewis, Cruz for President campaign National Co-Chair stated, "If you hit your max then we have a table for you that is the unlimited table...It can take corporate dollars, it can take partnership dollars, and that’s the super PAC, Stand for Truth, so pick up some of that information." [Politico, April 7, 2016<http://www.politico.com/story/2016/04/ted-cruz-keet-lewis-super-pac-donations-221656>]

Background:

·         Click here to listen to Ted Cruz Campaign official violating federal election laws in Dallas, Texas.<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N3dFpzANr5w&feature=youtu.be>

·         Click here to view the official Texas Democratic Party’s FEC Complaint against Senator Ted Cruz, Cruz for President, J. Keet Lewis, and Stand for Truth PAC.<http://www.txdemocrats.org/pdf/TDP-Complaint-on-Ted-Cruz-4_22_16.pdf>

Watch these clips:

·         [KTSM, April 25, 2016<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yvJ3_tKM-gI&feature=youtu.be>]

·         [KTJL, April 25, 2016<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GHmBRq1ekG0&feature=youtu.be>]

·         [KWKT, April 25, 2016<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kiOfX5qWDEY&feature=youtu.be>]

·         [KMID, April 25, 2016<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojPkSgxSXlk&feature=youtu.be>]

·         [KHOU, April 25, 2016<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vk2-yXSB6Ro&feature=youtu.be>]

·         [KVUE, April 25, 2016<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xi75nBMK50c&feature=youtu.be>]

Read more:

·         “Texas Democrats allege Cruz campaign violated federal election laws during Dallas fundraiser” [Dallas Morning News, April 25, 2016<http://trailblazersblog.dallasnews.com/2016/04/texas-democrats-allege-cruz-campaign-violated-federal-election-laws-during-dallas-fundraiser.html/>]

·         “Texas Dems file FEC complaint over Ted Cruz fundraiser” [Houston Chronicle, April 25, 2016<http://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/politics/tedcruz/article/Texas-Dems-file-FEC-complaint-over-Ted-Cruz-7318953.php?t=ddc53bd8d5438d9cbb&cmpid=twitter-premium>]

·         “Ted Cruz fundraiser subject of Texas Democrats’ ethics complaint” [Austin American-Statesman, April 25, 2016<http://www.statesman.com/news/news/national-govt-politics/ted-cruz-fundraiser-subject-of-texas-democrats-eth/nrBg8/>]

·         “Texas Democrats File FEC Complaint Against Cruz” [Texas Tribune, April 25, 2016<https://www.texastribune.org/2016/04/25/texas-democrats-file-fec-complaint-against-cruz/>]

·         “Texas Democratic Party Accuses Ted Cruz of Violating Election Campaign Laws” [Time Warner Cable, April 25, 2016<http://www.twcnews.com/tx/austin/news/2016/04/25/texas-democratic-party-accusested-cruz-of-violating-election-campaign-laws.html>]

·         “O’Malley’s ‘Irish Wake’” [Politico, April 25, 2016<http://www.politico.com/tipsheets/politico-influence/2016/04/omalleys-irish-wake-more-chips-down-on-rawa-bonos-moore-to-mcbee-213944>]

·         “Paxton Tries To Calm Tempest Over Tea Party IRS Remark” [Texas Tribune, April 25, 2016<https://www.texastribune.org/2016/04/26/brief/>]

·         Texas Take: April 26, 2016 [Houston Chronicle, April 26, 2016<http://www.chron.com/about/article/Texas-Take-April-26-2016-7374790.php>]
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