Subject: Awesomeness
From: "Garcia, Walter" <[email-masked]>
To: Comm_D <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 5 May 2016 16:28:54 -0700

Solid articles on things we’ve sent out today!
DNC calls Trump 'Dangerous Donald' on Cinco De Mayo<http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/dnc-calls-trump-dangerous-donald-on-cinco-de-mayo/article/2590472>
By Ariel Cohen<http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/author/ariel-cohen>, Washington Examiner

Democratic National Committee Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz marked Cinco de Mayo by arguing "Dangerous Donald" Trump would hurt relations with Mexico.

"That Donald Trump became his party's presumptive nominee on the eve of Cinco de Mayo is fitting, a reminder of just how wrong his divisive and hateful rhetoric has been since the very first day of his campaign. Today is a reminder that Dangerous Donald would threaten America's relationships with our closest allies, and make our communities less safe," Wasserman Schultz wrote on Thursday.

She added, "Like the brave souls that day in Puebla a century and a half ago, we must show the spirit and determination every single day between now and Nov. 8th to defeat Trump and his Republican Party in November, and ensure our country continues to live up to our history and our values."

Since Trump was proclaimed the presumptive GOP nominee on Tuesday night, the DNC has sent out numerous statements condemning the Republican Party for choosing Trump to represent them. Throughout his campaign, Wasserman Schultz has also condemned Trump's comments about Mexican immigrants being "criminals" and "rapists.”

"So as we celebrate a day that reminds us of our shared history, cultural and familial ties, the Democratic Party reaffirms our commitment to exemplifying the values that made America great," Wasserman-Schultz concluded.

Dems blast Ryan over refusal to back Trump: 'Well, that was awkward'<http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/gop-primaries/278926-democrats-blast-ryan-over-refusal-to-back-trump-well-that-was>

By Harper Neidig, The Hill

The Democratic Party seized on House Speaker Paul Ryan<http://thehill.com/people/paul-ryan>’s refusal to back Donald Trump<http://thehill.com/people/donald-trump> on Thursday, slamming the GOP for refusing to accept its own presumptive presidential nominee.

“Well, that was awkward,” Democratic National Committee spokesman Mark Paustenbach said in a statement. “Paul Ryan — the highest-ranking Republican in the country, and chair of the Republican National Convention — just said he can’t support Dangerous Donald Trump’s nomination for president.”

Paustenbach added, "Bring a hazmat suit if you’re one of the remaining Republican leaders still planning to stand with your nominee – Trump has gone radioactive.”

Earlier on Thursday, Ryan told CNN<http://thehill.com/business-a-lobbying/paul-ryan-not-ready-support-endorse-donald-trump-presumptive-gop-nominee> that he was “not ready” to support Trump for president.

“I hope to, though, and I want to,” he said. “But what is required is to unify this party. And the bulk of the burden on unifying the party will have to come from our presumptive nominee.”

The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee also blasted Ryan’s “cowardice” for refusing to confront the business mogul.

“‘Not there right now’ is just another one of the toothless statements that have become Ryan’s hallmark since becoming Speaker,” said DCCC spokeswoman Meredith Kelly in a statement. “For months, Paul Ryan refused to take on or rebuke Trump by name as he demeaned women, refused to disavow the KKK, or insulted Hispanics. Trump is now poised to accept the GOP’s nomination, and Ryan is scrambling because he knows what everyone else knows: Donald Trump is toxic for his own reputation, and for House Republicans. His cowardice veiled as bravery is too little, too late.”