Subject: Re: FOR COMMS APPROVAL: McCain hit
From: "Manriquez, Pablo" <[email-masked]>
To: "Garcia, Walter" <[email-masked]>
Cc: "Miranda, Luis" <[email-masked]>, "Paustenbach, Mark" <[email-masked]>, "Walker, Eric" <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 8 May 2016 07:35:56 -0700

Rewrote SL here: Senator McCain "Doesn’t Know" If Trump Should Retract Calling Mexicans Rapists

SL: Senator McCain: "Oh I don't know" if Trump should retract comments calling Mexicans "rapists."

Body:

"Oh, I don't know.”

That was Senator John McCain's response on State of the Union this morning when asked if he thought that Trump should take back his comments calling Mexicans 'rapists.’ Seriously, Senator? You just can’t make this stuff up folks.

See the exchange below:

(Screenshot: https://youtu.be/j4tv27J5gy8)

"First, Senator McCain says that he will vote for Trump, despite the fact that Trump has offended him and all other POWs. And now, to make matters even worse, Senator McCain 'doesn't know' whether Trump should take back his comments calling Mexicans 'rapists.' That's not leadership at all, and it begs the following question: Does John McCain, the senior Republican Senator from Arizona, actually interact with Mexican-Americans at all…like, ever? If not, we’ve got a pro-tip for him: Hispanics constitute over 30% of your state’s overall population. If McCain doesn’t think Trump should apologize for calling Mexicans rapists; it’s the Senator himself who should apologize to his constituents for failing them this morning.” - Paustenbach (?)

How can Senator McCain seriously expect to get re-elected in Arizona?" -- DNC Spokesperson

Pablo Manriquez
Democratic National Committee
Phone: 202.572.5488
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