Subject: Hi Zac / Possible DNC Conf Call Tomorrow
From: "Paustenbach, Mark" <[email-masked]>
To: Zachary Petkanas <[email-masked]>
Cc: "Miranda, Luis" <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 10 May 2016 08:28:32 -0700

Zac,

Hope all's well. Wanted to get your thoughts on the below.

We're hoping to do a conference call tomorrow/Wednesday hitting Trump ahead of his meetings on the Hill with Paul Ryan and others. The topics would be as follows:

1) A look ahead at the meetings between Trump and congressional Republicans.

2) Trump hasn't actually changed his position on taxes. His policies remain more reckless than those of Ryan and congressional Republicans.

3) Trump claims you cannot criticize<http://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-reiterates-call-for-big-tax-cuts-1462826682> his tax plans because everything is a negotiation and we don't know what the final legislation will look like. Trump is not being honest when he says this and cannot be trusted.

4) Democrats are united in fighting Trump and will take him seriously, unlike his previous GOP presidential rivals.