Subject: FW: TrackerBASE Report: PRES Fort Wayne, IN - Rally with Ted Cruz 4/28/2016
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Date: Thu, 28 Apr 2016 09:47:26 -0700

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Subject: TrackerBASE Report: PRES Fort Wayne, IN - Rally with Ted Cruz 4/28/2016

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FROM: Megan Wisdom, Daniel Schiller
Location: Grand Wayne Convention Center
Date: 4/28/2016

RE: Fort Wayne, IN - Rally with Ted Cruz
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Event Details:

Fort Wayne, IN - Rally with Ted Cruz - Grand Wayne Convention Center - 120 West Jefferson Boulevard, Fort Wayne, IN. Captured from www.politico.com/livestream1.

Audience/attendees:

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Press Details:

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Summary of Event:

Senator Cruz held a press avail and stumped at this event. He was asked about Boehner’s comments that he is lucifer in the flesh, Trump saying choosing Fiorina is desperate, Kasich alliance. Stump speech was usual talking points - DC corruption, trump and hillary being the same, jobs, military, health care, immigration, and taxes.

Key points:

0:00 Cruz - good morning, this election, common sense midwestern judgment of hoosier state is going to play a pivotal role - IN has opportunity to make decision - do we want to nominate a campaign based on yelling and insults or unite behind a positive campaign that will bring back jobs, yesterday we made a major announcement that Carly will be my VP - reaction has been tremendously positive, she’s a great leader who started as a secretary to climb the corporate ladder and become CEO

2:09 you look for someone ready to do the job day 1 - if the president is incapacitated they can lead - someone who has the knowledge and judgement, who is a serious leader we can trust to be commander in chief - you want someone who is honest and trustworthy - we’re all furious with politicians who say anything, who play a role and become corrupt in DC - we need leaders who will fight for hardworking men and women - trump and hillary are flip sides of the same coin - hillary and trump are the system - if you’re fed up with DC, that’ why so many hoosiers are uniting behind us

4:26 Fiorina - i was humbled and honored to accept the senator’s offer to be his running mate - he talked about hillary and trump being part of the system, boy is that ever true, look at the amount of money trump has given - that corrupt system is why the people of america have concluded fed govt is corrupt - you have a fearless fighter who understands that there’s too much money and power concentrated in the hands of the few

6:00 act of desperation? Boehner? It surprises no one that trump’s response is insults, he yells or insults, you could start a drinking game on it - he insults everybody and anybody so of course he would say it’s desperate it’s the only way he knows how to operate - it’s unusual to make a VP announcement early - to unite party - if we remain fractured we will lose, trump keeps trying to tear us apart - we will win general election and beat hillary - carly is powerful leader to unite us - gives clear choice to voters - trump and clinton are virtually indistinguishable on policy across the board - both want to raise taxes - i will have flat tax and abolish IRS - both support obamacare - biggest job killer in america - trump and hillary support citizenship for illegal immigrants - i will stop amnesty and secure borders, both think we should be neutral between israel and palestine, i will not be - both in favor of iranian nuclear deal - i will rip to shreds this catastrophic deal - if republican party allows choice in november to be between 2 NY liberals we will have failed the american people - they’re both insiders - trump’s campaign is run by DC lobbyists - his campaign said he was just playing a role - we know Hillary is a phony - normally people don’t admit they’re fake until after the election - you could not ask for a better contrast than me and carly vs. trump and clinton - people want optimistic conservative message - they believe more govt is the solution, i believe it’s the problem

11:13 donald’s attack is false - he wants people to think this race is over - IN will be pivotal state - trump aided and abetted by media who are rooting for hillary - same reason he won’t debate - he can’t defend his left-wing policies - he couldn’t point to a single instance in his life he has stood up to DC - they’re all part of same corrupt system of buying and selling influence to get rich - why do you think so many men and women are seeing their wages held down - it’s about DC corruption

13:20 Boehner allowed his inner trump to come out - if you have stood up to DC boehner has made it clear - he’s trump’s golfing buddy - if you want a president like boehner then trump is your man - trump donated to boehner as well as reid and pelosi - boehner’s comments - the interesting thing is that he said he worked with me - i never worked with him, i’ve only met him 2-3 times in my life - i’ve never had any substantive conversation with him - his comments reveal everything that is wrong with DC - he’s directing his comment at you, not me - he’s angry with standing with the american people and actually honoring the commitments we make - what he’s really angry with actually stopping obamacare and amnesty and debt and syrian muslim refugees - what makes him mad is that i led a movement of the people to hold DC accountable - trump pretends to be tough on immigration but hires illegal immigrants and foreign workers - all of that’s on tape - we’re tired of politicians who don’t tell us the truth

18:56 question on Kasich alliance - the media is eager to talk about an alliance, there is no alliance, we made a determination on where to focus our energy - he’s a good man, we disagree on policy, we agree that hillary would be disaster and trump gets hillary elected - she beats trump by double-digits - i would make outreach to IN who are supporting kasich - if you don't want to see hillary as president then i ask for your support and we can only win if we unite

20:26 question on woman card - it is not surprising that trump attacks hillary for being a woman he has a problem with strong women - it’s one of the reasons he can’t win a general election - before he was pretending to be an outsider he said he was establishment - he was funding hillary - he donated to her presidential campaign - he thought she was good sec of state - he gave to clinton foundation - pay to play scandals - when boehner was attacking me and praising trump and clinton - if you like boehner then trump and clinton are acceptable - there’s a reason the clintons went to trump’s wedding - IN wants a positive fresh campaign based on leaders who will do what they say - my top priority is jobs

23:01 inaudible question - the number one priority is economic growth - carrier leaving and going to Mexico - failure of Obama - trump and clinton respond to carrier by saying we’re going to use govt power to punish carrier - that’s backwards - i will not use govt power to punish - obama has driven carrier out - 48 days since last debate - people of IN deserve a debate - he can’t answer how to bring jobs back - jobs come when you reduce burdens on small business - reagan and kennedy understood that - flat tax, lower regulation - stop amnesty, end sanctuary cities - businesses will want to come back, carrier will come back in a few years, not because they were bullied but because america is more attractive to do business in - corporate inversions for foreign companies in america - end war on coal - low cost energy will enable more manufacturing jobs, wages will rise when we end amnesty and pass flat tax

29:00 Fiorina: boehner said he and trump are golfing buddies - trump is funding pelosi, reid, and boehner, they are the system - we’re in a fight for the soul of our party and future of our nation - not about cruz and fiorina, it’s about all of us - i’ve been in tough fights most of my life - i was so proud and honored to stand on that stage and say i will fight with ted cruz - you too must stand and fight with us - we must take our country back

31:48 Cruz entering - god bless IN - i’m thrilled to be with you - pray for pat, he’s having kidney surgery - how about Carly? Isn’t she fantastic?

33:48 what a contrast - when you’re running for president your VP is the most serious decision you make in the campaign - you want someone who is knowledgeable, willing and able to execute, someone you can trust - someone who understands the experience of those who are struggling - carly terrifies clinton - i can just picture hillary thinking about carly tossing and turning in her jail cell

35:53 this next election will focus on jobs, freedom, and security - jobs - i want to talk to the single moms who are working 2-3 jobs, i want to talk to truck drivers and union members who see economy stagnating - i want to talk to young people - look at all the young people - all the young people who are buried in student loans, scared, media says this is new normal - that is a lie

37:50 it’s easy to talk about making america great again - but real question is do you understand the principles and values that made america great in the first place - heart of economy is small business - the key to growth is take boot of fed govt of back of small business - reagan and JFK understood that when you cut taxes you lift regulation you get millions of new jobs - i intend to follow their path - my number one priority is jobs - repeal obamacare

39:47 pass common sense health care reform - pass flat tax - abolish IRS - rein in EPA and regulators - end war on coal - stop amnesty and secure borders and end welfare benefits for those here illegally - will see millions of new high paying jobs coming back from mexico and china - see wages rise again, young people coming out of school with job offers

42:08 morning in america again - the second issue is freedom - the passing of scalia underscored the stakes of this election - if you value religious liberty, 2nd amendment then we are just one liberal justice away from radical SCOTUS that will strip those rights away - couple debates ago asked about it - trump said he knew more politicians than me - he is correct - he’s been supporting liberal democratic politicians for 40 years - i have no experience with that

44:11 he said you have to learn to compromise, cut deals with democrats - i will not compromise away your religious liberty - or 2nd amendment - just over a week ago trump was on today show - he said he would raise taxes - i will cut taxes - agreed with obama and clinton that grown men should be able to use bathroom with little girls, not left or right, common sense - as father of daughters it doesn’t make sense to allow grown adult men in bathrooms with little girls, PC on steroids

46:03 our friends in the media who run the trump show 24/7 find this issue hard to understand - if trump dresses up as hillary he still can’t use the little girl's’ restroom - third issue is security - for 7 years obama has abandoned allies and appeased enemies - trump said he would be neutral between israel and palestine - i will not be - trump wants to reduce military aid to israel - that is backward - i will increase aid to israel

47:53 trump said he would keep the iranian nuclear deal in place - that we made deal with ayatollah - i will rip to shreds this catastrophic deal - we’ve seen our military decline - just like jimmy carter - then we had reagan - cut taxes and put money into military - i will do the same

50:44 trump said he has a plan for ISIS but he won't tell us what it is - obama has plan for ISIS and not telling us what it is - my plan - if you have declared war on US a day of reckoning is coming - we’re coming to get you, not coming to negotiate or arrest you or read you your rights - we are coming to kill you - america has always been reluctant to use military force, we’re slow to anger, we should use overwhelming force and then get out

52:47 i want to say to first responders that the days of being ridiculed by president are over - you will have thanks and commander and chief who has your back - this past year has been an interesting year - we started out with 17 candidates - young, diverse field, what a contrast - the democratic field has a socialist and….. Bernie sanders - only 2 people who can win nomination me and trump

54:43 the eyes of the country are on IN now - i could not be happier - IN has choice to choose campaign based on yelling on insults, someone who is just playing a role - or do we want to unify behind a positive campaign with real solutions - some asked me about carly - it makes this election a clear choice - you can choose between carly and me who are fighting for working men and women or trump and clinton

57:09 if you don't’ want to see us hand the election to hillary then unify behind me - kasich is a good man but he has no path to winning and he has pulled out of IN - reid was asked which republican he wants to win and he said trump because he can cut deals with him - boehner said he’s his golfing buddy - what does that tell you - donald and hillary are DC - it’s the corruption that has sold us down the river - there’s only one force strong enough to break it - we the people

59:20 if you want to see us break the power of DC - vote for me 10 times, we’re not democrats, i’m not suggesting voter fraud - get other to vote for me - media wants everyone to give up and surrender to trump so they can hand the election to clinton - if we continue to unite we will win the nomination and win the general - it took reagan - let me redo that - it took jimmy carter to give us reagan - the legacy of obama will be new generation of conservative leaders thank you and god bless

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