Subject: RE: for research -- SHOT / CHASER: Ted Cruz and Lindsey Graham on No Exceptions for Rape
From: "Freundlich, Christina" <[email-masked]>
To: "Lykins, Tyler" <[email-masked]>, "Walker, Eric" <[email-masked]>, "Miranda, Luis" <[email-masked]>
Cc: Video_D <[email-masked]>, RR2 <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 19 Apr 2016 11:06:56 -0700

This was the clip that I originally sent around

http://youtu.be/L7zZjLYrHsQ

On Tue, Apr 19, 2016 at 10:56 AM -0700, "Walker, Eric" <[email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]>> wrote:

Adding video now to clip that part.

From: Miranda, Luis
Sent: Tuesday, April 19, 2016 1:53 PM
To: Lykins, Tyler; Walker, Eric; Freundlich, Christina
Cc: RR2
Subject: RE: for research -- SHOT / CHASER: Ted Cruz and Lindsey Graham on No Exceptions for Rape

Yup. Clip this:

 when it comes to rape, rape is a horrific crime against the humanity of a person and needs to be punished and punished severely but at the same time, as horrible as that crime is, I don’t believe it’s the child’s fault.

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From: "Lykins, Tyler" <[email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]>>
Date: 04/19/2016 1:49 PM (GMT-05:00)
To: "Walker, Eric" <[email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]>>, "Miranda, Luis" <[email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]>>, "Freundlich, Christina" <[email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]>>
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Subject: RE: for research -- SHOT / CHASER: Ted Cruz and Lindsey Graham on No Exceptions for Rape
I think Luis is referring to this exchange, correct?

http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/cruz-makes-his-case-against-abortion-rape-exception

KELLY: [Y]ou don’t favor a rape or an incest exception to abortion and for people like me, this may be a problem in getting behind President Ted Cruz. They think you may be too far right on social issues.
CRUZ: Well, listen, let’s talk – you know, when it comes to rape, I’ve spent a lot of years in law enforcement. I was the solicitor general in the state of Texas and I have handled cases with horrific cases of rape, of people who committed child rape, people – I went before the U.S. Supreme Court and argued in defense of state laws imposing capital punishment for the very worst child rapists. And when it comes to rape, rape is a horrific crime against the humanity of a person and needs to be punished and punished severely but at the same time, as horrible as that crime is, I don’t believe it’s the child’s fault. And we weep at the crime. We want to do everything we can to prevent the crime on the front end and to punish the criminal, but I don’t believe it makes sense to blame the child.

From: Walker, Eric
Sent: Tuesday, April 19, 2016 1:45 PM
To: Miranda, Luis; Lykins, Tyler; Freundlich, Christina
Cc: RR2
Subject: RE: for research -- SHOT / CHASER: Ted Cruz and Lindsey Graham on No Exceptions for Rape

Which roundtable?

From: Miranda, Luis
Sent: Tuesday, April 19, 2016 1:45 PM
To: Walker, Eric; Lykins, Tyler; Freundlich, Christina
Cc: RR2
Subject: RE: for research -- SHOT / CHASER: Ted Cruz and Lindsey Graham on No Exceptions for Rape

At theThe roundtable the other day, I think he was clearer

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From: "Walker, Eric" <[email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]>>
Date: 04/19/2016 1:15 PM (GMT-05:00)
To: "Lykins, Tyler" <[email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]>>, "Freundlich, Christina" <[email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]>>
Cc: RR2 <[email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]>>
Subject: RE: for research -- SHOT / CHASER: Ted Cruz and Lindsey Graham on No Exceptions for Rape
Broken link – can we find a new one?

See below in blue:

SHOT: Last night on The O’Reilly Factor, Bill O’Reilly pushed Ted Cruz on whether he supports abortion in the case of rape or incest.

WATCH<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=egJcBFJqFUs&feature=youtu.be>

<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=egJcBFJqFUs&feature=youtu.be>

O’Reilly: The Times says that you are against abortion, even in the cases of rape and incest. Is that true?

Cruz: It is true that I am pro-life but now Bill it’s interesting….

O’Reilly: No no no, rape and incest?

Cruz: Yes, it is true that I am pro-life.

Despite his squirming, this isn’t a new position. Last year, Cruz said “As a matter of principle, we should not have exceptions,” while defending an anti-choice bill.

CHASER: Lindsey Graham once said that candidates who do not support exceptions for rape are “losing most Americans.”

WATCH<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yQhVnmh09tw&feature=youtu.be>

<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yQhVnmh09tw&feature=youtu.be>

Graham: But if you’re going to tell a woman that has been raped that she has to carry the child of the rapist, you’re losing most Americans.

From: Lykins, Tyler
Sent: Tuesday, April 19, 2016 12:53 PM
To: Walker, Eric; Freundlich, Christina
Cc: RR2
Subject: RE: for research -- SHOT / CHASER: Ted Cruz and Lindsey Graham on No Exceptions for Rape

Not sure if we have on video:

Ted Cruz: “As A Matter Of Principle, We Should Not Have Exceptions.” “Nearly two weeks ago, just prior to his appearance at Steve King’s Iowa Freedom Summit, Texas Sen. Ted Cruz carved out some time to meet with leading liberty activists from around Iowa. The low-key meeting, held in Des Moines, was many activists’ first time to meet the libertarian-leaning Tea Party firebrand. It was also Cruz’s first time fielding questions from a crowd comprised almost exclusively of members of the thriving Iowa Liberty Movement. […]On pain-capable right to life legislation: ‘I strongly support pain-capable legislation. As a matter of principle, we should not have exceptions.  But I will also take incremental gains.’” [Blog, Liberty Conservatives, 2/5/15<http://blog.libertyconservatives.com/cruz-liberty-movement-no-softballs/>]

From: Walker, Eric
Sent: Tuesday, April 19, 2016 12:48 PM
To: Freundlich, Christina
Cc: RR2
Subject: Re: for research -- SHOT / CHASER: Ted Cruz and Lindsey Graham on No Exceptions for Rape

I just think if we have him dead-to-rights in another clip we should include it instead of leaving ambiguity.

Research - do we have an unambiguous, explicit declaration that he's against exceptions?

Sorry I'm doing this twice today - was out this a.m. and missed a lot of the traffic.

On Apr 19, 2016, at 12:43 PM, Freundlich, Christina <[email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]>> wrote:
Here’s another an option though if everyone wants to proceed -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L7zZjLYrHsQ&feature=youtu.be

From: Freundlich, Christina
Sent: Tuesday, April 19, 2016 12:42 PM
To: Walker, Eric; RR2
Subject: RE: for research -- SHOT / CHASER: Ted Cruz and Lindsey Graham on No Exceptions for Rape

He goes into an attack on Hillary after so we can use what’s after

Im not sure how much value adding another clip in would do.

From: Walker, Eric
Sent: Tuesday, April 19, 2016 12:36 PM
To: Freundlich, Christina; RR2
Subject: RE: for research -- SHOT / CHASER: Ted Cruz and Lindsey Graham on No Exceptions for Rape

So, if I’m a reporter watching that clip, it sounds like he’s dodging the question and I may want to see what he says afterwards.
In between O’Relly video and Graham video we might want to include something like “Cruz might be trying to conceal his position, but this isn’t the first time he’s declared his opposition to rape and incest exceptions” – and then list another example before going into Lindsey graham. Just a thought.

From: Freundlich, Christina
Sent: Tuesday, April 19, 2016 12:13 PM
To: RR2
Subject: for research -- SHOT / CHASER: Ted Cruz and Lindsey Graham on No Exceptions for Rape

SL: SHOT / CHASER: Ted Cruz and Lindsey Graham on No Exceptions for Rape

SHOT: Last night on The O’Reilly Factor, Bill O’Reilly pushed Ted Cruz on whether he supports abortion in the case of rape or incest.

WATCH<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=egJcBFJqFUs&feature=youtu.be>

<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=egJcBFJqFUs&feature=youtu.be>

O’Reilly: The Times says that you are against abortion, even in the cases of rape and incest. Is that true?

Cruz: It is true that I am pro-life but now Bill it’s interesting….

O’Reilly: No no no, rape and incest?

Cruz: Yes, it is true that I am pro-life.

Despite his squirming, this isn’t a new position. Last year, Cruz said “As a matter of principle, we should not have exceptions,” while defending an anti-choice bill.

CHASER: Lindsey Graham once said that candidates who do not support exceptions for rape are “losing most Americans.”

WATCH<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yQhVnmh09tw&feature=youtu.be>

<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yQhVnmh09tw&feature=youtu.be>

Graham: But if you’re going to tell a woman that has been raped that she has to carry the child of the rapist, you’re losing most Americans.