Subject: RE: Video Request: Marsha Blackburn on MSNBC yesterday
From: "Brinster, Jeremy" <[email-masked]>
To: "Bhatnagar, Akshai" <[email-masked]>, Research_D <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 13 May 2016 10:36:20 -0700

A few flags

Marsha Blackburn On Donald Trump's Seeming Openness To A Minimum Wage Increase: "All Of These Policies Are Going To Evolve As We Go Through." HALL: "So you mentioned jobs and economic security. Donald Trump says he would be open to a minimum wage increase. Do you support that?"  BLACKBURN: "I don't. I think this is something you look at the states and let the states handle this. It's a better handle that way. I think the other thing to interject into this, Tamron, I think you and I maybe talked about this one time, is having a training wage. When you talk to moms that have teenagers in their household, this is something that they will bring up, that there needs to be that entry or that training wage. So all of these policies are going to evolve as we go through. You're going to see an agenda. I think the fall campaign is going to be one of the most exciting that we've ever had." [MSNBC Live, MSNBC, 5/12/16]

Marsha Blackburn On Donald Trump: "He Has Great People Like Art Laffer Helping Work Toward How We Get America Back On The Road To Prosperity."  HALL: "Donald Trump said this week that he would be in favor of increasing taxes on the wealthiest. Do you support at least the initial proposal idea floated out there?" BLACKBURN: "Well, I haven't looked at his tax plan. I do know he has great people like Art Laffer helping work toward how we get America back on the road to prosperity, to use Speaker Ryan's term. And they are going to come forward with some things. I don't think anybody needs to be paying more tax. You can talk to anybody around and they will tell you we are not undertaxed. We are overtaxed and the federal government is overspent by trillions of dollars. We've got $19 trillion in debt." [MSNBC Live, MSNBC, 5/12/16]

Marsha Blackburn: "We're Not Going To Have These Debates About What The Policy Or The Platform Or The Ten Points We're Going To Campaign On, We're Not Going To Hold Those In The Public Arena." HALL: "So why do you think Donald Trump would at least be entertaining the idea of increasing taxes on the wealthiest?"  BLACKBURN: "I think his comment there was that he was talking about the proposal that he had put forward that would actually reduce taxes on higher income earners. But it would not be as low as what he had initially come forward with. He was open to negotiation there. But there again, I've not had a conversation with Mr. Trump so I can only tell you what I hear from my constituents and what people are telling me they want to see done. And I think that's the important thing right now. We're not going to have these debates about what the policy or the platform or the ten points we're going to campaign on, we're not going to hold those in the public arena. Those are things that members of the House and the Senate and the presidential campaign are going to work out. What we all need to do is listen to what the voters are saying and the voters are saying we need to tighten up on our national security. We need to make jobs and economic security a priority. And when it comes to retirement security, people need to know that the money the federal government has been taking out of their paychecks for Medicare and Social Security is going to be there. They are not going to have to worry about it."  [MSNBC Live, MSNBC, 5/12/16]

From: Bhatnagar, Akshai
Sent: Friday, May 13, 2016 12:40 PM
To: Brinster, Jeremy; Research_D
Subject: RE: Video Request: Marsha Blackburn on MSNBC yesterday

Watch here<https://toolbox.dnc.org/?tool_name=vantage%20uploader&path=vantageuploader.dnc.org/videos/shared_show?jwt=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJpYXQiOjE0NjMxNTc1MzgsImVtYWlsIjoiYmhhdG5hZ2FyYUBkbmMub3JnIiwiaWQiOjMxODIzNywiZG93bmxvYWRhYmxlIjp0cnVlfQ.JXZLbWONhLbwynpcmAbBYMHrKVmS6Gkm-31MkcOoZ-w>

From: Brinster, Jeremy
Sent: Friday, May 13, 2016 12:08 PM
To: Research_D
Subject: Video Request: Marsha Blackburn on MSNBC yesterday

Around 11:15am with Tamron Hall. Please save. Thanks!