Subject: FW: TrackerBASE Report: PRES Ted Cruz/Carly Fiorina Rally in Jeffersonville 4/29/2016
From: "Sorbie, Sean" <[email-masked]>
To: Research_D <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2016 13:44:52 -0700

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Subject: TrackerBASE Report: PRES Ted Cruz/Carly Fiorina Rally in Jeffersonville 4/29/2016

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TO: CO Tracking

FROM: Bryan Finken

Location: Denver, CO

Date: 04-29-2016

RE: Cruz in Jeffersonville

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Event Description:  Cruz and Fiorina in Jeffersonville.

Summary:  Times are MDT. Fiorina never appeared.  Presser includes several anti-Trump remarks, including that Trump is happy to be supported by the rapist Mike Tyson.

Key Points:

Presser:

TC: honored to get endorsement of Pence, he proves growth comes from cutting taxes and regulations.  Govt is like an 800 pound weight.  Common sense principles of IN applied to federal govt.  Bring manufacturing jobs back to IN.  Expand opportunity for young people.  Answer is not ore government, its reducing taxes and regulations.  Repeal obamacare.  end the IRS.  Rein in regulators at EPA.  Will bring high paying jobs back.  Conservatives continue to unite behind our campaign.  We have a choice.  Get behind yelling or get behind my campaign, encouraged by energy and support.

Q: protests in CA outside Trump events, Pence, lukewarm endorsement.

TC: 1st amendment protects speech, not violence, these are strategies of MoveOn.  Trying to silence.  Engage in civil discourse.

TC: Thrilled to have Pence support, media wants to do what they can to poo poo it.  He makes clear who he is voting for, helped conservatives in congress.  Boehner, illustrates contempt DC has.  Boehner praised Hillary, praised Trump.  A buddy.  Illustrates what is wrong with DC.  If you like Boehner, Trump icier guy.  If you like Hillary, he is your candidate.  Has given money to all of them.  Trump is pretending to be an outsider.  Trump and Hilary are both insiders, both exploit power for their own gain.  Boehner considers Trump a buddy, pat of the same problem in Washington.  I have not changed 50 words with Boehner.  I have led the fight to stop Obamacare, to stop bankrupting our kids.  I led fight against amnesty, they don’t like that, they view it as cheap labor.  Trump brings in foreigners to be waiters and waitresses.  Tired of leaving american workers out in the cold.  The reason Boehner is striking out like this, anger is for those who challenge the system.

Q: If you do not win, can you say that you can move forward?

TC: IN is incredibly important.  We are at a crossroads.  What direction will we go?  nation depends on IN.  If we nominate a Washington insider, if both candidates are big government liberals, we will have failed the nation.  Both support planned parenthood, call it terrific and wonderful, both support funding it.  There is no option for those who support life.  Guns?  Both supported bans on popular firearms.  No option for those who support 2nd amendment.  Israel: both said they would be neutral, I will stand with Israel.  both will keep in place the Iran deal.  I will tear it up.  Theses part of why I appointed Carly Fiorina as running mate.  Real policy solutions, vs two New York liberals.  Confident that midwestern common sense will prevail.

Q: inaudible

TC: We will campaign to the end.  Nobody is getting to 1237, we will have a contested convention.  His path is almost impossible.  It will be a contested convention and we will fight for the number.  Media helping him, parroting him.  Donald cannot get a majority of the delegates.  We have always required majority, it means you cannot unite the party.  He is trying to change rules and rig the system.  Football analogy: 30 yard line = touchdown.  That is rigging system.  We are working to earn support of IN.

Q: If you don’t get delegates, what is your path?

TC: A vote for Kasich is a vote for Trump.  Cannot lose 49 states and get nomination.  Romney said a vote for Kasich is a vote for Trump.  Katich pulled out of IN for that reason.  If you don’t want to hand election to Hillary, then support me.  Only campaign that has beaten Trump again and again.  He won his home state.  Media says the nation has spoken.  Prior to NY, 5 states and 1.3 million votes, we won.  I got more votes in WI than Trump got in NY.  Anchors ignore it.  Republicans want a real republican who actually believes in something, based on something other than insults.  Proud to stand with Fiorina, first female CEO of a Fortune 20 in history.  Who was trump standing with?  Make Tyson, a convicted rapist.  Yet in Trump’s world he a tough guy.  A rapist is a coward, a weakling and a bully.  If you think he is a tough guy, you can see the whole race right there.  Trump is proud to stand with convicted rapist Mike Tyson.  I have faith in commonsense of Hoosier state.

Camera moves to event hall:

1:51 pm Remarks by local official.  Pledge of allegiance.  Remarks by sheriff.  Story about meeting TC and family.  Sound going in and out.  Glad to hear Gov will vote Cruz.

2:00 TC on stage, shaking hands.

TC: God bless IN.  Thank you to people.  Its been a good week.  Gov endorsed us.  Pence a strong principled conservative,happy warrior, proves job growth result from tax cuts and deregulation.  We have seen growth in IN while the rest of the country has not, imagine how much better you would do without the 8800 pound gorilla on you back.  Announced Carly Fiorina as running mate.  Isn’t she fantastic?  Choosing the nominee is solemn responsibility.  In making the choice I looked for knowledge, judgment and character.  Knowledge means knowing jobs do not come from lobbyists, but from business.  Carly’s success is extraordinary, started as a secretary.  Became CEO.  Must understand difference between enemies and friends.  Judgment, someone who would make decisions in considerate, sober matter,not react to a twitter storm.  Assemble a team around them.  A’s hire A’s.  Trump said to surround yourself with people who are not capable, because it will make you look good by comparison.  Worst advice for your people.  Not the advice of someone who is confident.  I want the people around me to know more than me.  Team of Rivals like Lincoln.  Character: might be most important element, are they honest, do they stand by principles, do they have principles?  Do their positions change daily?  Do they know hat it is like to struggle?  Its tough for women in business, and Carly endured that every step of the way.  How do you treat others?  When Trump insulted her face, when stood up to Trump and to bullies.  Bullies are not strong, they are weak.  Carly stands up to bullies.

2:09 Carly terrifies Hillary Clinton.  She will toss and turn over it in her jail cell.  Jobs, freedom and security.  Heart of economy is small businesses all across the nation.  Take boot off the necks of small business.  Reagan, Kennedy.  We will repeal every word of Obamacare.  Biggest job killer, we will have commonsense health reform.  Simple flat tax.  Abolish IRS.  Rein in the EPA.  Federal regulars, killing jobs.  end the gov war on coal.  Obama promised to bankrupt coal fired plants.  I have met coal miners, they say help me.  It is wrong to have govt trying to destroy the lives and communities dependent on the coal industry.  We are the Saudi Arabia of coal, and we will develop it.  Stop Amnesty, secure borders, end sanctuary cities, end welfare for those here illegally.  Will see millions of new high powered jobs.  Manufacturing coming back to IN.  Wages rising again.  Graduates with job offers.

2:14  Its easy to talk.  Trump talks about jobs, but when you ask about it, he has no answers. His only economic proposal is his tax increase on all of us through a tariff on imports.  Would kill business.  Carrier leaving IN to go to Mexico.  Two approaches: punish Carrier favored by Clinton and Trump.  Not the job of govt to punish companies that escape their policies.  My approach is not to threaten.  Regulations, we will lift them and Carrier will come back to IN.  Freedom: Scalia death underscores the stakes of the election, two branches hand in the balance.  Two debates ago, Hugh Hewitt asked about religious liberty.  Trump said he knew more politicians than me.  He is correct.  He has been supporting liberals for 40 years, I have no experience with that.  Trump said you need to learn to compromise.  Make deals with Dems.  I will not compromise away your religious liberty.  Or your 2nd amendment right to keep and bear arms.  Week ago, Trump on Today show, came out in support of Hillary and Obama saying grown men should be allowed to use the little girl’s restroom.  This is basic common sense.  It makes no sense, height of PC.  Trump says he can be any way you want him to be.  I am the same today as yesterday, and will be the same tomorrow.  If Trump dresses as Clinton, he still can’t use the girl’s restroom.

2:21 Third issue is security.  Obama weak and appeasing enemies.  Trump says he would be neutral between Israel and Palestine.  I will not.  Can’t tell the difference between our allies and enemies.  Raises questions about fitness and judgement for CIC.  We have seen this before, Carter weakened the military.  Then came Reagan.  Created millions of jobs.  Used the revenue to build military and win cold war.  In intend to do the same with radical Islamic terrorism.  Millions of new high paying jobs, wages rising, trillions in new revenue.  Rebuild military.  We will have a CIC who says we will defeat radical Islamic terror, willing to use the words too.  Rules of engagement too restrictive.  Wrong and immoral.  No longer an admin that does not value your service.  We will have a CIC who has your back.

2:26 Lets talk politics, its been an interesting year.  17 candidates, amazingly diverse.  Contrast with Democrats.  Only two of us have a chance, me and Trump.  Why Fiorina, I am asked.  The reason is voters deserve a clear choice.  Now and in Nov.  Trump and Clinton are flip side of same coin.  Hillary sells influence, Donald buys politicians like Hillary.  They have the same views on several issues.  Both support planned parenthood.  Both support ban on firearms.  Both promise to raise your taxes.  Both support mandate in Obamacare, I will repeal it.  Both will be neutral on Israel and Palestine.  Both would keep Iran deal in place, I will rip it to shreds.  The country is looking at IN.  4 days to go.  Shall we get behind a campaign that is about yelling and insults?  r back a campaign about real solutions.  If election is two NY liberals, then the party failed.  Boehner said interesting things about me.  Lucifer in the flesh.  Praised Clinton and Trump.  That is al you need to know.  To Trump supporters: good people, you are angry over real facts.  He is not an outsider, he is the ultimate Washington insider.  If you want to shake them up in DC, ask who does Boehner call Lucifer?  I don’t know Boehner.  He is mad because I led the fights.  Trump talks a lot about this now, but in 2013 Trump was funding the gang of 8.  Who has taken on DC?  Trump has written 7 checks to Clinton.  This will be decided by common sense of the Hoosier state.   come out Tuesday and vote, call neighbors and family.  If we unite, we will win the primary.  WE will win general election.  It took Carter to give us Reagan.  Legacy of Obama will be a generation of conservative leaders.

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