Subject: 2016 GOP DAILY ROUNDUP
From: "Hendricks, Lauren" <[email-masked]>
To: "Hendricks, Lauren" <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 20 Apr 2016 13:44:36 -0700

[https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Democratic_Party_logo_(transparent).svg/2000px-Democratic_Party_logo_(transparent).svg.png]2016 GOP DAILY ROUNDUP
4/20/16

DONALD TRUMP
TED CRUZ
EVENTS

DONALD TRUMP
TRUMP MADE IT MATHEMATICALLY IMPOSSIBLE FOR CRUZ TO CLINCH GOP NOMINATION: “In order to maintain the slim, infinitesimal hope that he might be able to clinch the Republican nomination by winning pledged delegates, Ted Cruz needed to win at least a handful of delegates in New York. He didn’t. He now joins John Kasich (and every other Republican who once ran) in the category of ‘people who can’t clinch the nomination on pledged delegates.’ Of the 17 Republicans that started the race, only one candidate isn’t in that box: Donald Trump.” [Washington Post, 4/20/16<https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2016/04/19/donald-trump-just-made-it-impossible-for-ted-cruz-to-clinch-the-gop-nomination/>]
MARYLAND TEACHERS UNION CALLS ON SCHOOL TO CANCEL TRUMP RALLY WITH PROTESTS PLANNED: “The union that represents most teachers in Maryland called on the Worcester County school system to block Donald Trump's campaign from using a high school gym to hold a rally Wednesday evening. ‘Donald Trump and his divisive, fear-mongering rhetoric have no place in the halls of Maryland's public schools,’ Maryland State Education Association president Betty Weller said in a statement. ‘Trump's eagerness to bully minorities would be unacceptable if it came from any of our students.’” [Baltimore Sun, 4/20/16<http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/politics/bs-md-trump-rally-protest-20160419-story.html>]
TRUMP LIKES LOW INTEREST RATES, BUT WANTS TO REPLACE YELLEN: “Donald Trump likes Janet Yellen’s low interest rates, but not the Federal Reserve Chairwoman herself. ‘I think she’s done a serviceable job,’ Trump tells Fortune. ‘I don’t want to comment on reappointment, but I would be more inclined to put other people in.’ As he’s said in the past, Trump tells Fortune that he would ‘absolutely’ support proposals that would take power away from the Fed, and allow Congress to audit the U.S. central bank’s decision making.” [Fortune, 4/20/16<http://fortune.com/2016/04/19/donald-trump-yellen-fed-debt/>]
TRUMP 2.0 - FINALLY LISTENING TO HIS POLITICAL ADVISORS: “Donald Trump 2.0 made his official debut Tuesday night following his sweeping victory in New York… That version of Trump was markedly more disciplined, gentler and more appealing than the version of Trump we've seen for much of the last year. And, that fact should scare the hell out of establishment Republicans…Why? Because it's clear, at least for now, that Trump is listening to his new political advisers -- chief among them convention manager Paul Manafort and national field director Rick Wiley. Trump's change in tone on Tuesday night was absolutely unmistakeable to anyone who has paid even passing attention to his campaign to date.” [Washington Post, 4/20/16<https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2016/04/20/the-kinder-more-disciplined-donald-trump-should-scare-the-hell-out-of-the-gop-establishment/?postshare=1891461164157380&tid=ss_tw>]
TRUMP SHIFTS TO MORE SEASONED STAFFERS IN KEY POINT FOR NOMINATION BID: “The threat of coming so close yet still losing has prompted Trump to quickly rebuild his inner circle of trusted advisers, spend millions of dollars more on his operation and shift his campaign approach. He has brought in a team of seasoned Republican operatives while slowly diminishing the role of the less-experienced staffers who got him this far by simply allowing Trump to be himself. Campaign manager Corey Lewandowski, 42, has largely been sidelined and is now functioning more like a scheduler than chief campaign architect. Meanwhile, Paul Manafort - a 67-year-old operative who has worked for several presidents and joined Trump’s team barely a month ago - has become Trump’s right-hand man and is swiftly filling the staff with his own associates.” [Washington Post, 4/19/16<https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trumps-shift-to-more-seasoned-staffers-is-a-key-inflection-point-for-bid/2016/04/19/4e21d900-0646-11e6-a12f-ea5aed7958dc_story.html>]
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TED CRUZ
CRUZ SAYS CONTESTED CONVENTION WILL HAPPEN: “Ted Cruz declared definitively on Wednesday that the fight for the Republican presidential nomination is ‘definitely headed to Cleveland,’ where, he said, ‘the people are going to prevail.’ ‘Nobody's getting 1237 [delegates] - Donald knows that. We're headed to a contested convention,’ Cruz told NBC News while shaking hands after his rally here in a state with 71 delegates up for grabs in next Tuesday's primary.” [NBC News, 4/20/16<http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2016-election/ted-cruz-we-re-headed-contested-convention-n559276>]
CRUZ DEBUTS NEW - ODDLY FAMILIAR - CAMPAIGN SLOGAN “YES WE WILL”: ““They are the words that when Americans come together they say with conviction, they change the world,” Cruz said at a watch-party in Philadelphia on Tuesday night hours before the polls in New York closed. ‘They are the vision of this campaign. Not “Yes we can,” but now, “Yes we will.”’ Cruz also made an unusual analogy to wrestling or yoga, depending on which mat you prefer. ‘America has always been best when she is lying down with her back on the mat,’ he said.” [Yahoo, 4/20/16<https://www.yahoo.com/news/ted-cruz-yes-we-will-020723868.html>]
CRUZ’S NORTHEAST SURVIVAL PLAN INCLUDES PICKING OFF DELEGATES IN PA AND MD: “Fresh off a bruising defeat at the hands of Donald Trump in New York, Ted Cruz is now retreating to what is, at best, only barely friendlier territory: The I-95 corridor, home to five states that will vote on Tuesday. As Cruz prepares for what could be one of the biggest momentum-stopping weeks of his campaign, he is aiming to make the best of a bad hand. The goal is to stop Trump from winning the 1,237 delegates required to clinch the nomination, as hitting that number himself is now likely out of reach for Cruz as things currently stand. In a series of contests that his campaign concedes will be rough, the Texas senator is training his eyes on a pair of states, Maryland and Pennsylvania, where he sees chances to pick off delegates even amid Trump's Northeast sweeps.” [CNN, 4/20/16<http://www.cnn.com/2016/04/20/politics/ted-cruzs-northeastern-survival-plan/index.html>]
CRUZ CAMPAIGN HUNTS FOR DELEGATE DESERTERS: “Cruz’s forces know that dozens - maybe even hundreds - of self-proclaimed supporters view him simply as the best candidate to stop Trump. But those delegates could bail on Cruz the moment they don't need him anymore - when it’s clear Trump won’t be the party’s nominee. The question now facing Cruz’s camp is how many of these delegate deserters are hidden inside his own fragile coalition. To prevent a delegate exodus, Cruz is deploying many of the same data-minded tactics he’s employed on a larger scale to prevail in a slew of state caucuses - from Iowa to Maine to Kansas. They are logging detailed profiles and loyalty scores of each delegate, honing pitches to convince wavering allies to commit and deploying surrogates to stiffen the spines of wobbly backers.” [Politico, 4/20/16<http://www.politico.com/story/2016/04/cruz-campaign-hunting-for-delegate-deserters-222176#ixzz46KrbkIGL>]
CRUZ GOING ALL-IN FOR INDIANA, ALONG WITH (POSSIBLY) CARLY, JEB, AND MITT: “National Review has learned that the senator will hold a one-hour private meeting with Indiana governor Mike Pence…But sources say Pence, who loathes Trump, nonetheless has deep concerns about wading into the presidential race amid his own fight for re-election. If Pence doesn’t come on board, Cruz’s team is planning to deploy its next best option: Walker himself, who is a known commodity in Indiana and will likely be used as a surrogate there… There is preliminary talk of Cruz assembling a high-profile team of GOP surrogates and bringing them to Indiana…The goal would be to project unprecedented party unity against Trump with a roster of supporters that, in addition to familiar faces such as Walker and Carly Fiorina, could include Jeb Bush or even Mitt Romney.” [National Review, 4/20/16<http://www.nationalreview.com/article/434265/ted-cruz-indiana-primary-strategy>]
CRUZ VOWS TO REPEAL AND REPLACE OBAMACARE WITHIN FIRST DAYS OF ADMINISTRATION: “UnitedHealth has announced it is pulling out of the Obamacare exchanges…That’s why I have consistently opposed Obamacare and will begin the process of repealing and replacing this disastrous law from the first days of my administration as President. We literally cannot afford to have Obama’s signature failure continue to drag down our economy, destroy what’s left of our health care market, and punish American families.” [Ted Cruz for President, Statement, 4/19/16<https://www.tedcruz.org/news/cruz-will-repeal-replace-obamacare-first-days-cruz-administration/>]
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EVENTS
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 20, 2016
DONALD TRUMP: 1:00 PM Meeting with Mike Pence in governor’s residence [Indy Star], 3:00 PM Rally in Indianapolis, IN [indystar.com], and 7:00 PM Rally in Berlin, MD [@SDHSSeahawks].
TED CRUZ: 10:00 AM Rally with Carly Fiorina in Hershey, PA [eventbrite], and 3:45 PM Press Conference in Hollywood, FL [@betsy_klein].
THURSDAY, APRIL 21, 2016
DONALD TRUMP: Today Show Town Hall in New York, NY [today.com].
TED CRUZ: 10:00 AM Speech in Frederick, MD [fredericknewspost.com], and 6:30 PM Indiana GOP Spring Dinner with Mike Pence and Matt Bevin in Indianapolis, IN [@patricksvitek].
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Lauren Hendricks