Subject: FW: TrackerBASE Report: PRES/IN-GOV Indiana Republican Party Spring Dinner 4/21/2016
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Subject: TrackerBASE Report: PRES/IN-GOV Indiana Republican Party Spring Dinner 4/21/2016

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FROM:  Mitchell Livingston

Location:  Indianapolis, IN

Date: 04/21/16

RE: Indiana Republican Party Spring Dinner- 04/21/16

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Event Details:

Title: Indiana Republican Party Spring Dinner- 04/21/16

Location: Primo’s Banquet and Conference Center; Indianapolis, IN

Length:

Attendees/Audience:  Sold Out event- 800+ GOPer’s

Press: Fox59 WXIN,

Source: http://fox59.com/on-air/live-streaming-sc/

Summary of Event: The Indiana Republican party held a Spring Dinner fundraiser at Primo’s Banquet and Conference Center in Indianapolis, IN.  Speakers at the event included Sen. Ted Cruz, Sen. Dan Coats, Gov. Mike Pence and keynote speaker KY Gov. Matt Bevin.  Clip A is Ted Cruz.  He gave a standard stump with some pandering to Indiana’ Mike Pence and read a couple quotes from the movie “Hoosier”.  Clip B is Sen. Dan Coats who talks about importance of upcoming primary and Lt. Gov. Eric Holcomb. Clip C is a short clip of Pence on the stage but stream cut off early and never started back up.  No video of Bevin.

Key Points:

ClipA:

00:01:05- Thank very much and god bless Indiana.  Great to be here so many patriots like Mike Pence, Matt Bevin, and Sen. Dan Coats. I’m especially privileged to be here with you patriots who love their county.  Tells joke about kittens.

TC: I’m happy to tell you a lot of people’s eyes are opening.  We are bankrupting kids and grand kids.  America has resected in the world.  Help is on the way.  This next election will be on 3 key issues.  Jobs, Freedom, and security.

TC: Start with jobs, I’m talking to single mothers working 2-3 part time jobs. Hours reduced because of ACA.  All of the truck drivers, machinists, plumbers, machinists, union workers, who have seen wages stagnate.  Talks about tax cuts in Indiana.  Schools choice is the civil rights issue of our generation.  Under Pence, you seen power growth but imagine what it would be like without federal government.  Washington isn’t a distant threat.  IT is killing jobs each and every day.  Talks about the movie Hoosiers, and quotes a line from the movie. Look at war on coal.  Indiana understands impact of coal.  80% of your power comes from coal.  It doesn’t make sense having federal government destroying lives of this state and hammering small business. We will repeal every word of ACA. We will pass a simple flat tax.  10% and taxes on a postcard! We should abolish the IRS. Reign in EPA, and federal regulators who descended like locust on farmers and workers all across the country. Tells locust joke.  And we will stop amnesty, secure the border, end sanctuary cities, end welfare benefits for those here illegally.   When we do all of that, we will see million of new high paying jobs coming back from China, Mexico.  Manufactory jobs come back to IN the back bone of middle class and wages go up. Young people coming out of school with 3-4 job offers. That is the history of America for most of our history and it can be again if we get back to principals that work.

00:10:25-  TC: Second thing is freedom.  Passing of Justice Scalia shows its two branches of government hang in the balance.  1 liberal justice away from a radical left wing SC.  1liberal justice away from SC erasing 2 amendment away from bill of rights.  1 liberal justice away from making us subject to authority of world courts. We had a debate and Donald said he knows more politicians than me.

TC: Third issue is security.  Last 7 years Obama has abandon allies and shows appeasement to enemies.  If I had come here 3-4 years ago that Bibi would come speak to DC to speak to congress.  I was there but no member of the cabinet was there.  Most anti- Israel administration.  I will stand with Israel.  WE have also seen military undermined.  Moral of the troops fall.  We have seen this before with Carter.  And then in Jan 1981, Reagan came into office and he cut taxes and regulation creating million of new revenue and destroyed Soviet Union.  I intend to do the same thing.  We will use new revenue to rebuild military so it is the mightiest force on the place.

TC: One of the saddest things is men and women are sent to battle with arms tied behind backs, and it will end.  No longer will a president blame and demonize law enforcement or military, I will have your back.  So lets talk a little politics.  Interesting year, 17 candidates a year ago.  What a contact with democrats.  There are 2 and only 2 candidates will path to win nomination.  We are seeing 65-70% of republican realize Trump isn’t best candidate to face Clinton.  We lose by double digits.  WE might lose Senate, the house, the Supreme Court.  For that reason republicans are uniting behind our campaign.  Of those 17 candidates, 5 have endorse our campaign.  Mike Lee, Mark Levin, the whole party is uniting behind us.

TC: Eyes of the county are on Indiana.  Heidi and I will be traveling the state and asking for vote.  Your vote will decide with path the party and country go.  I hope you pick optimism.  Can things change?  WE can change if we stand together.  Tells another quote from Hoosiers. This will be like 1980.  It took Carter to get Reagan.

Thank you.

ClipB:

00:00:30- DC: coming up to speak after Cruz is a tall order.  Thank Jeff for undertaking task of party leader and we thank you for all you have done.  Thanks for everyone in the room.  You made it possible for me to represent you in US Senate and I’m blessed with a state that I can brag about and use it as a model of strong republican leadership through out the state.  Thanks Gov. Pence. Remarkable example.  Bevin.  Congratulations, look to the north for examples.   Ted listed the great things Gov. Pence has done. And thank you.

DC: Ted talked about race 17-3.  Trump, Cruz, and Kasich.  Indiana will play a vital role for county.  This is pretty unique.  Indiana has been put in a place were our decisions will be a deciding factor.  That leaves us with the responsibility to not look at just personalities, but also make calculation about who can best unit our party, reach out of independents.  Clinton won’t be easy to beat.  We want to make sure our candidate has ability to draw people into the fold.  As we make our decision, lets keep our eye on the goal of replacing this president with a republican with principals and leadership. Need to keep Republican majority and get Pence reelected. Thank you.

00:09:00- Introduction of IN Lt. Gov. Talks about how bad things in Indiana were under Democrat administration.

ClipC:

00:00:01- MP: Thanks for allowing me to serve as governor.  We are just 200 days way from a great republican victory across the entire state and country.  Stream cut out.

Video File Label:                  160421_MJL_593

Clip Label:                            160421_MJL_593_A (Cruz)

                                             160421_MJL_593_B (Sen. Coats/ Lt. Gov Holcomb)

                                             160421_MJL_593_C (Pence)