Subject: FW: TrackerBASE Report: PRES Cruz at Tony Katz and the Morning News 4/26/2016
From: "Sorbie, Sean" <[email-masked]>
To: Research_D <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 26 Apr 2016 07:39:04 -0700

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Subject: TrackerBASE Report: PRES Cruz at Tony Katz and the Morning News 4/26/2016

NAME: PRES - Cruz at Tony Katz and the Morning News

STATUS: Reported

CANDIDATES: Cruz, Ted

DATE|TIME: 04-26-16; 7:00 A.M. EST

TRACKER: Howe, Pete

LOCATION: WIBC93.1-FM; Indianapolis, IN

RE: PRES - Cruz at Tony Katz and the Morning News

ATTENDEES: Unknown

MEDIA: WIBC93.1-FM radio

TIMESTAMPS:

:05 Cruz on mic; Good morning; Great to be with you; I’ve been barnstorming IN and traveling all over; Bus tour; I’m in Indianapolis today

Q: Conversation that broke yesterday; Some calling it collusions, others say its politics; Kasich suspending in Indiana; You’re not running in OR or NM; Is it collusion?

A: It’s the opposite; It’s coalition building; Building a majority is foreign to Trump because he hasn’t won one anywhere; You can’t be the nominee if you can’t build a coalition or a majority; Kasich and I have policy differences but we agree that HRC would be disastrous for the country and if Trump gets the nod, she’ll win by double digits; Kasich decided to pull out of IN and we’re all in; If you don’t want to see HRC as POTUS, I ask for your support; The only way to beat Trump in IN is to unify behind us; We’re seeing the unity build; GOP is coming together

2:30 Q: Is this the formation of a ticket?

A: Very premature; I respect Kasich; It’s about allocating resources; Hoosier state will play a pivotal role; Kasich decided to pull out

Q: Your comments on Carrier, a big deal in IN; You call Trump a bully for his 35% tax but what’s the difference between your proposals?

A: DJT has no concrete proposals for economy; 40% tariff on all imports is all he supports; Tariffs are taxes; People of IN aren’t interested in a 40% Donald Trump tax; He has no idea how to bring jobs back, can’t even answer; He’s going to punish the company that leaves, he says; That’s the response of a big government liberal… Same response HRC and BHO offer

Q: Thousands cheer his message because at least it’s something; Respond to those people?
A: I’m the only candidate with positive, optimistic, real policy solutions; Jobs and economic growth are my #1 priority; That comes from small business; JFK and Reagan understood that; Flat tax, abolish IRS; Reign in EPA; DoE drove Carrier to Mexico; End sanctuary cities, amnesty; Brings jobs back to America; DJT doesn’t know how to do it; We wanted to debate DJT here in IN; You responded quickly

6:50 Q: What would IN get out of that debate?

A: It’s been 47 days since GOP had a debate; I’d be happy to debate; HRC and Bernie care enough to debate for voters; DJT refuses; IN deserves a debate; What is DJT’s answer to economic growth? Bringing jobs back? It’s not just waving a magic wand or printing something on a baseball cap; People are hurting and we need real solutions; DJT won’t debate because he doesn’t have answers; He has no substantive policy proposals; It’s the Kim Kardashian campaign based on screaming and insulting but the energy in IN is because the people want a positive, optimistic, conservative candidate with real policy solutions for the problems facing this country; We’re still barnstorming the state so come on out; Cruz off mic

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