Subject: 2016 GOP DAILY ROUNDUP
From: "Hendricks, Lauren" <[email-masked]>
To: "Hendricks, Lauren" <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 22 Apr 2016 13:56:53 -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
4/22/16

DONALD TRUMP
TED CRUZ
EVENTS

DONALD TRUMP
NYT: TRUMP’S MORE ACCEPTING VIEWS ON GAY ISSUES SET HIM APART IN GOP: “the Republican primary, which has traditionally been dominated by hopefuls eager to show how deeply conservative they are on social issues like gay rights and marriage. But Mr. Trump is far more accepting of sexual minorities than his party’s leaders have been. On Thursday, he startled some Republicans by saying on NBC’s ‘Today’ show that he opposed a recently passed North Carolina law that prohibits people from using public bathrooms that do not correspond to the gender they were born with, striking down a Charlotte ordinance… ‘He will be the most gay-friendly Republican nominee for president ever,’ said Gregory T. Angelo, the president of the Log Cabin Republicans, a group that supports gay rights.” [Maggie Haberman, New York Times, 4/22/16<http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/23/us/politics/donald-trump-gay-rights.html?_r=0>]
MANAFORT TELLS GOP TRUMP’S BEEN “PROJECTING AN IMAGE”: “Donald Trump's chief lieutenants told skeptical Republican leaders Thursday that the GOP front-runner has been ‘projecting an image’ so far in the 2016 primary season and ‘the part that he's been playing is now evolving’ in a way that will improve his standing among general election voters… ‘When he's out on the stage, when he's talking about the kinds of things he's talking about on the stump, he's projecting an image that's for that purpose,’ Manafort said in a private briefing. The Associated Press obtained a recording of the closed-door exchange. ‘He gets it,’ Manafort said of Trump's need to moderate his personality. ’The part that he's been playing is evolving into the part that now you've been expecting, but he wasn't ready for, because he had first to complete the first phase. The negatives will come down. The image is going to change.’” [AP, 4/21/16<http://bigstory.ap.org/article/97ff2c296579425c9825d6ea79aa2363/trump-cruz-feud-shifts-luxury-seaside-resort-florida>]
TRUMP TRIES TO SOFTEN HIS IMAGE: “In coming weeks, Trump is expected to put a new focus on inclusiveness, touting the number of women and Latinos who have worked for Trump properties, according to a campaign official who requested anonymity to discuss internal plans. Some are likely to show up on the campaign trail for him as surrogates.” [Washington Post, 4/21/16<https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/as-trump-moves-to-soften-his-image-democrats-seek-to-harden-it/2016/04/21/617df5f0-07d7-11e6-a12f-ea5aed7958dc_story.html?postshare=1831461284888988&tid=ss_tw>]
DON’T BE FOOLED BY THE “NEW” TRUMP: “Do you remember when Donald Trump crudely mocked the disability of a New York Times reporter, and then lied about having done so? No? That’s just as the Republican candidate might hope. Now that he is nearing the Republican nomination, he says he will become more ‘presidential.’… Remember that Mr. Trump said that Mexicans crossing the border are rapists, though ‘some, I assume, are good people.’ Remember that Mr. Trump falsely claimed that thousands of American Muslims had celebrated the destruction of the World Trade Center on 9/11. Remember that Mr. Trump insulted Carly Fiorina for her appearance: ‘Look at that face! Would anyone vote for that?’” [Editorial Board, New York Times, 4/22/16<https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/dont-be-fooled-by-the-new-donald-trump/2016/04/22/aa984b62-082e-11e6-b283-e79d81c63c1b_story.html?hpid=hp_no-name_opinion-card-d%3Ahomepage%2Fstory>]
TRUMP SPENDS $2.5 MILLION ON ADS IN PENNSYLVANIA AND INDIANA: “Trump has dedicated more than $1.4 million in Pennsylvania markets for ad time across the state, and slightly north of $1 million in Indiana, according to advertising records from Kantar Media/CMAG, a company that tracks political advertising. Those are significantly larger initial buys than what Trump spent in previous states.” [CNN, 4/21/16<http://www.cnn.com/2016/04/21/politics/donald-trump-ads-pennsylvania-indiana/index.html>]
TRUMP CAMPAIGN FORMALLY DISAVOWS GREAT AMERICA PAC: “The Trump campaign, in official letter, formally disavows Great America PAC (formerly TrumPAC)” [@jdelreal, 4/22/16<https://twitter.com/jdelreal/status/723559205412675584>]
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TED CRUZ
CRUZ SLAMS THE PARIS CLIMATE AGREEMENT: “‘This Paris Climate Agreement is the latest in the Obama administration’s string of attacks on the livelihoods of American families, increasing costs by trillions and causing everyday household bills to skyrocket,’ Sen. Cruz said. ‘Public policy should follow science, evidence, and data, but instead we have a White House full of global warming alarmists imposing partisan dogma that hurts working men and women.’” [Office of Sen. Cruz, Release, 4/22/16<http://www.cruz.senate.gov/?p=press_release&id=2631>]
CRUZ LOOKS TO MAKE INDIANA A BATTLEGROUND: “Not much is known about the state of play in the Hoosier State - there has been virtually no public polling on the Republican race - but Cruz is working to make it his next battleground. For the junior senator from Texas, it's a welcome distraction from the northeast, where he was crushed in the New York primary Tuesday and is bracing for more disappointment next Tuesday. ‘The state of Indiana is going to play a pivotal role in this election,’ Cruz said here Thursday night at a state GOP dinner where he was politely - but not overwhelmingly - received. ‘The entire country, her eyes are on the state of Indiana, the men and women in this room.’” [Texas Tribune, 4/21/16<https://www.texastribune.org/2016/04/21/indiana-cruz-searches-his-next-battleground/>]
CRUZ WAS WRONG ABOUT NEW YORK MURDERS BEING UP 10 PERCENT: “Ted Cruz’s campaign was wrong last week in saying that New York City murders were up 10 percent. But it wasn’t the first time, and surely won’t be the last, that crime statistics for the city and elsewhere are misunderstood and misrepresented.” [New York Times, 4/22/16<http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/22/upshot/ted-cruz-was-wrong-on-murders-in-new-york-but-perception-is-hard-to-shake.html>]
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EVENTS
FRIDAY, APRIL 22, 2016
DONALD TRUMP: 3:00 PM Rally in Harrington, DE [Trump Campaign].
TED CRUZ: 10:00 AM town hall in Williamsport, PA [eventbrite], 2:30 PM Rally in Scranton, PA [eventbrite], 6:30 PM Retail Stop in Allentown, PA [mcall.com].
SATURDAY, APRIL 23, 2016
DONALD TRUMP: 10:00 AM Rally in Waterbury, CT [Trump Campaign], 12:30 PM Rally in Bridgeport, CT [Trump Campaign].
TED CRUZ: 10:00 AM Rally in Monroeville, PA [eventbrite].
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Lauren Hendricks