Subject: DAILY UPDATE - 4/29/16
From: "Sullivan, Erin" <[email-masked]>
To: "Sullivan, Erin" <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2016 11:56:02 -0700

2016 DAILY UPDATE - 4/29/16

TED CRUZ

DONALD TRUMP

TED CRUZ

HEADLINE "Cruz For President Launches Television Ad Introducing Carly Fiorina As Vice Presidential Running Mate." [Press Release, Ted Cruz for President, 4/28/16<https://www.tedcruz.org/news/cruz-president-launches-television-ad-introducing-carly-fiorina-vice-presidential-running-mate/>]

Ted Cruz Launched A TV Ad In Indiana Featuring Carly Fiorina Touting Jobs, Freedom And Security. "Today, Cruz for President launched a new television ad,'#CruzCarly for Jobs, Freedom, and Security,' that will air statewide in Indiana. The ad introduces Carly Fiorina as Ted Cruz's Vice Presidential running mate and features Carly highlighting how Ted Cruz will restore jobs, freedom, and security to our country." [Press Release, Ted Cruz for President, 4/28/16<https://www.tedcruz.org/news/cruz-president-launches-television-ad-introducing-carly-fiorina-vice-presidential-running-mate/>]

HEADLINE: "California Leaders Praise Cruz-Carly Ticket." [Press Release, Ted Cruz for President, 4/28/16<https://www.tedcruz.org/news/california-leaders-praise-cruz-carly-ticket/>]

Ted Cruz Issued A Press Release Noting How California Leaders Praised His Choice For Putting Carly Fiorina On His Ticket. "When Ted Cruz formally named Carly Fiorina as his vice presidential running mate yesterday, the positive reaction in California from Republican leaders was swift: 'Carly's life experiences provide a unique perspective and insight into the business community, women's work, family and health concerns, as well as a conservative California perspective to issues of security and employment growth affecting our state and the nation. Her tireless spirit, commitment, integrity, straight talk and can do attitude is just what Americans want to see as Vice President.' - Diane Harkey, Member, State Board of Equalization 'Carly Fiorina's conservative values and record of accomplishment are a potent mix. It's clear that thoughtful, conservative leadership continues to line up in support of Ted Cruz.' - Senator Ted Gaines 'Carly Fiorina's inspirational personal story provides her a unique connection with voters. Her impressive background in both the private and public sector make her the type of leader our county needs.' - Assemblywoman Shannon Grove 'California Republicans know and love Carly Fiorina. Her connection to the conservative movement in the state runs deep and will have a strong impact here.' - Michelle Steel, Orange County Supervisor, former Board of Equalization Member 'Carly Fiorina is ready to shake up the system and change things for the better in Washington. Not only is she an outstanding spokesperson for our conservative message, but she is a leader with real-world experience that is ready to take action.' - Assemblyman Matthew Harper 'In California we know what a tremendous choice Carly is to serve our Country as our Vice President. She was battle tested here as a courageous, consistent conservative. She is uniquely qualified to make the case as to what a poor role model Hillary Clinton is to every girl in this Country.'- Mike Schroeder, former California Republican Party Chairman" [Press Release, Ted Cruz for President, 4/28/16<https://www.tedcruz.org/news/california-leaders-praise-cruz-carly-ticket/>]

HEADLINE: "Rubio, Bush Big Donors Shun Cruz And Kasich." [Associated Press, 4/28/16<http://bigstory.ap.org/urn:publicid:ap.org:9bc4c4342107489fadf9380f3cec07a5>]

Donors That Gave To Marco Rubio And Jeb Bush Largely Did Not Give To Cruz. "It seems like a logical pairing: Republican donors who despise Donald Trump, and two GOP presidential rivals sticking it out to keep him from the nomination. Yet those donors have largely shunned Ted Cruz and John Kasich, depriving each of them as much as $39 million in what has become a desperate final push to topple Trump. Yet, donors who once gave as much as allowed by law to establishment favorites Jeb Bush and Marco Rubio have mostly disappeared from the political landscape, an Associated Press analysis of campaign finance records shows. Less than 3 percent of the nearly 14,600 donors who gave the $2,700 limit to Bush or Rubio have also ponied up the maximum amount to Kasich or Cruz, the analysis found." [Associated Press, 4/28/16<http://bigstory.ap.org/urn:publicid:ap.org:9bc4c4342107489fadf9380f3cec07a5>]

HEADLINE: "Ted Cruz's Father Worked With Supplements Maker Sued By Investors." [New York Times, 4/29/16<http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/30/us/politics/rafael-cruz-mannatech.html?smid=tw-nytpolitics&smtyp=cur&_r=0>]

New York Times: Rafael Cruz Was A Top Salesman For Mannatech "A Role That Landed Him In A Federal Lawsuit Brought By Investors Over The Company's Sales Practices." "By 1990, the oil-services company Rafael Cruz had founded with his wife had collapsed. Their properties had been foreclosed on; they declared bankruptcy. 'We assumed the downturn was temporary and struggled through the lean times, hoping for a change that never came,' he wrote in a memoir, 'A Time for Action,' released in January of this year. 'We lost everything, including our home.' Mr. Cruz's inspirational tale of fleeing Cuba and making it in America through faith and hard work has stirred crowds across the country as he campaigns on behalf of his son, Senator Ted Cruz of Texas. But missing from the elder Cruz's speeches and his otherwise detailed memoir is how he made ends meet after his financial undoing by working with Mannatech, a religiously inspired dietary supplement company whose history of questionable health claims has already popped up in the Republican presidential race. Mr. Cruz became a top salesman for Mannatech, according to interviews and court records. For several years he also was a consultant to Mannatech's founder, a role that landed him in a federal lawsuit brought by investors over the company's sales practices. Allegations against Mr. Cruz were ultimately dropped from the suit." [New York Times, 4/29/16<http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/30/us/politics/rafael-cruz-mannatech.html?smid=tw-nytpolitics&smtyp=cur&_r=0>]

Rafael Cruz Tried To Sell Mannatech Products In Mexico When They Did Not Have The Permission To Sell There. "Mr. Cruz became a top salesman for Mannatech, according to interviews and court records. For several years he also was a consultant to Mannatech's founder, a role that landed him in a federal lawsuit brought by investors over the company's sales practices. Allegations against Mr. Cruz were ultimately dropped from the suit. According to the lawsuit, Mr. Cruz was the company's 'Mexican director' and was 'trying to get individuals in Mexico or who traveled to Mexico to agree to accept large shipments of Mannatech products, which the recipients were then supposed to resell to customers in Mexico.' At the time, Mannatech did not have permission to sell in Mexico. 'This was 'a way around' the rules against Mannatech selling directly in Mexico,' the lawsuit said." [New York Times, 4/29/16<http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/30/us/politics/rafael-cruz-mannatech.html?smid=tw-nytpolitics&smtyp=cur&_r=0>]

Ted Cruz's Campaign Denied That Rafael Cruz Sold Mannatech Products In Mexico, Stating That The Lawsuit Was Not An Accurate Representation Of What Happened. "Asked about Rafael Cruz's work for Mannatech, the Cruz campaign said that he had been a salesman and consultant for the company, but that he had never tried to sell its products in Mexico. It said the allegation in the lawsuit was 'not an accurate representation of what happened,' without elaborating. Rafael Cruz did not respond to written questions submitted to the campaign." [New York Times, 4/29/16<http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/30/us/politics/rafael-cruz-mannatech.html?smid=tw-nytpolitics&smtyp=cur&_r=0>]

Rafael Cruz Did Not Mention That He Worked For Mannatech In His Book. "Mr. Cruz's memoir makes only brief reference to what he did after his own business, which analyzed seismic data for oil companies, dried up. 'We were in dire need of income, so I began working for a company that required extensive travel,' Mr. Cruz wrote. 'Monday through Friday I worked in Mexico, opening an office, and then I flew home for the weekend.' The Cruz campaign said he had never traveled to Mexico for Mannatech, but it did not say what company he was working for at the time." [New York Times, 4/29/16<http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/30/us/politics/rafael-cruz-mannatech.html?smid=tw-nytpolitics&smtyp=cur&_r=0>]

New York Times: "Linda Caster, The Wife Of Mannatech's Founder, Sam Caster, Said She Recalled Mr. [Rafael] Cruz Working With The Company As Early As Its Founding In 1993." "The depth of Mr. Cruz's involvement in the company is somewhat unclear. Mannatech said Mr. Cruz served as an independent sales associate from 2003 to 2009, and as a consultant from 2003 to 2006. But Linda Caster, the wife of Mannatech's founder, Sam Caster, said she recalled Mr. Cruz working with the company as early as its founding in 1993." [New York Times, 4/29/16<http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/30/us/politics/rafael-cruz-mannatech.html?smid=tw-nytpolitics&smtyp=cur&_r=0>]

New York Times: "Mrs. Caster Said She Recalled Mr. Cruz Being A Successful Sales Associate Who Translated Mannatech Literature Into Spanish And Served As An Interpreter During Business Trips To Mexico." "Through his wife, Mr. Caster declined to speak about Mr. Cruz. But Mrs. Caster said she recalled Mr. Cruz being a successful sales associate who translated Mannatech literature into Spanish and served as an interpreter during business trips to Mexico. She crossed paths with Mr. Cruz on occasion in the 1990s in the Mannatech office in a Dallas suburb and on two 'incentive cruises' where top-selling associates were rewarded. 'He was very friendly, very outgoing, really a nice person, easy to talk to,' Mrs. Caster said. 'Being a Christian, there are people who are up there who don't have integrity, who don't represent well. I felt he was not like that, that he was a sincere person and engaging.'" [New York Times, 4/29/16<http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/30/us/politics/rafael-cruz-mannatech.html?smid=tw-nytpolitics&smtyp=cur&_r=0>]

Rafael Cruz Was Not Personally Sued Or Charged With Violating Any Laws On Behalf Of His Work With Mannatech. "Mr. Cruz was never personally sued or charged with violating any laws. The allegations about attempts to sell products in Mexico appeared in a lawsuit filed by shareholders, in which Mannatech was accused of inflating its value through improper sales tactics." [New York Times, 4/29/16<http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/30/us/politics/rafael-cruz-mannatech.html?smid=tw-nytpolitics&smtyp=cur&_r=0>]

Rafael Cruz Was Named In A Lawsuit Against Mannatech Filed With The United States District Court In Mexico. "Mr. Cruz was never personally sued or charged with violating any laws. The allegations about attempts to sell products in Mexico appeared in a lawsuit filed by shareholders, in which Mannatech was accused of inflating its value through improper sales tactics. According to the lawsuit, first filed in 2005 in United States District Court in New Mexico, the company had allowed a sales associate to place large orders for Mannatech products and then distribute them to customers in Australia and New Zealand without approval from those countries. That allowed the company 'plausible deniability' because it would appear that the associate was acting alone, the lawsuit said. Mannatech 'intended to do the same thing to gain a foothold in Mexico,' according to the lawsuit. This claim was attributed to an unnamed former project manager who served as a confidential witness in the case and went on to describe an encounter with Mr. Cruz. The project manager had relatives in Mexico and was asked by Mr. Cruz whether those relatives 'were interested in taking in Mannatech products and redistributing them to potential customers in Mexico,' according to the lawsuit. The project manager, who later left the company, 'knew this was not legal in Mexico,' and to avoid getting those relatives in trouble, declined the offer." [New York Times, 4/29/16<http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/30/us/politics/rafael-cruz-mannatech.html?smid=tw-nytpolitics&smtyp=cur&_r=0>]

New York Times: "It Was Not Until 2011 That Mannatech Reported Making Its First Legal Sale In Mexico, After Securing Approval From The Appropriate Government Agencies There." [New York Times, 4/29/16<http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/30/us/politics/rafael-cruz-mannatech.html?smid=tw-nytpolitics&smtyp=cur&_r=0>]

New York Times: "Jack Crowley, Who Served As President Of International Operations For Mannatech From 2001 To 2005, Said He Recalled Seeing Mr. Cruz Occasionally Around The Office And Remembered Him Working With Mr. Caster On Ways To Expand The Company Into Mexico." "Jack Crowley, who served as president of international operations for Mannatech from 2001 to 2005, said he recalled seeing Mr. Cruz occasionally around the office and remembered him working with Mr. Caster on ways to expand the company into Mexico. Mr. Crowley said he would never have approved moving Mannatech products into Mexico before the company received approval from that country's government, but he added that Mr. Caster had a reputation for pushing legal boundaries, such as having priests in foreign countries not yet approved for Mannatech business try to recruit customers and sales associates from their congregations. 'Rafael was purely an extension of the founder's interest in the viability of going into Mexico,' said Mr. Crowley, who said he left the company for a better job in California." [New York Times, 4/29/16<http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/30/us/politics/rafael-cruz-mannatech.html?smid=tw-nytpolitics&smtyp=cur&_r=0>]

New York Times: Mannatech "Declined To Discuss The Allegations Involving Mr. Cruz, Which Were Dropped From The Lawsuit As It Became More Narrowly Focused On Charges That Mannatech Permitted Sales Associates To Make False Health Claims." "The company declined to discuss the allegations involving Mr. Cruz, which were dropped from the lawsuit as it became more narrowly focused on charges that Mannatech permitted sales associates to make false health claims, such as promising that its products could treat and cure medical conditions like autism and cancer. The case was settled in 2007 for $11.25 million." [New York Times, 4/29/16<http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/30/us/politics/rafael-cruz-mannatech.html?smid=tw-nytpolitics&smtyp=cur&_r=0>]

New York Times: Mannatech Agreed To Pay $6 Million After The Texas Attorney General "Accused The Company Of Illegal Marketing Schemes That Preyed Upon The Sick And Unsuspecting." "In 2009, Mannatech struck a separate settlement with the Texas attorney general, who had accused the company of illegal marketing schemes that preyed upon the sick and unsuspecting. To resolve that lawsuit, which did not involve or mention Mr. Cruz, Mannatech agreed to pay $6 million, heighten oversight of its sales associates and prohibit conduct that implied its products cured, treated, mitigated or prevented any disease. Mr. Caster agreed to pay $1 million and was barred from working as a Mannatech employee for five years. Neither he nor the company admitted wrongdoing." [New York Times, 4/29/16<http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/30/us/politics/rafael-cruz-mannatech.html?smid=tw-nytpolitics&smtyp=cur&_r=0>]

Ted Cruz Was Solicitor General Of Texas When Texas Sued Mannatech, But Another Division Argued The Case Against Mannatech On Behalf Of Texas. "In 2009, Mannatech struck a separate settlement with the Texas attorney general, who had accused the company of illegal marketing schemes that preyed upon the sick and unsuspecting. To resolve that lawsuit, which did not involve or mention Mr. Cruz, Mannatech agreed to pay $6 million, heighten oversight of its sales associates and prohibit conduct that implied its products cured, treated, mitigated or prevented any disease. Mr. Caster agreed to pay $1 million and was barred from working as a Mannatech employee for five years. Neither he nor the company admitted wrongdoing. ... When the case was brought, Ted Cruz was working as the Texas solicitor general, in a division of the attorney general's office that was separate from the one that sued Mannatech." [New York Times, 4/29/16<http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/30/us/politics/rafael-cruz-mannatech.html?smid=tw-nytpolitics&smtyp=cur&_r=0>]

Mannatech On Rafael Cruz: "A Valued Adviser, And We Appreciated His Service." "Since the 2009 settlement, Mannatech said in a statement, it has 'become a wholly different company with a new culture and new leadership team that has adopted one of the strictest regulatory compliance programs in the supplements industry.' As for Rafael Cruz, the company said, 'he was a valued adviser, and we appreciated his service.'" [New York Times, 4/29/16<http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/30/us/politics/rafael-cruz-mannatech.html?smid=tw-nytpolitics&smtyp=cur&_r=0>]

HEADLINE: "Brent Bozell: An Open Letter To Conservative Friends Supporting Donald Trump." [Brent Bozell, Breitbart, 4/26/16<http://www.breitbart.com/2016-presidential-race/2016/04/26/brent-bozell-an-open-letter-to-conservative-friends-supporting-donald-trump/>]

Brent Bozell Urged Sarah Palin, Ben Carson And Phyllis Schlafly To Retract Their Endorsement Of Donald Trump. "I've endorsed Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX). I was a contributor to National Review's Against Trump symposium at the beginning of the year. Sarah Palin, Ben Carson, Mike Huckabee and Phyllis Schlafly-you are friends and allies, serious men and women for whom I have great respect. You and other conservatives disagreed. Even those of us who oppose Trump understand that he's tapping into something that has exploded onto the national scene: disenchantment, even white-hot rage among the Republican base with the party's establishment and the Washington status quo. You and I understand this because we were taking on the weak-kneed GOP leadership many, many years ago, back when Donald Trump was donating to Bill and Hillary Clinton. ... This isn't about purity. It's about basic sanity. Do the most courageous thing you've ever done, in a lifetime of bravery. Retract your endorsement." [Brent Bozell, Breitbart, 4/26/16<http://www.breitbart.com/2016-presidential-race/2016/04/26/brent-bozell-an-open-letter-to-conservative-friends-supporting-donald-trump/>]

HEADLINE: "Gregg Blasts Cruz As 'Demagogue's Demagogue'". [WMUR, 4/28/16<http://www.wmur.com/politics/gregg-blasts-cruz-as-demagogues-demagogue/39269308>]

Former Senator Judd Gregg Said He Would Never Vote For Cruz And Called Him A Person Of Little Character. "Former U.S. Sen. Judd Gregg said Thursday that he could in effect hold his nose and support businessman Donald Trump as his party's presidential nominee, but he could not say the same about Sen. Ted Cruz. 'I would never vote for Ted Cruz,' the New Hampshire Republican said in an interview with WMUR.com. 'I'd write in (U.S. House Speaker) Paul Ryan or someone before I'd vote for Ted Cruz.' The Cruz campaign declined to comment when contacted by WMUR.com. Gregg, who served for two terms in the Senate, retiring in 2010, said Cruz 'is a person of little character. He's a demagogue's demagogue and he shouldn't be trusted with the responsibilities of the office.'" [WMUR, 4/28/16<http://www.wmur.com/politics/gregg-blasts-cruz-as-demagogues-demagogue/39269308>]

HEADLINE: "Trump, Cruz Aides Advised Guatemalan Candidate Vowing Televised Executions." [The Guardian, 4/29/16<http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/apr/29/trump-cruz-california-advisers-guatemala-televised-execution?CMP=share_btn_tw>]

The Guardian: "Tim Clark And Ron Nehring, Who Are Running The California Campaigns For Trump And Cruz Respectively, Worked As Paid Advisers To A Campaign To Elect A Guatemalan Presidential Candidate Whose Platform Included A Call For Public Executions." "The two men hired by Donald Trump and Ted Cruz to spearhead their presidential campaigns in California are, for the moment, rivals in what could be the most important primary race of 2016. But four years ago, Tim Clark and Ron Nehring, who are running the California campaigns for Trump and Cruz respectively, worked as paid advisers to a campaign to elect a Guatemalan presidential candidate whose platform included a call for public executions. Clark and Nehring, the Guardian can reveal, spent six weeks in Guatemala in 2011 working as advisers to Manuel Baldízon, a rightwing populist and business tycoon who campaigned on the promise of broadcasting the executions of criminals on TV. The pair of Republican political consultants, now at the helm of competing presidential campaigns in California, were paid to advise Baldízon by what Clark elliptically refers to as 'business interests'. Clark confirmed the pair's involvement in the Guatemalan campaign during a wide-ranging interview with the Guardian. 'Ron called and asked me to come down. He had the contact,' Clark said. 'Hey Clark, I could use a little help down here. What do you think?' 'We had bodyguards. We had translators. We drove around in a black SUV full of semi-automatic machine guns in the back.' 'It was interesting,' Clark said of the experience. 'Glad I came out alive.'" [The Guardian, 4/29/16<http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/apr/29/trump-cruz-california-advisers-guatemala-televised-execution?CMP=share_btn_tw>]

Ted Cruz Said He Didn't Know John Boehner And That He Never Worked With Him. "Later, Cruz slammed the former House speaker and said he had 'never worked with John Boehner. 'The truth of the matter is -- I don't know the man,' Cruz said at a press conference in Indiana. 'I've met John Boehner two or three times in my life. If I have said 50 words in my life to John Boehner I'd be surprised, and every one of them has consisted of pleasantries.'" [CBS News, 4/28/16<http://www.cbsnews.com/news/john-boehner-calls-ted-cruz-lucifer-in-the-flesh-miserable-sob/>]

Ted Cruz Said John Boehner Had No Interest In Talking To Cruz During The Government Shutdown, Despite His Outreach. "Mr. Cruz said he had met Mr. Boehner only 'two or three times,' estimating he had said fewer than 50 words to him in his life. Mr. Cruz added that during the 2013 government shutdown, in which he had a leading role, he had offered to speak to Mr. Boehner in an attempt to resolve the dispute. 'John Boehner's response was, 'I have no interest in talking,' Mr. Cruz said. 'So when he says I'm the worst guy he ever worked with, he didn't work with me.'" [New York Times, 4/28/16<http://www.nytimes.com/politics/first-draft/2016/04/28/john-boehner-ted-cruz/>]

Peter King On Ted Cruz: "Maybe He Gives Lucifer A Bad Name By Comparing Him To Ted Cruz." "On Thursday, Rep. Peter King (R-N.Y.) seized on Boehner's comments and again showed he's not letting bygones be bygones over the shutdown. 'Maybe he gives Lucifer a bad name by comparing him to Ted Cruz,' King said on CNN. 'Listen, what John Boehner was most concerned about was Ted Cruz perpetrated a fraud and a hoax when he brought about the shutdown of the government on some kind of a vague promise that he was gonna be able to take Obamacare out of the budget or to end Obamacare.'" [Politico, 4/28/16<http://www.politico.com/story/2016/04/john-beohner-ted-cruz-lucifer-222570>]

HEADLINE: "Ted Cruz On John Kasich: 'There Is No Alliance'". [CNN, 4/28/16<http://www.cnn.com/2016/04/28/politics/john-kasich-ted-cruz-alliance/>]

Ted Cruz On His Alliance With John Kasich: "There Is No Alliance." "Texas Sen. Ted Cruz on Thursday downplayed the idea of an alliance between himself and Ohio Gov. John Kasich to prevent Republican front-runner Donald Trump from locking up the nomination. 'I recognize that the media is all eager to talk about an alliance. There is no alliance. Kasich and I made a determination where to focus our energies. Where to focus our assets, where to focus our resources,' he said at a news conference in Fort Wayne, Indiana. The Cruz and Kasich campaigns issued statements Sunday saying they will divide their efforts in upcoming contests with Cruz focusing on Indiana and Kasich devoting his efforts to Oregon and New Mexico." [CNN, 4/28/16<http://www.cnn.com/2016/04/28/politics/john-kasich-ted-cruz-alliance/>]

HEADLINE: "The Rocky History Between Ted Cruz And John Boehner." [NBC News, 4/28/16<http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2016-election/rocky-history-between-ted-cruz-john-boehner-n564256>]

HEADLINE: "Super PAC Rewards Steve King's 'Loyalty' To Ted Cruz." [Des Moines Register, 4/28/16<http://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/politics/2016/04/28/super-pac-rewards-steve-kings-loyalty-ted-cruz/83645968/>]

Ted Cruz Allies Set Up A Super PAC To Support Steve King. "U.S. Rep. Steve King's support for presidential candidate Ted Cruz in the Iowa caucuses cost him with the state's powerful biofuels industry and sparked a challenge in the upcoming Republican primary. But King's loyalty to Cruz is now being rewarded: Backers of the Texas Republican have formed an independent campaign group that will support him in his June 7 contest against state Sen. Rick Bertrand in the heavily Republican 4th District. The super PAC, called Reignite Iowa, will support King with direct mail, TV, radio and digital advertising in the district, with a budget anticipated in the 'high six figures.' It was organized, according to a press release, by 'group of investors loyal to presidential candidate Ted Cruz announced' specifically in response to Bertrand's challenge. 'Reignite Iowa is dedicated to ensuring that Iowans have a consistent conservative voice in Congress,' super PAC spokesman Rick Tyler said in a statement. 'Steve King has unceasingly stood up for conservatives, now its time for conservatives to stand up for him.' Tyler was previously a spokesman for Cruz's campaign." [Des Moines Register, 4/28/16<http://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/politics/2016/04/28/super-pac-rewards-steve-kings-loyalty-ted-cruz/83645968/>]

HEADLINE: "Donald Trump Goes Negative On Ted Cruz In Indiana TV Spot." [CNN, 4/29/16<http://www.cnn.com/2016/04/28/politics/donald-trump-trade-indiana-television-ted-cruz/index.html>]

Donald Trump Launched An Attack Ad Hitting Ted Cruz On His Support For Bad Trade Deals. "Donald Trump is launching a negative advertisement in Indiana that aims to put Texas Sen. Ted Cruz on the defensive over his support for free trade agreements. The spot, which premiered in Indiana markets on Thursday, suggests Trump is taking nothing for granted in the Hoosier State. A Trump loss there could bolster Cruz's chances of keeping the billionaire below the 1,237-delegate threshold needed to clinch the nomination before the party's national convention in July. Trump enjoys a slight lead in the state, according to recent polls, but groups opposing him or supporting Cruz are outspending Trump by a five-to-one margin and bludgeoning him on the airwaves. 'Bad trade deals supported by Ted Cruz have hurt Indiana,' Trump's spot begins, alleging that Cruz supports 'job-killing trade deals' and pointing to his previous support for expanding a foreign worker program. The spot then repeats that Cruz had 'supported amnesty' for undocumented immigrants, a charge disputed by Cruz but one that has trailed him for much of the campaign. 'Only Donald Trump will stand up to China, Japan and Mexico -- and renegotiate bad trade deals,' the spot goes, taking a positive turn. Cruz has taken heat in conservative circles for his position on trade, an important issue in Rust Belt states. The Texas senator in the past supported trade promotion authority for the Obama White House to negotiate deals with foreign nations, but he later flipped under considerable pressure from the right." [CNN, 4/29/16<http://www.cnn.com/2016/04/28/politics/donald-trump-trade-indiana-television-ted-cruz/index.html>]

DONALD TRUMP

HEADLINE: "Trump And The Mob." [The Marshall Project, 4/27/16<https://www.themarshallproject.org/2016/04/27/trump-and-the-mob?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=newsletter&utm_source=opening-statement&utm_term=newsletter-20160428-474#.j7Eu4ZVyl>]

Trump: "We Have A Movement Going On. You Know, In A Way I Call It The Smart Movement. We Want To Be Smart Again." TRUMP: "We have a movement going on. You know, in a way I call it the smart movement. We want to be smart again. We're not smart anymore, folks. We don't win anymore but we're not smart anymore. So we call it the smart movement, and that's what I want to have." [Campaign Rally, Evansville IN, 4/28/16]

HEADLINE: "Recidivism Watch: Trump's Eight Repeated Falsehoods In 16 Hours." [Washington Post, 4/28/16<https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/fact-checker/wp/2016/04/28/recidivism-watch-trumps-eight-repeated-falsehoods-in-16-hours/>]

Trump: "I Love To Drive. I Consider It A Great Honor To Drive." [Marriage Ref, NBC, 4/22/10]

Trump: "I've Never Even Gone To A Food Market With My Wife." QUESTION: "Have you ever used a coupon in your life?" TRUMP: "Well I've never even gone to a food market with my wife. I'm not into coupons." [Marriage Ref, NBC, 4/22/10]

HEADLINE: "German Foreign Minister Slams Trump's 'America First' Policy After The Donald Vowed To Leave Europe To Defend Itself If Nations Don't Pay For U.S. Protection." [Daily Mail, 4/28/16<http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3563286/German-foreign-minister-criticises-Trumps-America-foreign-policy.html#ixzz479xDiLGC>]

Trump: "I Don't Want To Be Presidential, I Want To Win." [Campaign Rally, Evansville IN, 4/28/16] [Part 3 - 21:45]

Donald Trump Was Sued By Katie Johnson For $100 Million, Alleging He Raped Her When She Was A Teenager. "Presidential frontrunner Donald Trump is fighting what could be the biggest election season bombshell yet - explosive court claims that he raped a woman when she was a teen. The woman - identified as Katie Johnson - filed documents in a California court on April 26, accusing Trump and billionaire pedophile Jeffrey Epstein of 'sexual abuse under threat of harm' and 'conspiracy to deprive civil rights,' RadarOnline.com has exclusively learned. She filed the lawsuit herself - without legal representation - and is suing for $100 million." [Radar, 4/28/16<http://radaronline.com/celebrity-news/donald-trump-sued-sexual-abuse-jeffrey-epstein-claims/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=DonaldRapeSued>]

·         Trump Denied The Allegations In Johnson's Lawsuit: "There Is Absolutely No Merit To These Allegations. Period." "Trump told Radar moments ago: 'The allegations are not only categorically false, but disgusting at the highest level and clearly framed to solicit media attention or, perhaps, are simply politically motivated. There is absolutely no merit to these allegations. Period.'" [Radar, 4/28/16<http://radaronline.com/celebrity-news/donald-trump-sued-sexual-abuse-jeffrey-epstein-claims/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=DonaldRapeSued>]

HEADLINE: "Donald Trump's Foreign Policy Speech Earns Praise In Russia." [CNN, 4/28/16<http://www.cnn.com/2016/04/28/politics/donald-trump-russia-putin/>]

HEADLINE: "Conservative Arthur Brooks Breaks With Trump On Deporting Undocumented Immigrants." [CNN, 4/28/16<http://www.cnn.com/2016/04/28/politics/axe-files-axelrod-arthur-brooks/index.html>]

HEADLINE: "Poll: Trump Holds Double-Digit Lead In Oreogon." [The Hill, 4/28/16<http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/presidential-races/278075-poll-trump-holds-double-digit-lead-in-oregon>]

Trump: "Wow, The Ridiculous Deal Made Between Lyin' Ted Cruz And 1 For 42 John Kasich Has Just Blown Up. What A Dumb Deal - Dead On Arrival!" [@realDonaldTrump, Twitter, 4/29/16<https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/726008645473824768>]

Endorsements

PRESS RELEASE: "Congressman Shuster Endorses Donald Trump For President." [Press Release, Donald J. Trump For President, 4/28/16<https://www.donaldjtrump.com/press-releases/congressman-shuster-endorses-donald-trump-for-president1>]

Congressman Bill Shuster Was Chairman Of The House Transportation And Infrastructure Committee. "Congressman Bill Shuster (R-PA), Chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee and delegate for the 9th Congressional District has announced his endorsement of Donald Trump for President." [Press Release, Donald J. Trump For President, 4/28/16<https://www.donaldjtrump.com/press-releases/congressman-shuster-endorses-donald-trump-for-president1>]

Pennsylvania Congressman Bill Shuster: "Donald [Trump] Also Shares My Passion For Economic Development, Including Making Sure Our Nation's Infrastructure Meets The Needs Of Our Citizens." "Congressman Bill Shuster (R-PA), Chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee and delegate for the 9th Congressional District has announced his endorsement of Donald Trump for President:  'The people of the 9th Congressional District, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and states across the nation have made their voices heard, and I join them in supporting Donald Trump for President,' said Congressman Shuster. 'Donald is a private sector business leader who knows what it takes to get things done - and that is something that Washington desperately needs. Donald also shares my passion for economic development, including making sure our nation's infrastructure meets the needs of our citizens. It's time for our party to unite behind Donald Trump and focus our time and energy on defeating Hillary Clinton.'" [Press Release, Donald J. Trump For President, 4/28/16<https://www.donaldjtrump.com/press-releases/congressman-shuster-endorses-donald-trump-for-president1>]

Linda McMahon Said Donald Trump "Absolutely Is A Good Business Man, He Hires Smart People Around Him, He Is Very Patriotic, He's A Good Man And Very Accomplished. And I Think He Would Make A Very Good President." LINDA MCMAHON: "I've known Donald for over 20 years and when I've been asked before I've said, 'look, let me tell you what I know about him personally.' He's loyal. I [have] said he absolutely is a good business man, he hires smart people around him, he is very patriotic, he's a good man and very accomplished. And I think he would make a very good president." [CNN Newsroom, CNN, 4/27/16]

Florida Congressman Jeff Miller Endorsed Donald Trump. "Retiring U.S. Rep. Jeff Miller endorsed Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump on Thursday. 'Donald Trump is the only person who has what it takes to shake up the status quo and entrenched bureaucrats in Washington DC,' Miller, a Republican, said in a statement. 'I am more and more convinced that he has the ability to reach in and right the wrongs in the Department of Veterans Affairs once and for all.'" [Politico, 4/28/16<http://www.capitalnewyork.com/article/florida/2016/04/8597874/jeff-miller-endorses-donald-trump>]

Florida Congressman Jeff Miller: "Donald Trump Is The Only Person Who Has What It Takes To Shake Up The Status Quo And Entrenched Bureaucrats In Washington DC." "Retiring U.S. Rep. Jeff Miller endorsed Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump on Thursday. 'Donald Trump is the only person who has what it takes to shake up the status quo and entrenched bureaucrats in Washington DC,' Miller, a Republican, said in a statement. 'I am more and more convinced that he has the ability to reach in and right the wrongs in the Department of Veterans Affairs once and for all.'" [Politico, 4/28/16<http://www.capitalnewyork.com/article/florida/2016/04/8597874/jeff-miller-endorses-donald-trump>]

Bobby Knight Compared Trump To Harry Truman: "That Guy They Told All These People That Wanted To Say 'You're Not Presidential,' That Guy Was Harry Truman. And Harry Truman, With What He Did In Dropping And Having The Guts To Drop The Bomb In 1944 Saved--Saved Millions Of American Lives." KNIGHT: "We got to talk about this presidential crap just for a moment here. I'll tell you who they said wasn't presidential. I don't even know what the hell presidential means, but they told him that he wasn't presidential. And that guy they told all these people that wanted to say 'you're not presidential,' that guy was Harry Truman. And Harry Truman, with what he did in dropping and having the guts to drop the bomb in 1944 saved--saved millions of American lives. And that's what Harry Truman did. And he became one of the three great presidents of the United States. And here's a man who would do the same thing, because he's going to become one of the four great presidents of the United States." [Campaign Rally, Evansville IN, 4/28/16]

Women

Trump: "Without The Woman's Card Hillary Wouldn't Even Be A Viable Person To Even Run For A City Council Position." LAUER:  "I want to talk about foreign policy in a second, but let start with pure politics.  Ted Cruz says Carly Fiorina is his running mate if he gets the nomination.  It gets headlines.  Also might get him some support with women voters.  You, on the other hand, seem to continue to say things that alienate women voters. On Tuesday night, you said Hillary Clinton is still playing the women card, or the woman card, and that if she were a man, she would only have five percent of the vote. Seventy percent of women in this country say they have a negative view of you.  Do you even care?" TRUMP:  "Of course I care.  Nobody respects women more than I do. And I wasn't playing the woman's card.  It's true.  I mean, she is playing the woman's card.  She said -- everything she says is about the woman's card.  And frankly, all I'm doing is bringing out the obvious.  And without the woman's card Hillary wouldn't even be a viable person to even run for a city council position." [Today, NBC, 4/28/16]

Trump: "I Don't Think [Women] Vote On Gender, No. I Think They Vote For Security, I Think They Vote For Jobs. And That's Why I'm Doing So Well, That's Why I'm Leading The Republicans By A Lot." LAUER:  "But are you saying that women in this country vote based simply on gender?" TRUMP:  "Well, I don't think they vote on gender, no.  I think they vote for security, I think they vote for jobs.  And that's why I'm doing so well, that's why I'm leading the Republicans by a lot.  And that's why, in all of the elections that I won on Tuesday night, which is five states. And then, I won, of course, New York the week before.  And you know, I'm winning them one after another now, and building up tremendous numbers and tremendous numbers of delegates, and millions and millions of voters.  In all of those exit polls, I led with women and I led with women by tremendous margins over all other candidates." [Today, NBC, 4/28/16]

Trump: "I Would Say The Primary Thing That She Has Going Is That She's A Woman. And She's Playing That Card Like I've Not Seen Anybody Play It Before." GUTHRIE:  "But Mr. Trump, I mean, for you to say that if she were not a woman, she would be getting 5 percent suggests the only thing she has going for her is that she was a woman, not that she was a former senator, a former secretary of state and lawyer. Do you understand why some people find that to be kind of a demeaning comment?" TRUMP:  "No.  I find it to be a true comment.  I think the only thing she has got going is the fact that she's a woman.  She has done a terrible job in so many different ways.  You look at Libya.  You look at some of the things that she has done that are just absolutely disastrous. No, I would say the primary thing that she has going is that she's a woman.  And she's playing that card like I've not seen anybody play it before." [Today, NBC, 4/28/16]

Donald Trump Said That He Wasn't Backing Off Key Policy Positions Like Immigration As The Primary Ended And Said That "I'll Be Doing A Big Speech On Immigration Very Shortly." LAUER:  "Let me ask you about your foreign policy speech yesterday, Mr. Trump. I think what was very interesting was what was not in the speech.  You didn't talk about the wall with Mexico.  You didn't talk about deporting 11 million undocumented immigrants.  You didn't talk about restoring torture.  You didn't talk about possibly allowing Japan, or South Korea or Saudi Arabia to have nuclear weapons. Are you backing off some of the key tenets of your campaign during the primary season?" TRUMP:  "No, not at all.  And I put the wall, and I've put all of that in a little bit of a different -- when I'm talking about immigration, I'll be doing a big speech on immigration very shortly, but I'm talking about that and more in the form of immigration, the wall, undocumented immigrants being -- having to be brought out of the country.  And we will do that.  It has never been a worse situation than we have right now. You look at the crime.  You look at the tremendous impact they have on our country economically.  You look at what's poring across the border.  But I consider that really immigration as opposed to foreign policy." [Today, NBC, 4/28/16]

Donald Trump Said Didn't Care Whether Savannah Guthrie Was Offended By His Comments On Hillary Clinton And That "[Clinton] Is Playing The Woman Card And It's The Only Thing She Has Got Going. That's It." O'REILLY: "Now, do you think Miss Guthrie was offended by your statement about Hillary Clinton?" TRUMP: "It doesn't really matter to me. I mean, she is perfectly nice but I don't really care. I mean, it's a fact. She is playing the woman card and it's the only thing she has got going. That's it." [O'Reilly Factor, Fox News, 4/28/16]

Trump Said That Hillary Clinton "Raises Her Voice Much More Than I Raise Mine, Believe Me." TRUMP: "And she is playing as much as she can. I mean, I've been watching it. I mean, all she does, every time she raises if you raise your voice, it's like oh, look what he is saying and look at the way he talks. Give me a break. I mean, she raises her voice much more than I raise mine, believe me." [O'Reilly Factor, Fox News, 4/28/16]

Trump Said That He Wasn't Worried About Hillary Clinton Accusing Him Of Being A Sexist Because In Recent Primaries "I Just Absolutely Killed Everybody With The Women. The Women Came Out In Droves. And I Won The Women Category." O'REILLY: "What about this sexism thing? I don't really know what this is. Any time I say or criticize a woman I'm accused of being a sexist. But any time I criticize the African-American community in any way or that I'm a racist. If I criticize illegal immigrants, then I'm anti-poor and anti- Hispanic, I think that's going to be a major team directed against you, any time you criticize Hillary Clinton you are a sexist. Are you ready for that?" TRUMP: "No. I don't think it will. And I will tell you why. She is going to try and play it but I'm going to bring jobs back to this country. Nobody respects women more than I do by the way. And I see it at the rallies. And you saw just the other day in New York and Pennsylvania. I won all these states in landslides. And I just absolutely killed everybody with the women. The women came out in droves. And I won the women category. I won African-American. I won -- I won virtually every category. I won landslides. And that means the five that we just won and in New York the week before. But I won with women and just about every group. In fact, every other group." [O'Reilly Factor, Fox News, 4/28/16]

Trump: "Women Are Going To Vote For Trump Because They Want Security. They Want Safety. They Want To Have Women's Health Issues Taken Care Of Properly." TRUMP: ... "You look at the different groups and the different subgroups, and women are going to vote for Trump because they want security. They want safety. They want to have women's health issues taken care of properly." [O'Reilly Factor, Fox News, 4/28/16]

HEADLINE: "Donald Trump's General Election Strategy Is To Literally Start A Gender War." [New Republic, 4/29/04<https://newrepublic.com/minutes/133180/donald-trumps-general-election-strategy-literally-start-gender-war>]

The Prosecutor In Mike Tyson's 1992 Rape Trial Criticized Donald Trump For Suggesting That Tyson's Victim Was To Blame For The Incident. "Indiana talk radio host Greg Garrison, the prosecutor in boxer Mike Tyson's 1992 rape trial, criticized Donald Trump on his radio show Thursday for suggesting Tyson's victim was to blame for the incident and for touting Tyson's endorsement in the state earlier this week." [Buzzfeed, 4/29/16<https://www.buzzfeed.com/andrewkaczynski/prosecutor-in-mike-tysons-rape-trial-lays-into-trump-for-bla?utm_term=.ddoNrBvBK#.vsxajw3wQ>]

Hillary Clinton

Donald Trump Said That He Would "Win Against Hillary" Because He Was "Better At The Military Than She Is. All The Military People Are All Voting For Trump." TRUMP: I think in my mind I do. I haven't been focused on it yet for a different reason. I have had 17 people and 16 of which who came at me, governors and senators and very smart people. People like Dr. Ben Carson who is a fantastic guy who endorsed me and Chris Christie who endorsed me. They, you know, they were all coming at me. And now I have two left. And they are not really left they're hanging by a thread. They will be gone soon and then I will focus on Hillary. And I will win against Hillary because I am going to have a stronger military. I'm better at the military than she is. The military people are all voting for Trump." [O'Reilly Factor, Fox News, 4/28/16]

On The FBI Investigation Of Hillary Clinton, Trump Said He Had Heard "Fantastic Things" About FBI Director James Comey But "With That Being Said, I Just Don't Know What Goes On Behind The Scenes." O'REILLY: "I asked you this last time and I'm sure you have thought about it, do you think the FBI is straight up? Do you think that Comey, the director, is playing politics or is he going to do an honest investigation and tell the folks what really happened?" TRUMP: "Well, I hear fantastic -- I don't know him. I hear fantastic things, beyond fantastic. Now, with that being said, I just don't know what goes on behind the scenes. I can say that I hope he is straight up. I think if he is straight up that she is not going to be able to run. I hope she can run in one way because I would love to run against her. I will beat her. And Cruz can't beat her and Kasich, I mean, give me a break he is one for 44." [O'Reilly Factor, Fox News, 4/28/16]

HEADLINE: "Donald Trump Uses Conspiracy Theories And Sexism To Attack Hillary Clinton." [Inquisitr, 4/29/16<http://www.inquisitr.com/3044632/donald-trump-uses-conspiracy-theories-and-sexism-to-attack-hillary-clinton/>]

Trump Spokeswoman Katrina Pierson: "If Hillary Clinton Or Her Team Wants To Go After Donald Trump As A Sexist, Then He Will Absolutely Bring Up [Bill Clinton] Because There Is A Lot To Discuss That Was Not Brought Out Into The Public." "Responding to Clinton's remark late last year that he had a 'penchant for sexism' after the real-estate mogul suggested she got 'schlonged' by Barack Obama in 2008, Trump said former President Clinton has 'demonstrated a penchant for sexism.' He later added that Bill Clinton has a 'terrible record of women abuse' and called his past infidelities 'fair game.' Asked Friday if the campaign would bring back that attack, Trump spokeswoman Katrina Pierson said it depends on Hillary Clinton. 'This came about because she called Donald Trump a sexist. It boggles my mind that if a woman is criticized all of a sudden that makes you a sexist, and that's just simply not the case,' she told MSNBC. 'So if Hillary Clinton or her team wants to go after Donald Trump as a sexist, then he will absolutely bring up that topic because there is a lot to discuss that was not brought out into the public.'" [Politico, 4/29/16<http://www.politico.com/story/2016/04/trump-bill-clinton-sex-misconduct-222628>]

Trump Criticized Hillary Clinton For Saying She Didn't Like His Tone, Said That "Folks, We Need A Tough Tone." TRUMP: "So, Hillary, said 'I don't like the tone.' Now here we are, in a world that's going to hell. We have, people's heads are being cut off. You know, not since Medieval times-I used to love history, it was like my favorite, I loved history. And you'd read about Medievel times, right? Medieval times. Chop off heads! Now we're chopping off heads, I mean, I didn't see anything about this, even the Wild West, they'd shoot you but they don't chop off the heads. Chop off the heads, drown people in these big cages, fifty at a time, and she said I don't like his tone, his tone is nasty. Folks, folks, we need a tough tone, folks, we need a tough tone believe me." [Campaign Rally, Costa Mesa CA, 4/28/16]

Trump: "Crooked Hillary Clinton, Perhaps The Most Dishonest Person To Have Ever Run For The Presidency, Is Also One Of The All Time Great Enablers!" [@realDonaldTrump, Twitter, 4/29/16<https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/726045073775828992>]

Protestors

HEADLINE: "20 Arrested At Donald Trump Rally In Costa Mesa." [The Wrap, 4/29/16<https://www.thewrap.com/20-arrested-at-donald-trump-rally-in-costa-mesa/>]

HEADLINE: "Trump Begins California Campaign With Raw Performance In O.C.; Protesters Take To The Streets." [Los Angeles Times, 4/28/16<http://www.latimes.com/local/politics/la-na-trump-rally-california-20160429-story.html>]

Outside A Trump Rally In Costa Mesa, Protestors Took Over Intersections, Threw Debris, Smashed The Windshield Of A Police Vehicle And Shouted Profanities. "Outside the packed Pacific Amphitheater, hundreds of protesters grew unruly after the rally, taking over nearby intersections, throwing debris at bystanders, smashing the windshield of a police vehicle, and shouting profanities against Trump. Dozens of officers in riot gear ordered protesters swarming the streets near the 55 Freeway to disperse; at least one person was arrested." [Los Angeles Times, 4/28/16<http://www.latimes.com/local/politics/la-na-trump-rally-california-20160429-story.html>]

In Costa Mesa, Protestors And Trump Supporters Shouted At Each Other While Sheriff's Deputies On Horseback Kept The Two Sides Apart. "The scene outside the rally was tense even before the event started, with demonstrators and Trump supporters taunting one another. Sheriff's deputies on horseback tried to keep the two sides apart as four helicopters circled overhead.  Trump supporters booed a man wearing a Mexican flag as he approached.  'Build the wall!' they chanted." [Los Angeles Times, 4/28/16<http://www.latimes.com/local/politics/la-na-trump-rally-california-20160429-story.html>]

AP: 20 Were Arrested By Costa Mesa Police At A Trump Rally, While One Trump Supporter Had His "Face Bloodied In A Scuffle." "Approximately 20 people were arrested by Costa Mesa police, according to a tweet from the Orange County Sheriff's Department. One Trump supporter had his face bloodied in a scuffle as he tried to drive out of the arena. One man jumped on a police car, leaving its front and rear windows smashed and the top dented in and other protests sprayed graffiti on a police car and the Pacific Amphitheatre's marquee." [AP, 4/29/16<https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0ahUKEwjY28_YvbTMAhUFbR4KHUxCDTMQqQIIHTAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fbigstory.ap.org%2Farticle%2F9eaf87c40a024c338e4cbee7bed56d31%2Fprotests-break-out-trump-speaks-southern-cal&usg=AFQjCNHRM8LV8LwaEGCVrdI7WdcbiKB5mg>]

Foreign Policy

Asked Whether He Would Commit A Large Ground Troop Presence In Syria, Trump Said That "One Of The Tenets Of My Speech Yesterday ... Was Unpredictability. We Want To Be Unpredictable." GUTHRIE:  "Let's talk about ISIS.  You said in your speech yesterday that they will be gone very quickly in a Trump administration. So, can you be more specific?  Are you envisioning a massive ground troop presence in Syria and Iraq to get rid of ISIS?  It seems that would be necessary if you want to get rid of them quickly." TRUMP:  "Well, one of the tenets of my speech yesterday -- and it has gotten great reviews, as you know, from many, many people, one of the tenets was unpredictability.  We want to be unpredictable." [Today, NBC, 4/28/16]

Trump: "If I Get Elected President, I Don't Want ISIS To Know What I'm Going To Be Doing. I Don't Like The Idea." GUTHRIE:  "Yeah, but people are casting votes.  And so, they should know whether or not a vote for you means a massive military presence in the Middle East." TRUMP:  "But Savannah, if I get elected president, I don't want ISIS to know what I'm going to be doing.  I don't like the idea." [Today, NBC, 4/28/16]

Trump Criticized President Obama For Announcing Troop Commitments To The Middle East, Said That "We Have To Be Somewhat Unpredictable. We're So Totally Predictable, Matt." TRUMP:  "And you know what?  Psychologically, we need to -- and as a country, we need to -- when President Obama announced we're sending 250 soldiers, when he announced previous to that, we're sending 50 soldiers, and then he announces it to the world, they have a target on their back. He shouldn't be announcing that.  He shouldn't be talking about what he's doing militarily.  The enemy is watching every move we say, everything we do militarily, we announce what we're doing and they prepare for it.  And I don't want that. And one of the big tenets of my speech yesterday was the fact that I said -- and very, very strongly, is we need unpredictability.  We have to be somewhat unpredictable.  We're so totally predictable, Matt." [Today, NBC, 4/28/16]

Trump: "I Have A Total Grasp Of The Details, Far Greater Than Just About Anybody Else. That, I Can Tell You." LAUER:  "Yeah, but Mr. Trump, just -- some American voters -- some American voters might be a little bit nervous that this call for unpredictability is actually a way of masking an understanding of the issues or a grasp of the details." TRUMP:  "Well, I will give you -- I have a total grasp of the details, far greater than just about anybody else.  That, I can tell you." [Today, NBC, 4/28/16]

Trump: "When I Said Take The Oil, And I've Been Saying It For A Long Time - I Didn't Want To Tell That. ... I Would Have Preferred Not Saying, 'Take The Oil.' And When You Go In, You Surprise Them." TRUMP: ... "When I said take the oil, and I've been saying it for a long time -- I didn't want to tell that.  But yourselves and everybody else was saying, 'Tell us what it is.  Tell us what it is.' And after three months, I said, 'Take the oil.'  Now, I would have preferred not doing that, but politically, I really had to, because it got to a point where people just had to know.  I would have preferred not saying, 'Take the oil.'  And when you go in, you surprise them. Now, they have fortified oil reserves and they've prepared.  And we'll still take the oil, and we should be taking the oil and we're not." [Today, NBC, 4/28/16]

Trump On Using Nuclear Weapons To Fight ISIS: "I Will Be The Last To Use It.  I Will Not Be A Happy Trigger, Like Some People Might Be.  I Will Be The Last.  But I Will Never, Ever Rule It Out." GUTHRIE:  "But real -- real quickly, Mr. Trump, would you rule out the use of nuclear weapons in the fight against ISIS?" TRUMP:  "I don't want to rule out anything.  I will be the last to use nuclear weapons.  It's a horror to use nuclear weapons.  The power of weaponry today is the single greatest problem that our world has.  And it's not global warming, like our president said. It's the power of weapons, in particular nuclear.  I will be the last to use it.  I will not be a happy trigger, like some people might be.  I will be the last.  But I will never, ever rule it out." [Today, NBC, 4/28/16]

Donald Trump On Afghanistan: "That's One Place, Frankly, Instead Of Going To Iraq We Should Have Gone There First." O'REILLY: ... "Now for the top story tonight. Donald Trump giving a big foreign policy address yesterday in Washington. He joins us now from Evansville, Indiana. First of all, you did not mention Afghanistan in the address. We have got about 10,000 troops there right now. The place is still in chaos after 13 years. What exactly will you do about Afghanistan?" DONALD TRUMP (R), PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: "I would stay in Afghanistan. It's probably the one place we should have gone in the Middle East because it's adjacent and right next to Pakistan which has nuclear weapons. So I think you have to stay and do the best you can, not that it's ever going to be great but I don't think we have much of a choice. That's one place, frankly, instead of going to Iraq we probably should have gone there first. I would say in Afghanistan and only, again, because of its location next to Pakistan." [O'Reilly Factor, Fox News, 4/28/16]

Trump Said He Would Get A Pakistani Doctor Who Assisted With The Bin Laden Raid Out Of Pakistani Prison "In Two Minutes. I Would Tell [Pakistan] To Let Them Out And I'm Sure They Would Let Them Out." O'REILLY: "Yes. But Pakistan is no friend to the U.S.A. In fact, the guy who helped us, the doctor who helped us the Pakistani get Bin Laden, they put him in prison. Do you think you could get that doctor out?" TRUMP: "Yes, I do. I think I would get him out in two minutes. I would tell them let them out and I'm sure they would let them out. Because we give a lot of aid to Pakistan. We give a lot of money to Pakistan. And frankly, they will do -- they don't have any respect for our president. But when you say they take advantage or they are no friend." [O'Reilly Factor, Fox News, 4/28/16]

·         Trump: "Nobody Is A Friend To Us. They Just Take Us Like A Bunch Of Suckers ... Pakistan Certainly Takes Advantage Like Everybody Else. Nobody Is Different." TRUMP: ... "Nobody is a friend to us. They just take us like a bunch of suckers, Bill. And that's what my speech was about to a certain extent. It was also economic in terms of economic, relative to aid and the military. But Pakistan certainly takes advantage like everybody else. Nobody is different." [O'Reilly Factor, Fox News, 4/28/16]

Trump: "I Didn't Want To Say Take The Oil ... But In Our Country With The System That We Have, Eventually You Have To Start Saying What You Would Do." TRUMP: ... "But in all fairness, I didn't want to say about the oil. I'm the one that's been saying it, I didn't want to say take the oil. Keep the oil. Bomb the oil. We never did it and we are not doing it in Libya either. They just took over the Libyan oil and this, and they get out, we're not doing a thing about it. They're becoming richer and richer. Because we have people that don't know what they're doing. But, you in know I have been saying the oil. I didn't want to say that either. I would like to get them by surprise. But in our country with the system that we have, eventually you have to start saying what you would do." [O'Reilly Factor, Fox News, 4/28/16]

Trump On Taking Middle Eastern Oil: "I Try And Take The Oil Fields But I Will Say I Know Exxon Mobile. I Know Many Of The Great Oil Companies." O'REILLY: "But there is an implication to your policy and if I'm wrong in the implication, you need to tell me. For Libya, example, when you say that I say if you are elected president, then you are going to send in American bombers and bomb those oil fields, so they are useless to ISIS. Would I be wrong in thinking that as a voter?" TRUMP: "Maybe a little bit wrong. I try and take the oil fields but I will say I know Exxon Mobile. I know many of the great oil companies. They can get in there. It's amazing how quickly they can get that stuff." [O'Reilly Factor, Fox News, 4/28/16]

Trump: "We Will Have To Bomb And We May Have To Do Something But We'll Have To Bomb And We Will Have To Get People In The Region Or We'll Have To Bomb And Just Keep The Oil." O'REILLY: "But they can't defeat these ISIS people private companies, so you would have to send in American ground troops which I think you'll going to have to do anyway." TRUMP: "Yes. We will have to bomb and we may have to do something but we'll have to bomb and we will have to get people in the region or we'll have to bomb and just keep the oil. I have been saying keep the oil for years." [O'Reilly Factor, Fox News, 4/28/16]

Asked About Committing American Ground Troops To Capture ISIS-Controlled Oil Fields, Trump Said The United States Could Use Its "So-Called Allies." O'REILLY: "OK. But in order to get the oil, you have to defeat the guys on the ground who are now running the oil fields." TRUMP: "That is correct." O'REILLY: "And that is going to require American Special Forces, paratroopers, airborne, all of that to go in. And beat these guys on the ground. So, again, implication, I'm thinking you are saying you are going to send in ground troops to defeat ISIS in Syria and Libya, no?" TRUMP: "Bill, or we are going to use our so-called allies. We don't have such great allies between us, okay?" [O'Reilly Factor, Fox News, 4/28/16]

Trump Said That "We're Going To Have Such Great Allies," Then Criticized American Allies For Running After "The First Shot Is Fired In The Air." TRUMP: ... "We're going to have such great allies. In theory, they are always saying, oh, we will use our allies. But our allies, we give them all the equipment, we give them the beautiful Humvees and the new rifles and everything else. And the first shot is fired in the air and they start running. So, that's our allies. But we are going to have to do something. At least with oil we have something tangible. We should have never gone to Iraq. But when we got out we should have kept the oil." [O'Reilly Factor, Fox News, 4/28/16]

Trump On ISIS: "Number One, I Want The Oil. Number Two, I Would Send As Few [Troops] In As Possible. And I Would Try And Use Other People If Possible." O'REILLY: "Yes. It sounds to me like a President Trump would use ground troops to some extent to, a, seize oil from ISIS and, B, kill them." TRUMP: "Well, two things. Number one, I want the oil. Number two, I would send as few in as possible. And I would try and use other people if possible -" O'REILLY: "Okay, if possible." TRUMP: "-- except they just don't seem to have the capability. They don't seem to have the capability." [O'Reilly Factor, Fox News, 4/28/16]

Trump Said That ISIS Also Had "A Lot Of Wealth Through The Banking Channels" And That "You Have To Comb The Dark Banking Channels ... But The Oil Is The Main Thing." TRUMP: "Yes. We have got to get the oil. We have got to get the oil." O'REILLY: "Right." TRUMP: "Because that's their source of wealth. Now, they also have a lot of wealth through the banking channels. You have comb the dark banking channels. And they're getting a lot of wealth through them. People don't even know about it but they are. But the oil is the main thing. "[O'Reilly Factor, Fox News, 4/28/16]

Trump: "I Am Saying That I Think I Would Possible Have A Good Relationship [With Putin]. ... I Think He Said Some Really Nice Things. He Called Me A Genius. He Said Trump's A Genius. Okay. So, You Know, That's Nice." O'REILLY: "All right. Now, Putin, you are on record at saying that you believe you can convince him to be a friend of America. But obviously he is expanding -" TRUMP: "No, I'm not saying that. I am saying that I think I would possibly have a good relationship. I don't know. I think he said some really nice things. He called me a genius. He said Trump's a genius. Okay. So, you know, that's nice. That's not going to persuade me one way or the other." [O'Reilly Factor, Fox News, 4/28/16]

·         Trump Said That Putin "Has Been Very Nice To Me." TRUMP: ... "I have people on the debate stage that said, get him to disavow it. Get him. And I said, why would I do that? But no, no, he has been very nice to me. But let me just tell you. I have no idea, Bill. Maybe we will, maybe we won't. If we can make a great deal for our country and get along with Russia, that would be a tremendous thing." [O'Reilly Factor, Fox News, 4/28/16]

Trump On Putin: "We Always Have A Stick. We Have The Economy. We Have Certain Things That Are Advantages." O'REILLY: "Do you have a stick in case Putin is unreasonable which he is known to be? Do you have a stick?" TRUMP: "Well, you know, we always have a stick. We have the economy. We have certain things that are advantages. I mean, we do have this -" O'REILLY: "All right. All we have to do is cut off American banking credit cards and he is done." [O'Reilly Factor, Fox News, 4/28/16]

Trump Said He Would Get China To Work With The United States On North Korea "By Telling Them If You Don't Help Us, It's Going To Be Over." O'REILLY: "But here's the deal. If you tee the Chinese off by a trade war or slapping tariffs on their products coming in here, they will be less incline to do help with you North Korea and that was one of the things you mentioned in your policy address that you are going to mobilize China." TRUMP: "They don't help us now." O'REILLY: "I know. But how are you ever going to get China to help us neutralize North Korea if you saber rattle in the trade area? TRUMP: By telling them if you don't help us, it's going to be over. We're just not going to -" O'REILLY: "So, you are going to threaten them?" TRUMP: "Well, we have a trade deficit bill. It's not a threat. It's a fact. Oka? We have a trade deficit of $505 billion a year with China. They are just ripping us, left and right." [O'Reilly Factor, Fox News, 4/28/16]

Trump: "North Korea Is - Should Behave And China Can Make Them Behave. China Doesn't Do It Because They Are Tweaking Us. ... Yet We Are The Ones That Really Created China." TRUMP: "China has power over North Korea. North Korea could solve that problem in one day, in one meeting. Probably in one phone call. North Korea is -- should behave and China can make them behave. China doesn't do it because they are tweaking us. They have no respect for President Obama and they have no respect for our country. And, yet, we are the ones that really we created China, economically they took our money, they took our jobs. You know, we owe them right now $1.8 trillion." [O'Reilly Factor, Fox News, 4/28/16]

HEADLINE: "Anti-Defamation League To Trump: Your 'America First' Slogan Has Anti-Semitic Roots." [Raw Story, 4/29/16<http://www.rawstory.com/2016/04/anti-defamation-league-to-trump-your-america-first-slogan-has-anti-semitic-roots/>]

ADL CEO Jonathan Greenblatt On "America First": "Choosing A Call To Action Historically Associated With Incivility And Intolerance Seems Ill-Advised." " "The Hill reported Thursday that the slogan was common among U.S. anti-Semites who wanted the nation to stay out of World War II prior to the attack on Pearl Harbor in December of 1941. 'For many Americans, the term 'America First' will always be associated with and tainted by this history. In a political season that already has prompted a national conversation about civility and tolerance, choosing a call to action historically associated with incivility and intolerance seems ill-advised,' said ADL CEO Jonathan Greenblatt in a statement." [Raw Story, 4/29/16<http://www.rawstory.com/2016/04/anti-defamation-league-to-trump-your-america-first-slogan-has-anti-semitic-roots/>]

HEADLINE: "Trump's Claim That No Foreign Leader Greeting Obama Was 'Without Precedent'" [Fact Checker, Washington Post, 4/29/16<https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/fact-checker/wp/2016/04/29/trumps-claim-that-no-foreign-leader-greeting-obama-was-without-precedent/>]

·         Washington Post Fact Checker: "Four Pinocchio's." "We don't know where Trump comes up with this stuff, but once again he's wrong, wrong, wrong. Not every tarmac greeting for the president overseas involves a fellow leader; in fact, the airport ceremony is a relatively unimportant part of the trip. The real business is done in the formal meetings. In any case, we are sure Air Force One was not insulted. Four Pinocchio's" [Fact Checker, Washington Post, 4/29/16<https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/fact-checker/wp/2016/04/29/trumps-claim-that-no-foreign-leader-greeting-obama-was-without-precedent/>]

Campaign Advisors

Trump Advisor Charles Kubic Said That Trump's Strategy For Defending Japan And South Korea From A North Korean Attack Was "Unpredictable" And "Classified." PHILLIPS: "So if Japan and South Korea could not defend themselves and North Korea did come after them, would the U.S. step in?" KUBIC: "I think as General Dunford said, our strategy will be classified and as Mr. Trump said, our response will be unpredictable. So they would have to work that calculus themselves. I don't think anybody's going to telegraph that." PHILLIPS: "From your experience in the region, from what you know, look, you've been to the DMZ. You know about this cat and mouse game that takes place. What would you advise?" KUBIC: "My advice would be classified and I would agree with being u unpredictable at this point." [New Day, CNN, 4/28/16]

Trump Advisor Walid Phares Said That On Foreign Policy Trump "Chose The Middle Ground, Which Is ... America Comes First. But America Is Not Alone In This, And That's The Novelty." STEVE INSKEEP: "Trump called for a coherent foreign policy. Do you believe his ideas are now coherent?" WALID PHARES: "I think his ideas are coherent. What needs to be done is an explanation to the public and a debate about these ideas because these ideas are coming between two different set of ideas, one that is very isolationist and another which is very interventionist. He chose the middle ground, which is, as you just said in the introduction, America comes first. But America is not alone in this, and that's the novelty." [Morning Edition, NPR, 4/28/16]

Trump Advisor Walid Phares Said That In "The Early Stages In Syria, We Allied Ourselves With Some Of That Factions That Ended Up Becoming Daesh Or ISIS." STEVE INSKEEP: "Let me ask about another thing here, Dr. Phares. He says he wants to get out of the nation-building business. Makes sense, but Trump also says that he wants to quote, "create stability." And two straight presidents have found out that if you try to do one, you end up doing the other, that creating stability calls for intervention in countries. Doesn't one thing demand the other?" WALID PHARES: "Look, both things demand a review. Number two, sometimes we have intervened in partnerships that were not helpful. In the case of Egypt, I mean, there was a majority of civil society in Egypt that was not very happy with going from a revolution against a dictator to the Muslim Brotherhood regime. So he would give this as an example.  The second example would be in Syria. The early stages in Syria, we allied ourselves with some of the factions that ended up becoming - (unintelligible) ended up becoming Daesh or ISIS. So he basically wants to look at these situations, make sure that the people with whom we are partnering have similar ideas, comparable ideas and we don't end up building nations for people who are going to be against us at the end of the day." [Morning Edition, NPR, 4/28/16]

HEADLINE: "How A Golf Caddie Became Trump's Campaign Confidant." [CNN, 4/29/16<http://www.cnn.com/2016/04/29/politics/donald-trump-tweets-daniel-scavino/>]

Trump Campaign Social Media Director Dan Scavino Said That Trump "Doesn't Run Anything By Me" And That He Often Heard About Tweets After They Were Posted Through An Alert On His Phone. "While the previous Republican presidential nominee, Mitt Romney, had a team of more than 20 advisers reviewing every tweet, Trump's musings often come unfiltered, straight from the source. Scavino often only hears about them after they're posted through an alert on his phone. 'He doesn't run anything by me,' Scavino told CNN. 'We're a different campaign.'" [CNN, 4/29/16<http://www.cnn.com/2016/04/29/politics/donald-trump-tweets-daniel-scavino/>]

Dan Scavino: "When [Trump] Wants To Get Something Out [On Twitter], He'll Dictate It Out To The Girls." "When the candidate works from Trump Tower in New York, Scavino said, he usually dictates his tweets to staff members who sit near his office. 'When he wants to get something out, he'll dictate it out to the girls,' Scavino said. Out on the campaign trail, Scavino himself will take the dictation and post it for him." [CNN, 4/29/16<http://www.cnn.com/2016/04/29/politics/donald-trump-tweets-daniel-scavino/>]

Dan Scavino Said That Trump Tweeted By Himself In The Evenings, Thanking Supporters By Retweeting Them. "But it is in the evening hours, after 'the girls' in Trump Tower have gone home for the day or Trump is in his hotel room on the road that his account takes on something of a different life. It is then, Scavino said, when Trump, alone with his phone, thanks supporters by retweeting their praise and comments." [CNN, 4/29/16<http://www.cnn.com/2016/04/29/politics/donald-trump-tweets-daniel-scavino/>]

HEADLINE: "Trump, Cruz Aides Advised Guatemalan Candidate Vowing Televised Executions." [The Guardian, 4/29/16<http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/apr/29/trump-cruz-california-advisers-guatemala-televised-execution?CMP=share_btn_tw>]

Trump California Advisor Tim Clark Worked As A Paid Advisor To Right-Wing Guatemalan Presidential Candidate Manuel Baldízon, Who Campaigned On The Promise Of Broadcasting Executions On Live On Television. "But four years ago, Tim Clark and Ron Nehring, who are running the California campaigns for Trump and Cruz respectively, worked as paid advisers to a campaign to elect a Guatemalan presidential candidate whose platform included a call for public executions. Clark and Nehring, the Guardian can reveal, spent six weeks in Guatemala in 2011 working as advisers to Manuel Baldízon, a rightwing populist and business tycoon who campaigned on the promise of broadcasting the executions of criminals on TV." [The Guardian, 4/29/16<http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/apr/29/trump-cruz-california-advisers-guatemala-televised-execution?CMP=share_btn_tw>]

·         A UN-Backed Anti-Impunity Organization Found That Guatemalan Political Parties Received Half Their Financing From Criminal Groups And Business Interests Seeking Political Favors. "Last year, an investigation by a UN-backed anti-impunity organization exposed the widespread infiltration in Guatemalan politics by criminal groups and business interests seeking political favors and public contracts.  Guatemalan political parties receive half their financing through corruption, according to the report published in July 2015 by CICIG. 'Guatemala is the perfect country to commit electoral crimes without consequences,' said director of CICIG Ivan Velasquez Gomez at the time."  [The Guardian, 4/29/16<http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/apr/29/trump-cruz-california-advisers-guatemala-televised-execution?CMP=share_btn_tw>]

·         Investigative News Magazine Contrapoder Accused Manuel Baldízon Of Profiting From $10 Million Of Public Funds By Manipulating Government Contracts. "Baldízon's net worth is not known. However, the tycoon is known to have business interests in gas stations, hotel chains, buses, mining, media companies and health clinics, giving him enormous power in Guatemala. An investigation published just last week by the investigative news magazine Contrapoder accused Baldízon of profiting from $10m (79m Quetzales) of public funds by manipulating government works contracts. He denied the allegations." [The Guardian, 4/29/16<http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/apr/29/trump-cruz-california-advisers-guatemala-televised-execution?CMP=share_btn_tw>]

Trump Advisor Tim Clark Said That He Helped Ron Nehring On The Baldízon Campaign "To Run The Metrics, To Look At It, To See Where And What And How." "'In many ways it felt like you were the shiny object in the room: 'Oh, the American strategists are here.' But Ron did a really good job of helping set him [Baldízon] on message, I felt,' he said.  While Nehring took care of political messaging around free-market issues, Clark said, his role was 'to assist Ron, to run the metrics, to look at it, to see where and what and how'." [The Guardian, 4/29/16<http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/apr/29/trump-cruz-california-advisers-guatemala-televised-execution?CMP=share_btn_tw>]

Tim Clark Sought To Downplay His Work For Guatemalan Presidential Candidate Manuel Baldízon, Said That "Our Role Was Specifically Advising, Where Possible, On Free Market, Economic Growth Strategies." "Following the interview, Clark emailed the Guardian a statement playing down their work for Baldízon. He stressed that he and Nehring 'were not in any way privy to all of the campaign's media and messaging strategies'.  'Working under Ron's umbrella, our role was specifically advising, where possible, on free market, economic growth policies,' he wrote. 'If our time there was made to look more than this, it would be a completely inaccurate portrayal of our activities.'" [The Guardian, 4/29/16<http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/apr/29/trump-cruz-california-advisers-guatemala-televised-execution?CMP=share_btn_tw>]

Tim Clark Said He Did Not Know About Manuel Baldízon Campaign Promise To Televise Live Executions, Said That "I Am Unaware Of His Platform Regarding Public Safety." "Clark also said in the email that he did not know about Baldízon's campaign promise of televising executions - even though it was widely reported in the international media as well as the Guatemalan press. 'I am unaware of his platform regarding public safety,' he said." [The Guardian, 4/29/16<http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/apr/29/trump-cruz-california-advisers-guatemala-televised-execution?CMP=share_btn_tw>]

Trump Advisor Tim Clark: "I Think America Should Invest In Our Neighbors To The South, But That's Just Me, Not My Candidate." "Clark said that he was shocked by the economic inequality he saw in Guatemala and - in a departure from Trump's foreign policy - said the US should play a more proactive role in the region. 'I think America should invest in our neighbors to the south, but that's just me, not my candidate,' he said." [The Guardian, 4/29/16<http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/apr/29/trump-cruz-california-advisers-guatemala-televised-execution?CMP=share_btn_tw>]

GOP

Associated Press: Some Congressional Republicans "Argue That They Should Get Behind [Trump] Now Instead Of Trying To Stand In His Way." "Congressional Republicans are beginning to accept, and even embrace, an outcome that was once unthinkable: Donald Trump as the GOP presidential nominee.  In the wake of the businessman's commanding wins in five Eastern states this week, a growing number of lawmakers say that Trump is taking on an air of inevitability. Some argue they should get behind him now instead of trying to stand in his way, as some establishment Republicans are still attempting to do by backing various 'Never Trump' efforts. " [AP, 4/29/16<http://www.cbsnews.com/news/gop-lawmakers-begin-warming-to-donald-trump-as-party-nominee/>]

GOP Congressman Mike Kelly: "I Don't Understand. I Mean, It's Not 'Never Trump.' It's 'Never Hillary.' Never, Never, Never, Hillary. Come On. Wake Up And Smell The Coffee." "'I don't understand. I mean, it's not 'Never Trump.' It's 'Never Hillary.' Never, never, never, Hillary. Come on. Wake up and smell the coffee,' said Rep. Mike Kelly of Pennsylvania, who earlier this week cast his ballot for Trump, along with all members of his large family and 57 percent of Republican primary voters in his state. " [AP, 4/29/16<http://www.cbsnews.com/news/gop-lawmakers-begin-warming-to-donald-trump-as-party-nominee/>]

Orrin Hatch: "It Looks To Me Like [Trump's] Going To Win And If He Does I'm Going To Do Everything In My Power To Help Him." "Sen. Orrin Hatch of Utah, a respected senior member of the Senate, previously endorsed Jeb Bush and then Sen. Marco Rubio and said he doesn't intend to endorse Trump. But Hatch said Thursday of Trump: 'It looks to me like he's going to win and if he does I'm going to do everything in my power to help him.'" [AP, 4/29/16<http://www.cbsnews.com/news/gop-lawmakers-begin-warming-to-donald-trump-as-party-nominee/>]

·         Orrin Hatch Said That Trump "Could Be Great If He'll Get Serious About Being President, And I Think He Will." "'I think he could be great if he'll get serious about being president, and I think he will,' Hatch said. 'When he gets hit with reality that this is the toughest job in the world, he's a clever, smart guy who I think will want to be remembered for doing good things, so I have a feeling he can make that transition.'" [AP, 4/29/16<http://www.cbsnews.com/news/gop-lawmakers-begin-warming-to-donald-trump-as-party-nominee/>]

GOP Congressman Tom Rooney: "The People Have Spoken ... If [Trump] Screws It Up As The Nominee And Hurts The Down-Ballot Ticket, Then He Screws It Up. But Right Now The People Want Him To be The Nominee." "Rep. Tom Rooney of Florida was a leading Rubio backer, but said now 'it's time to move on.'  'The people have spoken. The Republican primary electorate has spoken so he deserves the opportunity to be our nominee,' Rooney said. 'If he screws it up as the nominee and hurts the down-ballot ticket, then he screws it up. But right now the people want him to be the nominee.'" [AP, 4/29/16<http://www.cbsnews.com/news/gop-lawmakers-begin-warming-to-donald-trump-as-party-nominee/>]

LGBT

Cruz Supporter Caitlyn Jenner Said In A Facebook Video That "Last Week Donald Trump Said I Could Take A Pee Anywhere In A Trump Facility, So I Am Going To Go Take A Pee In The Ladies Room." "Last month, Caitlyn Jenner threw her support behind Republican presidential hopeful Ted Cruz, saying she'd like to be his 'trans ambassador.'  That was before the battle surrounding the so-called 'bathroom bill' heated up. Now it looks like Jenner's loyalty might be changing.   She posted this video on her Facebook on Wednesday, urging people to #flushdiscrimination. 'Last week Donald Trump said I could take a pee anywhere in a Trump facility, so I am going to go take a pee in the ladies room,' Jenner said. " [KIVI-TV, 4/28/16<http://www.kivitv.com/news/national/caitlyn-jenner-just-threw-major-shade-at-her-boy-ted-cruz>]

Caitlyn Jenner: "'M' Not Anymore. 'W'... Thank You, Donald. I Really Appreciate It, And By The Way, Ted, Nobody Got Molested." "So Jenner tried it out. 'M' not anymore. 'W.' ... Thank you, Donald. I really appreciate it, and by the way, Ted, nobody got molested.'" [KIVI-TV, 4/28/16<http://www.kivitv.com/news/national/caitlyn-jenner-just-threw-major-shade-at-her-boy-ted-cruz>]

Bullying

HEADLINE: "Journalist Who Profiled Melania Trump Hit With Barrage Of Antisemitic Abuse." [The Guardian, 4/28/16<http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/apr/28/julia-ioffe-journalist-melania-trump-antisemitic-abuse?CMP=share_btn_fb>]

Journalist Julia Ioffe Receved Antisemetic And Threatening Messages From Trump Supporters After GQ Published Ioffe's Profile Of Melania Trump. "Journalist Julia Ioffe has experienced this kind of harassment before: in Vladimir Putin's Russia. In the 24 hours since her profile of Donald Trump's wife, Melania, appeared in GQ magazine, the Russian-American journalist has received a torrent of antisemitic, vitriolic and threatening messages from supporters of the Republican frontrunner." [The Guardian, 4/28/16<http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/apr/28/julia-ioffe-journalist-melania-trump-antisemitic-abuse?CMP=share_btn_fb>]

Twitter Users Superimposed Julia Ioffe's Face On A Mug Shot From Auschwitz. "On Thursday, Ioffe answered a phone call from an anonymous caller who played a Hitler speech. She received another call from 'Overnight Caskets'. On Twitter, users posted photos of her face superimposed on a mug shot from Auschwitz." [The Guardian, 4/28/16<http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/apr/28/julia-ioffe-journalist-melania-trump-antisemitic-abuse?CMP=share_btn_fb>]

A White Supremacist Web Site Published A Blogpost Titled "Empress Melania Attacked By Filthy Russian Kike Julia Ioffe In GQ!" "The Daily Stormer, a white supremacist site, attacked Ioffe in a blogpost titled: 'Empress Melania Attacked by Filthy Russian Kike Julia Ioffe in GQ!'" [The Guardian, 4/28/16<http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/apr/28/julia-ioffe-journalist-melania-trump-antisemitic-abuse?CMP=share_btn_fb>]

Immigration

Trump's Costa Mesa Rally Featured Members Of Group Formed "To Remember The Victims Killed By Illegal Aliens." "On Thursday night in Costa Mesa, Mr. Trump did not back down from his promise to build a border wall, and he maintained his strident tone about immigration from Mexico. His guests included members of a group leading a campaign that purports 'to remember victims killed by illegal aliens.'" [New York Times, 4/29/16<http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/30/us/donald-trump-rally-protest-costa-mesa.html?ref=politics&_r=0>]

Torture

Trump On Waterboarding: "I Think It's Great, I Think It's Just Fine." TRUMP: "And they asked Cruz about waterboarding, what do you think about waterboarding. And he didn't like it because it's really not like a good answer for him, because he's actually a very weak person. So he didn't like it. So he's sort of like well, yah, hayah (ph), and after about two minutes you didn't know what the hell he said, right, because he's a politician. Then they look at me, 'What do you think of waterboarding, Mr. Trump?' I said, 'I think it's great, I think it's just fine.'" [Campaign Rally, Costa Mesa CA, 4/28/16]