Subject: 2016 GOP DAILY ROUNDUP
From: "Hendricks, Lauren" <[email-masked]>
To: "Hendricks, Lauren" <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 21 Apr 2016 13:52:23 -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
4/21/16

DONALD TRUMP
TED CRUZ
EVENTS

DONALD TRUMP
TRUMP BACKTRACKS ON 8-YEAR DEBT ELIMINATION PLAN AND SELF-FUNDING PROMISE: “Trump told Fortune that he no longer has plans to eliminate the national debt in eight years, as he had earlier claimed he would, but many economists said was impossible. It would require annual GDP growth north of 20% a year, if Trump were to lower taxes as he has pledged. That’s 10 times the 2% GDP has been growing recently. Trump declines to say whether he had a plan for a contested election. And he said he had not yet made the determination of whether he would self-fund his general election campaign.” [Fortune, 4/21/16<http://fortune.com/2016/04/21/donald-trump-atlantic-city-china-sanders/>]
TRUMP COMES OUT AGAINST NC HB2, SAYING “YOU LEAVE IT THE WAY IT IS”: “Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump on Thursday took a stand against a controversial law in North Carolina that critics say unfairly targets transgender people, calling it unnecessary and pointing to the severe outcry it has prompted nationwide… ‘You leave it the way it is. There have been very few complaints the way it is. People go, they use the bathroom that they feel is appropriate. There has been so little trouble,’ Trump said during an appearance on NBC’s ‘Today’ show Thursday morning. ‘And the problem with what happened in North Carolina is the strife and the economic…I mean, the economic punishment they’re taking.’” [Washington Post, 4/21/16<https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2016/04/21/trump-criticizes-controversial-n-c-transgender-law/?postshare=3571461248842498&tid=ss_tw>]
TRUMP TERRIFIES WORLD LEADERS: “According to more than two dozen U.S. and foreign-government officials, Trump has become the starting point for what feels like every government-to-government interaction. In meetings, private dinners and phone calls, world leaders are urgently seeking explanations from Obama and Vice President Joe Biden, Secretary of State John Kerry, Defense Secretary Ash Carter and Trade Representative Michael Froman on down. American ambassadors are asking for guidance from Washington about what they’re supposed to say.” [Politico, 4/21/16<http://www.politico.com/story/2016/04/trump-terrifies-world-leaders-222233>]
TRUMP LOANED OVER $11 MILLION OF HIS OWN MONEY TO HIS CAMPAIGN LAST MONTH: “Donald Trump upped his personal ante in his White House bid last month, loaning his campaign more than $11.5 million and giving it an additional $35,000, new filings show. In all, the billionaire real estate developer has loaned or given his presidential effort $36 million. He has raised another $12.2 million from supporters, including $2.7 million last month… Despite his repeated claims that he is self-funding his bid, Trump appears to be actively soliciting donations. In March, his campaign reported spending nearly $900,000 on telemarketing and direct mail.” [Washington Post, 4/21/16<https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2016/04/20/trump-invested-more-than-11-million-in-his-presidential-bid-in-march/?postshare=8391461211030359&tid=ss_tw>]
TRUMP ADDS WELL-CONNECTED LOBBYISTS GATES, PALAZZO, AND GAY TO THE TEAM: “Among the influence industry veterans who have been helping the campaign in recent weeks, according to sources close to the Trump campaign, are Laurance Gay, who had worked with Manafort on an effort to obtain a federal grant that one congressman called a “very smelly, sleazy business,” and Doug Davenport, whose firm’s lobbying for an oppressive Southeast Asian regime became a liability for John McCain’s 2008 presidential campaign. The pair join another former Manafort lobbying partner named Rick Gates, who was identified as an agent of a Ukrainian oligarch in a 2011 racketeering lawsuit that also named Manafort. And Manafort this week met with Marc Palazzo, a former lobbyist for a Koch Industries subsidiary who used to work as a communications staffer for GTECH Corporation, the controversial lottery operator, to which Gay, Davenport, Gates and Manafort all have ties.” [Politico, 4/21/16<http://www.politico.com/story/2016/04/trump-turns-over-his-campaign-to-lobbyists-222242>]
TRUMP WILL GIVE FOREIGN POLICY SPEECH WITH TELEPROMPTERS: “An early step in the revamp will be the foreign-affairs speech, set for April 27 in Washington. One theme, Mr. Trump said, will be the relationship between economics and national security. ‘We’re protecting nations, and we’re not being properly compensated for that protection,’ [Lewandowski] said… Mr. Trump will deliver the speech with teleprompters, which he has often derided. This week, a pair were set up in his office, which he was using to practice.” [Wall Street Journal, 4/20/16<http://www.wsj.com/articles/donald-trump-im-not-going-to-blow-it-1461200705?tesla=y>]
TRUMP’S GOLF COURSE GOAT HERD QUALIFIES HIM FOR A NJ FARMLAND TAX BREAK: “The Republican presidential front-runner’s small goat herd, combined with hay farming and wood cutting, let him qualify for a New Jersey farmland tax break that saves him tens of thousands of dollars a year in property taxes on two golf courses, according to public records. Mr. Trump’s golf clubs in Bedminster and Colts Neck both receive the break and pay reduced property taxes on the part of the land devoted to agriculture. The Bedminster course includes 113 acres of hay production and eight goats, while the Colts Neck course has 40 acres of hay plus stands of trees, according to tax-break applications filed with local governments.” [Wall Street Journal, 4/20/16<http://www.wsj.com/articles/goat-herd-helps-trump-lower-tax-bite-1461191607>]
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TED CRUZ
CRUZ AGAIN COMES OUT STRONGLY IN SUPPORT OF NC HB2: “We shouldn't be facilitating putting little girls alone in a bathroom w/ grown men. That's just a bad, bad, bad idea youtube.com/watch?v=wQlsUN…” [@TedCruz, 4/21/16<https://twitter.com/tedcruz/status/723150848021274624>]
CRUZ TRIES TO MAKE NICE WITH GOP ELITES: “In a private meeting with members of the Republican National Committee, the Cruz campaign’s high command, including campaign manager Jeff Roe, strategist David Polyansky, and delegate-hunters Ken Cuccinelli and Saul Anuzis, made the case for Cruz as the party’s stronger choice for the general election and argued he’d help down-ballot GOP races… According to multiple people in the room, Roe pitched the members on Cruz’s commitment to grassroots organizing and cited poll numbers showing Cruz as a better candidate than Trump in the general election.” [TIME, 4/21/16<http://time.com/4301451/ted-cruz-republican-national-committee/>]
GOP MEGADONORS RALLIED AROUND CRUZ IN MARCH: “Ted Cruz consolidated his support with major Republican Party donors last month as their last best hope to stop Donald Trump. Trusted Leadership PAC…received $1 million from Herzog Contracting, the Missouri road paver whose boss, Stan Herzog, previously backed Scott Walker. Another million came from Richard Uihlein, the Wisconsin shipper who had also backed the Wisconsin governor. Thomas Rastin and Karen Buchwald Wright of Ohio compressor company Ariel Corp., who previously gave to John Kasich's super PAC, chipped in a combined $300,000, according to the PAC's filing with the Federal Election Commission on Wednesday. Florida electronics heir Lawrence F. DeGeorge contributed $150,000, and private equity investor John W. Childs gave $100,000.” [Politico, 4/21/16<http://www.politico.com/story/2016/04/ted-cruz-donors-222231>]
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EVENTS
THURSDAY, APRIL 21, 2016
DONALD TRUMP: Today Show Town Hall in New York, NY [today.com], and 7:00 PM Rally in Harrisburgh, PA [Trump Campaign].
TED CRUZ: 10:00 AM Speech in Frederick, MD [fredericknewspost.com], Meeting with Gov Mike Pence in Indianapolis, IN [@TimAlberta], 3:30 PM Retail Stop Shapiro's Deli in Indianapolis, IN [eventbrite], 6:30 PM Indiana GOP Spring Dinner with Mike Pence and Matt Bevin in Indianapolis, IN [@patricksvitek], and Speech at RNC Spring Meeting Hollywood, FL [@AmySherman1].
FRIDAY, APRIL 22, 2016
DONALD TRUMP: 3:00 PM Rally in Harrington, DE [Trump Campaign].
TED CRUZ: 2:30 PM Rally in Scranton, PA [eventbrite].
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Lauren Hendricks