Subject: FW: TrackerBASE Report: PRES Ted Cruz rally in Scranton 4/22/2016
From: "Sorbie, Sean" <[email-masked]>
To: Research_D <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 22 Apr 2016 12:23:53 -0700

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Subject: TrackerBASE Report: PRES Ted Cruz rally in Scranton 4/22/2016

TO: PRES Tracking
FROM: Megan Wisdom, Jackson Voss
Location: Radisson Lackawanna Station Hotel
Date: 4/22/2016

RE: Ted Cruz rally in Scranton
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Event Details:

Ted Cruz rally in Scranton - Radisson Lackawanna Station Hotel - 700 Lackawanna Ave, Scranton, PA. Captured from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tzwCWB3-ZMA.

Audience/attendees:

300-350 range

Press Details:

Several local news outlets

Summary of Event:

Senator Cruz stumped at this Scranton, PA rally. He touched on jobs, taxes, 2nd amendment, military, transgender people using restrooms re: Trump, EPA, religion, israel, obamacare, fracking, immigration, education/loans, and SCOTUS.

Key points:

0:00 we’re here for something more important - i’m here with a word of hope and encouragement, people are waking up and help is on the way - this election is about 3 issues - jobs, freedom, and security - i want to talk to all the single moms here who are working 2-3 part time jobs, who see your hours forcibly reduced because of obamacare - i want to talk to the truck drivers, steel workers, etc., who are seeing wages stagnate, cost of living keeps going up, i want to talk to all the young people

2:02 Hillary and Bernie look at all the young people who are here - you want to know the quickest way to clear out a bernie sanders rally? Tell everyone there they have to get a job - young people who are coming out of school buried in student loans - can i get a job - the media tries to tell us this is the new normal, that is a lie - it’s easy to talk about making america great again, you can even print that on a baseball cap, but the real question is do you understand the principles and values that made america great in the first place - the heart of our economy isn’t DC, it’s small businesses across the US - if you want to unleash economic growth you lift boot of federal government off back of small businesses

4:14 Reagan and JFK understood that when you lower taxes and regulation you get more high paying jobs - if i’m elected we will repeal obamacare - we’ll pass common sense health care reform - we will pass simple flat tax - abolish the IRS

6:09 not a lot of IRS fans here - yesterday Trump said he wanted to raise taxes - we’re going to rein in the EPA - and the regulators who have descended like locusts on farmers, etc. killing jobs - PA is an energy state - I’m a texan, we know a little bit about that - 8 years ago obama promised to bankrupt every coal-fired plant in america - only promise he’s come close to meeting [man shouts something but it’s inaudible] we’re going to do that - for 7 years we’ve seen a war on coal - the federal government wages a war on the hard working men and women in this country - immoral - will end and bring back jobs

8:13 if hillary is president she will attempt to ban fracking and take away thousands of high paying jobs in PA - i will lift the burdens and unleash american energy renaissance - we’re going to stop amnesty and end welfare for those here illegally - we’re going to see millions of new jobs, jobs coming back from mexico - we’ll see wages rise again, young people coming out of school with hopes and dreams and multiple job offers - we’ll see morning in america again

10:01 freedom - just a few weeks ago the passing of justice scalia underscored the stakes of this election - not just 1 but 2 branches of federal government in the balance - if you seek religious liberty without government getting in the way - if you care about the 2nd amendment - we are one liberal justice away from stripping those rights away from all americans - 2 debates ago Hugh Hewitt asked us about religious liberty and SCOTUS and trump said he’s known more politicians than i have and he’s correct, he’s been supporting liberal democrats for 40 years, i have no experience with that

12:05 Donald said when it comes to SCOTUS and religious liberty you have to learn to compromise and cut deals with democrats - let me be clear i will not compromise away your religious liberty - i will not compromise your 2nd amendment right - yesterday on the today show Trump agreed with hillary and obama that grown men should be able to go to the little girls’ restroom - as the father of 2 young daughters this is not a question of democrat vs. republican, this is common sense - the idea of the far left of trump and clinton and obama it is a bad idea for an adult grown man, a stranger, to be along in a bathroom with a little girl

14:04 this is not a reasonable debate over public policy this is political correctness run amok - trump told us he could be the most PC person on earth, he’s proving that correct, but members of our party do not want to elect a member of the PC police, we need a return to common sense and speaking the truth - the 3rd issue is security - for 7 years we’ve seen a president who abandons our allies and appeases our enemies - 2 debates ago trump explained if he were president he would be neutral between israel and palestine - let me be clear i will not be neutral - america will stand with israel

16:05 if you can’t tell the difference between our friends and our enemies that raises real questions about your fitness and judgment to be commander in chief - for 7 years we’ve seen our military weaken, morale in troops plummet - jimmy carter weakened military, then in 1981 reagan came in - he cut taxes and regulation, generated trillions of new revenue and put it into military and we bankrupted soviet union and won cold war - i intend to do the same thing with radical islamic terrorism

18:02 we’re going to repeal obamacare, etc. that will unleash millions of new jobs, generate trillions of new revenue and put it into the military - no longer will our military be governed by political correctness - we will have commander in chief who says radical islamic terrorism - rules of engagement too strict - can’t win or defend themselves - that is wrong, immoral, mark my words in Jan 2017 it will end

20:03 to every soldier, first responders, you will once again have the thanks of a grateful nation and a commander in chief who has your back - this past year has been an interesting year - we started this race with 17 candidates and amazingly diverse, young, talented field - we haven’t - and what a contrast to the democrats - their field consists of a wild-eyed socialist with ideas that are dangerous for america and the world….. And bernie sanders

22:07 there only 2 people who have plausible path to nomination - it’s been 44 days since trump has agreed to debate - he’s scared to debate - he’s more scared of you - what we are seeing happening is that republicans are uniting behind this campaign - 60% of republicans recognize that trump is not the best to go head-to-head against hillary - she wins by double digits - donald is losing to hillary in UT - UT may be the brightest red state in the union, if they go for hillary then we’re looking at a walter-mondale level of defeat

24:24 that is why we’re seeing republicans unite, if i am the nominee we beat hillary - we are winning in swing states across the country - in OH donald loses to hillary i win, same in IA, here in PA donald loses and hillary and i are tied - in november we will beat her in PA

26:00 of the 17 candidates who started the field, 5 are now endorsing our campaign - walker, fiorina, bush, graham - when you toss in glenn beck, mike lee, and mark levin you’re looking at the entire spectrum of the republican party because we want to be behind a positive, forward-looking campaign with real solutions, we want to win - PA, the entire country is looking at PA,  PA has a choice, a megaphone, a platform to speak to the country - what path do we want the country to go down - the mainstream media got excited that trump won NY - truly shocking that he won his home state - 2 rich liberals won

28:09 mainstream media believes that PA is suburb of manhattan - that manhattan has spoken so PA will fall in line - when you look at positions of new yorkers, they both support raising taxes, planned parenthood, letting grown adult men use bathrooms with little girls - call me crazy but those don’t sound like PA values to me - our obligation here is simple, to unite, bring the party together, bring the country together - if we stand together we win - next tuesday come and vote for me 10 times, we’re not democrats, i’m not suggesting voter fraud

30:20 call 9 other people - maybe you’re not old enough to vote - that’s how we win - from we the people standing together - it took jimmy carter to give us ronald reagan - the lasting legacy of obama is a new generation of leaders in the republican party - thank you and god bless you

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Clip Labels:

160422_MKW_116_A - live stream capture
160422_MKW_116_B - Tracker footage