Subject: 2016 GOP DAILY ROUNDUP
From: "Hendricks, Lauren" <[email-masked]>
To: "Hendricks, Lauren" <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 26 Apr 2016 13:50:20 -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
4/26/16

DONALD TRUMP
TED CRUZ
EVENTS

DONALD TRUMP
TRUMP REJECTS MANAFORT’S PUSH TO MAKE HIM “PRESIDENTIAL” AND SHIFTS SOME POWER BACK TO LEWANDOWSKI: “Donald Trump is bristling at efforts to implement a more conventional presidential campaign strategy, and has expressed misgivings about the political guru behind them, Paul Manafort, for overstepping his bounds…Trump became upset late last week when he learned from media reports that Manafort privately told Republican leaders that the billionaire reality TV star was ‘projecting an image’ for voters and would begin toning down his rhetoric, according to the sources…Now Trump is taking steps to return some authority to Manafort’s chief internal rival, campaign manager Corey Lewandowski.” [Politico, 4/26/16<http://www.politico.com/story/2016/04/donald-trump-paul-manafort-corey-lewandowski-222430>]
TRUMP PYGMALION PROJECT: “Starting small, the Trump-improvement strategists have already persuaded Mr. Trump to deliver a New York victory speech devoid of epithets and to stop calling the Sunday morning TV shows to bloviate on this or that. Mr. Trump followed up his New York speech with a couple of soft-focus interviews, telling one reporter that he would be ‘more disciplined,’ and use a teleprompter like a proper politician. But Mr. Trump has reverted to bad habits. He’s still telling lies, and earned four Pinocchios last week for saying that ISIS is ‘making a fortune’ on Libyan oil the terrorist group doesn’t control… However copiously applied, cosmetics cannot obscure his brutish agenda, nor the narcissism, capriciousness and most of all, the inexperience paired with intellectual laziness that would make him a disastrous president.” [Editorial Board, New York Times, 4/26/16<http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/26/opinion/the-donald-trump-pygmalion-project.html>]
UNIONS PLAN ATTACK ON TRUMP: “The majority of America’s almost 15 million unionized workers can be usually be relied upon to back the Democratic candidate in a presidential year, but leaders are concerned by Trump’s populist message on trade and jobs - and his insistence that union workers are just one of many groups on a long list of those he claims ‘love’ him. ‘We can’t be fooled,’ Richard Trumka, president of AFL-CIO, America’s largest federation of labor unions, implored his 12.5 million members at the organization’s annual convention in Philadelphia this month. ‘Trump isn’t interested in solving the problems he yells and swears about. He delivers punch lines, but there’s nothing funny about them.’” [The Guardian, 4/26/16<http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/apr/26/us-unions-donald-trump-us-election-2016>]
TRUMP REACHES 50% NATIONALLY FOR THE FIRST TIME: “Donald Trump has reached 50 percent support from Republicans and Republican-leaners nationally for the first time since the beginning of the NBC News|SurveyMonkey Weekly Election Tracking Poll in late December. This milestone is significant as the 2016 primary heads into its final few weeks of contests, as there has been intense speculation that Trump's support has a ceiling. Though his support has hovered in the high 40s since mid-March, the front-runner had yet to secure half of Republican voters.” [NBC News, 4/26/16<http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2016-election/poll-trump-reaches-50-percent-support-nationally-first-time-n562061>]
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TED CRUZ
CRUZ LENDS SUPPORT FOR TEXAS VOTER ID LAW: “Last week, U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and the entire Texas Republican congressional delegation filed a critical amicus brief with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit in Veasey v. Abbott. The brief supports Texas’ Senate Bill (SB) 14, which requires Texas voters to present government-issued photo ID before voting and provides for free election ID cards. After SB 14 was passed into law in 2011, the Obama administration, along with private plaintiffs, launched an attack on this sensible legislation, claiming in court that SB 14 violates the Voting Rights Act, among other things. The case is now scheduled to be heard by the entire 5th Circuit.” [Office of Sen. Ted Cruz, Release, 4/25/16<http://www.cruz.senate.gov/?p=press_release&id=2635>]
CRUZ’S FELLOW LAWMAKERS COULD DECIDE HIS FATE AT GOP CONVENTION: “House and Senate Republicans are quickly being selected as delegates to the Republican National Convention this summer, potentially giving them tremendous sway in helping choose the party's presidential candidate if Donald Trump fails to clinch the nomination outright. And that could be a challenge for Sen. Ted Cruz, who has labeled many of his Capitol Hill colleagues as part of a corrupt ‘Washington cartel.’…’Depending on how some decisions are going to be made, I could be part of helping the delegates as a whole make that decision’ of selecting the nominee, [Sen.] Tillis said. ‘I'm legitimately uncommitted.’” [CNN, 4/25/16<http://www.cnn.com/2016/04/25/politics/ted-cruz-open-republican-convention/index.html>]
SEN. CORNYN SAYS CRUZ WENT TO WASHINGTON JUST TO RUN FOR POTUS: “As the Senate’s No. 2 leader, Cornyn falls in line with Majority Leader Mitch McConnell to carry out broader party initiatives. Cruz, however, famously drew the ire of many Republicans when he helped instigate a government shutdown in order to try to block Obamacare. ‘Clearly, he didn’t come here to remain in the Senate. He came here to run for president,’ Cornyn said, according to the report. ‘…That perhaps explains the difference in tactics.’ The comments are uncharacteristically blunt for the pragmatic three-term senator.” [Dallas Morning News, 4/26/16<http://trailblazersblog.dallasnews.com/2016/04/sen-cornyn-ted-cruz-went-to-washington-to-run-for-president.html/>]
SEN. TOOMEY SAYS HE VOTED FOR CRUZ IN PA: “Pennsylvania Sen. Pat Toomey voted for Ted Cruz on Tuesday. ‘He’s a solid conservative,’ Toomey, who had previously endorsed Florida Sen. Marco Rubio, told reporters outside of a polling place in Zionsville, according to The Morning Call.” [Politico, 4/26/16<http://www.politico.com/blogs/2016-gop-primary-live-updates-and-results/2016/04/pat-toomey-ted-cruz-222443>]
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EVENTS
TUESDAY, APRIL 26, 2016
DONALD TRUMP: 9:00 PM Election Night Event at Trump Tower New York, NY [Trump Campaign].
TED CRUZ: 11:00 AM Rally in Knightstown, IN [facebook.com/knightstownnews/posts].
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 27, 2016
DONALD TRUMP: 12:00 PM Foreign Policy Speech, National Press Club Washington, DC [WSJ], and 7:00 PM Town Hall with Greta van Susteren Indianapolis, IN [@jdelreal].
TED CRUZ: Rally with Glenn Beck IN [Glenn Beck Radio Show].
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Lauren Hendricks