Subject: Nightly, 5.16
From: "Kasnetz, Joel" <[email-masked]>
To: "Bauer, Nick" <[email-masked]>, "Dillon, Lauren" <[email-masked]>, "Graham, Caroline" <[email-masked]>, Veepstakes <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 17 May 2016 05:28:59 -0700

*         Completed Sessions and Christie dailies

o    Sessions had his appearance on This Week, speech at TX GOP (I haven't found video of it yet-I spent a good deal of time trying to find it, but I've only found Cruz's speech live), and policy letter on restricting HB-2s

*         Monitored Chris Christie Press Conference

*         Continued work on Sessions top hits

*         My reimbursements from February and March still haven't yet arrived, so I've been communicating with the NHDP about those checks, are apparently lost in the mail somewhere.

LOLOLOLOL Cruz spoke an hour before Jeff Sessions spoke on Trump's behalf at the TX GOP convention and most of the audience left before Sessions started. The descriptions are especially funny

Texas Tribune: At The Republican Party Of Texas Convention, "Hundreds Of Delegates Treated Sessions With Disinterest, And Streamed Out Of The Convention Hall During His Remarks." "Trump's campaign dispatched Alabama's Jeff Sessions to the convention, calling in a Cruz ally in the Senate who ultimately endorsed Trump earlier this year. Hundreds of delegates treated Sessions with disinterest, and streamed out of the convention hall during his remarks. But thousands of delegates stayed and listened to Sessions, who heaped praise on Cruz, calling him 'our almost-presumptive Republican presidential nominee' and vowing to continue collaborating with him in Congress." [Texas Tribune, 5/16/16<http://kuow.org/post/after-cruzs-campaign-texas-gop-reaches-unity>]

Associated Press: "After Cruz Spoke, Many Delegates Left The Cavernous Hall Inside The Dallas Convention Center - Failing To Stay For Alabama Sen. Jeff Sessions, Who Spoke On Trump's Behalf." "After Cruz spoke, many delegates left the cavernous hall inside the Dallas convention center - failing to stay for Alabama Sen. Jeff Sessions, who spoke on Trump's behalf. Texas Sen. John Cornyn saw Trump in Washington on Thursday and invited him to the Texas convention. Cornyn said Trump considered it briefly, but that his campaign staffers said he had other commitments. Instead there was Sessions, a proponent of strict immigration policies whose work in the Senate Cruz often praised on the campaign trail before Sessions endorsed Trump. Sessions admiringly called Cruz 'our almost-presumptive Republican presidential nominee.'" [Associated Press, 5/16/16<http://www.itemonline.com/news/cruz-shuns-trump-gop-unity-says-challenges-may-lie-ahead/article_3d9a043c-1b30-11e6-a352-8fd2b0dba400.html>]

Associated Press: At The Republican Party Of Texas Convention, "Before [Jeff] Sessions Took The Stage, The Party Chairman Implored Delegates Heading For The Exits Following Cruz's Speech To Stick Around." "The job of winning over Trump-bashing Texas delegates fell to U.S. Sen. Jeff Sessions, who snubbed Cruz and backed Trump long before his Senate colleague dropped out. Sessions got big applause upon recalling Trump's promise for another border wall, saying 'Isn't that conservative?' to a crowd largely skeptical of Trump's faithfulness to Republican principles. Before Sessions took the stage, the party chairman implored delegates heading for the exits following Cruz's speech to stick around." [Associated Press, 5/15/16<http://dfw.cbslocal.com/2016/05/15/5-things-from-texas-gop-meeting/>]

TX GOP Convention Attendee Who Watched Jeff Sessions Speech: "Maybe That's The Idea: You Send Grandpa Jeff, Uncle Jeff To Tone Things Down And Make Everybody Feel Better About The Trump Nomination. But I Thought He Was Weak Sauce, Especially Following Ted Cruz." "Jesse Davis is a delegate from Denton County and  a long-time admirer of Sessions. But this Republican delegate found the Trump surrogate's speech unimpressive. 'Maybe that's the idea: You send Grandpa Jeff, Uncle Jeff to tone things down and make everybody feel better about the Trump nomination,' he said. 'But I thought he was weak sauce, especially following Ted Cruz.' 'Cruz gave a rousing speech,' he added. 'Cruz could have walked out of this room with every delegate behind him on almost any issue.'" [Texas Tribune, 5/14/16<https://www.texastribune.org/2016/05/14/cruz-urges-supporters-not-give-hope/>]

Texas Tribune: "Despite Sessions' Pleading, There Were Signs All Over The Convention Of Raw Feelings Stemming From The Fate Of Cruz's Campaign." "Denton delegate Jesse Davis disagreed, saying that Trump must become 'a more normal candidate.' 'Right now, he's not there. He's not there for me,' Davis said. 'I don't know what I will do in November yet, but right now Donald Trump is not a mainstream candidate. He's far from it, even with a major party nomination.' And despite Sessions' pleading, there were signs all over the convention of raw feelings stemming from the fate of Cruz's campaign. Cruz's campaign booth was covered with thank-you notes from supporters by the end of the convention - so many that staffers had to put up clothing lines to hold them all. Some urged him to get back in the race; others suggested he run for president again in 2020." [Texas Tribune, 5/16/16<http://kuow.org/post/after-cruzs-campaign-texas-gop-reaches-unity>]