Subject: Video Request: Becerra on SOTU
From: "Manriquez, Pablo" <[email-masked]>
To: Comm_D <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 8 May 2016 09:20:55 -0700

Video Request: Fileshare of Rep Xavier Becerra's panel on SOTU this morning.

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> Good morning,
> In case you missed CNN's State of the Union with Jake Tapper at 9am ET, below is a quick summary! House Dem. Chairman Xavier Becerra (CA-34) appeared alongside Former Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer, Amanda Carpenter and Nina Turner to talk about the state of the Republican 2016 presidential race, and more.
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> A snapshot follows (purely a summary -- not exact quotes).
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> Topics, included:
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>  *   Anything to worry about with Trump v. Clinton?
>     *   JAKE TAPPER: "Congressman, how big a challenge do you think -- assuming that Hillary Clinton is the nominee, how big a challenge do you think Donald Trump will be to her?"
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>     *   REP. XAVIER BECERRA, HOUSE DEMOCRATIC CAUCUS CHAIR:  "We have to take everyone seriously but Donald Trump doesn't seem to take himself seriously so it's hard to tell.  I'm not sure where this is going to go, talking about a Cruz/Rubio combination is like saying that Broncos didn't win the Super Bowl.  That’s done.  Been there, done that.  Let’s move forward."
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>        *   "It's Trump as the nominee it will be Clinton, I believe, as the nominee on the Democratic side, we still have a bit of a race but I don't think it makes any difference to Hillary Clinton.  Hillary Clinton outworked everyone.  She’s going to earn the votes that she needs.  She's already gotten 2 million more votes than Donald Trump has.  And so she’s just going to move forward. Let Donald Trump be Donald Trump and let Hillary Clinton win the White House."
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>  *   Trump's potential VP candidate picks
>     *   REP. XAVIER BECERRA, HOUSE DEMOCRATIC CAUCUS CHAIR: He’s going to have to find someone who is willing to share the stage with.  I don't know if we’ve found who he's willing to share the stage. [remember when Christie skipped a funeral to stand by Trump?<http://www.salon.com/2016/03/15/watch_donald_trump_mercilessly_humiliates_chris_christie_to_his_face_for_a_cheap_applause_line/>]
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>  *   Trump's twisted "enabler" comments
>     *   REP. XAVIER BECERRA, HOUSE DEMOCRATIC CAUCUS CHAIR: "Tee it up.  If that's going to be the debate, one about who is trying to fight for women to have opportunity, to finally get paid equally to men.  If it's going to be about who can help create jobs, not just whimsically declare bankruptcy and cost a lot of Americans their jobs, we're ready.
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> "I think Secretary Clinton as Amanda said will talk about this, because she has plans on how to create jobs.  She has done that, and so she's ready for it, but Donald Trump has got to be careful throwing that first stone."
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>     *   ..."The second problem I think for Republicans on this issue is, they should have a messenger who hasn't had multiple marriages and doesn't have his own problems with women.  So, I think it's going to focus on jobs and paychecks and there is no one who is talking more about that than Hillary Clinton."
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>  *   And Trump's tweet about eating tacos<http://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2016/05/08/sotu-tapper-trump-goes-after-bill-clinton-for-infidelity.cnn>... (5:15)
>     *   REP. XAVIER BECERRA, HOUSE DEMOCRATIC CAUCUS CHAIR: "While he was doing that, Hillary Clinton was in California talking to thousands of California voters, a lot of them Latino... telling people what she would do to help them have a better future, talking about their children, talking about reforming our immigration reform laws that are broken. And he's telling us [he's eating a taco]?
>     *   "You're not going to get your best taco salad in Trump Tower. Come to East LA. Not Trump Towers!"
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