Subject: RE: Video Request: Corker On MSNBC
From: "Sarge, Matthew" <[email-masked]>
To: "Jakubiec, Matthew" <[email-masked]>, "Haxo, Chris" <[email-masked]>, Research_D <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 10 May 2016 11:13:39 -0700

Write-up from The Hill

Corker won't rule out Trump VP spot, tells critics to 'chill'<http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/presidential-races/279371-senate-chairman-wont-rule-out-trump-vp-spot-tells-critics>
Sen. Bob Corker<http://thehill.com/people/bob-corker> declined to rule out joining Donald Trump<http://thehill.com/people/donald-trump>’s presidential ticket on Tuesday, and told the presumptive GOP nominee’s many Republican critics to “chill.”
“To talk about something based on conjecture — I just have no reason to believe I’m being considered for that,” Corker (R-Tenn.) told reporters in the basement of the Senate on Tuesday.
In response to repeated questions, Corker declined to say that he would be uninterested in the role of Trump's running mate, as other prominent Republicans — including Sen. Marbo Rubio (R-Fla.)<http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/presidential-races/279263-rubio-i-dont-want-to-be-trumps-vp%20> and South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley<http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/presidential-races/278757-nikki-haley-says-she-will-support-trump> — have done.
Instead, Corker, the head of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, tried to reassure reporters about some of the more extreme parts of Trump’s“America First” foreign policy vision<http://thehill.com/policy/national-security/274357-trump-heresies-are-piling-up>. Trump’s platform has been widely criticized for suggesting that more countries around the world should obtain nuclear weapons, questioning the U.S.’s role in organizations such as NATO and calling for the use of toture ”much worse” than waterboarding.
“What I sense is happening is now the campaign is going into a second phase where they’re spending a great deal of time talking more deeply about policy prescriptions and working on platforms and all of that,” he told reporters. “My sense is when people are out there saying ‘Never this’ or ‘Never that,’ a better place to be is to chill and let the campaign evolve a little bit and see where the candidate ends up.”
The comments appeared to be directly targeted at the broad group of “Never Trump” Republicans promising not to vote for the billionaire real estate mogul.

From: Jakubiec, Matthew
Sent: Tuesday, May 10, 2016 2:12 PM
To: Haxo, Chris; Research_D
Subject: Re: Video Request: Corker On MSNBC

Here’s<https://toolbox.dnc.org/?tool_name=vantage%20uploader&path=vantageuploader.dnc.org/videos/shared_show?jwt=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJpYXQiOjE0NjI5MDM3NjcsImVtYWlsIjoiamFrdWJpZWNtQGRuYy5vcmciLCJpZCI6MzE3MjIwLCJkb3dubG9hZGFibGUiOnRydWV9.P7cEGPlFbV1bs3GpR7cHriVHzs9kCo9RVFBASckFYUs> that online video

It doesn’t look like that other comment with Hallie was on camera, she just repeated it herself during her report

From: "Haxo, Chris" <[email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]>>
Date: Tuesday, May 10, 2016 at 1:36 PM
To: Research_D <[email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]>>
Subject: RE: Video Request: Corker On MSNBC

Not sure if this is it or something different:

http://www.nbcnews.com/video/corker-asked-whether-he-is-a-possible-trump-running-mate-682820675692

Corker: For me to respond to something…  I have no knowledge if I’m even being considered isn’t appropriate. I think all of us in public service look at the best way to serve and I’ll make decisions once I understand what the options are. Today, I have no reason to believe I’m being considered.

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From: Haxo, Chris
Sent: Tuesday, May 10, 2016 1:28 PM
To: Research_D
Subject: Video Request: Corker On MSNBC

Looks to have been aired around 1pm?

Caught up with @SenBobCorker in the Capitol, asked him about fears about Trump's tone. His response? "Let's chill." Watch NOW on @MSNBC.

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