Subject: DAILY UPDATE - 5/3/16
From: "Sullivan, Erin" <[email-masked]>
To: "Sullivan, Erin" <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 3 May 2016 11:33:27 -0700

2016 DAILY UPDATE - 5/3/16

TED CRUZ

DONALD TRUMP

TED CRUZ

HEADLINE: "Cruz For President Launches Ad About Lying Donald Trump." [Press Release, Ted Cruz for President, 5/2/16<https://www.tedcruz.org/news/cruz-for-president-launches-ad-about-lying-donald-trump/>]

Ted Cruz Launched A Television Ad Entitled "Lying" That "Corrects The Lie Donald Trump Has Been Using" On TPP, TPA And The Gang Of Eight Bill. "Today, the Cruz for President campaign launched a new ad, 'Lying,' that will air in Indiana. The ad corrects the lie Donald Trump has been using: Cruz voted against TPA, is fighting to stop TPP, and led the fight to stop the Gang of Eight amnesty bill. In contrast, Donald Trump has a substantial judgment against him for hiring illegal aliens and still brings in hundreds of foreign workers to replace Americans." [Press Release, Ted Cruz for President, 5/2/16<https://www.tedcruz.org/news/cruz-for-president-launches-ad-about-lying-donald-trump/>]

HEADLINE: "Cruz Ad Hits 'Lying,' 'Phony' Trump." [Politico, 5/2/16<http://www.politico.com/blogs/2016-gop-primary-live-updates-and-results/2016/05/ted-cruz-indiana-ad-trump-222704>]

HEADLINE: "Pro-Lifers For Cruz Announces Leadership Team In Indiana." [Press Release, Ted Cruz for President, 5/2/16<https://www.tedcruz.org/news/prolifers-cruz-announces-leadership-team-indiana/>]

Ted Cruz Announced Pro-Lifers For Cruz In Indiana That Were "Actively Recruiting People Who Support Life Across The Hoosier State." "Today, Ted Cruz announced a strong team of Pro-Lifers for Cruz leaders in the state of Indiana who are actively recruiting people who support life across the Hoosier state. These leadership team members join the more than 23,000 Pro-Lifers for Cruz nationwide who have joined the coalition and stood up for life in support of Ted Cruz. 'I am heartened by these pro-life leaders from Indiana who are coalescing behind our campaign. These are leaders on the front lines in the fight to protect the sanctity of life and they have my greatest admiration for their grit and determination,' said Cruz. 'Life is a gift from God. It is our most basic right. Without life, there is no liberty. I am proud to have defended life for my entire career. If I am elected President, I will continue this fight from the White House and defend the dignity of life at every opportunity. I feel energized by the large number of people who have joined us here in Indiana and across the country in this coalition and look forward to working with them to protect and defend the sanctity of life.'" [Press Release, Ted Cruz for President, 5/2/16<https://www.tedcruz.org/news/prolifers-cruz-announces-leadership-team-indiana/>]

HEADLINE: "Heidi Cruz Responds To People Who Call Her Husband The Zodiac Killer." [Yahoo, 5/2/16<https://www.yahoo.com/news/heidi-cruz-responds-to-people-who-call-her-husband-175305796.html>]

Heidi Cruz Said That Ted Cruz Was Not The Zodiac Killer. "Heidi Cruz knows that her husband, Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, is not the Zodiac Killer, no matter what people online say. Heidi spent Monday morning traveling across Indiana in support of her husband's presidential campaign. At a cafe in Carmel, Yahoo News asked for her reaction to a series of jokes that Comedy Central host Larry Wilmore made at the White House Correspondents' dinner on Saturday night, where he repeatedly called her husband 'the Zodiac Killer.' 'Well, I've been married to him for 15 years, and I know pretty well who he is, so it doesn't bother me at all. There's a lot of garbage out there,' Heidi said. There is a popular Internet meme where people have asked whether Ted Cruz is the infamous Zodiac Killer, who was responsible for a string of unsolved murders and taunting letters to law enforcement in California during the late 1960s and early '70s. This meme has spread widely, even though Cruz was born in 1970, two years after the first killings took place and is most definitely not the Zodiac Killer. Wilmore made a string of references to the meme during his appearance at the dinner in front of an audience that included President Obama and the White House press corps. 'There is a joke going around the Internet that Ted Cruz is actually the Zodiac Killer,' Wilmore said, later adding, 'Recently, Ted Cruz got a string of wins and endorsements. Then everybody remembered who Ted Cruz is - the Zodiac Killer.' Wilmore made several other comments about the meme at the event. Yahoo News asked Heidi about his remarks after a pair of supporters she met with marveled at her ability to 'deal with' the 'smearing and the scorched-earth stuff going on' during this heated GOP primary. 'Well, it's amazing how a lot of people are swayed by it,' Heidi said. 'Part of it is, the news media is 24/7, and they don't let up.'" [Yahoo, 5/2/16<https://www.yahoo.com/news/heidi-cruz-responds-to-people-who-call-her-husband-175305796.html>]

HEADLINE: "Cruz Camp: Trump's GOP Stock Will Collapse Like Enron On Second Ballot." [Politico, 5/2/16<http://www.politico.com/blogs/2016-gop-primary-live-updates-and-results/2016/05/ted-cruz-trump-second-ballot-222697>]

Ted Cruz's Spokesman: "I Believe That After The First Ballot You Will See The Biggest Run Of On Donald Trump Stock Since Enron." "Once Republicans reach the party convention in Cleveland, the party will begin to sell off Donald Trump, a top spokesman for Ted Cruz's campaign said Monday.
While acknowledging that Trump and Cruz 'will receive every single delegate that they're entitled to on the first ballot at the convention,' national spokesman Ron Nehring predicted that Trump would not reach the 1,237 necessary to clinch the nomination on the first ballot. 'On second ballot, it's going to be up to Ted Cruz to put together a majority of the delegates, and I believe that after the first ballot you will see the biggest run of on Donald Trump stock since Enron,' Nehring said in an interview with Fox News. 'And people will abandon him like crazy because they will recognize that, what people already recognize: If Donald Trump is nominee, this party is headed to wipeout of biblical proportions. Republican activists who are volunteers and delegates don't want to see that happen.'" [Politico, 5/2/16<http://www.politico.com/blogs/2016-gop-primary-live-updates-and-results/2016/05/ted-cruz-trump-second-ballot-222697>]

Ted Cruz Defended Carly Fiorina's Record Of Outsourcing Jobs At Hewlett-Packard. WALLACE: "Let me get to Carly Fiorina, and specifically on the issue of jobs -- yes, you did name her as your running mate this week. Outsourcing is a big issue in Indiana, I don't have to tell you, because the company that controls Carrier Air Conditioning has announced they're going to ship 2,100" -- CRUZ: "Yes. Yes." WALLACE: -- "jobs from Indiana to Mexico. But Fiorina has a record as head of Hewlett-Packard, laying of 30,000 people and outsourcing many of those jobs to India and China. So I guess the question is, will the Cruz-Fiorina team do the same thing to Indiana that she did to Hewlett Packard?" (LAUGHTER) CRUZ: "Carly has an incredible business record and an incredible personal story. You know, Carly started off as a secretary, and she rose the corporate ladder, became CEO of the largest technology company in the world" -- (CROSSTALK) WALLACE: "But sir, it does include laying off 30,000 Americans." CRUZ: -- "the first female CEO of -- she was the first female CEO of a Fortune 20 company in history, and she helped HP become the largest technology company in the world, achieve remarkable success. Many of those jobs, by the way, were transferred from one state to another within the United States." [Fox News Sunday, Fox News, 5/1/16]

Ted Cruz Attacked Donald Trump For Touting The Support Of Mike Tyson, A "Convicted Rapist." WALLACE: "I have one last question for you, and again, in the limited time that your campaign has given us, in a fundraising email this week, you say this: 'Make no mistake, Indiana is absolutely pivotal.' Senator, you finally have Trump in the one-on-one contest that you've been longing for. Indiana would seem to be a conservative state that would favor you. If you don't win in Indiana under these circumstances, is this race over?" CRUZ: "Well, listen, I agree that Indiana is incredibly important. I think regardless of what happens in Indiana, Donald Trump is not getting to 1,237. No one's getting to 1,237. We're headed to a contested convention. I'm going to have a ton of delegates at that convention. Donald's going to have a ton of delegates" -- (CROSSTALK) WALLACE: "But if he beats you" -- CRUZ: -- "and it's going to be a battle" -- WALLACE: -- "is this race over?" CRUZ: -- "to see who can earn a majority. Of course not. It's going to be a battle to see who can earn a majority of the delegates elected by the people at the convention. And the reason Donald is so frantic to say the race is over and trying to get all of his media acolytes to say the race is over is because Donald knows he cannot earn a majority of the delegates that were elected by the people. And you've got to win a majority. If you can't win a majority" --WALLACE: "Senator" -- CRUZ: -- "it means you can't unite the party and you can't win. And let me make one final point, Chris. If you want as clear a contrast as possible in Indiana, this week in Indiana, I was celebrating the support of Carly Fiorina and Mike Pence. This week in Indiana, Donald Trump was celebrating the support of Mike Tyson, a convicted rapist who spent three years in prison" -- WALLACE: "Well, he also has the support of Bobby Knight." CRUZ: -- "in Indiana." WALLACE: "He also has the support of Bobby Knight." CRUZ: "But let me be clear, Chris. Donald said he thinks Mike Tyson is 'tough guy.' Well, I don't think rapists are tough guys. I think they are cowards and weaklings and bullies. And you want to contrast of this entire race -- it is Donald and Mike Tyson, a convicted rapist, versus me standing with Carly Fiorina and Mike Pence. And I think the good people of the Hoosier State, that's a choice Midwestern common sense and good judgment is going to yield, I hope, the right decision." [Fox News Sunday, Fox News, 5/1/16]

Ted Cruz: "Well, There's No Doubt That The Obama/Clinton Economy Is A Train Wreck. It Is A Disaster. And Millions Of People Are Hurting." HANNITY: "We now have one in four American families that don't have a single person in the labor force, 95 million Americans out of the labor force, 50 million in poverty, 46 million on food stamps. And Obama will accumulate more debt than every other president before him combined." CRUZ: "Yes." HANNITY: "I look at those numbers, and to me it seems almost unfixable. CRUZ: Well, there's no doubt that the Obama/Clinton economy is a train wreck. It is a disaster. And millions of people are hurting. And the single most important issue in this election is how we turn that around." [Fox Hannity, Fox News, 4/29/16]

Ted Cruz Said He Went From A List Of 40 Potential VP Picks To 17. HANNITY: "When did you know -- because it was a little unconventional. I didn't think the John Kasich thing worked out too well, but, you know, but this was unconventional but it's gotten a very positive response. When did you decide?" CRUZ: "Well, listen, it was a long and systemic process. And any serious candidate for president, I mean, you have to -- we're less than 100 days from the convention. You have to be vetting someone who's prepared to step in and do the job. We started with initial list of over 40 people we were looking at. And then we culled that down to 17." HANNITY: "How?" CRUZ: "We began vetting those 17 based on public records. We cut that down to a list of five. And I tell you, the final choice I found was very, very easy, because for me I was looking for someone with knowledge who understood how to bring jobs back to this country, where jobs come from, that they don't come from Washington. They come from small business. They come from reducing the burdens of Washington on small business." [Fox Hannity, Fox News, 4/29/16]

Ted Cruz: "I Think A Trump Presidency Would Be A Disaster." RADDATZ: "So you believe a Trump presidency would be the same as the Clinton presidency?" CRUZ: "I think a Trump presidency would be a disaster. It would continue us on the same roads. Listen, Trump believes in government. Donald and Hillary are Washington insiders. Both of them have gotten rich using government power to further their personal interests. And if your fed up with the corruption in Washington, Donald and Hillary have been enmeshed in that." [This Week, ABC, 5/2/16]

Ted Cruz Said Donald Trump Would Encourage Riots At The Republican National Convention. DICKERSON: "But if, in Cleveland, your scenario were to go forward, the person who has millions more votes -- that won't change. He will go to the convention, Donald Trump will, with millions more human being votes, real people, regular folks supporting him. And you are hoping to overthrow that with more delegates. In a situation where delegates over people, won't that lead to riots?" CRUZ: "No, it won't, although Donald may do everything he can to encourage riots." [Face the Nation, CBS, 5/1/16]

Ted Cruz: "Donald Trump Was Proudly Trumpeting The Support Of Mike Tyson, A Convicted Rapist Who Served Three Years In Prison Here In Indiana For Rape." CRUZ: "If you contrast the people who are standing with me, Carly Fiorina, Indiana Governor Mike Pence, on the other side, Donald Trump was proudly trumpeting the support of Mike Tyson, a convicted rapist who served three years in prison here in Indiana for rape. And Donald Trump said, well, Tyson is a tough guy. You know what, John? I don't think rapists are tough guys. I think rapists are weak. They're bullies and they're cowards. And Donald may be really proud of his support from a convicted rapist. I'm proud of the support of Carly Fiorina and Governor Mike Pence." [Face the Nation, CBS, 5/1/16]

Ted Cruz Said North Carolina's Anti-LGBT Bill Did Not Specify Transgender And Allowed People To Use Whatever Bathroom They Wanted, Depending How They Felt. CRUZ: "Well, listen, Jake, in my view, this is not a matter of right or left or Democrat or Republican. This is common sense. It doesn't make sense for grown adult men, strangers, to be alone in a restroom with a little girl. And this is the height of political correctness. And, frankly, the concern is not the Caitlyn Jenners of the world. But if the law is such that any man, if he feels like it, can go in a women's restroom, and you can't ask him to leave, that opens the door for predators. You know, I spent a lot of years in law enforcement dealing with child predators who are sick individuals. And that doesn't mean that that is the people who are transgendered. But there are predators in the world. And just saying that, if you're a man, you can go in the girl's restroom if you feel like it open the door -- opens the doors for criminals. And the important point..." TAPPER: "But I don't think that's what -- I don't think that's what the law is. The law is about not just like..." CRUZ: "Of course it is." TAPPER: "... if you or I -- if you or I want to go to..." CRUZ: "Of course it is." TAPPER: "But you or I don't identify as female. You and I aren't transgender. We -- this law wouldn't be about you and me going to a woman's room." CRUZ: "But the law doesn't specify transgender. It's whatever you feel like at the given moment." [State of the Union, CNN, 5/1/16]

HEADLINE: "Ted Cruz Argues He's 'In For The Distance' As Indiana Primary Nears." [Texas Tribune, 5/2/16<https://www.texastribune.org/2016/05/02/cruz-argues-hes-distance-indiana-loss-nears/>]

Ted Cruz Said He Was Going The Distance Even If He Did Not Win The Indiana Primary. "Ted Cruz is arguing he still has a path to Republican presidential nomination, even if he loses the primary here Tuesday as expected. 'Absolutely, but we intend to do everything possible to win tomorrow,' the U.S. senator from Texas told reporters Monday morning after a stop in this town in northern Indiana. 'I am in for the distance,' Cruz later said. 'As long as we have a viable path to victory, I am competing to the end.' Cruz is hoping to keep frontrunner Donald Trump from winning the 1,237 delegates he needs to clinch the nomination before the Republican National Convention. A loss Tuesday in the Hoosier State, where 57 delegates are up for grabs, could significantly close that window for Cruz." [Texas Tribune, 5/2/16<https://www.texastribune.org/2016/05/02/cruz-argues-hes-distance-indiana-loss-nears/>]

DONALD TRUMP

Trump: "Indiana Is So Important And We Have To Win It. If We Win Indiana, It's Over." [Campaign Rally, Terre Haute, 5/1/16]

HEADLINE: "Donald Trump Far Behind In Preparing For General Election." [Associated Press, 5/2/16<http://bigstory.ap.org/article/e17c2ad217ff468fadbdcd48b80284d1/trump-ignoring-general-election-preparations>]

May 2016: The Trump Campaign Had Yet To Build Out A Voter Database, Field Operation In Battleground States, Or Opposition Research Operation. "The Republican presidential nomination may be in his sights, yet Donald Trump has so far ignored vital preparations needed for a quick and effective transition to the general election. The New York businessman has collected little information about tens of millions of voters he needs to turn out in the fall. He's sent few people to battleground states compared with likely Democratic rival Hillary Clinton, accumulated little if any research on her, and taken no steps to build a network capable of raising the roughly $1 billion needed to run a modern-day general election campaign." [Associated Press, 5/2/16<http://bigstory.ap.org/article/e17c2ad217ff468fadbdcd48b80284d1/trump-ignoring-general-election-preparations>]

The Trump Campaign Conceded They Had Only Focused On The Primary And Done Little To Prepare For General Election Fundraising And Voter Outreach. "Trump has lashed out at other candidates for raising money from wealthy donors, but GOP leaders anticipate he will need to do the same thing in the coming months. Many Republicans are skeptical that Trump has the willingness or the capacity to cover the estimated $1 billion cost of the campaign ahead. Absent a massive personal investment, Trump and his party will be tasked with raising millions of dollars a day to match spending levels from the past election. The Romney campaign spent years developing an extensive fundraising network and collected general election cash long before his primary contest was decided. For now, though, the Trump campaign concedes it has done little to prepare for the fall fight. 'Once we are the nominee, we will look at all the options,' Lewandowski said of fundraising. Trump still has staff on board in battlegrounds such as Ohio and Florida, though employees and volunteers have been consumed by the primaries. 'We're focused on winning Indiana and then going on and winning California and New Jersey and anything in between,' said Stephen Stepanek, Trump's co-chairman in New Hampshire, which is a perennial swing state. 'Then we will start talking about the general election.'"[Associated Press, 5/2/16<http://bigstory.ap.org/article/e17c2ad217ff468fadbdcd48b80284d1/trump-ignoring-general-election-preparations>]

Trump Said The Republican System Was Rigged "In A Much More Sophisticated Way" Than The Democratic System "Without The Super Delegate Thing." TRUMP: "By the way, Bernie Sanders, his system is rigged also. Only the Republicans rake it in -- rigging it in a much more sophisticated way without the super delegate thing. But Bernie, he wins, he wins, he wins. And then you watch these guys, he can't win. But here's what you've got to do. You have got to vote. And, we have to keep this movement going." [Campaign Rally, South Bend IN, 5/2/16]

Trump: "A Lot Of Things Are Rigged. I Mean, The Whole Voter System Is Rigged... The Whole System Is Somewhat Rigged. It's Hurting Children. It's Hurting People Who Want To Get A Great Education Because You Look At What's Going On With Colleges And How The Cost Is Going Up." QUESTION: "I have friends that are in the steel industry in steel dynamics, and you were talking about the steel industry. You were talking about the Chinese system. This actually could go to part of what you're talking about when you call the system crooked and rigged is some of our international trade." TRUMP: "Yeah. Well, it's true. A lot of things are rigged. I mean, the whole voter system is rigged. If I weren't winning by as much as I'm winning by, a normal person, a normal campaign could never survive because it's all rigged by the bosses. It's all rigged by special interests who want to keep ripping off the United States. It's a rigged system. I'll tell you, I've never seen anything like it. When you win Arizona by massive amounts, I don't mean close, I don't mean like you win by two votes, you win by a tremendous amount, it's a total landslide, and then you have to fight for voting rights of the stuff that you've won. It's a rigged, it's a totally disgusting rigged system, and the Democrats have it too. They have it more with the Supers and what they're doing with Sanders." QUESTION: "Right." TRUMP: "That's his problem, but I tell you what, this Republican Party stuff, it's a disgrace what's goes on, but the good news is we're winning by a lot, so we'll get it and we're going to win. Now they're all predicting that I'm winning, and I hear we're doing very well over here. The whole system, it's beyond even that, and you said perhaps even better than I can say it. The whole system is somewhat rigged. It's hurting children. It's hurting people who want to get a great education because you look at what's going on with colleges and how the cost is going up. The reason it's going up is that young kids go borrow money from the government, and they're like a conduit to the college, so the colleges aren't watching their costs because they're getting money from the federal government so they keep raising their costs disproportionately high. The kids are getting actually killed because they're borrowing so much money to get through college, and then of course, they get out and they can't get a job. Tough stuff." [WROW Radio, 5/2/16]

Trump: "I'm Giving By Far The Biggest Tax Reduction Of Anybody Running, By Far... The Fact Is That The One Criticism Of My Tax Plan Is That I'm Giving So Much." TRUMP: "He said, 'Donald Trump wants to raise your taxes 40 percent.' Now just so you understand, I have a tax policy, and we have a tax plan put in. And I'm giving by far the biggest tax reduction of anybody running, by far. Especially for the middle class, and especially for business --we're the highest taxed nation in the world. The fact is that the one criticism of my tax plan is that I'm giving so much -- in other words, my plan is much higher. And yet you listen to this lying guy saying, 'Donald Trump wants to raise your taxes 40 percent." [Campaign Rally, South Bend IN, 5/2/16]

Media
HEADLINE: "Sean Hannity Embraces Donald Trump, Without Apology." [CNN Money, 5/2/16<http://money.cnn.com/2016/05/02/media/sean-hannity-donald-trump-profile/>]

Endorsements
5/2/16: Trump Said He Had "Some Unbelievable Endorsements" To Announce In Coming Days. "Trump previewed 'some unbelievable endorsements' he would receive in coming days, but offered no further clues. Asked whether he had spent the weekend calling Republican senators, governors and other officials to gather support, Trump said he had not." [Washington Post, 5/2/16<https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2016/05/02/trump-looking-to-general-election-lunches-with-author-of-anti-clinton-books/>]

HEADLINE: "Donald Trump Misspells Bobby Knight's Name While Saying His Support Has 'Been So Amazing'" [New York Daily News, 5/2/16<http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/college/donald-trump-thanks-bobby-night-amazing-support-article-1.2621621>]

Trump: "Honored To Have Received The Endorsement Of Lou Holtz - A Great Guy! #INPrimary #Trump2016." [@realDonaldTrump, Twitter, 5/2/16<https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/727225626575421440>]

GOP Senate Candidate David Jolly On Supporting Trump: "I Truly Don't Know." "'So, I'm gonna tell you something you rarely hear in elected official say, I don't know,' Jolly told AM970 The Answer's Effective Radio when asked what he's going to do in the presidential election. 'I truly don't know.' The Florida congressman continued, saying he didn't even know what Trump would be standing for in November. He also noted that he had strong policy differences with Clinton." [BuzzFeed, 5/2/16<https://www.buzzfeed.com/andrewkaczynski/gop-congressman-i-truly-dont-know-if-ill-support-trump-or-cl?utm_term=.jaRZ1ByBk#.ol39Q0z0e>]

*         The Jolly Campaign Clarified That David Jolly Would Never Support Hillary Clinton. "Jolly's campaign manager clarified his position in a statement to BuzzFeed News. 'David Jolly is on the record saying he will never support Hillary Clinton in November. His position has not changed,' Max Goodman, Jolly's campaign manager said." [BuzzFeed, 5/2/16<https://www.buzzfeed.com/andrewkaczynski/gop-congressman-i-truly-dont-know-if-ill-support-trump-or-cl?utm_term=.jaRZ1ByBk#.ol39Q0z0e>]

Celebrity Apprentice Contestant Cyndi Lauper: "You Don't Go On TV As A Presidential Candidate And Talk About The Size Of Your Hand. You Don't Do It. It's So F---ing Juvenile And Stupid. You Think I Want That Person Next To That Red Button?" ROLLING STONE: "As an Apprentice veteran, what do you think of a potential Trump presidency?" CYNDI LAUPER: "Of course, you're going to ask me a f---ing political question. At the time I said he seemed nice because he had nice children, and that I wish I was so smart that I could get people to work that stinking hard and just show up and wave and say, 'OK, you're fired!' But you don't go on TV as a presidential candidate and talk about the size of your hand. You don't do it. It's so fucking juvenile and stupid. You think I want that person next to that red button? I don't freaking think so." [Rolling Stone, 5/2/16<http://www.rollingstone.com/music/features/cyndi-lauper-on-her-country-album-donald-trump-hanging-with-lady-gaga-20160502>]

Former NFL Player, Fred 'The Hammer' Williamson, Endorsed Donald Trump For President. "Three other sports stars endorsed Trump on Monday: Fred 'The Hammer' Williamson, a black actor and former NFL defensive back; Lou Holtz, a retired football player, coach and analyst; and Gene Keady, who for 25 years was head basketball coach at Purdue University in Indiana." [Chicago Tribune, 5/2/16<http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-indiana-primary-20160502-story.html>]

*         Trump On Fred "The Hammer" Williamson's Endorsement: "I Love People Who Hit Hard, We Need People Who Hit Hard." TRUMP: "I have to thank Fred 'The Hammer.' He wouldn't be allowed to play in the NFL today, he hits too hard. See, we're all getting softer, you understand. Our country is getting softer. That was the good old days. I love people who hit hard, we need people who hit hard. He was a hitter. After one or two hits they sort of said, I don't want to catch the ball anymore." [Campaign Rally, Carmel IN, 5/2/16]

Former Purdue University Basketball Coach, Gene Keady, Endorsed Donald Trump For President. "Three other sports stars endorsed Trump on Monday: Fred 'The Hammer' Williamson, a black actor and former NFL defensive back; Lou Holtz, a retired football player, coach and analyst; and Gene Keady, who for 25 years was head basketball coach at Purdue University in Indiana." [Chicago Tribune, 5/2/16<http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-indiana-primary-20160502-story.html>]

5/3/16: West Virginia State Senate President, Bill Cole, Endorsed Donald Trump For President. "State Senate President Bill Cole, the Republican candidate for governor, has endorsed Donald Trump for president. 'Next Tuesday I will cast my ballot for Donald Trump for president,' Cole said in a prepared statement. 'I look forward to working with him in making sure that West Virginia is on the winning end of his efforts to make America great again.' Cole, in his statement, rebuked two Democratic candidates for governor, He did not name them, but businessman Jim Justice and former U.S. Attorney Booth Goodwin have declined to say who they support for president. 'I am new to politics and don't believe in offering political answers like some of the Democratic candidates for Governor have offered on who they are supporting for President,' Cole said. 'They don't want to tell voters the truth because they know Hillary Clinton is unpopular in our state. The third Democratic candidate for governor, state Senate Minority Leader Jeff Kessler, is an outspoken booster of Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders. Cole's endorsement comes a week before the Republican primary and after two straight days when Clinton and her husband, ex-president Bill Clinton, were met with protests during visits to communities in Southern West Virginia, with economies reeling from the fading coal industry." [West Virginia Gazette Mail, 5/3/16<http://www.wvgazettemail.com/news/20160503/bill-cole-endorses-donald-trump-for-president>]

Trump Repeatedly Promised To Visit West Virginia Before It's Primary, But Had Yet To Schedule A Visit. "Cole's endorsement comes a week before the Republican primary and after two straight days when Clinton and her husband, ex-president Bill Clinton, were met with protests during visits to communities in Southern West Virginia, with economies reeling from the fading coal industry. Trump's campaign has repeatedly said he will visit West Virginia before next week's primary, but has not named a time or place." [West Virginia Gazette Mail, 5/3/16<http://www.wvgazettemail.com/news/20160503/bill-cole-endorses-donald-trump-for-president>]

Mike Tyson
Donald Trump On Mike Tyson's Trial: "I Don't Know Anything About His Trial, I Really Don't." "REPORTER: "Do you still think Mike Tyson got a raw deal when he endorsed you?" TRUMP: I don't know anything about it. I know he endorsed me, I heard he endorsed me, I don't know anything about his trial, I really don't." [Gaggle, Indianapolis IN, MSNBC, 5/2/16]

Trump Said He Had "Heard" Mike Tyson Had Endorsed Him But Said "I Don't Know Anything About It" And "I Don't Know Anything About His Trial, I Really Don't." "REPORTER: "Do you still think Mike Tyson got a raw deal when he endorsed you?" TRUMP: I don't know anything about it. I know he endorsed me, I heard he endorsed me, I don't know anything about his trial, I really don't." [Gaggle, Indianapolis IN, MSNBC, 5/2/16]

Trump On Mike Tyson's Endorsement: "I Don't Know, I Heard On The Internet That He Endorsed Me." TRUMP: "'Donald Trump will campaign with Mike Tyson.' It's true. Now, I don't know anything, but Mike was nice enough-I don't know, I heard on the internet that he endorsed me. He said, 'I endorse Donald Trump.'" [Campaign Rally, Carmel IN, 5/2/16]

Trump Said He Was "Honored" By Mike Tyson's Endorsement. TRUMP: "Lying Ted. That's right. He lies like nobody else can lie. He was lying. And they had these guys debating and they were just -- they know. They get it. They said, you are lying. You are lying. And so many of the things they said. He said the other day, like Mike Tyson, who was very nice. He said on the internet he was supporting Trump. That was it. Then all the sudden I heard I am campaigning with Mike Tyson as my vice president. And you had Ted Cruz saying, who would you rather have, himself and Carly or Donald Trump and Mike Tyson. Where did that come from? I said, where did it come? First of all, I'm honored he endorsed me and all, but where did it come from?" [Campaign Rally, South Bend IN, 5/2/16]

HEADLINE: "Trump Says He Knows Nothing About Mike Tyson's Rape Trial - A Topic He Knows A Lot About." [BuzzFeed, 5/2/16<https://www.buzzfeed.com/andrewkaczynski/trump-says-he-knows-nothing-about-mike-tysons-rape-trial-a-t?utm_term=.el8QgDXDx#.yj1kQPBPd>]

Trump Claimed He Didn't Know "Anything" About Mike Tyson's Rape Trial. "Donald Trump, who repeatedly advocated for Mike Tyson during the boxer's 1992 rape trial in Indiana, said on Monday that he knows nothing about it. 'Do you still think Mike Tyson got a raw deal when he endorsed you?' Trump was asked. 'I don't know anything about it. I know he endorsed me. I heard he endorsed me,' Trump stated. 'I don't know anything about his trial. I really don't.'" [BuzzFeed, 5/2/16<https://www.buzzfeed.com/andrewkaczynski/trump-says-he-knows-nothing-about-mike-tysons-rape-trial-a-t?utm_term=.el8QgDXDx#.yj1kQPBPd>]

Trump Spoke About Mike Tyson's Rape Trial On Television, In Newspapers And In Magazines And Said At The Time That Tyson Had Been "Railroaded" In The Case. "Trump, a longtime friend of Tyson, opined at length about the trial on television, in newspapers, and in magazines. Trump has claimed Tyson was 'railroaded' in the case and on several occasions offered criticism of Tyson's defense attorney." [BuzzFeed, 5/2/16<https://www.buzzfeed.com/andrewkaczynski/trump-says-he-knows-nothing-about-mike-tysons-rape-trial-a-t?utm_term=.el8QgDXDx#.yj1kQPBPd>]

1992: Trump Said Mike Tyson Could Pay His Victim With Money From A Fight To Avoid Prison Time And Questioned Whether His Victim Had Been Raped At All. "Trump said in 1992 that Tyson could pay the victim with money from a fight to avoid serving time in prison. Trump also called into question whether the victim had been raped at all." [BuzzFeed, 5/2/16<https://www.buzzfeed.com/andrewkaczynski/trump-says-he-knows-nothing-about-mike-tysons-rape-trial-a-t?utm_term=.el8QgDXDx#.yj1kQPBPd>]

HEADLINE: "Donald Trump Played The Woman Card. He's Still Holding The Rape Card." [Daily Beast, 5/3/16<http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/05/03/donald-trump-played-the-woman-card-he-s-still-holding-the-rape-card.html>]

Immigration

HEADLINE: "Donald Trump's Rise Is Driving Immigrants To Become Citizens." [AP, 5/2/16<http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/us-elections-2016/Donald-Trumps-rise-is-driving-immigrants-to-become-citizens/articleshow/52082160.cms>]

Naturalization Applications Were Up 14% In The Last Six Months Of 2015, With 9 Million Legal Permanent Residents Eligible To Become Americans, Including 4 Million Hispanics. "Nationwide, naturalization applications are up 14% in the last six months of 2015 compared with the same period in 2014, according to the government. And the pool of future US citizens is large. Nearly 9 million legal permanent residents, or green-card holders, are eligible to become Americans. Of those, about 4 million are Hispanic." [AP, 5/2/16<http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/us-elections-2016/Donald-Trumps-rise-is-driving-immigrants-to-become-citizens/articleshow/52082160.cms>]

Trump Claimed Protesters At His California Republican Convention Speech "Were Burning The American Flag And They Were Holding Up The Mexican Flag." HANNITY: "Let's go back to Friday night. You were giving a speech. I think you had 31,000 people there. You had all the protesters outside. One of the things that I noticed a lot were a lot of people had Mexican flags. I didn't see many American flags, if any at all. What does that mean? How do you interpret that in terms of so many people waving the Mexican flag, and it obviously goes to the heart of the battle over immigration?" TRUMP: "The reason you didn't see American flags, they were burning the American flag. And they were burning it two days later when they had a rally. They were burning the American flag and they were holding up the Mexican flag. Now, look, I want to take business back from Mexico. I want to compete." [Hannity, Fox News, 5/2/16]

Trump On H1-B Visas: "If We Need Additional Labor, We'll Take Care Of That. But We Have To Take Care Of Our People. You Have Cases Where People Are Coming In And Just Replacing American Jobs." HANNITY: "What about H1-B visas -- in other words, those people that come from other countries, they overstay their visas. There was -- there was a statistic that came out the other day. I'm not sure if you saw it. You've talked about how phony the unemployment numbers are, but there's 20 percent of American families don't have a single person in the family in the labor force, not one person that has a job! So what do you do to the Carriers or the Fords or other companies?" TRUMP: So we have-- Right. I have a whole thing. It's make America great again. But it's also America first, OK? We have to take care of our people. Now, if we need additional labor, we'll take care of that. But we have to take care of our people. You have cases where people are coming in and just replacing American jobs. You have cases where the Americans are training them to take their jobs, and then the Americans are unemployed for the rest of their lives." [Hannity, Fox News, 5/2/16]

Hillary Clinton
Trump Defended His Statements About Hillary Clinton Having Poor Support With Men And Only Getting 5% Of The Vote If She Were A Man. HANNITY: "As we continue with 2016 Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump -- all right, so you tweeted out, 'Crooked Hillary said she's used to dealing with men who get off the reservation. Actually, she's done very poorly with such men.' And you had made a statement that, 'I think the only card she has is the woman's card, and if she were a man, I don't think she'd get 5 percent of the vote.' That has stirred in the media some controversy. I wanted to give you a chance to explain." TRUMP: "Well, they're both true statements. I mean, first of all, her first statement about the reservation was, aside from being put down by, you know, Native Americans very strongly -- but forgetting about that, it was a very derogatory statement to men. It was almost as though she's going to just tell us what to do, tell men what to do. I thought it was a very derogatory statement. It was a real putdown. If I would have made that statement and -- or if somebody else would have made that statement, it would have been like a big headline. She got away with it. I don't know, maybe she didn't get away with it, but very, very derogatory statement about men and to men. And you know that's the way I feel about it. And as far as her running for office, she's playing the woman's card like I've never seen anybody play it. I think even women are disgusted by it. And there's no question about it, if she were a man, I don't think she'd get 5 percent of the vote." [Hannity, Fox News, 5/2/16]

Trump: "[Hillary Clinton] Is Playing The Woman's Card Like I've Never Seen Anybody Play It. I Think Even Women Are Disgusted By It. And There's No Question About It, If She Were A Man, I Don't Think She'd Get 5 Percent Of The Vote." HANNITY: "As we continue with 2016 Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump -- all right, so you tweeted out, 'Crooked Hillary said she's used to dealing with men who get off the reservation. Actually, she's done very poorly with such men.' And you had made a statement that, 'I think the only card she has is the woman's card, and if she were a man, I don't think she'd get 5 percent of the vote.' That has stirred in the media some controversy. I wanted to give you a chance to explain." TRUMP: "Well, they're both true statements...  And as far as her running for office, she's playing the woman's card like I've never seen anybody play it. I think even women are disgusted by it. And there's no question about it, if she were a man, I don't think she'd get 5 percent of the vote." [Hannity, Fox News, 5/2/16]

Trump: "I Think A Lot Of The Young People That Are With Bernie Sanders Are Going To Come Over To My Side Because They Want Jobs. They See What's Happening." TRUMP: "The voters are getting to know me. And I'll go a step further. I think a lot of the young people that are with Bernie Sanders are going to come over to my side because they want jobs. They see what's happening. And Bernie Sanders and I agree on one thing, trade, that we don't know what we're doing on trade. The difference is, I'll make great deals out of it. He doesn't know what to do. I mean, he's a socialist. He doesn't know what to do. I'll make great deals out of it. But the people that are with Bernie Sanders, the young people, I really believe they're going to come over and vote for me. I think we're going to have a lot of cross over. I think a lot of the people that are with Hillary are going to come out to vote for me. Certainly, the independents and people that have never voted for her, they've already come over and they voted for me. That's why the Republican Party is up millions of votes." [Hannity, Fox News, 5/2/16]

Trump Cited The Email Scandal, Iraq War Vote, And Libya As Examples Of Hillary Clinton's "Bad Judgment." TRUMP: "[Sanders] said she suffers from bad judgment. It's true. Emails, bad judgment. Iraq, voted yes, bad judgment. Libya, bad judgment. All bad judgment." [Campaign Rally, Carmel IN, 5/2/16]

Trump Said It Was "A Stretch" To Claim Hillary Clinton Was "Not Qualified To Be President." TRUMP: "He said, 'Not qualified to be president.' Now that's a stretch. But he said she suffers from bad judgement. It's true. Emails, bad judgment. Iraq, voted yes, bad judgment. Libya, bad judgment. All bad judgment." [Campaign Rally, Carmel IN, 5/2/16]

5/2/16: Trump Had Lunch With Anti-Clinton Author Ed Klein. "The confident business mogul strode into Shapiro's Delicatessen here Monday for a quick lunch. ... Then he and two aides sat down at a table for lunch with author Edward Klein, perhaps best known for his series of bombshell books spreading rumors and innuendo, much of it discredited, about the Clintons. Klein's latest writings have centered on former secretary of state and senator Hillary Clinton's personal health and former president Bill Clinton's sexual adventures." [Washington Post, 5/2/16<https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2016/05/02/trump-looking-to-general-election-lunches-with-author-of-anti-clinton-books/>]

Author Ed Klein's Books About President Obama And Hillary Clinton Have Been Denounced By Critics For Containing Completely Made-Up Scenes And Dialogue. "Invoking such a report about a political rival would have been seen as touching the equivalent of a third rail of a subway in any other election cycle. But Mr. Trump has frequently embraced or promoted hypotheticals or partially formed theories, saying that he was simply quoting what someone else said. A day before the Cruz remarks, Mr. Trump made a public display in Indiana of dining with the controversial author Ed Klein, whose books about President Obama and Hillary Clinton have been denounced by critics as containing scenes and dialogue manufactured from whole cloth." [New York Times, 5/3/16<http://www.nytimes.com/politics/first-draft/2016/05/03/donald-trump-ted-cruz-father-jfk/?_r=0>]

HEADLINE: "Donald Trump In 1998: Bill Clinton Is A 'Victim' Of 'Unattractive' Women." [Daily Beast, 5/2/16<http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/05/02/donald-trump-in-1998-bill-clinton-is-a-victim-of-unattractive-women.html?via=desktop&source=twitter>]

Donald Trump: "Linda Tripp Maybe One Of The Most Unattractive Human Beings I've Ever Seen - Not Women, Human Beings ... You Look At Paula Jones, I Mean The Whole Cast Of Characters." "During an August 1998 appearance on Fox News, the real-estate mogul was asked about then-President Clinton's multiple alleged extramarital affairs and sexual harassment cases. Trump proceeded to rail against the Clinton accusers. 'The whole thing, it's just so unattractive,' the orange-hued demagogue told host Neil Cavuto, according to transcripts. 'Linda Tripp maybe one of the most unattractive human beings I've ever seen-not women, human beings. She's just an unattractive person. This [Lucianne] Goldberg person, her agent or whatever she is, is just a terrible woman. You look at Paula Jones, I mean the whole cast of characters.'" [Daily Beast, 5/2/16<http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/05/02/donald-trump-in-1998-bill-clinton-is-a-victim-of-unattractive-women.html?via=desktop&source=twitter>]

Trump On Lucianne Goldberg: "I Mean, This Woman-I Watch Her On Television, Just Vomiting. She Is So Bad. The Whole Group-Paula Jones, Lewinsky-It's Just A Really Unattractive Group." "Seconds later, Trump felt the need to reiterate his obsession with their appearance. 'The whole group, it's truly an unattractive cast of characters-Linda Tripp, Lucianne Goldberg-I mean, this woman-I watch her on television, just vomiting. She is so bad. The whole group-Paula Jones, Lewinsky-it's just a really unattractive group." [Daily Beast, 5/2/16<http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/05/02/donald-trump-in-1998-bill-clinton-is-a-victim-of-unattractive-women.html?via=desktop&source=twitter>]

*         Trump Said If Bill Clinton's Accusers Were Supermodels, They "Would Be More Pleasant To Watch." "Trump noted, however, that if the accusers were supermodels they 'would be more pleasant to watch.'" [Daily Beast, 5/2/16<http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/05/02/donald-trump-in-1998-bill-clinton-is-a-victim-of-unattractive-women.html?via=desktop&source=twitter>]

*         Trump On Bill Clinton: "I Don't Necessarily Agree With His Victims. His Victims Are Terrible. He Is Really A Victim Himself. But He Did Put Himself In That Position." "He also expressed some sympathy for Bubba: 'I don't necessarily agree with his victims. His victims are terrible. He is really a victim himself. But he put himself in that position.' In recent months Trump has hinted that he will not shy away from the Lewinsky scandal as a way to attack his likely general election opponent Hillary Clinton." [Daily Beast, 5/2/16<http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/05/02/donald-trump-in-1998-bill-clinton-is-a-victim-of-unattractive-women.html?via=desktop&source=twitter>]

Trump: "The Last Thing We Need Now Again Is The Mess We Had Before With Bill Clinton And Hillary." QUESTION: "Mr. Trump, what do you think about that? How big a role do you think bill Clinton would have in a Hillary Clinton white house?" TRUMP: "Well, here we go again. If you'll remember all of the scandals that they had, all of the problems with not only Monica, that was, you know, one. But Whitewater and all of the things that went wrong. It was a mess. You know, a lot of people don't remember, he signed one of the worst economic bills -- probably the worst in the history of this country. It's called NAFTA. He signed it and NAFTA has -- it has drained our country of jobs, it's drained us of manufacturing. You look at Indiana, you look at all of these companies that have left. I mean, take a look what's going on with it and it's still to this day just a disaster for the United States. That was a bill -- take a look at New England, the factories there drained of their jobs and their people. And we're going to turn it around. No, the last thing we need now again is the mess we had before with Bill Clinton and Hillary." [Fox & Friends, Fox News, 5/3/16]

Politifact: "Donald Trump Wrong That Hillary Clinton 'Doesn't Do Very Well With Women." [Politifact, 5/2/16<http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2016/may/02/donald-trump/donald-trump-wrong-hillary-clinton-doesnt-do-very-/>]

Politifact: Trump's Claim That Hillary Clinton "Doesn't Do Very Well With Women" Was Rated "Pants On Fire." "Trump said, 'Frankly, (Hillary Clinton) doesn't do very well with women.'  The evidence he used to support this claim during the CNN interview -- his large margins among women in recent GOP primaries -- is undeniable, but says nothing about how well Clinton does among women. In fact, looking at a cross-section of April polls, Clinton's average lead over Trump among female voters is bigger than any nominee has registered in an actual presidential election election in at least 36 years. We rate Trump's statement Pants on Fire." [Politifact, 5/2/16<http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2016/may/02/donald-trump/donald-trump-wrong-hillary-clinton-doesnt-do-very-/>]

Politifact: Looking At April Polls, "Clinton's Average Lead Over Trump Among Female Voters Is Bigger Than Any Nominee Has Registered In An Actual Presidential Election In At Least 36 Years." "In fact, looking at a cross-section of April polls, Clinton's average lead over Trump among female voters is bigger than any nominee has registered in an actual presidential election election in at least 36 years." [Politifact, 5/2/16<http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2016/may/02/donald-trump/donald-trump-wrong-hillary-clinton-doesnt-do-very-/>]

Trump: "Hillary Clinton Dealt With Other Countries, Too. And One Thing I Give Her Credit For, She Did A Lot Of Traveling. But Look At The Results. Syria. Benghazi. Look At Her Results. All Of Those Results Are Terrible." "When Mr. Cuomo noted that Hillary Clinton, a former secretary of state and former first lady, might question that claim, Mr. Trump said, 'Hillary Clinton dealt with other countries, too. And one thing I give her credit for, she did a lot of traveling. But look at the results. Syria. Benghazi. Look at her results. All of those results are terrible. I've made a fortune going out of this country. I've made tremendous amounts of money dealing outside of this country.' "[New York Times, 5/2/16<http://www.nytimes.com/politics/first-draft/2016/05/02/donald-trump-says-he-has-more-foreign-policy-experience-than-virtually-anyone-in-race/>]

HEADLINE: "Trump Sees A Decisive Indiana Victory At Hand, Gears Up To Take On Clinton." [Washington Post, 5/2/16<https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-sees-a-decisive-indiana-victory-at-hand-gears-up-to-take-on-clinton/2016/05/02/eaa392da-1070-11e6-81b4-581a5c4c42df_story.html>]

Trump: "I Don't Think It's Necessary" To Unify The Republican Party Before The General Election. HANNITY: "All right, what -- how do you unify? You've had -- you started out with 17. You now have two more opponents. You say if you win, it's over. How do you bring Ted Cruz, John Kasich and the other 15 guys that were opponents of yours into your camp? And do you think it's necessary in a battle against the Democrats? Wouldn't it be better to unify in the end?" TRUMP: "It's better, but I'm not -- I don't think it's necessary, actually. But I think it's better. Certainly, if we could have unification -- my whole life has been, believe it or not, people smile, but it's about unification. You look at our country. It's totally divided. We have a president that divides white and black and so many others, income groups. It's totally a divided country. I will bring people together. And I think what's going to happen, Sean -- and you know this because I had mentioned this once before, but over the last three weeks, I have received so many calls from people that have said the worst things about me, things that you wouldn't even -- can't imagine. And they've said it publicly on television that, you know, they were backing somebody else. And they've been calling me especially over the last week because, you know, we had the big win in New York and the big win in Pennsylvania and Connecticut and all the other places, Maryland. We had these massive wins that were -- you know, I mean, they were landslides. And everybody's now calling me, wanting to get on." [Hannity, Fox News, 5/2/16]

Trump: "We Had These Massive Wins That Were -- You Know, I Mean, They Were Landslides. And Everybody's Now Calling Me, Wanting To Get On." TRUMP: "I will bring people together. And I think what's going to happen, Sean -- and you know this because I had mentioned this once before, but over the last three weeks, I have received so many calls from people that have said the worst things about me, things that you wouldn't even -- can't imagine. And they've said it publicly on television that, you know, they were backing somebody else. And they've been calling me especially over the last week because, you know, we had the big win in New York and the big win in Pennsylvania and Connecticut and all the other places, Maryland. We had these massive wins that were -- you know, I mean, they were landslides. And everybody's now calling me, wanting to get on." [Hannity, Fox News, 5/2/16]

Trade

HEADLINE: "Experts Warn Of Backlash In Donald Trump's Trade Policies." [New York Times, 5/2/16<http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/03/us/politics/donald-trump-trade-policy-china.html?_r=0>]

Caterpillar Chairman Doug Oberhelman Described Higher Tariffs As "Very Dangerous" And Said That "Ninety-Five Percent Of Our Potential Customers Are Elsewhere. We've Got To Learn Figure Out How To Deal With That." "Doug Oberhelman, chairman and chief executive of Caterpillar, described higher tariffs as 'very dangerous' in February. 'We're 5 percent of the world population,' said Mr. Oberhelman, who spoke in his capacity as president of the Business Roundtable, a pro-trade lobby. 'Ninety-five percent of our potential customers are elsewhere. We've got to learn and figure out how to deal with that.' " [New York Times, 5/2/16<http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/03/us/politics/donald-trump-trade-policy-china.html?_r=0>]

A Stanford Law Professor Described A Tariff On China As A "Flagrant Violation" Of International Trade Law And Said That "There Is No Prior Violation Of W.T.O. Law That Would Be Even Close." "Alternatively, Mr. Trump could pursue the radical option of seeking legislation to impose a broad China tariff, in effect demolishing the rules of global trade.  'It would be a flagrant violation,' said Alan O. Sykes, a professor of law at Stanford and an expert on international economic relations. 'There is no prior violation of W.T.O. law that would be even close.'" [New York Times, 5/2/16<http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/03/us/politics/donald-trump-trade-policy-china.html?_r=0>]

Trump: "I've Negotiated A Lot With China As I've Told You. And They Come In Waves. They Don't Come With One Person, They Come With 20 People And Every One Of Them Has An 180 IQ. And If One Makes Mistakes, Another One, Another One, They Have Like It's A Catch Basin." TRUMP: "I've negotiated a lot with China as I've told you. And they come in waves. They don't come with one person, they come with 20 people. Every one of them has an 180 IQ. And if one makes mistakes, another one, another one, they have like it's a catch basin. And we'll have some dope sitting there negotiating, and then we wonder why, why we're doing so badly. I've got people that are better than anybody. They're the best in the world. They're very rich people, they don't want money, they don't want anything, they want to play the chess game. You know, they like it and they want to play the game." [Campaign Rally, Carmel IN, 5/2/16]

Trump: "We Have Real Dummies And We Have People That Are Controlled By Special Interests. So When You Have That, You Can Throw The Free Trade Out The Window." TRUMP: "Let me tell you, I am a conservative. They would say that I'm not conservative because of trade. In terms of the definition, I believe in free market, but you can only have free market when you have smart people representing you. And we have dummies representing us. We have real dummies and we have people that are controlled by special interests. So when you have that, you can throw the free trade out the window, folks, because you see what free trade has gotten. You see what globalization -- where we go all over the world to love money with everybody we deal with, because our politicians are corrupt and crooked, and they're totally taken care of by campaign contributions. And by the way, who would know better than me? Do I know the system better than anybody in the world?" [Campaign Rally, South Bend IN, 5/2/16]

Trump: "Our Politicians Are Corrupt And Crooked, And They're Totally Taken Care Of By Campaign Contributions. And By The Way, Who Would Know Better Than Me? Do I Know The System Better Than Anybody In The World?" TRUMP: "We have real dummies and we have people that are controlled by special interests. So when you have that, you can throw the free trade out the window, folks, because you see what free trade has gotten. You see what globalization -- where we go all over the world to love money with everybody we deal with, because our politicians are corrupt and crooked, and they're totally taken care of by campaign contributions. And by the way, who would know better than me? Do I know the system better than anybody in the world?" [Campaign Rally, South Bend IN, 5/2/16]

HEADLINE: "Advocates Livid That Donald Trump Said China Is Going To 'Rape' America." [Huffington Post, 5/2/16<http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/donald-trump-rape-china_us_572714c7e4b0b49df6abad17>]

Foreign Policy

HEADLINE: "Donald Trump Says He Has More Foreign Policy Experience Than 'Virtually Anyone' In Race." [New York Times, 5/2/16<http://www.nytimes.com/politics/first-draft/2016/05/02/donald-trump-says-he-has-more-foreign-policy-experience-than-virtually-anyone-in-race/>]

Trump: "Right Now, We Have Hundreds Of Deals Being Negotiated All Over The World By My Company, And I Deal With Presidents, And I Deal With Prime Ministers. I Deal With Everybody." "'I've built a great company, and I deal around - right now, we have hundreds of deals being negotiated all over the world by my company, and I deal with presidents, and I deal with prime ministers. I deal with everybody,' Mr. Trump said." [New York Times, 5/2/16<http://www.nytimes.com/politics/first-draft/2016/05/02/donald-trump-says-he-has-more-foreign-policy-experience-than-virtually-anyone-in-race/>]

Trump: "I Probably Have More Experience Than Virtually Anybody Looking At This Office, And I Make Money." "'I've built a great company, and I deal around - right now, we have hundreds of deals being negotiated all over the world by my company, and I deal with presidents, and I deal with prime ministers. I deal with everybody,' Mr. Trump said. 'I probably have more experience than virtually anybody looking at this office, and I make money. I've made a lot of money doing it. I built a tremendous company and made a lot of money.'"[New York Times, 5/2/16<http://www.nytimes.com/politics/first-draft/2016/05/02/donald-trump-says-he-has-more-foreign-policy-experience-than-virtually-anyone-in-race/>]

Trump Said He Would Prohibit His Generals From Appearing On Television: "I Don't Want Our Generals On Television. I Will Prohibit Them." TRUMP: "A general should not be on television. I don't want our generals on television. I will prohibit them. I don't want them saying things like 'our nation has never been so ill-prepared.' Even though it's true, I don't want the enemy knowing that. I want to build it I don't want them going on television, our generals. Our generals-- You think Gen. George Patton or Gen. Douglas MacArthur, do you think they'd be on television saying about how weak we are? Number one, they wouldn't be on television because they'd be knocking the hell out of the enemy and they wouldn't have time." [Campaign Rally, Carmel IN, 5/2/16]

Trump: "I Don't Want Our Generals On Television. I Will Prohibit Them. I Don't Want Them Saying Things Like 'Our Nation Has Never Been So Ill-Prepared.' Even Though It's True, I Don't Want The Enemy Knowing That." TRUMP: "A general should not be on television. I don't want our generals on television. I will prohibit them. I don't want them saying things like 'our nation has never been so ill-prepared.' Even though it's true, I don't want the enemy knowing that. I want to build it up before they find out. I don't want them going on television, our generals. Our generals-- You think Gen. George Patton or Gen. Douglas MacArthur, do you think they'd be on television saying about how weak we are? Number one, they wouldn't be on television because they'd be knocking the hell out of the enemy and they wouldn't have time. OK?" [Campaign Rally, Carmel IN, 5/2/16]

Trump Said The Saudis, Egyptians, And Jordanians Would Have To Contribute Troops To Fight ISIS, But "They Have Not Proven To Be Great Fighters." HANNITY: "How specifically do you prevent -- if you're going to defeat ISIS, how do you prevent putting boots on the ground in the Middle East? I'll agree with you. I think things have gotten much worse, precipitously worse, especially under Obama pulling out early after we had invested so much time, energy, lives, blood, and American treasure. How do you win that battle if you're not going to put people on the ground?" TRUMP: "So our military has become very depleted. We give tremendous amounts of -- of munitions and everything. We give everything to people that we think are allies, and one shot's fired in the air, and they drop their equipment and they run, OK? And the enemy ends up picking up our equipment. But our military is totally depleted and it's exhausted, and it shouldn't be that way. We're going to build up our military. We have to take out ISIS. We'll do it in conjunction with others, but we're going to have to take out ISIS. They're chopping our heads. And you remember -- look, I've been doing this a long time with you. I was always against the war in Iraq. I said it's going to totally destabilize the Middle East. And that's what it's done. It's a disaster. But we were there. And Obama, the way that -- as you just said, the way he got us out of that was also -- it was catastrophic, what he did, because he should have left troops back. And I've been saying keep the oil." HANNITY: "Do you think--" TRUMP: "If we're going to leave, keep the oil." HANNITY: "Can you get the Saudis to fight?" TRUMP: "But we're going to have to take out ISIS. We have no choice." HANNITY: "Can you get the Saudis to fight? Can you get the Jordanians and the Egyptians to put their boots on the ground, considering it's right in their backyard?" TRUMP: "They're going to have to." HANNITY: "And you think you can get them to do it." TRUMP: "They have not proven -- they have not proven to be great fighters. You know, if you look at some of these people, the Kurds have fought hard, but you look, a lot of the people that we are supporting, they haven't been great with the fighting. Now, we'll see what happens. And I think -- look, Jordan, he's a terrific person and a wonderful family. And there are a lot of good things that are happening over there if we could ever unify people. I mean, they have to be unified. But they have to do the fighting. We shouldn't be sending our troops. We've lost thousands of troops. We've lost trillions of dollars. We've spent, if you add it up, probably $4 trillion in the Middle East, and we have to rebuild our country." [Hannity, Fox News, 5/2/16]

Trump Said The Saudis, Egyptians, And Jordanians "Have To Do The Fighting. We Shouldn't Be Sending Our Troops" To Fight ISIS. HANNITY: "Can you get the Saudis to fight?" TRUMP: "But we're going to have to take out ISIS. We have no choice." HANNITY: "Can you get the Saudis to fight? Can you get the Jordanians and the Egyptians to put their boots on the ground, considering it's right in their backyard?" TRUMP: "They're going to have to." HANNITY: "And you think you can get them to do it." TRUMP: "They have not proven -- they have not proven to be great fighters. You know, if you look at some of these people, the Kurds have fought hard, but you look, a lot of the people that we are supporting, they haven't been great with the fighting. Now, we'll see what happens. And I think -- look, Jordan, he's a terrific person and a wonderful family. And there are a lot of good things that are happening over there if we could ever unify people. I mean, they have to be unified. But they have to do the fighting. We shouldn't be sending our troops. We've lost thousands of troops. We've lost trillions of dollars. We've spent, if you add it up, probably $4 trillion in the Middle East, and we have to rebuild our country." [Hannity, Fox News, 5/2/16]

HEADLINE: "Pakistan: Donald Trump 'Ignorant' To Demand Release Of Doctor Who 'Helped CIA Catch Bin Laden'" [The Telegraph, 5/3/16<http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/05/03/pakistan-donald-trump-ignorant-to-demand-release-of-doctor-who-h/>]

Pakistan's Interior Minister Rejected Trump's "Ignorant" Claim That He Could Force Pakistan To Free A Doctor Who Helped Track Down Bin Laden, Saying Pakistan "Is Not A Colony Of The United States." "A furious Pakistan has condemned Donald Trump's 'ignorant' claim that he could force Islamabad to free a doctor who helped the CIA track down Osama Bin Laden. Chuadry Nisar Ali Khan, Pakistan's interior minister, told Mr Trump on Monday that his country 'is not a colony of the United States' and would decide for itself on the fate of Shakil Afridi. Dr Afridi is feted as a hero in the US for running a fake vaccination campaign that led to the raid on Bin Laden's Abbottabad compound in May 2011, but has been in jail in Pakistan for almost five years." [The Telegraph, 5/3/16<http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/05/03/pakistan-donald-trump-ignorant-to-demand-release-of-doctor-who-h/>]

Trump On The Pakistani Doctor Jailed For Helping The CIA Track Down Bin Laden: "I Would Tell Them Let Him Out And I'm Sure They Would Let Him Out. Because We Give A Lot Of Aid To Pakistan." TRUMP: "I think I would get him out in two minutes. I would tell them let him out and I'm sure they would let him out. Because we give a lot of aid to Pakistan." [The O'Reilly Factor, Fox News, 4/28/16]

Rafael Cruz

HEADLINE: "Donald Trump Accuses Ted Cruz's Father Of Associating With Kennedy Assassin." [New York Times, 5/3/16<http://www.nytimes.com/politics/first-draft/2016/05/03/donald-trump-ted-cruz-father-jfk/?_r=0>]

HEADLINE: "Trump Accuses Cruz's Father Of Helping JFK's Assassin." [Politico, 5/3/16<http://www.politico.com/blogs/2016-gop-primary-live-updates-and-results/2016/05/trump-ted-cruz-father-222730?lo=ap_a1>]

Trump Echoed A National Enquirer Story And Alleged Ted Cruz's Father, Rafael, Was With Lee Harvey Oswald Shortly Before The Kennedy Assassination. "Donald Trump on Tuesday alleged that Ted Cruz's father was with John F. Kennedy's assassin shortly before he murdered the president, parroting a National Enquirer story claiming that Rafael Cruz was pictured with Lee Harvey Oswald handing out pro-Fidel Castro pamphlets in New Orleans in 1963. A Cruz campaign spokesperson told the Miami Herald, which pointed out numerous flaws in the Enquirer story, that it was 'another garbage story in a tabloid full of garbage.'" [Politico, 5/3/16<http://www.politico.com/blogs/2016-gop-primary-live-updates-and-results/2016/05/trump-ted-cruz-father-222730?lo=ap_a1>]

Trump On Rafael Cruz: "His Father Was With Lee Harvey Oswald Prior To Oswald's Being -- You Know, Shot. I Mean, The Whole Thing Is Ridiculous. What Is This, Right Prior To His Being Shot, And Nobody Even Brings It Up. They Don't Even Talk About That. That Was Reported And Nobody Talks About It." RAFAEL CRUZ VIDEO CLIP: "I implore, I exhort every member of the body of Christ to vote according to the word of god and vote for the candidate that stands on the word of god and on the constitution of the United States of America. And I am convinced that man is my son Ted Cruz. The alternative could be the destruction of America." HOST: "Does that resonate with the folks here in Indiana?" TRUMP: "I think it's a disgrace that he's allowed to do it. I think it's a disgrace that he's allowed to say it. You know, I'm backed by -- you look at Jerry Falwell Jr., look at so many of the ministers that are backing my and they're backing me more so than Cruz. I'm winning the evangelical vote. It's disgraceful that his father can go out and do that. And just -- so many people are angry about it. And the evangelicals are angry about it the way he does that. You know, there's a whole thing and, you know, his father was with Lee Harvey Oswald prior to Oswald's being -- you know, shot. I mean, the whole thing is ridiculous. What is this, right prior to his being shot, and nobody even brings it up. They don't even talk about that. That was reported and nobody talks about it. But I think it's horrible. I think it's absolutely horrible that a man can go and do that. What he's saying there." HOST: "Right. There was a picture out there that reportedly shows Rafael Cruz standing with Lee Harvey Oswald--" TRUMP: "What was he doing with Lee Harry Oswald shortly before the death, before the shooting? It's horrible." [Fox & Friends, Fox News, 5/3/16]

Trump Called Rafael Cruz's Use Of The Pulpit To Convince Evangelical Voters To Support His Son "A Disgrace." RAFAEL CRUZ VIDEO CLIP: "I implore, I exhort every member of the body of Christ to vote according to the word of god and vote for the candidate that stands on the word of god and on the constitution of the United States of America. And I am convinced that man is my son Ted Cruz. The alternative could be the destruction of America." HOST: "Does that resonate with the folks here in Indiana?" TRUMP: "I think it's a disgrace that he's allowed to do it. I think it's a disgrace that he's allowed to say it. You know, I'm backed by -- you look at Jerry Falwell Jr., look at so many of the ministers that are backing my and they're backing me more so than Cruz. I'm winning the evangelical vote. It's disgraceful that his father can go out and do that. And just -- so many people are angry about it. And the evangelicals are angry about it the way he does that. You know, there's a whole thing and, you know, his father was with Lee Harvey Oswald prior to Oswald's being -- you know, shot. I mean, the whole thing is ridiculous. What is this, right prior to his being shot, and nobody even brings it up. They don't even talk about that. That was reported and nobody talks about it. But I think it's horrible. I think it's absolutely horrible that a man can go and do that. What he's saying there." [Fox & Friends, Fox News, 5/3/16]

Labor

HEADLINE: "Workers Fight For Dignity In Trump's Las Vegas Hotel: 'You Don't Talk To The Boss'" [The Guardian, 5/2/16<http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/may/02/donald-trump-workers-hotel-international-las-vegas>]

Workers At Trump International Hotel Las Vegas Did Not Have Pensions Or Free Health Insurance, And Were Paid On Average $3 Less Than Unionized Hotel Workers In Las Vegas With Nearly Identical Jobs. "While Olvera may be silent at work, she and a collective of cleaners, bar workers, and kitchen staff at the Trump hotel have been a thorn in the billionaire's side for the past year, using what voice they have to remind the public of the hypocrisy that surrounds his audacious run for the presidency and his record as an employer. Although Trump has touted himself as 'the greatest jobs president that God has ever created', these workers point to the fact they are paid on average $3 less than the thousands of unionised hotel workers in Las Vegas who work identical jobs and enjoy a host of other benefits, including pensions and free health insurance, not available to Trump employees." [The Guardian, 5/2/16<http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/may/02/donald-trump-workers-hotel-international-las-vegas>]

Trump International Hotel Las Vegas Worker Maricella Olvera Struggled To Survive On Half Of Her Normal Compensation In Disability Payments Because Of A Lack Of A Union Contract. "Maricella Olvera encounters Donald Trump on occasion, but she's careful not to say a word. The 47-year-old cleans the penthouse at the Trump International Hotel Las Vegas, where Trump, his family, and celebrity guests often come to stay. She cleans around them in silence. Trump is always uninterested. 'The policy is: you don't talk to the boss,' she said at her small one-bedroom home, on the joyously named Sing Song Way in the city's northern suburbs... Olvera was not at work when the National Labor Relations Board ruled against Trump. In January, she slipped and fell, severely injuring her knee, while cleaning a tall mirror in one of the luxury condos. She now walks with crutches, and survives on $49 a day in disability payment. The payment amounts to half of her actual compensation, $14.28 an hour. The Culinary Workers Union says she would receive full pay on a unionised contract." [The Guardian, 5/2/16<http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/may/02/donald-trump-workers-hotel-international-las-vegas>]

Trump International Hotel Las Vegas Worker Celia Vargas: "For Mr Donald Trump, We're Just A Number." "Celia Vargas, a 57-year-old cleaner, has worked at the hotel full time for three years, earning $14 an hour. Now a US citizen, she fled civil war in El Salvador aged 23 and crossed the US southern border smuggled inside a small container on the back of a truck. 'I have always felt very proud of my work,' she said at the home she shares with her daughter and seven grandchildren. 'But I feel that for Mr Donald Trump, we don't matter as workers or as human beings. For Mr Donald Trump, we're just a number.' Her employment has been plagued with uncertain working hours, she said, meaning she can be paid as little as $350 a week." [The Guardian, 5/2/16<http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/may/02/donald-trump-workers-hotel-international-las-vegas>]

Business

HEADLINE: "Trump And The Mob." [The Marshall Project, 4/27/16<https://www.themarshallproject.org/2016/04/27/trump-and-the-mob?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=newsletter&utm_source=opening-statement&utm_term=newsletter-20160428-474#.j7Eu4ZVyl>]

1981: Trump Told The FBI That Organized Crime Elements Were Known To Operate In Atlantic City. "Actually, there's an old FBI memo that puts a different spin on Trump's attitude about the mob. It is a classic example of a young but already shrewd Trump hard at work. It was written in 1981 by a veteran Bureau agent, reflecting meetings that he and a fellow FBI official were having with the 35-year-old developer from Queens, then a rising star in New York's business firmament. The topic of the meetings was Trump's pending plunge into the Atlantic City casino industry. And while the memo was written in the stilted language of FBI-bureaucratese, Trump's wide-eyed comments were recorded with what seems like barely suppressed amusement. 'Trump advised agents that he had read in the press and media and had heard from various acquaintances that Organized Crime elements were known to operate in Atlantic City,' the memo states." [The Marshall Project, 4/27/16<https://www.themarshallproject.org/2016/04/27/trump-and-the-mob?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=newsletter&utm_source=opening-statement&utm_term=newsletter-20160428-474#.j7Eu4ZVyl>]

1981: Trump Told The FBI He Was Hesitant To Enter The Atlantic City Casino Business Because Of Organized Crime, Despite His Mentor, Roy Cohn, Having Close Ties To Prominent Crime Families. "It was written in 1981 by a veteran Bureau agent, reflecting meetings that he and a fellow FBI official were having with the 35-year-old developer from Queens, then a rising star in New York's business firmament. The topic of the meetings was Trump's pending plunge into the Atlantic City casino industry. And while the memo was written in the stilted language of FBI-bureaucratese, Trump's wide-eyed comments were recorded with what seems like barely suppressed amusement. 'Trump advised agents that he had read in the press and media and had heard from various acquaintances that Organized Crime elements were known to operate in Atlantic City,' the memo states. This was a little like saying he had heard that there had once been a man named Al Capone who failed to pay all of his taxes. But Trump, presumably shaping an argument he might need somewhere down the road, pressed on: 'Trump advised that he wanted to build a casino in Atlantic City but he did not wish to tarnish his family's name inadvertently.' There were a few reasons why the FBI agents may have found this claim slightly disingenuous. For starters, at the time Trump's mentor on issues of politics and business was Roy Cohn, a lawyer whose other clients included a passel of mobsters, among them the bosses of the Genovese and Gambino crime families." [The Marshall Project, 4/27/16<https://www.themarshallproject.org/2016/04/27/trump-and-the-mob?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=newsletter&utm_source=opening-statement&utm_term=newsletter-20160428-474#.j7Eu4ZVyl>]

Former Teamsters Leader, Daniel Sullivan, Served As A "Labor Consultant" To Donald Trump. "And then there was the person who had introduced Trump to the FBI agents in the first place. This was a 6-foot-5 bear of a man named Daniel Sullivan, a former Teamsters leader who was serving as what Trump called his 'labor consultant' at the time. Sullivan wore other hats as well: He was partners with a reputed Atlantic City mobster named Kenneth Shapiro who controlled the local scrap market and who was in the process of selling Trump a large plot of land at top dollar on which to build his casino. Sullivan, who had once been close to Jimmy Hoffa, was also secretly operating as an FBI informant, filling in the Bureau on the various mobsters who crossed his path. I know this because Sullivan, who died of a heart attack in 1993, told me all about it, proudly providing copies of the FBI memos as proof. And Sullivan wasn't just bragging. The FBI agents confirmed to me both the authenticity of the documents and the meetings Sullivan had arranged for them with the budding casino kingpin." [The Marshall Project, 4/27/16<https://www.themarshallproject.org/2016/04/27/trump-and-the-mob?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=newsletter&utm_source=opening-statement&utm_term=newsletter-20160428-474#.j7Eu4ZVyl>]

*         Daniel Sullivan Was Partners With Atlantic City Mobster Kenneth Shapiro, And Had Been Close With Jimmy Hoffa. "And then there was the person who had introduced Trump to the FBI agents in the first place. This was a 6-foot-5 bear of a man named Daniel Sullivan, a former Teamsters leader who was serving as what Trump called his 'labor consultant' at the time. Sullivan wore other hats as well: He was partners with a reputed Atlantic City mobster named Kenneth Shapiro who controlled the local scrap market and who was in the process of selling Trump a large plot of land at top dollar on which to build his casino. Sullivan, who had once been close to Jimmy Hoffa, was also secretly operating as an FBI informant, filling in the Bureau on the various mobsters who crossed his path. I know this because Sullivan, who died of a heart attack in 1993, told me all about it, proudly providing copies of the FBI memos as proof. And Sullivan wasn't just bragging. The FBI agents confirmed to me both the authenticity of the documents and the meetings Sullivan had arranged for them with the budding casino kingpin." [The Marshall Project, 4/27/16<https://www.themarshallproject.org/2016/04/27/trump-and-the-mob?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=newsletter&utm_source=opening-statement&utm_term=newsletter-20160428-474#.j7Eu4ZVyl>]

Trump Partnered With Colombo Crime Family Member John Staluppi To Lend His Name To A Line Of Luxury Stretch Limousines. "In Trump's defense, as a developer of major projects in New York, it was hard back then to avoid the mob. From the 1970s through the '90s, the Five Families had a chokehold on both major construction firms and most of the unions that represented workers on job sites. And no one has ever labeled Trump a mob associate, the FBI's term of art for those under the sway of organized crime. But for someone who expressed such concern about possible entrapment by the Cosa Nostra in his Atlantic City casino ventures, Trump has willingly teamed up with a succession of mob-tied figures who had nothing to do with the construction industry. Take the time Trump decided to lend his name to a line of luxury stretch limousines. The entrepreneur who came up with this wonderfully Trumpian idea was a wealthy and successful auto dealer from Long Island named John Staluppi. According to the FBI and its informants, Staluppi was also a made member of the Colombo crime family. As William Bastone detailed recently in The Smoking Gun, Trump proudly unveiled the lavish autos, complete with Italian leather upholstery, liquor dispensers, TVs and paper shredders, at a trade show in Atlantic City in 1988. Staluppi, whose record included convictions for theft of auto parts, wisely kept out of camera range at the trade show. He had been under steady investigation by federal and state law enforcement for over a decade and detectives had followed him to meetings with Colombo family boss Carmine 'The Snake' Persico. Trump insisted he knew nothing about those problems and ordered twenty of the limos for his casinos." [The Marshall Project, 4/27/16<https://www.themarshallproject.org/2016/04/27/trump-and-the-mob?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=newsletter&utm_source=opening-statement&utm_term=newsletter-20160428-474#.j7Eu4ZVyl>]

Before Partnering With Trump, John Staluppi Was Convicted Of Stealing Auto Parts, And Was Investigated By Federal And State Law Enforcement For Over A Decade. "The entrepreneur who came up with this wonderfully Trumpian idea was a wealthy and successful auto dealer from Long Island named John Staluppi. According to the FBI and its informants, Staluppi was also a made member of the Colombo crime family. As William Bastone detailed recently in The Smoking Gun, Trump proudly unveiled the lavish autos, complete with Italian leather upholstery, liquor dispensers, TVs and paper shredders, at a trade show in Atlantic City in 1988. Staluppi, whose record included convictions for theft of auto parts, wisely kept out of camera range at the trade show. He had been under steady investigation by federal and state law enforcement for over a decade and detectives had followed him to meetings with Colombo family boss Carmine 'The Snake' Persico. Trump insisted he knew nothing about those problems and ordered twenty of the limos for his casinos." [The Marshall Project, 4/27/16<https://www.themarshallproject.org/2016/04/27/trump-and-the-mob?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=newsletter&utm_source=opening-statement&utm_term=newsletter-20160428-474#.j7Eu4ZVyl>]