Subject: FW: TrackerBASE Report: PRES Elkhart, IN - Retail Stop with Ted Cruz 4/28/2016
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Date: Thu, 28 Apr 2016 13:35:29 -0700

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Subject: TrackerBASE Report: PRES Elkhart, IN - Retail Stop with Ted Cruz 4/28/2016

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TO: PRES Tracking

FROM: Colin J Smith; Daniel Schiller

Location: Elkhart, IN

Date: 4/28/16

RE: Elkhart, IN- Retail Stop with Ted Cruz - 2016-04-28
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Event Details: https://www.facebook.com/TheElkhartTruth/videos/10154015879742324/

http://abcnews.go.com/Live?stream=4

Attendees/Audience: Cruz, Fiorina, many supporters

Press: The Elko Truth, ABC

Summary of Event: Cruz stopped at a local restaurant in Elkhart, IN with his newly annointed VP pick Carly. They greeted supporters but took few questions, none from media at all. Cruz made an off the cuff remark about drug abuse that seems to blame his sister for her own death.

Key Points: Clip A:

0:00 Cruz and Fiorina greeting attendees (basically inaudible).

7:30 Cruz talking to little girls: You the older sister? Oh you’re twins, these are fantastic signs and shirts. You must have made these just the other day because we announced Cruz and Carly yesterday. My daughters are 8 and 5, they’re doing homework on the road, part of the necessities of the campaign.

Clip B:

0:00 Cruz talking to supporters on bus. Our kids are doing homework on the campaign bus.

3:40 Cruz signs Communist Manifesto, millions have suffered under this.

12:15 TC: Carly is a strong step in the right direction for our campaign.

13:30 Attendee talking about the scourge of drug abuse. We need leadership not rhetoric.

TC: Thank you for asking, you’re right we have an epidemic of drug abuse. Every year there are about 50k deaths. I understand first hand because my sister died from drug abuse. It’s a horrible disease, it’s a combination of solutions. On the govt side of things, we need to seal the border and shut down the drug trade, that will slow the drug problem right there.

Q: What about the people not coming across the land border, what do we do to stop them before they get here?

TC: We need to do more about drug law enforcement. We won’t stop every ship, but it will drive up the cost of their operation. We need to shift focus toward rehabilitation.

Q: Rehab doesn’t work, they don’t know where to start, I’m concerned for my community

TC: My dad was a drinker, but when he came to god he put it behind him. My sister did not want to change the path she was on, it takes charity, church.

20:45 Carly interacting with voters.

Q: What do young people have to look forward to under Crz/Carly?

CF: Everything, right now your future is being sold out. We’re going to send power back to the people.

24:45 (Protester calling out Cruz for homophobia, class warfare, xenophobia, climate denial)

29:40 Q: Does Cruz want to oust Castro?

CF: Everything Obama has done with Cuba has made things worse

Q(Reporter): Do you need help of Washington Establishment?

CF: We’re not doing media

Q: Do you really mind?

CF: I do

(Fiorina signs prosthetic foot)

33:30 (Fiorina looks painfully uncomfortable as male attendee kisses her on the cheek)

36:25 TC: To quote Ken Cuccinelli, the goodies we’re offering are religious liberty and the like.

(Carly signs something, a reporter seems to think it’s a big news story)

41:50 TC: We’re going to shutdown the IRS, reduce regulations, create a business environment to make wages higher.

44:40 TC: Trump is in favor of individual mandate. Every solution he puts forward is a big govt expansion. Boehner called me Lucifer and praised both Trump and HRC because I actually stood with the people who elected me.

51:45 TC: Trump wants to raise taxes on small businesses. Boehner called me Lucifer and said he’s golf buddies with Trump. Trump isn’t an outsider, he’s been funding the corruption for decades. Why am I Lucifer? Because I stand up for my constituents.

Clip C:

0:00 Ropeline out of the venue

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