Subject: FW: TrackerBASE Report: PRES Donald Trump in West Chester, PA 4/25/2016
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Date: Mon, 25 Apr 2016 14:25:53 -0700

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Subject: TrackerBASE Report: PRES Donald Trump in West Chester, PA 4/25/2016

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FROM: Jackson Voss

Location: West Chester, PA

Date: 04/25/16

RE: Donald Trump in West Chester, PA

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Event Details:  https://www.donaldjtrump.com/schedule/register/west-chester-pa/; West Chester University, 700 S High Street, West Chester, PA 19382. Monday, April 25, 2016 at 4:00 PM (EST). Stream: http://abcnews.go.com/Live

Attendees/Audience: PA GOP primary voters

Press: Yes

Summary of Event: Trump goes through usual Trump Stump. A few flags: Trump says that the state of VA released a ton of prisoners and gave them the right to vote. Trump says that if he doesn’t get the nomination, there’ll be a revolt. Trump says that he can’t act presidential because that’s boring, talks about how handsome he is, and says Hillary doesn’t look very presidential - she doesn’t look strong and she has low energy. Also says that running for president will have been a waste of time, money and energy if he loses.

Key Points:

0:24

DT: Thank you very much - whoa this is something… we love PA… I went to school in PA, I went to Penn, I went to Wharton… My daughter Tiffany is here at school, all my kids went to school here… -pulls his son Eric on stage-

1:22

ET: Wow - wowowowowow. We’re so proud of my father… he’s going to do such great things… thank you so much.

1:47

DT: Such great kids… we have 9000 people outside, exactly… That makes you better at real estate…

2:20

DT talks about how they’re winning the election - talks about how they crushed it in NY, despite the dishonest media. Brags about this movement and how the response has been great everywhere. Says that Bill O’Reilly says that the Trump phenomenon is the greatest political event he’s ever seen. “We’re going to take our country back and make it great for everybody, etc.” “We’re not going to let foreign countries steal our companies and jobs”

3:50

Starts to go into his stats of West Chester - says that “Make America Great Again” is an optimistic message… “PA has taken harder hits - statisticians do this, I don’t do this…”

4:28

-Protestor- “Are you okay? Are you okay? She wants to make a little noise.” Trump just kind of stares at her and whatever’s happening. People are cheering/booing/chanting/etc.

5:21

DT: By the way, I have to tell you - the police in our country do an incredible job and they should be given more credit… PA has taken hard hits… It’s lost more than 35% of its manufacturing jobs since 2001… we’re going to bring those back. 2001 was when Congress voted to put China into the World Trade Organization, and they started sucking all our jobs away… I blame our politicians for being incompetent… And this guy, Lying Ted Cruz supports Chinese currency - Kasich is just as bad… did you see they joined forces? I’ve been doing this for 10 months, and these guys have been politicians all their lives… I have millions more votes than each of them, despite the fact that the system is totally rigged… you must go out and vote tomorrow. And, you gotta vote for that Trump slate… It’s more complicated out here… It used to be you could just vote… You vote for my slate… It’s crazy… When you have millions of votes more - it’s a rigged and crooked system. It’s almost as crooked as Crooked Hillary… in PA, you’re losing your jobs and manufacturing… Foreign born population - they’re bringing in people from Syria, we don’t know who they are or where they’re from… I’ll get the Gulf States to pay for safe zones in the Middle East, they have plenty of money, we have no money… Our military is going to be amazing, it’s being depleted… at the worst possible time - China and Russia are expanding their military all the time… We have to bring, maybe more than ever before - we’re going to make it bigger and better and stronger, and we’ll never have to use it.. Other than to knock out ISIS.

9:35  USA chants; Donald basks.

9:46

DT: We’re going to do so many things… They say I’m a tough guy, I’m honored. We’re tied with Clinton all of the sudden, that didn’t take long… -makes fun of Kasich for the way he eats; says it’s pouring out of his mouth and it’s not presidential-... So we’re going to straighten this out… (drops statistics) don’t mean a thing. -talks about how wages have dropped and people are working harder for less-

11:30

DT talks about how they’re going to Indiana - hopefully they’ll get the endorsement of Bobby Knight - and that’s where Carrier is from, a company leaving for Mexico. Talks about how they’re letting off all these people. “You have to explain to these companies… there will be consequences to pay.” Says they’ll build a wall for sure - sets off Trump making fun of Ted Cruz for saying he wants to build a wall.

13:15

DT reads from a statement - makes fun of Kasich for doing worse than Marco Rubio. “He’s a stubborn guy who eats like a slob and shouldn’t be having a press conference while stuffing food down his throat.” Talks about how the media and Ted Cruz, etc., lie about him or something.

14:20

DT: What happens with Kasich, he just says he’s staying… he’s not even getting 30% of the vote… Everyone thinks he’s a nice guy, but he’s not… Take a look at the early debates… He headed up Lehman Bros when it crashed… They almost brought down the country, what the hell are you doing running for president… Cruz is going around wanting to debate; we beat him 11 times. How many times can we answer the same questions? … I watched this morning, they didn’t even talk about jobs, or the economy, or the wall… And then Cruz this morning said he would bring back jobs - he’s in favor of China manipulating their currency… We have a $500 billion trade deficit with China… We have trade deficits with Japan and Mexico.

16:40

DT: A friend of mine is a very strong person, and he’s very sick. He was supposed to die a year ago. And he’s amazing… And the doctors can’t believe it… you know what it is? He was born with great genes. And he reminds me of this country… For us to even exist with the debt and the bad trade deals - they’re all bad - they’re all controlled - I’m self-funding, it’s a lot of money… I have spent less than anyone else, essentially… And I’m in first place by a lot… The other guys have spent many times what I have… Remember this, we started off with 17 people, and I won then too… And they’d say “he didn’t get 50%” - you can’t do it with 17, 8, 4 people… this was the largest number of candidates to ever run in the history of a party… So when you watch these really bad pundits -does pundit impression-... We’re doing so well. Millions and millions more votes than Lyin’ Ted and 1-42 Kasich… We’re doing fantastically well… They want me to be presidential… I can’t be too presidential - I knocked off 16 really good people… It’s been so much fun, it’s been so interesting… but then I get a call last night. They say Cruz and Kasich have just joined forces… that’s called collusion, which in business is illegal… I wrote this - I said, it’s sad that two grown politicians have to collude against one person who has been a politician for only a few months to keep him from getting the nomination… After Cruz lost in NY, he got crushed… he’s in a freefall. He does not react well under pressure… also, approximately 80% of the party is against him… Gov. Kasich has won only one state - so when I got this dirty poll, maybe it was, maybe it wasn’t… Wall Street Journal and NBC released a poll - they’ve never liked me… it was a dirty poll… I went from 16-17% to 6% lead in Florida… and then I win by almost 21% - in a landslide. And I said, that was a dirty poll. Otherwise I would have won in Ohio… Chris Christie, Ben Carson, who endorsed me - could have stayed in the race. This is was Kasich does… You know the funny thing - they made a deal. That Cruz would take Indiana - how weak does that make them look? Which they are. How weak, how pathetic - so they made a deal, but like every politician they can’t make a good deal… Then Kasich said he wanted people in Indiana to vote for me, so he broke the deal… If you look at OH, they’re in the middle of the pack, nothing spectacular - nothing special… But it is true - Rubio could have stayed… he’s like a spoiled guy.

24:37

DT: Now the other people, they got out… by the way, Kasich and Cruz have absolutely no path for victory. All they can do is hope they get to the second ballot, which isn’t going to happen… People make a big deal about the 2nd, 3rd, 4th ballot, I don’t care about that because we’re going to win the first ballot -

25:38

Protestor - Who is this guy? … go home to mom. Get him out.

25:47

DT: So you’re reading the news all the time - they’re playing for second, third, fourth…

25:57

More protesting/interruptions

26:16

DT: By the way, the safest rallies - the safest places to be- are at Trump rallies. There’s love in these rooms… the African American employment - 59% unemployment - Hispanics doing terribly with the employment… I’m bringing jobs back, folks. We’re going to have a unified country… not a group, everybody.

27:05

DT: So, look - let’s say it went to the second or third ballot… Probably the hottest party - you don’t think of the Republican Party as hot - Romney lost by a lot, because he was boring… by the way, I’ll win places like NY, Michigan, PA… We’re going to win VA… Did you see what they did? They let out 200,000 prisoners and gave them the right of vote? They gave it to serious, serious criminals - like at the top level. They’re going to let them vote for the first time ever, and some of these people have committed horrible, horrible crimes… I’m no Bernie Sanders fan, but he wins so much but he’s still losing… Not that we want a communist… besides I want to run against Hillary… let’s get these two guys out of here fast… PA you got to get out and vote… But we’re going to have an amazing thing… You’ll read in these papers that we lose delegates, but we’re going to win on the first ballot… The GOP is now the hottest party in the world… people are coming out to vote like they’ve never voted before… Even the press says it’s unbelievable (how we won in NY)... They gave me unbelievable numbers… no one knows me like NY, and they gave us that big boost… When you’re on the 2nd, 3rd, 4th ballot - they’re like short sellers, they buy stocks going against the economy… Cruz is hoping he can get it if I don’t get it… Let’s say Trump is 25 short - even if I’m 100 short I’ll get it… But Cruz is thinking we can buy off these delegates with yachts, and steaks, and hotels, etc… Let’s say I beat him by 4 or 5 million votes… I’m way up in CA… I’m up by 8 in Indiana… They see that I’m the one who’s going to bring back jobs… But, how do you put a guy - how do you allow a guy who, just because someone is just short of the 1,237 - you’re going to allow a guy who got decimated by Trump… -sidetracked by the wood of the podium and how it’s a nice college that they’re at; claims that with him they’ll have jobs out of college and that they’re going to work on student loans, but mostly jobs-... But how do you vote for a guy who has lost by 4 or 5 million votes who is hundreds of delegates down, who has only won 13 or 14 states… And we’re going to let him (be the nominee)? You would have a revolt… all these people will never vote for anybody, but certainly not for a Republicans… Paul Ryan doesn’t want it for one reason because Trump people wouldn’t vote… the path for a Republican is much tougher and tighter than for Democrats… It makes it very much harder. We have something special - I won’t say it’s because of me, but it is because of me - but really, it’s because of you…

35:00

DT goes into talking points on “here’s what we’re going to do” - rebuild the military, take care of our vets, get rid of Common Core -tangent on how many young supporters Trump has, even though Bernie thinks he has a lot or whatever… Brags about Wharton - education in this country, we spend more money per pupil than any country in the world, but other countries are ahead of us-... Switches gears to saying he’s more frugal on the campaign trail…

38:27

DT: We’re going to do a lot of things… when I came down on the escalator (for my announcement)... I was talking about trade, I was talking about the military, I was talking about borders… no one else would have talked about these issues… Now they’re a big deal. -talks about people who were murdered by illegal immigrants in CA-... By the way, we want people coming in, but they have to come in legally. We can’t have this any more… on top of that, drugs are pouring in through the southern border… NH is a beautiful state - but their biggest problem is cocaine… it’s their single biggest problem - and I won NH, I love NH (goes on to talk about all the states he won - “How good am I?” - talks about how Louisiana loved him and he won there; leads into YET ANOTHER tangent about how Louisiana’s delegates are going to Cruz now; he can’t win with the voters so he’s trying to grab delegates - it’s really a bad system)... But here’s the thing. Let’s win on the first ballot… I talk about prizefighters, because you learn a lot about life from them… Says that if you knock them out, there’s nothing the judges can do… there are so many great sports stories… Our knockout - no one can take our first ballots away… (talks about how the process works in PA, as well as Trump can)... Whoever wins the election on the first ballot gets all the delegates from PA… we’re going to win it… Here’s one thing I’ll tell you - some people say, presidential… Do we want to change at this point? How handsome am I? How handsome? - bashes Hillary for not being presidential - she doesn't have the strength or energy to be president (because she’s a girl), and how he didn’t want to invade Iraq and he was right about that but Hillary was wrong about that too-

45:17

DT basically says they can’t change what they’re doing too much. Reiterates how they beat all these people - governors, senators, etc. “When you can win against all these people… Let’s save (being presidential) for a little while… being presidential is much easier than what I’m doing here… The problem is we have thousands of people… they’d all be gone, and the people here would be sleeping… If I’m elected I will be a great president for this country. I will do things… our country isn’t working any more, it’s in bad shape… we’re sitting on a bubble, and it could explode… and we don’t win any more.”

47:20

Talks about voting for him will be the greatest decision of everyone’s life - because Trump can make us win and we don’t win and Trump will win in the general election (Kasich and Cruz would get clobbered).

48:10

DT: Here’s the thing… -goes on a tangent about a conversation with a liberal thinker(?) on what he’s done-... If I lose it was a waste… and he said, no no - even if you lose, what you’ve done is incredible… If I don't win the nomination and the general election... I consider losing to a tremendous waste of time, energy, and money… -talks about how he loves his supporters-

DT makes fun of Cruz for sucking generally. And everyone hates him. And even Jeff Sessions, who Cruz likes, endorsed Trump. Talks about how much winning will take place under President Trump - goes through the laundry list - wall, repeal Obamacare, create a border, etc. You’ll be so proud of your president and your country. We’re going to make America Great Again - make it Greater Than Ever Before. THANK YOU.

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