Subject: 2016 GOP DAILY ROUNDUP
From: "Hendricks, Lauren" <[email-masked]>
To: "Hendricks, Lauren" <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 25 Apr 2016 13:47:59 -0700

[https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Democratic_Party_logo_(transparent).svg/2000px-Democratic_Party_logo_(transparent).svg.png]2016 GOP DAILY ROUNDUP
4/25/16

DONALD TRUMP
TED CRUZ
EVENTS

DONALD TRUMP
TRUMP RESPONDS TO CRUZ/KASICH CAMPAIGN AGREEMENT: “It is sad that two grown politicians have to collude against one person who has only been a politician for ten months in order to try and stop that person from getting the Republican nomination. Senator Cruz has done very poorly and after his New York performance, which was a total disaster, he is in free fall and as everyone has seen, he does not react well under pressure. Also, approximately 80% of the Republican Party is against him. Governor Kasich, who has only won 1 state out of 41, in other words, he is 1 for 41 and he is not even doing as well as other candidates who could have stubbornly stayed in the race like him but chose not to do so. Marco Rubio, as an example, has more delegates than Kasich and yet suspended his campaign one month ago.” [Donald J. Trump for President, Statement, 4/25/16<https://www.donaldjtrump.com/press-releases/response-to-cruz-and-kasich>]
TRUMP WILL PERSONALLY COURT DELEGATES AT CALIFORNIA AND VIRGINIA GOP CONVENTIONS: “Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump, whose campaign has struggled in the delegate-selection process, will appear at party conventions in California and Virginia later this week to personally court activists and address the gatherings…When asked Monday for comment, a Trump adviser confirmed that the billionaire would be traveling to California and Virginia but would not provide details of his schedule. The stops are part of an evolving strategy with Trump’s inner circle about how to counter Sen. Ted Cruz’s highly-organized efforts at recent state Republican conventions, where the Texas senator accumulated a growing number of delegates due to his team’s ability to navigate the events and rules.” [Washington Post, 4/25/16<https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2016/04/25/to-counter-cruzs-organization-trump-to-personally-court-delegates-at-california-and-virginia-gop-conventions/?postshare=3141461592814686&tid=ss_tw>]
TRUMP HIRES FORMER CHRISTIE CAMPAIGN MANAGER KEN MCKAY: “Ken McKay joins as a senior adviser working on the team led by Trump convention manager Paul Manafort, aides told Bloomberg on Monday… Earlier in the presidential race, McKay served as campaign manager to New Jersey Governor Chris Christie… He was chief of staff at the Republican National Committee under Chairman Michael Steele from March 2009 to April 2010. He helped Florida Republican Rick Scott claim the governor’s office in 2010, and served as political director at the Republican Governors Association under Christie’s chairmanship in 2014 and 2015.” [Bloomberg, 4/25/16<http://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2016-04-25/trump-to-hire-another-veteran-operative-to-fight-for-delegates>]
“WALMART MOMS” THINK TRUMP IS THE “PORSCHE” OF CANDIDATES: “If Donald Trump were a car, he would be a Porsche… Or, at least, ‘Walmart moms’ do, according to a focus group of Republican primary-voting Walmart moms conducted this past week in Pittsburgh by Democratic pollster Margie Omero and Republican pollster Neil Newhouse. (Walmart moms are defined as women who have children younger than 18 at home and have gone to the store at least once in the past month… ‘Characterizing Donald Trump as a type of car or animal resulted in some fascinating descriptions - from the GOP group, women depicted him as a Porsche, a Ferrari, a muscle car, a boxer who stands his ground, a bulldog, an Escalade, a lion (fierce and king of the jungle) and as an unpredictable cat,’ Newhouse and Omero wrote in a memo summarizing the results. ‘These Moms praised him as someone who speaks his mind, stands his ground, and is refreshingly politically incorrect.’” [Washington Post, 4/24/16<https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/among-this-group-of-gop-primary-voters-trump-is-the-porsche-of-candidates/2016/04/24/1a87dd42-0a29-11e6-bfa1-4efa856caf2a_story.html?postshare=951461525737838&tid=ss_tw>]
TRUMP THINKS MEN WHO CHANGE DIAPERS ARE ACTING “LIKE THE WIFE”: “‘Do you actually change diapers?’ host Anthony Cumia asked Donald Trump on the Opie and Anthony show in November of 2005. The then 59-year-old businessman, whose wife Melania was pregnant with his fifth child and her first, responded bluntly: ‘No, I don’t do that.’ ‘There’s a lot of women out there that demand that the husband act like the wife and you know there’s a lot of husbands that listen to that,’ Trump added. ‘So you know, they go for it.’ ‘If I had different type of wife,’ Trump said laughing, ‘I probably wouldn’t have a baby, ya know, cause that’s not my thing. I’m really like a great father but certain things you do and certain things you don’t. It’s just not for me.’” [Buzzfeed, 4/24/16<https://www.buzzfeed.com/andrewkaczynski/donald-trump-thinks-men-who-change-diapers-are-acting-like-t#.mdlEMA9aw>]
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TED CRUZ
CRUZ & KASICH REACH CAMPAIGN AGREEMENT - CRUZ FOR INDY, KASICH FOR NM & OREGON: “Ted Cruz and John Kasich have begun coordinating their campaign strategy to stop Donald Trump, an abrupt alliance announced Sunday night that includes Kasich quitting his efforts in Indiana and Cruz clearing a path for the Ohio governor in Oregon and New Mexico. ‘To ensure that we nominate a Republican who can unify the Republican Party and win in November, our campaign will focus its time and resources in Indiana and in turn clear the path for Gov. Kasich to compete in Oregon and New Mexico, and we would hope that allies of both campaigns would follow our lead,’ Cruz campaign manager Jeff Roe said in a statement.” [Politico, 4/25/16<http://www.politico.com/blogs/2016-gop-primary-live-updates-and-results/2016/04/ted-cruz-john-kasich-team-up-222377>]
CRUZ HAS MORE TO GAIN FROM THE CRUZ/KASICH DEAL THAN KASICH: “Yet the three states - Indiana, Oregon and New Mexico - assign delegates in very different ways. By ceding Indiana, it appears that Kasich did Cruz more of a favor than Cruz did him, in a state where Kasich's team actually succeeded in getting friendly delegates elected to the slate. Start with how Indiana assigns those delegates. There will be 57 delegates at stake on May 3. Thirty will go to the winner of the popular vote statewide, and 27 will go to the winner in each of Indiana's nine congressional districts… The stakes are far lower in Oregon and New Mexico. The first state, where voting begins this week and ends on May 17, assigns its 28 available delegates proportionately.” [Washington Post, 4/25/16<https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2016/04/25/cruz-has-more-to-gain-from-deal-with-kasich-according-to-delegate-rules/>]
CRUZ WINS WEEKEND DELEGATE FIGHT WITH TRUMP, WINNING 65 OF 94 AVAILABLE: “Cruz won at least 65 of the 94 delegates up for grabs Saturday (and he may have won more, but Kentucky's 25 delegates haven't revealed their leanings)… On Saturday, he nearly won 19 of 20 seats available in Maine, losing just one to a Trump backer: Gov. Paul LePage. He also won all nine delegates on the ballot in three Minnesota congressional districts, picking up support in the lone state won by Marco Rubio. Cruz also grabbed one of three delegates in South Carolina's 6th Congressional District, while the other two went to an uncommitted delegate and a supporter of Gov. John Kasich. Cruz's biggest windfall, though, came from Utah, where at least 36 of 37 national delegates will be aligned with Cruz, who crushed Trump in the state's caucuses on March 22.” [Politico, 4/24/16<http://www.politico.com/story/2016/04/ted-cruz-donald-trump-delegate-222354>]
CRUZ MAY ANNOUNCE RUNNING MATE BEFORE MAY 3 PRIMARY - FIORINA ON SHORT LIST: “We're told Cruz may announce running-mate before May 3 primary. No decisions have been made, but @CarlyFiorina comes up most. -- @MajorCBS” [@CBSThisMorning, 4/25/16<https://twitter.com/CBSThisMorning/status/724559043054972928>]
TEXAS DEMS ALLEGE CRUZ CAMPAIGN VIOLATED FEC LAWS DURING DALLAS FUNDRAISER: “Texas Democrats have filed a complaint with the Federal Election Commission alleging presidential contender Sen. Ted Cruz and his associates violated campaign finance laws. The complaint, dated April 22, asserts that Cruz national co-chairman, J. Keet Lewis, broke election laws at an official campaign fundraiser in December by asking attendees to donate unlimited amounts, as well as to make corporate contributions to the pro-Cruz Stand for Truth PAC. Cruz and his wife, Heidi, reportedly attended the Dec. 30 event in Dallas.” [Dallas Morning News, 4/25/16<http://trailblazersblog.dallasnews.com/2016/04/texas-democrats-allege-cruz-campaign-violated-federal-election-laws-during-dallas-fundraiser.html/>]
CRUZ OP-ED ON TAX FREEDOM DAY: “Sunday was Tax Freedom Day, marking the first point in the year in which Americans have earned enough to pay their 2015 tax bill. Four straight months - that’s how long it takes for the hardworking people of this country to fund the bloated government. It shouldn’t take us a third of the year simply to pay the government, much less spend billions of hours and dollars of our time to do so.” [Ted Cruz, USA Today, 4/25/16<http://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2016/04/25/ted-cruz-tax-reform-tax-cuts-tax-freedom-day/83471948/>]
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EVENTS
MONDAY, APRIL 25, 2016
DONALD TRUMP: 1:00 PM Rally in Warwick, RI [Trump Campaign], 4:00 PM Rally in West Chester, PA [Trump Campaign], and 7:00 PM Rally in Wilkes-Barre Township, PA [Trump Campaign].
TED CRUZ: 10:30 AM Rally in Borden, IN [eventbrite], 2:00 PM Retail Stop Zaharakos Ice Cream Shop in Columbus, IN [WLKY.COM], 4:00 PM Retail Stop Jockamo Upper Crust Pizza in Greenwood, IN [wlky.com], and 6:30 PM Rally in Franklin, IN [eventbrite].
TUESDAY, APRIL 26, 2016
DONALD TRUMP: 9:00 PM Election Night Event at Trump Tower New York, NY [Trump Campaign].
TED CRUZ: 11:00 AM Rally in Knightstown, IN [facebook.com/knightstownnews/posts].
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Lauren Hendricks