Subject: RE: Video Request: Corker At Rotary Club Live Now
From: "Haxo, Chris" <[email-masked]>
To: "Polson, Jonathan" <[email-masked]>, Research_D <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 5 May 2016 11:41:29 -0700

Thanks Jonathan!

He got asked about Trump's FP speech and the whole crowd laughed when Corker paused before reciting his standard talking points on it, making it seem like he was kind of making fun of Trump. There were also some Trump-esque China/Trade remarks.

*       Thanks for the introduction, thanks for what you do in the community and thanks for letting me be here.
*       Rotary club has an impressive vision, internationally
*       Focus now is always international, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Crimea, South China Sea
*       Touts electrify Africa Bill, End Modern Slavery Bill
*       Topic is now what happened in the last few days. I know this is a non-partisan meeting and I will try to speak in that way
*       I want to talk about three topics that will be relevant to this race and answer questions. Important to answer questions to see what's on your mind.
o       Will, how, what.
o       Will: will we have a debt and make a decision about how to deal with our nation's finances? Candidates don't want to talk about it, but it's the number one threat. I have lobbied hard to be on the budget committee, but I shouldn't have, it's a total hoax. Only 25-30% of the money in the budget is flexible, the rest is on autopilot. This is the greatest threat to our nation's greatness.
o       The big number is the entitlement programs. I'm 63, and it doesn't take a lot. When this meeting ends, our nation will be weaker because of our debt.
o       It has become conservative to spend the same amount of the money, but not pay for it. We keep on borrowing money because other countries keep on giving us loans.
o       What: What are we going to do about this economic crisis? The standard of living, income for middle class has not increased in the last 30 years. Technology has allowed for efficient communications, allowing for greater wealth, but also requiring less people to get things done.
o       VW is looking to build driverless cars, potentially here in Chattanooga. That's great, but that means that the trucking industry will disappear.
o       This is an international divide that has caused voters to act out in unexpected ways
o       How is our country going to relate to the rest of the world?
o       I used to build shopping centers, joined SFRC to broaden my knowledge. I have learned a great deal about U.S. foreign policy.
o       The elite foreign policy establishment doesn't have a very good track record, there needs to be a debate in our country.
o       Neo-Con side v. Liber-Internationalist: they're the same thing for different reasons
o       I commented on a foreign policy speech that one of the candidates made because what I heard in it was a step into what I would call realism, akin to Bush 41.
o       Certainly we believe our country is should play a special role and because of our exceptionalism we can shape the world into a greater place through the standards in our leadership
o       The realism is that we're going to have to deal with people different than us to achieve our nation's goals.
o       I hope as citizens who have charted the course for this election each of you will demand is that all the pundits -I don't even know who the establishment is, I'm not the establishment-things have turned out differently than people anticipated. Hopefully people across this country demand that we deal with our indebtedness, ask about the real economic situation and help decide what America's role in the world will be going forward
o       We now have greater talent in the US senate than when I first got there. I have great hope for our nation. With the right leadership, our nation can address these problems.

Q&A:

o       There are two liberals over here that raised their hands first, I hope someone else will help me out.
*       Donald Trump's foreign policy speech. What did you see?
o       Repeats the question. What I saw was (pause... laughter from crowd) I couldn't see the whole thing, I don't watch a lot of TV.
o       The debate hasn't been very substantive up to that point, and this was read from a teleprompter, prepared by people around him. I thought it was a very positive step.
o       A return to realism in our foreign policy debate, a matureness we saw in Bush 41. I get to talk to Jim Baker, he's coming into our committee in the coming weeks. I think Jim Baker embodies this realism while paying heed to American exceptionalism.
*       If you're asked to serve as VP what would you do?
o       This is that kind of year. I know the questioner, he's allergic to beestings. I have nothing to do with that decision, I cherish the job that I have. I loved being mayor of this community so much, you could touch people every day. Lead civic, and spiritual person in the city. At first being in the Senate was like watching paint dry, but now I feel like I'm making a strong contribution, shaping US foreign policy in a cost effective way.
o       To answer that question, I think that it's a question if I could have impact and if I would be able to have impact. Thank you for the compliment of being put in that category.
*       Human trafficking?
o       Chief of staff is in the middle east.
o       We see firsthand constantly, there are 27 million people enslaved, 24% are in sexual servitude. 76% in brick helms, fisherman. Boys in Ghana are thrown overboard after they become too malnourished to do their work. 12 million slaves in India.
o       50k people involved in the "End It" movement.
o       Gary Haugen, founder of International Justice Mission, book
o       Sat down with 20 young ladies in the phillipines that had been trafficked, they ended up in brothels in Malaysia
o       Slavery is here, practiced in 165 countries.
o       Just passed a law to do wiretapping on social media to catch perpetrators
o       I learned to have a bold vision, incremental vision you'll get less done
o       This is the same as we did in Chattanooga, except were taking small amount of US money, matching dollars from other countries and having private sector involvement.
o       Rotary clubs are looking at this as the next big issue.
*       What is your policy towards China?
o       I visited that area two years ago because of this.
o       China started claiming new areas and dredging and building anti-craft weapons, radar.
o       60% of our naval assets are in that part of world and we only do quarterly missions near the Chinese mainland, we should do this once a week.
o       China is trying to control the area where 50% of the world's trade goes through.
o       We don't have a coherent China policy
o       China will be the biggest relationship over the next 30 years, they see us as an international rival
o       There are two types of companies in the US: companies that know they have been ripped off by China and companies that don't know they have been ripped off by china and have been.
o       Presidential candidates are talking about this, we should have a trade agreement in this issue.
o       Trade agreements aren't about globalization, they're about setting the rules.
o       TPP isn't great, but we should set a precedent.
o       China is scaring these countries into our laps. The way to solve this is to enter into an agreement and allow them to have western values and free trade.

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From: Polson, Jonathan
Sent: Thursday, May 05, 2016 1:25 PM
To: Haxo, Chris; Research_D
Subject: RE: Video Request: Corker At Rotary Club Live Now

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From: Haxo, Chris
Sent: Thursday, May 05, 2016 1:06 PM
To: Research_D
Subject: RE: Video Request: Corker At Rotary Club Live Now

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From: Haxo, Chris
Sent: Thursday, May 05, 2016 12:53 PM
To: Research_D
Subject: Video Request: Corker At Rotary Club Live Now

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