Subject: ASDC Clips 4/29/16
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Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2016 15:01:23 +0000
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California
Statement of California Democratic Party Chairman John Burton on Ted Cruz Naming Carly Fiorina as Choice for Vice President
Sen. Ted Cruz’s choice of Carly Fiorina to be his vice president is the last gasp of desperation for a campaign that is going nowhere. Are they going to run on his record of shutting down the government and denying climate science or on her record of exporting American jobs, tanking Hewlett Packard’s stock price when she was CEO, and losing the 2010 California Senate race to Barbara Boxer by a million votes? It’s a marriage made in heaven.”
http://www.loscerritosnews.net/2016/04/27/statement-of-california-democratic-party-chairman-john-burton-on-ted-cruz-naming-carly-fiorina-as-choice-for-vice-president/

New Jersey
NJDSC Claims Garrett is ‘Toxic’ to Corporations After Anti-LGBT Comments
The New Jersey Democratic State Committee (NJDSC) issued a statement on Thursday claiming that Rep. Scott Garrett’s (R-5) “hateful anti-LGBT views” have made him “toxic to the corporations that previously supported his campaign.”The release cites Federal Election Commission (FEC) reports that detail Garrett’s fundraising this year compared to the same point during previous campaigns. According to those FEC reports, Garrett’s first quarter funding has dipped significantly in terms of contributions from businesses since the last three election years. In 2010, his quarter one earnings from businesses were $57,500. In 2012 they were $73,563. In 2014 they were $62,250. This year, Garrett’s quarter one earnings from businesses are around $15,500.The NJDSC statement alleges that this difference was sparked by a July 2015 Politico article claiming that Garrett would not be paying organization dues  to the National Republican Congressional Committee because it supports gay candidates.
http://politickernj.com/2016/04/njdsc-claims-garrett-is-toxic-to-corporations-after-anti-lgbt-comments/

North Carolina
North Carolina candidate wants 'to keep our state straight' amid bathroom furor
The Republican nominee for attorney general of North Carolina is under fire for urging supporters to help keep the state "straight."State Sen. Buck Newton's remarks added fuel to an already heated controversy in the Tar Heel State over a new law that bars transgender people from using school and government restrooms that align with their gender identity as opposed to the gender listed on their birth certificate."Go home, tell your friends and family who had to work today what this is all about and how hard we must fight to keep our state straight," Newton said during a Monday rally in Raleigh, the state capital, in favor of the new bathroom law, HB2.While "straight" commonly refers to heterosexuals, Newton later reportedly told a local newspaper that the comment he made meant "keep men out of the ladies' room."North Carolina's Democratic Party and Newton's Democratic opponent for the attorney general's office seized on his remarks about keeping the state "straight," claiming
that Newton had animus against all lesbian, gay and transgender people."One of the Republican sponsors of HB 2 just admitted the real purpose of the law: To make North Carolina unwelcoming to LGBT people," state Democratic Party spokesman Dave Miranda said on the heels of Newton's speech.
http://www.cnbc.com/2016/04/28/north-carolina-candidate-wants-to-keep-our-state-straight-amid-bathroom-furor.html

Tennessee
TN Democratic Party chief says new therapist law is 'dangerous' for state
Tennessee Democratic Party Chair Mary Mancini today denounced as "dangerous" a bill signed into law Wednesday by Republican Gov. Bill Haslam that lets mental health counselors reject LGBT patients because of a professional's own "sincerely held principles." She also charged that Tennessee is being run by "an extremist Republican majority drunk with power."Meanwhile, the American Counseling Association, which fought the legislation, now says on its website that "in light of recent legislative actions in Tennessee, ACA is currently weighing options" regarding its planned 2017 conference and expo in Nashville. The ACA, which called the measure "Hate Bill 1840," did not state what those options were. http://www.timesfreepress.com/news/politics/state/story/2016/apr/28/tennessee-democratic-chief-attacks-dangerous-new-mental-health-therapists-law/362746/

Texas
Texas Democratic Party chairman visits Amarillo
Texas Democratic Party Chairman Gilberto Hinojosa made a stop in Amarillo on Wednesday to visit Potter and Randall County Democrats.Hinojosa talked about the minimum wage issue, noting that the Republican party refuses to increase hourly pay in Texas.“They think it’s alright for one-quarter or more of the workers in the state of Texas to earn what is less than a living wage, and refuse to take action on it,” he said.Hinojosa praised Obamacare for the ability to provide health care for those who did not have access to it in the past. “It has given them (Americans) the freedom to be healthy,” he said. “I think that’s a basic, human right.”
http://amarillo.com/news/2016-04-28/party-chairman-visits-amarillo

Virgin Islands
Democrats Have May 3rd Deadline to File to Be Delegates to National Convention
Virgin Islands Democrats are reminded that Tuesday, May 3, is the deadline to file Statements of Candidacy and Pledge of Support forms for Democrats who are seeking to be at-large delegates or alternates to the 2016 Democratic National Convention.Any Democrat, 18 years of age or older, may participate by attending the caucus and showing proof of his or her Virgin Islands voter's registration card declaring that their party preference is Democrat. Contact the Election System of the Virgin Islands for voter registration information.
http://stcroixsource.com/content/community/organizations/2016/04/28/democrats-have-may-3rd-deadline-file-be-delegates-nationa

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