Subject: TRUMP DAILY ROUNDUP
From: "Hendricks, Lauren" <[email-masked]>
To: "Hendricks, Lauren" <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 6 May 2016 14:13:27 -0700

[https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Democratic_Party_logo_(transparent).svg/2000px-Democratic_Party_logo_(transparent).svg.png]TRUMP DAILY
5/6/16

DONALD TRUMP
EVENTS

DONALD TRUMP
PRIEBUS SAYS TRUMP IS “TRYING” WITH LATINOS AND DOESN’T SUPPORT HIS MUSLIM BAN: “‘It’s not something that I believe in or our party believes in,’ Priebus said of the Muslim ban. ‘I believe our party is the party of the open door. Our party is the party of opportunity and freedom and equality and it always will remain such.’ A longtime Ryan ally, Priebus said he thought the Speaker was ‘being honest about how he feels’ about Trump, while expressing confidence that Ryan will ultimately back the party’s nominee… Asked about Trump’s tweet of a taco bowl on Cinco de Mayo, which provoked an internet backlash, Priebus said he thinks that was an effort on Trump’s part to broaden his appeal. ‘He’s trying,’ Priebus said with a laugh. ‘Honestly I think he’s trying. And I honestly think he understands that building and unifying and growing the party is the only way we’re going to win.’” [TIME, 5/6/16<http://time.com/4320777/donald-trump-republican-reince-priebus-tone/>]
TRUMP’S IDEA TO CUT NATIONAL DEBT - GET CREDITORS TO ACCEPT LESS: “Asked whether the United States needed to pay its debts in full, or whether he could negotiate a partial repayment, Mr. Trump told the cable network CNBC, ‘I would borrow, knowing that if the economy crashed, you could make a deal.’… Such remarks by a major presidential candidate have no modern precedent. The United States government is able to borrow money at very low interest rates because Treasury securities are regarded as a safe investment, and any cracks in investor confidence have a long history of costing American taxpayers a lot of money.” [New York Times, 5/6/16<http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/07/us/politics/donald-trumps-idea-to-cut-national-debt-get-creditors-to-accept-less.html>]
TRUMP WON’T ANNOUNCE VP UNTIL CONVENTION: “Donald Trump is suggesting that he will name his vice presidential pick at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland this July. Speaking in an interview Thursday with The Associated Press, Trump said that it was still early in the process to select a running mate. ‘It is early - we just won yesterday,’ Trump said. ‘I will announce it at the convention. A lot of people are interested.’” [AP, 5/5/16<http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_CAMPAIGN_2016_THE_LATEST?SITE=AP&>]
GOP WOMEN FACE A TOUGH CHOICE WITH TRUMP: “Think the gender gap was big in 2012? Just wait for 2016. Since Donald Trump announced his candidacy last year, he has insulted the appearance of former GOP rival Carly Fiorina; made implicit references to Megyn Kelly's menstrual cycle; gone after Ted Cruz's wife, Heidi; and suggested Hillary Clinton wouldn't get ‘5 percent’ in the polls if she weren't a woman… ‘There's so many conservative women out there right now who I think are grappling with this issue,’ said Sabrina Schaeffer, executive director of the Independent Women's Forum.” [CBS News, 5/6/16<http://www.cbsnews.com/news/with-donald-trump-republican-women-face-a-tough-choice/?linkId=24209532>]
HE-WHO-MUST-NOT-BE-NAMED - GOP OFFICIALS ENDORSE “THE NOMINEE” WITHOUT USING TRUMP’S NAME: “The entirety of American political journalism right now is working diligently to ask every single Republican politician, operative, interest group, and commentator in the country the same question: Do you support Donald Trump?... The more interesting figures are those mainstream politicians who’ve lent their support to the presumptive nominee but either don’t know, or are unwilling to say, the presumptive nominee’s name… Kansas Sen. Pat Roberts: ‘I intend to support the nominee.’ South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott: ‘I’ve always said I would support the nominee, and nothing has changed.’ This is a party that bashes President Obama and Hillary Clinton for being unable to say the name of the enemy, but many of its leading members can’t even say the name of their party’s own standard-bearer.” [Slate, 5/6/16<http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/politics/2016/05/republican_politicians_won_t_say_donald_trump_s_name.html>]
ENDORSEMENT TRACKER - SHELDON ADELSON: “The casino magnate Sheldon G. Adelson said on Thursday night that he would support Donald J. Trump now that he has become the Republican Party’s presumptive nominee. ‘Yes, I’m a Republican, he’s a Republican,’ Mr. Adelson said in a brief interview. ‘He’s our nominee. Whoever the nominee would turn out to be, any one of the 17 - he was one of the 17. He won fair and square.’” [New York Times, 5/6/16<http://www.nytimes.com/politics/first-draft/2016/05/05/sheldon-adelson-says-he-will-support-donald-trump/>]
MIKE PENCE ENDORSES TRUMP AFTER FIRST BACKING CRUZ LAST WEEK: “Less than a week after proclaiming to Indiana voters that he would vote for Ted Cruz in his state's primary - a tepid endorsement that featured high praise for Donald Trump - Indiana Gov. Mike Pence has made it official: He is all in for the presumptive Republican nominee. ‘I’m fully supportive of our presumptive nominee, and I do think Donald Trump will do well in the State of Indiana,’ Pence told reporters, according to Indianapolis' Fox affiliate. ‘I’m going to campaign hard for the Republican nominee because Indiana needs a partner in the White House.’” [Politico, 5/6/16<http://www.politico.com/story/2016/05/mike-pence-endorses-trump-222891>]
CHENEY WILL SUPPORT TRUMP: “Former Vice President Dick Cheney will support Donald Trump, he told CNN Friday, an important move as the presumptive Republican nominee is encountering intense resistance from senior members of his own party. Cheney told CNN Special Correspondent Jamie Gangel that he has always supported the GOP nominee and will do so this year as well.” [CNN, 5/6/16<http://www.cnn.com/2016/05/06/politics/dick-cheney-donald-trump/?sr=twCNN050616dick-cheney-donald-trump0717PMVODtopPhoto&linkId=24228380>]
NON-ENDORSEMENT TRACKER - LARRY HOGAN: “‘I said I was not going to get involved, and I would not endorse any candidate and that I was going to stay focused on Maryland,’ Hogan, a popular Republican in a strongly Democratic state, told reporters. ‘And I’m not going to take any more stupid questions about Donald Trump.’ On Wednesday, the Democratic Governors Association tagged Hogan as part of the ‘Silent 9,’ a group of Republican governors it says have refused to say whether they will support Trump. The label is the latest attempt by Democrats to try to force uncommitted Republicans to take a stance on the controversial presumptive nominee.” [Washington Post, 5/6/16<https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/md-politics/democrats-place-hogan-on-a-silent-9-trump-list/2016/05/04/8e5006ea-124f-11e6-81b4-581a5c4c42df_story.html?postshare=3671462498293700&tid=ss_tw>]
TRUMP RESPONDS TO PAUL RYAN’S NON-ENDORSEMENT: “I am not ready to support Speaker Ryan's agenda. Perhaps in the future we can work together and come to an agreement about what is best for the American people. They have been treated so badly for so long that it is about time for politicians to put them first!” [Donald Trump, Donald J. Trump for President, Statement, 5/5/16<https://www.donaldjtrump.com/press-releases/donald-j.-trump-statement-on-paul-ryan>]
GRAHAM WON’T ENDORSE TRUMP: “Graham says in a statement Friday he ‘cannot in good conscience support Donald Trump because I do not believe he is a reliable Republican conservative nor has he displayed the judgment and temperament to serve as Commander in Chief.’ South Carolina's senior senator also says he will join a growing list of veteran Republicans, including both Presidents Bush, Mitt Romney, John McCain and others, now declining to attend the party's convention this summer in Cleveland, Ohio.” [CNN, 5/6/16<http://www.cnn.com/2016/05/06/politics/lindsey-graham-donald-trump-hillary-clinton-not-vote/>]
JEB! WON’T VOTE FOR TRUMP: “Donald Trump has not demonstrated that temperament or strength of character. He has not displayed a respect for the Constitution. And, he is not a consistent conservative. These are all reasons why I cannot support his candidacy.” [Jeb Bush, Facebook, 5/6/16<https://www.facebook.com/jebbush/posts/876702172458827>]
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EVENTS
FRIDAY, MAY 6, 2016
5:00 PM Rally in Omaha, NE [Trump Campaign], and 6:00 PM Rally/Fundraiser for Chris Christie in Lawrenceville, NJ [invite], and 10:00 PM Rally in Eugene, OR [OPB]
SATURDAY, MAY 7, 2016
3:00 PM Rally Spokane, WA [seattletimes.com], Rally Puget Sound Region, WA [Seattletimes.com], and 6:00 PM Rally near Vancouver, WA [seattletimes.com].
SUNDAY, MAY 8, 2016
None.
MONDAY, MAY 9, 2016
Possible Capitol Hill Visit [Politico].
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Lauren Hendricks