Subject: RE: For Comms Approval: Weinberg statement on Christie as Transition Chair
From: "Miranda, Luis" <[email-masked]>
To: "Helmstetter, TJ" <[email-masked]>, "Wei, Shu-Yen" <[email-masked]>
Cc: "Walker, Eric" <[email-masked]>, "Paustenbach, Mark" <[email-masked]>, "Walsh, Tom" <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 9 May 2016 16:37:29 -0700

Yes, it shouldn't come from DNC, but if the state party does it then it's fine.

[SigDems]<http://www.democrats.org/>Luis Miranda, Communications Director
Democratic National Committee
202-863-8148 - [email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]> - @MiraLuisDC<https://www.twitter.com/MiraLuisDC>

From: Helmstetter, TJ
Sent: Monday, May 09, 2016 7:33 PM
To: Wei, Shu-Yen
Cc: Walker, Eric; Miranda, Luis; Paustenbach, Mark; Walsh, Tom
Subject: Re: For Comms Approval: Weinberg statement on Christie as Transition Chair

That's fine, it's just embarrassing when the DNC reacts to news 8 hours after it happens. If her office does something in the morning we should still amplify it but we look silly when we wait so long to respond to breaking news.

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On May 9, 2016, at 7:30 PM, Wei, Shu-Yen <[email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]>> wrote:
You may be right, but I sent to research and can send to her team for them to use or not at their discretion.

From: Helmstetter, TJ
Sent: Monday, May 09, 2016 7:09 PM
To: Wei, Shu-Yen
Cc: Walker, Eric; Miranda, Luis; Paustenbach, Mark; Walsh, Tom
Subject: Re: For Comms Approval: Weinberg statement on Christie as Transition Chair

If this still hasn't gone I think we missed our window. Christie was named transition chair at 11:30am.

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On May 9, 2016, at 7:06 PM, Wei, Shu-Yen <[email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]>> wrote:
Adding tom

From: Wei, Shu-Yen
Sent: Monday, May 09, 2016 6:03 PM
To: Walker, Eric; Miranda, Luis; Paustenbach, Mark; Miranda, Luis
Cc: Helmstetter, TJ
Subject: For Comms Approval: Weinberg statement on Christie as Transition Chair

Ok, new plan, Sen. Weinberg was uncomfortable with calling on Christie to resign this time, so new statement.

For Immediate Release
May 9, 2016

Senate Majority Leader Weinberg Issues Statement on Governor Christie's Elevated Role in the Donald Trump Campaign

Trenton- Senate Majority Leader Loretta Weinberg released the following statement in response to the announcement that Governor Christie would serve as transition chair in a hypothetical Trump administration:

"Despite suspending his failed presidential campaign, it appears that our governor will continue to travel around the country at the expense of New Jersey taxpayers. I am calling on Governor Christie to tell us how much his further travel will cost our state. Not only is he currently drawing a taxpayer salary for a job he does not do, he has the audacity to make us to foot the cost for his selfish political agenda."

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