Subject: Draft DWS Statement on IN results
To: RR2 <[email-masked]>
Cc: "Banfill, Ryan" <[email-masked]>, "Freundlich, Christina" <[email-masked]>, "Walsh, Tom" <[email-masked]>, "Paustenbach, Mark" <[email-masked]>, "Walker, Eric" <[email-masked]>

DRAFT **** DRAF ****
For Immediate Release
May 3, 2016

Contact: DNC Press - 202-863-8148<tel:202-863-8148>

DNC Chair Statement on Tonight's Primary Results

WASHINGTON - DNC Chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz issued the following statement on tonight's Indiana primary results:

"Tonight's results in Indiana are the culmination of what can only be described as a disastrous week for the Republican Party. Clearly the GOP's problems go well beyond their convention. Even a last-ditch VP pick from the desperate Cruz campaign this week couldn't derail Dangerous Donald, who is now just a hair's-breadth away from the Republican nomination.

"In just seven days, the GOP went from seeing Ted Cruz dodge questions about being called 'Lucifer in the flesh' by the former Republican Speaker of the House, to watch him angrily debunking Donald Trump's claims about his father. The absurdity of the Republican primary was compounded by the fact that Trump made those claims based on a tabloid story in the National Enquirer. No wonder the Republican Party is less popular than it's been in more than two decades. Just today, exit polls in Indiana show that XXX think that their primary has been divisive.

"Meanwhile, Democratic voters are proud of their candidates and it shows each time they go to the polls. Last week, in Connecticut and Pennsylvania respectively, 67% and 71% of Democrats reported feeling energized by our primary, and today in Indiana it was three-quarters of Democratic voters who said our primary has energized our party. And majorities expressed support for either one of our candidates.

"Today it's clearer than ever, Democrats are in a far stronger position heading into the general election, and the next President of the United States and commander in chief will be on our convention stage in Philadelphia."

###

[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>