RE: Kasich at a school in CT tomorrow

From:WalkerE@dnc.org To: LykinsT@dnc.org, WeiS@dnc.org, RRResearch_D@dnc.org CC: HelmstetterT@dnc.org Date: 2016-04-21 15:54 Subject: RE: Kasich at a school in CT tomorrow

For Trump - Stay away from common core - no upside to engaging on that. Focus on eliminating DOE & gun stuff (include the shooting on 5th ave remark pls). The Kasich gun stuff is pretty bad. Adding TJ who has connects at brady campaign. I'll link up with Creamer and see if everytown or any other member group has something planned, and if we can get them on board for something. Let us know if you need anything else K-12 TRUMP CALLED TO END COMMON CORE AS PRESIDENT Trump: Common Core Is Going To Be "Gone Very Quickly." TRUMP: "Common Core-how quickly-it's going to be gone very quickly. It's gonna be gone very quickly. It's no good. You've got some of these guys running against me as Republicans who want Common Core, and anybody who wants Common Core is not going to win. It makes no sense." [Trump Campaign Rally, Raleigh NC, 12/4/15] TRUMP ADVOCATED CUTTING OR ELIMINATING THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION Trump: "We're Going To Cut Spending Big League... We're Going To Cut Department Of Education." TRUMP: "I'm going to cut spending. We're going to cut spending big league. I mean, you look at some... So many -- Department of Education. We're going to cut Department of Education. We spend more money per pupil than any country in the world by far, and we're ranked number 30 in the world." [Morning Joe Town Hall, MSNBC, Charleston SC, 2/17/16] Guns TRUMP DOESN'T THINK WE NEED FURTHER GUN RESTRICTIONS Trump: "I Don't Think You Need Further Gun Restrictions." GEIST: "Do you think there are any gun restrictions, further gun restrictions than we have now, Donald, that would make sense in this country to help stem the tide of gun violence, which is much, much more than any country in the face of the earth?" TRUMP: "No, I don't think you need further gun restrictions." [Morning Joe, MSNBC, 8/28/15] TRUMP OPPOSED CLOSING GUN SHOW LOOPHOLE Trump Said That Closing The Gun Show Loophole Was "A Slippery Slope." TRUMP: "When you get into the gun show, that's a slippery slope. That stops a father from giving his child a gun. Let me go a step further." [The Situation Room, CNN, 1/6/16] Teachers TRUMP SAID TEACHERS' UNIONS HAD TOO MUCH POWER Trump: Teachers' Unions Have Too Much Power And Parents Have Too Little Power. "What stands in the way of the reform we all know is needed? It's the balance of power: Teachers' unions with too much power; parents with too little-less and less power, the lower down the economic income ladder you go." [Donald Trump, The America We Deserve, 1/15/00] Trump Said He Would Reduce The Power Of Teachers Union. "He would reduce the power of teachers unions, which Trump says stand in the way of school reform ... 'The Brotherhood of Blackboard Workers wants to keep the door closed to competition,' Trump writes. 'That way they can run things as they chose, without review.'" [USA Today, 12/27/99] Almost forgot, Trump will be in Waterbury on Saturday, also at a school. Can we have the same hits on him? Some top stuff below K-12 Funding KASICH SLASHED $1.8 BILLION FROM OHIO'S PUBLIC SCHOOLS WHILE FUNNELING HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF TAX DOLLARS TO PRIVATE SCHOOLS Kasich's 2011 Biennial Budget Cut $1.8 Billion In State Funding For Public Schools. "Cutting $1.8 billion in state funding for public schools in the 2011 biennial budget has affected districts across Ohio. Never would have seen that one coming, right? Of the 172 of Ohio's 613 K-12 school districts that responded to a Policy Matters Ohio survey, 65 percent said their planned spending was greater than their expected revenues. That's up from 45 percent in 2010." [National Public Radio, 1/19/12<https://stateimpact.npr.org/ohio/2012/01/19/study-most-ohio-school-districts-cut-expenses-in-face-of-state-budget-cuts/>] Toledo Blade Editorial: Kasich Proposed "Siphoning Money To Expansions Of Charter-School And Voucher Programs". "The House Republican majority has tweaked the governor's plan to restore some school aid, but largely by shifting money to wealthier districts from poorer ones. Whatever else lawmakers do, this surely is not the time to deprive public schools of even more state support by siphoning money to expansions of charter-school and voucher programs, as Mr. Kasich proposes." [Editorial, Toledo Blade, 5/5/11] Guns KASICH SAID HE DIDN'T THINK MASS SHOOTINGS COULD BE STOPPED BY FURTHER GUN RESTRICTIONS John Kasich On Whether He Thought Gun Control Could Stop Mass Shootings: "No, I Don't." HEWITT: "Governor, today we had this terrible assassination of a TV reporter and her cameraman by a disgruntled employee who turned the gun on himself. Hillary Clinton immediately took to Twitter, called for gun control. You know, do you think gun control has anything to do with stopping things like this?" KASICH: "No, I don't." [Hugh Hewitt Show, 8/26/15<http://www.hughhewitt.com/ohio-governor-john-kasich-on-the-2016-race/>] KASICH SAID "I'VE AGREED WITH THE NRA MORE THAN I'VE AGREED WITH MY WIFE" Kasich: "I've Agreed With The NRA More Than I've Agreed With My Wife." "Democratic Gov. Ted Strickland and GOP challenger John Kasich readily acknowledge the overarching importance of jobs and the economy to Ohioans in the 2010 election. But both major-party candidates also say they recognize that their stances on America's most divisive issues will carry a great deal of weight with many voters, too ... 'I've agreed with the NRA more than I've agreed with my wife,' Kasich said." [Columbus Dispatch, 9/26/10<http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/insight/2010/09/26/division.html>] KASICH RESPONDED TO THE OCTOBER 2015 MASS SHOOTING IN OREGON BY NOTING THAT HE HAD AN A RATING FROM THE NRA Kasich Defended His Record On Gun Rights Citing His 'A' Rating From The NRA. KASICH: "I always received an 'A' rating since I've been governor... You can strip all the guns away but the people who are going to commit crimes or have problems are always going to have the guns and more and more people feel like I'd like to be able to protect myself." [NBC, 10/2/15<http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2016-election/after-oregon-shooting-kasich-opposes-gun-control-n437471>] Kasich On School Shooting In Oregon: "I Don't Believe That Gun Control Would Stop This." [Mother Jones, 10/2/15<http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2015/10/john-kasich-mass-shootings-death-penalty>] Kasich Dismissed Concerns From Student About Gun Violence On Campuses. "'You have to prepare. You have to harden. The guns are not the problem,' the GOP presidential hopeful said at the Stratham Municipal Center to a crowd of nearly 200 people. He singled out poor background screening of gun purchasers with a history of mental illness. Kasich made his comment in response to a high school senior, Seamus McDonough, 18, who had traveled to New Hampshire from his hometown in Wells, Maine, to ask about gun violence on campuses." [Boston Globe, 10/10/15<http://www.bostonglobe.com/news/politics/2015/10/10/john-kasich-the-guns-are-not-problem/IPlTx0I3FBPXbdA6T3eabJ/story.html?s_campaign=bostonglobe%3Asocialflow%3Atwitter>] Teachers KASICH WANTED TO ABOLISH ALL TEACHERS LOUNGES IF HE WERE KING Kasich: If I Were King "I Would Abolish All Teacher's Lounges Where They Sit Together And Worry About, 'How Woe Is Us.'" "The education summit and a town hall meeting later today brought Ohio's governor back to the state holding America's first 2016 presidential primary for the 12th time today. He told the crowd that he 'very likely could become president of the United States,' and said 'If I were not president, but I were king in America, I would abolish all teacher's lounges where they sit together and worry about, "How woe is us."'" [Columbus Dispatch, 8/19/15<http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/local/2015/08/19/john-kasich-education-summit.html>] KASICH VOWED TO "BREAK THE BACK" OF TEACHERS UNIONS Kasich: "We Need To Break The Back Of Organized Labor In The Schools." "'We need more school choice, we need to break the back of organized labor in the schools, and we need to turn our schools into institutions that excite our kids and teach them, and the best way to get it done is to give mothers and fathers the power to take their kids out of bad places and put them in good,' Kasich said to a round of applause." [Star Beacon, 3/24/09<http://www.starbeacon.com/news/local_news/kasich-promises-county-won-t-be-forgotten-if-republicans-regain/article_84ac11fe-7073-5107-8be5-817403a8d073.html>] KASICH SIGNED A BILL THAT WOULD HAVE PREVENTED WORKERS FROM BEING ABLE TO NEGOTIATE FOR HEALTHCARE BENEFITS, PENSIONS, OR THE NUMBER OF FIREFIGHTERS REQUIRED TO BE ON DUTY Kasich Signed SB5 To Limit Collective Bargaining For Public Employees Including Firefighters And Teachers. "Gov. John Kasich signed a controversial collective-bargaining overhaul into law Thursday evening, setting off a statewide election campaign that promises to be one of the biggest ballot battles in recent memory. With the bill headed for the books, opponents of Senate Bill 5 -- which dramatically reduces the power of unionized state workers, including firefighters and teachers -- moved quickly with plans to put the issue before voters by launching a campaign organization called 'We Are Ohio.'" [Cleveland Plain Dealer, 3/31/11<http://www.cleveland.com/open/index.ssf/2011/03/gov_john_kasich_signs_senate_b.html>] * Under SB 5, Teachers, Firefighters And Police Officers Wouldn't Have Been Able To Negotiate For Healthcare Benefits Or Pensions. "About 40 cops and firefighters took part in the canvassing, organized as Protect Ohio's Protectors, part of the We Are Ohio coalition opposing the collective-bargaining law known as Senate Bill 5 ... Among other changes, the law [Kasich's SB5] bans public worker strikes and limits the collective-bargaining abilities of teachers, firefighters, police officers and other public employees. Workers could negotiate on wages, but not on their pension or health care benefits." [Lima News, 8/25/13] * SB5 Would Have Restricted Collective Bargaining for 360,000 Workers. "The House is expected to quickly be- gin considering Senate Bill 5, which would restrict collective bargaining for 360,000 firefighters, police officers, teachers, prison guards and other government workers." [Dayton Daily News, 3/ 4/11] * Under Kasich's Plan, Police And Firefighters Wouldn't Be Able To Bargain Over The Number Of People Required To Be On Duty. "Unlike Wisconsin's high-profile effort to limit collective bargaining rights for public workers, Ohio's new law includes police officers and firefighters who say it threatens the safety of them and the people they protect ... Under the Ohio plan, police and firefighters won't be able to bargain with cities over the number of people required to be on duty. That means they can't negotiate the number of staff in fire trucks or police cars, for instance." [Associated Press, 3/31/11<http://www.businessweek.com/ap/financialnews/D9MAFO681.htm>] ----- What are the best hits on guns, k-12 funding, and attacks on teacher unions? Thanks all!