June 8 Morning Cable News Roundup

From:mcantrell@hillaryclinton.com To: HRCRapid@hillaryclinton.com Date: 2015-06-08 12:32 Subject: June 8 Morning Cable News Roundup

Document attached, 2016 highlights below: *CNN's New Day:* Report on the Iowa Roast and Ride. Walker questioned on foreign policy plans. Walker claims that he would not rule out ground invasion by U.S. troops. Reporters claim that this election will be ruled by foreign policy issues. Lindsey Graham speaks about climate change, and the need to protect our environment. Segment of Bush in New Hampshire. Bush claims that he has a passion for service. He believes that candidates should not be campaigning in ‘protective bubbles’. Went on a Sunday during his vacation time in New Hampshire to meet residents. HRC pushes for minimum wage increase. HRC claims that everyone deserves the right to unionize and increase in minimum wage. *MSNBC's Morning Joe:* Seven Republican hopefuls were in Iowa for Senator Joni Ernst’s “Roast and Ride.” It was a challenge for any candidate to stand out. Perry rode a motorcycle with veterans. Walker remembered D-Day and rode motorcycles with Senator Ernst. Rubio stayed at a Holiday Inn to show Iowans he’s just like them. Republicans found in 2012 that their primary process pushed their nominee too far to the right and they couldn’t win the general. Iowa is less of a big deal now without the straw poll. Despite its apparent lack of importance, whoever wins may not win the nomination but it’ll give them a big leg up in the crowded field. Graham welcomes Caitlyn Jenner to the Republican Party. *Fox News' Fox and Friends:* A five minute segment in which Fox and Friends talked with Donald Trump via phone; hosts quoted de Blasio from “Face the Nation,” saying we have a “democracy problem” in America because of low voter turnout; de Blasio mentioned HRC, saying HRC has expressed the need for a national strategy to re-energize voters, and to address conservative efforts to suppress voters; segment on HRC’s speech on Voter I.D. Laws in TX, saying Republicans need to end their fear mongering over the phantom epidemic of voter fraud; Fox and Friends reported George Soros donated $5 million to Democrats to help bankroll the fight against voter I.D. laws in court; Erickson said HRC required attendees at her event to show I.D.’s, yet does not want people to have to show I.D.’s at the polls; Erickson said POTUS organized a coalition to get himself elected, not Democrats, which became evident in 2010 and 2014; Erickson said in 2008, HRC and WJC were accused of racism in South Carolina by other Democrats; Erickson proposed that HRC is trying to recover from those accusations in 2008 and rebuild some of POTUS’s coalition by appealing to minority and millennial voters by standing up for their right to vote.