Ballotpedia's Daily Presidential News Briefing - March 26, 2019

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Schultz speaks at AIPAC   March 26, 2019: Bill Weld said he would decide on a primary challenge to Trump in April. Howard Schultz spoke at AIPAC amidst Democratic candidate boycott. Share the latest from the campaign trail.         Notable Quote of the Day “The freedom to rebrand President Donald Trump as a criminal had been widely viewed as a major potential asset — a crowd-pleaser, at minimum, and an undercurrent to Democrats’ broader effort to portray Trump as unfit for the presidency. The Mueller report's findings cut deeply into that prospective line of attack.” —David Siders and Christopher Cadelago of Politico, on Robert Mueller’s report and its impact on the 2020 race Democrats South Carolina State University announced that Cory Booker will deliver the university's commencement address on May 10. Tulsi Gabbard appeared on the podcast "The Trail: From New Hampshire to the White House,” on WMUR. Gabbard spoke about her strategy in the state’s primary and her foreign policy. Kamala Harris released the $315 billion plan to increase teacher pay that she had announced over the weekend. She said that the proposal would be paid for with undefined changes to the estate tax. Beto O’Rourke made official the hiring of Jennifer O’Malley Dillon as his campaign manager. The New York Times wrote that the hire “suggests that Mr. O’Rourke is willing to professionalize his presidential bid in a way he resisted during his electrifying but unsuccessful Senate campaign last year.” Bernie Sanders tweeted support for 1,500 striking teaching assistants at the University of Illinois at Chicago. “I say to UIC: Sit down at the bargaining table. Negotiate in good faith. Pay your workers a living wage,” Sanders wrote. Elizabeth Warren appeared on The Late Show, where she told host Stephen Colbert that unless Robert Mueller’s full report is released, she does not trust Attorney General William Barr’s conclusion that President Trump did not obstruct justice. Marianne Williamson spoke at New England College in Henniker, New Hampshire. She discussed the minimum wage, healthcare, and college education costs. She the People announced a forum on April 24 focused on women of color. The group told NBC News that O’Rourke, Booker, and Julián Castro have claimed the first of eight available spots for the forum in which candidates will take questions from the audience. Republicans Bill Weld told Pints and Politics that he expected to make a decision in April on whether he would challenge Donald Trump in the Republican primary. "I'm leaning towards doing it unless something changes, and set myself an informal deadline of the month of April to pull the trigger,” he said during his visit to New Hampshire.   Take a journey through the nuts and bolts of Chevron deference, including its history, application, evolution, leading arguments for and against, and its uncertain future. Sign up for the newest Ballotpedia Learning Journey, here! On the Cusp: Tracking Potential Candidates Howard Schultz attended the annual conference of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee. He responded to MoveOn’s call for Democratic candidates to not attend the conference by saying that the “unwillingness of the far left to even speak with people they may disagree with is one of the worst symbols of the dysfunction in Washington today.” What We’re Reading FiveThirtyEight: Which States Have Produced The Most Presidential Nominees? Los Angeles Times: Even in crowded Democratic field, early-state voters flock to see long shots Politico: Democrats now have to beat Trump the old-fashioned way Flashback: March 26, 2015 Politifact published an article discussing the legality of Ted Cruz’s 2016 presidential campaign. It drew parallels between Cruz, who was born in Canada to an American mother and Cuban father, and similar eligibility claims put forth against President Barack Obama. The article concluded that Cruz was eligible to run, but the matter hadn’t been completely settled in a court yet, so a potential lawsuit or challenge from potential candidate Donald Trump could change things.