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Re: NPR this morning

From:ssolow@hillaryclinton.com To: tcarrk@hillaryclinton.com CC: ron.klain@revolution.com, karen.l.dunn@gmail.com, jsullivan@hillaryclinton.com, kcosta@hillaryclinton.com, john.podesta@gmail.com Date: 2016-01-16 17:11 Subject: Re: NPR this morning

yuck On Sat, Jan 16, 2016 at 12:52 PM, Tony Carrk <tcarrk@hillaryclinton.com> wrote: > > > Sent from my iPhone > > Begin forwarded message: > > *From:* Laurel Ruza <lruza@hillaryclinton.com> > *Date:* January 16, 2016 at 12:51:07 PM EST > *To:* Tony Carrk <tcarrk@hillaryclinton.com> > *Cc:* mediamonitoring <mediamonitoring@hillaryclinton.com> > *Subject:* *Re: NPR this morning* > > Link: > http://mms.tveyes.com/PlaybackPortal.aspx?SavedEditID=314a7cdc-7cfa-4527-ab50-0e3846f9b286 > > Transcript > > *REPORTER: *So in August of last year, Hillary Clinton had a meeting with > Black Lives Matter activists and their discussion became, as you remember, > really, well very, very heated and she said, look you're interested in > changing hearts and that can go on forever, maybe you'll succeed maybe you > won't. I'm interested in it, as a politician, in changing laws. What was > your level of satisfaction with that encounter and is she wrong? > > *ALICIA GARZA: *What I will say is, and this isn't being diplomatic, > right. This is just trying to... > > *REPORTER: *Why would you want to be, why would you want, why be > diplomatic? > > *ALICIA GARZA: *I don't have a reason to be. It's trying to allow > multiple perspectives, right. To be fair, no change in this country has > ever happened merely by changing laws and it was disappointing, quite > frankly, to hear former Secretary Clinton use that language because > certainly an accurate view of history shows us that we are always in a > dialectical relationship between changing culture, or changing hearts, and > changing policy and that if we don't do one the other one doesn't happen, > right. I also was really disappointed that she used, what I thought, was a > fantastic opportunity to sit and really build with young Black activists > who had come specifically to share their concerns with her. That she used > that opportunity to almost shun them as opposed to.. > > *REPORTER: *Shun or lecture? > > *ALICIA GARZA: *Both, to be honest, because they were still pointed > questions that were being put forward to her and one of those pointed > questions was about changing > > *REPORTER: *Didn't you want her to share her view of things too? > > *ALICIA GARZA: *Well, let me be clear, one of the pointed questions that > she was asked was about her changing stance on mass incarceration. > > *REPORTER: *Right. > > *ALICIA GARZA: *Now, you know, I grew up in the era of mass incarceration > when Black people. in particular, were had being demonized and being seen > as a drain on government resources, and, you know, former Secretary Clinton > and her husband, former President Clinton, really removed this very robust > agenda around criminalizing Black people and they did that in a couple of > different ways. One was by passing and championing this landmark three > strikes legislation, which actually incarcerated more Black people than any > other time in history, right. They also did something which was > overwhelming, which was to dismantle states supports for families to be > able to thrive or just at the very least survive, right. And they did that > under this notion, right, that people were taking advantage of the system > and that people are not redeemable. And now what we see on the campaign > trail is that there's suddenly this new stance that says mass incarceration > is a horrible thing, right. And the question that those activists pose to > her of what changed her mind is not an out there question. It's really not, > and I thought it was brilliant. > > *REPORTER: *And you thought she got defensive? > > *ALICIA GARZA: *Well she did get defensive, and she got dismissive, and > she also didn't answer the question. > > *REPORTER: *You going to vote for her? > > *ALICIA GARZA: *Well, no I'm not, and mostly have been impacted by that > experience very much. I do believe that, you know, dialogue is necessary. > > *REPORTER: *We get November, the likelihood that it's going to be Hillary > Clinton against, I don't know, Ted Cruz, or Marco Rubio, or Donald Trump. > You're going to stay home? You're going to pull the lever for the > Republican? > > *ALICIA GARZA: *No, no, no, I definitely plan to vote. I'm not going to > vote for Hillary Clinton that's where my stance is, and I'm not voting for > any Republicans. > > *REPORTER: *So, in other words, a third party. Can I remind you, Ralph > Nader was also a third party candidate. > > *ALICIA GARZA: *I remember. I do think it's troubling that we do > something in this country where we go, if you don't vote for the appointed > ones everything is going to go to hell. That's not actually true. What is > true, certainly, is that there are multiple things that are important for > us to make decisions about and president is one, and the reason for that > being Supreme Court appointees, yea. But I also want to be really clear > that for Black people in this country to demand allegiance to a candidate > that has deliberately, deliberately lessened their quality of life, I > think, is irresponsible. > > *REPORTER: *When you see the percentage of African Americans, who have in > fact, said that they'll vote for Hillary Clinton, does it make you despair > in some way? Because it's very, very high as you know. > > *ALICIA GARZA: *No, it doesn't make me despair in any way. I think, what > we know about Black voters is that we tend to vote Democratic. > > *REPORTER: *Yea. > > *ALICIA GARZA: *And we tend to do that across the board. > > *REPORTER: *In a sense, you feel you give away the vote too cheap? > > *ALICIA GARZA: *I absolutely feel that way. > > > On Sat, Jan 16, 2016 at 11:45 AM, Tony Carrk <tcarrk@hillaryclinton.com> > wrote: > >> HRC said there was a segment with a woman from BLM who said HRC/WJC >> ruined black lives >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "mediamonitoring" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to mediamonitoring+unsubscribe@hillaryclinton.com. >> To post to this group, send email to mediamonitoring@hillaryclinton.com. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/a/hillaryclinton.com/d/msgid/mediamonitoring/-3480609761556485230%40unknownmsgid >> . >> > >