RE: After Winning on June 7th Bernie Sanders Should Suspend his Campaign and Launch an Independent Organization to Defeat Donald Trump

From:Mike.Emanuel@FOXNEWS.COM To: MirandaL@dnc.org Date: 2016-05-13 12:48 Subject: RE: After Winning on June 7th Bernie Sanders Should Suspend his Campaign and Launch an Independent Organization to Defeat Donald Trump

Understood. I was hoping you might have heard who was behind it... struggling to track down contact info. Off the record you'd have to ask whoever drafted it. [SigDems]<http://www.democrats.org/>Luis Miranda, Communications Director Democratic National Committee 202-863-8148 - MirandaL@dnc.org<mailto:MirandaL@dnc.org> - @MiraLuisDC<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.twitter.com_MiraLuisDC&d=DQMFAg&c=cnx1hdOQtepEQkpermZGwQ&r=qtUwg0p8F2jAfO2t6VOG71PLLM9A48C8OZ_xBULHASE&m=FF7J4qLpgrOw3b37-X639sYHPCFJzztyI1pS8PRLokk&s=fU8JLToje3HxWHaDeRR0vRbA-fTRenW2gFbuy7dPILo&e=> Good morning! Any idea how I can track down this draft document? Would you point me in the right direction? Thanks.-Mike Sanders allies plot post-primary war on Trump Draft plan also proposes alternate 'convention' event for Bernie. By GABRIEL DEBENEDETTI<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.politico.com_staff_gabriel-2Ddebenedetti&d=DQMFAg&c=cnx1hdOQtepEQkpermZGwQ&r=qtUwg0p8F2jAfO2t6VOG71PLLM9A48C8OZ_xBULHASE&m=FF7J4qLpgrOw3b37-X639sYHPCFJzztyI1pS8PRLokk&s=5PXmIfModvLXhT5l3Lw2Ye82w4Z2InE2AJz3emLn9oE&e=> 05/11/16 09:47 PM EDT Updated 05/12/16 12:20 AM EDT [160511_bernie_sanders_13_AP_1160.jpg] Operatives are working under the premise that Bernie Sanders' supporters will be reluctant to back Hillary Clinton. | AP Photo A group of Bernie Sanders staffers and volunteers is circulating a draft proposal calling on the senator to get out of the presidential race after the final burst of Democratic primaries on June 7, and concentrate on building a national progressive organization to stop Donald Trump. Operating under the assumption that Sanders will win the California primary but still fall far short of amassing enough delegates to claim the Democratic nomination, the document calls for the Vermont senator to exit the race and launch an independent political group far larger than any other recent post-campaign political operations, such as those started by Howard Dean or Barack Obama. The working title for the roughly 1,600-word document: "After Winning on June 7th Bernie Sanders Should Suspend his Campaign and Launch an Independent Organization to Defeat Donald Trump." Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2016/05/sanders-backers-plot-post-primary-war-on-trump-223100#ixzz48XeHMl8o<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.politico.com_story_2016_05_sanders-2Dbackers-2Dplot-2Dpost-2Dprimary-2Dwar-2Don-2Dtrump-2D223100-23ixzz48XeHMl8o&d=DQMFAg&c=cnx1hdOQtepEQkpermZGwQ&r=qtUwg0p8F2jAfO2t6VOG71PLLM9A48C8OZ_xBULHASE&m=FF7J4qLpgrOw3b37-X639sYHPCFJzztyI1pS8PRLokk&s=lx11oCgI3elLcnfOAlUhnvIUFmjkQpktH5VS0NUQfds&e=> Follow us: @politico on Twitter<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__ec.tynt.com_b_rw-3Fid-3DbKDyiUp9mr3OhNab7jrHcU-26u-3Dpolitico&d=DQMFAg&c=cnx1hdOQtepEQkpermZGwQ&r=qtUwg0p8F2jAfO2t6VOG71PLLM9A48C8OZ_xBULHASE&m=FF7J4qLpgrOw3b37-X639sYHPCFJzztyI1pS8PRLokk&s=ka29FYzYxIH1OXBRa7r28j_T8SHpEBYngBN-QQk5jGQ&e=> | Politico on Facebook<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__ec.tynt.com_b_rf-3Fid-3DbKDyiUp9mr3OhNab7jrHcU-26u-3DPolitico&d=DQMFAg&c=cnx1hdOQtepEQkpermZGwQ&r=qtUwg0p8F2jAfO2t6VOG71PLLM9A48C8OZ_xBULHASE&m=FF7J4qLpgrOw3b37-X639sYHPCFJzztyI1pS8PRLokk&s=jiC89gIcMUYYk1bGxopoUKlecIj-fHSOVNiYeag2-gg&e=> Mike Emanuel Chief Congressional / Senior Political Correspondent Fox News 202-824-6566-bureau 202-251-2356-cell @MikeEmanuelFox on Twitter This message and its attachments may contain legally privileged or confidential information. It is intended solely for the named addressee. If you are not the addressee indicated in this message (or responsible for delivery of the message to the addressee), you may not copy or deliver this message or its attachments to anyone. Rather, you should permanently delete this message and its attachments and kindly notify the sender by reply e-mail. Any content of this message and its attachments that does not relate to the official business of Fox News or Fox Business must not be taken to have been sent or endorsed by either of them. No representation is made that this email or its attachments are without defect.