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Re: looping back on yesterday

From:gruncom@aol.com To: john.podesta@gmail.com Date: 2016-03-12 18:05 Subject: Re: looping back on yesterday

Ok, I understand. I was just trying to make the point that she and WJC were part of the break from the Reagan era -- more reason she should have remembered the facts Mandy Grunwald Grunwald Communications 202-973-9400 ----- No. No time for self congratulation. On Saturday, March 12, 2016, 'Mandy Grunwald' via Speech Drafts <speechdrafts@hillaryclinton.com> wrote: Do you want to add" At the 1992 convention when my husband accepted the Democratic nomination, we marked a break with the past by having the first two HIV positive speakers Mandy Grunwald Grunwald Communications 202-973-9400 ----- + Speech Drafts, for everyone's visibility. On Sat, Mar 12, 2016 at 1:44 PM, Megan Rooney <mrooney@hillaryclinton.com> wrote: Per Jake, we're tweaking the opening graf here. Otherwise no changes yet to the rest of this statement. To create a process here, please send Lauren and me your edits by 230pm. Then we'll get this out. I’ve heard from countless people who are hurt and disappointed by what I said yesterday at Nancy Reagan's funeral about the Reagans' record on HIV/AIDS, and I understand why. The comment was just wrong, and I said so right away. The Reagans did not start a national conversation about HIV/AIDS. Unfortunately, the opposite is true. That distinction belongs to generations of brave men and women who started not just a conversation, but a movement that continues to this day. The AIDS crisis in America began as a quiet, deadly epidemic. When many in positions of power turned a blind eye, it was groups like ACT UP, Gay Men’s Health Crisis, and others that came forward to shatter the silence. They organized and marched, held die-ins on the steps of city halls and vigils in the streets. They fought alongside a few courageous voices in Washington, like U.S. Representative Henry Waxman, who spoke out from the floor of Congress. Then there were all the people whose names we don’t hear and maybe don't even know – the unsung heroes who fought on the front lines of the crisis, from hospital wards and bedsides, some with their last breath. Slowly, too slowly, ignorance was crowded out by information. People who had once closed their eyes opened their hearts. If not for those advocates, activists, and ordinary people, we would not be where we are in preventing and treating HIV/AIDS. Their courage and their refusal to accept silence as the status quo saved lives. We’ve come a long way since. But we still have work to do to eradicate this disease for good, and erase the stigma that is an echo of a shameful and painful period in our country’s history. This is work that I’ve been committed to for a long time. As First Lady, I brought together world leaders to strategize and coordinate efforts to take on HIV/AIDS around the globe. In the Senate, I put forward legislation to expand global AIDS research and assistance, and increase prevention and education. And as Secretary of State, I launched a campaign to usher in an AIDS-free generation through prevention and treatment, targeting the populations at greatest risk of contracting HIV (including key populations at risk of discrimination), and investing in innovative research and technology. I believe there’s even more we can do together. For starters, we should call on Republican governors to put people’s health and well-being ahead of politics and extend Medicaid, which would provide health care to those living with HIV/AIDS. And we should cap out-of-pocket expenses, and hold companies like Turing and Valeant accountable when they attempt to gouge prices of lifesaving medications. And we should expand access to medications like PrEP. The AIDS crisis looks very different today. We’re still surrounded by memories of loved ones lost and lives cut short. But we’re also surrounded by survivors who are fighting harder than ever. We owe it to them, and to future generations, to continue that fight together. There are more options for treatment and prevention than ever before. More people with HIV are leading full, happy lives. For the first time, an AIDS-free generation is in sight. And we can’t let up until we reach that goal. On Sat, Mar 12, 2016 at 1:15 PM, Jake Sullivan <jsullivan@hillaryclinton.com> wrote: Adding Megan to work with our team to get something good cranked out. Shouldn’t be too hard. Megan, you might also enlist Baer. Jake/Maya can someone on your team draft ASAP? On Mar 12, 2016, at 1:03 PM, Kristina Schake <kschake@hillaryclinton.com> wrote: I support doing this today. Sent from my iPhone On Mar 12, 2016, at 12:59 PM, Robby Mook <re47@hillaryclinton.com> wrote: Could she do a medium post or something like that on AIDS policy? She could open it by saying she misspoke and apologizes for that and wanted to make sure people understand what she will do. On Mar 12, 2016, at 12:43 PM, Teddy Goff <tgoff@hillaryclinton.com> wrote: And Robby whom I apparently did not successfully loop earlier. On Saturday, March 12, 2016, Dominic Lowell <dlowell@hillaryclinton.com> wrote: +Aditi Definitely a both / and. On Sat, Mar 12, 2016 at 12:38 PM, Dennis Cheng <dcheng@hillaryclinton.com> wrote: My two cents – I think this will be helpful, but don’t think it will be enough. I think a lot of our people (esp those who are older who lived through the 80s) want to see and hear her address it directly, given that they saw and heard her Reagan remarks on TV. And I think they are looking for more of an explanation, as Teddy mentioned, because they are just so dumbfounded by the comment. But agree that it can then be an opportunity for HRC to talk about her policy agenda for an AIDS free generation, etc. Have floated this idea in a couple of places, but putting it on this thread as well--we have two places online that we could respond to in terms of digital organizing perspective. There is an Out for Hillary group with 14k members that I think some kind of extended engagment over this would be helpful--an AMA with Dominic/Robby/Dennis, a special Note (which is a long form format over Facebook), re-purposing the Medium piece there, etc would go a long way. Our other option is Reddit, which has an extremely vocal core of LGBT members, but I would prioritize this Facebook group, which is the largest LGBT community of Hillary's supporters I know. These are friendlies, they are already carrying water for us making sure the apology is out there, and they firmly sit in groups 1 and 2 that Dom identified. Whatever we did to send our LGBT talking points to folks has really worked, they are popping up everywhere on the supporter Facebook groups. On Sat, Mar 12, 2016 at 11:39 AM, Teddy Goff <tgoff@hillaryclinton.com> wrote: + Robby too for visibility On Saturday, March 12, 2016, Kristina Schake <kschake@hillaryclinton.com> wrote: I agree something more is needed. A Facebook or Medium post would be good. Also I agree with Dom that we should lean into her policy more. I stayed with Chad last night who was receiving lots of angry calls and notes from people that he didn't call her out by name. He wouldn't do that to her and kept stressing she just made a mistake, but suggested we need to do something more today to protect her. She has a great record and we lost a lot of ground messaging-wise. Sent from my iPhone On Mar 12, 2016, at 10:53 AM, Teddy Goff <tgoff@hillaryclinton.com> wrote: + a few from both digital and comms I think our lingering problem on this is that people just don't understand, on a fact level, what happened and how she could have gotten so mixed up. And in the absence of any explanatory information, they assume the worst -- like that this was some cynical political strategy of ours. (Which, I would note, makes no sense -- why would our strategy be to piss everyone off? -- but regardless.) So I would vote to do a little something just to give people an understanding of how this happened, and then pivot to something else -- maybe that's celebrating the people who really did start a national conversation on AIDS, or something else. Believe LP is working on a draft that could be a Facebook note or a Medium post, just to give something to react to. On Sat, Mar 12, 2016 at 9:25 AM, Christina Reynolds <creynolds@hillaryclinton.com> wrote: And Jen and Teddy. This is helpful--thanks Dom! On Mar 12, 2016, at 10:18 AM, Xochitl Hinojosa <xhinojosa@hillaryclinton.com> wrote: Adding Dennis On Mar 12, 2016, at 10:13 AM, Dominic Lowell <dlowell@hillaryclinton.com> wrote: Hi all, I wanted to start a new thread to give a brief update about what I'm hearing from folks and get up to speed on how we're thinking of responding in the short and long term. (Sending to a smaller group from yesterday's call but please do loop in others who should be a part of this convo.) First, as you can imagine, most people are expressing palpable anger and hurt over the comments. I won't belabor the point because I'm sure we all fielded calls, texts, tweets in the last 24 hours over this. But suffice to say, we aren't in a good place with the community right now. If I had to break things down, I'd put people into three categories: 1) supporters who were horrified at the comment but accept the apology; 2) supporters who are angry and can only be mollified with a longer statement, tv appearance, roundtable, or something else big that shows she "gets it." They will continue to make hay in the meantime; and 3) Bernie folks who are happy to have a new line of attack. What concerns me is that in that second group are a lot folks from Queer Nation, ACT UP, and other activists who are out, loud, and not afraid of direct action or aggressive confrontation. Given that, I'd love if we could build on yesterday's response -- and quickly. I don't want this to fester. I assume we're prepping an answer for tomorrow's town hall, but has there been talk in the office of doing more today? Looking ahead, is it possible to bump up an HIV / AIDS policy rollout? Is there any interest in putting a roundtable conversation or OTR together? (Robbie Kaplan has already volunteered GMHC.) Would love to know where your heads are at and to be a part of the conversation today about next steps and moving forward. Thanks, D. -- Dominic Lowell LGBT Outreach Director | Hillary for America 661.364.5186 dlowell@hillaryclinton.com -- Dominic Lowell LGBT Outreach Director | Hillary for America 661.364.5186 dlowell@hillaryclinton.com