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draft surrogate talkers -- responding to day 1 attacks

From:isams@hillaryclinton.com To: hrcrapid@googlegroups.com Date: 2015-04-12 23:15 Subject: draft surrogate talkers -- responding to day 1 attacks

Hey folks. Here are some points we pulled together for surrogates going on TV -- not a wide blast -- on how to respond to day one attacks on HRC. Thoughts? Adrienne/Karen/etc. can get to surrogates once we're all good. Thanks. Ian OPENING DAY -- SURROGATE TALKING POINTS ON GOP ATTACKS Today we’ve seen a wide range of attacks from the entire GOP field and their allies. Below are some points to respond -- keeping the focus on Hillary’s desire to focus on voters while the Republicans are trotting out tired attacks on her. - Republicans can focus on attacking her, but Hillary is focused on meeting voters and having real conversations about issues facing everyday Americans. This is the start of the different kind of campaign that Hillary wants to run -- one that is squarely focused on having a conversation with voters -- answering their questions, asking them questions and sharing ideas. - Meanwhile, Republicans want to be the champions for those at the top. While Hillary is talking to voters and focused on everyday Americans, every single Republican candidate has offered the same tired attacks and the same economic agenda that Americans know rob them of the stability they’ve worked so hard for -- with a top-down agenda that would stack the deck even more in favor of those at the top. - Americans have responded clearly that they appreciate Hillary’s focus on their issues and their lives, so if Republicans want to keep their focus on tired political attacks, that’s their choice. If pressed on specific GOP attacks on foreign policy/HRC’s record at the State Department, stemming from Jeb Bush’s video or other attacks: ​Job number one for Hillary as Secretary of State was to restore America’s leadership after it was badly eroded by eight years of the Bush administration’s foreign policy -- two wars, damaged alliances, diminished moral standing, no stopping Iran's nuclear program, and no action on climate. She’s proud of her accomplishments. - Hillary led the effort to build a worldwide coalition to impose the toughest sanctions in history against the Iranians, which forced them to the negotiating table and gave us our best shot at preventing them from acquiring a nuclear weapon. - Hillary brokered a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas in Gaza, which prevented a wider war and protected Israel’s security. - Hillary stood up to Putin by strengthening NATO, encouraging Europe to find alternative sources of energy, and called him out for trying to rebuild the Soviet Empire. - Hillary worked with President Obama to get every major developing country, including China and India, to agree for the first time to reduce their carbon emissions and be held accountable for it. - Hillary put internet freedom, LGBT rights, and women’s rights on the global agenda, and defending human rights advocates on the frontlines around the world. - And, of course, she was part of the President’s team making the decision to launch the raid against bin Laden. Jeb Bush may attack Hillary’s time as Secretary of State now, but it’s just negative politics meant to gin up his Republican base. - Jeb Bush in 2013: “Former Secretary Clinton has dedicated her life to serving and engaging people across the world in democracy. These efforts as a citizen, an activist, and a leader have earned Secretary Clinton this year’s Liberty Medal.” [National Constitution Center, 6/27/2013 <http://constitutioncenter.org/images/uploads/news/lmrelease2013.pdf>] Jeb Bush is advocating for the same failed foreign policy that led us to misguided wars and degraded our nation’s standing in the world. - Jeb Bush on George W. Bush: “I will tell you that I’m the only Republican that was in office when he was office as President that never disagreed with him. And I’m not going to start now. Why would I do that now after two years? …I’m not going to start now. It’s just – ‘til death do us part.” [CNN interview <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UwkuGGPiHfU>] -- *Ian Sams* | Rapid Response Associate Hillary for America (423) 915-6592 | @IanSams <https://twitter.com/iansams> Gchat: icsams -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "HRCRapid" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to hrcrapid+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to hrcrapid@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/hrcrapid/CABd81JJxcSiv95x3%3Duc5H1fSQ5M9CZZ0deNmoNAwM%2BHKiO-p3Q%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.