Making News at Women in the World

From:dschwerin@hillaryclinton.com To: john.podesta@gmail.com, jpalmieri@hillaryclinton.com, kschake@hillaryclinton.com, jake.sullivan@gmail.com, re47@hillaryclinton.com Date: 2015-04-22 22:08 Subject: Making News at Women in the World

We discussed the idea of throwing an elbow at Women in the World with John and HRC today, and she was reluctant to touch the abortion issue. John suggested focusing more on the inappropriateness of playing politics with trafficking and Jake suggested hitting equal pay, and she seemed ok with that. In general, she was open to a broader strategy over the next month of trying to pin GOP candidates down on wedge issues, but doesn't want to throw darts that won't land. If we use vaccine tweet as a model -- timely, with Republicans divided and looking nutty -- she'll be happy. So for tomorrow at Women in the World, below and attached is my new proposed text. First, at the top: "Before we get started, I want to take a moment to recognize the significance of what happened earlier today in Washington. Finally, after an unprecedented and unconscionable delay, Senate Republicans allowed a vote to confirm Loretta Lynch as Attorney General. This is a happy ending to a shameful story. It’s beyond belief that a talented and qualified African American woman nominated to be our nation’s chief law enforcement officer was hung out to dry for months. At a time when we face real security and criminal justice challenges. And, I’m sorry, but pushing an ideological agenda at the expense of survivors of human trafficking is as low as it gets. There’s going to be plenty of time for politics as we head toward the next election. But common sense and common decency should still count for something, even in Washington. That’s what I’m out there working for and talking about, and it’s what you should demand of anyone running for office." And then lower down, on page six: "The United States ranks 65th out of 142 nations on equal pay. We should be number one! And by the way, anyone running for President who doesn’t think women deserve to be paid as well as men should have to explain to the American people exactly why not. And this isn’t just about women. So many of our families today depend on two incomes to make ends meet..."