Re: REVISED DRAFT: New riff for Iowa - Fighting for You

From:john.podesta@gmail.com To: ha16@hillaryclinton.com CC: dschwerin@hillaryclinton.com, speechdrafts@hillaryclinton.com, mpaul@hillaryclinton.com, ladams@hillaryclinton.com Date: 2016-01-18 21:21 Subject: Re: REVISED DRAFT: New riff for Iowa - Fighting for You

How did we get from 45 seconds to this? On Monday, January 18, 2016, Huma Abedin <ha16@hillaryclinton.com> wrote: > you know i love you people very much and you are the smartest minds in > america but this is LONG. this will be impossible to nail without a podium > > > On Mon, Jan 18, 2016 at 4:21 PM, Dan Schwerin < > dschwerin@hillaryclinton.com > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','dschwerin@hillaryclinton.com');>> wrote: > >> Thanks for all the feedback. Updated below and attached. Need to get >> this to her if we want any prayer of her doing a version of this tonight. >> So please send any final thoughts. >> Thanks >> Dan >> >> You know why I’m so determined? Because of all of *you*. >> >> >> >> I’m fighting for the teachers who lost their jobs because Governor >> Branstad vetoed funding for schools. For the child care workers and home >> health aides I’ve met who work around the clock taking care of other >> people’s families – they shouldn’t need food stamps to take care of their >> own. For the children in Flint drinking poisoned water because their >> governor doesn’t think their lives matter. >> >> >> >> Injustices like that happen every day, big and small, all over our >> country. Too often, no one in power knows or cares. Well, I do. And I’m >> here to do something about it. >> >> >> >> I’m fighting for Brandi, who was laid off in Des Moines six years ago. >> She went back to school, worked hard, got her degree. Now she’s a >> supervisor in a restaurant, but still only makes $9.50 an hour. That’s not >> enough, especially with kids. Someone like Brandi who does everything >> right should be able to get ahead – but this economy still isn’t working >> for families the way it should. >> >> >> >> I’m fighting for Larry, the worried husband I met in Waterloo last >> month. His wife Brenda spends hundreds of dollars each month on medicine >> for arthritis and osteoporosis. When they see hedge fund tycoons buying >> drug companies and raising prices by 4000 percent overnight, they just want >> to scream. >> >> >> >> You shouldn’t have to scream to be heard. You don’t need promises, you >> need results. And we don’t have time for ideas that sound good on paper >> but will never make a difference in your life. We need to roll up our >> sleeves and actually get Brandi that raise. Stand up to the drug companies >> so Larry and Brenda aren’t all alone. Make the economy work for the >> struggling, the striving, and the successful. >> >> >> >> A lot of people have lost faith in our ability to solve problems in this >> country. But this is America, and I know we can do this. Here’s how: >> >> >> >> We have to fight for more *fairness* in this country. Stop big >> corporations and the super-wealthy from gaming the tax system. Start >> raising the minimum wage and guaranteeing equal pay for women. >> >> >> >> But we can’t stop there. We also need more *growth* and *opportunity.* >> We have to invest in advanced manufacturing so we’re making and building >> things *here*, not somewhere else. Create the clean energy jobs of the >> future—because it’s going to be China or Germany or us, and I want it to be >> us. Make it easier to start and grow small businesses. And for heaven’s >> sake, give the middle class a raise. Because America grows when *your* >> paycheck grows. >> >> >> >> We can get this done. I know what it takes to stand up to powerful >> forces and win. I know how to make real progress in people’s lives -- >> because I’ve been doing it my whole life. And I’m just getting warmed up. >> >> >> >> Iowa, I’m listening you. I’m fighting for you. And I’m going to deliver. >> >> >> >> Now let me tell you more about why this election matters and what I’d do >> as President… >> >> >> 515 words >> > >