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Re: Revised gun riff

From:dschwerin@hillaryclinton.com To: jpalmieri@hillaryclinton.com, mharris@hillaryclinton.com CC: jsullivan@hillaryclinton.com, creynolds@hillaryclinton.com, balcantara@hillaryclinton.com, rklain@aol.com, bfallon@hillaryclinton.com, john.podesta@gmail.com Date: 2016-01-08 18:26 Subject: Re: Revised gun riff

Plus Maya and some small edits in first bullet below On Jan 8, 2016, at 3:12 PM, Jennifer Palmieri <jpalmieri@hillaryclinton.com> wrote: Plus Christina and Betsaida. This is for CNN interview. But CR should edit. * John & Jen? On Fri, Jan 8, 2016 at 1:55 PM, Dan Schwerin <dschwerin@hillaryclinton.com> wrote: Clean: - I was very proud of the President this week making a powerful statement about the urgent need to end the epidemic of gun violence in America. I couldn't agree more. His new executive actions include steps that I’ve been advocating for throughout this campaign. We are losing 90 people a day to gun violence, so the President is right: this is a national crisis. And, as he said, voters should not support any candidate who does not support common-sense gun reform. The stakes are too high. - Democrats have a real choice here, because standing up to the gun lobby is a big difference between Senator Sanders and myself. The Brady Bill has kept 2 million guns out of the hands of people who shouldn’t have them -- Senator Sanders voted against it five times. But that may not be his worst vote on gun safety. - Ten years ago, gun safety advocates wanted to take gun makers and sellers to court for their reckless disregard for human life. If an auto company sells an unsafe car, you can sue them. Unsafe food, unsafe tools, unsafe toys – the makers can all be sued. So the NRA wrote a bill that said, “No one can sue a gun maker or a gun seller.” - The bill came before Congress. The pressure was intense. *The head of the NRA called the vote “the most significant piece of pro-gun legislation in twenty years.” And when it really mattered, Senator Sanders voted with the gun lobby and I voted against the gun lobby. * - I would certainly understand if Senator Sanders would just stand up and say, “I got this one wrong. I made a mistake. I’m sorry.” But he hasn’t. He’s defended his vote time and again. He’s said he would “consider” some changes to the law – but that was almost 90 days ago – and where are the changes? - And so, *go back to what President Obama said – guns should be a voting issue. And Senator Sanders has been wrong on gun safety and wrong on the leading cause of death for young people in our country. So that’s a clear choice for Democrats in this primary.* On Fri, Jan 8, 2016 at 1:52 PM, Jake Sullivan <jsullivan@hillaryclinton.com> wrote: And if he is teeing this up to get right on immunity, I might change the last bullet. - And so, go back to what President Obama said – GUNS SHOULD BE A VOTING ISSUE. AND Senator Sanders HAS BEEN wrong on gun safety AND wrong on the leading cause of death for young people in our country. AND VOTERS NEED TO WEIGH THAT. * I took Ron's riff and condensed to 375 words. What do you think? - I was very proud of the President this week making a powerful statement about the urgent need to end the epidemic of gun violence in America. His new executive actions include steps that I’ve advocated for throughout this campaign. We are losing 90 people a day to gun violence, so the President is right: this is a national crisis. And, as he said, voters should not support any candidate who does not support common-sense gun reform. - Democrats have a real choice here, because standing up to the gun lobby is a big difference between Senator Sanders and myself. The Brady Bill has kept 2 million guns out of the hands of people who shouldn’t have them -- Senator Sanders voted against it five times. But that may not be his worst vote on gun safety. - Ten years ago, gun safety advocates wanted to take gun makers and sellers to court for their reckless disregard for human life. If an auto company sells an unsafe car, you can sue them. Unsafe food, unsafe tools, unsafe toys – the makers can all be sued. So the NRA wrote a bill that said, “No one can sue a gun maker or a gun seller.” - The bill came before Congress. The pressure was intense. *The head of the NRA called the vote “the most significant piece of pro-gun legislation in twenty years.” And when it really mattered, Senator Sanders voted with the NRA and I voted against the NRA. * - I would certainly understand if Senator Sanders would just stand up and say, “I got this one wrong. I made a mistake. I’m sorry.” But he hasn’t. He’s defended his vote time and again. He’s said he would “consider” some changes to the law – but that was almost 90 days ago – and where are the changes? - And so, go back to what President Obama said -- this immunity issue is one of his most important concerns. The President of the United States will not support any candidate who is wrong on gun safety. Unless Senator Sanders changes his position on immunity for gun sellers and gun makers, he’s wrong on gun safety, wrong on the leading cause of death for young people in our country, and the wrong candidate for President.