Re: WJC record on mass incarceration

From:creynolds@gpg.com To: kfinney@hillaryclinton.com, aelrod@hillaryclinton.com CC: jake.sullivan@gmail.com, bfallon@hillaryclinton.com, hrcrapid@googlegroups.com, jpalmieri@hillaryclinton.com, kschake@hillaryclinton.com Date: 2015-04-29 13:32 Subject: Re: WJC record on mass incarceration

Makes sense to me. Thanks - agree Christina - thoughts? Sent from my iPhone On Apr 29, 2015, at 10:41 AM, Adrienne Elrod <aelrod@hillaryclinton.com<mailto:aelrod@hillaryclinton.com>> wrote: Thanks Jake. Karen - do you know what reporters/outlets are asking for clarification? Adrienne K. Elrod Spokesperson Hillary For America www.hillaryclinton.com<http://www.hillaryclinton.com> @adrienneelrod On Wed, Apr 29, 2015 at 7:33 AM, Jake Sullivan <jake.sullivan@gmail.com<mailto:jake.sullivan@gmail.com>> wrote: I think we should say that we've learned a lot in the last twenty years. Crime is way down which is good but we've locked up too many people and we should do something about it. Then point to wjc comments. Be matter of fact about it. > On Apr 29, 2015, at 9:39 AM, Karen Finney <kfinney@hillaryclinton.com<mailto:kfinney@hillaryclinton.com>> wrote: > > Sorry, thought Jen &Kristina were on HRC email. > Agree we need to decide how to handle - not sure how they dealt in 08 > - but in this case- but as the Politico magazine piece points out she > was silent about these issues while first lady of Arkansas - WJC as > Governor supported the death penalty and tougher rules; but also some > of the Clinton policies from the 90's contributed to mass > incarceration (unless we want to argue otherwise) and she helped > lobby/advocate for them > Makes it easier to say that was then this is now If WJC has said he > was wrong or now realizes what it created > > Should we jump on a quick call? > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Apr 29, 2015, at 9:14 AM, Christina Reynolds <creynolds@gpg.com<mailto:creynolds@gpg.com>> wrote: >> >> + Jen and Kristina. There's a larger question here and a decision at a >> higher pay grade as to what to with his record. Personally, I don¹t think >> we want to be on the hook for comparing his record to her positions or >> giving reporters any room to call her shifts from his policy a ³flip >> flop.² Are we going to point out that she¹s running on her own experience >> and record or accept the premise and help them out here? >> >>> On 4/29/15, 9:05 AM, "Karen Finney" <kfinney@hillaryclinton.com<mailto:kfinney@hillaryclinton.com>> wrote: >>> >>> Brian - what was it you said about WJC talking about the crime bill >>> and impacts? Got an email from a reporter - partially following up on >>> the Politico magazine story - looking at how she squares what she's >>> talking about today w/Clinton record. We should be prepared to push >>> back on that today >>> >>> Sent from my iPhone >>> >>> -- >>> 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<mailto:hrcrapid%2Bunsubscribe@googlegroups.com>. >>> To post to this group, send email to hrcrapid@googlegroups.com<mailto:hrcrapid@googlegroups.com>. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > 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<mailto:hrcrapid%2Bunsubscribe@googlegroups.com>. > To post to this group, send email to hrcrapid@googlegroups.com<mailto:hrcrapid@googlegroups.com>. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- 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<mailto:hrcrapid%2Bunsubscribe@googlegroups.com>. To post to this group, send email to hrcrapid@googlegroups.com<mailto:hrcrapid@googlegroups.com>. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- 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. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.