For Planning Purposes

August 23, 2018

***MEDIA ADVISORY***

UPDATED: Schedule of Events Open to the Press

The Democratic National Committee today announced major changes to the schedule for its Summer Meeting.

For questions, please contact Professor Tom Perez at Thomas.Perez@brown.edu during regular office hours.



DNC Summer Meeting

WHERE: Hyatt Regency

151 E Upper Wacker Dr.

Chicago, IL 60601

WHEN: August 23-25, 2018

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS OPEN TO THE PRESS

Thursday, August 23rd

5:00pm Breaking the ICE

Why we should actually support our own legislation

6:30pm Softball Questions

Ask Professor Tom Perez anything! …except why he refused to participate in the annual RNC-DNC softball game

Friday, August 24th

9:30am #MeToo or #KeithWho?

Senators Kirsten Gillibrand, Elizabeth Warren and Kamala Harris explain why immediately condemning Al Franken fit into their 2020 aspirations – but saying anything about Keith Ellison does not

11:00am Running on Fumes

Tom Perez explains why he upset literally everyone by banning fossil fuel donations – only to reverse the ban two months later

12:30pm Border Follies

Keith Ellison discusses why he doesn’t believe sovereign nations need borders. Note: DNC Deputy Chair Keith Ellison will no longer be in attendance.

12:30pm Til Debt Do Us Part

Now is not the time to ask us for money

2:00pm Sanctuary Spaces

Socialist candidate Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez moderates a townhall about freedoms we have – and ones we shouldn’t

Note: Per Ms. Ocasio-Cortez, press is now banned from this event.

4:00pm More Moral Victories!

We may not have won, but Ohio’s Danny O’Connor explains how we almost did

5:30pm Bragging Right

How to sell reporters on thwarting cyberattacks, investing in state parties, and spending seven figures on a race – and none of it be true

7:00pm “Stronger Together” Dinner

Hillary Clinton explains why Democrats are paying her millions for her email list

Saturday, August 25th

9:30am When “No” Doesn’t Mean “No”

How to run for Congress and say you’re against Pelosi for speaker – when in reality you’ll still end up voting for her

11:00am Breakout Sessions: Trashing America Today

2020 candidates will discuss their latest anti-America messaging over lunch

Vegan, gluten-free, paleo, and primal options will be served

The Wealth of (Other) Nations

Gov. Andrew Cuomo gives a history lesson on why America “was never that great”

Why Rev. Wright was Right

Sen. Cory Booker preaches about the “savagely wrong” state of America

It’s Mourning in America

Sen. Bernie Sanders lays out why America is “fundamentally immoral and wrong”

Do Blue Lives Really Matter?

Sen. Elizabeth Warren walks through how law enforcement is “racist…from front to back”

1:00pm No Money, No Problem!

How to sell the socialist agenda without explaining where you’ll get $40 trillion

2:30pm Past is Prologue

A continuing conversation about the role of superdelegates in the nomination process

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