Subject: Re: Update
From: Debbie Wasserman Schultz <[email-masked]>
To: "Miranda, Luis" <[email-masked]>
Cc: Leah Daughtry <[email-masked]>, Patrice Taylor <[email-masked]>, "Dacey, Amy" <[email-masked]>, "Paustenbach, Mark" <[email-masked]>, Tracie Pough <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 6 May 2016 11:29:08 -0400

Good. Thanks everyone.

Sent from my BlackBerry 10 smartphone.

From: Miranda, Luis

Sent: Friday, May 6, 2016 11:19 AM

To: Debbie Wasserman Schultz

Cc: Leah Daughtry; Patrice Taylor; Dacey, Amy; Paustenbach, Mark; Tracie Pough

Subject: RE: Update

Ok, the AP has this:

Because the Party’s platform is a statement of our values, the DNC is committed to an open, inclusive and representative process. Both of our campaigns will be represented on the Drafting Committee, and just as we did in 2008 and 2012,
the public will have opportunities to participate.

Luis
Miranda, Communications Director

Democratic National Committee

202-863-8148 –
[email-masked] -
@MiraLuisDC

From: [email-masked] [mailto:[email-masked]]

Sent: Friday, May 06, 2016 11:16 AM

To: Miranda, Luis

Cc: Leah Daughtry; Patrice Taylor; Dacey, Amy; Paustenbach, Mark; Tracie Pough

Subject: Re: Update

Meaning the one you drafted. Leah and I spoke.

DWS

On May 6, 2016, at 11:11 AM, Miranda, Luis <[email-masked]> wrote:

They’re about to blast the longer piece. I think it looks better with the generic quote, but defer to the group.

Luis Miranda,
Communications Director

Democratic National Committee

202-863-8148 –
[email-masked] -
@MiraLuisDC

From:
[email-masked] [mailto:[email-masked]]

Sent: Friday, May 06, 2016 11:11 AM

To: Miranda, Luis

Cc: Leah Daughtry; Patrice Taylor; Dacey, Amy; Paustenbach, Mark; Tracie Pough

Subject: Re: Update

The Latest: Sanders Threatens Floor Fight At Dem Convention

May 6, 2016 11:01AM ET | Associated Press

Washington (AP) -- The Latest on the 2016 presidential campaign (all times Eastern):

11 a.m.

Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders is threatening a floor fight over rules and platform planks at the party's summer convention if the Democratic National Committee stacks the committees with supporters of Hillary Clinton.

Sanders writes in a letter to Democratic National Committee chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz that the makeup of the standing committees should reflect the level of support that he and Clinton received in the primaries and caucuses.

He says many of his supporters have not been included and notes Connecticut Gov. Dannel Malloy will be in charge of the convention's platform committee and former Massachusetts Rep. Barney Frank will run the rules committee. He calls both "aggressive attack
surrogates" for Clinton.

Sanders says if the process is unfair, he'll challenge platform planks, electoral reform planks and rules changes.

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DWS

On May 6, 2016, at 11:00 AM, Miranda, Luis <[email-masked]> wrote:

We can hold, so long as everyone is comfortable with the AP story saying “the DNC did not immediately comment.” That’s ok too, just want to be clear on the
options. They’re not going to wait more than a few minutes because they want to break the story before Sanders blasts out their release.

Luis Miranda,
Communications Director

Democratic National Committee

202-863-8148 –
[email-masked] -
@MiraLuisDC

From: Leah Daughtry [mailto:[email-masked]]

Sent: Friday, May 06, 2016 10:59 AM

To: Miranda, Luis; Debbie Wasserman Schultz; Patrice Taylor; Dacey, Amy; Paustenbach, Mark

Cc: Tracie Pough

Subject: Re: Update

Can we just hold please. Please.

From:
Miranda, Luis

Sent:
Friday, May 6, 2016 10:57 AM

To:
Leah Daughtry; Debbie Wasserman Schultz; Patrice Taylor; Dacey, Amy; Paustenbach, Mark

Cc:
Tracie Pough

Subject:
RE: Update

AP already has their story written, is asking if it’s ok to just say the DNC didn’t immediately comment. While we digest this, any opposition to me providing
this quote that we’ve already widely used?

·
Because the Party’s platform is a statement of our values, the DNC is committed to an open, inclusive and representative process. Both of our campaigns will be represented on the Drafting Committee, and just as we did in 2008 and 2012, the public will
have opportunities to participate.

Does that work?

Luis Miranda,
Communications Director

Democratic National Committee

202-863-8148 –
[email-masked] -
@MiraLuisDC

From: Miranda, Luis

Sent: Friday, May 06, 2016 10:52 AM

To: 'Leah Daughtry'; Debbie Wasserman Schultz; Patrice Taylor; Dacey, Amy; Paustenbach, Mark

Cc: Tracie Pough

Subject: RE: Update

Here’s the letter, already up on the Sanders website:

From: Thomas, Kenneth [mailto:[email-masked]]

Sent: Friday, May 06, 2016 10:50 AM

To: Miranda, Luis; Paustenbach, Mark

Subject: Sanders letter

Sanders campaign is releasing this letter; says the standing committees at the convention should reflect Clinton and Sanders’ support in the primaries and caucuses. Says if the process
is unfair or one-sided they’ll mobilize for floor fights on the platform and rules.

Any comment/reaction to this?

https://berniesanders.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/Sanders-DNC-Committee-Letter-5.6.16.pdf

Ken Thomas

National Political Reporter

The Associated Press

P.O. Box 905 • Burlington, Vermont 05402 • 802-862-1505 •
www.berniesanders.com

May 6, 2016

Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz

Democratic National Committee

430 South Capitol Street Southeast

Washington, DC 20003

Dear Chairwoman Wasserman Schultz:

I am writing to follow up on our discussion about the composition of the standing committees of

the Democratic National Convention. In order to reflect the views and aspirations of the millions

who support both my candidacy and Secretary Clinton’s, I believe that the composition of the

standing committees must reflect the relative support that has been received by both

campaigns.

That was why I was so disappointed to learn that of the over forty people our campaign submitted

at your request you chose to select only three of my recommendations for the three standing

committees. Moreover, you did not assign even one of the people submitted by our campaign to

the very important Rules Committee of the Democratic National Convention.

If we are to have a unified party in the fall, no matter who wins the nomination, we cannot have a

Democratic National Convention in which the views of millions of people who participated in the

Democratic nominating process are unrepresented in the committee membership appointed by

you, the Chair. That sends the very real message that the Democratic Party is not open to the

millions of new people that our campaign has brought into the political process, does not want to

hear new voices, and is unwilling to respect the broader base of people that this party needs to

win over in November and beyond. Fairness, inclusion and transparency should be the standard

under which we operate.

In our conversation, you told me with respect to the platform drafting Committee that you would

consider allowing each campaign to submit ten names from which you would choose four from

each and then you would add an additional seven. While having four members on the Drafting

Committee is an improvement, it does not address the fact that up to this point Bernie 2016 has

secured some 45% of the pledged delegates awarded. Frankly, we believe that percentage will go

up in the coming weeks and, of course, we hope it will end up being a majority.

I believe that each campaign should chose seven members to serve on the Drafting Committee.

The fifteenth member would be a chair who would be jointly picked by the two campaigns. This process will ensure that all
the standing committees reflect the full range of views of voters who

have participated in the Democratic nominating contests.

This process will also ensure that the chairs of the standing committees conduct their

proceedings with fairness and transparency. As it stands now, the chairs of the Rules Committee

and the Platform Committee are active supporters of Secretary Clinton’s campaign. But even

more than that, they both are aggressive attack surrogates on the campaign trail. I do not, and the

millions who have supported our campaign will not, have any confidence that either of them will

conduct committee proceeding in an even-handed manner. In fact, the suggestion that they

would be appropriate chairs in and of itself suggests the standing committees are being

established in an overtly partisan way meant to exclude the input of the voters who have

supported my candidacy.

As you know, there are already over 9 million voters who, during this nominating process, have

indicated that they want to go beyond establishment politics and establishment economics - and

want to transform our country with bold initiatives. I will not allow them be silenced at the

Democratic National Convention.

It is my hope we can quickly resolve this in a fair way. If the process is set up to produce an unfair,

one-sided result, we are prepared to mobilize our delegates to force as many votes as necessary

to amend the platform and rules on the floor of the convention.

Thank you in advance for your help in establishing standing committees that are fair and

inclusive. I look forward to hearing from you.

Sincerely,

Senator Bernie Sanders

Luis Miranda,
Communications Director

Democratic National Committee

202-863-8148 –
[email-masked] -
@MiraLuisDC

From: Miranda, Luis

Sent: Friday, May 06, 2016 10:37 AM

To: 'Leah Daughtry'; Debbie Wasserman Schultz; Patrice Taylor; Dacey, Amy; Paustenbach, Mark

Cc: Tracie Pough

Subject: RE: Update

Understood.

Will stand by.

Luis Miranda,
Communications Director

Democratic National Committee

202-863-8148 –
[email-masked] -
@MiraLuisDC

From: Leah Daughtry [mailto:[email-masked]]

Sent: Friday, May 06, 2016 10:28 AM

To: Debbie Wasserman Schultz; Miranda, Luis; Patrice Taylor; Dacey, Amy; Paustenbach, Mark

Cc: Tracie Pough

Subject: Re: Update

Adding Tracie

From:
Debbie Wasserman Schultz

Sent:
Friday, May 6, 2016 10:27 AM

To:
Leah Daughtry; Miranda, Luis; Patrice Taylor; Dacey, Amy; Paustenbach, Mark

Subject:
Re: Update

Agreed.

Sent from my BlackBerry 10 smartphone.

From:
Leah Daughtry

Sent:
Friday, May 6, 2016 10:20 AM

To:
Miranda, Luis; Patrice Taylor; Dacey, Amy; Debbie Wasserman Schultz; Paustenbach, Mark

Subject:
RE: Update

Actually, no we shouldn't have.  That is not how negotiations work.  At least, not if you are negotiating in good faith, which we were.

We can discuss press strategy.  But since most on this chain do not have the background or details, using email to debate or defend or advance a strategy is both inefficient and lacks context.

Let me know if you'd like to discuss.

-------- Original message --------

From: "Miranda, Luis" <[email-masked]>

Date: 05/06/2016 10:06 AM (GMT-05:00)

To: Leah Daughtry <[email-masked]>, Patrice Taylor <[email-masked]>, "Dacey, Amy" <[email-masked]>, Debbie Wasserman
Schultz <[email-masked]>, "Paustenbach, Mark" <[email-masked]>

Subject: RE: Update

Adding the Chair and Mark, Sanders camp are sending a release about the letter Jeff sent to the chairwoman about the committee appointments. No chance to respond. Ken Thomas at AP has a story he is going to hit send on then Sanders sending
his release.

We should've gone first.

-------- Original message --------

From: Leah Daughtry <[email-masked]>

Date: 05/06/2016 10:00 AM (GMT-05:00)

To: Patrice Taylor <[email-masked]>, "Dacey, Amy" <[email-masked]>, "Miranda, Luis" <[email-masked]>

Subject: Update

I know things are swirling.

I am engaged in shuttle diplomacy with all parties right now ... will keep you posted if further action is needed.

Let me know if you have questions.