Subject: Re: Luis -- would you mind forwarding this to the Chair? Many thanks.
From: "Sammon, Bill" <[email-masked]>
To: "Miranda, Luis" <[email-masked]>
Cc: Erik Smith <[email-masked]>, Jessica Borchert <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 16 May 2016 17:52:35 +0000

Ok. I think that's fine. I just didn't want to proceed without deferring to her first. Needless to say, Fox wouldn't want to invite the candidates and then -- if those invitations were to be made public -- find out that the DNC was against the idea. But if you guys are fine with me sending out boilerplate invites, I'll make sure they stay away from weekends and reference only a DNC-sanctioned debate. Do you guys consider Sunday night a weekend? How about the evening of Memorial Day?

Thanks so much for all he guidance. Extremely helpful.

On May 16, 2016, at 1:33 PM, Miranda, Luis <[email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]>> wrote:

Hey Bill, we were in Alaska this weekend and she's in district today. She won't get a chance to respond just yet. That said, back in January when we added the extra four debates the agreement was that they had to be a DNC-sanctioned debates, and no weekends. So if you feel you have to move ahead with any letter without us it would just have to be clear that it's talking about a DNC-sanctioned debate and on a weeknight.

Beyond that we may not be able to chime in officially on this any time soon since we're having to work with the campaigns behind the scenes, we don't want to pressure them publicly.

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From: Sammon, Bill [mailto:[email-masked]]
Sent: Monday, May 16, 2016 12:49 PM
To: Miranda, Luis
Cc: Erik Smith; Jessica Borchert
Subject: Re: Luis -- would you mind forwarding this to the Chair? Many thanks.

Folks,

Any word from the Chair? I'd been hoping to send the invite letters to candidates today, although I suppose I could wait until tomorrow.

Lemme know.

Thank you!

On May 13, 2016, at 1:52 PM, Sammon, Bill <[email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]>> wrote:
Fantastic. Thanks!

On May 13, 2016, at 1:48 PM, Miranda, Luis <[email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]>> wrote:
Done. I'm with her now. She has it

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-------- Original message --------
From: "Sammon, Bill" <[email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]>>
Date: 05/13/2016 13:39 (GMT-05:00)
To: "Miranda, Luis" <[email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]>>
Cc: Erik Smith <[email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]>>, Jessica Borchert <[email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]>>
Subject: Luis -- would you mind forwarding this to the Chair? Many thanks.
May 13, 2016

Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Chair, Democratic National Committee
Washington, DC

Dear Ms. Schultz:

First of all, thank you for granting interviews in recent weeks to Fox News journalists, particularly Megyn Kelly, Bret Baier and Chris Wallace. As you know, these are the anchors who were widely praised - by Democrats and Republicans alike - for their fair but rigorous questioning in a series of GOP presidential primary debates dating back to August in Cleveland, the very first debate of the 2016 cycle.

Would you be amenable to those same respected journalists now bringing that same fairness and rigor to a final debate of the 2016 cycle? Fox would very much like your blessing to host a Democratic presidential primary debate before the last batch of states hold their elections on June 7. We propose that it be in California, the largest state in the union, since there has not been a Democratic debate there this cycle.

Given that the race is still contested, and given that you sanctioned a final trio of debates, the last of which has not yet been held, we believe a final debate would be an excellent opportunity for the candidates to, as you said when you announced these debates, "share Democrats' vision for the country."

As part of this final debate, we invite you to take some time to speak directly to the nation through the cameras of Fox News. You could use this time to make whatever remarks you like, perhaps as a way of bringing closure to this long and robust primary process. These remarks could be taped or live.

Also, at the risk of pushing our luck, we would very much like to interview you on Fox before and/or after the debate. As Chair of the party, your insights would be most instructive to our considerable audience. Perhaps you could also recommend other Democratic officials who might be featured as part of our extensive coverage both before and after the debate.

Fox has not hosted a Democratic debate in 12 years. By ending that dry spell, I believe the Democratic candidates could reach a vast audience on the eve of the shift to the general election.

Thanks so much for considering this request. And please know that you are always welcome at Fox.

Sincerely,

Bill Sammon
Vice President of News
Washington Managing Editor
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