Subject: Bloomberg: Clinton in New Step Lends Name to DNC Fundraising Message
From: "Palermo, Rachel" <[email-masked]>
To: Comm_D <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 9 May 2016 11:41:42 -0700

h/t hendricks

Clinton in New Step Lends Name to DNC Fundraising Message<http://www.bloomberg.com/politics/trackers/2016-05-09/clinton-in-new-step-lends-name-to-dnc-fundraising-message>

Bloomberg // Jennifer Epstein

As Democrats prepare to face Donald Trump, the party is turning to both of its presidential candidates to fundraise, but with different levels of participation between them.

"No matter who you're supporting in our Democratic primary, I know this team will step up and do all we can to keep Trump out of the White House and beat the Republicans who will be on the ballot with him," said a Democratic National Committee fundraising e-mail on Monday signed by Hillary Clinton.

The e-mail exclusively raises money for the party, not the Clinton campaign.

Bernie Sanders would agree only to have his prior statements quoted by the DNC for fundraising, according to the committee. The Sanders campaign didn't immediately respond to a request for comment.

A DNC e-mail last week featured a photo of Sanders at the most recent debate and quoted him deriding Republican "obstructionism."

The messages reflect the DNC's efforts to prepare for the general election even though Clinton has not yet clinched the nomination.

They don't reflect any new agreements between the campaigns and party, according to the DNC and Clinton campaign.

Clinton has been raising money for the DNC and state parties through the Hillary Victory Fund since last fall. She has faced criticism, including from the Sanders campaign, for not distributing all of that money to state parties.

Sanders, who caucuses with Democrats as an independent in the U.S. Senate, hasn't actively fundraised for the DNC; he has sent fundraising e-mails on behalf of three down-ballot candidates.

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Rachel Palermo
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