Subject: RE: good for research -- Learn the Facts: Dangerous Donald on the Economy
From: "Lykins, Tyler" <[email-masked]>
To: "Palermo, Rachel" <[email-masked]>, "Miranda, Luis" <[email-masked]>, "Freundlich, Christina" <[email-masked]>, RR2 <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 4 May 2016 15:16:55 -0700

It's in there, just forgot to take that out.

From: Palermo, Rachel
Sent: Wednesday, May 04, 2016 6:16 PM
To: Miranda, Luis; Lykins, Tyler; Freundlich, Christina; RR2
Subject: RE: good for research -- Learn the Facts: Dangerous Donald on the Economy

Is there a link for the part that needs a citation?

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Rachel Palermo
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From: Miranda, Luis
Sent: Wednesday, May 04, 2016 5:30 PM
To: Lykins, Tyler; Freundlich, Christina; RR2
Subject: RE: good for research -- Learn the Facts: Dangerous Donald on the Economy

Great. Let's tee this up for an early morning blast. That way we're ahead of the game tomorrow.

[SigDems]<http://www.democrats.org/>Luis Miranda, Communications Director
Democratic National Committee
202-863-8148 - [email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]> - @MiraLuisDC<https://www.twitter.com/MiraLuisDC>

From: Lykins, Tyler
Sent: Wednesday, May 04, 2016 5:30 PM
To: Freundlich, Christina; RR2
Subject: RE: good for research -- Learn the Facts: Dangerous Donald on the Economy

Small things below

From: Freundlich, Christina
Sent: Wednesday, May 04, 2016 5:02 PM
To: RR2
Subject: good for research -- Learn the Facts: Dangerous Donald on the Economy

I need help with those citations please. they were not linked in the original doc.

Learn the Facts: Dangerous Donald on the Economy

It's understood that Donald Trump would be disastrous for our country's national security at home and abroad - but his economic policies are just as dangerous. What he has proposed and said about the economy are harmful, ill-informed and would disrupt the historic streak trend of 73 consecutive months of private-sector job growth under President Obama.

*         Donald Trump has proposed a trade war<http://money.cnn.com/2015/07/28/news/economy/donald-trump-polls-taxes-wages/?iid=EL> with China, which experts say<http://www.politico.com/story/2016/01/trump-economy-217496> would hurt American jobs and cause a global recession.

*         His trade agenda could cost<http://thehill.com/regulation/finance/272248-study-trumps-protectionist-trade-agenda-would-cost-250b> the United States $250 billion, would surmount to a global<http://www.pri.org/stories/2015-09-07/if-he-were-president-donald-trump-says-world-would-respect-america-and-fear-it> trade war, and drive up<http://money.cnn.com/2015/07/28/news/economy/donald-trump-polls-taxes-wages/?iid=EL> the prices of consumer goods for all Americans.

*         Almost every fact check about Donald Trump's statements on trade have been rated as false (see here<http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2015/nov/12/donald-trump/trump-says-china-will-take-advantage-trans-pacific/>, here<http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2016/mar/30/donald-trump/trump-miscasts-impact-trade-chinese-taxes/> and here<http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2015/nov/10/donald-trump/trump-says-trade-imbalance-between-us-and-china-to/>) and, as one expert put it<http://www.nationalreview.com/article/432620/donald-trump-trade-protectionism-hurt-american-consumers>, "A vote for Trump is a vote against the American consumer."

*         Trump also misunderstands basic facts about the economy. He repeatedly<http://time.com/4003734/donald-trump-interview-transcript/> claims the unemployment rate stands at 42%, which has been debunked on numerous occasions. Donald Trump has also said there are 93 million people out of work, a statement that led Politifact to write<http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2015/aug/31/donald-trump/donald-trump-says-us-has-93-milion-people-out-work/> that Trump has a "basic misunderstanding of the labor market."

One has to look only at Trump's business record to see how his poor judgement has already had a direct negative impact on thousands of hard-working Americans.

*         His companies have had to file for bankruptcy four times<http://www.nationalreview.com/article/431420/donald-trumps-2016-debate-lies-he-went-bankrupt>, with a ratings agency going so far as to proclaim his businesses as "serial filers<http://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/news/donald-trump-in-atlantic-city-jackpot-or-crackpot/article_7ae16c2c-3d14-11e5-aa3b-5b415c6c45e9.html>."

*         This financial mismanagement has led to thousands of Americans losing their jobs but Trump still likes to brag<http://www.tulsaworld.com/archives/the-donald-ducks-fiscal-responsibility/article_e503a03a-684f-53a8-93e1-edd046db35ce.html> about how filing for bankruptcy was "an amazing, amazing deal!"

*         Trump said that the 2007 real estate collapse would be "very minor<http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/trump-touts-soft-markets-in-cities-like-toronto/article17993211/>" and encouraged investors to purchase mortgages from his own subprime lending business. [citation?]
"After a historic 73 straight months of private-sector job growth, Donald Trump's dangerous economic policies and proven track record of disastrous business decisions would very clearly erase the progress we have made under President Obama. America cannot afford a Trump presidency that hurts our standing around the world and puts all Americans at risk financially." - DNC National Press Secretary Mark Paustenbach