Subject: Fwd: APPROVE for LGBT list: Shot /chaser
From: "Helmstetter, TJ" <[email-masked]>
To: RR2 <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 20 May 2016 06:17:32 -0700

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From: "Paustenbach, Mark" <[email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]>>
Date: May 20, 2016 at 9:15:34 AM EDT
To: "Helmstetter, TJ" <[email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]>>
Cc: "Walker, Eric" <[email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]>>, "Miranda, Luis" <[email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]>>
Subject: Re: APPROVE for LGBT list: Shot /chaser

Good to go for research.

Mark Paustenbach
National Press Secretary &
Deputy Communications Director
Democratic National Committee
202.863.8148
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On May 20, 2016, at 9:01 AM, Helmstetter, TJ <[email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]>> wrote:

Bumping please.

From: Helmstetter, TJ
Sent: Thursday, May 19, 2016 4:52 PM
To: Paustenbach, Mark; Walker, Eric; Miranda, Luis
Subject: APPROVE for LGBT list: Shot /chaser

To: LGBT press list
Can go out tomorrow AM
SL: Another anti-LGBT week for the GOP

Shot: Earlier this week, the Senate finally approved Eric Fanning to be the first openly gay Secretary of the Army, after Republicans blocked his nomination for over 200 days. (insert link)

Chaser: Today, House Republicans broke regular order to force their members to support anti-LGBT language in the NDAA. (insert link)

Lime: Donald Trump released a list full of anti-LGBT judges who he would name to the Supreme Court. (link)

“Despite its efforts to rebrand itself, it’s clear the Republican Party has no plans to embrace the LGBT community anytime soon. Love has won, the world has evolved, but Republican politicians like Donald Trump, Mitch McConnell, and Paul Ryan remain stuck in the distant past. The LGBT community will be key to electing a Democratic president in November, because we know we can’t afford to elect a Republican like Trump who would stand in the way of progress.” – TJ Helmstetter, DNC spokesperson

TJ Helmstetter
Deputy Director of Regional and Specialty Media
Democratic National Committee
202.863.8022 – desk
973.464.9224 – cell
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