Subject: FOR RESEARCH: Trump’s message to black America: Ferguson and Oakland are the new Iraq
From: "Garcia, Walter" <[email-masked]>
To: "Jefferson, Deshundra" <[email-masked]>, RR2 <[email-masked]>
Cc: "Miranda, Luis" <[email-masked]>, "Paustenbach, Mark" <[email-masked]>, "Walker, Eric" <[email-masked]>, "Walsh, Tom" <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 18 May 2016 15:13:46 -0700

Bumping this

From: Jefferson, Deshundra
Sent: Wednesday, May 18, 2016 5:42 PM
To: RR2
Cc: Miranda, Luis; Paustenbach, Mark; Walker, Eric; Walsh, Tom
Subject: RE: Trump’s message to black America: Ferguson and Oakland are the new Iraq

From: Jefferson, Deshundra
Sent: Wednesday, May 18, 2016 5:02 PM
Cc: Miranda, Luis; Paustenbach, Mark; Walker, Eric; Walsh, Tom
Subject: RE: Trump’s message to black America: Ferguson and Oakland are the new Iraq

Ready for research.

From: Miranda, Luis
Sent: Wednesday, May 18, 2016 5:00 PM
To: Jefferson, Deshundra; Paustenbach, Mark; Walker, Eric; Walsh, Tom
Subject: RE: Trump’s message to black America: Ferguson and Oakland are the new Iraq

Change last line to end with clearly lacks the judgment and temperament

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From: "Jefferson, Deshundra" <[email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]>>
Date: 05/18/2016 16:54 (GMT-05:00)
To: "Paustenbach, Mark" <[email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]>>, "Miranda, Luis" <[email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]>>, "Walker, Eric" <[email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]>>, "Walsh, Tom" <[email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]>>
Subject: RE: Trump’s message to black America: Ferguson and Oakland are the new Iraq
Huffington Post is interested in doing a story. Can I forward our statement to RR2?

From: Jefferson, Deshundra
Sent: Wednesday, May 18, 2016 3:58 PM
To: Paustenbach, Mark; Miranda, Luis; Walker, Eric; Walsh, Tom
Subject: RE: Trump’s message to black America: Ferguson and Oakland are the new Iraq

Mark, Luis: Any comments?

From: Jefferson, Deshundra
Sent: Wednesday, May 18, 2016 2:52 PM
To: Paustenbach, Mark; Miranda, Luis; Walker, Eric; Walsh, Tom
Subject: Trump’s message to black America: Ferguson and Oakland are the new Iraq

Donald Trump has put down the dog whistle in favor of a megaphone. In an interview with The New York Times Magazine, Donald Trump equated Ferguson and Oakland to Iraq, claiming both cities are “among the most dangerous in the world.” Equating these two American cities to a war zone is meant to stoke fear of living in black communities, and further highlights his callous disregard for the African-American community.

Trump hasn’t shied away from using race as a wedge issue during his presidential bid. He immediately launched into a verbal tirade against Mexican immigrants, calling them criminals, drug dealers and rapists when he launched his campaign.

He was slow to distance himself David Duke, the former Grand Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan who endorsed the campaign, during a Meet the Press interview. Trump also vowed to ban Muslims from entering the United States within his first 100 days in office, and claimed that thousands of Muslims were cheering as the World Trade Center fell during September 11.

Trump’s latest message to black America that Ferguson and Oakland are the new Iraq is yet another example of his dangerous and divisive race-baiting. We’re not sure how much lower Trump can sink, but he clearly lacks the judgment and temperament necessary to lead.

[SigDems]<http://www.democrats.org/>Deshundra Jefferson, Southern Regional Communications Director
Democratic National Committee
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