Subject: Re: for edits: Draft Yom Hashoah statement
From: Sarah Farhadian <[email-masked]>
To: "Banfill, Ryan" <[email-masked]>
Cc: "Weinberg, Aaron" <[email-masked]>, "[email-masked]" <[email-masked]>, "P. Aikowsky" <[email-masked]>, Kate Houghton <[email-masked]>, "[email-masked]" <[email-masked]>, Miranda, Luis <[email-masked]>, "Walker, Eric" <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 5 May 2016 17:48:13 -0400

We need to be careful not to imply that Trump is a Nazi or that if you
remember the Holocaust, you will vote for Democrats. I would revise the
last paragraph to read something along the lines of:

The lessons of the Holocaust are especially important to remember during
election season, when the rhetoric of national politics will no doubt get
heated and our differences will be be exposed on the national stage. On
this Yom Hashoah, let us recommit ourselves to the American values of
inclusion and diversity, and reject fear-mongering or the denigration of
any group of people because of their faith, race or gender. Let us pledge
today to continue to work to stop bigotry and hatred, knowing that our
nation will be stronger for it.”

On Thu, May 5, 2016 at 5:42 PM, Banfill, Ryan <[email-masked]> wrote:

> I'm good.
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> On May 5, 2016, at 5:20 PM, Weinberg, Aaron <[email-masked]> wrote:
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> Sarah, Steve, Kate, and Ryan,
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> Are we good with this statement?
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> Aaron
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> Aaron Weinberg
> Director of Jewish Engagement
> Democratic National Committee
> Cell: 847.848.2968
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> *From:* "Miranda, Luis" <[email-masked]>
> *Date:* May 5, 2016 at 4:02:48 PM EDT
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> "Paustenbach, Mark" <[email-masked]>, "Walker, Eric" <
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> *Subject:* *RE: for edits: Draft Yom Hashoah statement*
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> Aaron, please run the traps
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> -------- Original message --------
> From: "Walsh, Tom" <[email-masked]>
> Date: 05/05/2016 3:49 PM (GMT-05:00)
> To: "Miranda, Luis" <[email-masked]>, "Weinberg, Aaron" <
> [email-masked]>, Kate Houghton <[email-masked]>, Ryan Banfill <
> [email-masked]>, "Paustenbach, Mark" <[email-masked]>,
> "Walker, Eric" <[email-masked]>
> Subject: for edits: Draft Yom Hashoah statement
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> *For Immediate Release*
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> *May 5, 2016*
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> *Contact *– DNC Press 202-863-8148
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> * DNC Chair Statement on Yom HaShoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day*
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> “Today we honor and remember the stories of the six million Jews and
> millions of others who died in the Holocaust. We also celebrate the lives
> of those who survived, and the heroes who courageously fought the forces of
> ignorance, hatred, bigotry and brutality to end the Nazi regime and forge a
> brighter future for mankind.
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> “Although the final days of the Holocaust are in our past, we must forever
> carry its lessons in our hearts and remain ever-vigilant not to repeat the
> same mistakes. Just last week, in my home state, the FBI thwarted a plot by
> a man who was trying to bomb the Aventura Turnberry Jewish Center. So our
> work is never finished, and we must work together to confront this kind of
> hatred and call out those who would incite others to violence wherever and
> whenever they do.
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> “The lessons of the Holocaust are especially important to remember this
> election season when the rhetoric of national politics will do doubt get
> heated, and our differences will be tested by those who wish to turn those
> differences into hard divisions. But the Democratic Party stands for
> inclusion and diversity. And we will not stand for fear-mongering or the
> denigration of any group of people because of their faith, race or gender.
> We will continue to work to stop bigotry and hatred, and our nation will be
> stronger for it.”
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