Subject: RE: For approval: POTUS for 5/31
From: "Crystal, Andy" <[email-masked]>
To: "Reif, Eric" <[email-masked]>, EMail-Vetting_D <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 23 May 2016 19:35:05 -0700

just one small ed
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From: Reif, Eric
Sent: Monday, May 23, 2016 6:57 PM
To: EMail-Vetting_D
Subject: For approval: POTUS for 5/31

Hi all — A few emails from the President to send on the 31st for our May deadline. Let me know if you have any flags, and thanks!

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Sender: Barack Obama
Subject:

Friend —

I’m going to be sticking around Washington, D.C. for a little longer once my time in the White House comes to an end, and one of the things I’m really looking forward to is the number of new voices that will be coming to this city when Democrats take back the Senate in November.

We all know how important it is to elect a Democratic President who can build on the foundation we laid together over the past seven and a half years, and who won’t allow the progress we’ve made to be rolled back. But we’ve also got to have a Senate that can BE A partner in the process.

There’s still so much work to do. For as far as we’ve come, there are still too many people who have a tough time getting a job, or making sure their kids can get the kind of education they deserve. The ability of women to determine their own health care decisions is threatened all across the country. Economic inequality has continued even as we have dramatically improved and stabilized the economy.

It’s going to take new energy and ideas coming not only from the Oval Office, but also from a Senate full of leaders who are committed to rolling up their sleeves and getting to work. Folks like Katie McGinty in Pennsylvania, Ted Strickland in Ohio, Tammy Duckworth in Illinois, and Russ Feingold in Wisconsin. These are just some of the great Democrats we have running across the country and chances we have to pick up key seats and win back the Senate. But it’s going to take all of us digging a little deeper and doing what we can to cross that finish line on November 8th.

Can I count on you to pitch in $10 or whatever you can before our end-of-month deadline at midnight to help us get there?

LINKS

Thanks for being part of this, NAME. We can’t do it without you.

Barack Obama

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Sender: Barack Obama
Subject:

Friend --

In America, it has always been and remains the duty of each generation to help close the gap between our ideals and the reality of the time, and to make our country better off for those to come. From our founding fathers who declared our independence to those who gave their lives in the fight to end slavery, from the women who marched for their right to vote to the movement that grew out of Stonewall to demand equality for the LGBT community, this ideal has defined who we are as Americans.

I’m proud to say that we’ve made some real strides over these past seven and a half years -- but the journey continues. LGBT Americans now have the right to marry whom they love and serve our country openly in the Armed Forces, yet still face systematic, legal forms of discrimination in certain states today. Women have made great strides forward in the workplace, but are still not guaranteed the equal pay they deserve.

We’ve come far, but we still have work to do before we can consider the equality gap closed — that’s why I’m asking you to support Democrats who will keep us moving forward together.

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I promise you that I'll always keep fighting, NAME, and I know that you will too. But in order to protect our progress and keep making advances, we need leaders in the White House and Congress who will work for all of the people, with no exceptions. That means we need Democrats.

So, if you can, pitch in $10 or more before the deadline at midnight tonight to help Democrats win big up and down the ballot on Election Day:

LINK

Thanks for doing this today, NAME.

Barack Obama

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Sender: Barack Obama
Subject:

Friend --

When I look back over the past seven years, so much of what we fought for we did because it was common sense.

Facing the threat of climate change, it made sense to take major strides to combat it, even while some refused to accept the scientific fact that it exists. With millions of Americans having to choose between paying their medical bills or putting a roof over their heads, it seemed clear that we needed to make affordable health care available to every person in this country. When we saw our hardworking neighbors struggling to get by, doing what we could to raise the minimum wage and make paychecks more fair just made sense.

But what I have come to discover as I’ve watched this election unfold is that that kind of common sense isn’t all that common when it comes to the folks running in this election on the other side of the aisle -- because all of these things that we knew were the right things to do, they want undone.

So if we want to protect everything we’ve done, and keep building on this foundation, then it’s also common sense that we have to elect democrats who will do just that. And with our end-of-May deadline at midnight, I’m hoping you’ll pitch in $10 or more today to help:

LINKS

Thanks, NAME.

Barack Obama