Subject: Re: Need to cancel the call...will email you
From: Zac Petkanas <[email-masked]>
To: "Miranda, Luis" <[email-masked]>
Cc: "Paustenbach, Mark" <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 2 May 2016 17:20:47 -0400

I'm happy to talk through the reasoning on the phone.  However, we need to
hold this hit for the time being.

On Mon, May 2, 2016 at 5:04 PM, Miranda, Luis <[email-masked]> wrote:

> Yup. We wouldn’t send this one without you. Just got the draft we’re
> working with. Let us know what you think:
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> *SL: Donald Trump’s lack of respect for rape victims are nothing new *
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> Just last week, Trump proudly announced endorsements from two “tough guys
> <http://www.bustle.com/articles/157523-these-brand-new-donald-trump-endorsers-should-horrify-you>”
> – Mike Tyson and Bobby Knight – with a troubling history on the issue of
> rape. Tyson was convicted of rape in 1992 in Indiana, and Bobby Knight once
> said “I think if rape is inevitable, relax and enjoy it.”
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> But Donald Trump’s misogynistic and backwards defense of Tyson and
> dismissive attitude towards the rape he was convicted for goes back
> decades
> <https://www.buzzfeed.com/andrewkaczynski/donald-trump-in-1992-tyson-told-me-women-who-put-him-in-jail?utm_term=.xyw16DXgq#.qqDEJxNgo>
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> *Trump controversially suggested in 1992 Tyson could pay the victim with
> money from a fight to avoid serving a jail sentence and as reported earlier
> this week by BuzzFeed News said in the early ’90s that Tyson was
> “railroaded” in his case, and that the victim had willingly entered Tyson’s
> room.*
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> *In another instance in late 1992, Trump discussed the case at length in
> an interview with Charlie Rose. The topic centered around a New York
> magazine profile in which Trump said his mother was angry at him for
> defending Tyson. In the piece, Trump said Tyson told him the victim “wanted
> it real bad.”*
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> Donald Trump thinks he can fool us into how presidential he is going to
> be, and how much he loves women – but the warped and backwards view of
> violence and rape is who Donald Trump has been for years.
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> Adding to the offensive rhetoric that has marred his campaign, Donald
> Trump has also been saying that China is going to “rape” America, which has
> offended sexual violence advocates who are livid
> <http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/donald-trump-rape-china_us_572714c7e4b0b49df6abad17>
> over the use of word, and no doubt countless victims.
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> “When someone like Donald Trump uses a heinous crime like rape as a
> metaphor, it’s an insult to all sexual assault victims and survivors,” *said
> DNC CEO Amy Dacey*. “This is one more example that today’s Republican
> Party simply doesn’t support efforts to combat violence against women,
> including supporting the 300,000 victims
> <https://rainn.org/get-information/statistics/frequency-of-sexual-assault>
> of sexual violence and rape each year – all the more reason why we can’t
> have a Republican be the 45th president of the United States.”
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> Preventing violence against women has garnered widespread support among
> voters, but a majority of Republicans in Congress, including Trump’s main
> competitor, Ted Cruz, still voted against the Violence Against Women Act in
> 2013. By contrast, Democrats have been committed to preventing violence
> against women and extending support to survivors.
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>  <http://www.democrats.org/>*Luis Miranda, *Communications
> Director
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> *Democratic National Committee*
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> 202-863-8148 – [email-masked] - @MiraLuisDC
> <https://www.twitter.com/MiraLuisDC>
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> *From:* Zac Petkanas [mailto:[email-masked]]
> *Sent:* Monday, May 02, 2016 5:03 PM
> *To:* Miranda, Luis
> *Cc:* Paustenbach, Mark
> *Subject:* Re: Need to cancel the call...will email you
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> We need to talk about the rape stuff
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> On Mon, May 2, 2016 at 5:02 PM, Miranda, Luis <[email-masked]> wrote:
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> The Chair is on Bloomberg with Heileman and Halperin today. She’ll be on
> New Day in the morning.
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> In addition to what’s gone out today, we’re prepping a hit on Trump’s
> troubling history on rape.
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> <http://www.democrats.org/> <http://www.democrats.org/>
> <http://www.democrats.org/>*Luis Miranda, *Communications Director
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> *Democratic National Committee*
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> 202-863-8148 – [email-masked] - @MiraLuisDC
> <https://www.twitter.com/MiraLuisDC>
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