Subject: RE: Philly meeting Press?
From: "Walker, Eric" <[email-masked]>
To: "Wartel, Jonae" <[email-masked]>, "Miranda, Luis" <[email-masked]>
Cc: "Palermo, Rachel" <[email-masked]>, "Paustenbach, Mark" <[email-masked]>, "Walsh, Tom" <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 18 May 2016 17:23:40 -0700

Hey - I was speaking to Patrice about something else and this came up. We spoke with Jonae as well. A few things:

·         It's open press, but we don't need to advise. Alex Seitz Wald and Gabe Debenedetti already know about it, so they could publicize, but let's not help them.

·         We should downplay this meeting with reporters. There is no controversial business. There are no votes or resolutions. It's a series of reports and speeches. Waste of a trip for reporters.

·         Now, if I'm a reporter travelling to this, there's no actual news being made, so I need to manufacture a story. We want to avoid stories like: Dems prepare for convention violence, DWS under fire for something, or Dem party chairs slam sanders. I think that some better stories are: Dems condemn violence, Dems say violence is on the GOP side.

·         I think we can get there by scripting a few things:

o   Add talking points to everyone's remarks about condemning violence

o   Ask Roberta to speak to the entire ASDC, and see if other party chairs who have also been threatened - Ana Cupril from Wyoming, Andy McGuire from Iowa - would offer their support.

o   Have Ray or DWS talk about how this is not a 'pox on both of your houses' and have flacks enforce this narrative with reporters.

§  Dems

·         There was no physical violence at the NV State Convention

·         This was at the supporter level - not candidate level

·         We are stopping this before it gets out of hand

§  GOP/Trump contrast:

·         Regularly incites violence at his rallies

·         Called for riots in Cleveland if he isn't nominated

·         Encouraged the crowd to beat up Black Lives Matters protestors

·         Said he would pay the legal fees for a rallygoer who assaulted another rallygoer

·         Campaign manager assaulted a reporter

From: Wartel, Jonae
Sent: Tuesday, May 17, 2016 4:36 PM
To: Miranda, Luis
Cc: Walker, Eric; Palermo, Rachel; Paustenbach, Mark
Subject: RE: Philly meeting Press?

We don't typically but can have them check in and grab a nametag at least so we are aware of their presence.

JW

From: Miranda, Luis
Sent: Tuesday, May 17, 2016 4:33 PM
To: Wartel, Jonae
Cc: Walker, Eric; Palermo, Rachel; Paustenbach, Mark
Subject: RE: Philly meeting Press?

Yes, one of us will be there. We assume we don't need to register press, is ASDC doing the advising and press registration, etc?

[SigDems]<http://www.democrats.org/>Luis Miranda, Communications Director
Democratic National Committee
202-863-8148 - [email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]> - @MiraLuisDC<https://www.twitter.com/MiraLuisDC>

From: Wartel, Jonae
Sent: Tuesday, May 17, 2016 4:32 PM
To: Miranda, Luis
Cc: Walker, Eric; Palermo, Rachel
Subject: Philly meeting Press?

Hi Luis-

Checking in. Will there be any press staff traveling to Philly with the Chair?

Thanks,
Jonae

Jonae Wartel
Executive Director
Association of State Democratic Chairs
E: [email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]>
C: 770.653.9789
O: 202.479.5104
T: JonaeASDC

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