Subject: Hillary for American Friends & Allies Update
From: Adrienne Elrod <[email-masked]>
To: Adrienne Elrod <[email-masked]>
Cc: Alexandria Phillips <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 22 Sep 2015 19:29:08 -0400
List-Id: <toptalkers.hillaryclinton.com>

Friends –

Wanted to flag for you a couple of noteworthy items.

*New PPP Poll Shows Hillary Clinton Holding Wide Lead Among Iowa Democrats*

First, a new Public Policy Poll released today shows Hillary Clinton with a
lead of 21 points for the Democratic nomination in Iowa.  Her standing in
Iowa has remained steady since last month. Read more on the poll’s findings
here.
<http://www.publicpolicypolling.com/main/2015/09/trump-still-leads-iowa-clinton-in-good-shape.html>

*Hillary Clinton Announces Opposition to Keystone XL Pipeline*

Hillary spend today in Iowa, where she held a town hall on her plan to
lower prescription drug costs and participated in an editorial board
meeting with the Des Moines Register.

During the town hall when asked where she stood on the Keystone XL project,
she voiced her opposition saying:

 “I've got a responsibility to you and other voters who ask me about this.
And I think it is imperative that we look at the Keystone Pipeline as what
I believe it is—a distraction from the important work we have to do to
combat climate change, and unfortunately, from my perspective, one that
interferes with our ability to move forward to deal with all the other
issues. Therefore, I oppose it. And I oppose it because I don't think it's
in the best interest of what we need to do to combat climate change. I will
be rolling out in a few days my plan for a North American approach to
fighting climate change and clean energy. Because for me, we need to be
transitioning from fossil fuels—I know it will take time—to clean renewable
energy.”

Talking points on Clinton’s position on the Keystone pipeline are attached.

*GOP’s Offensive, Anti-American Rhetoric*

In recent days, leading Republicans like Ben Carson and Donald Trump have
made offensive comments about whether Muslims can be President—comments
that are wrong both in fact and in what we stand for as Americans.

While some Republicans have disagreed, their party has been too dismissive
of the melting pot that America has been and continues to be built on. In
fact, just today, Jeb Bush argued that “we should not have a multicultural
society,” ignoring the many different cultures that make America great. See
Bush’s comments here <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cWdojg6otgg>.

As we have done throughout this campaign, Hillary Clinton and her team have
called out the Republicans on their divisive views:

*Huma Abedin* <https://twitter.com/HumaAbedin> *@HumaAbedin*
<https://twitter.com/HumaAbedin>

You can be a proud American, a proud Muslim, and proudly serve this great
country. Pride versus prejudice.

*Hillary Clinton* @HillaryClinton <https://twitter.com/HillaryClinton>

Can a Muslim be President of the United States of America? In a word: Yes.
Now let's move on. -H

 In response, the Republicans have launched false attacks against
​Clinton.
 As you know, any suggestion that Hillary Clinton or her campaign started
the Birther movement is false. Byron Tau, who wrote a story for Politico
about the origins of Birtherism told FactCheck.org
<http://www.factcheck.org/2015/07/was-hillary-clinton-the-original-birther/>
that
“we never found any links between the Clinton campaign and the rumors in
2008.”  Tau’s co-author for the story, Ben Smith, has said the conspiracy
theories did not come from “Clinton herself or her staff.”

Thank you! Have a great evening.

​Adrienne ​

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Adrienne K. Elrod
Spokesperson
Hillary For America
*www.hillaryclinton.com <http://www.hillaryclinton.com>*
@adrienneelrod

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