Subject: Re: AIDS comments - fast response needed
From: Adrienne Elrod <[email-masked]>
To: Steve Elmendorf <[email-masked]>
Cc: Richard Socarides <[email-masked]>, Nick Merrill <[email-masked]>, John Podesta <[email-masked]>, "[email-masked]" <[email-masked]>, "[email-masked]" <[email-masked]>, Dominic Lowell <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 11 Mar 2016 15:56:04 -0500

Thanks Steve. And thanks for offering to amplify what we do on tv and
with press tonight. We are working quickly to address/resolve this and
I will circle with u and socarides ASAP

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> On Mar 11, 2016, at 3:51 PM, Steve Elmendorf <[email-masked]> wrote:
>
> I don't want to overreact to my Facebook and Twitter feeds but I don't have many Bernie people and it is brutal.   I think you are gonna have to put HRC to camera in her own voice
>
>> On Mar 11, 2016, at 3:37 PM, Richard Socarides <[email-masked]> wrote:
>>
>> Also I'm not sure you can take it completely back because she expanded on the idea that it was difficult to talk about
>>
>> Richard
>> 917-400-6178
>>
>>> On Mar 11, 2016, at 3:28 PM, Nick Merrill <[email-masked]> wrote:
>>>
>>> We were going to go a step further and just say she made a mistake,
>>> that she misspoke.  Do you guys think that's the right approach?  Can
>>> share language soon.
>>>
>>> On Mar 11, 2016, at 12:24 PM, Richard Socarides
>>> <[email-masked]> wrote:
>>>
>>> Don't wait too long. This is spreading like wildfire. The haters are out.
>>>
>>> Richard
>>> 917-400-6178
>>>
>>>> On Mar 11, 2016, at 3:14 PM, Steve Elmendorf <[email-masked]> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Agree with Richard.  Cannot overstate how big a problem this and needs to be done ASAP .
>>>>
>>>>> On Mar 11, 2016, at 3:08 PM, Richard Socarides <[email-masked]> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> OK before this spins out of control she or somebody needs to say the following:
>>>>>
>>>>> Nancy Reagan in fact helped start a national conversation about HIV and  AIDS but as we all know it was far too little and way too late. When Bill Clinton ran for president in 1992 it was on a platform that was highly critical of the Republican response to the HIV crisis. It had been a record of neglect. As first lady and as senator and as Secretary of State Hillary has been a champion for increased funding and raising awareness.
>>>>>
>>>>> She understands the devastation the Reagen era AIDS policies caused and is committed to never repeating them.
>>>>>
>>>>> Richard
>>>>> 917-400-6178