Subject: Re: TWEET: Sanders on Rahm Emanuel
From: "Ann O'Leary" <[email-masked]>
To: Robby Mook <[email-masked]>
Cc: John Podesta <[email-masked]>, John Podesta <[email-masked]>, Jennifer Palmieri <[email-masked]>, Jake Sullivan <[email-masked]>, Nikki Budzinski <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 11 Mar 2016 20:59:46 -0800

Great. We are on same page. I will keep monitoring school situation and let
you know if things change such that it will be hard for us to stay silent.
But let's keep silent for now. Thanks, Robby.

On Fri, Mar 11, 2016 at 8:56 PM, Robby Mook <[email-masked]> wrote:

> My instinct is for HRC not to weigh in.  I worry making any news related
> to Rahm gives more ink to Rahm stories generally which aren't good for us.
>
> On Mar 11, 2016, at 11:43 PM, Ann O'Leary <[email-masked]>
> wrote:
>
> Bernie is beating us up over Rahm's record on schools in Chicago. The
> Chicago school system is overloaded with debt and likely to run out of cash
> before the end of the school year. As a result, they are withholding their
> pension contributions, and laying off teachers and support staff.
>
> I reached out to Randi W and she suggested that she tweet something
> tomorrow making clear that Rahm and Rauner have been bad for Chicago
> schools and then HRC retweets.
>
> That sounded like a toxic idea to me given Rahm's endorsement, but I don't
> think this issue is going away.
>
> We could: (a) have HRC say something more forceful about the state working
> to help Chicago pay off debt so the schools can focus on teaching and
> learning; (b) have Randi say something more mild and we could retweet. But
> I do worry that short of going after Rahm, these options are not going to
> be satisfactory. So the (c) option is to stay silent on it for now.
>
> Thoughts?
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Kate Waters <[email-masked]>
> Date: Fri, Mar 11, 2016 at 6:46 PM
> Subject: TWEET: Sanders on Rahm Emanuel
> To: Clips <[email-masked]>
>
>
> *Bernie Sanders* @BernieSanders
> <https://twitter.com/BernieSanders>
>
> I want to thank Rahm Emanuel for not endorsing me. I don’t want the
> endorsement of a mayor shutting down schools and firing teachers.
>
>
> https://twitter.com/BernieSanders/status/708481603815677952
>
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