Subject: Re: Daily Caller:Flashback: As Governor, Bill Clinton Honored Confederacy On Arkansas Flag
From: Brian Fallon <[email-masked]>
To: Jennifer Palmieri <[email-masked]>
Cc: Karen Finney <[email-masked]>, Tina Flournoy <[email-masked]>, Craig Minassian <[email-masked]>, Angel Urena <[email-masked]>, Nick Merrill <[email-masked]>, Huma Abedin <[email-masked]>, John Podesta <[email-masked]>, John Podesta <[email-masked]>, Marlon Marshall <[email-masked]>, Jake Sullivan <[email-masked]>, Maya Harris <[email-masked]>, Robby Mook <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 21 Jun 2015 09:48:23 -0400

We did. People have only asked it of us sporadically, and because the
answer is what they expect, they havent gone big with it:

Dan Merica (@danmericaCNN) tweeted at 11:18 PM on Sat, Jun 20, 2015:

Clinton campaign spokesman says HRC would like to see the Confederate flag
removed from the SC statehouse, something she supported in 2007.

https://twitter.com/danmericaCNN/status/612459641981767680

On Sunday, June 21, 2015, Jennifer Palmieri <[email-masked]>
wrote:

> Not that I would expect daily caller to get this right, but I thought we
> did tell press her view from eight years ago that the flag should come down.
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Jun 21, 2015, at 9:08 AM, Karen Finney <[email-masked]
> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml',[email-masked]');>> wrote:
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>
> http://dailycaller.com/2015/06/20/flashback-as-governor-bill-clinton-honored-confederacy-on-arkansas-flag/
>
>
> *Flashback: As Governor, Bill Clinton Honored Confederacy On Arkansas Flag*
> Derek Hunter
> 7:52 PM 06/20/2015
>
> As the fight to remove the Confederate flag from the state House grounds
> in South Carolina heats up, politicians are weighing in
> <http://www.startribune.com/confederate-flag-sets-off-debate-in-gop-2016-class/308691741/> on
> the debate.
>
> Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham defended displaying the flag, while former
> presidential candidate Mitt Romney called for its removal. Carly Fiorina
> called it a “symbol of racial hatred,” but stopped short of saying it
> should be removed. Sen. Ted Cruz said South Carolinians should decide what
> their state does. President Barack Obama’s spokesman said the flag belongs
> in a museum.
>
> But while former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has weighed in on the
> gun control aspect of the national discussion, the leading candidate for
> the Democratic presidential nomination has remained silent on the flag
> controversy.
>
> In 1987, when her husband was governor of Arkansas, Bill Clinton signed
> Act 116 that stated “The blue star above the word “ARKANSAS” is to
> commemorate the Confederate States of America.”
>
>
>
> When the Confederate flag issue arose in the 2000 election, Matt Drudge
> reported
> <http://www.drudgereportarchives.com/dsp/specialReports_pc_carden_detail.htm?reportID=%7B30E9DE74-2AC6-4527-8F90-E0CF6A7D4E40%7D> that
> then-President Bill Clinton’s spokesman Joe Lockhart was asked about the
> issue. Lockhart told reporters, “I’ve just never heard any discussion or
> any objections that the president has raised.
>
> In 2000, Drudge reported
> <http://www.drudgereportarchives.com/dsp/specialReports_pc_carden_detail.htm?reportID=%7B30E9DE74-2AC6-4527-8F90-E0CF6A7D4E40%7D> Vice
> President and Democratic nominee Al Gore as accusing then-Texas Gov. George
> W. Bush of refusing to take a stand on the Confederate flag issue, which
> then was flying over the capital dome in South Carolina.
>
> Drudge wrote
> <http://www.drudgereportarchives.com/dsp/specialReports_pc_carden_detail.htm?reportID=%7B30E9DE74-2AC6-4527-8F90-E0CF6A7D4E40%7D>
> :
>
> The Gore campaign over the weekend repeatedly refused to comment on the
> vice president’s silence when it comes to the flag flying over the Arkansas
> State House!
>
> “The vice president will not be commenting on the Arkansas flag,” a
> campaign rep told the DRUDGE REPORT.
>
> The debate of the Confederate flag resurfaced after the terrorist attack
> on the Emanuel AME Church that saw nine people slaughtered because of the
> color of their skin.
>
> [h\t Phil Kerpen <https://twitter.com/kerpen/status/612390569847967744>]
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Jun 21, 2015, at 12:23 AM, Tina Flournoy <[email-masked]
> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml',[email-masked]');>> wrote:
>
>
>
>  http://wapo.st/1yRzHhM
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>
>
>
> On Jun 20, 2015, at 11:33 PM, Jennifer Palmieri <
> [email-masked]
> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml',[email-masked]');>> wrote:
>
>  Thought it was a good idea to link up chains and level set with
> everyone on Arkansas press issues.
>
> Someone moved oppo research today designed to put WJC and HRC in a
> tough spot by noting that the Arkansas flag has a confederate star on
> it and WJC signed legislation making a Robert E. Lee holiday in 1987.
> I believe there is legislation in the Arkansas legislature to repeal
> the holiday.
>
> There has been some limited activity on Twitter about this and we have
> only gotten one question from Jake Tapper.  (We are not responding to
> him tonight.). So I don't think this is something we need to resolve
> tonight but the issue could hang around and HRC could get asked about
> it - so worth thinking about potential responses.
>
> The Robert E Lee  question has popped up now and then, going back to
> WH days.  As far as we can discern, we have never engaged in a
> substantive way.
>
> Team WJC - when ready, would you let us know your all thoughts on how
> and if we should engage on these questions?  I imagine making a
> decision on the Arkansas flag and the holiday repeal may make for
> complicated politics back home - so understand this is tricky and
> could take time to figure out.
>
> We will stand by on our end, or happy to do a call tomorrow to talk
> through.
>
> HRC has an event at a black church on Tuesday in St Louis, for awareness.
>
> Thanks, all.
>
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> Sent from my iPhone
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