Subject: Re: ADDED RIFF ON GUNS: Politics and Eggs
From: Dan Schwerin <[email-masked]>
To: Megan Rooney <[email-masked]>
Cc: Mandy Grunwald <[email-masked]>, Emily Aden <[email-masked]>, Speech Drafts <[email-masked]>, Mike Schmidt <[email-masked]>, Michael Shapiro <[email-masked]>, Mike Vlacich <[email-masked]>, Harrell Kirstein <[email-masked]>, Speech Book <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 28 Oct 2015 10:13:58 -0400
List-Id: <speechdrafts.hillaryclinton.com>

Mandy, are you saying back off or just that we need to be ready?

On Wed, Oct 28, 2015 at 10:10 AM, Megan Rooney <[email-masked]>
wrote:

> Good point.
>
> This is the quote so maybe we should change the speech to read:  "I’ve
> been told to stop shouting about ending gun violence.  Some are
> threatening to go after me for speaking out on this issue.  But I won’t
> be silenced, and I hope you won’t be either.  How many more people have
> to die before we take action?
>
> "We had to fire a shot across their bow, because they were going to start
> to have their way with us," Devine told me. "I pushed [Sanders] hard to do
> what he did to let them know, if they're going to do this stuff that two of
> the 12,000 votes he cast in Congress about guns are the definitive votes of
> the election—and oh, by the way, she is yelling because she's a woman. If
> they are going to start going down that road, we are not going to take it.
> And it is going to be about a lot of issues where she's gone from one place
> to another. We did five of them [at the J-J] and we could do 15 more."
>
>
> On Wed, Oct 28, 2015 at 9:59 AM, Mandy Grunwald <[email-masked]> wrote:
>
>>
>> Just want to be sure what quote in Bloomberg story we will attribute this
>> to.
>>
>>
>>
>> *Mandy Grunwald*
>> *Grunwald Communications*
>> *202 973-9400 <202%20973-9400>*
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Emily Aden <[email-masked]>
>> To: Megan Rooney <[email-masked]>
>> Cc: Speech Drafts <[email-masked]>; Mike Schmidt <
>> [email-masked]>; Michael Shapiro <
>> [email-masked]>; Mike Vlacich <[email-masked]>;
>> Harrell Kirstein <[email-masked]>; Speech Book <
>> [email-masked]>
>> Sent: Wed, Oct 28, 2015 9:39 am
>> Subject: Re: ADDED RIFF ON GUNS: Politics and Eggs
>>
>> Good for research
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone
>>
>> On Oct 28, 2015, at 9:25 AM, Megan Rooney <[email-masked]>
>> wrote:
>>
>> I've added this riff to today's remarks.  Holler if you want any changes.
>>
>> **
>>
>> Americans want their leaders to come together on issues like these – and
>> many others – from protecting our environment to improving our schools to
>> protecting our kids and communities from the gun violence plaguing our
>> country.  And I will fight to bring people together and make progress on
>> all these fronts.
>>
>> I know the issue of gun violence is controversial.  But I don’t care how
>> hard the politics are.  You and your kids should *feel* safe and *be*
>> safe when you go to the school, to the movies, to church.  That’s why I’m
>> proposing commonsense gun safety measures like universal background checks,
>> closing the loopholes that let guns fall into the wrong hands, and
>> repealing that law that shields gun makers and sellers from
>> accountability.
>>
>> I’ve been told to stop shouting about ending gun violence.  Some are even
>> threatening to run negative ads against me for speaking out on this issue.
>> But I won’t be silenced, and I hope you won’t be either.  How many more
>> people have to die before we take action?
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Oct 27, 2015 at 7:28 PM, Megan Rooney <[email-masked]
>> > wrote:
>>
>>> This is ready for the book.  Thanks.
>>>
>>> (Now including more on equal pay -- thank you Team NH)
>>>
>>> On Tue, Oct 27, 2015 at 6:55 PM, Megan Rooney <
>>> [email-masked]> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hey all -- here's a revised draft for tomorrow morning's Politics and
>>>> Eggs.
>>>>
>>>> As discussed this afternoon, this does not drive a sharp contrast with
>>>> Bernie.  It does drive a contrast with the Republicans.  It's still a
>>>> speech on the economy.
>>>>
>>>> Please send me edits asap so I can get this to the book.  Otherwise,
>>>> send me edits any time tonight.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks!
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>