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Friends -
Please see below. Hillary Clinton discussed her vision for confronting
sexual assault in Iowa today, and we would love your help amplifying. Below
are some sample tweets, along with her remakrs and talking points.
*And please note - we are using the hashtag #withyou.*
Please let Mini or me know if you have any questions.
Thanks!
- Adrienne
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Mini Timmaraju <[email protected]>
Date: Mon, Sep 14, 2015 at 5:46 PM
Subject: ICYMI: TODAY in Iowa, Hillary Clinton outlines vision for
confronting campus sexual assault
To: Women’s Outreach <[email protected]>
Dear Friends,
Please see below and attached Secretary Clinton's vision for confronting
campus sexual assault. We'd love for you to consider amplifying her
statements today. You can do so by posting on Twitter or Facebook. Here are
some suggested posts from our team:
*RT @Hillary Clinton:*
https://twitter.com/HillaryClinton/status/643479030407262208
1 in 5 women reports having survived college sexual assault—proud of
@HillaryClinton for standing up for survivors. We’re with #withyou.
.@HillaryClinton has a message for survivors of campus sexual assault: you
have the right to be heard & believed. We’re #withyou.
We all have a duty to fight back against campus sexual assault—proud of
@HillaryClinton for taking on this issue. #withyou
.@HillaryClinton to survivors of campus sexual assault: "You have the right
to be heard" and "to be believed. We’re with you." #withyou
.@HillaryClinton is right: enough is enough. Time to end the epidemic of
sexual assault on college campuses. #withyou
Nearly 10% of black women at HBCUs reported being sexually assaulted. Proud
of @HillaryClinton for standing up for all survivors. #withyou
LGBT students are more likely to experience sexual harassment and violence.
Great to see @hillaryclinton supporting all survivors. #withyou
We all have a role to play in ending sexual assault on college campuses.
Thank you, @HillaryClinton for standing up for survivors. #withyou
LGBT students are more likely to experience sexual harassment and violence.
Proud of @hillaryclinton for standing with survivors. #withyou
Only an estimated 12% of sexual assaults on college campuses are reported.
Proud of @HillaryClinton for focusing on this issue. #withyou
Only an estimated 12% of sexual assaults on college campuses are reported.
I stand with @HillaryClinton in support of survivors. #withyou
Nearly 10% of black women at HBCUs report being sexually assaulted. Glad to
see @HillaryClinton acknowledge & support all survivors #withyou
Out of 1,000 Hispanic female students, 4.5 experience rape or sexual
assault. Proud to see @HillaryClinton focusing on this issue. #withyou
*Hillary Clinton Outlines Vision for Confronting Campus Sexual Assault
During Visit to University of Northern Iowa*
Appearing at a “Women for Hillary” event Monday at the University of
Northern Iowa, Hillary Clinton outlined her vision for confronting the
alarming reality of sexual assault on college campuses in America.
Noting that an estimated one in five women report being sexually assaulted
while in college, Clinton said she would build on President Obama's
approach to the problem by working to provide comprehensive support to
survivors, ensure a fair process for all and increase prevention.
Clinton’s commitment to tackling the crisis of campus sexual assault is a
continuation of her lifelong record of fighting for women and girls. As
First Lady, she supported the creation of the Department of Justice’s
Office on Violence Against Women. And as senator, she co-sponsored the 2005
re-authorization of the Violence Against Women Act and twice introduced
legislation to ensure that rape and incest victims had access to emergency
contraception in hospital emergency rooms.
*Please see the full remarks below:*
“Good morning! Good morning, everybody. Wow, thank you so much. I just told
Danielle she really nailed that introduction. She said she has been
practicing last night and I said there’s no substitute for practicing when
you stand up in front of a crowd of people, and I think we should give her
another round of applause. She did a great job.
“And I want to thank Amy Freedman who is our field organizer here in Cedar
Falls. She is one of the incredible group of people, predominantly but not
exclusive young, who are doing our field organizing, who are volunteering
full-time, our fellows who are part of this process and I could not be
prouder. We have an amazing team across the state who are working every
single day, and they just had a training session with the new thirty
organizers and a hundred fellows, and we welcome each and everyone of you
to be part of this winning campaign so that you can see firsthand what it’s
like to try to work in a campaign on behalf of a better future for all of
us and I am grateful to Amy and all the hardworking team here in Iowa.
“I want to thank President Ruud for inviting me here. I’m always impressed
by what I hear is happening at UNI. I was told about a certain football
game as well.
“But there’s a lot more going on in addition to winning at football. I
think this university is winning in a lot of ways. And for that I
congratulate not only the leadership, but all of you who are part of making
a difference here. I just had a chance to visit with a group of students
and faculty, the dean, as well as some others from different colleges and
universities about the issues of domestic violence and sexual assault on
campus. I did that in part because I care deeply about the issue and am
rolling out some policies today that I think will help us move this issue
forward so that we would have more comprehensive services for survivors. We
would have much more emphasis on a fair process and figure out exactly how
we’re going to do that. And we would increase prevention efforts. Now part
of the reason I wanted to come here and to talk about this is because
yesterday we celebrated the 21st anniversary of the Violence Against Women
Act. And that was a landmark piece of legislation in our country and, in
fact, in the world.
“The person chosen by then-President Clinton… you know you can’t beat that,
right…the person chosen to begin to lead the efforts to translate into
reality what we meant by trying to prevent violence against women was the
former attorney general of Iowa, Bonnie Campbell-- who is here with us.
Where's Bonnie? There she is back there, Bonnie Campbell. She was the first
person to lead the Violence Against Women Office in the Department of
Justice. She has made that her life’s work. She went with me when I went to
Beijing in 1995 on behalf of the United States to state what should have
been obvious but needed to be said: that human rights are women’s rights
and women’s rights are human rights, once and for all.
“And it was great having Bonnie with me because it wasn’t just enough to go
and make a speech. That was important. I didn’t realize fully the
importance until…I was really nervous, before I did it. There were a lot of
people who didn’t want me to go. I thought I should, but still, it wasn’t
clear exactly what the outcome would be. So it was important to have with
me people like Bonnie who were doing the work that the United States had to
lead, to actually translate into positive programs, policies, changes, what
we meant we talked about women’s rights and humans rights and,
particularly, discourage violence against women.
“So this is a special time and a special place to be talking specifically
about an issue that affects one in five women on campus. And it is
something deeply important to me to try to work together with everybody to
bring about the changes that are necessary in behavior and attitude. To try
to confront the continuing challenge of violence against women, and in
particular, here on campuses.
“Now I want to be sure that we have a chance to talk further about that but
I also want to lay out some of the other elements of my agenda, because I
happen to think that we have to get the basic bargain in America working
again for everybody. What do I mean by that? Well, it’s pretty simple
actually. If you work hard and do your part you should be able to get ahead
and stay ahead. That’s how it’s supposed to work in America. That is how it
has worked for generations.
“You know my grandfather, my dad’s father, was a factory worker. He went to
work every single day of his life in the Scranton Lace Mills-- he worked
there for many years. He did it because he had to support his family but he
also did it because he believed, as an immigrant to this country, that it
would be better for his children, that they would have a better life. That
is the essence of the dream of the bargain, right? And it worked.
“He had three sons they all got to go to college. You know, my dad got out
of college in the middle of the Depression, he couldn’t find a job, jumped
on freight train-- don’t do this, but he did-- took that train to Chicago.
He began looking for a job-- he got a job as a salesman, worked at that for
a number of years and went into the Navy during World War II. And when he
came out, he started a small business. And he worked really hard because it
was a small business…but it provided a good, solid middle-class life for my
family.
“So here I am, at UNI, running for President in three generations. And I am
deeply grateful not only for the hard work and sacrifice of my family, my
parents and grandparents, but to this country, because this country held
out a promise. It made a bargain with them that was kept. And I want to be
the President and make sure to in the eyes of every single person,
particularly young people in this country and tell you, honestly and truly,
we’re keeping that bargain for you too. And your future deserves to be as
good as anybody’s.
“So how do we do that? Well we’ve got to make America work for everybody,
for all people and families not for those at the top. And I think we need a
President who takes on all the big issues. You know, issues like ISIS,
climate change, Syrian refugees-- those issues. And I am both prepared and
ready to do that. I’ve negotiated a cease-fire between Israel and Hamas and
Gaza. I put together the coalition that came up with the sanctions that
brought Iran to the negotiating table. I know what we have to do to protect
our country, to protect our security, and to meet the big challenges.
“But I also know this: that a lot of what is affecting people today is
what’s going on in their lives. How do they afford college? How do they pay
off the debt once they’re out of college? How do they afford childcare if
they get that job that they need? How do they get equal pay for equal work
if they are a woman in the work force? So I am prepared and ready to take
on those big questions that fill the screens and screech at us from the
headlines, that must be addressed by American leadership.
“But I’m also ready to take on those issues that keep you up at night. To
talk about…that are a source of worry and concern, because I hear about
them. I’ve had some amazing experiences in the last months coming back into
politics. Traveling around Iowa and elsewhere. People tell me the most
personal concerns. They tell me about their friend’s child that they just
buried from a heroin overdose. They tell me about their mother, their 58
year-old mother who got addicted to opioids and just died. They tell me
about the untreated mental health and the absolute inexplicable decision by
your governor to shut down two of your four mental health facilities in
Iowa.
“So, those are issues that really, they really grab me. They touch my heart
because I know what it’s like to worry. I know what it’s like to be
concerned about what’s happening to somebody you care about, somebody you
love in your family. A friend. I want to be about the President who’s also
trying to figure out how to empower you with more opportunities and more
tools and more support to deal with all of those problems as well.
“Now when it comes to how we’re going to keep that basic bargain and
fulfill that dream again, first and foremost we’ve gotta get the economy
working for everybody. There’s no two ways about it. It’s got to work for
everybody, not just those at the top. So much of what we want to do in our
country cannot be realized. Now I will tell you without trying to be either
partisan or personal: our country does better in the economy when we have a
Democrat in the White House.
“I mean, that’s just a fact. It’s an inconvenient fact for the other side,
but that’s a fact. Employment, income, the stock market-- it's all better.
And I watched, during the eight years of my husband’s presidency, how hard
it was to try to undo the effects of trickle-down economics. But by the end
of those eight years we had the longest peacetime expansion, twenty-three
million new jobs, and incomes rose not only at the top, but in the middle
and at the bottom. Everybody was starting to do better and we ended up with
a balanced budget and a surplus which would have given us real
opportunities in dealing with our long-term challenges.
“Now, I was elected in 2000 to the Senate from New York. I got 55% of the
vote, over 3.7 million votes. So I went to the Senate really energized
about what we could do to chart a sensible course that would continue our
economic upward movement. But I found a very different reception. The new
Republican administration…they wanted to undo everything that had been done
the last eight years, they wanted to go back to trickle-down economics, to
cut taxes on the wealthy, get out of the way of corporations and everything
would just be fine. You know how that turned out. You know, shortly after
the November 208 election, I got a call from then-President-elect Obama and
he said he wanted me to come see him in Chicago, I really had no idea why.
It turned out he wanted me to be Secretary of State, but in large measure,
he to talk about why he needed me to go out and deal with the incredible
problems we were inheriting around the world, while he tried to deal with
the extraordinary problems we had inherited right here at home, with the
economy in recession.
“Imagine: you’re a newly elected President and you get handed the worst
financial crisis since the Great Depression. Now the Republicans want us to
have amnesia about why that happened, don’t they? They want us to just
forget that it happened on their watch, their policies. Now thanks to the
hard work of the American people and the leadership of President Obama, who
does not get the credit he deserves for digging us out of that deep ditch…
You know we’re out of the ditch, we’re standing. My goodness we were losing
over eight hundred thousand jobs per month! We've recovered over twelve
million, but we have a ways to go don’t we? Because even though we’re
recovering jobs, we haven’t recovered paychecks and income. People back to
where they were before this big crash wiped out jobs, wiped out wealth, and
decreased incomes.
“So we have to have an economic policy that will reverse this. That’s what
I have laid out. I have laid out a specific set of policies that are aimed
at raising incomes again. Because I think that is the central defining
issue in this campaign. How are we going to raise Americans’ incomes? And
how are we going to make sure that the hard work Americans do, the
productivity that we have, is going to be rewarded by a share of the
profits they helped to make for the corporations and businesses they work
for? I am going to do everything I can to incentivize profit sharing. It
doesn’t matter to me if you’re in the headquarters or you're on the factory
floor. If that company you're working for is turning a profit, you should
be rewarded-- and that is going to be one of my key efforts.
“So I’ve been talking about policy that is not always the most exciting
kind of campaign rhetoric. But I think it’s important because we need an
agenda about what we're fighting for in this campaign. Personalities are
important-- I believe that. I’ve been around politics awhile. But you know
what I have found is that you got to know what people tell you they are
going to do because chances are they will try to do it. And that’s
especially important when it comes to women and women’s issues.
“Because what you will find if you listen to the Republicans is they have a
very different idea about what to do with the economy. Now clearly they
want to go back to trickle-down economics. You’ve got to love them. I mean,
I admire their persistence in believing in a failed policy. I suppose there
is something that you’ve got to give them credit for there. But honest to
goodness, we can’t afford to go through that again. That’s what they are
all saying they would do as President. Cut taxes on the wealthy one more
time. Get out of the way of corporations, let them pollute, let them
exploit, let them take advantage of workers-- and it’ll all turn out okay.
“Now, we know better than that. But it’s also important to listen to them
when they talk about women. Because it is clear to me that a lot of what I
believe is important for women, for families, and for our economy, is just
not on their radar screen at all. So when I talk about strong growth, fair
growth and long-term growth, I have a central plank about how we have to
make it more available to women to be in the workforce and to afford to be
there in order to stay engaged to contribute to their own well-being and
that of their family and the economy. Because to me child care is a woman’s
issue but its also a economic issue. Because when women are able to
participate fully in the workforce, our economy grows. You just can look at
the numbers again. Paid family leave is a woman’s issue, but it’s also an
economic issue. You shouldn’t have to lose your paycheck or your job when
you have a new baby or a family member gets sick. We make it just about as
hard as we can imagine for women to be able to balance family and work. Now
I know there are men who do it as well, but predominantly it is still
women…caring for newborns and babies, caring for relatives, spouses, and
parents and others.
“And equal pay, that shouldn’t even be debated, but we’re debating it. You
know, I don’t understand why we still debate it.
“So any issue that affects women’s lives and women’s futures, and the
future of families and our economy, is an issue I take seriously. And it’s
one that I’m campaigning on, and I’m going to continue to speak out about.
Raising the minimum wage is a woman’s issue, right? Two thirds of the
people being paid minimum wage in America are women. And here’s one of the
worst things, and a lot of Americans don’t know about this and I’m trying
to talk about it so I can get a real groundswell of support…is when we
raise the minimum wage in the Congress, which we will get to – it will be a
hard job, but if we can elect some more Democrats for the next election, we
will raise the minimum wage and when we raise minimum wages in states and
localities, which I also support, do not forget there are people in many
places in America today predominantly women who get what is called the
tipped minimum wage. Do you know what that is? They can be paid as little
as $2.13 an hour.
“Waitressing, bartending, hair salon employees. Because the theory is they
will get up to the minimum wage with tips. The reality is, that’s often not
the case. That in fact, they might not get those tips, or they have to be
harassed on the job to get those tips. Or even worse, their employer
pockets those tips. So when we raise the minimum wage, we are going to do
away with this incredible injustice of the tipped minimum wage. People are
going to all be eligible to earn the same minimum wage.
“So yes, we have to increase economic opportunity and we have to increase
support for women doing work at home and work in the job. And that leads to
me to something else we have to do and that is confronting the epidemic of
sexual assault on college campuses.
“I saw heads nod when I said one in five women report they were sexually
assaulted during college. Just look around you. If we were to have one out
of every five women stand up, that would be a pretty big crowd.
“Think of the impact on their lives. They’re trying to manage the
emotional, physical, sometimes the educational, financial fallout. They
miss classes, some drop out, some never finish their education. Thankfully
this is an issue that is finally gaining the attention it deserves. But it
is not enough to condemn campus sexual assault, we need to end campus
sexual assault.
“Thanks to the courage and determination of survivors and advocates,
America is waking up to this challenge. And on campuses across the country,
including very impressively this campus, people are coming together and
coming up with solutions. I was really impressed by what I heard has been
happening here at U and I since 2000 -- you got the first grant from that
office Bonnie Campbell first led all those years ago, to begin having what
is and certainly continues to be a very challenging conversation: everybody
at the table, listening to people, coming up with a way to approach this
problem and try to end it.
“President Obama’s administration has worked hard to shine a bright light
on campus sexual assault and I intend to keep talking about it and building
on that. Here’s why: right now in too many places, survivors don’t know
where to go to go and find help. Some campuses don’t even offer support
services including counseling and healthcare, so a lot of young women are
truly lost and left out. Others present a maze of bureaucracy that forces
survivors to navigate that without any real help at one of the most painful
times of their lives.
“As President, I’ll fight to make sure every campus offers every survivor
the support she needs, and we’ll make sure that these serves are
comprehensive, confidential, and coordinated.
“I want to add, too, that although the survivors of sexual assault are
predominantly women, this also happens to men. It happens to the
transgender community-- it happens to others as well. So no matter gender,
sexual orientation, ethnicity, race-- services have to be there for
everyone.
“Now too often the process of addressing sexual assault on campuses is
confusing and convoluted. And many who do choose, which is a hard choice I
recognize, to report in the criminal justice system fear that their voices
will be dismissed instead of heard. We need to ensure a fair process for
all involved, whether it’s in campus disciplinary proceedings or a criminal
justice system. Rape is a crime wherever it happens and schools and schools
have an obligation -- I think it’s both a legal obligation and a moral
obligation -- to protect every student’s right to get an education free
from discrimination, free from fear, particularly as to one’s safety. So
reports of sexual assault need to be treated with the seriousness,
professionalism, and fairness they deserve.
“Now we have a great resource in our nation’s law students who on many
campuses can help to navigate this process. There are some successful
models of law school clinics across the country where students are already
working alongside experienced attorneys. Back when I was in law school I
volunteered for the New Haven Legal Services program. It’s one of the best
things I did in Law School, it’s part of what inspired me to go work for
the children’s defense fund after I graduated. And so I’m looking for good
ideas that come from anywhere. I’ve heard some great ones upstairs. And I
want to commend a young men from one of the fraternities here on campus,
who has taken on the issue-- the fraternity has taken on the issue of
working to try to change attitudes, to educate not only their fraternity
members but the broader campus and event beginning to reach out in to the
community. And I want to also commend a mentoring program for silence
prevention that was originated her on campus.
“There are good smart solutions, we just need more of them. We need to
spread them so that people have more access to them. There are the issues
of responsibility and respect that start long before students arrive on
campus. I don’t think it’s enough to try and get a better response once an
assault has happened. We need to stop sexual assault from happening in the
first place and we need strong prevention efforts to change attitudes
associated with violence.
“We need to be spreading the ideas and talking to young people -- literally
starting in high school -- about issues like consent and bystander
prevention. This is a lot bigger than a single conversation at freshman
orientation or, as I heard earlier, an online program that everyone has to
take that's kind of in isolation. People have to talk about this, they have
to listen to each other, they have to try to understand that this is a
serious problem that can be solved. This is something that everybody can
play a part in addressing. So today I want to send a message to every
survivor of sexual assault: don’t let anyone silence your voice. You have
the right to be heard. You have the right to be believed. And we’re with
you as you go forward.
“And let’s remember sexual assault doesn’t just happen on our campuses. it
happens in the workplace, it happens in the military. For too many, it
happens in homes and in their communities. So we need to take this on as a
broader campaign against violence that stalks and afflicts women and girls
at home and across the world.
“Now, I’m well aware that when I talk about these issues like paid leave,
equal pay for equal work, reproductive rights, sexual assault against
people on campus, Republicans often say I’m playing the gender card. Well
if supporting women’s health and women’s rights is playing the gender card,
deal me in. Because that is exactly where I want to be.
“Now, on Wednesday the Republicans will have another one of their debates.
And we can expect to hear more of the same: the top-down out of touch
policies that they’ve been hawking for years. They actually seem oblivious
or indifferent to how their ideas would hurt people.
“Last time not one of them had a single word to say about how to make
college more affordable because I listened. Not a word for equal pay for
women or paid family leave or quality affordable pre-schools so our kids
can get the best start in life. No real ideas about promoting clean energy
or combating climate change No serious plans for how to keep growing the
economy or trying to bring down sky-rocketing prescription drug costs. No
real solutions for ending the gun violence that plagues our communities. No
one saying loudly and clearly that 'black lives matter' and no one
defending marriage equality.
“Now I have to confess that it is somewhat entertaining. Their flamboyant
frontrunner has grabbed a lot of the attention lately. But if you look at
the policies of all of them running, they’re pretty much the same. They’re
Trump just without the pizazz and the hair. You’ve heard Mr. Trump insult
and demean women. He occasionally throws some heat my way. He recently said
I don’t have a clue about women’s health issues. And he’d do a much better
job for women that I would, and as I've said, that is a general election
debate I’m really looking forward to.
“And I love it when he gets called out for his offensive comments about
women. He comes back and he says he loves women. In fact he says, he
cherishes women. Well that’s nice. But if it's all the same to you, Mr.
Trump, I’d rather you stop cherishing us, and start respecting us instead.
“But don’t get distracted by what he says alone because the other
candidates are saying pretty much the same things. Senator Rubio brags
about denying victims of rape and incest access to abortion. Governor Bush
says $500 million dollars is too much to spend on women’s health. Ben
Carson, a medical doctor, when asked if he supports life-of-the-mother
exceptions to abortion bans, said “I’m not sure that’s a legitimate
argument.”
“And every single one of them wants to defund Planned Parenthood. Well I
just wish they’d go meet the mom who caught her breast cancer early because
she got screened. Or the teenager who avoided an unattended pregnancy
because she had access to birth control. Or, the survivor of sexual assault
who turned to Planned Parenthood for emergency contraception and testing
and support.
“Now, these views might be acceptable in a Republican primary, but they are
dead wrong for 21st century America. And we need to keep making it
[inaudible, applause]. I’m not going to let them shame and blame women. I’m
not going to keep silent when they say climate change isn’t real or same
sex couples are threatening our freedom. Or when they keep going back to
trickle down economics no matter what they call it. I’ve been fighting for
families and underdogs my entire life
“If you want a president who will tell you everything that’s wrong about
America and who’s to blame for it, you’ve got plenty of other choices. But
if you want a president who will work her heart out to forge a better,
stronger, and fairer country – an America that works for people again –
you’re looking at her.
“So, it starts right here in Iowa and I need your help. I’m asking you to
get involved in my campaign to organize your neighbors, your classmates,
your friend, wherever you have them in the real world and the virtual world.
“Next time someone sends you a text or an invite to play Candy Crush, turn
around and ask them if they’re caucusing. And right now you can text JOIN
to 47246, 47246, and go to hillaryclinton.com
“I think this campaign is one of the most important that we’ve had in a
really long time. I’m not running for my husband’s third term and I’m not
running for President Obama’s third term, I'm running for our first term.
But I can tell you, I watched what worked, I know how hard it is. Look, if
we could snap our fingers and make the changes we think are best for
America, we’d be snapping like crazy.
“This is hard work. This takes intensive effort to find common ground, to
build those relationships. I did it while I was in the White House, when I
was in the Senate, and as Secretary of State. You know, after I worked
really hard to try to get healthcare and we got derailed-- I could have
given up, but I didn’t. So, I said okay, let’s at least get healthcare for
our children. I worked with Congress members, Senator Kennedy and others,
to get the children’s health insurance program that insures more than eight
million kids to this day.
“And when I was in the Senate I worked across the aisle with anybody who I
thought had a good idea. No pride of authorship. I worked actually with one
of the fellows who’s running for President on the other side. Because we
both saw the same problems in our respective state: Lindsey Graham from
South Carolina, me from New York. We had National Guard and Reserve members
who weren’t getting healthcare. So we did bipartisan legislation to make
sure those who served our country got the care they deserved.
“And as Secretary of State, the same thing. Reaching out, constantly,
looking for ways to find common ground with Republicans. I will go anywhere
anytime to speak to anybody about trying to find that common ground. I
think that’s what you’re supposed to do in a democracy. You know, you can
move to a different country – there's a couple we can name, there are a
couple of big ones and contentious ones out there where you just do what
you’re told. There’s no democracy. There's no seeking consensus, there’s no
seeking compromise. It’s their way, or no way. That’s not the way we work
in America. It’s frustrating, it can sometimes cause you to want to pull
your hair out. But overtime we keep making progress together and we produce
results if we stick with it.
“I will also stand my ground. And I will stand my ground against those who
want to rip out the progress that we have made together over the last years.
“I can’t do it without your help. I think we are on the way to the campaign
of great significance in laying out an agenda that people can actually
believe is possible. And then having an election on that agenda and getting
to work every single day to achieve it.
“So, please join me in helping build an America where everyone has a shot
in achieving their dreams and living up to their potential. And yes, where
a father can say to his daughter, you can be anything you want, even
President of the United States – thank you all very much!”
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