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Hillary Clinton: The Best Way to Help Louisiana

Posted in Hillary Clinton, Hillary For America, Hillary Rodham Clinton, Uncategorized, tagged Baton Rouge, Cross, Floods, Hillary Clinton, John Bel Edwards, Louisiana on August 19, 2016| 1 Comment »

Hillary sent this email today. Just a note although it should be obvious: Distractions would include politicians arranging photo ops by traveling to the area diverting responders from the relief efforts.

I just got off the phone with Governor John Bel Edwards of Louisiana.

The flooding there is more extensive than anyone expected — more than 40,000 homes have been damaged and more than 100,000 people have been affected.

My heart breaks for Louisiana, and right now, the relief effort can’t afford any distractions. The very best way this team can help is to make sure Louisianans have the resources they need.

There are two organizations the governor asked that we help. Chip in right now to the Red Cross, which is doing critical work to provide medical assistance and supplies to the victims of this natural disaster. You can also donate right now to the Baton Rouge Area Foundation, a local organization that’s directing money to community non-profits that need it.

These are our friends, our family members, our community — and they’re counting on us to reach out with open arms right now. This team has done so much for me. Now I’m asking you to show that same support to the victims in Louisiana, so that we can begin to rebuild together:

Thanks so much,

Hillary

In other news …

August 19, 2016

La. gov tells Trump to volunteer or donate instead of coming for photo-op

By Neetzan Zimmerman

The governor of Louisiana is telling Donald Trump to stay away from the state if he only intends to show up for a photo-op and leave.

“Donald Trump hasn’t called the governor to inform him of his visit,” Gov. John Bel Edwards (D) said in a statement Friday morning. “We welcome him to LA, but not for a photo-op.”

The governor’s office added that if the Republican presidential nominee is interested in helping flood victims, he should “consider volunteering or making a sizable donation to the LA Flood Relief Fund” instead

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FTR: Apparently Trump and Pence were mysteriously handing out boxes of Play-Doh rather than this stuff. You cannot patch a wall or fix a leak with Play-Doh. You shouldn’t eat it, either.

Lastly, ICYMI, this is the storm trooper security detail that disembarked the Trump plane before the owner did. When have we ever seen Hillary with a SWAT team protecting her on her home turf?

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Hillary Clinton’s Statement on the Baton Rouge Shootings

Posted in 2016 Election, Hillary 2016, Hillary Clinton, Hillary Clinton 2016, Hillary For America, Hillary for President, Hillary Rodham Clinton, safety & security, statements, Uncategorized, tagged 2016 election, Baton Rouge, gun violence, Hillary 2016, Hillary Clinton, Hillary For America, Louisiana, statements on July 17, 2016| Leave a Comment »

Hillary Clinton Statement on Shooting of Police Officers in Baton Rouge

After news that three police officers had been killed and several others wounded in a shooting in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Hillary Clinton issued the following statement:

“Today’s devastating assault on police officers in Baton Rouge is an assault on all of us. There is no justification for violence, for hate, for attacks on men and women who put their lives on the line every day in service of our families and communities.

“We must not turn our backs on each other. We must not be indifferent to each other. We must all stand together to reject violence and strengthen our communities. Our thoughts and prayers are with the friends and families of the police officers who were killed and injured today.”

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A Letter from Hillary about the Last Few Days

Posted in 2016 Election, Hillary 2016, Hillary Clinton, Hillary Clinton 2016, Hillary For America, Hillary for President, issues, statements, Uncategorized, tagged Alton Sterling, Baton Rouge, Black Lives Matter, Dallas, Dallas Police, gun violence, Hillary Clinton, Philando Castile, St. Anthony on July 8, 2016| 1 Comment »

Friend —

Like so many people across America, I have been following the news of the past few days with horror and grief.

On Tuesday, Alton Sterling, father of five, was killed in Baton Rouge — approached by the police for selling CDs outside a convenience store. On Wednesday, Philando Castile, 32 years old, was killed outside Minneapolis — pulled over by the police for a broken tail light.

And last night in Dallas, during a peaceful protest related to those killings, a sniper targeted police officers — five have died: Brent Thompson, Patrick Zamarripa, Michael Krol, Michael Smith, and Lorne Ahrens. Their names, too, will be written on our hearts.

What can one say about events like these? It’s hard to know where to start. For now, let’s focus on what we already know, deep in our hearts: There is something wrong in our country.

There is too much violence, too much hate, too much senseless killing, too many people dead who shouldn’t be. No one has all the answers. We have to find them together. Indeed, that is the only way we can find them.

Let’s begin with something simple but vital: listening to each other.

White Americans need to do a better job of listening when African Americans talk about seen and unseen barriers faced daily. We need to try, as best we can, to walk in one another’s shoes. To imagine what it would be like if people followed us around stores, or locked their car doors when we walked past, or if every time our children went to play in the park, or just to the store to buy iced tea and Skittles, we said a prayer: “Please God, don’t let anything happen to my baby.”

Let’s also put ourselves in the shoes of police officers, kissing their kids and spouses goodbye every day and heading off to do a dangerous job we need them to do. Remember what those officers in Dallas were doing when they died: They were protecting a peaceful march. When gunfire broke out and everyone ran to safety, the police officers ran the other way — into the gunfire. That’s the kind of courage our police and first responders show all across America.

We need to ask ourselves every single day: What can I do to stop violence and promote justice? How can I show that your life matters — that we have a stake in another’s safety and well-being?

Elie Wiesel once said that “the opposite of love is not hate — it’s indifference. And the opposite of life is not death — it’s indifference.”

None of us can afford to be indifferent toward each other — not now, not ever. We have a lot of work to do, and we don’t have a moment to lose. People are crying out for criminal justice reform. People are also crying out for relief from gun violence. The families of the lost are trying to tell us. We need to listen. We need to act.

I know that, just by saying all these things together, I may upset some people.

I’m talking about criminal justice reform the day after a horrific attack on police officers. I’m talking about courageous, honorable police officers just a few days after officer-involved killings in Louisiana and Minnesota. I’m bringing up guns in a country where merely talking about comprehensive background checks, limits on assault weapons and the size of ammunition clips gets you demonized.

But all these things can be true at once.

We do need police and criminal justice reforms, to save lives and make sure all Americans are treated as equal in rights and dignity.

We do need to support police departments and stand up for the men and women who put their lives on the line every day to protect us.

We do need to reduce gun violence.

We may disagree about how, but surely we can all agree with those basic premises. Surely this week showed us how true they are.

I’ve been thinking today about a passage from Scripture that means a great deal to me — maybe you know it, too:

“Let us not grow weary in doing good, for in due season, we shall reap, if we do not lose heart.”

There is good work for us to do, to find a path ahead for all God’s children. There are lost lives to redeem and bright futures to claim. We must not lose heart.

May the memory of those we’ve lost light our way toward the future our children deserve.

Thank you,

Hillary

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Learn more about Hillary’s plans to tackle criminal justice reform: https://www.hillaryclinton.com/issues/criminal-justice-reform/

Learn more about Hillary’s plans to prevent gun violence: https://www.hillaryclinton.com/issues/gun-violence-prevention/

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Hillary Clinton on the Death of Alton Sterling

Posted in 2016 Election, Hillary 2016, Hillary Clinton, Hillary Clinton 2016, Hillary For America, Hillary for President, Hillary Rodham Clinton, issues, statements, Uncategorized, tagged 2016 election, Alton Sterling, Baton Rouge, gun violence, Hillary 2016, Hillary Clinton, Hillary For America, Louisiana, statements on July 6, 2016| 1 Comment »

Hillary Clinton Statement on the Death of Alton Sterling

After the Department of Justice announced it was opening a civil rights investigation into the shooting death of Alton Sterling in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Hillary Clinton issued the following statement:

“The death of Alton Sterling is a tragedy, and my prayers are with his family, including his five children. From Staten Island to Baltimore, Ferguson to Baton Rouge, too many African American families mourn the loss of a loved one from a police-involved incident. Something is profoundly wrong when so many Americans have reason to believe that our country doesn’t consider them as precious as others because of the color of their skin. “I am glad the Department of Justice has agreed to a full and thorough review of this shooting. Incidents like this one have undermined the trust between police departments and the communities they serve. We need to rebuild that trust. We need to ensure justice is served. That begins with common sense reforms like ending racial profiling, providing better training on de-escalation and implicit bias, and supporting municipalities that refer the investigation and prosecution of police-involved deaths to independent bodies. All over America, there are police officers demonstrating how to protect the public without resorting to unnecessary force. We need to learn from and build on those examples. “Progress is possible if we stand together and never waver in our fight to secure the future that every American deserves.”

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On the Road with Hillary Clinton in Louisiana: Baton Rouge

Posted in 2016 Election, Appearances, Campaign Events, Hillary 2016, Hillary Clinton, Hillary Clinton 2016, Hillary For America, Hillary for President, Hillary Rodham Clinton, Speaking Engagements, tagged 2016 election, Appearances, Baton Rouge, campaign events, Hillary 2016, Hillary Clinton, Hillary For America, Hillary for President, Hillary Rodham Clinton, Louisiana, Speaking Engagements on September 21, 2015| 9 Comments »

Among the 48 contiguous states, probably is none has a recent history as battered and a future as invested positions of candidates for 2016 as Louisiana. Whatever route the Keystone pipeline might take if it is approved, the end point is not in question. It is the gulf.

Katrina and the BP gusher have taken their tolls there. Recovery is incomplete. There is no time like the present for Hillary Clinton to take her message to a beleagured state anxious about its future under any new administration.

She held a grassroots organizing meeting in Baton Rouge today and will be spending the week on the subject of the Affordable Care Act and how it can be strengthened.

Hillary Clinton on repealing Obamacare: ‘Not on my watch’

Baton Rouge, Louisiana (CNN)Hillary Clinton previewed her fixes to the Affordable Care Act on Monday, telling an audience in Louisiana that while the law it working, there is still more than needs to be done to improve it.

Attaching herself to one of President Barack Obama’s signature legislative achievements, Clinton used an organizing event in Baton Rouge — her first in the state as a candidate — to slam Republican attempts to repeal the law.

“All of the Republicans candidates for president are determined to get rid of the Affordable Care,” she said. “I will tell you, I am not going to let them rip away the progress we made, I am not going to let them tear up that law, kick 16 million people off health coverage and force this country to start the health care debate all over again. Not on my watch.”

Clinton plans to use the coming week — and a series of events in Little Rock, Arkansas, and Des Moines, Iowa — to outline what she feels is working in Obamacare, and more notably, what isn’t.

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Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton waves during a campaign stop in Baton Rouge, La., Monday, Sept. 21, 2015. (AP Photo/Jonathan Bachman)

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton takes a photo with a supporter during a campaign stop in Baton Rouge, La., Monday, Sept. 21, 2015. (AP Photo/Jonathan Bachman)

U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton poses for a photo with a supporter after speaking to a grassroots organizing meeting at the Louisiana Leadership Institute in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, September 21, 2015. REUTERS/Lee Celano

A supporter waves a sign for U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton while Clinton speaks to a grassroots organizing meeting at the Louisiana Leadership Institute in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, September 21, 2015. REUTERS/Lee Celano

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton accompanied by Rep. Cedric Richmond, D-La., speaks during a campaign stop in Baton Rouge, La., Monday, Sept. 21, 2015. (AP Photo/Jonathan Bachman)

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton speaks during a campaign stop in Baton Rouge, La., Monday, Sept. 21, 2015. (AP Photo/Jonathan Bachman)

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton greets supporters during a campaign stop in Baton Rouge, La., Monday, Sept. 21, 2015. (AP Photo/Jonathan Bachman)

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton speaks during a campaign stop in Baton Rouge, La., Monday, Sept. 21, 2015. (AP Photo/Jonathan Bachman)

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton accompanied by Rep. Cedric Richmond, D-La., waves to supporters during a campaign stop in Baton Rouge, La., Monday, Sept. 21, 2015. (AP Photo/Jonathan Bachman)

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton greets supporters during a campaign stop in Baton Rouge, La., Monday, Sept. 21, 2015. (AP Photo/Jonathan Bachman)

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton speaks during a campaign stop in Baton Rouge, La., Monday, Sept. 21, 2015. (AP Photo/Jonathan Bachman)