[Peace-discuss] [Peace] Tomorrow I'll ask Carol Ammons to oppose the Saudi arms deal

[Robert Naiman]

Well, if David Gill is hard to get in touch with, maybe that's a warning
sign about his candidacy. Carol is easy to get in touch with.





Robert Naiman
Policy Director
Just Foreign Policy
www.justforeignpolicy.org
naiman at justforeignpolicy.org
(202) 448-2898 x1

Sign the petition: Congress: Vote NO on Trump's Saudi Arms Deal
https://petitions.moveon.org/sign/congress-vote-no-on-trumps?r_by=1135580


On Tue, Jun 6, 2017 at 9:25 AM, C G Estabrook via Peace-discuss <
peace-discuss at lists.chambana.net> wrote:

> “…your man David Gill…”? I’m not working on his campaign & find him hard
> to get in touch with.
>
> I sent him your MoveOn statement and asked for a response. Did you?
>
> —CGE
>
>
> On Jun 6, 2017, at 9:06 AM, Robert Naiman via Peace-discuss <
> peace-discuss at lists.chambana.net> wrote:
>
> I did not get called on during the questions. Niloofar did get called on,
> and asked a related question if not quite so specific. Carol answered
> Niloofar's question by criticizing U.S. support for the Saudi war in Yemen.
>
> I delivered our petition after the event to Carol's staffer Michelle. I
> also sent Michelle my letter in the News-Gazette yesterday:
>
> Saudi arms deal must be blocked
> http://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/letters-editor/2017-
> 06-05/saudi-arms-deal-must-be-blocked.html
>
> How about your man David Gill? Has he put out any statement on this?
> Unlike Carol, your man David Gill is already a declared candidate for the
> seat. Seems like something he should weigh in on.
>
> Here is a draft statement you could send him:
>
> Congress: Vote NO on Trump's Saudi Arms Deal
> https://petitions.moveon.org/sign/congress-vote-no-on-trumps?r_by=1135580
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Robert Naiman
> Policy Director
> Just Foreign Policy
> www.justforeignpolicy.org
> naiman at justforeignpolicy.org
> (202) 448-2898 x1 <(202)%20448-2898>
>
> Sign the petition: Congress: Vote NO on Trump's Saudi Arms Deal
> https://petitions.moveon.org/sign/congress-vote-no-on-trumps?r_by=1135580
>
>
> On Tue, Jun 6, 2017 at 8:53 AM, C G Estabrook via Peace-discuss <
> peace-discuss at lists.chambana.net> wrote:
>
>> Bob—
>>
>> What response did you get?
>>
>> —CGE
>> ==================================
>> Robert Naiman naiman at justforeignpolicy.org
>> Sat Jun 3 19:56:04 UTC 2017
>>
>> Tomorrow afternoon this event is happening in Champaign:
>>
>> IL - 13 Listening Session: Champaign-Urbana
>> Public · Hosted by Carol Ammons
>>
>> https://www.facebook.com/events/1855909114660297/
>>
>>
>> Yesterday I asked Rodney Davis to oppose Trump's Saudi arms deal. I
>> presented the IL-13 signers on our petition
>> <https://petitions.moveon.org/sign/congress-vote-no-on-trump
>> s?r_by=1135580>,
>> and asked him to cosponsor the bipartisan Amash-Pocan resolution against
>> the Saudi arms deal. Rodney Davis said he would speak with Amash and the
>> other Republican sponsors and get back to me.
>>
>> Now Carol is asking: "What do you want your Representative in Congress to
>> do?" I figure that's an easy question for me to answer. I want my
>> Representative in Congress to oppose the Saudi arms deal.
>>
>> So, I figure, why not take Carol the same petition I took Rodney, and make
>> the same ask?
>>
>> I figure: if Carol opposes the Saudi arms deal and challenges Rodney to do
>> the same, it's win-win. Either Rodney agrees, in which case I win, or
>> Rodney doesn't agree, in which case it's a public issue and the
>> News-Gazette has to report on it and Rodney gets in trouble, in which case
>> I also win.
>>
>> Is it plausible that Rodney, feeling a little heat, would agree to
>> co-sponsor the Amash resolution?
>>
>> Last September, then-Illinois Senator Mark Kirk was one of only four
>> Senate
>> Republicans to vote against the Saudi tank deal. The other 23 no votes
>> were
>> Democrats. Mark Kirk had not previously been known as a critic of Saudi
>> Arabia or its "particularly aggressive" war in Yemen, as the Vatican puts
>> it.
>>
>> What made Mark Kirk flip? Tammy Duckworth was breathing down his neck,
>> putting out a press release every time he didn't say "excuse me" after
>> burping.
>>
>> Could we do that to Rodney Davis? Could we flip him with some pressure? If
>> not, why not?
>>
>> I'll print out the petitions again around noon tomorrow. So there's still
>> time to sign.
>>
>> Sign the petition: Congress: Vote NO on Trump's Saudi Arms Deal
>>
>> https://petitions.moveon.org/sign/congress-vote-no-on-trumps?r_by=1135580
>>
>>
>> ===
>>
>> Robert Naiman
>> Policy Director
>> Just Foreign Policy
>> www.justforeignpolicy.org
>>
>> naiman at justforeignpolicy.org
>>
>> (202) 448-2898 x1
>>
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