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

Tue Jun 6 15:13:09 UTC 2017

You've not been in touch with him?

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> On Jun 6, 2017, at 10:07 AM, Robert Naiman <naiman at justforeignpolicy.org> wrote:
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> 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. 
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> Robert Naiman
> Policy Director
> Just Foreign Policy
> www.justforeignpolicy.org
> naiman at justforeignpolicy.org
> (202) 448-2898 x1
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> 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
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>> 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?
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>> —CGE 
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>>> On Jun 6, 2017, at 9:06 AM, Robert Naiman via Peace-discuss <peace-discuss at lists.chambana.net> wrote:
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>>> 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. 
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>>> 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. 
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>>> 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
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>>> 
>>> 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 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-trumps?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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