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

Tue Jun 6 15:16:51 UTC 2017

No, I was hoping you'd do it. It makes more sense for you to do it, since
you are a vigorous public advocate of his candidacy.

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 10:13 AM, C. G. Estabrook via Peace-discuss <
peace-discuss at lists.chambana.net> wrote:

> You've not been in touch with him?
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> Sent from my iPhone
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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 <(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 9:25 AM, C G Estabrook via Peace-discuss <
> peace-discuss at lists.chambana.net> wrote:
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>> “…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
>>
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>>
>> 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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