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

Tue Jun 6 16:11:43 UTC 2017

No, I supported his last candidacy, only after he adopted an antiwar position.

> On Jun 6, 2017, at 10:16 AM, Robert Naiman <naiman at justforeignpolicy.org> wrote:
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> 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. 
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> Robert Naiman
> Policy Director
> Just Foreign Policy
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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 <https://petitions.moveon.org/sign/congress-vote-no-on-trumps?r_by=1135580>
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> On Tue, Jun 6, 2017 at 10:13 AM, C. G. Estabrook via Peace-discuss <peace-discuss at lists.chambana.net <mailto: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 <mailto: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
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>> naiman at justforeignpolicy.org <mailto:naiman at justforeignpolicy.org>
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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 <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 <mailto: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.
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>> 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 <mailto: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. 
>>> 
>>> 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 <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 <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 <http://www.justforeignpolicy.org/>
>>> naiman at justforeignpolicy.org <mailto:naiman at justforeignpolicy.org>
>>> (202) 448-2898 x1 <tel:(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 <https://petitions.moveon.org/sign/congress-vote-no-on-trumps?r_by=1135580>
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>>> On Tue, Jun 6, 2017 at 8:53 AM, C G Estabrook via Peace-discuss <peace-discuss at lists.chambana.net <mailto:peace-discuss at lists.chambana.net>> wrote:
>>> Bob—
>>> 
>>> What response did you get?
>>> 
>>> —CGE
>>> ==================================
>>> Robert Naiman naiman at justforeignpolicy.org <http://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/ <https://www.facebook.com/events/1855909114660297/>
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>>> 
>>> 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 <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 <https://petitions.moveon.org/sign/congress-vote-no-on-trumps?r_by=1135580>
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>>> ===
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>>> Robert Naiman
>>> Policy Director
>>> Just Foreign Policy
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