Supporters of Hillary Clinton,
I am writing today to ask for your help. I’m a Bernie supporter, but as he has lost Virginia, there’s not really that much more I can do for him, besides sending him some more shekels on occasion. I digress! I live here in Virginia and am VERY dissapointed with both of my U.S. Senators, Tim Kaine and Mark Warner. They are both supporters of the T.P.P., and after calling their offices, their staff said they would be voting for the final bill. I’m sick of feeling helpless as the business wing of the Democratic Party sells out the country. That’s where you come in. Hillary has said loud and proud that she does not support T.P.P. I would like to ask all of her supporters to write her and tell her that she needs to tell her Congressional supporters to follow her along this plan. I believe Obama is a good man who thinks trade will help this country, and I’m sure his Treasury Secretary and Trade/Commerce Secretaries are telling him about how great the results will be. I also believe that Obama is not an economics guy, who doesn’t see, like Thomas Piketty, that links some of these trade deals to our current economic woes. After Obama’s Education Secretary, I think the Commerce & Treasury secretaries have been some of the most corporatists hacks. Hillary wants to move us in a different path. So support her on it LOUD AND PROUD. Tell your Senators and Congressman be like Hillary, join her against the T.P.P. They need to know that this is important to both the Hillary voters AND the Bernie voters.
I think that a lot of these Democrats in congress think that the Hillary vote is going to mean they’ll have cover to take shitty anti-union, anti-American worker votes in Congress, because she’ll bring those voters to the polls, and they'll just vote for them while they’re there. Please give the congress-critters some sunshine and smart talk about how we will no longer accept trade deals with tons of corporate giveaways. I don’t think such a small trade deal needs to be rushed, if it fails now, then Hillary will go back to the drawing board with a bigger mandate to get fair trade for our country if she is elected (although I’m sure some of my Bernie supporters would say hold on a minute..she's not president yet!)
If we’re going to break down barriers, the biggest ones we have to get rid of is the barrier to equality between the rich and the poor. Please tell Hillary to lead that fight against the T.P.P. Bernie is not supported by the Democratic Party, he’s trying to push it to the left. Hillary on the other hand hs the support of most of the Democrats in Congress. She has the power (and you have the power through her) to change the Narrative. Help Hillary lead the party by telling her to tell all her supporters in Congress, to stop the T.P.P.
I hope you well….Bernie supporters, I hope I don’t have to ask you to do this, but if you haven’t call your Senator/Congressman and give them a piece of your ear.