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DonViejo

(60,536 posts)
Thu May 31, 2018, 10:47 AM May 2018

Email snafu reveals White House outreach to Obama and Clinton alumni

Source: Politico




Recipients of a blast email were asked to ‘amplify’ Trump’s policy on Iran — baffling some who have sharply disagreed with the president in public.

By ANNIE KARNI 05/30/2018 10:02 PM EDT Updated 05/31/2018 12:02 AM EDT

President Donald Trump is better known for speaking directly to his base than trying to win over his critics.

But when it comes to selling Trump’s Iran strategy and other foreign policy initiatives, the White House has been blasting out its talking points to an uncharacteristically inclusive list of foreign policy heavyweights — including former Obama administration officials, advisers to Hillary Clinton’s 2016 presidential campaign, and critics who have publicly accused Trump of being, across the board, “bad at playing president.”

An unusual peek at the White House list of “influencers” came courtesy of communications aide Kelly Sadler, who failed to blind-copy recipients in a May 22 email blast highlighting the administration’s new Iran strategy. The email, reviewed by POLITICO, suggested to its recipients ways to amplify the White House’s message and show support.

But many who received the email said they were left deeply confused about what the White House expected them to do with the information.

Read more: https://www.politico.com/story/2018/05/30/white-house-email-snafu-obama-clinton-615251

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Email snafu reveals White House outreach to Obama and Clinton alumni (Original Post) DonViejo May 2018 OP
All my "White House" emails go into spam FakeNoose May 2018 #1
Amazing that people still "send all" and "reply all" DeminPennswoods Jun 2018 #10
Trump is an idiot Gothmog May 2018 #2
And so it seems canetoad May 2018 #3
Is she going to blame Mercedes Schlapp for that too? Solly Mack May 2018 #4
Are they going to open an investigation on who leaked the emails lolololol grantcart May 2018 #5
Some really stupid fuckheads running the show Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jun 2018 #6
They can't even do wrong right. n/t Orsino Jun 2018 #7
+1 uponit7771 Jun 2018 #9
This Was An "Accident"? ProfessorGAC Jun 2018 #8

FakeNoose

(32,634 posts)
1. All my "White House" emails go into spam
Thu May 31, 2018, 10:59 AM
May 2018

... I'm sure other liberals do the same thing. They're not even worth reading, and there's certainly no reason to reply to them. Nobody would read my reply anyway.

In this particular case it would have been fun to "reply all" and send it to everybody on the list. It says on the OP that Kelly Sadler forgot to "blind copy" the recipients.

DeminPennswoods

(15,279 posts)
10. Amazing that people still "send all" and "reply all"
Sat Jun 2, 2018, 07:50 AM
Jun 2018

what with email having been around for so long now.

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