We were shocked to learn the news that Donna Brazile actively considered overturning the will of the Democratic voters by attempting to replace Hillary Clinton and Tim Kaine as the Democratic Presidential and Vice Presidential nominees. It is particularly troubling and puzzling that she would seemingly buy into false Russian-fueled propaganda, spread by both the Russians and our opponent, about our candidate’s health.
Donna came in to take over the DNC at a very difficult time. We were grateful to her for doing so. She is a longtime friend and colleague of many of us and has been an important leader in our party. But we do not recognize the campaign she portrays in the book.
The 2016 presidential campaign was unlike any in our history. It was very difficult for our candidates and our staff. We are very proud that throughout the campaign and the aftermath the staff stuck together, worked as a team, and did the best we could for both Hillary Clinton and Tim Kaine. We did this for the simple reason that we thought Hillary Clinton would make the best President for the country we all love. We have now, as we did throughout the campaign, enormous love and pride for our candidate, Hillary Clinton. She, more than any of us, persevered through an incredibly difficult campaign and her commitment and stamina inspired us every day. We are very proud of the effort she and the campaign made in both the primary and the general election.
The general election loss was devastating for us all and something we live with every day. And while frustrating that the general election vote total did not change the outcome of the election, we remain proud that Hillary Clinton and Tim Kaine received nearly 3 million more votes in the general election than their opponents.
Finally, we are pretty tired of people who were not part of our campaign telling the world what it was like to be on the inside of our campaign and how we felt about it. We loved our candidate and each other and it remains our honor to have been part of the effort to make Hillary Clinton the 45th President of the United States.
All Democrats should be doing everything they can — canvassing, phone banking, etc. — to help our candidates for Governor of Virginia and New Jersey and the other races around the country next Tuesday.
SIGNERS
Huma Abedin
Lily Adams
Emily Aden
Cristóbal Alex
Meg Ansara
John Anzalone
Charlie Baker
Patrick Bauer
David Binder
Peter Bondi
Michael Brasher
Emily Bromberg
Austin Brown
Matt Compton
Glen Caplin
Yahel Carmon
Tony Carrk
Crystal Carson
Rebecca Chalif
Dennis Cheng
Corey Ciorciari
Thomas Corrigan
Brynne Craig
Leslie Dach
Addisu Demissie
Matt Dover
Katie Dowd
Amy Dudley
Marc Elias
Sterling Elmore
Adrienne Elrod
Brian Fallon
Jesse Ferguson
Amanda Finney
Rob Flaherty
Christina Freundlich
Sophie Friedman
Sarah Galvez
Tyrone Gayle
Teddy Goff
Mandy Grunwald
Mahen Gunaratna
Erika Gudmundson
Greg Hale
Michael Halle
Stephanie Hannon
Anthony Hayes
Sarah Henning
Dylan Hewitt
Tim Hogan
Alex Hornbrook
Anne Hubert
Sarah Jacobs
Maia Johnson
Beth Jones
Grady Keefe
Connolly Keigher
Jennifer Kinon
Barbara Kinney
Ron Klain
Michelle Kleppe
Sierra Lindsey Kos
Ben Krauss
Sarah Krauss
Elan Kriegel
Amanda Kules
Doug Landry
Jean Larsen
Sara Latham
Rebecca Leal
Jesse Lehrich
Ron Lester
Sierra Lindsey
Miryam Lipper
Lori Lodes
Jenna Lowenstein
Marlon Marshall
Jim Margolis
Zerlina Maxwell
Marisa McAuliffe
Jess McIntosh
Ian Mellul
Anthony Mercurio
Nick Merrill
Robby Mook
Navin Nayak
Jennifer Palmieri
Matt Paul
Lauren Peterson
Zac Petkanas
Anna-Lee Pittman
John Podesta
Lorella Praelli
Jacob Priley
Trisha Quan
Elianne Ramos
Noah Reisman
Christina Reynolds
Gabe Rodriguez
Megan Rooney
Jason Rosenbaum
Sylvia Ruiz
Robert Russo
Ian Sams
Carlos Sanchez
Elizabeth Lopez Sandoval
Kristina Schake
Laura Schiller
Adam Schultz
Dan Schwerin
Josh Schwerin
Karuna Seshasai
Vernessa Shih
Oren Shur
Jorge Silva
Samantha Slosberg
Deepa Subramaniam
Jake Sullivan
Kate Stayman-London
Michael Stennis
Heather Stone
Mike Taylor
Mini Timmaraju
Opal Vadhan
Lona Valmoro
Kate Waters
Liz Zaretsky
Julie Zuckerbrod
Fabien Levy
Lyle Del Mar Canceko
Stephanie Formas
Samantha Slosberg
Donte Donald
Sara Solow
Molly Nunez
Mina Markham
Jonathan Murray
Emmy Bengston
Manuelita Duran
Fabien Levy
Francisco Pelayo
Jaclyn Rothenberg
Paul Esker
Valentina Perez
Chris Farley
Julie Wood
Gwen Rocco
Shelley Greenspan
Helen Kalla
Varun Anand
Sarah Pollack
Oliver Chinyere
Mitchell Rivard
Jennifer Kinon
Kate Hansen
Deepa Subramaniam
Ashley Woolheater
Jessalyn Reid
Gabrielle McCaffrey
Emily Samsel
Antoinette Rangel
Daniel Barash
Margit Westerman
Yasmin Wazir
Hana Elhattab
KP Trueblood
Ben Fifield
Maria Cruz Lee
Juliet Spies-Gans
Rachel Cantor
Natasha Lawrence
Rick Fromberg
Nat Thompson
Molly Graepel
Charles Hicks
Vin Giannone
D.J. Koessler
Lisa Millstein
Rafael Noboa y Rivera
David Levine
Evelyn Danforth
Mariam Ehrari
Tom Strong-Grinsell
Lisa Vedernikova
Sarah Hasenfuss
Michael Billotti
Jack Davis
Nicole Michaelis
Alessandra Biaggi
Nathaniel Koloc
Dan Drabik
Nichole Sessego
Jessica Ybarra
Jenn Chang
Gita Tiku
Eddie A. Taveras
Ashley Beale
Laurel Ruza
Taylor Salditch
Olivia Raisner
Vanessa Archambault
Greg Gutiérrez
Angelo Salomon
Osi Imeokparia
Jon Adrabi
Mike Smith
Angelique Cannon
Lindsay Roitman
Kathy Gasperine
Yaël Ouzillou
Marcus Switzer
Stephanie Smith
Jeremy Massey
Ashley Burns
Shawn Davis
Cara Ortiz
Katy-Ann Searcy
Rich Vickers
Alex Wall