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And be sure to come to the Annual Awards Dinner, featuring keynote speaker Scott Turow, tomorrow night, Tuesday, November 1, at 7 p.m. at the Embassy Suites, 1445 Lake Cook Road, Deerfield. Register here.
In this issue of Tenth News:
State Senator Julie Morrison to Receive Mikva Leadership Award at Tenth Dems Annual Awards Dinner
Congress Watch: Mark Kirk and Bob Dold, Candidates of the Party of Trump, Do Not Deserve Your Vote
A Tale of Two Parties: Why Bob Dold and Mark Kirk Should Share Defeat with Donald Trump
Why You Should Love Hillary Clinton
Tenth Dems Talk Politics in Vernon Hills
Personal PAC Annual Awards Luncheon Features Gloria Steinem
Donald Trump — A Real Man He is NOT!
The Affordable Care Act: Where It Began, and Where It Stands Today
By Eleonora di Liscia
Reaching back to an old, but effective, playbook, Republicans have been conducting a campaign of lies to “swift boat” Tammy Duckworth. It won’t work.
State Senator Julie Morrison to Receive Mikva Leadership Award at Tenth Dems Annual Awards Dinner
State Senator Julie Morrison is being honored November 1 at the Tenth Dems Annual Awards Dinner, keynoted by best-selling author, prominent attorney, and civil justice advocate Scott Turow. It will be a memorable evening. Read here about some of Sen. Morrison’s accomplishments.
Congress Watch: Mark Kirk and Bob Dold, Candidates of the Party of Trump, Do Not Deserve Your Vote
By Barbara Altman
Early voting in the 2016 Election is already underway. If you have not yet cast your ballot, you should read about why a vote for Bob Dold and Mark Kirk is the wrong choice to make.
A Tale of Two Parties: Why Bob Dold and Mark Kirk Should Share Defeat with Donald Trump
By Barbara Altman
If you’re not already convinced that Bob Dold and Mark Kirk should be defeated this November, consider their party’s standard bearer, Donald Trump, and think about how Dold and Kirk have contributed to the political climate that has allowed a candidate like Trump to represent their Republican Party.
By Ron Altman
The word “unprecedented” has been used, perhaps too often, to describe what has taken place so far in this election cycle. If you’re repulsed by Trump but aren’t in love with Hillary Clinton, a little history might put things in perspective.
Why You Should Love Hillary Clinton
By Eleonora di Liscia
With all the outright lies being told about Hillary Clinton, here are some actual facts about her stellar career in public service.
Tenth Dems Talk Politics in Vernon Hills
By Laurence D. Schiller
A recent Let’s Talk Politics event turned out a large group eager to discuss the issues.
By Anne Wedner
All the talk surrounding Donald Trump’s views about women help mask other critical issues that render him totally unqualified to be President.
Personal PAC Annual Awards Luncheon Features Gloria Steinem
By Carol Hillsberg
A contingent of Tenth Dems enjoyed the Personal PAC Awards Luncheon on October 13, and especially the keynote address given by the incomparable Gloria Steinem.
Donald Trump — A Real Man He is NOT!
By Steven Gan
The title of this month’s Personal Perspective says it all.
The Affordable Care Act: Where It Began, and Where It Stands Today
By Murray L. Levin, M.D.
The Affordable Care Act has its flaws, but the Right’s attempts to undo this legislation ignore the many improvements it has brought to a deeply flawed American healthcare system. A Hillary Clinton administration, with the support of a Congress willing to legislate, would build on Obamacare’s many virtues, to the benefit of all Americans.
Fact Check: Dold funded Trump turnout operation, despite rhetoric
Deerfield, IL — With less than two weeks before Election Day, Republican Rep. Bob Dold continues to say one thing while doing another. Dold is hoping splashy TV ads distort reality: Bob Dold wants 10th District voters to think he doesn’t support Donald Trump, but behind the scenes Dold supports the groups turning out the vote for Trump in Lake County.
Here is reality: “The Lake County Republicans are working to turn Illinois into a red state. From now until the election, calls on behalf of Donald Trump, as well as other local GOP candidates will be made from Lake County Republican Headquarters, 320 Peterson Road, Libertyville” (Lake County Republican Federation e-newsletter, 10/25/16). The Lake County Republican Central Committee (whose website is www.lakecountyrepublicans.com) and the Lake County Republican Federation are located at that address.
After publicly claiming he wouldn’t support Donald Trump, Bob Dold headlined a closed-door “Beat Hillary at the Distillery” fundraiser for the Lake County Republican Central Committee and the Lake County Republican Federation.
Bob Dold’s campaign has given the local Republican groups money over the years, including $2,250 to the Lake County Republican Central Committee and $1,850 to the Lake County Republican Federation during the 2016 cycle (Illinois State Board of Elections).
In addition to phone calls getting out the vote, a voter guide from Lake County Republicans encourages the election of Donald Trump. An anti-Hillary, “Let’s Make America Great Again!” message is included in the Lake County Republicans’ voter guide. The disclaimer at the bottom reads, “Paid for by the Lake County Republican Central Committee.”
Custom-made Trump yard signs displayed with the Lake County Republicans’ website have been created, and they’re paid for by the Lake County Republican Central Committee.
Here is Chairman of the Lake County Republican Central Committee Mark Shaw wearing a “Make America Great Again” hat with the Lake County Republicans’ website on it, posing next to Trump supporter, former Rep. Joe Walsh, at the Lake County Republicans’ picnic.
Trump yard signs are available on the Lake County Republicans’ website at http://lakecountyrepublicans.com/get-a-trump-yard-sign/.
The Lake County Republicans bring a Donald Trump cutout with them to events, like the one below at the Lake County Fair:
It’s clear Bob Dold backs partisan groups that aren’t accidentally dialing for Donald but ones that actually support him and are working to elect Trump. Double Talk Dold can look into the camera and say otherwise, but 10th District voters know better than to believe more campaign rhetoric from Republican Bob Dold.
This aligns with other Dold behavior regarding the presidential race:
- Dold said voting for Hillary Clinton would be a “disaster” and a “mess” — stronger rhetoric than he’s ever publicly used about Trump (NBC Ward Room, 10/17/16).
- Dold has held zero “Beat Trump” fundraisers.
- Dold described Hillary Clinton in a TV ad as “what’s wrong with politics” for asking people to look at Donald Trump’s record. He compared that statement to Trump calling Clinton the devil.
Republican Congressman Bob Dold Tried Stopping Obama But Won’t Stop Trump
Deerfield, IL — Republican Congressman Bob Dold’s private fundraiser with the previous losing Republican presidential candidate tonight highlights just how out of touch Bob Dold is with the people of the 10th District.
Bob Dold in 2012: Dold endorsed Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney over President Barack Obama, saying the election was about “the direction of the country” and the “American Compact that is we leave our country better for the next generation than the ones we received from our parents and grandparents.”
Bob Dold in 2016: With the politically toxic Donald Trump at the top of his party’s ticket, Bob Dold suddenly thinks the presidential race doesn’t affect “the direction the country“and “the next generation.” Dold’s gone quiet. That is, of course, if you don’t count Bob Dold headlining a “Beat Hillary” fundraiser for pro-Trump Republicans, saying Clinton would be “a disaster” and not good for the country, and even going so far as to equate Clinton’s desire to look at Donald Trump’s record of mistreating workers with Trump calling Hillary Clinton the devil.
Why was Bob Dold willing to endorse Mitt Romney to get rid of President Obama for the sake of the country but is unwilling to take a stand between Clinton and Trump? How could Bob Dold think President Obama was worth stopping but not Donald Trump?
Nobody who claims to be pro-choice, pro-environment, pro-immigration reform, and pro-gun safety reform would equate a Trump presidency with a Clinton presidency. It’s about more than rhetoric to the people whose lives would be harmed by a Trump presidency. If he actually thought those issues were worth fighting for, Bob Dold would endorse Hillary Clinton and urge his supporters not to vote for Donald Trump.
Instead, Bob Dold, like every other Republican in Congress running this fall, has refused to endorse Hillary Clinton, the only viable alternative to Donald Trump.
It’s clear that Bob Dold lacks the courage or the judgment to continue to represent the 10th District.
6 Questions Republican Congressman Bob Dold needs to answer
Deerfield, IL — Republican Congressman Bob Dold (IL-10) has said voting for Hillary Clinton would be a “disaster” and that he would not support her over Donald Trump (NBC, 10/17/16). Every reasonable person knows that if Hillary Clinton does not become the next President, then the dangerous and unfit Donald Trump will.
With that in mind, here are some questions for Bob Dold to answer. People having the opportunity to pose them to Dold at upcoming forums and debates or on the campaign trail at a different time should ask Dold the following:
- Does Bob Dold think Donald Trump, a person who threatened to jail his political opponent, who believes climate change is a hoax, who wants to abolish the EPA, who wants to punish women who have abortions, who thinks adding more guns prevents mass shootings, who’s boasted about grabbing women by their genitals, who’s been accused of inappropriate groping, and who wants to repeal birthright citizenship, would be a better President than Hillary Clinton? If so, please explain. If he thinks Trump would be worse — something Bob Dold has not even said — why won’t Dold endorse Hillary Clinton over Donald Trump?
- Does Bob Dold think America would be safer if Hillary Clinton or Donald Trump were commander-in-chief with access to the nuclear codes?
- Who would appoint better justices to the Supreme Court — Hillary Clinton, who wants to protect Roe v. Wade or Donald Trump, who has said he wants to appoint justices who would overturn Roe v. Wade?
- Bob Dold headlined a fundraiser called “Beat Hillary at the Distillery” for a pro-Trump group. How many anti-Trump fundraisers has Dold headlined?
- Why hasn’t Bob Dold publicly urged his supporters to not vote for Donald Trump?
- Why does Bob Dold think numerous Republicans who have served in Republican Administrations have endorsed Hillary Clinton for President but no House Republican up for election this fall, including Dold, has endorsed Hillary Clinton?
Bob Dold claims to be a problem solver, but either Bob Dold doesn’t think a Trump presidency would be a problem or he’s not interested in solving it, even though a Trump presidency would damage the lives of 10th District voters who care about women’s choice, the environment, immigration reform, and gun violence.
Voting is underway. Trump and Pence have not been stopped.
It’s clear that Bob Dold lacks the courage and/or the judgment to continue to represent the 10th District. This November, Dold will be voted out of the office he’s proven to put above the interests of the people of the 10th District.