DNC Talkers’ Toplines — July 12, 2022

Tuesday, July 12, 2022

TOP TIDBITS
FROM THE DNC WAR ROOM
FROM THE CHAIR'S DESK
MESSAGE TO MOBILIZE
ARTICLES TO AMPLIFY
TOP TWEETS
TALKING POINTS
BIDEN-HARRIS ADMINISTRATION WEEK AHEAD
 

TOP TIDBITS

1. The Democratic National Committee is launching a digital ad campaign to energize and mobilize voters as Republicans push for a nationwide abortion ban. Share this HERE.
    

2. The DNC today is launching a Defend Choice Week of Action that will run from July 12-19 to mobilize supporters and engage voters across the country to call out Republicans for opposing abortion rights, highlight what is at stake in November, and organize in all 50 states to elect Democrats up and down the ballot as the backstop to protecting abortion rights.

   Help uplift the Defend Choice Week of Action HERE.
    

3. Yesterday, President Biden and Vice President Harris held an event commemorating the passage of the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act, the most significant gun violence reduction legislation to pass Congress in 30 years. Share this news HERE.

   Uplift the White House fact sheet on the administration’s 21 executive actions to reduce gun violence HERE.

FROM THE DNC WAR ROOM

MAGA Hot Mic: North Carolina GOP Rep. Greg Murphy
 
@DNCWarRoom: NEWSFLASH: Glenn Youngkin wants to go even further and is open to a total abortion ban in Virginia. [ARTICLE]
 

FROM THE CHAIR'S DESK

Today, July 12 at 7:00 PM EDT, join DNC leadership and other special guests for a kickoff event to talk through how the all-hands-on-deck effort to defend choice isn’t over after the Supreme Court decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization. This event will serve as the kickoff for our Week of Action, which we’ll highlight how to get involved with on the call.

Sign up HERE.
 

MESSAGE TO MOBILIZE

Please amplify some of our top content from DNC channels below:

With the addition of 372,000 jobs in June, the private sector has recovered ALL of the jobs lost during the pandemic and added more on top of that. President @JoeBiden's American Rescue Plan helped make this possible. @TheDemocrats (Twitter), (Facebook)

From taking action to close the “boyfriend loophole,” to making gun trafficking and straw purchasing a federal crime, to providing funding to address the youth mental health crisis, the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act is taking historic action to reduce gun violence. @TheDemocrats (Twitter), (Facebook)

Republicans voted against protecting retirement and pensions, but had no problem passing a $2T tax cut that benefited the wealthiest Americans. They choose to make life more comfortable for the ultra-rich while opposing retirement security for working people. @JoeBiden (Twitter), (Facebook)

Last month, Democrats in Congress passed the Lower Food & Fuel Costs Act to help lower the cost of food and gas. Nearly 200 House Republicans voted against the measure. @TheDemocrats (Twitter)

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Please note that individuals working for independent expenditures or Democratic primary campaign candidates are ineligible to join the DNC’s Greenfly. 

ARTICLES TO AMPLIFY

The Associated Press: DNC ads warn voters that GOP wants nationwide abortion ban

DNC Press: DNC Launches New Ads to Kick Off Defend Choice Week of Action
 

TOP TWEETS

@TheDemocrats: NEW: The Biden-Harris administration is informing U.S. hospitals that under existing federal law they must provide abortion services if the life of the patient is at risk.

@WhiteHouse: The Bipartisan Safer Communities Act is the most significant gun violence legislation to have been signed into law in 30 years.

@POTUS: The first image from the Webb Space Telescope represents a historic moment for science and technology. For astronomy and space exploration.
And for America and all humanity. [PHOTO]

@WhiteHouse: Today, the Biden-Harris Administration announced its strategy to manage the BA.5 Omicron subvariant ⁠– ensuring Americans continue to have easy and convenient access to vaccines, treatments, tests, and other tools that protect against and treat COVID-19. [FACT SHEET] 

TALKING POINTS

1. President Biden Commemorates the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act

• President Biden helped get the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act done, the most significant legislation to reduce gun violence in 30 years.
   

• This is proof that even in today’s politics, we can come together on a bipartisan basis to deliver for the American people – even on an issue as tough as guns. And it’s a call to action to all of us to do more.
   

• We cannot save every life from the epidemic of gun violence. But if this law had been in place years ago – or even this year – lives would have been saved.
   

• Thanks to the bipartisan work of senators and the advocacy and courage of those whose lives have been shattered by gun violence, the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act:

  • Provides funding for crisis intervention and red flags laws so that a parent, a teacher, a counselor can flag for a court that a child, a student, or a patient is exhibiting violent tendencies, threatening classmates, or experiencing suicidal thoughts, that makes them a danger to themselves or to others.
     

  • Requires young people under 21 to undergo enhanced background checks before purchasing a gun. 
     

  • Closes the so-called “boyfriend loophole,” so if you’re convicted of an assault against your girlfriend or boyfriend, you can’t buy or own a gun.
     

  • Includes the first-ever federal law that makes gun trafficking and straw purchases explicit federal crimes.
     

  • Clarifies who needs to register as a federally licensed gun dealer and run background checks before selling a single weapon.
     

  • Invests in anti-violence programs that work directly in communities most at risk of gun crimes.
     

  • Provides vital funding to address the youth mental health crisis in this country, including the trauma experienced by the survivors of gun violence.
     

• But we know we must do more. President Biden continues his calls on Congress to:

  • Ban assault weapons. President Biden led the fight to ban them in 1994, and he is determined to ban these assault weapons again, as well as the high capacity magazines that fuel their greatest devastation.
     

  • Enact safe storage laws and personal liability for not locking up your gun.
     

  • Expand background checks to better keep guns out of the hands of felons, fugitives, and those under domestic violence restraining orders.
     

• There is still a right to bear arms, but Americans also have the right to live freely without fear for their lives.
   

• That’s what our America must always be: a place where we preserve rights but fulfill our responsibilities. President Biden believes there can be no greater responsibility than to do all we can to ensure the safety of our families, our children, and of all our fellow Americans.

1. President Biden Signs Executive Order Protecting Access to Reproductive Health Care Services

• Since the Supreme Court’s decision, Republican governors and state legislatures are imposing extreme laws banning a women’s right to choose – many don’t allow exceptions even for rape or incest. And, congressional Republicans are calling for a national ban on abortion.
   

• President Biden has made clear that the only way to secure a woman’s right to choose is for Congress to restore the protections of Roe as federal law. The majority of Americans support a woman’s right to choose – Congress must act and the American people must use their voice.
   

• Until then, the president has committed to doing everything in his power to defend reproductive rights and protect access to safe and legal abortion.
   

• Last week, President Biden signed an executive order protecting access to reproductive health care services. The executive order builds on the actions the administration has already taken to defend reproductive rights by:

  • Safeguarding access to reproductive health care services, including abortion and contraception – building on steps HHS has already taken to ensure medication abortion, emergency contraception, and long-acting contraception is as widely available as possible and the attorney general’s commitment to fight any attack by a state or local official who attempts to interference with women exercising their right to travel out of state for medical care.
     

  • Protecting the privacy of patients and their access to accurate information – building on steps the HHS Office of Civil Rights has taken to ensure doctors and medical providers and plans know that they are not required – with limited exceptions – to disclose patients’ private information.
     

  • Promoting the safety and security of patients, providers, and clinics.
     

  • Coordinating the implementation of federal efforts to protect reproductive rights and access to health care.
     

• In partnership with the DSCC and DCCC, the DNC launched, www.DefendChoice.org, where volunteers can easily connect with the coordinated field campaign in their state, sign up to make calls or send texts through Democrats’ national distributed organizing program, and share their own personal story about the importance of protecting reproductive rights. 

BIDEN-HARRIS ADMINISTRATION WEEK AHEAD

Tuesday, July 12
President Biden held a bilateral meeting with President Andrés Manuel López Obrador of Mexico to discuss their visions for North America and their efforts to address global challenges such as food security, continued cooperation on migration, and joint development efforts.

The president and the first lady will host the first White House Congressional Picnic since 2019 on the South Lawn.

In the evening, the president will travel to the Middle East to advance U.S. national interests in the region.