ellberg Jean Heyer ‘Sunday, August 14, 2016 8:53 PM Ben Goldfarb; Shayna Berkowitz; Phyllis Re: flhan Omar response ner; Ithan Omar & Carla (Shay & Phyllis), ank you so much for supporting Than and me today se ] have a couple questions already: ig the message we want to share with our exec team? obubly need to share this with them: sonal life: Ihave been asked whether | am + been asked personal questions about my per jon is no, 1 am not ed to my brother. The answer to the questi ‘about supporters who may not have read the smear campaign stories, but have heard rumblings? We could alking points for tomorrow. question 1 want to as-is,” Why is this absurd and hateful accusation being made and repeated?” It ters that 1 ama woman, It matters that I am a Somalia-American woman. y masters that Im & slim end immigrant woman, It matters that oUF eampsiE won the primary by ereating a multi-cultural lation between longtime residents, East Africans smmigrants and students. As hopeful, affirming and ifying as the residents of 60B, itis frightenin: anti-immigration rhetoric and Isla and challenging to some, sisto mophobia division. ‘ein 60B oppose misogyny, racism, ve in 608 stand together to build a more prosperous and equitable district and state ry ever 13874 hago om 1Carla Kjellberg Fro Carla Kjelverg Sent: Sunday, August 14, 2016 10:02 PM To: ‘Ben Goldfarb’; Jean Heyer ce: "Shayna Berkowitz’ ‘Phylis Wiener’ ‘than Omar? Subject: RE: than Omar response | agree with Ben. However if the question is raised | think you need to pivot to the forceful statement regarding the attack and why it’s happening, From: Sen Goldfart ia Sent: Sunday, August 14, 2016 9:56 PM To: Jean Heyer CEE; Shayna Berkowitz; Phyllis Wiener; Ilhan Omar ‘Subject: Re: Ilhan Omar response Hi Jean - thanks for this and for all your work to get to this point. I really appreciate the chance to support you all on this! So I'm not sure who exactly the exec team, but I would shy away from putting those words directly in Ilhan’s mouth and repeat the charges. In general I would also lean towards using words like "rumors" rather than “accusations” or "charges" to belittle them. Maybe something for the exec team more like: "A number of baseless, absurd rumors that don't bear repeating have been made recently about my personal life and family. Despite the bes effors of those who wish to divide us and stand in the way of progress, est assured that peity rumors will not distract me from the importa: work that lies ahead,” For the taking points to broader constituents, do you mean coalition rather than collation? And so we're clear, atleast for now. we're thinki tha's just for direct conversation with those who inquire rather than a broadcast statement? Last, on tone, | think we all agree the key is for us to be decisively dismissive, nol at all defensive or explanatory. If things shif and we fee the need to put more facts out, we can always do that, but for now | think we have a legitimate shot to squash this before it escalates. {Uhan - I'm really sorry you have to deal with this. There may be a few bumps ahead, but the truth is on your side, it will pass and they can't stop you from being a great Rep! More tomorrow, Ben On Sun, Aug 14, 2016 at $:52 PM, Jean Heyer TE wrote: Hi Ben & Carla (Shay & Phyllis), First thank you so much for supporting Ilhan and me today. Of course I have a couple questions already: ‘What is the message we want to share with our exec team?Thave been asked personal questions about my personal life: I have been asked whether | am married to my brother. The answer to the question is no, I am not. ‘What about supporters who may not have read the smear campaign stories, but have heard rumblings? We could use talking points for tomorrow. ‘The question I want to ask is,” Why is this absurd and hateful accusation being made and repeated?” It ‘matters that I am a woman. It matters that I am a Somalia-American woman. It matters that I am a Muslim and immigrant woman. It matters that our campaign won the primary by creating a multi-cultural collation between longtime residents, East Africans immigrants and students. As hopeful, affirming and unifying as this is to the residents of 60B, itis frightening and challenging to some. We in 60B oppose misogyny, racism, anti-immigration rhetoric and Islamophobia division We in 60B stand together to build a more prosperous and equitable district and state. Jean