[blind-democracy] FW: #DearBetsy

From: "Bob Hachey" <bhachey@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <blind-democracy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 17 Feb 2017 16:26:04 -0500

Hi Carl,

Cudos to your senator here. I guess title IX means little to Betsy deVos. Is
she really unaware of the rampant sexual assault perpetrated upon women in
college residences?

Wouldn’t’ it be cool to drop Ms betsy into a tough Chicago neighborhood at
midnight with no money and no cell phone? Might that teach her what it means to
be vulnerable?

And, no I don’t want her to get mugged or raped, just good and scared.

Bob Hachey

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Sent: Friday, February 17, 2017 2:31 PM
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Subject: #DearBetsy

Add your voice right now.

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Robert --

Students across the country recently headed back to campus after their winter
breaks.

And as they unpacked their suitcases and books, they also learned of attempts
by the Trump administration to roll back their legal protections if they are
sexually assaulted while on campus.

Our new Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, who so many of us fought so hard to
defeat, will have the power to enforce these protections under Title IX -- the
federal law that prohibits sex discrimination in education. But in her
nomination hearing, she would not commit to keeping the rules in place that
would protect our students. She said "it would be premature" for her to commit
to that -- and I made it clear that this was deeply concerning, to say the
least.

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I'm joining concerned activists to call on Betsy DeVos to protect Title IX and
commit to fighting sexual assault on college campuses -- add your voice by
tweeting now with the hashtag #DearBetsy.

Last month, my colleague Senator Bob Casey and I wrote to then President-elect
Trump to ask that he and his administration continue to do everything they can
to fund Title IX compliance in regards to sexual assaults on college campuses.

Some of President Trump's Republican colleagues believe that the issue of
sexual assault on college campuses is "overstated" -- and the "hundreds of
millions of dollars" spent to create resources to investigate and prevent these
crimes is money ill spent against the "oft-innocent accused."

The one in five women, and one in 16 men, who are sexually assaulted while in
college beg to differ.

Secretary Betsy DeVos needs to know that it's not "premature" to commit to
maintaining protections against campus sexual assaults -- make sure she hears
from you.

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Tweet now using the hashtag #DearBetsy to tell Education Secretary Betsy DeVos
why we need to protect Title IX and fight campus sexual assault together.

Thanks,

Patty Murray
U.S. Senator

P.S. -- If you're new to Twitter, that's okay! President Trump and his
colleagues like to use it a lot -- maybe too much -- so if we want to make an
impression, we have to go to where they are.
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If you don't have a Twitter account, take a second and make one today -- then
get ready to fight back.

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