Stop the smears against Elizabeth Warren

Someone is trying to smear Elizabeth Warren. We won't let them get away with it.Two ridiculous news stories have appeared trying to generate scandals about Elizabeth Warren. The timing is obvious: because Warren is a leading voice against the Trans-Pacific Partnership, she's made a lot of enemies on Wall Street and among the big corporations who eagerly want that awful trade deal to pass. They'll do anything to destroy her.

This week Politico ran a story about Elizabeth Warren's appearance as a government witness in 1999 to defend American laws against a foreign corporation. A Canadian business tried to use the investor-state dispute settlement process, also known as ISDS, to undermine U.S. regulations. Warren has rightly attacked the inclusion of ISDS in the TPP.

Matthew Yglesias called the Politico story "baffling and nonsensical":

She worked to help the government try to beat back an ISDS claim, and now she wants to make new ISDS claims impossible. It's the very model of consistency.

He's right. In fact, that story shows that Elizabeth Warren knows what she's talking about when she criticizes ISDS. She has defended our democracy against it for years. Now she's taking the lead in the fight against the big corporations whose lobbyists wrote the TPP. That has made a lot of people angry at her, and now they want to undermine her.

DFA members won't let it happen. Together we are standing with Elizabeth Warren against these attacks. We're going to continue fighting against bad trade deals that are rigged to favor the rich. Are you in?

Defend Elizabeth Warren from these smears: chip in $3 or more to help DFA stop ISDS and the TPP!

The second story is even more disgusting. It's a personal attack on Warren and her husband involving her home equity line of credit. This too is a ridiculous story, as Senator Warren has followed all the rules properly and correctly in how she handled reporting this part of her personal finances.

What's even more disturbing is that someone had to research obscure property records to find this out. Someone is being paid to dig up dirt on Elizabeth Warren and feed it to the press.

I shouldn't be surprised. When you take on the rich and the powerful, they tend to fight back -- especially when you're as effective as Elizabeth Warren. The establishment likes to use unfair attacks like this. They've done it to Howard Dean, Barack Obama, and Hillary Clinton. Do you remember John Kerry and the "swiftboat" story?

Now, in the middle of the TPP battle, they're coming after Elizabeth Warren with smears and personal attacks. The stakes couldn't be higher.

Stop the swiftboating of Elizabeth Warren: Stand with her against the TPP.

Thank you for helping DFA stand up against these ugly attacks.

- Charles

Charles Chamberlain, Executive Director
Democracy for America

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