Democratic presidential candidate Martin O’Malley used the enticing subject line, “About Secretary Clinton’s Emails,” in a fundraising message to supporters Tuesday, a day after the State Department released another 7,000 pages of Hillary Clinton’s emails sent and received on a private server.
But O’Malley, a former Maryland governor, didn’t use it as an opportunity to attack the party’s leading candidate. Rather, O’Malley honed in on an email that mentioned him.
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“How’s your friend Martin doing?” Clinton wrote in an April 25, 2010 email to Maryland Sen. Barbara Mikulski, a Democrat. “I know he has a rematch when he should be re-elected by acclamation for steering the ship of state so well. Pls give him my best wishes.”
Former Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley highlighted one of Hillary Clinton's emails in a fundraising pitch.
O'Malley is currently polling in single digits, well behind Clinton and Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders among Democratic voters, and used the occasion to highlight his tenure as governor.
“Here's the thing: I didn't win in Maryland by acclamation. I won because of supporters like you. I won because we fought for progressive change—and guess what: we passed marriage equality, passed the DREAM act, and raised the minimum wage,” O’Malley told supporters in his email. “We made progress where it counts, and I'm happy to see Secretary Clinton thought so, too.”
He went on to ask for a donation of $15 or more.
“We're not going to win THIS election by acclamation either,” O’Malley said. “We're going to win it with the hundreds of volunteers on the ground in early states. We're going to win with hard-working staff in Iowa, New Hampshire, and throughout the country. We're going to win with grassroots donations from supporters like yourself.”
