It’s been a huge -- and infuriating -- few days for our work on
impeachment, and we know Indivisibles across the country are doing
everything possible to hold Trump accountable for his crimes. We also
know that McConnell and his cronies in the Senate will stop at nothing
to protect Trump, and will likely vote to acquit him this week. That
means that removing Trump is up to us. That’s why we’re partnering with
powerful allies to get Trump out of office for good, and why we’re
emailing you about that today, on Iowa caucus day.
Indivisibles,
It’s Iowa caucus day, and Indivisibles across the nation are hard at work.
But the primary isn’t the end of the line. We’re also thinking hard about
the general election, which is why we’re excited to share some big news:
today, we’re announcing Organizing Together 2020 -- our no-longer-secret
plan to beat Trump in key battleground states!
Here’s the deal: while Democrats are rightfully busy vetting a nominee,
Donald Trump has gotten a months-long head start on the general election
campaign in key battleground states. We know that if we wait until July to
prepare for the general election then we’ll lose. So Indivisible isn’t
waiting.
Today we’re co-launching Organizing Together 2020.
Organizing Together 2020 is a big new coalition that is setting up dozens
of canvassing offices in the key battleground states of Arizona, Florida,
Michigan, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin. We’ll be recruiting
and training election volunteers NOW instead of waiting for July when the
nominee is officially chosen.
By the time we have a nominee, Organizing Together 2020 will have swing
state staff hired, volunteers trained, offices buzzing, canvasses running,
and resources mobilized and ready to win in the general election.
Indivisible is a founding partner co-launching the effort today, and we’re
working with partners from labor and groups like Vote Vets and People for
the American Way to make this a very big deal.
Right now, we’ve raised about half of the budget to get this done, but we
have another $440,000 left to raise to fully fund Indivisible’s part of
it. [ [link removed] ]Can you chip in $10 to support Organizing Together 2020 and all of
our work? Every cent you donate to Indivisible Action will go towards
defeating Trump and saving our democracy.
What comes next? We start building the army to defeat Trump. We’re
planning to reach thousands of voters in every one of these key
battleground states before the general election on November 3rd. That’s
not going to be easy, but as always, we’ve got a plan to make it happen:
1. Open dozens of canvass offices throughout key battleground states,
because we know that early infrastructure is the key to scaling up for
the general election.
2. Drive thousands of volunteers to those offices throughout the election
cycle. We are investing in our people early so that they are able to
have the most effective conversations possible. We will need every
single one of them in order to win.
3. Train those volunteers to be effective canvassers -- knocking on
millions of doors across the country to persuade voters and get out
the vote. Face to face conversations are the best way to persuade
voters and turn them out to vote. We need to rely on best canvassing
practices and massive scale.
4. After the Democratic convention in July, be ready with a massive
on-the-ground movement that will be ready to support the nominee and
put them in office.
Yes, it costs money to do this. We’re looking to raise $440,000 in
grassroots donations. Our piece of this partnership is organizing and
volunteer recruitment, so that budget is mostly things like organizing
tools (our SMS tool, Hubdialer, an email platform, etc.), data tools and
analysis (that’s how we figure out which voters to talk to and how),
electoral trainings for groups, and volunteer and organizing staff in all
six states.
We say it all the time, but our work truly isn’t possible without you.
We’re up against a lot of entrenched interests with a LOT of money:
according to CNBC, Trump’s campaign had $102 million in his war-chest
going into this year (and that’s before you count all the dark money super
PACs spending to reelect him).
We don’t have to match every dollar they spend: our power comes from
individual people not from hundred dollar bills. But we do need to raise
enough to pay for the tools and resources that support all those thousands
of volunteers.
That’s why we’re asking you to help us make Organizing Together 2020 a
reality. [ [link removed] ]Can you make a $10 donation to launch this new initiative,
support Indivisible Action, and put all our plans for this year in motion?
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One last note on the primaries: we know a lot of people have a lot of
differing opinions. In truth, some of our partners on this project have
very different opinions than we do about the primaries! But any
disagreements pale compared to this: we all agree that we absolutely must
defeat Donald Trump this year.
We’re going to keep engaging in the primaries in ways that make sense for
us, with input from you, the movement. But while that’s happening, and in
the spirit of the Indivisible Pledge, we’re getting ready for the main
event. And we’re building the infrastructure we’ll need to come together
as a progressive movement once the nominee is chosen in July. We hope
you’re ready to join us.
In solidarity,
Indivisible Team
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