Hi there,

Yesterday, Vice President Joe Biden's campaign released an attack ad on Pete. It suggests that Pete’s perspective as a mayor of a small American city is incompatible with the presidency.

But Pete’s on the ground experience as mayor turning around a Midwestern industrial city -- and as a veteran -- is exactly why he is running for president.

Because at this moment, the American people are calling out for something completely different from this classic Washington style of politics. Pete’s offering a new vision of what politics could be, shaped by his experience as a middle-class mayor and veteran. That’s the point.

With Pete’s win in Iowa and now his surge in the polls, the attacks are going to keep coming. So if you’re ready to turn the page to what’s next, and if you’re proud to be on this hard-working team, please chip in right now to help us reach our $1.5 million goal before Tuesday.

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This attack ad belittles the experiences of South Bend residents who now have better jobs, rising incomes, and new life in their city. They certainly don't think their lives should be a Washington politician's punchline.

Here’s the sad truth -- the Vice President’s decision to run this ad speaks more to where he currently stands in this race than it does about Pete’s perspective as a mayor and veteran.

We've heard folks say this Democratic primary is no time to take a risk -- and we agree. But we think the biggest risk that we could take right now would be to go up against this president with the same old playbook.

Every time Democrats have won the White House in the last 50 years, we’ve done so with a nominee who was new on the scene and was opening the door to a new generation of leadership. What we saw in Iowa, and what we’re seeing beginning to stir across the country, is the hunger of Americans for a new kind of politics. They’re ready to put the politics of the past in the past, and turn the page to an era defined by belonging, boldness, and action.

That’s why Pete is exactly the president we need at this moment in American history.

We’re only two days from the New Hampshire primary and need your help standing up to attack ads and competing with dark money groups. If you can, please chip in right now:

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Pete for America