Dear MoveOn member,
This is Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, and I'm writing to you
today because I want to tell you about a powerful, progressive fighter who
can shatter my record of being the youngest woman to serve in Congress.
Her name is Jessica Cisneros, and her win would get us one step closer to
a better, more just America. But, John, she needs your help.
Jessica is running to represent the people of South Texas. She's 26 years
old, she's a human rights attorney, and if she's elected, I'll have a
strong ally in the fight for Medicare for All, getting corporate money out
of politics, and fixing our broken immigration system.
But I can tell you from personal experience that the pathway to power for
people like Jessica is blocked every step of the way.
Jessica is running against Representative Henry Cuellar, an eight-term
congressman in a deeply blue district, who votes with Donald Trump about
70% of the time.^1 He's known as "Big Oil's favorite Democrat," boasts
about his "A rating" from the National Rifle Association, opposes
abortion, and has referred to undocumented immigrants as "rapists and
murderers."^2
When we vote Trump's cronies out of office and instead elevate progressive
leaders like Jessica Cisneros, we'll have the power to make transformative
change.
[ [link removed] ]Will you join me in splitting a $3 donation between
Jessica Cisneros's campaign and MoveOn's efforts to elect progressives up
and down the ballot?
Jessica is deeply connected to the problems and struggles facing our
communities. She was born and raised in the border town of Laredo, TX.^3
Her parents are Mexican immigrants. As a kid, Jessica saw families like
hers torn apart by a broken immigration system. She saw her parents
struggle to keep a small business afloat, while politicians in Washington
protected large corporations.
While Jessica is fighting for a better future for all of us, her opponent
wants to maintain the status quo. He's the single largest recipient of oil
and gas PAC donations in the House in the 2020 election cycle.^4 He calls
the Green New Deal "a farce and a fairy tale."^5
And he has received piles of money from the private prison industry,
including from the GEO Group, the private prison company that funds
migrant shelters where several migrants have died.^6 In defending private
prisons, he said, "Without them, rapists, murderers, and other offenders
would not be incarcerated and instead present a clear threat to our
communities."^7
The people of South Texas deserve a Democrat like Jessica who is going to
fight for the interests of real people, not of big corporate donors like
ExxonMobil and the private prison industry.
[ [link removed] ]John, will you join me and rush a donation of
$3 split between Jessica Cisneros's campaign and MoveOn's
critical election efforts? Her primary is on March 3, so we don't have
much time.
I am so grateful to MoveOn members. You were there early to endorse my
campaign. You were there at the Women's March. You were there when we
stood together to publicize the horrors of family separation. And every
day, you're fighting alongside me for Medicare for All, debt-free college,
and the Green New Deal.
Only together can we truly make progress on big issues. And it can't be
done without enough progressive lawmakers in Congress. To bring about
change, we need to bring more bold, progressive leaders to Washington.
[ [link removed] ]Jessica is the next-generation leader that we need, and I hope you will
join me in lending your support to this critical effort.
Pa'lante!
–Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
Sources:
1. "South Texas is known for its moderates. A primary challenge to U.S.
Rep. Henry Cuellar could test that." Texas Tribune, November 21, 2019
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2. "Conservative Democrat Gets $100k From Oil and Gas PACs in Bid to Fend
Off Surging Progressive," The American Prospect, December 6, 2019
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3. "Jessica Cisneros TX-28," accessed February 10, 2020
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4. "Conservative Democrat Gets $100k From Oil and Gas PACs in Bid to Fend
Off Surging Progressive," The American Prospect, December 6, 2019
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5. Ibid.
6. Ibid.
7. Ibid.
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