Dear MoveOn member,
Since announcing last week our plan to air a damning TV ad on Fox News exposing Trump's crimes and the MAGA GOP's support of his attempted coup, MoveOn members rushed to help us raise the resources required to move forward with the ad's creative development.
But airing a television ad during a prime-time presidential debate is expensive—and we need to raise an additional $100,000 just to get our ad on the air.
We have just two weeks until the first GOP debate, John. Which means we have even less time to raise the funds necessary to buy the prime-time ad spots in Iowa and New Hampshire—the states that will vote first in the presidential primary.
Millions of Republicans will be tuned in to watch the GOP debates, which gives us a critical opportunity to break through the Fox propaganda machine and get the truth to them about Trump's explosive indictment last week for attempting to overthrow our democracy.
Despite Trump's being indicted for the third time—now for attempting to overthrow the will of the voters—he is crushing the other candidates for the Republican nomination.1
But all isn't lost.
More than 63% of Americans have an unfavorable view of Trump, and that was before this last indictment.2 If we get the truth out, Trump will be on the ropes, so we need to step up our efforts right now.
Running an ad to expose MAGA's complicity in enabling Trump's crime and his attempted coup for millions of viewers to see is one way to hold him accountable. But because MoveOn is a grassroots organization, we can't do this without you.
Our country cannot afford another four years of Trump and his far-right allies controlling the levers of power. There is simply too much at stake, especially for marginalized and underrepresented communities, for us to let Trump's GOP have the final say over our rights, freedoms, and democracy (or lack thereof).
Running this ad gives us a chance to illuminate Trump's dangerous transgressions that have harmed Americans, and that of those who helped him along the way.
Thanks for all you do.
–Kelsey, Nakia, Alexis, Kenia, and the rest of the team
Sources:
1. "Trump Crushing DeSantis and G.O.P. Rivals, Times/Siena Poll Finds," The New York Times, July 31, 2023
https://act.moveon.org/go/179521?t=5&akid=359063%2E40999114%2Ev85Ocv
2. "Little change in Americans’ views of Trump over the past year," Pew Research Center, July 21, 2023
https://act.moveon.org/go/179556?t=7&akid=359063%2E40999114%2Ev85Ocv
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