Dear MoveOn member,
During the first Republican presidential debate on Wednesday, the GOP
candidates seeking to surpass Donald Trump demonstrated how spineless and
uncommitted to democracy they are—and how obsequious they are to Donald
Trump. Trump has been impeached twice, faces 91 criminal charges, and
incited a deadly insurrection in attempts to remain in power, but despite
all of this, most of the prominent, leading candidates proclaimed how they
still will support him if he is the nominee. Even if he's convicted.^1
Their cowardice has enabled Trump's criminality and the corruption that
permeates the MAGA leadership of the Republican Party. That’s why during
the first GOP debate, we launched an advertisement on Fox News exposing
some of the top GOP candidates' positions on Trump’s indictments.
[ [link removed] ]Watch the 30-second TV ad that we launched on Fox networks across the
country during the first GOP debate here!
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We ran this hard-hitting ad in D.C. and across the country, in districts
currently represented by some of the most vulnerable Republicans in the
House—all of whom are trying to be silent on the 91 charges facing Trump.
These Republicans are torn between their most rabid MAGA supporters and
the fact that the majority of their constituents believe that Trump is not
above the law—and running ads like this and mobilizing grassroots tactic
to put these Republicans on the defense is a key part of our work to
defeat them and end MAGA GOP control of the House of Representatives in
2024.
It’s remarkable that even after Trump betrayed our country by trying to
steal an election he knew he lost, almost all the GOP presidential
candidates and those running for Congress continue to stand by Trump. And
all for their own political gain. They must be exposed for who they really
are.
This ad could be pulled off only because of the MoveOn members who funded
it and the 400,000+ petition signers demanding that Trump be disqualified
from the ballot. The 14th Amendment bars anyone involved in insurrection
from holding public office. And now is the time to keep sending that
message: that Trump should be constitutionally barred from running, that
Republicans continue to enable him, and that so-called "moderate"
Republicans need to finally speak out. And with your help, we'll get this
ad before more voters in key districts and across the country.
[ [link removed] ]Check out the ad and share it on social media!
While GOP candidates were squandering their primetime debut by sucking up
to Trump, he was elsewhere. A year ago, it was impossible to predict that
Tucker Carlson, the country’s most popular talk show host, would be fired
from Fox News and that Trump, the GOP frontrunner, would skip the first
GOP debate. And instead, the two of them would come together, in spite of
Fox News, and air an interview to millions where Donald Trump could deny
his criminal charges and claim that his crowd on January 6 was filled with
"love and unity."^2
[ [link removed] ]It's up to us to keep exposing these MAGA Republicans for who they are
and what they stand for. Watch the 30-second ad and share it so more
people can see it.
Thanks for all you do.
-Kelsey, Alexis, Justin, Elsie, and the rest of the team
Sources:
1. “The GOP candidates were asked if they would support Trump as the
presidential nominee if he was convicted. Here's how they responded,” CBS
News, August 24, 2023
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2. “Trump praises Jan. 6 crowd, repeats election lies in online interview
while skipping GOP debate,” ABC News, August 23, 2023
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