Dear -- Did you see this email yesterday? Katie Porter is the
hero we need in Congress right now, and we need to hold her seat in
November. [ [link removed] ]Will you donate today to help reelect Katie Porter?
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Dear,
The first true American hero just emerged from the coronavirus pandemic:
California Representative Katie Porter.
During a Congressional hearing, Katie grilled the director of the Centers
for Disease Control until he promised that coronavirus testing would be
free for all Americans.(1)
Trump has botched the coronavirus response every way possible -- but Katie
Porter just showed what real leadership looks like. We need to fight for
her, because she's in a red district and is one of the Republicans' #1
targets for defeat this year.
[ [link removed] ]Will you donate today to help reelect Katie Porter?
During the hearing, Rep. Porter did the math -- the full coronavirus
battery of tests costs the patient $1,331.
Nearly 30 million Americans don’t have health insurance, and the majority
of them can’t afford to get tested at that cost.(2)
But when Rep. Porter asked CDC Director Robert Redfield whether he would
commit funds for free testing for all Americans, he tried to avoid her
question over and over. Just a few days ago, the government put $1.5
trillion into banks to prop up Wall Street, but the Trump administration
just wouldn't commit billions for critical medical testing.(3)
Rep. Porter backed Redfield into a corner, pointing out the policy that
allowed him to pay for testing and asking him again and again to provide
the tests, until finally, he agreed.
Without a cure or vaccine, the only way that the coronavirus can be
curtailed is by quarantine of the people who have it or have been exposed
-- and the only way to know who has it is through comprehensive testing.
It is no exaggeration to say that Rep. Katie Porter saved lives this week.
We can thank her by making sure she wins a second term come November.
Courage California helped her flip her red district in 2018, and we are
already working to reelect her this year. Will you chip in today to help
reelect Rep. Porter?
[ [link removed] ]Yes, I'll donate $5 right now to help reelect Katie
Porter.
Yours in the fight for our democracy,
Eddie, along with Angela, Anne, Brian, Caitlin, Deepthi, Gabby, Jay,
Lindsay, Molly, and Raquel (the Courage team)
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