[ [link removed] ]Ayanna Pressley for Congress

We can’t take our democracy for granted. What we witnessed three
years ago made that plain.

Our democracy came to a halt when a violent, white supremacist mob —
incited by the former occupant of the White House and insurrectionist
Republicans — attacked the Capitol to try to prevent the peaceful transfer
of power and silence the will of the people.

Today, I am reflecting on just how close we came to losing it all. All in
an attempt to silence the will of the people, particularly the record
number of Black and brown voters who made their voices heard in the 2020
election. And I’m reminded that white supremacy is a clear and present
threat to all of us. 

The events on January 6th were not happenstance — insurrectionists pulled
from the same playbook used to inflict policy violence on communities of
color for generations. And we do not have the luxury of simply turning the
page on this ugly and painful chapter in our nation’s history. Not when
there are members of Congress who aided and abetted this insurrection who
are still in Congress. Who have not yet been held accountable. Who spout
revisionist history and continuously undermine and roll back voting and
civil rights.

And certainly not when the former occupant of the White House has proven
he is more dangerous than ever and willing to do anything to get back into
the Oval Office. He’s even said if elected, he would be a dictator on “day
one.”

What took place on January 6th was traumatic for everyone involved,
including Congressional staff, facilities workers, Capitol Police
officers, Members of Congress, and the American public. We owe it to them
— and to those who lost their lives that day — to never grow complacent,
to be relentless in our pursuit of accountability, and to do everything in
our power to ensure an attack like this never happens again.

We owe it to them to keep defending our democracy against far-right
extremists. We all have a role to play to root out white supremacy in all
of its forms and to safeguard our democracy as we approach the critical
2024 election, and I’m hoping I can count on you to face the critical
challenges ahead alongside me.

Democracy won the battle that day, but the war against it is still being
waged every day by Republican
extremists. [ [link removed] ]With your support, we can keep fighting
to ensure the will of the people is upheld in our elections. And we can
keep governing like our democracy depends on it, because it does. 

In solidarity,

Ayanna





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