Dear MoveOn member,
Donald Trump's mind-bogglingly incompetent handling of the coronavirus has resulted in a worsening of the pandemic that is hitting our economy, communities, and individual lives in shocking ways—and it should destroy any last shot at his winning a second term.
But a new poll from The Wall Street Journal finds that 45% of voters actually approve of the job Trump is doing handling the coronavirus pandemic—almost exactly the same as his overall approval rating.1
That means too many voters simply don't know the facts about the enormous threat of the coronavirus and how much worse Trump has made the pandemic through his bungled response.
They don't know that Trump literally shut down the office responsible for responding to a pandemic or that he defunded the CDC. The message hasn't gotten through that if Trump had been prepared and had taken swift action during the first crucial days and weeks, this epidemic could have been contained. They aren't aware that he was warned of threats of pandemics the day we was inaugurated—and yet, he ignored this unfolding crisis, failing to secure tests or take precautions and even intentionally downplaying the level of infections.
We are launching a targeted digital ad campaign focused on districts and states where it's essential we get this message out. These ads will create the necessary public pressure for the Trump administration to respond with appropriate efforts and policies that focus on impacted individuals and communities, not big-business bailouts—and will hold him and his fellow Republicans accountable for their dangerous failures. We need to know that we have the resources to run these ads as long as it takes. Will you chip in $5 a month to ensure that we can keep them going and run the rest of our 2020 elections program all the way up to Election Day?
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Around the world, countries that responded faster to the pandemic outbreak have been able to slow down the rate of infection and avoid the more serious and disruptive scenarios unfolding here in the U.S.2
Just days ago, Trump said that no one could have thought that coronavirus would even be a subject worth talking about.3 In fact, all over the world, there have been warnings for months that this was coming.
But the Trump administration was unprepared to respond, because Trump himself eliminated the office in charge of pandemic response and gutted funding for the Centers for Disease Control.
These are the facts that we must get out there. It's up to us to make sure voters understand that the reason the coronavirus is hitting the U.S. so hard is because Trump directly created the conditions that have allowed the coronavirus to spread out of control in the United States.
This is not just the usual Trump circus of lies and insults. This is a public health disaster in part created by Trump himself. We need to make sure that the American people know about this, because if we don't, he just might get away with it and win a second term in the White House.
John, the coronavirus pandemic should be the end of any chance at re-election for Donald Trump, but we need to do our jobs and get the word out. Will you chip in $5 a month to help fuel our digital ad campaign holding Trump accountable for his deadly mishandling of the coronavirus and to support the rest of our 2020 elections program to defeat Trump and the GOP?
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Thanks for all you do.
–Mohammad, Natalie, Amy, Ann, and the rest of the team
Sources:
1. "Poll: Voters split on Trump's handling of coronavirus outbreak," Politico, March 15, 2020
https://act.moveon.org/go/117431?t=6&akid=259600%2E40999114%2E6js5vC
2. "They've Contained the Coronavirus. Here's How." The New York Times, March 13, 2020
https://act.moveon.org/go/117432?t=8&akid=259600%2E40999114%2E6js5vC
3. "For Trump, Coronavirus Proves to Be an Enemy He Can’t Tweet Away," The New York Times, March 8, 2020
https://act.moveon.org/go/117433?t=10&akid=259600%2E40999114%2E6js5vC
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