Hi there,
Yesterday,
ProPublica broke a huge story:
Last month, after receiving a confidential briefing on COVID-19, Republican Senator Richard Burr sold hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of stock — even as the GOP falsely claimed that our country was well-prepared for the virus.
Frankly, I’m furious. Since COVID-19 began to spread in the United States, my campaign has poured our time and energy into keeping the public safe. We canceled in-person campaign events and assumed Republicans would do the right thing and follow our lead.
Instead, Republican senators were rushing to profit from this public health crisis while failing to sound the alarm. There’s no greater indication of the depths of their corruption — or the urgent need for change on Capitol Hill.
During President Obama’s first term, I fought to pass the
STOCK Act — legislation that prohibits members of Congress from making stock trades based on non-public information. The idea was simple: Members of Congress should be putting the American people first, not their own pocketbooks.
But with Mitch McConnell at the helm of the Senate, rooting out government corruption has been nearly impossible.
If we want a better government, we need to win back the Senate — and that starts with winning my seat in New Mexico.
In less than two weeks, my campaign is facing a major end-of-quarter deadline. We’re not making any secret stock trades and we don’t take a dollar from corporate PACs — so I’m counting on you to help us make up our fundraising gap and keep New Mexico blue.
Please, give what you can — and help us spread the word.
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Thank you,
Ben Ray Luján
