Dear MoveOn member,
I've been having trouble sleeping lately.
I am worried that those of us who are dedicated to democracy and therefore
committed to playing by the rules are underestimating the willingness of
the extreme right—from Supreme Court justices to the speaker of the
House—to destroy our democracy in order to elect Trump.
Here's one nightmare scenario: Republicans maintain control of the House
of Representatives in this November's election. The presidential election
is extremely close, à la 2020. And in January of 2025, when the House is
supposed to certify the results of the presidential election, the
MAGA-controlled House raises enough specious concerns about the results
that they decide to throw the election to Trump—and the Supreme Court
backs them up.
It's easy to forget that most current Republican members of the House,
including Republican Speaker Mike Johnson, refused to certify the outcome
of the 2020 election.
The media is just not doing nearly enough to get news of this possibility
out to the public, and that's why I'm writing to you today.
MoveOn is so important to our election effort. I truly believe that
MoveOn's work is critical to preventing Trump from reaching the White
House again, which is why I'm hoping you will join me in supporting them
today.
Will you start a $5 monthly donation to support MoveOn's
election work and help stop MAGA Republicans from handing the election to
Trump in November?
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Unfortunately, Americans are suffering from a bit of amnesia when it comes
to Trump's presidency.
A recent poll from The New York Times shows that nearly half of ALL voters
say that the country was better when Trump left office than when he came
in.^1
Really!? Are they forgetting double-digit unemployment? The devastating
initial response to COVID? Or how he instigated an insurrection?
And if they're forgetting all of these events, they're certainly
forgetting that one of the organizers of the group of 138 Republicans who
refused to certify President Biden's election was little-known
representative from Louisiana, Mike Johnson.^2 The same Mike Johnson who
is now speaker of the House.
We need to remind them.
These numbers prove that the media is just not doing its job. President
Biden called out journalists at the White House Correspondents' Dinner
late last month, saying, "I'm sincerely not asking of you to take sides
but asking you to rise up to the seriousness of the moment; move past the
horserace numbers and the gotcha moments and the distractions ... Every
single one of us has roles to play—a serious role to play in making sure
democracy endures—American democracy. I have my role, but, with all due
respect, so do you."^3
Just over a week ago, the majority of the Supreme Court implied that a
second-term Trump was above the law.^4 Former Attorney General William
Barr admitted in an interview that Trump repeatedly called for various
people's executions while he was in office—yet Barr is supporting him
anyway.^5 Senior Republicans are refusing to promise to certify upcoming
election results.^6
We must, WE MUST, make this information public and mainstream, and MoveOn
is just the organization to lead that critical voter-by-voter education.
Will you join me in supporting MoveOn with a $5 so we can
soundly defeat Trump and the MAGA Congress come November?
[ [link removed] ]Yes, I'll chip in monthly.
[ [link removed] ]No, I'm sorry, I can't make a monthly donation.
From the moment that the MoveOn staff shared their plans for 2024 with me,
I knew that they were going to be instrumental in winning the election.
Building off of their success in 2020 and 2022, MoveOn will focus on
identifying and turning out the voters likely to make the most impact in
battleground states. These "surge voters" are Democratic-leaning young
voters, new voters, and voters who have not always shown up to the polls
but who became energized to vote after the rise of Trump.
They've identified more than 1 million surge voters in battleground
districts and states across the country, voters that research has shown
result in wins for Democrats when they turn out.
And turning out these critical voters is exactly what MoveOn's plan does.
The trouble is, the team at MoveOn tells me that donations are way down
compared to previous elections. So many of us are so tired of fighting
Trump. But our democracy is in imminent danger. And we cannot
underestimate how little Mike Johnson, Brett Kavanaugh, and other MAGA
Republicans care about the rule of law. They care only about power.
It's time to turn this trend around and create a surge of election work to
turn out these surge voters! Please, will you start a $5
monthly donation to MoveOn today and help stop the Trump threat?
[ [link removed] ]Yes, I'll chip in monthly.
[ [link removed] ]No, I'm sorry, I can't make a monthly donation.
Thanks for all you do.
–Robert Reich
Sources:
1. "Four Years Out, Some Voters Look Back at Trump's Presidency More
Positively," The New York Times, April 14, 2024
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2. "Could Mike Johnson, the New House Speaker, Undermine the 2024
Election?" The New York Times, October 26, 2023
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3. "Remarks by President Biden at the White House Correspondents' Dinner,"
The White House, April 27, 2024
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4. "Two Trump courtroom dramas could help shape the tone of a future
presidency," CNN, April 26, 2024
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5. "Barr, who said Trump shouldn't be near Oval Office, says he will vote
for him in 2024," CNN, April 27, 2024
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6. "Republican Elise Stefanik declines to commit to certifying 2024
election votes," The Guardian, January 8, 2024
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Want to support MoveOn's work? The MAGA movement's book bans have forced
teachers and librarians across the country to remove books from their
shelves and censor what young people can learn. MoveOn is fighting back,
including by filling a "Banned Bookmobile" with books that the far right
has banned and driving it to key cities and towns to raise the visibility
of book bans, hand out banned books for free, and bring people together to
stop censorship. To keep up the fight against book bans and the MAGA
politicians who support them, we need your help.
Will you start a monthly gift to power and sustain MoveOn's critical
work?
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