| Dear, Last month, Katie Porter made headlines by forcing Trump’s CDC to guarantee free coronavirus testing for every American. Now she’s making even bigger news. Katie Porter and her staff just released shocking data showing that earlier this year, as Trump was being warned about the coming pandemic, he allowed U.S. corporations to export ventilators and medical masks, leaving America woefully unprepared.(1) The only reason we even know about this is because Katie Porter dug up the evidence and had the political courage to make it public -- and now Trump and the Republicans are desperate to beat Katie for reelection this November. Rep. Porter represents a red-leaning district that had never once elected a Democrat before her. That’s why we’re ramping up a major campaign to make sure she wins in November. The analysis report Rep. Porter released this week, called “Everyone But Us,” used previously unreported government trade data to show that exports of ventilators and masks increased dramatically in February, just as more positive cases were being identified in the U.S.(2) She found that from January to February this year, ventilator exports increased by 22.7%. And exports of masks increased by an appalling 1,094% over the 2019 average. It makes absolutely no sense that the Trump administration would be allowing these desperately needed supplies to go overseas when it was abundantly clear we would need them at home. That’s right: Instead of preparing for the pandemic response, Trump was helping corporations make a quick buck on desperately needed medical supplies. And now states have been forced to bid against each other and FEMA for ventilators and PPE. Let’s be blunt: Trump’s abject mismanagement of this pandemic is costing Americans their lives. And we have Katie Porter to thank for shining a light on some of the most damning aspects of it. Rep. Porter is the hero we need in Congress. Now we need to make sure she stays in Congress so she can keep fighting for us. Courage California is launching one of our biggest text-message and social media "get-out-the-vote" campaigns ever to keep Katie Porter fighting for us in Congress. We’re also advertising our first-ever voter guide, which has proven to turn out young voters to the polls. Will you chip in to help? Yes, I'll donate $5 today to help Katie Porter win in November. Yours in the fight for our democracy, Eddie, along with Angela, Anne, Brian, Caitlin, Deepthi, Gabby, Jay, Lindsay, Molly, and Raquel (the Courage team) Footnotes:  |
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