Friend,

Last month, as a jury in New York found our former president guilty of 34 financial crimes, many conservative elected leaders, media personalities, and regular Americans called this conviction a dark day in our country’s history.

Here’s what I think. 

I think January 6, 2021 – when my colleagues and I hid from a violent mob in our country’s Capitol – was a dark day in our country’s history. 

I think June 24, 2022 – when Roe v. Wade was overturned by a conservative majority Supreme Court – was a dark day in our country’s history.

But, I think May 30, 2024 – when a jury of Donald Trump’s peers found him guilty of 34 counts of falsification of business records in the first degree – was a day of justice for our country. 

Donald Trump and his cronies have made a business out of subverting the law and thinking they can get away with it. Not this time. Our country’s robust, independent court system caught up with him. And it’s just the beginning. 

Our court system was designed to protect the rights and interests of law-abiding American people. And in this case, it was designed to penalize our former president who used his financial privilege to hide pertinent information from the American voters before his presidential election. 

Whether it’s ensuring criminals are held accountable or protecting the rights of Americans, our courts were made to work exactly as they did last week. 

But if Donald Trump wins a second term, this may not last. Conservative plans for Trump’s re-election have made it clear that he is coming for our courts, he is targeting political opponents, and he will pick up where he left off – stacking the judiciary with justices who have made assurances to him of their conservative values. 

We can’t let that future come to fruition. We cannot let a felon run our country.

The threats against our freedoms, rights, and democracy in a second Trump term are real. Join me in ensuring that Inauguration Day, January 20, 2025, is not another dark day in our country’s history.

Nydia