[ [link removed] ]Pramila Jayapal
John, I was
honored to join progressive political activists in Baltimore, Maryland for
the 2024 Netroots Nation convention yesterday.
I spoke to the crowd of dedicated organizers and strategists about what’s
at stake in this critical election year, and want to share some of my
speech with you. But before I do, [ [link removed] ]can you chip in to fuel our
progressive movement as we gear up for November?
Donald Trump and MAGA Republicans up and down the ballot represent a
three-pronged existential threat: a threat to our democracy, a threat to
our freedom, and a threat to our economy.
Project 2025 is a ONE-THOUSAND-PAGE MANIFESTO that is so extreme that
Trump himself is now trying to say it’s not his. Bullshit.
Let me just give you a few highlights. He wants to get rid of all our
civil servants and replace them with Trump loyalists so he can do what the
MAGA extremist Supreme Court just ruled that he could do: anything he
wants, whether illegal or not, because he can’t be held accountable for
his “official” actions in office.
They don’t just want to get rid of abortion—they want to get rid of IVF
and contraception. They will criminalize personal health choices in every
single state and the MAGA Supreme Court will back them up.
They want to abolish the Department of Education, eliminate birthright
citizenship, build massive military detention camps to imprison asylum
seekers, and systematically remove all LGBTQ protections.
And let’s not forget what he wants to do to our economy and our people. As
Attorney General James proved in a court of law, Trump is a billionaire
who will lie, cheat, and steal to enrich himself at the expense of others.
That robber baron philosophy is only magnified when he is in power.
Everyone remembers the economic disaster of Trump’s presidency. The United
States lost 2.7 million jobs during those 4 dark years. Wealth inequality
increased at historic rates. His disastrous tax law, just like the Bush
tax cuts for the rich, was a trickle-down failure. Thanks to Trump, the
rich got richer while the middle class, and poor and working people across
the country, were left behind.
If he gets back in office, it will be worse than ever before. So it’s this
simple: We have to win. We cannot let Trump return to the White House. We
can’t surrender our democracy to a dictator who has been charged with 91
felony counts and for sexually assaulting women. We cannot.
[ [link removed] ]Pitch in a contribution of ANY amount right now to power our fight →
Let’s not forget that since Trump was last in office, our movement pushed
Democrats from the White House to the House and Senate to embrace OUR
agenda—an agenda that was about working and poor people across this
country, an agenda that reminded us that we all DESERVE universal health
care, college for all, expanded social security, union power, a fair tax
system that makes the wealthy pay their fair share, clean air, clean
water, and a planet that survives us for future generations.
It was the Progressive Caucus—not the moderates, not the centrists—that
held the line and insisted on passing both the Infrastructure Law — which
is investing in new green, union jobs –– but also Build Back Better. And
THAT is exactly why we were finally able to get the Inflation Reduction
Act passed and signed into law, the largest single investment in taking on
climate change in our nation’s history.
That’s how we created the first-ever American Climate Corps so that 20,000
young people can get jobs that help preserve our planet and our people.
That’s how we demanded Justice 40—so that 40% of our investments go into
communities that are most disproportionately burdened. That’s how we
demanded in my final negotiations over the Chips and Science Act that
corporations who do stock buybacks don’t get taxpayer dollars.
By pushing hard and holding the line, we took on age-old battles and
won—like finally forcing Big Pharma to negotiate drug prices with Medicare
and capping the cost of insulin at $35 for seniors; by finally making the
wealthiest corporations and individuals pay more of their fair share in
taxes; by finally passing the first major gun safety law in over 30 years;
and yes, by getting the Administration to use its executive power to
finally cancel billions in student debt, pardon thousands of people
charged for simply possessing marijuana, and finally get medical debt off
your credit reports; by increasing funding for NLRB so we can crack down
on union-busting corporations and increasing funding for the IRS so we can
crack down on wealthy tax cheats.
We have a whole lot more work to do, and it’s going to be a helluva fight.
There’s a lot of chaos going on right now, and our work is to stay focused
on the prize: defeating Trump at the ballot box in November, rebuilding
our fragile coalition across the Democratic Party, and enacting the bold,
progressive change our communities deserve.
[ [link removed] ]It won’t be possible without you,
John. So, can I count on your
support today with a grassroots contribution of any amount to fuel our
fight?
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Thank you for anything you can give to help us meet this pivotal moment in
our country with the urgency it deserves.
Strength comes in times of crisis. Our beauty comes in recognizing the
anger, the pain, and the hurt, and turning that into POWER, just as so
many before us have done. Not to walk away from something but toward
something. Not to hate but to love. Not to fall into despair but to lift
us up into possibility.
Let’s put love and generosity over scarcity and fear. Let’s organize and
win.
In solidarity,
Pramila Jayapal
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