John, you deserve an explanation.

With my FEC quarterly fundraising deadline coming up and ballots almost ready to mail, I want you to know exactly why these emails are so important to our ability to fundraise.

Many of Mitch McConnell’s handpicked Senate candidates are self-funding their campaigns to the tune of millions of dollars. Others are accepting contributions from corporate lobbyists, and executives in Big Pharma and the fossil fuel industry.

Donald Trump is courting support from those same special interests — including when he openly solicited a $1 billion donation from fossil fuel executives at Mar-a-Lago earlier this year.

I don’t take their money, and I wouldn’t have it any other way.

But if we are going to defeat Mitch McConnell’s special interests and megadonors who are bankrolling Trump’s Republican Party, I need your help today. Can you pitch in $10 to help me defend the Senate and help Democrats win up and down the ballot?

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Because I do not have millions of dollars of my own to self-fund a campaign, and I do not accept donations from corporate lobbyists or executives in Big Pharma and the fossil fuel industry, I really do rely on your donations to emails like this one.

So if you can afford it, and only if you can afford it, I would appreciate any support you are able to give.

Thank you.

With love and gratitude,

Cory