Dear Patriot,
I wanted to bring you in the loop on what my staff is hearing from a number of C4L members who received my recent letter through U.S. (snail) mail.
They were worried that since the letter arrived late, their contribution wouldn't arrive in time to prevent Campaign for Liberty's legislative programs from facing severe cuts.
Thanks to the generous support of C4L members across the country, I want you to know I've been able to stave off making a decision for at least a few days.
But the truth is, with the anti-gun statists swooping in to try and use the recent shootings in Texas and Ohio to run our Second Amendment freedoms through the shredder, I need their support right away.
And I hope I can count on yours today as well.
I want you to know how much of a difference your support has made over the years and can continue to make going forward.
Please take a few minutes to read my important message below. Then, won't you please pitch in with your most generous contribution today?
Every dollar counts -- whether it's $5, $50, or $500 -- each and every generous supporter of Campaign for Liberty's legislative programs is having a tremendous impact in the fight for liberty.
So thanks in advance for pitching in whatever you can afford to help us close the gap in C4L's budget over the next few days.
For Liberty,
Ron Paul
Chairman
Dear Patriot:
These letters haven’t been easy for me to write you.
But quite frankly, I’m still worried.
Money is tight at Campaign for Liberty these days. Too tight. And I truly need your help right away.
Despite the initial response from supporters across the country, I still need your help to close the gap.
We’ve certainly had our hands full through 2019 so far and it’s not slowing down.
There’s been BOTH parties’ ongoing push for “Red Flag” Gun Confiscation. Not only that, but the response of some Big Government Republicans (like Senators Lindsey Graham and Mitt Romney) to U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s so-called “Green New Deal,” has been to back a “Cap-and-Tax”-style compromise deal!
Patriot, there’s also our fight to STOP any National ID Database scheme from being included in any “immigration reform” bill -- which is a constant threat.
And, of course, with the president growing increasingly frustrated with Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell, Audit the Fed could finally become reality -- if you and I can keep the pressure on.
With the fight for 2020 already heating up -- and calls for 100% government run healthcare, “free” college, tax hikes, Australian-style gun confiscation, economic socialism, reparations -- I’ve never seen the Big Government Left’s forces more brazen.
Considering the gravity of these times, I believe all of us who believe in liberty, limited government, and our constitutional freedoms have a duty to fight back.
But without your action today, I’m worried we may be unable to muster little more than a whimper based on our current financial situation.
I have only a few days to come up with the resources we need -- or be forced to severely curtail all of Campaign for Liberty’s legislative programs.
I’m sure there’s nothing the Deep State and Big Government politicians in BOTH parties would love to see more.
As I sat down to write you this letter, I couldn’t help but think back to all you and I have accomplished over the years.
Not long ago, the Liberty Movement was widely derided and scoffed at by the media and politicians alike.
Today, you and I have become arguably the biggest roadblock there is to the statists’ dream of transforming our country from a constitutional Republic to a Euro-socialist “paradise.”
Just think about how much has changed -- and how much progress we’ve made -- in the 11+ years since my 2008 presidential run.
Back then, GOP members of Congress just simply fell in line for then-President George W. Bush’s so-called “PATRIOT” Act, the “No Child Left Behind” Act, and Medicare Part D, and DOUBLING the national debt during his presidency.
Against the will of millions of grassroots activists all over the country, Congress voted to RAM through President Bush’s $700 BILLION bank bailout and his bailout of the auto companies.
And the late-Senator John McCain ultimately became the GOP’s 2008 presidential nominee -- all while running on a platform that included expanded war all over the globe, endless government spying, “Cap and Tax,” and “Comprehensive Immigration Reform” (complete with a National ID Scheme)!
Like many folks all over the country, I realized that if something didn’t change -- FAST -- there would not be much left of the free country you and I love.
That’s why I decided to run for president in 2008 -- to ensure the principles of liberty the Founders laid down for us in the U.S. Constitution were given a voice.
But never in my wildest dreams could I have envisioned the political EXPLOSION you and I would set off.
After Rudy Giuliani viciously attacked me on the presidential debate stage in South Carolina, the media tried to laugh my campaign off as a joke.
But their laughter turned to fear when they saw the grassroots energy exploding behind my campaign!
In fact, in one “money bomb” that year, my supporters gave over $6 million in one day -- and that was with very few of the big gifts establishment campaigns count on!
The media and the Big Government establishment became so afraid of our message, they began looking for ways to shut me out of the debates!
They had taken it for granted that Americans had given up on the Constitution. They believed nobody really believed in limited government anymore.
They believed nobody cared if government took their money and used it to bail out failing Wall Street fat-cats.
And they thought Americans wanted to be spied on -- and the grassroots were “too stupid” to understand the Federal Reserve system or monetary policy.
My campaign proved them wrong, wrong, wrong!
But the truth is, it wasn’t really me at all who accomplished that. It was you and good folks like you from all over the country who chose to take a stand for liberty.
Of course, the Big Government establishment thought it was all over when my campaign wound down. They thought we were just a passing fad.
But thanks to your support, our campaign has pressed on -- although today, we’re running it from the “outside.”
When a few of my trusted staff were trying to decide the name of the group we would form out of my 2008 campaign, I said:
“I’ve been campaigning for liberty for over 30 years. Why don’t we call the group ‘Campaign for Liberty?’”
Over the past eleven years, you and I have racked up some tremendous victories together.
When I ran for president in 2008, I was arguably the only voice for liberty in the U.S. House or Senate. Needless to say, it was lonely being out-voted 434-1 on a regular basis!
But in 2010, my son, Senator Rand Paul, shocked the political world by defeating an opponent handpicked by Senator Mitch McConnell (R-KY) in a hard-fought GOP primary, ultimately winning that U.S. Senate seat.
As a Senator, Rand continues to be a strong voice for liberty. There are a handful of other U.S. Senators who’ll often follow his lead on critical battles as well. In the U.S. House, we have Congressmen Thomas Massie (R-KY) and several others.
Every election since my 2008 presidential run, the Liberty Movement has gained new allies and our numbers continue to grow -- both in Congress and in state legislatures nationwide.
And on policy, we’re punching far above our weight.
In 2008, discussion of the Federal Reserve was hardly a blip on the political radar screen.
Frankly, I was astounded at the response I received on the campaign trail in 2008 when I explained how the Fed’s print-now, ask-questions-later policies were at the root of everything we still hate about Washington, D.C.
In 2012, just four years later, we passed Audit the Fed through the U.S. House with an overwhelming three-fourths margin!
Today, even with Nancy Pelosi holding the reins as Speaker of the House, I believe we can pass it with votes from both parties -- if we succeed in forcing a vote.
And we’re only a handful of votes shy of passing it in the U.S. Senate.
Thanks to Campaign for Liberty supporters’ help, we’ve also:
*** STOPPED every attempt (by BOTH parties) to RAM their National ID database scheme into
law. If passed, this scheme would allow government to create a database of EVERY American citizen -- including everything from gun
ownership records and political activity, to love interests.
*** Stood strong against “Cap and Tax” and all other faux “environmental” schemes. Sadly, with the advent of the so-called “Green New Deal,” this scheme is back -- and is now being touted by both parties as a “compromise!”
*** Stymied bipartisan rushes to gun control in the wake of the Newtown, Connecticut and Parkland, Florida tragedies.
*** Created a massive grassroots backlash against government spying programs. This battle is still ongoing -- and I dare say, it’s a fight we’re beginning to win with the American people!
*** Stood strong against “Cap and Tax” and all other faux “environmental” schemes. Sadly, with the advent of the so-called “Green New Deal,” this scheme is back -- and is now being touted by both parties as a “compromise!”
*** Stymied bipartisan rushes to gun control in the wake of the Newtown, Connecticut and Parkland, Florida tragedies.
*** Created a massive grassroots backlash against government spying programs. This battle is still ongoing -- and I dare say, it’s a fight we’re beginning to win with the American people!
Of course, our progress hasn’t come without a price.
For nearly three years, Campaign for Liberty was involved in a standoff with the IRS that was demanding we turn over the names, addresses, and other personal information of our most generous supporters.
Even in the face of the crippling daily fines the IRS was threatening us with, I told our staff to give them nothing.
I knew that publicizing our most generous supporters’ names would open them up to political backlash from power-hungry bureaucrats. That legal standoff only ended last year when the IRS finally notified us they were backing down.
Now, I’m concerned it could be back as the Attorneys General from New York and New Jersey have sued the IRS, DEMANDING federal judges force them to crack down on us.
If the Trump administration doesn’t fight, we’ll be right back where we started -- receiving threatening letters with government bureaucrats demanding we hand over confidential information.
On top of all of that, we’ve had our hands full this Congress, and the battle for 2020 is already heating up.
As you’ve seen, the Big Government Left is busy crafting an admittedly socialist agenda that sometimes has me wondering what country I live in. It’s an agenda that includes gun control, the “Green New Deal,” massive tax and spending increases, reparations, “free” college, court-packing, and assaults on our First Amendment right to free speech.
They’re doing all of this because they think 2020 will be a cakewalk. You see, they trust the polls -- especially the ones that show them winning.
And the less opposition they run into about this nonsense now, the more weak-kneed members of Congress start to cave -- even many who should be our allies.
That’s a recipe for DISASTER -- not just for when the smoke clears from the 2020 elections, but for now too.
Just consider the growing push by BOTH parties for gun control and Big Government “Green” legislation! These politicians who back this madness think they’ll be rewarded -- not just by our media elites -- but by the American people too!
In short, they think relative silence from the American people equals consent to these schemes.
I know that’s not true. But as it stands now, I don’t have the resources to create the ROAR of opposition both parties need to hear.
Unless I can count on your generous support today!
As I mentioned, Campaign for Liberty’s bank accounts are dangerously low.
Virtually every organization in Washington, D.C. runs into financial rough patches now and then. The difference is, other organizations can often call up a wealthy donor or two and ask for some help.
Sometimes that comes with strings attached -- like the insistence that an organization “go easy” on a member of Congress who’s recently become a traitor.
In forming Campaign for Liberty, I made a pledge to myself, my staff, and our supporters that we would never play those Washington, D.C. games.
We’re not interested in grabbing nice news headlines or getting invited to the fancy cocktail parties with the media, sleazy lobbyists, and politicians. We’re interested in standing strong for principle -- and making a difference.
That’s why, for the most part, Campaign for Liberty is still fueled by the good folks who helped my 2008 presidential campaign raise $6 million -- $100, $50, and $35 at a time.
So after raising such a massive amount of money in one day, it seems like raising what Campaign for Liberty needs in a few days shouldn’t be that tough, right?
The answer is, no. It won’t be that hard -- if I can count on your generosity.
Often times, when Republicans hold the White House and/or Congress, many grassroots patriots -- many of them solid pro-liberty folks -- will stop giving as much as they used to.
Some “experts” say that’s because the grassroots get frustrated with the GOP’s broken promises and “tune out.”
Others think some in the grassroots don’t think there’s anything to worry about if a Republican is in the White House.
All you have to do is look back to the George W. Bush years to realize what a mistake in thinking that is!
Another problem is that -- with high-stakes elections like 2020 looming -- many people choose to give to deserving candidates they want to see elected. That means fewer contributions to Campaign for Liberty.
Campaign for Liberty is run on a shoestring budget. We do all we can to carefully spend every red cent making the biggest difference. That means when contributions start to run dry, we feel it. Big time.
So please don’t move on to the next email in your inbox or think that someone else will carry the load. Will you please act?
Campaign for Liberty supporters have never let me down before. Over the past ten years, we’ve made so much progress together.
And I still believe we have so much more to achieve in the future -- together. But defeating the statists and renewing liberty in America can’t happen without paying the bills.
If I can’t raise the money we need, I will not put Campaign for Liberty in debt -- even though I believe we’ll be back on firm financial footing very soon. I pledged never to do so, I am not going to start now.
The truth is, Campaign for Liberty is not my organization. It’s yours.
It belongs to the tens of thousands of grassroots patriots all over the country who helped take the Liberty Movement from nothing to a major force in modern American politics.
None of what we’ve fought for and accomplished could have been possible without you. So I’m writing to ask you to reinvest in what you helped start with a generous contribution of $100 or at least $50 today.
I know that’s a lot to ask for. But without your support, program cuts will be the only option. I don’t want to be forced to make this decision. I hope you agree.
Of course, if $100 or $50 is just too much, please agree to $25 or at least $10.
Your support would mean the world to me right now -- and help Campaign for Liberty continue making a world of difference.
I have only a few days left before having to decide whether or not to make cuts.
So please agree to your most generous contribution of $100, $50, or at least $25 or $10 today.
For Liberty,
Ron Paul
Chairman
P.S. With all the resources we’ve been forced to spend this year, I’m growing more concerned by the day. Money is tight. Too tight.
I only have a few days left to raise the money we need to avoid making serious program cuts. Will you please agree to your most generous contribution of $100, $50, or at least $25 or $10?