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Indivisibles,
I have some exciting news: We have a real chance of actually, finally,
seriously defeating Ted Cruz in less than a month. Just think of it: Not
only will we hold the Senate, but when the legislation comes up next year
to codify abortion rights and reproductive freedom nationwide, it will be
Colin Allred, the newly-elected Senator from Texas, casting the deciding
vote. I’m here to tell you this isn’t fantasy; it’s within reach.
My Texas bonafides. I got started in politics working for Lloyd Doggett,
then the chair of the Texas Democratic congressional delegation. I worked
for him in Congress and ran his congressional reelection field program
across eight urban, suburban, and rural counties. I knocked on doors with
Indivisible throughout the state for Beto O’Rourke. And just for fun I’ve
read and re-read all 3,345 pages of Robert Caro’s magisterial biography of
our only Texan president, Lyndon Johnson. Trust me when I say I love Texas
politics.
3 reasons why we can win
And also trust me when I say: We can defeat Ted Cruz this year. I’ll give
you three reasons:
1. Demographic changes favor us. In 2018, out of 8 million votes cast,
Cruz won by only about 200,000 votes. Since then, Texas has added more
than two million voters to the rolls -- disproportionately new young
voters and Latinos that favor Democrats by [ [link removed] ]as much as a 2:1 margin.
2. Cruz is scared he’s on the losing side. Check this out in the Texas
Tribune this week: “[ [link removed] ]Facing a tight race, Ted Cruz goes quiet on
abortion.” Cruz knows this race is tight and that his opposition to
abortion rights is hurting him, so he’s trying to hide. But Texas is
ground zero for the fight for abortion rights -- just this
week, [ [link removed] ]the Supreme Court rejected the Biden administration’s attempt
to protect the right to emergency abortions in the state. Cruz is on
the wrong, deeply unpopular side of this issue. Colin Allred has been
tied or ahead of Cruz in multiple polls, and [ [link removed] ]he just outraised Cruz
by almost 50%.
3. Indivisible is ramping up in Texas. I am so excited to announce this.
As of literally today, Indivisible is investing new resources into
Texas, including:
* Pushing and advertising Neighbor-2-Neighbor local voter contact in
key, vote-rich areas of the state
* Hiring on-the-ground organizers and offering digital recruitment
support for events
* Sending more money directly to our local Indivisible groups on the
ground
* Offering more merch to generate buzz and volunteer shifts
We’ve got a secret weapon: neighbors. As I [ [link removed] ]covered with Alex Wagner on
MSNBC last week, the challenge this year is not convincing Trump/Cruz
voters to come to our side. Our challenge is making sure apolitical,
reluctant potential voters who are pro-abortion rights and pro-democracy
understand the stakes and get out to vote.
I think there is no better way to break through the noise of this campaign
than mobilizing enthusiastic neighbors to talk to their unenthusiastic but
aligned neighbors. We know this works because we’ve tested it -- it’s the
most impactful form of voter contact we’ve ever tried at Indivisible.
Help us with this final push! This is as grassroots as grassroots can be.
There’s not a big donor waiting in the wings to make this happen. We’re
pushing forward now because time is of the essence, and I am guessing
there are enough people out there who want to defeat Cruz as much as I do
to throw in $50 or $100 to help us do it. So I have two asks:
1. If you have any relatives, friends, or family in Texas. Please click
the forward button on this email and send it to them. We want their
help reaching out to neighbors. [ [link removed] ]They can sign up for 10 neighbors
here.
2. [ [link removed] ]Please help us fund this work on the ground in Texas. We have other
pots of funds for other battlegrounds, but we're relying on donors
from this email to help fund the work on the front lines in Texas.
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Let’s get ‘er done.
In solidarity,
Ezra
Ezra Levin
[28]Indivisible Co-Executive Director
Pronouns: He/him
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