Friend – This past week, Liz Cheney visited Ripon, Wisconsin. And before I ask you to
chip in $24, I want to tell you why this visit mattered so much:
Ripon is the birthplace of the Republican Party, and the best place Liz Cheney could have chosen to endorse Kamala Harris and embody the true theme of this election: country over party.
It’s not that Liz Cheney agrees with Dems on all issues. Far from it. For Republicans like Cheney endorsing Harris to ensure she defeats Trump, it’s about patriotism that runs deeper than disagreements on policy. Allegiance to our flag—and to the Republic for which it stands.
Some pundits have asked who the audience is for an event like this. Are undecided voters really going to take their cues from GOP politicians endorsing Harris?
It matters to one particular type of voter: highly engaged Republicans who know Trump crossed an uncrossable line – Republicans who think the Constitution and our flag are more sacred than any particular policy issue.
For those voters, when Trump disgraced and mocked our troops, when Trump abused the powers of office, and most of all, when Trump fomented a violent mob to end America’s exalted tradition of the peaceful transfer of power—he crossed a line.
Trump had no intention of allowing voters to decide whether he would get a second term. He didn’t in 2020. He doesn’t now. He wants unlimited power, unconstrained by law, the Constitution, or the public.
When Republicans who’ve been a part of the political system speak out about Trump’s threat to democracy, they’re speaking not to the disengaged cynics who want to burn it all down. They’re speaking to other Republicans who understand there’s something to lose.
How many of those folks are there? Maybe not a lot.
But this is Wisconsin. A 1% shift can flip the entire election.
For those voters, the Republicans who see themselves as part of the lineage of Lincoln and the Little White Schoolhouse in Ripon, Thursday’s event mattered. And we need to make sure they find out about it.
Let’s go out there and end Donald Trump’s political career—by charting a new way forward with Kamala Harris.
We have less than a month to knock on doors, call voters, and talk to our neighbors. And your donation to the WisDems will give us the resources we need to make the most of every single day between now and November 5. Will you chip in $24 to help us win the fight for our democracy?
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Thank you for standing with us.
Ben Wikler, WisDems Chair
