Dear fellow MoveOn member,
Fox News is reporting that Donald Trump is now losing to Joe Biden by a
whopping 11 points. On the question of who would do a better job handling
the coronavirus, Trump is behind by 16 points.^1
Trump knows he's in trouble. So he and his cronies have begun pushing
dangerous conspiracy theories to explain his failures—and, as usual, the
media is playing right into his hands.
Rush Limbaugh says the number of COVID-19 deaths is being inflated to hurt
Trump politically.^2 Eric Trump says the lockdowns are being implemented
only to stop Trump from holding rallies.^3 Trump himself is talking about
a nonexistent scandal called "Obamagate."^4
All of this is utter nonsense, but the corporate media is giving it
wall-to-wall coverage, drawn to the latest shiny object from the Trump
circus like moths to a flame. Trump is a master media manipulator. That's
why, despite everything that's happened, he can still win.
Throughout this campaign, MoveOn has been keeping me posted on their
plans, and I love what I'm hearing. But because of the economic crisis,
many of MoveOn’s supporters simply can't afford to donate and help pull it
off. So if you can afford to give, now REALLY is the time to step up. One
of the best ways to help is to begin a monthly donation to ensure that
MoveOn has the resources it needs to beat Trump.
On average, MoveOn's monthly donors chip in about $10 a
month. Can you chip in $10 a month to help make Trump
a one-term president?
[ [link removed] ]Yes, I'll chip in monthly.
[ [link removed] ]No, I'm sorry, I can't make a monthly donation.
Trump's evil genius is his ability to shift the narrative with lies and
distractions and recast himself as the hero of his own story. That's how
he won back in 2016, despite trailing badly in the polls just the way he
is now.
When reality doesn't back him up, he just invents his own. But the latest
Trump conspiracy theories aren't just dumb and dishonest. They are deadly
and dangerous.
And in the right-wing corners of the internet, the conspiracies are even
more unhinged, with bizarre claims that the virus was invented in a lab
and planned by a shadowy cabal of global elites—including debunked videos
that have been watched by millions and a pandemic conspiracy book that's
become a top seller on Amazon and The New York Times Best Sellers list.^5
Trump is pushing these lies for one reason only: to shift blame and
improve his chances at re-election. But people are already responding to
his lies by cutting back on social distancing. Partisanship is infecting
public opinion on health issues in a way that will surely cost lives.
For that alone, Trump's miserable presidency deserves to be kicked to the
ash heap of history.
As a former Secretary of Labor, I understand completely how families are
forced to cut back on donations during times of economic recession and
skyrocketing unemployment. But if you're lucky enough to still have income
and the ability to donate, please consider pitching in.
Can you chip in $10 a month to help defeat Trump and the
GOP? (The average gift from a MoveOn monthly donor is about $10
a month, but whatever you can afford will go a long
way.)
[ [link removed] ]Yes, I'll chip in monthly.
[ [link removed] ]No, I'm sorry, I can't make a monthly donation.
Here's the latest on what MoveOn has in the works to defeat Trump:
* Make November's election pandemic-proof. Every American must have
access to a vote-by-mail ballot and be able to vote without risking
their health, life, and the safety of their communities. And polls
must also be open and safe for those who need or want to vote in
person. But only a handful of states have the necessary policies,
infrastructure, and resources to ensure a safe election, and November
is just around the corner.
* Turn out 100,000 voters in critical battleground states who otherwise
are unlikely to vote. They're focusing on "high-potential voters":
young voters, new voters, and voters of color, who tend to be more
progressive but are often ignored by campaigns—and who are precisely
the voters that the GOP wants to stay home.
* Train MoveOn volunteers to become poll workers. Many of the so-called
"poll watchers" that the GOP intends to hire will be off-duty law
enforcement, who often show up armed to scare away voters from the
polls. This is blatantly illegal, which is why MoveOn will work with
their partners to train volunteers to become poll workers who can
ensure that any such intimidation is stopped in its tracks.
This is exactly the work that's needed to beat Trump and his army of liars
and crooks. But all this work costs money, and with 30 million Americans
out of work, we're more reliant than ever on the people who can afford to
give.
Can you chip in $10 a month to help defeat Trump and the
GOP? (The average gift from a MoveOn monthly donor is about $10
a month, but whatever you can afford will go a long
way.)
[ [link removed] ]Yes, I'll chip in monthly.
[ [link removed] ]No, I'm sorry, I can't make a monthly donation.
–Robert Reich
Sources:
1. "As president’s coronavirus approval drops, Biden’s lead over Trump
grows: poll," Fox News, May 21, 2020
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2. "Rush Limbaugh Floats Theory That Coronavirus Deaths Are Being Inflated
to Push an Agenda," The Daily Beast, April 2, 2020
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3. "Eric Trump used his latest Fox News appearance to push an absurd
conspiracy theory about Covid-19," Vox, May 28, 2020
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4. "The shape-shifting genius of Obamagate," The Washington Post, May 20,
2020
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5. "Judy Mikovits, Disgraced Doctor at the Center of ‘Plandemic,’ Has a
Bestselling Book on Amazon," Rolling Stone, May 12, 2020
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Want to support our work? The MoveOn community will work every moment, day
by day and year by year, to resist Trump's agenda, contain the damage,
defeat hate with love, and begin the process of swinging the nation's
pendulum back toward sanity, decency, and the kind of future that we must
never give up on. And to do it we need your ongoing support, now more than
ever. Will you stand with us?
[ [link removed] ]Yes, I'll chip in $5 a month.
[ [link removed] ]No, I'm sorry, I can't make a monthly donation.
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