| Friend, Nationwide, Democrats want their members of Congress to oppose Trump as much as possible -- but our confidence in them is waning.(1) State legislatures are our best defense against Donald Trump’s attacks on our social programs, our schools, and our civil rights. So how is California’s Legislature doing? Some of our state representatives are putting everything on the line to protect our progress and our rights -- and some are jumping on board his agenda. And it’s not always easy to tell who is who. No one knows better than Courage California how complicated it can be to separate the campaign promises from the reality, because we've been holding our legislators accountable for 10 years running with our annual Courage Score. And we are just weeks away from publishing our 10th annual edition.
It’s not easy to stand up to Donald Trump’s thuggery -- he’s threatened to withhold wildfire relief funding, defund our state’s schools, and drown California in lawsuits if the state doesn’t comply.(2) Some of our lawmakers, like the authors of the bills that would protect targeted communities and our federal funding, are up to the task. But some are ready to throw their lot in with Trump’s administration in order to keep power. We’re not letting either group go unnoticed! Courage Score is a user-friendly comprehensive tool of how each of our state representatives voted on key bills and the industries funding their campaigns. Is your legislator an All Star, consistently standing up for their constituents? Or in the Hall of Shame, taking corporate lobby funds and voting against the way their constituents have asked them to? You’ll find out soon! Once we launch this year’s Courage Score, we need to run ads and work with partner organizations to spread the word of how our legislators are performing -- because every California voter should have the reciepts about their representatives. That’s why we’ve set our $10,000 10th Courage Score anniversary goal. Will you chip in today? Chip in now to help hold our California legislators accountable! Thank you for being with us. –Irene, along with Annie, Angela, Isidra, Cecilia, Jen, and Lindsay (the Courage team)
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