Friends, the FEC filing deadline on June 30th is our first test since my MAGA opponent launched her campaign.

Truth be told, we’re a little further from our quarterly finance target than I’d like, and a grassroots donation of $25 today will help ensure I won’t spend the next six days running around like a chicken with its head cut off.

Even so, I’m not going to compare a campaign finance deadline to an actual crisis (and it’s not like there’s any shortage of actual crises these days).

We’re facing a constitutional crisis: Republicans aren’t just refusing to honor the oaths they swore as elected officials, but are actively helping a wannabe dictator commit crimes and endanger American lives.

We’re facing a climate crisis that poses an existential threat to our future – and worse, the climate deniers in Washington have forced us to fight with both hands tied behind our backs.

We’re facing a crisis of freedom as MAGA violently attacks our right to protest, threatens those who speak up, and uses our tax dollars to target, indict, and jail Trump’s political opponents.

Listen, I won’t pretend that keeping me in Congress is a cure-all for the problems we face as a country.

But I recently got my first GOP opponent of the cycle, and I know one thing for certain: If we let her gain traction in IL-06, Donald Trump will have yet another rubber-stamp radical doing his bidding on Capitol Hill.

So, with all that in mind, will you consider contributing to my FEC fundraising goal? Every contribution helps us build a lead here in IL-06, combat far-right lies, and ultimately, save our Republic.

We have enough crisis agents in Congress. It’s time to elect leaders.

Thank you (and sorry for talking your ear off),
Sean