John,

Late last night, Donald Trump and Republicans shut down the government at 12:01 am.

All because they refused to work with Democrats to lower health care costs and prevent millions of Americans from being thrown off their health care.

None of this happens in a vacuum.

It comes after Donald Trump and MAGA Republicans passed their Big Ugly Bill, which will kick millions of Americans off their health care — all to give huge tax breaks to millionaires and billionaires.

It comes as Donald Trump is breaking law after law, weaponizing law enforcement to go after his political enemies, and using the federal government as a tool for his dictatorial ambition.

And it comes as Trump’s chaos is already having disastrous effects on families.

Last week, I was in Oceanside, CA, meeting with families and health care providers about what they’re seeing.

A median-income family of four in that community will see their health care premiums go up — by nearly $1,000.

Other families are already getting notices that their premiums could go up by as much as 75%.

That’s outrageous. And it’s a crisis of Republicans’ own purposeful making.

John, I’m going to be working night and day to solve this health care crisis.

Here’s what I’m fighting for:

We need to make sure millions of Americans aren’t thrown off their health care.

We need to make sure health care costs aren’t driven even higher.

And we need to use every tool at our disposal to stop Trump’s lawlessness.

There is no doubt that Donald Trump and MAGA Republicans will do everything they can to make this shutdown worse.

They’re going to hold everyday Americans hostage to enact Trump’s extremely unpopular and dangerous agenda. They’re going to do everything they can to attack your health care. And they’re going to say some really crazy stuff — like the bigoted AI video the President put out during and after the negotiations.

We must do everything possible to win this fight and use every tool at our disposal to do so. Our health care and democracy depend on it.

More very soon,

Adam